Match Summary:
Date: 24-Dec-2011
Ground: NFC Sports Club
Teams: Polaris vs ZenTech
Toss won by - 'ZenTech' and opted for fielding.
Polaris Innings:
It's a green top wicket having over night dew by the time match was started. Good toss to win by ZenTech and rightly opted for fielding first. 'Polaris' openers(Susheel & Praveen) started the innings keeping the conditions in view. Both have good understanding between them, while Praveen taking the charge..Susheel kept rotating the strike. They scored 28 runs in the first power play. Later, there were few(3) good overs bowled by 'Zentech' with the introduction of Ram into attack. 'Polaris' crossed 50 runs mark in the 8th over of the innings. The aggressive innings of Praveen(28 runs in 20 balls) has come to an end with a good work by 'ZenTech' bowler making him runout. Susheel & Praveen scored 54 runs for the first wicket. Another wicket gone for 'Polaris' in the 10th over when 'Ram' dismissed 'Madhu'. 'Polaris' were 63/2 after 10 overs. There, Ratna joined with Susheel and Susheel took the game under his control. Susheel played some tremendous shots and while Ratna(14 runs) picking up the gaps well. 'Polaris' was in a good position with 110/2 at 15 overs and expecting to score more runs with the wickets in hand. Now, it was the turn of 'Ram' of 'Zentech' who not only stopped runs but, took 2 wickets each in his last 2 overs(16th & 18th). Ram, so far had a wonderful tournament with the ball. Finished his five-wicket hall (5/10 in 4 overs) which includes well settled Susheel's wicket too. Susheel(62 runs in 54 balls) scored another half-century in the tournament. Ram was well supported by Suman(2/29 runs in 4 overs) from the other end, who took 2 wickets and did an excellent runout in his follow thru. At that stage, 'Polaris' was into trouble having score 123/9. But, Arun(10 runs) took most of the strike and added 17 valuable runs for last wicket ensuring no further loss to the team. Finally , 'Polaris' managed to score 140/9 in 20 overs .
ZenTech Innings:
As mentioned earlier, still there was a little bit of green grass remained after an innings. The two quickies of 'Polaris', Degula & Arun made use of the wicket and gave a brilliant start to the team. Both were exceptional and literally unplayable in the initial overs. By the time batsmen realized the situation, damage was done. The process went in this way...Degula took the wicket for the first ball of the innings and 'ZenTech' were 0/1 after first over. 2nd over was bowled by Arun and his in-swinging deliveries dominated the batsmen and he took 3 wickets in that dream over. 'ZenTech' were 6/4 after 2 overs and all those runs coming in extras. In the 3rd over, Degula took 2 more wickets..one being a beautiful catch taken by Madhu in the first slip. 'ZenTech' were 11/6 after the 3rd over. Srinivas and Shiva steadied the innings for some time before Shiva(10 runs) was made out by Arun in his last over of the spell. Ratna and Chandra were into bowling attack(both didn't played after the 4th league match) and onto target right from the beginning. Ratna took a wicket in the 9th over..stumped made by Susheel. Suman chipped in with few runs(10) before being bowled by Chandra. Chandra closed the 'ZenTech' innings by taking the wicket of Srinivas..who stayed at the wicket for long time and played(18 runs) a respectable innings. Once again, Arun led the bowling department from front with his excellent bowling(4/11 in 4 overs) and equally supported by Degula(3/11 in 3 overs), followed by Chandra(2/11 in 2.1 overs) and Ratna (1/19 in 4 overs). 'ZenTech ' were allout for 58 runs in 14.1 overs.
First of all credit goes to the 'Polaris' opening batting pair (Susheel & Praveen) for giving a much deserved start for the team on a lush green wicket. Next, to the opening bowling pair who turned the match in almost no time to their team side by sticking to the basics and fully using the new ball. Ram of 'ZenTech' is also terrific with ball which made 'Polaris' to loose 7 wickets just for 13 runs in a span of 3.3 overs.
'Polaris' won the match by 82 runs.
Arun won the 'Man of the match' for his outstanding bowling performance(4/11 in 4 overs) and handy in batting (10 runs n.o) too.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
IBM reaches HSCL2 Finals with a super over
Match Summary:
Date: 24-Dec-2011
Ground: NFC Ground, ECIL.
Teams: IBM Vs Wipro ( Semi-finals)
Wipro won the toss and opted to bat first. Sree and Mehul opened the innings. Narein and Sai started off the IBM bowling attack. Captain Sree was the first one to be dismissed in 3rd ball when he tried to play a ball to onside,closing the phase of bat early which took a leading edge which went straight into the hands of player at cover region. With some extras and byes wipro could manage to score 17 runs in 1st over.Otherend Sai bowled his first spell to perfection by conceding 7 runs in 3 overs with 1 wicket of Ramakanth. Debut bowler Pavan bowled meticulously( 13 runs in 4 overs) with variation in pace and tight line.
The Duo Rajesh(25 runs) and Manish steadied the innings for few overs.( 55/3 in 10 overs). Just when rajesh was looking good with his bat, he was given LBW out for a pullshot where the ball kept little low than he anticipated hitting his right thigh.
Veteran leg break bowler "Madhav" who took 2 quick wickets in his 1st over caused some damage to wipro batting order at that stage
Manish who looked fluent in making 35 added some crucial runs in last overs and Wipro managed to get 27 runs in last 3 overs. and overall scoring 127/8 in 20 Overs.
With target as 128 on board,'IBM'couldnt start well as they lost their in-form batsman "Aquib" in 1st over who was bowled out to Left Arm pace bowler "Ganga". 1 down batsman 'Raju' was also unlucky as he was caught out by 'Ramakanth' who took a brilliant catch in covers. Next set of the batsmans who tried to score some runs couldnt manage to keep the score board ticking and were sent back to pavilion early.
Skipper savi who tried to go for some shots was caught out at gully region scoring 13 runs. some good overs bowled by Ganga ,Gopal, Arun restricted IBM batsmans to score any boundaries at that stage (35/5 in 10 overs). It was apparent to the spectators that match will be won by Wipro.
It was left hand batsman'Pavan' who changed the course of the game with some big hits and well timed shots over cover region, provided some entertainment to the crowd. He was well supported by batsmans Goverdhan, sidharth. IBM were (71/6 in 15 overs). IBM had to score 56 runs in 30 balls with 4 wickets remaining.
"Pavan" who scored useful 40 runs in 26 balls was bowled out by 'Arun'.
Wipro still had an edge over victory but hopes were dashed off when batsmans 'sher' and 'Naren' who took some quick singles converting 1's into 2's Plus some extras, which kept Wipro team under pressure.
Catch drop of "Sher" by rajesh at long on proved costly for wipro. IBM had to score 12 runs in final over and bowler Sahoo bowled couple of wide deliveries, Batsman "Sher" connected every ball well, both naren and Sher took risky singles with good running between the wickets and IBM had to score 3 runs in last 1 ball.
"Sher" hit the last ball towards the cover region and after slight misfield by fielder 2nd run was taken quickly, finally scores were equal. Commendable performance at the end by "Sher" and "Naren" who kept their whole hearted efforts to make IBM win.
As the scores were leveled,Umpires decided for super over and IBM had to bat first. Wipro Left Arm Pacer 'Ganga'who bowled good spell in the entire match, struggled little with his line and gave some extras in initial deliveries "Aquib" smashed couple of deliveries to boundary on the square legside and at other end "Pavan" who was in good form rotated strike, giving chance to "Aquib" to score the maximum. IBM finally scored 18 runs in 1 over.
With target 19 on board, Wipro batsmans "Ramakanth" and "Mohit" were sent to crease. IBM team decided to handover the charge to "Pavan", who bowled couple of wide balls initially and wipro batsmans could manage to just take singles every ball.
IBM won the match comprehensively with 11 runs
This is 8th win for IBM over 9 matches played so far in HSCL-2.
"Pavan" was adjudged as "Man of Match" for his allround performance.
Date: 24-Dec-2011
Ground: NFC Ground, ECIL.
Teams: IBM Vs Wipro ( Semi-finals)
Wipro won the toss and opted to bat first. Sree and Mehul opened the innings. Narein and Sai started off the IBM bowling attack. Captain Sree was the first one to be dismissed in 3rd ball when he tried to play a ball to onside,closing the phase of bat early which took a leading edge which went straight into the hands of player at cover region. With some extras and byes wipro could manage to score 17 runs in 1st over.Otherend Sai bowled his first spell to perfection by conceding 7 runs in 3 overs with 1 wicket of Ramakanth. Debut bowler Pavan bowled meticulously( 13 runs in 4 overs) with variation in pace and tight line.
The Duo Rajesh(25 runs) and Manish steadied the innings for few overs.( 55/3 in 10 overs). Just when rajesh was looking good with his bat, he was given LBW out for a pullshot where the ball kept little low than he anticipated hitting his right thigh.
Veteran leg break bowler "Madhav" who took 2 quick wickets in his 1st over caused some damage to wipro batting order at that stage
Manish who looked fluent in making 35 added some crucial runs in last overs and Wipro managed to get 27 runs in last 3 overs. and overall scoring 127/8 in 20 Overs.
With target as 128 on board,'IBM'couldnt start well as they lost their in-form batsman "Aquib" in 1st over who was bowled out to Left Arm pace bowler "Ganga". 1 down batsman 'Raju' was also unlucky as he was caught out by 'Ramakanth' who took a brilliant catch in covers. Next set of the batsmans who tried to score some runs couldnt manage to keep the score board ticking and were sent back to pavilion early.
Skipper savi who tried to go for some shots was caught out at gully region scoring 13 runs. some good overs bowled by Ganga ,Gopal, Arun restricted IBM batsmans to score any boundaries at that stage (35/5 in 10 overs). It was apparent to the spectators that match will be won by Wipro.
It was left hand batsman'Pavan' who changed the course of the game with some big hits and well timed shots over cover region, provided some entertainment to the crowd. He was well supported by batsmans Goverdhan, sidharth. IBM were (71/6 in 15 overs). IBM had to score 56 runs in 30 balls with 4 wickets remaining.
"Pavan" who scored useful 40 runs in 26 balls was bowled out by 'Arun'.
Wipro still had an edge over victory but hopes were dashed off when batsmans 'sher' and 'Naren' who took some quick singles converting 1's into 2's Plus some extras, which kept Wipro team under pressure.
Catch drop of "Sher" by rajesh at long on proved costly for wipro. IBM had to score 12 runs in final over and bowler Sahoo bowled couple of wide deliveries, Batsman "Sher" connected every ball well, both naren and Sher took risky singles with good running between the wickets and IBM had to score 3 runs in last 1 ball.
"Sher" hit the last ball towards the cover region and after slight misfield by fielder 2nd run was taken quickly, finally scores were equal. Commendable performance at the end by "Sher" and "Naren" who kept their whole hearted efforts to make IBM win.
As the scores were leveled,Umpires decided for super over and IBM had to bat first. Wipro Left Arm Pacer 'Ganga'who bowled good spell in the entire match, struggled little with his line and gave some extras in initial deliveries "Aquib" smashed couple of deliveries to boundary on the square legside and at other end "Pavan" who was in good form rotated strike, giving chance to "Aquib" to score the maximum. IBM finally scored 18 runs in 1 over.
With target 19 on board, Wipro batsmans "Ramakanth" and "Mohit" were sent to crease. IBM team decided to handover the charge to "Pavan", who bowled couple of wide balls initially and wipro batsmans could manage to just take singles every ball.
