7/9/2016
Dallas, Tx
An Amazing day for Cricket overcast weather , light breeze and a ground that is Right in the middle of Trinity River. Vikings Knew coming into the game that winning this game would mean they are One step closer to what could be a Historical Championship. The Day started with a literal "Treasure Hunt" trying to find the Ground it was close to someone trying to find El Dorado. The Game was delayed by 30 Min and eventually started by 8:00 AM. Vikings Won the Toss and decided to bowl first ( Which turned out to be a great decision). Black Hawks, opening their innings with Harman and Tausif. Srikar opened the bowling for Vikings and usual opponents struggled with his pace. Vikings got their first break through from a brilliant bowling from Sachin getting Harman out behind his legs and stumps flying in all directions. Vikings sniffed the opportunity and put a slip in for the new comer who got an edge immediately. A brilliant effort by Srikar diving to his right , unfortunately he could not hold on it , but that lead to a mix up and Sai Kiran pounced on and got Tausif runout.
Black Hawks were struggling 7 for 2 in 2 Overs , with both their openers back to pavilion, Sachin and Srikar finished their brilliant spell and Black Hawks were 18/3 by the End of 4th Over. Rahul Bowled and brilliant over just giving 1 run and taking the key Wicket of Anup. Vikas and Manish tried to steady the ship with a partnership of 15 Runs before Manish got out skying one off Guru caught brilliantly by Jaggu. Chitanya bowled the final over before the break. By the End of 10 Overs Black Hawks were 45/5. Back Hawks came back strong by making some quick runs and vikings helped them with some sloppy fielding and bowling, but loosing regular wickets did not help the cause. We witnessed great Death Over Spell from Rahul and Ramesh ( R&R ) restricting Back Hawks to meer 85/10. Awesome Fielding by Siva , Chaitanya and Raj.
Chasing a total of 86 to Win of 20 Over Vikings Knew that they needed a solid start. They could not have asked more, what we witnessed was a treat to the eye. Proper Cricketing shots , text book cricket per say. Raj and Rahul seemed to be so comfortable in the middle that people sitting in the dug out were discussing about "Unlimited Meals" in Kumars Mess.. Back Hawks were so tiered they just wanted Vikings to finish the game so that they can go home early. Some Late Cuts and "Deft Touches" meant that they were rotating the strike and not letting the bowlers settle. Ones converted to Twos and putting pressure of fielders, it was just a treat to watch them play. Raj opened up after 4th over and started to attack the bowlers disturbing their line and length. Rahul as usual looked solid and was desperate to score big again. Scoring at a pace of 7 r.p.o. Vikings were 55 When the first wicket fell Raj , scoring 31 runs , but it was too late as the damage was already done. In came the "Finisher" Jaggu Bhai , with the burden of making sure he does not mess his average up, he did not disappoint us. Rahul finished the innings hitting the Winning Shot, He eventually scored 40 Run and was their till the end.
Overall it was a great win. With two more games to go Viking will be focused on clinching the title.
Dallas, Tx
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| Go Vikings !!!!! |
An Amazing day for Cricket overcast weather , light breeze and a ground that is Right in the middle of Trinity River. Vikings Knew coming into the game that winning this game would mean they are One step closer to what could be a Historical Championship. The Day started with a literal "Treasure Hunt" trying to find the Ground it was close to someone trying to find El Dorado. The Game was delayed by 30 Min and eventually started by 8:00 AM. Vikings Won the Toss and decided to bowl first ( Which turned out to be a great decision). Black Hawks, opening their innings with Harman and Tausif. Srikar opened the bowling for Vikings and usual opponents struggled with his pace. Vikings got their first break through from a brilliant bowling from Sachin getting Harman out behind his legs and stumps flying in all directions. Vikings sniffed the opportunity and put a slip in for the new comer who got an edge immediately. A brilliant effort by Srikar diving to his right , unfortunately he could not hold on it , but that lead to a mix up and Sai Kiran pounced on and got Tausif runout.
Black Hawks were struggling 7 for 2 in 2 Overs , with both their openers back to pavilion, Sachin and Srikar finished their brilliant spell and Black Hawks were 18/3 by the End of 4th Over. Rahul Bowled and brilliant over just giving 1 run and taking the key Wicket of Anup. Vikas and Manish tried to steady the ship with a partnership of 15 Runs before Manish got out skying one off Guru caught brilliantly by Jaggu. Chitanya bowled the final over before the break. By the End of 10 Overs Black Hawks were 45/5. Back Hawks came back strong by making some quick runs and vikings helped them with some sloppy fielding and bowling, but loosing regular wickets did not help the cause. We witnessed great Death Over Spell from Rahul and Ramesh ( R&R ) restricting Back Hawks to meer 85/10. Awesome Fielding by Siva , Chaitanya and Raj.
Chasing a total of 86 to Win of 20 Over Vikings Knew that they needed a solid start. They could not have asked more, what we witnessed was a treat to the eye. Proper Cricketing shots , text book cricket per say. Raj and Rahul seemed to be so comfortable in the middle that people sitting in the dug out were discussing about "Unlimited Meals" in Kumars Mess.. Back Hawks were so tiered they just wanted Vikings to finish the game so that they can go home early. Some Late Cuts and "Deft Touches" meant that they were rotating the strike and not letting the bowlers settle. Ones converted to Twos and putting pressure of fielders, it was just a treat to watch them play. Raj opened up after 4th over and started to attack the bowlers disturbing their line and length. Rahul as usual looked solid and was desperate to score big again. Scoring at a pace of 7 r.p.o. Vikings were 55 When the first wicket fell Raj , scoring 31 runs , but it was too late as the damage was already done. In came the "Finisher" Jaggu Bhai , with the burden of making sure he does not mess his average up, he did not disappoint us. Rahul finished the innings hitting the Winning Shot, He eventually scored 40 Run and was their till the end.
Overall it was a great win. With two more games to go Viking will be focused on clinching the title.
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| Black Hawks Innings |
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| Vikings Innings |
Copyright issues expected from chaitu for using deft touches :)
ReplyDeleteGreat match report Guru..
fantastic report! u Rock as i always say!
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