SPCC v OCC, Pre Quarter Final, Reedy Creek Park
SPCC wins by 153 runs over OCC
Deepak Bhat

September 14, 2008

SPCC 205 (Baseer 67, Rohit 2/21)
won against OCC 52 in 21.3 overs (Subashis 4/3, Deepak 2/2, Baseer 2/21)for 153 runs

Man of the match: Baseer Ahmed

Namaskar, Adaab, Vanakam, Welcome….This is your host Deepak Bhatt bringing you the latest in the SPCC world of cricket. September 14th, 2008 started to be a nice sunny day. The prequater final between OCC and SPCC was going to be played at the Reedy creek park. There was lot of dew on the grass. OCC had arrived a day earlier after driving four hours from Richmond, Virginia. As usual our captain lost the toss. This must be a record in the MACC league.

SPCC batted first. The proceedings were started by Sumit and Yasir. Initially due to dew conditions the ball was coming slow to the bat hence making it difficult for both of our batsmen. Sumit soon got into the groove and hit a beautiful six. Yasir also got into the act and hit a boundary. But alas Sumit soon got out to a ball where he thought he would hit it out of the park. Enter Aditya. Aditya was playing a game after an absence of 4 weeks. He too was initially finding to hit the ball and was soon out trying to hit a ball that stopped a little. In went Mr. Amit. He started the proceedings as he usually does by hitting each ball on its own merit.

Yasir was finally out to a ball that kept low. Praises must be given to the OCC bowlers Amit and Anshuman who were keeping a tight line and length. So Amit was now joined in the middle by Baseer. Both of them knew that this partnership was crucial for the game and they set about doing so. Enter bowler Umair for OCC. He was given a great welcome by Baseer in the first over who hit him for plenty of sixes. Even in the second over he was given the same treatment. But from third over he got his line and length perfect making things a little difficult for SPCC batsmen. Amit was soon unfortunately run out.

Trilok joined Baseer in the middle. Baseer meanwhile kept on playing his shots but was soon caught behind. He played well for his 67 runs. Now it was on Venkat and Trilok to see SPCC through. Trilok hit a great six but was immediately out when he was clean bowled by Rohit who was bowling his slow balls very well. Abhijit went in next. He and Venkat added some score for SPCC including some sixes by both of them. Abhijit was soon out trying to accelerate the scoring. Enter Deepak. Deepak hit some lusty shots taking SPCC beyond the 200 mark.

SPCC ended their innings at 205 runs in 34.5 overs.

Baseer and Deepak started the proceeding for Bowling. Deepak got a wicket in his very first over when he took a nice diving caught and bowl chance. Baseer was also into a wicket in the very next over. Hence OCC was put on defensive right from the beginning. Deepak soon got another wicket when Amit caught a beautiful catch in the slips. Deepak was also involved in taking two more catches, which delivered a crushing blow to OCC batting. Subashis was introduced from 12th over and boy..was he in a spectacular form! He had 4 wickets in 4 overs just by giving away 3 runs! OCC was finally bowled out for 52 runs in 21.3 overs.

Some words about the OCC team. They were the perfect guest. Cordial and smiling. This was the first time these two teams had played each other and it was played in a very friendly atmosphere. SPCC would like to congratulate OCC team for the good season they have had this year.

As for SPCC. Congratulations on reaching the quarter finals. Next week is tough game but if everybody plays to their potential nothing is impossible.


Quote of the week

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.

Go SPCC…………………