IBM won the match comprehensively with 11 runs
This is 8th win for IBM over 9 matches played so far in HSCL-2.
"Pavan" was adjudged as "Man of Match" for his allround performance.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
NCR finished HSCL2 with style.
Match Summary:
Date: 18-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: NCR Vs Siemens
Siemens Batting: 113/9 in 20 overs.
NCR opened the bowling attack witha magical spell from Suryavir in-swinging & out-swinging the ball this time round making the batsman think twice before attempting to play.Suryavir claimed his first wicket of a magnificent in-swinging delivery hitting the mid-wicket getting the Siemens opener bowled.Sandeep who stepped in-next didn't last long and was bowled for an excellent delivery by Kranthi where the bail flew near to 30yrd circle. Manish who stepped played diligently and slowly started to build the partnership.However,he didn't last long and was run out for an excellent throw from Venkata Subbaiah from Square Leg when he attempted for a tight second run.Tulasi didn't last long and was out for a full toss for an easy catch to Keeper.
Vignesh who stepped in-next continued to support to Nayeem(Opener) who played the anchor role putting odd balls to boundaries. They started to build the partnership and kept the scoreboard ticking.Siemens were at 80/4 at the end of 15 overs.Suryavir was brought back to attack and took his second wicket of Nayeem(36 runs) with a spectacular catch from Sateesh at mid-wicket. Azhar & Vignesh continued to rotate the strike and Azhar giving a "go" at the balls. However,Vignesh was run-out due to improper calling for a well made 28 runs.NCR bowler's didn't allow the Siemens tail-enders to open-up and made Siemens work hard to score. Siemens managed to score a respectable total of 113/9 at the end of 20 overs.There were 4 runouts in the Siemens innings and some good catches taken from NCR fielding department giving only 13 extras off 20 overs was an exceptional performance.
NCR Bowling:
Suryavir - 3/11(4 overs) & Kranthi - 1/19(4 overs) were impressive.
NCR Batting: 114/6 in 14.3 overs.
Game Plan:-
========= NCR huddle has come-up with a Strategy to go for "Victory" ----> Semis which require chasing down the total in ~10 overs. This would be as a result of "Tie" in Points with ZenTech where "NRR" comes into picture for deciding the Semis Qualifier for 4th Position.
NCR opened the innings with Srujan and Sateesh with Srujan taking the strike.The first ball was a boundary literally knocking the doors of "Semis" Compartment.It was the strategy to go after the bowling in the Initial 5 overs to fetch as many runs as possible. The very next ball was a wicket where the ball kept low and Srujan was Plumb in-front. Uday who stepped in-next started playing on Gear-3 right from the beginning where NCR hut started to Smell "Semis" berth........
Sateesh too did hit few boundaries respecting the good balls.His little cameo came to end when he was bowled for a fullish delivery from Azhar.Sateesh scored 16 runs(3 fours).Uday didn't step down the gear and continued to accelerate in the same manner.His Sweep shot six of Nayeem's bowling which went high and also covered enough territory clearing the deep mid-wicket was treat watching. He decided to go after the bowling;however he couldn't succeed to clear the second time and was caught at long-on. Uday scored 35 runs(4 fours 1 six) off just 19 balls.There were hopes of finishing the match within 10 overs & NCR started to believe they are "through" when Uday was going after the Siemens attack.
NCR was 57/3 at the end of 7 overs. Kranthi stepped in-next was out of the very second ball plumb in-front.Pradeep stepped in-next to keep the scoring rate high as NRR will be decider for the match.Pradeep and Reddy were at crease to win the match for NCR as quickly as possible.Reddy was plumb in-front of the very second ball and NCR was at 71/5 at the end of 9 overs. Naveen C who stepped in at 6th wicket played sensibly and continued to support Pradeep to win the match for NCR.Naveen C and Pradeep put up a good partnership for 6th wicket and took NCR almost home with ample overs remaining. Pradeep tried to clear the fence of Nayeem's bowling to finish the formalities for NCR and was caught at deep mid wicket.Pradeep scored 18 runs(2 fours; 1 six). Prasad stepped in next to finish the winning runs for NCR and Naveen C remained not out with a well made 20 runs(2 fours).
Result: NCR won the match by 4 wickets.
Man of the Match: Nayeem from Siemens for scoring 36 runs and claiming 1 wicket.
Even though NCR won the match against Siemens the "NET RUN RATE" was not good enough to overtake "ZenTech".
ZenTech & NCR stood at 12 points and ZenTech occupied the 4th slot with slightly better NRR compared to NCR.
Zen Players watched the match closely and relaxed only after the 10th over. :-)
Hence the Semis matches for HSCL-II are Polaris Vs. Zen ; IBM Vs. Wipro
Trianz,Siemens will occupy the 6th & 7th Slots and Honeywell at the bottom with 4 points.
It was 0.45 NRR which made the difference between the 4th slot and 5th slot.
NCR finished the HSCL-II in 5th slot and accolades from HSCL Management and also the Umpires regarding the Spirit Shown on-field, Commitment and Cricketing attitude.NCR was considered as best bowling team where appreciations given from all HSCL Participant teams.
It was NCR's first participation in HSCL and finished off in 5th position where it lost the "Semis" berth by 0.45 NRR."NCR was close yet so far". Congratulations for NCR Squad for putting up a great performance in all the 7 matches where it entered the Tournament as "Under dogs" and almost occupying the "Semis berth".........
NCR had sweet memories in HSCL-II w.r.t "Highest Successful run chase in HSCL History against Honeywell" ; "Last Ball Six against Wipro"; "Neck-to-Neck Semis-fight Successful Run Chase against Siemens". There were close matches with Trianz and Zen but NCR landed on other side of Victory & good fight with IBM & Polaris teams. NCR Bowler "Suryavir Singh" will grab the Orange Cap from NCR and will be in the list competing for the "Best Bowler of the Tournament" award for HSCL-II taking 15 wickets in just 6 matches which is an Outstanding Performance.NCR is becoming a Competitive team w.r.t Corporate Cricket Standards and will try to move further heights in next Edition of HSCL.
Congratulations to NCR Squad for Putting up a great show in HSCL-II & best wishes to NCR Cricket Club for HSCL-III starting in Feb. 2012 Season.
Date: 18-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: NCR Vs Siemens
Siemens Batting: 113/9 in 20 overs.
NCR opened the bowling attack witha magical spell from Suryavir in-swinging & out-swinging the ball this time round making the batsman think twice before attempting to play.Suryavir claimed his first wicket of a magnificent in-swinging delivery hitting the mid-wicket getting the Siemens opener bowled.Sandeep who stepped in-next didn't last long and was bowled for an excellent delivery by Kranthi where the bail flew near to 30yrd circle. Manish who stepped played diligently and slowly started to build the partnership.However,he didn't last long and was run out for an excellent throw from Venkata Subbaiah from Square Leg when he attempted for a tight second run.Tulasi didn't last long and was out for a full toss for an easy catch to Keeper.
Vignesh who stepped in-next continued to support to Nayeem(Opener) who played the anchor role putting odd balls to boundaries. They started to build the partnership and kept the scoreboard ticking.Siemens were at 80/4 at the end of 15 overs.Suryavir was brought back to attack and took his second wicket of Nayeem(36 runs) with a spectacular catch from Sateesh at mid-wicket. Azhar & Vignesh continued to rotate the strike and Azhar giving a "go" at the balls. However,Vignesh was run-out due to improper calling for a well made 28 runs.NCR bowler's didn't allow the Siemens tail-enders to open-up and made Siemens work hard to score. Siemens managed to score a respectable total of 113/9 at the end of 20 overs.There were 4 runouts in the Siemens innings and some good catches taken from NCR fielding department giving only 13 extras off 20 overs was an exceptional performance.
NCR Bowling:
Suryavir - 3/11(4 overs) & Kranthi - 1/19(4 overs) were impressive.
NCR Batting: 114/6 in 14.3 overs.
Game Plan:-
========= NCR huddle has come-up with a Strategy to go for "Victory" ----> Semis which require chasing down the total in ~10 overs. This would be as a result of "Tie" in Points with ZenTech where "NRR" comes into picture for deciding the Semis Qualifier for 4th Position.
NCR opened the innings with Srujan and Sateesh with Srujan taking the strike.The first ball was a boundary literally knocking the doors of "Semis" Compartment.It was the strategy to go after the bowling in the Initial 5 overs to fetch as many runs as possible. The very next ball was a wicket where the ball kept low and Srujan was Plumb in-front. Uday who stepped in-next started playing on Gear-3 right from the beginning where NCR hut started to Smell "Semis" berth........
Sateesh too did hit few boundaries respecting the good balls.His little cameo came to end when he was bowled for a fullish delivery from Azhar.Sateesh scored 16 runs(3 fours).Uday didn't step down the gear and continued to accelerate in the same manner.His Sweep shot six of Nayeem's bowling which went high and also covered enough territory clearing the deep mid-wicket was treat watching. He decided to go after the bowling;however he couldn't succeed to clear the second time and was caught at long-on. Uday scored 35 runs(4 fours 1 six) off just 19 balls.There were hopes of finishing the match within 10 overs & NCR started to believe they are "through" when Uday was going after the Siemens attack.
NCR was 57/3 at the end of 7 overs. Kranthi stepped in-next was out of the very second ball plumb in-front.Pradeep stepped in-next to keep the scoring rate high as NRR will be decider for the match.Pradeep and Reddy were at crease to win the match for NCR as quickly as possible.Reddy was plumb in-front of the very second ball and NCR was at 71/5 at the end of 9 overs. Naveen C who stepped in at 6th wicket played sensibly and continued to support Pradeep to win the match for NCR.Naveen C and Pradeep put up a good partnership for 6th wicket and took NCR almost home with ample overs remaining. Pradeep tried to clear the fence of Nayeem's bowling to finish the formalities for NCR and was caught at deep mid wicket.Pradeep scored 18 runs(2 fours; 1 six). Prasad stepped in next to finish the winning runs for NCR and Naveen C remained not out with a well made 20 runs(2 fours).
Result: NCR won the match by 4 wickets.
Man of the Match: Nayeem from Siemens for scoring 36 runs and claiming 1 wicket.
Even though NCR won the match against Siemens the "NET RUN RATE" was not good enough to overtake "ZenTech".
ZenTech & NCR stood at 12 points and ZenTech occupied the 4th slot with slightly better NRR compared to NCR.
Zen Players watched the match closely and relaxed only after the 10th over. :-)
Hence the Semis matches for HSCL-II are Polaris Vs. Zen ; IBM Vs. Wipro
Trianz,Siemens will occupy the 6th & 7th Slots and Honeywell at the bottom with 4 points.
It was 0.45 NRR which made the difference between the 4th slot and 5th slot.
NCR finished the HSCL-II in 5th slot and accolades from HSCL Management and also the Umpires regarding the Spirit Shown on-field, Commitment and Cricketing attitude.NCR was considered as best bowling team where appreciations given from all HSCL Participant teams.
It was NCR's first participation in HSCL and finished off in 5th position where it lost the "Semis" berth by 0.45 NRR."NCR was close yet so far". Congratulations for NCR Squad for putting up a great performance in all the 7 matches where it entered the Tournament as "Under dogs" and almost occupying the "Semis berth".........
