Bees beat United by 2 wickets @ united- April 26th Sunday-match report

Hi all,

Excellent game which had it's own ups and downs.

Finally Bees stole a thriller with the lower order playing positive
and finishing the game.

United 242 for 8 wickets in 50 overs

Lost to

Bees 248 for 8 wickets in 48.5 overs

Bees started the bowling with Govind and Shrish who gave a dream start
@ united by just giving away 30 runs in first 10 overs.United picked
up during last 15 overs and scored 110 in those. United were 132 in 35
overs for 7 wickets. Babby came as a storm and hit some huge sixes and
scored a very valuable 73 not out. Krish got a crucial wicket in the
death overs and Shirish got rid of Kenny who looked dangerous for 20
runs. Satish was unlucky but bowled a controlled agressive spell in
the middle overs. Sujesh got rid of Safdar and Ajay who was holding
one end. Appu Bowled the best for bees by not even giving a single
boundary in his 10 over spell. All charm goes to disciplined start by
Govind and Shirish and good support from Appu, Satish, Krish and
Sujesh. It's never wasy to keep United below 250 at their ground.

Excellent home made lunch provided by kakka from United.

Santa Clara Bees started fluently with chandru settling down and
playing very sensibly with Harsh Saini. Harsh Mixed caution and
agression well to ensure Bees Maintained 5 runs per over. Both of them
took the score to 60 Plus. Harsh got out LBW scoring 25 playing across
the line to a full ball. In walked Appu chachcha and he unsettled
united bowlers with a breezy fifty where once a ball was lost and they
couldn't find it after searching for 20 mins. Match turning point here
as the replacement ball was a Kookabura with lot of shine left.
Chandru and chachcha had a partnership of 60 plus. Chandru got out
caught at mid off, Next over appu got out bowled to a ball which he
missed completely. Govind joined Arjun and got out trying to cut and
Safdar took a sharp chance. Sujesh Joined Arjun requiring 123 runs in
22 overs with 5 wickets in hand. Sujesh and Arjun took the score to
160 and had a 40 runs partnership. Disaster struck again when arjun
mistimed a pull to a ball which kept little low and inside edged to
the stumps. Bees require 83 runs in 15 overs with 4 wickets in hand.
Shirish was Promoted and that worked. Sujesh and Shirish had a 36 runs
partnership. Bees requires 47 runs in 10 overs and shirish got out to
a one-handed catch by Sonu.
In walks Satish and had a partnership with sujesh for 28 runs and got
out to a diving catch by safdar behind the stumps. Match got to little
climax with 14 year old krish walking in requiring 19 runs in 4 overs.
It came down to 9 required in 2 overs. 2 boundaries in first 3 balls
kind of sealed the game with 1 run required in 8 balls. Sujesh sealed
the game with a six over mid wicket to finish the game with 7 balls to
spare. Sujesh Finished on 81 not out with krish Goel to enjoy their
first victory of the season after the loss in the previous game.

Excellent Umpiring by DAN and fellow umpire from Davis

Thanks,

Sujesh Pulikkal

Match Report Bees v/s Sunnyvale-I 2009 season- April 29th

A-Div: Sunnyvale-I @ Santa Clara II
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

Oh-nine - A guest post from Sridhar

my fine friends:

It's that time again - resolutions, wishes, dreams, wants, desires, to do lists, not to do lists - time to renew them all and perhaps for a few lucky ones, life goes on as usual.

As we enter the final year of oh-oh decade, the millennium bug seems so far away and yet, it seems like the last 9 years have made the world stand rather still in terms of any major improvements or lack there-of. In some ways, we probably slid back in time with a rash of violence and vengeance filled acts. Wars, oil prices, more terror, more people employed in the trade that we call "security" than every before.

Let us hope that we see some unexpected positive changes happen in oh-nine to help make this decade a memorable one.

It was a year, where my 4 year old daughter was confused how a Turkey can be a bird, yet a country. Can't blame her, I am still confused about the right adapter plug to take with me when I travel, after traveling for a good 15 years around the world. Strange, yet so alluring, so exciting to get on a plane and not knowing how the far away destination would sound, smell and look. As some would say the world is flat, yet the far end of the table has a different coat of varnish.

A year of Phelps, a year of tragedy in Mumbai, a year where most of the streets seem to develop potholes, none worse than the street named Wall, a year of defeats for the Aussies, a wonderful year for SCCC and oh yes, a year of Oh-bama welcoming Oh-nine from the White House.

