Game: SCCC - II v/s Cougars-I
Date: April 24th Saturday
Venue: SCCC ground- Wilson Adult School
Toss: Won by SCCC-II and elected to bat
Umpires: Naveen and Brian
SCCC- II 171 All out in 49.1 overs (Krish Goel 43, Govind 37, Harsh
26, Prumjot 16)
(Ayan : 10-1-29-2, Montu: 10-0-32-2, Krishna, Dashrath and Doanne 1
wicket each, 3 run outs)
Lost to
Cougars-1 174 for 7 in 48.2 overs (krishna.P 44 Not Out, Ayan.B 39 Not
out, Majid 18, Ankur 16, Montu 14)
(Sujesh: 10-0-30-3, Govind; 8-1-34-2, Hamel: 10-1-14-1, krish:
6-1-19-0, 1 Run out)
By 3 Wickets.
SCCC-II won the toss and elected to bat. Govind and Arjun started the
proceedings. Arjun got bowled to Doanne and SCCC-II played well with
harsh and Govind stitching a good partnership together for 64 runs.
Dashrath and Doanne helped with few wides otherwise for a very steady
attack. Harsh got out getting a thin edge to keeper. Umpire ruled not
out since it wasn't evident. Harsh walked and showed true
sportsmanship making SCCC proud. Cougars team applauded the effort.
SCCC-II never got going other than little krish Goel batting like a
champion with crisp drives, backfoot punches and immaculate placements
against a very spirited and disciplined attack. Sujesh and krishna
fell cheaply and this added more concerns but Prumjot and krish showed
why they belong to the higher division by playing smartly taking
singles and 2s and occassionaly found the odd boundaries. SCCC-II
managed to score 40 odd runs between 43rd over to 48th over. Sujesh
played an irresponsible shot against Montu to put SCCC-II in further
trouble being caught at deep mid wicket. krishna was caught by Sunny
off a Blinder with left hand at cover point(Jonty Singh). Disaster
struck when krish was run out in the 47th over to a close call and
SCCC-II lost last 4 wickets for 1 run winding up for 171 in 49.1
overs. Ayan bowled leg spinners with immaculate control and he killed
the middle overs for SCCC-II which was the turning point. krishna,
majid and montu supported him well. Dashrath bowled a 7 over tight
spell.
Cougars-I started their batting with Sunny and Ankur. Sunny got out
early to Sujesh and Cougars went to defensive mode with Govind and
Hamel bowling exceptionally well choking runs. Saami joined Ankur and
wasn't able to move the score. Ankur hit a six and 4 to up the rate
but fell soon to Govind. Arsh found it difficult to score with his
favourite leg side fully covered by fielders and fell to the trap by
flicking to short fine leg. Saami played a powerful shot to extra
cover and govind plucked off a one-handed catch. Majid and krishna did
the recovery act by playing carefully. Sujesh trapped Majid infront
and more worries at the cougars camp even though they bat really
really long (up to #10). SCCC-II did well to restrict in the middle
overs. Montu Joined krishna and looked in very good touch hitting his
trade mark bullet shot. Krishna remained calm as usual and batted with
a purpose. He hit jut one boundary in his 44 Not out. He proved again
why he is such a reliable batsman in NCCA. Montu tried to cut and got
out to sujesh's bowling when everything was going fine. Bhargava
joined krishna and played steady. Bhargave got run out and Cougars
needed 52 runs in last 10 overs with 3 wickets. SCCC let go the golden
opportunity created by krish Goel who is known for changing games with
his tight off spinners in the death. Arjun mis-judged a catch and
didn't get to it at Long-off. This was all that was needed for Ayan
and he played sensibly and opened shoulders for anything marginally
fuller. he continued his form from morning via bat this time and
scored a breezy 39 runs and cougars finished off in style in 48.2
overs. Satish Bowled well but catches went asking in no-mans land.
This game had ups and downs and at one point it was SCCC-II to lose
this game and it happened. All Credit to krishna for putting his head
down and batting till the team is through. Hamel bowled a tidy spell
just giving away 14 runs in his 10 overs including death overs.
Excellent Umpiring by Naveen and Brian
-Sujesh Pulikkal