NCR had sweet memories in HSCL-II w.r.t "Highest Successful run chase in HSCL History against Honeywell" ; "Last Ball Six against Wipro"; "Neck-to-Neck Semis-fight Successful Run Chase against Siemens". There were close matches with Trianz and Zen but NCR landed on other side of Victory & good fight with IBM & Polaris teams. NCR Bowler "Suryavir Singh" will grab the Orange Cap from NCR and will be in the list competing for the "Best Bowler of the Tournament" award for HSCL-II taking 15 wickets in just 6 matches which is an Outstanding Performance.NCR is becoming a Competitive team w.r.t Corporate Cricket Standards and will try to move further heights in next Edition of HSCL.
Congratulations to NCR Squad for Putting up a great show in HSCL-II & best wishes to NCR Cricket Club for HSCL-III starting in Feb. 2012 Season.
Polaris remained unbeaten
Match Summary:
Date: 17-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs Trianz
Toss won by - 'Polaris' and opted for batting.
Polaris Innings:
'Polaris' openers gave a flying start by scoring 42 runs in first power play overs. But, Srikanth struck twice in the 5th over by dismissing Praveen(13 runs) and in-form Madhu. Susheel and Arun played cautiously and 'Polaris' were 73/2 after 10 overs. Both added 46 runs for the 3rd wicket before Hari bowled Arun(19 runs) in 13th over. Once again, Srikanth did some more damage in the 15th over where Polaris lost 2 more wickets(one being runout). 'Polaris' were struggling for runs at that moment..103/5 after 15 overs. Srikanth finished his dream spell(3/11). Susheel(50 runs in 48 balls) fell after his maiden half-century in the tournament and was brilliant in utilizing the opportunities in right way. Scored 8x4s in his valuable innings. Once Susheel departed, Jaweed's runs hunt started. Jaweed's blazing innings(24 runs in 18 balls) consisted of 3 fours and a six over mid-wicket fence. Sreedhar(1/27) and Hari(2/22) were impressive in bowling. Finally , 'Polaris' managed to score 151/9 in 20 overs .
Trianz Innings:
A quick start from 'Trianz' too by scoring 41 runs in 5 overs. Both, Sajith and Srikanth were fluent in stroke making and sent the ball to all corners of the ground. Especially, Srikanth looked dangerous but couldn't stand for long. His innings(34 runs in 21 balls) came to an end when stumped by Stalin in Praveen's bowling. Praveen took another wicket in his 2nd over leaving 'Trianz' at 68/2 after 10 overs. Sajith at other steadied the innings with Anand and continued it with Kalyan(after Anand was retired hurt for some time). Sajith played medium-pacers and spinners equally well and his foot work was very good throughout the innings. Kalyan(13 runs) hit a six over deep-mid wicket in Susheel's bowling but was bowled by him in next over. Then, Anand came back for batting and there, 'Trianz' requires 47 runs to win in last 5 overs having 7 wickets in hand. But, the 16th over bowled by Niranjan spoiled the hopes of Trianz as he made out both Sajith(30 runs with 5x4s) and Anand(16 runs with 3x4s) also conceded just 3 runs in that over. Having required run rate at 11 per over, Trianz batsmen tried their best by hitting the odd balls to boundaries. But, the runout of Shankar narrowed the chances of win for 'Trianz'. During the same time Arun collapsed Trianz innings by taking 4 wickets in a span of 9 balls. Arun led the bowling department from front with his excellent bowling(4/23 in 3.3 overs), followed by Niranjan(2/17 in 4 overs), Praveen(2/24 in 4 overs) and Susheel (1/27 in 4 overs). 'Trianz ' were allout for 134 runs in 19.3 overs.
Match is evenly poised till the end and a good fight from Trianz till the last ball. Match has seen some excellent individual performances from both the teams. Classic batting by Susheel & Sajith and powerful strokes from Srikanth & Jaweed. Couple of hits by Srikanth & Jaweed went miles out of the boundary. Also, wonderful bowling by Arun, Niranjan & Srikanth. Excellent catches taken by Srikanth, Mahesh & Susheel and a sparkling stump by Stalin. Polaris had a good match before the Semi-finals.
'Polaris' won the match by 17 runs.
Susheel earned 'Man of the match' for his brilliant batting( 50 runs), handy in bowling ( 1/27 in 4 overs ) too and took an excellent catch in the field.
Date: 17-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs Trianz
Toss won by - 'Polaris' and opted for batting.
Polaris Innings:
'Polaris' openers gave a flying start by scoring 42 runs in first power play overs. But, Srikanth struck twice in the 5th over by dismissing Praveen(13 runs) and in-form Madhu. Susheel and Arun played cautiously and 'Polaris' were 73/2 after 10 overs. Both added 46 runs for the 3rd wicket before Hari bowled Arun(19 runs) in 13th over. Once again, Srikanth did some more damage in the 15th over where Polaris lost 2 more wickets(one being runout). 'Polaris' were struggling for runs at that moment..103/5 after 15 overs. Srikanth finished his dream spell(3/11). Susheel(50 runs in 48 balls) fell after his maiden half-century in the tournament and was brilliant in utilizing the opportunities in right way. Scored 8x4s in his valuable innings. Once Susheel departed, Jaweed's runs hunt started. Jaweed's blazing innings(24 runs in 18 balls) consisted of 3 fours and a six over mid-wicket fence. Sreedhar(1/27) and Hari(2/22) were impressive in bowling. Finally , 'Polaris' managed to score 151/9 in 20 overs .
Trianz Innings:
A quick start from 'Trianz' too by scoring 41 runs in 5 overs. Both, Sajith and Srikanth were fluent in stroke making and sent the ball to all corners of the ground. Especially, Srikanth looked dangerous but couldn't stand for long. His innings(34 runs in 21 balls) came to an end when stumped by Stalin in Praveen's bowling. Praveen took another wicket in his 2nd over leaving 'Trianz' at 68/2 after 10 overs. Sajith at other steadied the innings with Anand and continued it with Kalyan(after Anand was retired hurt for some time). Sajith played medium-pacers and spinners equally well and his foot work was very good throughout the innings. Kalyan(13 runs) hit a six over deep-mid wicket in Susheel's bowling but was bowled by him in next over. Then, Anand came back for batting and there, 'Trianz' requires 47 runs to win in last 5 overs having 7 wickets in hand. But, the 16th over bowled by Niranjan spoiled the hopes of Trianz as he made out both Sajith(30 runs with 5x4s) and Anand(16 runs with 3x4s) also conceded just 3 runs in that over. Having required run rate at 11 per over, Trianz batsmen tried their best by hitting the odd balls to boundaries. But, the runout of Shankar narrowed the chances of win for 'Trianz'. During the same time Arun collapsed Trianz innings by taking 4 wickets in a span of 9 balls. Arun led the bowling department from front with his excellent bowling(4/23 in 3.3 overs), followed by Niranjan(2/17 in 4 overs), Praveen(2/24 in 4 overs) and Susheel (1/27 in 4 overs). 'Trianz ' were allout for 134 runs in 19.3 overs.
Match is evenly poised till the end and a good fight from Trianz till the last ball. Match has seen some excellent individual performances from both the teams. Classic batting by Susheel & Sajith and powerful strokes from Srikanth & Jaweed. Couple of hits by Srikanth & Jaweed went miles out of the boundary. Also, wonderful bowling by Arun, Niranjan & Srikanth. Excellent catches taken by Srikanth, Mahesh & Susheel and a sparkling stump by Stalin. Polaris had a good match before the Semi-finals.
'Polaris' won the match by 17 runs.
Susheel earned 'Man of the match' for his brilliant batting( 50 runs), handy in bowling ( 1/27 in 4 overs ) too and took an excellent catch in the field.
Wipro makes it to Semis
Match Summary:
Date: 17-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Wipro vs Honeywell
Honeywell won the toss and chose to bowl first to use the morning dew and seaming conditions.
Sree and Mehul opened the innings for Wipro. Honeywell openers Sai and Lenin bowled to perfection, not giving away any runs in each of their first over by swinging the ball either way.
However from 3rd over Wipro took control and Sree hit a huge six and followed it up with a boundary. Mehul at other end also started hitting boundaries, by the end of 5th over, Wipro went into 30s. But in a space of few balls, both Mehul and Sree departed. It was turn of Rajesh and Sahoo to take control. Both took some clean singles and opened up after settling down. Sahoo hit a six followed it up with a beautiful boundary. Rajesh at other end was steady and continued his form, hitting odd boundary every now and then. Just like opening pair, both got out in few balls span and it was now turn of next pair, Dr.Gopal and Mohit to continue the innings. Dr.Gopal played some beautiful flicks. He top scored the innings with 21. Mohit at other end scored a clean 17 runs.
By the end of innings, Wipro had reached 130 runs. All top 6 batsmen made useful contributions of 15+ to 20 runs.
Ganga and Sree opened the bowling attack for Wipro. Chinni and Arun took guard from Honeywell in the run chase. Chinni got out to a beautiful direct hit from Jawahar in the second over of the innings. 1 down batsman also did not last long and holed out to long on in Sree’s bowling.
Then Arun joined with Raghavendra and both steadied the innings. They took calculated risks and ensured that Honeywell was well within the required rate.
But Wipro bowlers ensured that they did not give any easy boundaries and slowly built up the pressure on the required rate. In the quest of upping the run rate, Honeywell started losing wickets and was finally bowled out by 19th over.
Honeywell got all out for 95.
Dr.Gopal, Rajesh and Ganga picked up 2 wickets each. Arun and Sree picked up 1 wicket each.
With this win, Wipro became the third team to make it to Semi-Finals.
Dr.Gopal was adjudged Man of the Match for his contributions of 21 runs in Wipro innings and picked up 2 wickets in 4 over spell.
Date: 17-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Wipro vs Honeywell
Honeywell won the toss and chose to bowl first to use the morning dew and seaming conditions.
Sree and Mehul opened the innings for Wipro. Honeywell openers Sai and Lenin bowled to perfection, not giving away any runs in each of their first over by swinging the ball either way.
However from 3rd over Wipro took control and Sree hit a huge six and followed it up with a boundary. Mehul at other end also started hitting boundaries, by the end of 5th over, Wipro went into 30s. But in a space of few balls, both Mehul and Sree departed. It was turn of Rajesh and Sahoo to take control. Both took some clean singles and opened up after settling down. Sahoo hit a six followed it up with a beautiful boundary. Rajesh at other end was steady and continued his form, hitting odd boundary every now and then. Just like opening pair, both got out in few balls span and it was now turn of next pair, Dr.Gopal and Mohit to continue the innings. Dr.Gopal played some beautiful flicks. He top scored the innings with 21. Mohit at other end scored a clean 17 runs.
By the end of innings, Wipro had reached 130 runs. All top 6 batsmen made useful contributions of 15+ to 20 runs.
Ganga and Sree opened the bowling attack for Wipro. Chinni and Arun took guard from Honeywell in the run chase. Chinni got out to a beautiful direct hit from Jawahar in the second over of the innings. 1 down batsman also did not last long and holed out to long on in Sree’s bowling.
Then Arun joined with Raghavendra and both steadied the innings. They took calculated risks and ensured that Honeywell was well within the required rate.
But Wipro bowlers ensured that they did not give any easy boundaries and slowly built up the pressure on the required rate. In the quest of upping the run rate, Honeywell started losing wickets and was finally bowled out by 19th over.
Honeywell got all out for 95.
Dr.Gopal, Rajesh and Ganga picked up 2 wickets each. Arun and Sree picked up 1 wicket each.
