SPCC v CCC, League Game 10, Reedy Creek Park

SPCC win a thriller over CCC
Deepak Bhat

August 9, 2008

CCC 192-9 in 35 overs.(John 40, Vishwas 36, Amit 4/27, Praveen 2/30) 
lost to SPCC 193-8 in 34.3 overs (Baseer 48, Amit 46, Mani 34, Pranav 3/26) by 2 wickets.

Player of the match: Amit Singh

Balle balle kya haal chal hai….. (Punjabi for what’s up people). Coming to the Game. The weather was not too bad as it was in high 80’s. SPCC lost the toss and CCC elected to bat first. 

Kalyan and Baseer started the proceedings for SPCC. Both of them bowled beautifully and Baseer was soon rewarded with a wicket in his second over. Kalyan was also keeping things tight from other end and was unfortunate when a chance went begging. After a good spell Subhashish and Praveen were introduced into attack. The opponent batsmen were playing Praveen carefully but he was soon rewarded for some fine bowling immediately after drinks break when he clean bowled the batsmen. After Subhashish went for few runs he was replaced by Amit.

 He immediately proved effective when he had the batsman try to hit him for a six but was caught by Baseer. This was one of his four wickets. It was going to be a good day for Amit later on too when he would perform with bat. It was a very good second session for SPCC where they grabbed five wickets. Meanwhile CCC batsmen kept on chipping away with some very cheeky single and some good hits to the fence. Mani came to bowl the last over and grabbed two wickets in the last over. CCC finished with a score of 192/9 wickets in 35 overs. 

Anish and Yasir started the innings for SPCC. Anish was soon out lbw and Yasir too fell to a beautiful delivery which completely deceived him and knocked down his stumps. Amit and Summit now had the responsibility of providing stability. Summit tried to play some good shots but was soon out. Kalyan was send above in the batting order. Kudos to Kalyan to keep things calm and give some stability to the situation. He was soon out though while trying to hit a shot over the fielder. Amit was then joined in the middle by Mani. Mani played some beautiful shots for sixes. Amit meanwhile was steadily playing his innings. It was again a treat to watch Amit play his exquisite shots. Mani soon was out though. And so our captain joined Amit in the middle. 

Both of them started playing well and set about to reach the target. CCC bowlers except for the starters were moderate. Their weakness was greatly exposed by Baseer and Amit. But with about 59 runs left Baseer went for a shot that he regretted later. So in went Trilok. He played with great confidence but was soon unfortunately run out. So now the batsmen left on the pitch were Venkat and Subhashish and there were still about 29 runs to be scored. In this situation one needs to have nerves of steel. And that is what these two batsmen proved they had. They played their inning ball by ball and played intelligently. Hence SPCC reached their target in 34.3 overs. What a thriller. 

Quote of the week

"We all have ability. The difference is how we use it "

Go SPCC…….