A year gone, one that I would remember for the heavenly smiley (see attached) and the first time my daughter was able to draw a smiley, a year that had her spell her name for the first time.

and then I remember and remind you of my favorite quote:

"Nothing meaningful has ever been accomplished without irrational
exuberance".

Don't resist that sudden inner urge every once in a while, learn a new sport, take your family to a far away place, try and recapture at least one moment that made you feel like a million bucks.

Put things in perspective and let us not take things for granted. When you see, think of the blind, when you walk, think of the lame, when you have a choice to make, think of the many who do not get one basic meal - let us not waste and spend away our privileges and don't forget to celebrate every day (or maybe once a week) with at least one kind selfless gesture. The world can certainly do with a bunch of these.

Celebrate every moment with your family as if it were the last, for they are the ones who were there last year and will be there for you the next and the next and the next...

Celebrations do not have to wait a year.

Here's to 2009, and to good things for you and yours. Happy oh-nine!

Cheers,

Sridhar


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Bees V/s Sunnyvale-I - Match Report

A-div: Sunnyvale -I @ Santa Clara-II
Date: 09/21/2008
Played at: Wilson Adult School, Santa Clara
Umpires: Ganesh Seetharaman (L-III) & Naren Puppala(L-III)(Stanford-A-I)
Toss: won by Santa Clara-II and elected to Bat First
(Matched was played for 40 overs- Mutual agreement between captains
and with the consent of umpire)

Santa Clara-II 154 for 9 in 40 overs(Sujesh.P 66 Not Out, Ahmad 27,
Rajiv 8/0/29/4, Dhruv 7/3/26/1)

Beat

Sunnyvale -I 86 all out in 32.1 overs(Ankur 24, Shiva.V 5.1/0/10/4,
Sujesh 7/2/18/2, Hamel 8/0/23/2)

by 68 runs.

Santa Clara Won the toss and started batting with Gaja and Krishna.
Krishna was removed by Rajiv in his very first over. SCCC-II lost
Shiva.V early as well. Dhruv got Gaja and SCCC-II in serious trouble
with score reading 14 for 3 in 8 overs. Dawood and Amit slowly took
the score to 30 in 12 overs. Amit got out off sudhakar. DAwood gets
out very next over after settling in for 12 against Chandra. Score
reads 30 for 5 in 13 overs. Sujesh and Ahmad batted wiht purpose and
stitched a very good 59 runs partnership for the 6th wicket. SCCC-II
89 for 5 in 28 overs. Another 12 overs to go and 5 wickets in hand
SCCC-II decided to attack a very disciplined sunnyvale-I attack. Ahmad
got out to shesha. Mahendran followed him by a superb caught and
bowled by Arun. S. Hamel Nayak looked to accelerate and got bowled to
a beauty from Rajiv. The score suddenly reads 109 for 8 in 34 overs.
In walks vijith the crisis man ever for santa clara. Sujesh and Vijith
had a 43 runs partnership in which 25 runs were scored in last 2
overs. Vijith got out in the 4th ball of last over. Jwalant remained
not out and sujesh ended the innings with a 66 Not out.

Lunch Was served with variety of choices since Chandrodaya had got
some food from home too.
Sunnyvale started their Innings thinking the target was easy but 154
runs in 40 overs isn't that easy. Eventhough the outfield was
lightning fast bowlers can still do well on that wicket. Ankur and
Shesha started the proceedings slowly. Ankur looked in good touch and
played soem good shots. Shesha was his usual self building the
innings. Sunnyvale-I were 42 for no loss in 14 overs. But if u don't
get big runs while chasing @ santa clara the middel overs are going to
be difficult with slower bowlers operating with a steady line and
length.
Ankur got out for 24 gettign LBW to sujesh. Shesha got out scoring 18
to vijith miscuing his shot to square leg where max took a very well
judged catch. Ayan came and started few bang bang shots. Sunnyvale
score read 67 for 3 in 22 overs. Run rate pressure was climbing and
SHiva.V removed ayan of the very first ball he bowled where ayan
couldn't clear mid wicket boundary. This was the turnign point and
from then on sunnyvale-I were playing lot of shots in the air. Arvind
batted around for a while not timing enough to push the score against
Shiva, Vijith and Sujesh. Sujesh got aravind bowled and then it was
just a formality to finish the game. Hamel was brought back into the
attack and he got Arun.S bowled. Govardhan walked in a hit a huge shot
to mid wicket where ahmad took a spectacular catch sliding at the
boundary. Suresh was bowled behidn by shiva. Shiva was decieving the
batsman with flight and turn and his mix up of good faster ones
skidding. Dhruv was run out in a mix up with Sudhakar. Rajeev and
chandra looked like they wanted to bat few overs. They both played
staright to stretch the game little bit but it was too much from them
to finish this game. they needed 69 runs in 8 overs with 1 wickeyt in
hand. Sunnyvale who had a strong team couldn't stop santa clara-II
from finishing the final game of the season with a good Win. Shiva
finished with 4 wickets for 10 runs given in his 5.2 overs. Vijith
Bowled with immaculate control and hamel have been unplayable all day.
Jwalant and sujesh supported other bowlers well with crucial spells.