With this win, Wipro became the third team to make it to Semi-Finals.
Dr.Gopal was adjudged Man of the Match for his contributions of 21 runs in Wipro innings and picked up 2 wickets in 4 over spell.
IBM finishes the league with style
Summary
IBM won the toss and chose to field first. As usual the bowlers got to their business in a clinical way. Narein and Sai started off with a good start and finished even better with figures 4-O, 25-R & 2Wkts and 4-O, 19-R & 2Wkts. When Zen started to settle a bit there came Madhav who spun the match out of their hands with a fantastic figures of 4-O, 12-R & 3-Wkts. IBM team did a good job in fielding as well including Wicket Keeping. Zen could manage to put up 111 runs with loss of 9 wkts in 20 overs.
IBM came in to bat and as usual the formidable opening pair got off to a flying start with Savi hitting 2 boundaries in the first over. Later followed the flamboyance of Aqeeb with flurry of boundaries. First wicket fell with Savi giving away his wicket, a simple return catch to the bowler, 26(20 Balls), when the score was 72 at the end of 8 overs. Aqeeb played an outstanding innings with a mix of maturity to carry his bat , 58*(54 balls). Raju the No.3 displayed a clinical batting , 16 ( 16 Balls) before he was unfortunately run out. Later Madhav joined Aqeeb to polish off the match. Well deserved Aqeeb was judged as Man of the Match.
IBM won the toss and chose to field first. As usual the bowlers got to their business in a clinical way. Narein and Sai started off with a good start and finished even better with figures 4-O, 25-R & 2Wkts and 4-O, 19-R & 2Wkts. When Zen started to settle a bit there came Madhav who spun the match out of their hands with a fantastic figures of 4-O, 12-R & 3-Wkts. IBM team did a good job in fielding as well including Wicket Keeping. Zen could manage to put up 111 runs with loss of 9 wkts in 20 overs.
IBM came in to bat and as usual the formidable opening pair got off to a flying start with Savi hitting 2 boundaries in the first over. Later followed the flamboyance of Aqeeb with flurry of boundaries. First wicket fell with Savi giving away his wicket, a simple return catch to the bowler, 26(20 Balls), when the score was 72 at the end of 8 overs. Aqeeb played an outstanding innings with a mix of maturity to carry his bat , 58*(54 balls). Raju the No.3 displayed a clinical batting , 16 ( 16 Balls) before he was unfortunately run out. Later Madhav joined Aqeeb to polish off the match. Well deserved Aqeeb was judged as Man of the Match.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
NCR excells in the thriller
Match: NCR vs. WIPRO on Dec. 10th 2011 from 1:30 - 4:30 at Gurukul Grounds
Toss: Won by WIPRO and elected to bat
The match was reduced to 17 overs a side due to wet pitch conditions
Wipro Batting: 114/8 in 17 overs
NCR opened the bowling attack with a magical spell from Suryavir in-swinging the ball as usual. Suryavir claimed his first wicket of a magnificent in-swinging delivery getting Wipro's captain(Sree) bowled in his first over. Rajesh Joshi who stepped in next watched the ball closely of Suryavir in-swinging deliveries. Rajesh was patient and rotated the Strike,putting odd ball to fence with beautiful flick shots. Suryavir claimed his second wicket(Ankur) in his second over plumb-in front with another excellent full length delivery.
Sumith who stepped in next continued to support to Rajesh but didn't last long and was out for another good length ball of Kranthi for LBW. Kranthi was almost unplayable in his initial spell with excellent out-swingers. Dr.Gopal came in 3rd down started to build the partnership with Rajesh and glancing the odd balls to fence.
Dr.Gopal was very aggressive and continued to rotate the strike and pulling bad balls to boundaries scoring most of the runs leg side. He was finally bowled for a straight ball from Kranthi.Dr.Gopal Scored 34 runs (5 fours) leaving Wipro at 107/4 at the end of 15 overs. Rajesh was impressive with a well made 29 runs(3 fours) was out in 16th over of Suryavir bowling.
Suryavir and Uday bowled the last 2 overs and claimed 2 wickets each and Wipro made a decent total of 114/8 at the end of 17 overs. NCR put a good show on-field collecting all catches cleanly and also some good work on field & some dot balls in slog overs saved valuable runs which proved crucial.
NCR Bowling:
Suryavir - 4/27(4 overs) & Kranthi 2/15(4 overs) were impressive.
NCR Batting: 116/8 in 17 overs.
NCR opened the innings with Naveen Padala and Sateesh;with Naveen Padala on Strike. It was a strategy to change the order and swap the positions which worked well for NCR. Naveen hit a beautiful shot in the 2nd over which reached boundary very quickly. Naveen tried to tick the scoreboard quickly & lofted a good length ball by Dinesh which went high-up in the air,Sree was well positioned to collect;However, the ball scooped out of his hands and was caught on 2nd attempt by Ganga who was close to him. Uday who stepped in next took calculated risks and started to build partnership. Sateesh was bowled for a good in-swinging ball from Ganga.
Prasad was in for the next wicket continued to build partnership with Uday putting odd balls to fence and continued to play on the merit of the balls. Prasad started to hit the boundaries once he was comfortable middling the ball. The partnership was going and NCR was scoring almost 7 runs/over.NCR was going well and was at 61/2 in 9 overs needing 54 runs in 8 overs.
Uday 10 runs (2 fours) was stumped with some good work from Bharani trying to clear the fence stepped out of crease in Rajesh bowling. Pradeep was in next and started to build the partnership with Prasad taking calculated risks. Prasad 23 runs (3 fours) was plumb in front of an excellent yorker from Rajesh. Pradeep 20 runs (2 fours 1 six) was out for an excellent catch by Rajesh trying to clear fence of Sree Bowling.
NCR was at 92/5 at the end of 13 overs requiring 23 runs in the last 4 overs. Kranthi and Naveen C were at crease taking the responsibility of rotating the strike and taking NCR home with Singles. Naveen C was bowled for an excellent delivery by Arun leaving NCR at 96/6 in 14 overs.
KVB Reddy and Kranthi continued to rotate the strike and was successful in taking singles respecting the good balls. The match was evenly balanced at the end of 15 overs with NCR needing 11 runs of 12 balls.
Here comes the final over from Ganga where he was almost unplayable and NCR could only manage 3 singles of his over needing 8 runs in the final over with 4 wickets in hand.
The last over was suspense and Dr.Gopal was given to win the match for Wipro.
The 6 balls went like this:
1st ball - Kranthi was on-strike and took a single. NCR need 7 runs in 5 balls.
2nd ball - Reddy took another good run giving Kranthi the Strike.NCR need 6 runs in 4 balls.
3rd ball - Dot ball.The arm ball from Dr.Gopal was quick enough to beat the batsman and get into the safe hands to Keeper.
NCR need 6 runs in 3 balls.
4th ball - Kranthi tried for a big shot.However the ball scooped in air near the pitch and Dr.Gopal took an excellent Single handed running catch taking Wipro almost HOME. Reddy crossed Kranthi by the time the catch was taken and Reddy was ready to take strike for the 5th ball. NCR need 6 runs in 2 balls.
5th ball - Reddy tried to clear the fence but couldn't succeed and ball was inside the 30yrd circle.Reddy wanted to take the strike for the final ball and took a risky run committing himself a suicide run out. NCR need 5 runs of the last ball.
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Tensions all-round and all the fielders were on the edge of the boundaries to save the ball.Wipro were almost there.....and required one good ball to finish the formalities from Wipro's senior-most bowler Dr.Gopal. However,the batsman who stepped in at 9th wicket Hemachandra had other thoughts.
6th ball - Dr.Gopal put a good length ball and Hema went onto the Line of ball and connected the ball right of the middle of the bat. The moment it hit the bat produced the sweet sound and the time the ball was in air gave enough confidence of clearing the outer ring of Gurukul Cement Boundary.Everyone from NCR ran down to the Pitch to lift Hemachandra,winning the match for NCR hitting last ball to Six;
"NCR's Miandad" and cheers alround :-)
Many people on Ground literally had hearts in their mouth and relaxed only after that shot. It was a sensational match in NCR History to Win the match off the last ball thriller and this Victory against Wipro will remain as one of greatest Wins for NCR in Corporate History and truly recorded in NCR's Hall of Fame.
Congratulations for NCR Squad for winning this historical win(last ball six) against Wipro(one of the best corporate teams in Hyderabad).
Even though NCR lost against IBM,Polaris,Zen,Trianz in HSCL at league stage;will stay in-hunt for the Semi-finals chance with one match remaining with Siemens with 8 points in hand currently.
Wipro Bowling:
Ganga - 1/14(4 overs) ; Arun - 1/21(4 overs); Sree - 1/12(2 overs) were impressive.
Result: NCR won the match by 2 wickets.
Man of the Match: Suryavir Singh.
Suryavir Singh was named "Man of the Match" for his excellent bowling figures of 4/27 taking 4 crucial wickets of Wipro and Cheers all-round.
Toss: Won by WIPRO and elected to bat
The match was reduced to 17 overs a side due to wet pitch conditions
Wipro Batting: 114/8 in 17 overs
NCR opened the bowling attack with a magical spell from Suryavir in-swinging the ball as usual. Suryavir claimed his first wicket of a magnificent in-swinging delivery getting Wipro's captain(Sree) bowled in his first over. Rajesh Joshi who stepped in next watched the ball closely of Suryavir in-swinging deliveries. Rajesh was patient and rotated the Strike,putting odd ball to fence with beautiful flick shots. Suryavir claimed his second wicket(Ankur) in his second over plumb-in front with another excellent full length delivery.
Sumith who stepped in next continued to support to Rajesh but didn't last long and was out for another good length ball of Kranthi for LBW. Kranthi was almost unplayable in his initial spell with excellent out-swingers. Dr.Gopal came in 3rd down started to build the partnership with Rajesh and glancing the odd balls to fence.
Dr.Gopal was very aggressive and continued to rotate the strike and pulling bad balls to boundaries scoring most of the runs leg side. He was finally bowled for a straight ball from Kranthi.Dr.Gopal Scored 34 runs (5 fours) leaving Wipro at 107/4 at the end of 15 overs. Rajesh was impressive with a well made 29 runs(3 fours) was out in 16th over of Suryavir bowling.
Suryavir and Uday bowled the last 2 overs and claimed 2 wickets each and Wipro made a decent total of 114/8 at the end of 17 overs. NCR put a good show on-field collecting all catches cleanly and also some good work on field & some dot balls in slog overs saved valuable runs which proved crucial.
NCR Bowling:
Suryavir - 4/27(4 overs) & Kranthi 2/15(4 overs) were impressive.
NCR Batting: 116/8 in 17 overs.
NCR opened the innings with Naveen Padala and Sateesh;with Naveen Padala on Strike. It was a strategy to change the order and swap the positions which worked well for NCR. Naveen hit a beautiful shot in the 2nd over which reached boundary very quickly. Naveen tried to tick the scoreboard quickly & lofted a good length ball by Dinesh which went high-up in the air,Sree was well positioned to collect;However, the ball scooped out of his hands and was caught on 2nd attempt by Ganga who was close to him. Uday who stepped in next took calculated risks and started to build partnership. Sateesh was bowled for a good in-swinging ball from Ganga.
Prasad was in for the next wicket continued to build partnership with Uday putting odd balls to fence and continued to play on the merit of the balls. Prasad started to hit the boundaries once he was comfortable middling the ball. The partnership was going and NCR was scoring almost 7 runs/over.NCR was going well and was at 61/2 in 9 overs needing 54 runs in 8 overs.
