Bees lost to cardinals by 6 wickets - 08-16-2009 - Match Report

A-div: SCCC-II @ Cardinals
Date: 08/16/2009
Played at: NCCA
Umpires: Abilash / Karthik (Sunnyvale)
Toss: won by SCCC-II and elected to bat

SCCC-II: 165/10in 50 overs(Govind 32 , Arjun 21 , Krishna 22 , Gautam
24 , Extras 31, Sikander 4 for 20 , Saeed 2 for 22 , Abbas J 2 for 24)

lost to

Cardinals: 166/4 in 47 overs(Anwar 44 , Sikander 26 , Abbas J 37 ,
Shahzad 29 NO, Sujesh 10/1/36/1, Govind 1 wicket, Apurva 6/1/19/1, 1
Run out- Prumjot )

Match Report: SCCC-II started the game in a positive fashion with both
Arjun and Govind mixing caution and aggression to put on a healthy 65
run opening wicket partnership in the first session. Cardinals got
back into the game with some excellent bowling from Mushi , Saeed ,
Sikander and Abbas Jaffery. From 65 for no loss , SCCC-II went on to
lose their 10 wickets for just 100 more runs in the next two sessions.

Cardinals started the chase with Anwar playing some big shots out of
the gate. He scored 44 with 3 6's and 4 4's. After his dismissal ,
Cardinal put together partnerships for each wicket that safely took
them home with 6 wickets to spare. Sikander , Abbas J and Shahzad all
played crucial knocks to secure the victory.

Good umpiring from Abilash who umpired from both the ends.

ACES beat Marin by 5 wickets - 07-09-2009 - Match Report

A-div: SCCC I @ Marin-I
Date: 07/09/2009
Played at: Marin
Umpires: Kamaland ??(Cougars-I)

Toss: won Marin and elected to bat

Marin I: 88 All out in 31.2 overs (Faraz 20, Nirosh 16, Gautam 11, Zulkifl 11)
Hamel 3 wickets, Shantanu (7/1/13/3), Vijith 2 wickets, Saad and
Sujesh 1 wicket each.

lost to

Santa Clara I: 89 for 5 in 33 overs(Umesh 20, SHiva.V 16, Saad 11 Not
out, Faraz 2 wickets, Nirosh 1 wicket, Saqib 1 wicket, gautam 1
wicket)

(Marin Can post Exact Scores and Number of Overs)

Slow outfield at Marin but the wicket is a Beauty. Marin started with
Nirosh and Zee. They played well till the 8th over and put almost 30
runs on Board. Nirosh Started with a beatiful inside out shot over
extra covers for a huge six but trying too many shots at one point got
him out and the collapse started from then on. Hamel Bowled
beautifully with amazing outswingers to right handers and removed
Saqib with the help of a brilliant catch by umesh at second slip with
his left hand. Saad removed Shoaib who tried to settle in with some
shots and edged one to keeper. The score suddenly reads 40 for 4. Zee
got out to a soft dismissal after settling down nicely. Shantanu was
on fire from ball one. he was bowling with lively pace and Marin
already on backfoot looking for a special knock from OZair and RD. RD
gloved a ball down the leg from shantanu which could have been a wide.
Great sportsmanship by RD walking as soon as the wicket keeper caught
the ball. Even the umpire was not sure nor anyone in the field about
the glove. (RD always walks so it's not new and always played with
good spirits). Ozair was tryignt or rebuild with Everton but MArin
already 5 down for 49. Ozair got a beauty from shantanu which squared
him up and edged the ball to Wicket keeper. Everton got bowled to
another inswinging yorker from shantanu. Gautam alogn with Faraz put a
small partnership where faraz hit few shots to take the score to 60
for 7. Gautam played Carefully. Faraz gt bowled tryign to pull vijith.
Rishi walked in and hit few shots and got bowled to Sujesh. Last man
to get out was gautam off vijith's bowling.

Innings started immediately. SUjesh and Sunil Opened for SCCC I. Sunil
got out first trying to oull faraz when the score was 15. Umesh and
sujesh Batted together for few overs when marin was givign nothign
away with some good bowling from hamza and faraz. Gautam introduced to
the attack and Sujesh flicked a ball and took elading edge to short
extra covers and got out. 88 was an easy target for a strong SCCC I
battign line up at marin wicket since it's a batting paradise once you
settle in. SCCC I made it interesting when SHiva mistimed a pull
straight to zee of Faraz's Bowling. Shantanu opted to bat low to give
others a chance. In walked Sunil.S the wicket keeper who had a great
day behind stumps. Sunil.S played some good shots and took the score
to 70 runs. Lunch was taken and Just when things looked almost over
SCCC I created soem climax by a soft dismall of Umesh by Nirosh where
he hit a drive straight back at him. Sunil.S tried to play a cut and
got out to saqib caught by RD. Saad and Shantany ensured there is no
more damage and Saad played 2 glorious shots in his short stay. Game
got over soon and an excellent day with a low scoring game.

Excellent Umpiring by Kamal and the other Umpire from Cougars