A Division: Union City I @ Santa Clara II
Date: 5/22/2010
Played at: W.A Wilson
Umpires: Vaibhav and Avtaar (Stanford-A-I)
Toss: won by Union City and elected to Bat
Union City CC 164 all out in 44.1 overs (Ranvir 47, Raiyan 38, Bobby
22, Jaggi 21, Krish G 10-0-38-6, Rishit 2 wickets, Apurva 1 wicket, 1
Run out)
defeated
Santa Clara CC-II 98 all out in 25.4 overs (Sunil C. 33, Jaggi
4-1-5-4, Ranvir/Sheryar/ Happy 2 wkts each)
Man of the Match : Jaggi
Union City won the toss and had no hesitation in choosing to bat on a
beautiful day and lovely Santa Clara ground. Santa Clara started
really well picking up both Jigar and Ajay early with just 12 on the
board after 6 very tight overs. Santa Clara continued with their tight
bowling and made runs very difficult to come by for UCCC. However,
Ranvir and Raiyan stiched together a 93 runs partnership to lay the
foundation down. Ranveer scored an excellent 47 as Raiyan provided
support at the other end with 38. However, it was young Krish that
provided the breakthrough picking up both Ranveer and Raiyan in quick
succession at the 32nd over with 112 on board. Suddenly the UCCC
innings came apart with Kitty, Happy and Kamal also getting out soon
thereafter as Krish kept picking up wickets. However, a very good 22
from Bobby and 21 from Jaggi in a 42 run crucial partnership provided
UCCC with a moderate total as UCCC bundled out for 164 in 45 overs.
Krish bowled brilliantly to pick up 6 for 38 to wreck the UCCC innings
completely. Risheet also bowled really well to pick up 2 for 22 in his
8 overs. SC-2 bowling was tight and miserly as ever.
Santa Clara started well with Sunil attacking from the word go but
Ranveer picked up two quick wickets of Krishna and Hirsh to get UCCC
back into the game. In came Krish at 4 and looked really good. A
bowling change brought Happy into the attack as he cleaned up Krish
immediately to a ball that swung a little. Suddenly UCCC had a sniff
at defending the small total. As Shehriyar picked up Sunil SC-2 was
down 4 for 61. Jigar held on to an excellent catch to dismiss the
dangerous Arjun off Jaggi. Jaggi cleaned up the remaining tail to pick
up 4 for 5 runs off 5 overs and 1 maiden. In the end it was an
excellent bowling performance from UCCC bowling lineup and finally
stepped up when it mattered today. The potential for this bowling
lineup is immense and hope UCCC carry on in the same vein for the rest
of the season.
Umpiring at it's best and played a crucial role in this game adding
more trouble to SCCC-II's current situation.
SCCC-Bees will bounce back soon from this after a good long weekend.
