Date: 04/19/2009
Played at: Santa Clara
Umpires: Ladhi & Manish patel
Toss: won by Sunnyvale-I, elected to bat
Sunnyvale-I 279 for 8 in 50 overs(Shashank 71, kedar 62, Abhilash.R
52, Gautam 42, Vivek 21, Sujesh 10/1/38/2, Shirish 10/1/50/2)
beat
Santa Clara II 245 all out in 43.4 overs(Arjun.T 75, Krishna.V 62,
Chandrodaya 18, Appu Chacha 14, Abhilash 10/0/43/4)
Excellent game of cricket with runs flowing all over the place but all
credit to new look sunnyvale-I team in A-div. They did give a surprise
by not giving a wicket in first 10 overs. Second wicket partnership
was killer by scoring 109 runs in next 19 overs. Sheshank played a
gem of an innings of 71 and took the score to 179. Kedar played
fearlessly and with the help of few dropped catches. Abhilash took
chances and got few chances but kept attacking to ensure Sunnyvale-I
scored 250 plus. A surprise batsman in the name of Gautam changed the
whole plan by hitting some shots with the spin and against the spin.
Final score reads 279 which is a big total @ santa clara ground.
Good lunch served by our new caterer Sitara restaurant with soem good
halal chicken. Santa clara started with one batsman less due to an
injury to Ravi shankar on the field durign first session. He couldn't
bat and we went with a new plan. Plan didn't work and all of a sudden
8 for 2 wickets. Kabir and krishna had a valuable 32 runs partnership.
Arjun joined Krishna and then came the best partnership you can
imagien during a chase. Chase looked evenly possible with Arjun and
Krishna playing like live wire finding gaps and hitting boundaries at
will. Krishna and arjun had a 120 runs partnership in 14 overs.
Disaster struck in the form of a low full toss from their part time
bowler shashank where a good catch was taken. Arjun kept trying his
best till 8 wickets fell and got out as the 9th wicket. Ravi shankar
left the team with one batsman less and that could have made a
difference in a loss of 34 runs with 6.2 overs remaining on a fast
outfield. Arjun scored 75 and ran out of partners. Chandrodaya gave
some support along with Appu chacha. But the player of the day was
abhilash who scored a quick fire 52 and took crucial 4 wickets to
award a loss to Santa Clara-II.
Looking forward to the return game.
Good luck to sunnyvale
Excellent umpiring by Manish and Ladhi from Tracy United.
-Sujesh Pulikkal
Santa Clara Cricket Club
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