Uday 10 runs (2 fours) was stumped with some good work from Bharani trying to clear the fence stepped out of crease in Rajesh bowling. Pradeep was in next and started to build the partnership with Prasad taking calculated risks. Prasad 23 runs (3 fours) was plumb in front of an excellent yorker from Rajesh. Pradeep 20 runs (2 fours 1 six) was out for an excellent catch by Rajesh trying to clear fence of Sree Bowling.
NCR was at 92/5 at the end of 13 overs requiring 23 runs in the last 4 overs. Kranthi and Naveen C were at crease taking the responsibility of rotating the strike and taking NCR home with Singles. Naveen C was bowled for an excellent delivery by Arun leaving NCR at 96/6 in 14 overs.
KVB Reddy and Kranthi continued to rotate the strike and was successful in taking singles respecting the good balls. The match was evenly balanced at the end of 15 overs with NCR needing 11 runs of 12 balls.
Here comes the final over from Ganga where he was almost unplayable and NCR could only manage 3 singles of his over needing 8 runs in the final over with 4 wickets in hand.
The last over was suspense and Dr.Gopal was given to win the match for Wipro.
The 6 balls went like this:
1st ball - Kranthi was on-strike and took a single. NCR need 7 runs in 5 balls.
2nd ball - Reddy took another good run giving Kranthi the Strike.NCR need 6 runs in 4 balls.
3rd ball - Dot ball.The arm ball from Dr.Gopal was quick enough to beat the batsman and get into the safe hands to Keeper.
NCR need 6 runs in 3 balls.
4th ball - Kranthi tried for a big shot.However the ball scooped in air near the pitch and Dr.Gopal took an excellent Single handed running catch taking Wipro almost HOME. Reddy crossed Kranthi by the time the catch was taken and Reddy was ready to take strike for the 5th ball. NCR need 6 runs in 2 balls.
5th ball - Reddy tried to clear the fence but couldn't succeed and ball was inside the 30yrd circle.Reddy wanted to take the strike for the final ball and took a risky run committing himself a suicide run out. NCR need 5 runs of the last ball.
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Tensions all-round and all the fielders were on the edge of the boundaries to save the ball.Wipro were almost there.....and required one good ball to finish the formalities from Wipro's senior-most bowler Dr.Gopal. However,the batsman who stepped in at 9th wicket Hemachandra had other thoughts.
6th ball - Dr.Gopal put a good length ball and Hema went onto the Line of ball and connected the ball right of the middle of the bat. The moment it hit the bat produced the sweet sound and the time the ball was in air gave enough confidence of clearing the outer ring of Gurukul Cement Boundary.Everyone from NCR ran down to the Pitch to lift Hemachandra,winning the match for NCR hitting last ball to Six;
"NCR's Miandad" and cheers alround :-)
Many people on Ground literally had hearts in their mouth and relaxed only after that shot. It was a sensational match in NCR History to Win the match off the last ball thriller and this Victory against Wipro will remain as one of greatest Wins for NCR in Corporate History and truly recorded in NCR's Hall of Fame.
Congratulations for NCR Squad for winning this historical win(last ball six) against Wipro(one of the best corporate teams in Hyderabad).
Even though NCR lost against IBM,Polaris,Zen,Trianz in HSCL at league stage;will stay in-hunt for the Semi-finals chance with one match remaining with Siemens with 8 points in hand currently.
Wipro Bowling:
Ganga - 1/14(4 overs) ; Arun - 1/21(4 overs); Sree - 1/12(2 overs) were impressive.
Result: NCR won the match by 2 wickets.
Man of the Match: Suryavir Singh.
Suryavir Singh was named "Man of the Match" for his excellent bowling figures of 4/27 taking 4 crucial wickets of Wipro and Cheers all-round.
Honeywell starts with decent win
Week 6 – Honeywell Vs Siemens
Date: 11/12/2011
Match Summary:
Background – Honeywell having lost 5 matches in a row was playing for pride. The match was very crucial to ZEN, Wipro and Siemens as they were battling for 3rd and 4th slot.
Siemens Batting:
The toss was won by Siemens and Azar (Siemens) choose to bat first. Honeywell opened the bowling with Rakesh and Lenin. Both struggled to contain the swinging ball. However an excellent piece of wicket keeping by Sam (Raju Sukuri) had Santosh stumped in the 2nd over. Further Honeywell came up with impressive bowling by Pavan and Ragavendra, sticking to bowling within line and with variations which had made the batsman choke for runs and ended up dismissing the top order and middle order batsman. Tulasi (Siemens) was hanging around with some lustly blows as he was witnessing the batting collapse at the other end. At the end of 11 over Siemens was 7 down for a score of 84 runs. Srini (Honeywell) was introduced in to the bowling attack in 12th over which had Tulasi (Siemens) caught by Rakesh in mid on due to a miss hit. Srini returned in the 14th over to finish of the tail as he dismissed Devi and Prem in consecutive balls to end the Siemens innings at 87 runs all out in 13.4 Over’s.
Honeywell Batting:
Honeywell opened with Sampath and Sam (Raju Sukuri), Sampath edged the very first ball of the innings from Santosh which was let off from wicket keeper Mohan. Siemens bowler’s continued their bowling with precise line and length and Prem (Siemens) had dismissed Sam(Honeywell) in the second over brilliantly caught by Santosh (Siemens). Siemens bowlers Santosh, Prem, Azar and Rajesh bowled their heart out in the first 10 overs. Shastha had walked in after the dismissal of Sam. Both Shastha and Sampath ensured that they kept the good balls out with extreme caution. Siemens on the other hand defending a small total of 87 ran out of good bowler’s to threaten Honeywell Batsman. Honeywell after 10 over was 37 / 1. Shastha after negating the good bowling soon found his shots striking 2 boundaries of Vignesh (Siemens) simplifying the equation who was ably guided from Sampath who struck 34 of 41 balls with 3 boundaries. However on a day where wickets fell in quick succession, having negated the good bowling early on by Siemens and striking 7 boundaries, scoring 44 Runs of 41 balls Shastha was adjudged as Man of the Match.
Date: 11/12/2011
Match Summary:
Background – Honeywell having lost 5 matches in a row was playing for pride. The match was very crucial to ZEN, Wipro and Siemens as they were battling for 3rd and 4th slot.
Siemens Batting:
The toss was won by Siemens and Azar (Siemens) choose to bat first. Honeywell opened the bowling with Rakesh and Lenin. Both struggled to contain the swinging ball. However an excellent piece of wicket keeping by Sam (Raju Sukuri) had Santosh stumped in the 2nd over. Further Honeywell came up with impressive bowling by Pavan and Ragavendra, sticking to bowling within line and with variations which had made the batsman choke for runs and ended up dismissing the top order and middle order batsman. Tulasi (Siemens) was hanging around with some lustly blows as he was witnessing the batting collapse at the other end. At the end of 11 over Siemens was 7 down for a score of 84 runs. Srini (Honeywell) was introduced in to the bowling attack in 12th over which had Tulasi (Siemens) caught by Rakesh in mid on due to a miss hit. Srini returned in the 14th over to finish of the tail as he dismissed Devi and Prem in consecutive balls to end the Siemens innings at 87 runs all out in 13.4 Over’s.
Honeywell Batting:
Honeywell opened with Sampath and Sam (Raju Sukuri), Sampath edged the very first ball of the innings from Santosh which was let off from wicket keeper Mohan. Siemens bowler’s continued their bowling with precise line and length and Prem (Siemens) had dismissed Sam(Honeywell) in the second over brilliantly caught by Santosh (Siemens). Siemens bowlers Santosh, Prem, Azar and Rajesh bowled their heart out in the first 10 overs. Shastha had walked in after the dismissal of Sam. Both Shastha and Sampath ensured that they kept the good balls out with extreme caution. Siemens on the other hand defending a small total of 87 ran out of good bowler’s to threaten Honeywell Batsman. Honeywell after 10 over was 37 / 1. Shastha after negating the good bowling soon found his shots striking 2 boundaries of Vignesh (Siemens) simplifying the equation who was ably guided from Sampath who struck 34 of 41 balls with 3 boundaries. However on a day where wickets fell in quick succession, having negated the good bowling early on by Siemens and striking 7 boundaries, scoring 44 Runs of 41 balls Shastha was adjudged as Man of the Match.
Zen going stronger every match
Match Summary:
Date: 11-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams:Zen Vs Trianz
Toss won by - Trianz and elected to Bowl first.
Zen Innings:
One more time 'Zen' openers gave a good start to the team by getting 80+ runs partnership in the 8 overs,then Srikanth took the wicket of Amar- 31runs(21 balls).Another end Anil played superb shots to get boundaries in the form of 4's & 6's.In the 11th over Trianz got two early wickets of Gaurav & Ram.Later Naren joined the innings with Anil,both played well and Naren scored 32 runs in just 21 balls (2 sixes,4 fours).Anil played a memorable innings scored 97 runs(57 balls).Anil has come up with an aggressive approach and made a mammoth total of 196/7 in 20 overs.
Trianz Innings:
Trianz started well with the Openers,Ram took the first wicket (Sajith) .Another end Srikanth played superb shots to get boundaries in every over,later Ranjith who stepped down next entertained with beautiful straight drives and square drives.Srikanth continued the good work hitting loose balls to boundaries.Again Ram came back with second spell and took 2 crucial wickets of Ranjith and Srikanth in the same over.After that siva took 2 wicket in his 4 overs.Now ,atlast Trianz required 24 runs in 6 balls,Anil came with superb over & took 3 wickets in the final over.Finally,Zen won the Match with 18 runs.Really this game is pure entertainment for both sides.At one moment it will be on Trianz side,and after that its turns to Zen side.Srikanth,Ranjith & Sajith played a superb knock and keep Trianz hopes live,but Zen bowlers took the wickets in the correct time and keeps their hopes for the semi's Berth.
Result: "Zen Technologies won the match by 18 runs".
MoM : Anil was awarded "Man of the Match" of his 97 runs and took 4 wickets in 3 overs.This day is his day,superb knock by Anil
Date: 11-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams:Zen Vs Trianz
Toss won by - Trianz and elected to Bowl first.
Zen Innings:
One more time 'Zen' openers gave a good start to the team by getting 80+ runs partnership in the 8 overs,then Srikanth took the wicket of Amar- 31runs(21 balls).Another end Anil played superb shots to get boundaries in the form of 4's & 6's.In the 11th over Trianz got two early wickets of Gaurav & Ram.Later Naren joined the innings with Anil,both played well and Naren scored 32 runs in just 21 balls (2 sixes,4 fours).Anil played a memorable innings scored 97 runs(57 balls).Anil has come up with an aggressive approach and made a mammoth total of 196/7 in 20 overs.
Trianz Innings:
Trianz started well with the Openers,Ram took the first wicket (Sajith) .Another end Srikanth played superb shots to get boundaries in every over,later Ranjith who stepped down next entertained with beautiful straight drives and square drives.Srikanth continued the good work hitting loose balls to boundaries.Again Ram came back with second spell and took 2 crucial wickets of Ranjith and Srikanth in the same over.After that siva took 2 wicket in his 4 overs.Now ,atlast Trianz required 24 runs in 6 balls,Anil came with superb over & took 3 wickets in the final over.Finally,Zen won the Match with 18 runs.Really this game is pure entertainment for both sides.At one moment it will be on Trianz side,and after that its turns to Zen side.Srikanth,Ranjith & Sajith played a superb knock and keep Trianz hopes live,but Zen bowlers took the wickets in the correct time and keeps their hopes for the semi's Berth.