Umpiring: Excellent and consistent Umpiring by Ganesh Seetharaman and
Naren Puppala.

-Sujesh Pulikkal
Santa Clara Cricket Club

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SOX keep it close at Spartans

SOX lost a close game yet again playing against Spartans. Earlier in the season SOX lost to Spartans at home by a handful of runs, a performance repeated yet again by the team that, in the spirit of looking at the silver lining, seemed to have found its bowling strength against quality batting.

 

SOX started by winning a crucial toss. The pitch was wet and the grass on the football field end was squishy in places with a big puddle on one side. It took a couple of big buckets to help clear that to a certain degree. Rest was left for the hot sun which was promising a warm day even during the early hours of the morning.

 

Spartans started with Jigar and another batsman (Name?). Rajan and Karthik started for SOX and while Karthik wavered a little he pinned down the batsmen just enough for Rajan to take advantage on the other end. Rajan kept his line and length for the most part making batting, which was already a tough task due to the pitch being wet, no picnic. Jigar batted well for Spartans and continued to take advantage of select few balls that were offered on the leg. Hasan kept wickets for SOX and did a phenomenal job behind the stumps. SOX fielding was just below par with a couple of catches going down. Bowling was substantially better than previous games where minimal amount of extras were given. Spartans kept loosing their wickets and were not able to score at an accelerated rate at any point in the game except for a couple of overs in the end. Spartans ended up with 167 on the board at the end of the 25th over. Rajan, Shahab, Sam, and Karthik were among wickets.

 

SOX started with Hasan and Shahab. Hasan was his usual self but the pitch continued to bother the batsmen. The ball was sticking to the pitch for just a touch longer than it should have and while Hasan managed to be more careful in his approach, SOX were finding it difficult to score. Hasan played some beautiful strokes though that included a six and three boundaries. Shahab and Hasan also ran some quick singles and twos while they were on. Eventually, he mistimed a shot and was caught by the short mid off fielder after scoring 29 runs. Rajan joined Shahab and showed a good deal of intent to fight with his intelligent batting. Just before the drink's break, Shahab was stumped after scoring 23 runs and with the total at 83 runs, and SOX needing 85 runs more, the slide began. Karthik was not able to get going and was out on the first ball he faced. Rajan and Sam got together but before a partnership could develop, Rajan got out mistiming a shot. Jagat joined Sam where Sam took centerstage and carted Mahendra all around the ground in one over. He scored 22 runs in an over with 2 massive sixes and 2 fours alongwith a couple of runs between the wickets. But just as SOX started to breath easy, Jagat got out trying to flick the ball on the legside, loosing his stumps in the process. Sandeep joined Sam in the middle and for sometime was not able to adjust to the pitch. Runs dried up once again and that compelled Sam to take charge. He tried to run one too many of the risky singles and unfortunately was caught short of his crease. Satish joined Sandeep in the middle and immediately set about the task of setting things right. Sandeep, in the meanwhile, was called back, and Gajja joined Satish in the middle. Both the batsmen were in the process of threatning to take over the game however, Gajja was not able to contain his instint to drive on the up and was caught in the covers. Satish was then joined by Saurabh. SOX needed 24 in 3 overs followed by 16 in 2 overs. At that critical juncture, Satish was run out and it was all over for SOX. SOX eventually loosing to Spartans after a tough fight. SOX have two crucial games coming up in August and the last game of the season is in Sept. In order to ensure a place in the playoffs, SOX have to win 2 out of the three remaining games.

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