Seas beat Stanford II in the home game.
Brief scores :
C div : Stanford II @ SCCC III
Date : 05/12/2008
Played at : Wilson Adult Eductation Center
Umpires : Samip & Anurag (Cruisers)
Toss : Santa Clara III, elected to Bat
SCCC III 237 a.o in 44 overs ( Govind 95, Rohit 27, Mayank 3/65, Hari 3/30, Manish 2/25)
defeated
Stanford II 92 a.o in 30 overs ( Deepak 23, Tushara 39, Mohit 2/23, Rajesh R 2/29, Mangesh 2/8)
Match details :
SCCC Innings : Under wet and overcast conditions seas choose to bat and opened with Govind and Dinesh. Both the openers started positively, showing the intent to take on the bowlers and added 42 runs in 7 overs before Dinesh got out trying to play a big shot. Govind at the other end was his usual self playing to the merit of the ball without ever missing out an opportunity to score runs. He was well supported by Ashish. At the end of 15 overs the score read 59/1. In the second session Harsh and Govind built a good partnership, scoring consistently with aggresive running between the wickets. At the end of 30 overs the score read 134/3. After the second drinks break Govind and Harsh upped the scoring rate and fell quickly in the process. Finally a magnificent chanceless innings from Govind came to end when he was caught at short extra cover. Govind was unlucky to miss out on a well deserved century by 5 runs, his shots all around the wicket were pleasing to watch. Rajesh R (Gunda) got bowled for a golden duck as the Seas were reduced to 158/6 in 35 overs. Rohit and yours truly kept the score board moving and both of them fell in quick succession when a score of 230 was very much possible. Chandra S (Chandu), Mohit and Mangesh put their best efforts to get the 5th batting point. Seas were finally bowled out for 237 in 44 overs.
Standford II Innings :
Chasing 237 , especially on an unmowed field was a tough ask and stanford had disastrous start by losing 2 wickets in the first over. Arif, who backed up too far was the first one to go, and was run out by Gunda. Initially Gunda tried to take on the batsman by running towards the bowlers end from squre leg and later wisely decided to throw the ball at the bowlers end and Govind did the rest. Mohit bowled well in patches to pick up 2 wickets. Dinesh at the other end bowled a tight spell and was unlucky not to get a wicket. Stanford lost wickets at regular intervels with only Tushara scoring some runs by chancing his arm. A flurry of dropped catches delayed the inevitable, but stanford II eventually got all out for 92 in 30 overs. Chandu picket up 1 wicket and bowled tidy 6 overs. Gunda created lot of chances and picked up 2 wickets. Mangesh bowled 3 good overs to pick up 2 wickets as well.
Overall a very good win for seas. The second consecutive win made possible by very good batting.
Cheers,
Ravi V
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