Excellent game which had it's own ups and downs.
Finally Bees stole a thriller with the lower order playing positive
and finishing the game.
United 242 for 8 wickets in 50 overs
Lost to
Bees 248 for 8 wickets in 48.5 overs
Bees started the bowling with Govind and Shrish who gave a dream start
@ united by just giving away 30 runs in first 10 overs.United picked
up during last 15 overs and scored 110 in those. United were 132 in 35
overs for 7 wickets. Babby came as a storm and hit some huge sixes and
scored a very valuable 73 not out. Krish got a crucial wicket in the
death overs and Shirish got rid of Kenny who looked dangerous for 20
runs. Satish was unlucky but bowled a controlled agressive spell in
the middle overs. Sujesh got rid of Safdar and Ajay who was holding
one end. Appu Bowled the best for bees by not even giving a single
boundary in his 10 over spell. All charm goes to disciplined start by
Govind and Shirish and good support from Appu, Satish, Krish and
Sujesh. It's never wasy to keep United below 250 at their ground.
Excellent home made lunch provided by kakka from United.
Santa Clara Bees started fluently with chandru settling down and
playing very sensibly with Harsh Saini. Harsh Mixed caution and
agression well to ensure Bees Maintained 5 runs per over. Both of them
took the score to 60 Plus. Harsh got out LBW scoring 25 playing across
the line to a full ball. In walked Appu chachcha and he unsettled
united bowlers with a breezy fifty where once a ball was lost and they
couldn't find it after searching for 20 mins. Match turning point here
as the replacement ball was a Kookabura with lot of shine left.
Chandru and chachcha had a partnership of 60 plus. Chandru got out
caught at mid off, Next over appu got out bowled to a ball which he
missed completely. Govind joined Arjun and got out trying to cut and
Safdar took a sharp chance. Sujesh Joined Arjun requiring 123 runs in
22 overs with 5 wickets in hand. Sujesh and Arjun took the score to
160 and had a 40 runs partnership. Disaster struck again when arjun
mistimed a pull to a ball which kept little low and inside edged to
the stumps. Bees require 83 runs in 15 overs with 4 wickets in hand.
Shirish was Promoted and that worked. Sujesh and Shirish had a 36 runs
partnership. Bees requires 47 runs in 10 overs and shirish got out to
a one-handed catch by Sonu.
In walks Satish and had a partnership with sujesh for 28 runs and got
out to a diving catch by safdar behind the stumps. Match got to little
climax with 14 year old krish walking in requiring 19 runs in 4 overs.
It came down to 9 required in 2 overs. 2 boundaries in first 3 balls
kind of sealed the game with 1 run required in 8 balls. Sujesh sealed
the game with a six over mid wicket to finish the game with 7 balls to
spare. Sujesh Finished on 81 not out with krish Goel to enjoy their
first victory of the season after the loss in the previous game.
Excellent Umpiring by DAN and fellow umpire from Davis
Thanks,
Sujesh Pulikkal