Result: "Zen Technologies won the match by 18 runs".
MoM : Anil was awarded "Man of the Match" of his 97 runs and took 4 wickets in 3 overs.This day is his day,superb knock by Anil
Polaris stands top in the list
Match Summary:
Date: 10-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs IBM
Toss won by - 'Polaris' and elected batting first.
Polaris Innings:
'Polaris' openers gave a confident start to the team by making 37 runs in the powerplay overs. Praveen opened his score with an excellent cover-drive, followed by a square cut over point and couple of leg glances. As usual, Naren gave a break-through to his team by making Praveen(17 runs in 11 balls with 4 fours) out in his 2nd over leaving Polaris at 38/1. Madhu joined with Susheel and ensured runs coming for every ball by finding gaps in the field. They added 36 runs for the 2nd wicket before Madhu being out by Aquib. Madhu scored 20 runs in 15 balls which includes a six over extra-covers..can say 'shot of the match'. 'Polaris' were 75/2 after 10 overs. When 'Polaris' in hurry to score runs, Naren struck twice and Madhav also took the wicket of settled batsman..Susheel. It was another good innings from Susheel(31 runs from 34 balls) to the team. Degula(13 runs) and Jaweed(12 runs) chipped in with some important runs in the last overs. Naren was excellent once again with ball and took 3/21 in 4 overs. Finally , 'Polaris' managed to score 128/6 in 17 overs .
IBM Innings:
Polaris were in control in the first 2 overs by giving 12 runs and Prudhvi taking the wicket of in-form batsman, Savi. Ravi joined with Aquib and they both made full use of powerplay overs. Scored 37 runs in just 3 overs and 'IBM' were 49/1 after 5 overs. They played some good lofted shots over the inner circle and put 'IBM' in formidable position with their stand of 42 runs in 4.1 overs. It was Niranjan's 2nd over which sent 'IBM' into deep trouble. He took the wickets of Aquib(22 runs in 18 balls) & Ravi(16 runs in 11 balls) and there was a runout in the same over. Both batsman were out for outstanding stumps made by Susheel. Niranjan took another wicket in his next over leaving 'IBM' at 62/5 in 9 overs. Seetaram and Praveen were into bowling, did not gave any chances and took the remaining wickets. Good bowling spells by 'Polaris' bowlers Prudhvi(1/21 in 4 overs), Niranjan(3/17 in 3 overs), Seetaram((2/6 in 2 overs), and Praveen (3/8 in 1.3 overs). Madhu & Seetaram took 2 catches each and a good catch by 'Arun' at Long-on. ' IBM' lost 9 wickets for just 22 runs in 6.3 overs and were allout for 76 runs in 12.3 overs.
As both teams were qualified to Semi-finals, went into this match with few experiments. It was anyone's match till 6 overs of the 2nd innings then, it completely went into Polaris's side. Susheel is exceptionally well behind the stumps & turned another match result. Niranjan took very crucial wickets in the right time once again. Totally, good performances from both the sides and another interesting match in HSCL-II.
'Polaris' won the match by 52 runs.
Praveen was awarded 'Man of the match' for his performance with bat( 17 runs), ball ( 3/8 in 1.3 overs ) and wise captaincy with correct utilization of resources in the field.
Date: 10-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs IBM
Toss won by - 'Polaris' and elected batting first.
Polaris Innings:
'Polaris' openers gave a confident start to the team by making 37 runs in the powerplay overs. Praveen opened his score with an excellent cover-drive, followed by a square cut over point and couple of leg glances. As usual, Naren gave a break-through to his team by making Praveen(17 runs in 11 balls with 4 fours) out in his 2nd over leaving Polaris at 38/1. Madhu joined with Susheel and ensured runs coming for every ball by finding gaps in the field. They added 36 runs for the 2nd wicket before Madhu being out by Aquib. Madhu scored 20 runs in 15 balls which includes a six over extra-covers..can say 'shot of the match'. 'Polaris' were 75/2 after 10 overs. When 'Polaris' in hurry to score runs, Naren struck twice and Madhav also took the wicket of settled batsman..Susheel. It was another good innings from Susheel(31 runs from 34 balls) to the team. Degula(13 runs) and Jaweed(12 runs) chipped in with some important runs in the last overs. Naren was excellent once again with ball and took 3/21 in 4 overs. Finally , 'Polaris' managed to score 128/6 in 17 overs .
IBM Innings:
Polaris were in control in the first 2 overs by giving 12 runs and Prudhvi taking the wicket of in-form batsman, Savi. Ravi joined with Aquib and they both made full use of powerplay overs. Scored 37 runs in just 3 overs and 'IBM' were 49/1 after 5 overs. They played some good lofted shots over the inner circle and put 'IBM' in formidable position with their stand of 42 runs in 4.1 overs. It was Niranjan's 2nd over which sent 'IBM' into deep trouble. He took the wickets of Aquib(22 runs in 18 balls) & Ravi(16 runs in 11 balls) and there was a runout in the same over. Both batsman were out for outstanding stumps made by Susheel. Niranjan took another wicket in his next over leaving 'IBM' at 62/5 in 9 overs. Seetaram and Praveen were into bowling, did not gave any chances and took the remaining wickets. Good bowling spells by 'Polaris' bowlers Prudhvi(1/21 in 4 overs), Niranjan(3/17 in 3 overs), Seetaram((2/6 in 2 overs), and Praveen (3/8 in 1.3 overs). Madhu & Seetaram took 2 catches each and a good catch by 'Arun' at Long-on. ' IBM' lost 9 wickets for just 22 runs in 6.3 overs and were allout for 76 runs in 12.3 overs.
As both teams were qualified to Semi-finals, went into this match with few experiments. It was anyone's match till 6 overs of the 2nd innings then, it completely went into Polaris's side. Susheel is exceptionally well behind the stumps & turned another match result. Niranjan took very crucial wickets in the right time once again. Totally, good performances from both the sides and another interesting match in HSCL-II.
'Polaris' won the match by 52 runs.
Praveen was awarded 'Man of the match' for his performance with bat( 17 runs), ball ( 3/8 in 1.3 overs ) and wise captaincy with correct utilization of resources in the field.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Polaris entering into Semifinals
Match Summary:
Date: 03-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs Honeywell
Toss won by - 'Honeywell' and elected to bat first.
Honeywell Innings:
'Honeywell' openers started well but the partnership was broken in the 3rd over by Degula when he dismissed in form 'Sampath'. 'SaiPavan' and 'Varma' took a wicket each and the score has slow down then and it was 31/3 after 7 overs. Here, 'Shastha' joined 'Arun' and both played agressively and scored 31 runs in just 2 overs. Praveen broke the pair by making 'Arun(20 runs in 26 balls)' out. Honeywell were 68/4 after 10 overs. Immediately, 'Shastha(14 runs in 12 balls)' got out in Niranjan's bowling. Praveen and Niranjan controlled the score in the middle overs. One end, 'Pavan' made use of every single opportunity and sent the ball to fence and also rotated the strike well. At 15 overs, Honeywell stands at 91/5. Introduction of 'Chaitanya' and 'Mouli' made scene reverse as they both took 2 wickets each and a brilliant runout made by Degula. Honeywell lost last 5 wickets in a span of 2.5 overs just by adding 16 more runs to total. 'Pavan(28 runs of 23 balls)' played superb strokes before being bowled out for an in-cutter ball from Mouli. Good bowling spells by Mouli (2/6) & Chaitanya(2/10). Remaining bowlers(degula, Sai, Varma, Praveen & Niranjan) took a wicket each. Finally, 'Honeywell' were allout for 107 in 17.5 overs.
Polaris Innings:
Polaris started the innings slowly and continued the same by keeping the low target in view. Lost first wicket of 'Mouli(11 runs)' in the 7th over first ball when score was at 27. Niranjan joined Madhu and both steadied the innings. While Madhu punishing the loose deliveries, Niranjan played cautiously. Polaris were 51/1 after 10 overs. 'Pavan' bowled with good pace and did not let the batsmen to score runs. Bowled first 4 overs of the innings and conceded just 11 runs(1/11 in 4 overs). 'Arun(0/16 runs in 4 overs)' too supported well from the other end by bowling economically and being very straight to the wicket. 48 runs stand between Madhu & Niranjan in 8 overs was broken by 'Rakesh' in the 15 over by leaving 'Polaris' total to 80/1(after 15 overs). Yet another good knock from Madhu(35 runs in 38 balls) which consists of 80% of runs coming in boundaries in all directions. Military medium bowling and smart ground fielding by 'Honeywell' has created some tension in 'Polaris' camp though plenty of wickets in hand. But, Praveen(13 n.o. in 12 balls) showed the way to grab runs and Niranjan finished the match in style with a boundary for the 3rd ball of 19th over. Niranjan was unbeaten with 33 runs and gave 'Polaris' 8 wickets victory.
Polaris went in this match with four changes and all the new comers lived up to expectations of the team. It's Honeywell, fought for the match till the last ball despite of setting low target. They stick to the basics in the bowling and fielding and did not gave runs simply.
'Polaris' won the match by 8 wickets.
Niranjan was awarded 'Man of the match' for his performance with both bat & ball( 33 notout & 1/12 in 3 overs ).
Date: 03-Dec-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs Honeywell
Toss won by - 'Honeywell' and elected to bat first.
Honeywell Innings:
'Honeywell' openers started well but the partnership was broken in the 3rd over by Degula when he dismissed in form 'Sampath'. 'SaiPavan' and 'Varma' took a wicket each and the score has slow down then and it was 31/3 after 7 overs. Here, 'Shastha' joined 'Arun' and both played agressively and scored 31 runs in just 2 overs. Praveen broke the pair by making 'Arun(20 runs in 26 balls)' out. Honeywell were 68/4 after 10 overs. Immediately, 'Shastha(14 runs in 12 balls)' got out in Niranjan's bowling. Praveen and Niranjan controlled the score in the middle overs. One end, 'Pavan' made use of every single opportunity and sent the ball to fence and also rotated the strike well. At 15 overs, Honeywell stands at 91/5. Introduction of 'Chaitanya' and 'Mouli' made scene reverse as they both took 2 wickets each and a brilliant runout made by Degula. Honeywell lost last 5 wickets in a span of 2.5 overs just by adding 16 more runs to total. 'Pavan(28 runs of 23 balls)' played superb strokes before being bowled out for an in-cutter ball from Mouli. Good bowling spells by Mouli (2/6) & Chaitanya(2/10). Remaining bowlers(degula, Sai, Varma, Praveen & Niranjan) took a wicket each. Finally, 'Honeywell' were allout for 107 in 17.5 overs.
