Let the net practices begin!

From: umesh_99 <kelkar_umesh@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 26, 2010 at 6:37 PM

 

After months of work, we are pleased to announce that our facility rebuild (container, trolley, shelving, scoreboard, and cages) is complete.

Today, the netting work was done in the morning followed by installing matts (one new one), covering up the runup area etc. thanks to ashish and Krishna for superving the work in the afternoon. Thanks to sunil for coming in the evening.

Although, an official opening cermony will be scheduled for next week, let the net practices begin...

regards,

Umesh

Bees lost to UCCC-I by 67 runs- Match Report

A Division: Union City I @ Santa Clara II
Date: 5/22/2010
Played at: W.A Wilson
Umpires: Vaibhav and Avtaar (Stanford-A-I)
Toss: won by Union City and elected to Bat

Union City CC 164 all out in 44.1 overs (Ranvir 47, Raiyan 38, Bobby
22, Jaggi 21, Krish G 10-0-38-6, Rishit 2 wickets, Apurva 1 wicket, 1
Run out)

defeated

Santa Clara CC-II 98 all out in 25.4 overs (Sunil C. 33, Jaggi
4-1-5-4, Ranvir/Sheryar/ Happy 2 wkts each)

Man of the Match : Jaggi

Union City won the toss and had no hesitation in choosing to bat on a
beautiful day and lovely Santa Clara ground. Santa Clara started
really well picking up both Jigar and Ajay early with just 12 on the
board after 6 very tight overs. Santa Clara continued with their tight
bowling and made runs very difficult to come by for UCCC. However,
Ranvir and Raiyan stiched together a 93 runs partnership to lay the
foundation down. Ranveer scored an excellent 47 as Raiyan provided
support at the other end with 38. However, it was young Krish that
provided the breakthrough picking up both Ranveer and Raiyan in quick
succession at the 32nd over with 112 on board. Suddenly the UCCC
innings came apart with Kitty, Happy and Kamal also getting out soon
thereafter as Krish kept picking up wickets. However, a very good 22
from Bobby and 21 from Jaggi in a 42 run crucial partnership provided
UCCC with a moderate total as UCCC bundled out for 164 in 45 overs.
Krish bowled brilliantly to pick up 6 for 38 to wreck the UCCC innings
completely. Risheet also bowled really well to pick up 2 for 22 in his
8 overs. SC-2 bowling was tight and miserly as ever.

Santa Clara started well with Sunil attacking from the word go but
Ranveer picked up two quick wickets of Krishna and Hirsh to get UCCC
back into the game. In came Krish at 4 and looked really good. A
bowling change brought Happy into the attack as he cleaned up Krish
immediately to a ball that swung a little. Suddenly UCCC had a sniff
at defending the small total. As Shehriyar picked up Sunil SC-2 was
down 4 for 61. Jigar held on to an excellent catch to dismiss the
dangerous Arjun off Jaggi. Jaggi cleaned up the remaining tail to pick
up 4 for 5 runs off 5 overs and 1 maiden. In the end it was an
excellent bowling performance from UCCC bowling lineup and finally
stepped up when it mattered today. The potential for this bowling
lineup is immense and hope UCCC carry on in the same vein for the rest
of the season.

Umpiring at it's best and played a crucial role in this game adding
more trouble to SCCC-II's current situation.

SCCC-Bees will bounce back soon from this after a good long weekend.

Bees Lost to Cougars - April 24th-2010 - Match Report

Division - A - DIV
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

Bees lost by 6 wickets - April 18 -2010 - Season Beginner against Stanford CC

HI All,

Bees batting from 130 for 5 in 34 overs got cleaned up in 40 overs for
139 runs (last 5 wickets for 9 runs). Govind, Prum and harsh gave a
great start bit didn't capitalize on it.

Lot of them batting after a while showed some rustiness. (But this was
a game for Bees to lose)

Arjun 36, Govind 31, Krish 25. All got starts but didn't convert to big ones.

Stanford were 37 for 4 in 17 overs and then Rishi and Prithvi put dead
bat to ensure they didn't lose further wickets. Rishi 67*and Prithvi
38 not out.

Satish bowled with fire and got 2 wickets for 22 runs. Govind bowled
beautifully with the new ball and removed their opener Vinay.

Everyone bowled well and stanford batted 40 overs to get to the score
but Bees didn't have enough runs on board to Defend it. Catching and
fielding were good.

Rajan Yadav had a good debut and bowled very well with the new ball.

Bees will kick back next game against the 'COUGARS".

-SUJU

New Scoreboard

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MCC v/s NWR Game Match Report - Game Played at SCCC Home Ground on March 21st Sunday

Hi all,

For those who are looking forward to this

Game Report:

Game: MCC v/s NWR
Venue: Santa Clara Cricket Club Home Ground
Date: March 21st Sunday
Format: 45 overs, 1 power play
Umpires: S.W. Poole and Ravi Shankar
Scorers: D.K. Shelly and Mallika Joshi
Toss: MCC won and elected to bat
Result: NWR win by 8 wickets
MCC 112 for 9 in 45 overs(Montgomery 22, Pearson 38, kamalia 17,
(Imran,Sourabh, Samarth 2 wickets each, Hamza, Saqib 1 wicket each and
1 run out)
Lost to
NWR 113 for 2 in 32.4 overs(Nauman 47 NOT OUT, Shantanu 17, Majeed 16,
Srinivas 10 Not Out, Bartram 1 wicket, 1 run out)