Polaris Innings:
Polaris started the innings slowly and continued the same by keeping the low target in view. Lost first wicket of 'Mouli(11 runs)' in the 7th over first ball when score was at 27. Niranjan joined Madhu and both steadied the innings. While Madhu punishing the loose deliveries, Niranjan played cautiously. Polaris were 51/1 after 10 overs. 'Pavan' bowled with good pace and did not let the batsmen to score runs. Bowled first 4 overs of the innings and conceded just 11 runs(1/11 in 4 overs). 'Arun(0/16 runs in 4 overs)' too supported well from the other end by bowling economically and being very straight to the wicket. 48 runs stand between Madhu & Niranjan in 8 overs was broken by 'Rakesh' in the 15 over by leaving 'Polaris' total to 80/1(after 15 overs). Yet another good knock from Madhu(35 runs in 38 balls) which consists of 80% of runs coming in boundaries in all directions. Military medium bowling and smart ground fielding by 'Honeywell' has created some tension in 'Polaris' camp though plenty of wickets in hand. But, Praveen(13 n.o. in 12 balls) showed the way to grab runs and Niranjan finished the match in style with a boundary for the 3rd ball of 19th over. Niranjan was unbeaten with 33 runs and gave 'Polaris' 8 wickets victory.
Polaris went in this match with four changes and all the new comers lived up to expectations of the team. It's Honeywell, fought for the match till the last ball despite of setting low target. They stick to the basics in the bowling and fielding and did not gave runs simply.
'Polaris' won the match by 8 wickets.
Niranjan was awarded 'Man of the match' for his performance with both bat & ball( 33 notout & 1/12 in 3 overs ).
Wipro gets back to winning ways again
Match Summary: Wipro Vs Trianz
Wipro won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Ganga and Dinesh started the innings and were absolutely unplayable right from the word go. Sajit and Anand opened cautiously.They ensured that no wicket fell in powerplay overs. Arun came in as first change in to the attack. He provided the first breakthrough and followed it up with another wicket in same over. Srikanth walked in next to bat. He started off very positively but in Arun’s second over, he played a ball onto his stumps. From there it was only Sajit who defied all odds and carried his bat all through the innings. Rajesh picked up 2 wickets and Dr.Gopal 1 wicket.
All in all Wipro was successful in holding Trianz for 69 by the end of 20 overs.
Sree and Rajesh walked to bat to chase the target. Sree got out in the second over trying to play an outside offstick delivery from Kalyan. Ankur walked in next but did not last long. And he too got out to Kalyan. Bharani walked in a no.4. He took his time in settling down. Rajesh at other end was fluent as usual. But Trianz never allowed the batsman to free their arms. Bharani and Rajesh followed in quick succession. Both made useful contributions of 16 and 14 to the score. It was left to Ganga and Dr.Gopal to finish the innings. Dr.Gopal hit the one and only six of the match. When it looked like Wipro will sail through quiet comfortably, a direct shot from Ganga resulted in the ball getting diverted by bowler and went on to hit the stumps. Dr.Gopal got run out. Suraj walked in next, but Ganga finished the match with boundary. Wipro reached 73 by 11.5 overs.
So with this win, Wipro not only garnered 2 points, but it also picked up valuable NRR, which might be crucial in deciding the Semifinalists.
Arun for his crucial spell of 3 wkts for 10 runs won the Man of the Match award.
Wipro won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Ganga and Dinesh started the innings and were absolutely unplayable right from the word go. Sajit and Anand opened cautiously.They ensured that no wicket fell in powerplay overs. Arun came in as first change in to the attack. He provided the first breakthrough and followed it up with another wicket in same over. Srikanth walked in next to bat. He started off very positively but in Arun’s second over, he played a ball onto his stumps. From there it was only Sajit who defied all odds and carried his bat all through the innings. Rajesh picked up 2 wickets and Dr.Gopal 1 wicket.
All in all Wipro was successful in holding Trianz for 69 by the end of 20 overs.
Sree and Rajesh walked to bat to chase the target. Sree got out in the second over trying to play an outside offstick delivery from Kalyan. Ankur walked in next but did not last long. And he too got out to Kalyan. Bharani walked in a no.4. He took his time in settling down. Rajesh at other end was fluent as usual. But Trianz never allowed the batsman to free their arms. Bharani and Rajesh followed in quick succession. Both made useful contributions of 16 and 14 to the score. It was left to Ganga and Dr.Gopal to finish the innings. Dr.Gopal hit the one and only six of the match. When it looked like Wipro will sail through quiet comfortably, a direct shot from Ganga resulted in the ball getting diverted by bowler and went on to hit the stumps. Dr.Gopal got run out. Suraj walked in next, but Ganga finished the match with boundary. Wipro reached 73 by 11.5 overs.
So with this win, Wipro not only garnered 2 points, but it also picked up valuable NRR, which might be crucial in deciding the Semifinalists.
Arun for his crucial spell of 3 wkts for 10 runs won the Man of the Match award.
Zen continues its winning streak
Match Summary : ZEN vs NCR
Zen won the toss & elected to bat first.
Zen Technologies Innings:
'ZEN' could not start well as they lost their Opening batsman "Anil' in the Second over. Kranthi who bowled excellent in-swinging deliveries and took wicket in his first over,after Surya took another wicket - Naren in 5th over. At one stage ZEN were 14/2 after 5 overs, Then Ram joined Amar. Both, played steadily by taking team score to 110 at the end of 14 overs. Ram ,got early chance of an easy catches ,but NCR couldn't take the catches, ZEN utilized the catch drops and accelerated the innings by rotating the strike and punishing the loose balls to take the score to 154/3 at 20 overs. Both Amar & Ram put 100+ runs stand for 3rd wicket before Ram dismissed in the 15th over. Ram(76 runs) played a key role. Amar was aggressive at the crease and played Superb shots to get boundaries.Once again Amar palyed a Captain knock & scored 56* runs(Not out) in 46 balls and stayed at the crease upto 20th over.Finally, Zen scored 154/3 in 20 overs.
NCR Innings:
Good initial overs bowled by Siva & Amar, where siva took first wicket in the first over of the innings. Kranthi(13 runs) & Uday(21 runs) played some good shots and tried to build the innings by taking score to 30/1 after 5 overs. Naren came into bowling and took 3 wickets,who is also contender for best bowler. Ram & Amar started their spell and took 2 wickets each. Pradeep(28 runs) at one end struck to crease and played diligently .He was bowled out for an excellent delivery from Naren in the 16th over . Overall, good bowling performances by 'ZEN' bowlers, Naren(3/28 in 4 overs), Amar(2/26 in 4 overs), Ram(2/20 in 4 overs) and siva(1/8 in 2 overs). 'NCR' bowled out at 105/10 runs in 18.2 overs.
MOM: Ram,who scored 76 runs and took 2 wickets was awarded Man of the Match.
Result: Zen Technologies Limited won the Match by 49 runs.
Zen won the toss & elected to bat first.
Zen Technologies Innings:
'ZEN' could not start well as they lost their Opening batsman "Anil' in the Second over. Kranthi who bowled excellent in-swinging deliveries and took wicket in his first over,after Surya took another wicket - Naren in 5th over. At one stage ZEN were 14/2 after 5 overs, Then Ram joined Amar. Both, played steadily by taking team score to 110 at the end of 14 overs. Ram ,got early chance of an easy catches ,but NCR couldn't take the catches, ZEN utilized the catch drops and accelerated the innings by rotating the strike and punishing the loose balls to take the score to 154/3 at 20 overs. Both Amar & Ram put 100+ runs stand for 3rd wicket before Ram dismissed in the 15th over. Ram(76 runs) played a key role. Amar was aggressive at the crease and played Superb shots to get boundaries.Once again Amar palyed a Captain knock & scored 56* runs(Not out) in 46 balls and stayed at the crease upto 20th over.Finally, Zen scored 154/3 in 20 overs.
NCR Innings:
Good initial overs bowled by Siva & Amar, where siva took first wicket in the first over of the innings. Kranthi(13 runs) & Uday(21 runs) played some good shots and tried to build the innings by taking score to 30/1 after 5 overs. Naren came into bowling and took 3 wickets,who is also contender for best bowler. Ram & Amar started their spell and took 2 wickets each. Pradeep(28 runs) at one end struck to crease and played diligently .He was bowled out for an excellent delivery from Naren in the 16th over . Overall, good bowling performances by 'ZEN' bowlers, Naren(3/28 in 4 overs), Amar(2/26 in 4 overs), Ram(2/20 in 4 overs) and siva(1/8 in 2 overs). 'NCR' bowled out at 105/10 runs in 18.2 overs.
MOM: Ram,who scored 76 runs and took 2 wickets was awarded Man of the Match.
Result: Zen Technologies Limited won the Match by 49 runs.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Excellent Cricketing Spirit from Anil (Zen Technologies)
Here is another example how HSCL2 being organized with excellent cricketing spirit.
In the Fourth round of match between Honeywell and Zen Technologies when runs are ticking on the score board with excellent partnership, there was an appeal from Honeywell team for caught behind when Anil was batting. Umpires had by passed the appeal but it is Anil who declared out himself and left to pavilion.
On behalf of HSCL2, I would like to congratulate Anil for showing the best sporting spirit on field.
Well done Anil.
Our special appreciation to Zen Technologies team for making it again in HSCL2
In the Fourth round of match between Honeywell and Zen Technologies when runs are ticking on the score board with excellent partnership, there was an appeal from Honeywell team for caught behind when Anil was batting. Umpires had by passed the appeal but it is Anil who declared out himself and left to pavilion.
On behalf of HSCL2, I would like to congratulate Anil for showing the best sporting spirit on field.
Well done Anil.
Our special appreciation to Zen Technologies team for making it again in HSCL2
Zen started with a marginal win
Match Summary:
Date: 27th Nov 2011
Ground: BABU KHAN Ground.
Teams: HoneyWell Vs Zen Technologies
Toss : Won by Zen and elected to Bat
Zen Technologies Batting: 196/4 in 20 overs
After winning toss Zen Technologies has come up with an aggressive approach and made a mammoth total of 196/4 in 20 overs and the entire credit goes to Amarendra, Captain of Zen Technologies for his devastating match winning knock. Honeywell bowlers does not have any clue of where to ball and how to ball for Amar. With the help of Anil(34) and Ram(22) Zen Technologies had completed their innings.
Honeywell Batting:
Honeywell fumbled in chasing the mammoth total and lost wickets in regular intervals ending at 113/8 in 20 overs. Naren from Zen Technologes has come up with good spell for his 3/20 in 4 overs helped zen in restricting Honeywell to 113 runs in the end.
Amarendra, "Sehwag of Zen Technologes" impressed the crowd with his match winning knock 101* was named "MOM" and cheers all-round.
Result: Zen won the match by 83 runs.
Date: 27th Nov 2011
Ground: BABU KHAN Ground.
Teams: HoneyWell Vs Zen Technologies
Toss : Won by Zen and elected to Bat
Zen Technologies Batting: 196/4 in 20 overs
After winning toss Zen Technologies has come up with an aggressive approach and made a mammoth total of 196/4 in 20 overs and the entire credit goes to Amarendra, Captain of Zen Technologies for his devastating match winning knock. Honeywell bowlers does not have any clue of where to ball and how to ball for Amar. With the help of Anil(34) and Ram(22) Zen Technologies had completed their innings.
Honeywell Batting:
Honeywell fumbled in chasing the mammoth total and lost wickets in regular intervals ending at 113/8 in 20 overs. Naren from Zen Technologes has come up with good spell for his 3/20 in 4 overs helped zen in restricting Honeywell to 113 runs in the end.
Amarendra, "Sehwag of Zen Technologes" impressed the crowd with his match winning knock 101* was named "MOM" and cheers all-round.
Result: Zen won the match by 83 runs.
IBM finishes in style with easy win
Match Summary:
Date: 26-Nov-2011
Venue: Babukhan ground
Teams: IBM vs WIPRO
Match Result : IBM won by 4 wickets
Man of Match: Aquib who scored 42 runs and took 2 wickets giving 11 runs in 4overs.