On a bright sunday Morning MCC (Lords Cricket CLub) were at SCCC
ground to play against NWR (North West Region) Cricket team. The
Outfield was nicely mowed for a perfect day of cricket despite the
rains for past one month. MCC had a good openign stand without no loss
for 30 runs in 12 overs. NWR opening bowler Imran Khan bowled with
fire and gave nothign away in his first spell. Hamza supported him
well from the other end. Due to MCC playing on a astro turf for the
first time they weren't able to play the shots they normally do. First
break through came when hamza got Kamalia caught by Ashok for 17 (36
balls) at mid off. Montgomery and pearson stitched a nice partnership
of 30 runs to ensure there are no further wicket loss. Shantanu and
Srnivas Bowled Tidy but wren't able to get Montgomery or Pearson
out.Disaster struck in the form of a brilliant piece of fielding by
shantanu @ mid off struck by Montgomery. He scored 22 (68 balls). NWR
Skipper Vijay controlled the innings well by introducing Spin earlier
and life became difficult for MCC batsman to score against Accurate
left arm spinner Samarth Shah. pearson held one end and batted
beautifully for his 38 runs. Runs Dried up once Samarth bowled a dream
spell of (9-6-4-2). Sourabh legg spinner of current USA National team
was introduced and further damage for MCC. They just couldn't get any
pace from the ball to increase the run rate. Saqib started bowling leg
breaks and googlies from the other end and MCC really got tied down
and lost wickets. Saqib got the important wicket of Pearson. Imran
Khan came back for his second spell and cleaned up 2 more wickets for
the MCC to finish @ 112 runs in 45 overs. Vijay mixed the bowlers well
and ensured MCC never got to flier and could never pace up the innings
during the death overs.

Lunch served by NWR in English style with tea and sandwiches. Nauman
Mustafa the USA probable who missed out due to his Pilgrimage trip
opened with Majeed. MCC started with friedlander who bowled with good
pace and generated a lot of bounce which NWR players haven't faced
before. Great experience for the batsman from USA to face Quality
attack. He bowled 6 overs for 16 runs. Nauman and Majeed played
carefully to take the score to 42 in 12 overs for no loss. Bartram and
Hodson bowled well to contain but since the score was a gettable one
NWR played to a plan to execute with less errors. MCC kept attacking
from both ends and it was nice to see bowlers moving ball both ways
which is a rare scene in our leagues. These exposure can only graduate
our batsman to the next level. Bartram struck in the 13 over to get
Majid edged to second slip. Majid scored a patient 16 (34 balls).
Shantanu Divekar walks into bat on his home ground with the backing of
home support and an excellent 2009 season with tons of runs. Shantanu
and Nauman played proper cricket where MCC was expecting them to play
int eh air and then come back into the game. Shantanu got run otu
scoring 17 (47 balls) after a mix up with Nauman. Disappointed batsman
walks back after getting his eye in. In walks a talent who had done
really well in his younger days as a front line batsman. Srinivas
Joiend Nauman and ensured no further damage and They both tackled all
that was offered by MCC to reduce any hope of victory for MCC. Azaz
akhtar bowled really well for his 5 overs and gave just 9 runs away
but it was too late to come back into the game. The Target was achived
in 32.4 overs. NWR took 0.4 overs more than what the Coach had asked
the batsman during first drinks break to finish the game with a risk
free approach. Nauman walked back in grand style carrying the bat
scoring 47 NOT OUT (98 Balls) and making NWr feel proud by beating MCC
with 8 wickets in hand.

The game was played in great spirits and thanks to NWr administrators
for such a wonderful opportunity. Thanks to Santa Clara Cricket Club,
team Manager Mahendra Patel and the volunteers for the tireless job in
getting the ground ready for high level cricket.

Thanks,

Sujesh Pulikkal

MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) v/s NWR (North West Region) hosted by SCCC on Sunday March 21st, 2010

MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) -Lords Cricket Club is visiting USA for
a one month tour which includes a game @ our ground (1840 Benton St. Santa Clara CA 95050).

California Itinerary:
They are playing against SWR-NWR combined and a 20/20 against
Hollywood cc on March 19th and 20th. They have a game against
SCA(Sacramento) on March 24th.

On the way back they are playing against USA national team at Florida

We should feel privileged to have a game of this Quality at our
ground. (This is one level above representative games)

For a change MCC opted to play the game in a traditional manner with
white clothes and red ball (Kookaburra)

For details regarding MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) go to

http://www.lords.org/mcc/about-mcc/

Marylebone Cricket Club - better known, throughout the cricketing
world, as MCC. Founded in 1787, MCC is the world's most famous cricket
club.

The game details
Match: NWR Seniors v/.s MCC
Venue: Santa Clara Cricket Ground
Date: March 21st Sunday
Players representing SCCC for NWR: Shantanu, Shiva.V and Arjun.T
Game Time: 10:30 am
NWR Seniors Coach: Sujesh Pulikkal
NWR Manager: Mahendra Patel (Spartan CC)
.

Please contact  spulikkal@yahoo.com or call me @ 650-533-1957
(cell) if you are interested in helping with the ground set up before 9:30am or take down after 5:30pm on Sunday