Batting first wipro were bundled out for a score of 100/10 in 19.5 overs. IBM bowlers (Narein and Hameed) took advantage of whatever assistance their pace bowling line up could get from pitch. Early dismissals of front batting line up of Wipro kept the team on back foot (19/2 in 4 overs). Later batsmans Sreedhar and Gopal kept the rate at 4 an over at the end of 10 overs,not taking any risks and hoping one of them plays entire 20 overs. Once again bowlers Ravi(1/13 in 3 overs),Aquib (2/11 in 4 overs),Sai (1/10 in 4 overs) ,Madhav(0/8 in 1 over) did a good job. Wipro batsman Gopal who played some good shots on the onside was bowled out in power play over and some extra runs and catch drops in middle relieved pressure from wipro batsmans.
With target as 101 on board, IBM batsmans Aquib and Savi once again gave solid start to the team (50/0 in 7 Overs). Aquib played some powerful shots on the offside which left no chance for fielder at point or cover region to cut down those boundaries. At other end Savi timing the ball well,played cautiously by not indulging in any risky shots. At the end of 8 overs IBM were 72/1. Just when everyone was thinking that match could be finished in next 3 or 4 overs, Aquib got run out at 42. With new batsmans at crease, wipro bowlers Gopal,Ganga,Arun,Sreedhar bowled some tight spells by not giving any width for batsman to free their arms. At the end IBM managed to reach the target 101/6 in 17th over and 4 wickets remaining. Man of the match was awarded to "Aquib" for his brilliant allround performance with both bat and ball.
Date: 26-Nov-2011
Venue: Babukhan ground
Teams: IBM vs WIPRO
Match Result : IBM won by 4 wickets
Man of Match: Aquib who scored 42 runs and took 2 wickets giving 11 runs in 4overs.
Batting first wipro were bundled out for a score of 100/10 in 19.5 overs. IBM bowlers (Narein and Hameed) took advantage of whatever assistance their pace bowling line up could get from pitch. Early dismissals of front batting line up of Wipro kept the team on back foot (19/2 in 4 overs). Later batsmans Sreedhar and Gopal kept the rate at 4 an over at the end of 10 overs,not taking any risks and hoping one of them plays entire 20 overs. Once again bowlers Ravi(1/13 in 3 overs),Aquib (2/11 in 4 overs),Sai (1/10 in 4 overs) ,Madhav(0/8 in 1 over) did a good job. Wipro batsman Gopal who played some good shots on the onside was bowled out in power play over and some extra runs and catch drops in middle relieved pressure from wipro batsmans.
With target as 101 on board, IBM batsmans Aquib and Savi once again gave solid start to the team (50/0 in 7 Overs). Aquib played some powerful shots on the offside which left no chance for fielder at point or cover region to cut down those boundaries. At other end Savi timing the ball well,played cautiously by not indulging in any risky shots. At the end of 8 overs IBM were 72/1. Just when everyone was thinking that match could be finished in next 3 or 4 overs, Aquib got run out at 42. With new batsmans at crease, wipro bowlers Gopal,Ganga,Arun,Sreedhar bowled some tight spells by not giving any width for batsman to free their arms. At the end IBM managed to reach the target 101/6 in 17th over and 4 wickets remaining. Man of the match was awarded to "Aquib" for his brilliant allround performance with both bat and ball.
Polaris continues leading the Points Table
Match Summary:
Date: 26-Nov-2011
Ground: Babukhan Grounds
Teams: Polaris vs NCR
Toss won by - 'Polaris' and elected batting.
Polaris Innings:
First match in the 'Babukhan' ground, 'Polaris' won the toss and preferred for batting. Unlike previous matches, 'Polaris' could not start well as they lost their 'in-form' batsman 'Madhu' in the first over. It was 'Suryavir', who bowled excellent yorkers & in-swinging deliveries and took 2 wickets in his first 3 overs. Well supported by 'Kranthi' too. At one stage 'Polaris' were 17/3 after 5.1 overs, where 'Seetaram' joined 'Arun'. Both, played steadily by taking team score to 47 at the end of 10 overs. Accelerated the innings in next 5 overs by rotating the strike and punishing the loose balls to take the score to 89 at 15 overs. Both put 91 runs stand for 4th wicket before 'Arun' dismissed in the 17th over. 'Arun(25 runs)' played sheet-anchor role. Seetaram was aggressive once settled at the crease and played some nice cover drives & square cuts. After 'Arun', it was the turn of 'Mahesh' who dominated bowlers right from the beginning and his quick fire of 25 runs(4 fours & 1 six) came in just 11 balls. 'Seetaram' scored 65 runs(8 fours & 1 six) in 46 balls before being 'retired hurt'. Good bowling spells by Suryavir (2/10 in 4 overs) & Uday(1/18 in 4 overs). Finally, 'Polaris' managed to score 141/5 in 20 overs.
NCR Innings:
Good initial overs bowled by Degula & Arun, where in Degula took Kranthi's wicket in the 3rd over of the innings. Niranjan took a brilliant catch by running towards deep-point. Satish(21 runs) played some good shots and tried to build the innings by taking score to 28/1 after 5 overs. Seetaram came into bowling and caught Uday & Satish in front of wickets(LBW) in his first 2 overs. 'NCR' were 54/3 at the end of 10 overs. Chandra started his spell with a wicket and this was another nice catch taken by Ratna at long-leg. Somaraju(30 runs) at one end struck to crease and played diligently by moving the score to 82/5 in 15 overs. He was bowled out for an excellent delivery from Ratna in the 17th over when score was at 89. Ratna took 2 more wickets in his next two deliveries by registering the first hat-trick for 'Polaris' in this tournament. Overall, good bowling performances by 'Polaris' bowlers Degula(1/7 in 2 overs), Seetaram((2/8 in 4 overs), Ratna(3/20 in 4 overs) and Chandra(1/11 in 4 overs). 'NCR' finished at 94/9 runs in 20 overs.
Match has seen some good catches by Niranjan, Ratna & Satish(NCR) and couple of runouts made by Arun with his quick reflexes in the field. Also, witnessed few dropped chances and mis-fieldings from both the teams.
'Polaris' won the match by 47 runs.
Seetaram awarded 'Man of the match' for his all-rounder display( 65 runs in 46 balls & 2/8 in 4 overs ).
Date: 26-Nov-2011
Ground: Babukhan Grounds
Teams: Polaris vs NCR
Toss won by - 'Polaris' and elected batting.
Polaris Innings:
First match in the 'Babukhan' ground, 'Polaris' won the toss and preferred for batting. Unlike previous matches, 'Polaris' could not start well as they lost their 'in-form' batsman 'Madhu' in the first over. It was 'Suryavir', who bowled excellent yorkers & in-swinging deliveries and took 2 wickets in his first 3 overs. Well supported by 'Kranthi' too. At one stage 'Polaris' were 17/3 after 5.1 overs, where 'Seetaram' joined 'Arun'. Both, played steadily by taking team score to 47 at the end of 10 overs. Accelerated the innings in next 5 overs by rotating the strike and punishing the loose balls to take the score to 89 at 15 overs. Both put 91 runs stand for 4th wicket before 'Arun' dismissed in the 17th over. 'Arun(25 runs)' played sheet-anchor role. Seetaram was aggressive once settled at the crease and played some nice cover drives & square cuts. After 'Arun', it was the turn of 'Mahesh' who dominated bowlers right from the beginning and his quick fire of 25 runs(4 fours & 1 six) came in just 11 balls. 'Seetaram' scored 65 runs(8 fours & 1 six) in 46 balls before being 'retired hurt'. Good bowling spells by Suryavir (2/10 in 4 overs) & Uday(1/18 in 4 overs). Finally, 'Polaris' managed to score 141/5 in 20 overs.
NCR Innings:
Good initial overs bowled by Degula & Arun, where in Degula took Kranthi's wicket in the 3rd over of the innings. Niranjan took a brilliant catch by running towards deep-point. Satish(21 runs) played some good shots and tried to build the innings by taking score to 28/1 after 5 overs. Seetaram came into bowling and caught Uday & Satish in front of wickets(LBW) in his first 2 overs. 'NCR' were 54/3 at the end of 10 overs. Chandra started his spell with a wicket and this was another nice catch taken by Ratna at long-leg. Somaraju(30 runs) at one end struck to crease and played diligently by moving the score to 82/5 in 15 overs. He was bowled out for an excellent delivery from Ratna in the 17th over when score was at 89. Ratna took 2 more wickets in his next two deliveries by registering the first hat-trick for 'Polaris' in this tournament. Overall, good bowling performances by 'Polaris' bowlers Degula(1/7 in 2 overs), Seetaram((2/8 in 4 overs), Ratna(3/20 in 4 overs) and Chandra(1/11 in 4 overs). 'NCR' finished at 94/9 runs in 20 overs.
Match has seen some good catches by Niranjan, Ratna & Satish(NCR) and couple of runouts made by Arun with his quick reflexes in the field. Also, witnessed few dropped chances and mis-fieldings from both the teams.
'Polaris' won the match by 47 runs.
Seetaram awarded 'Man of the match' for his all-rounder display( 65 runs in 46 balls & 2/8 in 4 overs ).
Easy win for Siemens
Date: 27th Nov 2011
Match: Siemens Vs Trianz
Time: 1:30 - 4:30 at BABU KHAN Ground.
Toss: Won by Trianz and elected to Bat
Loosing the toss we were asked to bowl. Srikant from Trianz stood there for a while ensuring Trianz a good start. Srikant caught behind wickets when the team score was 52/1 in 7 Overs. Wickets started falling very quickly after the openers departed. Azar & Prem were good with the ball by picking 3 wickets each by conceding 6 and 12 runs respectively. Trianz got all out for 83 in 19.3 Overs.
Chasing the score of 84 was an easy task. Tulasi 35(27) & Nayeem 30* (30 Balls) 1st wicket stand, 84 runs were scored in 12.5Overs.
Man of the match was Azar for his smart spell for 4-1-6-3 Wickets.
Match: Siemens Vs Trianz
Time: 1:30 - 4:30 at BABU KHAN Ground.
Toss: Won by Trianz and elected to Bat
Loosing the toss we were asked to bowl. Srikant from Trianz stood there for a while ensuring Trianz a good start. Srikant caught behind wickets when the team score was 52/1 in 7 Overs. Wickets started falling very quickly after the openers departed. Azar & Prem were good with the ball by picking 3 wickets each by conceding 6 and 12 runs respectively. Trianz got all out for 83 in 19.3 Overs.
Chasing the score of 84 was an easy task. Tulasi 35(27) & Nayeem 30* (30 Balls) 1st wicket stand, 84 runs were scored in 12.5Overs.
Man of the match was Azar for his smart spell for 4-1-6-3 Wickets.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Trianz continues its winning streak
Match Summary:
Date: 20-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Honeywell Vs Trianz
Trianz got off to a good start with the new ball, Commendable performance by the Trianz Bowlers in the initial overs claiming 5/37. Shankar 3/12 was outstanding throughout and fabulous support from Trianz bowlers Nikhil, Sreedhar, Srikanth and Kalyan. Honeywell Batsmen has no clue in connecting the ball when spinners came to attack (Sreedhar and Srikanth Kadiri), Honeywell Batsman Shasta played really well to score 30 (4X5, 6X1) and a good support from Srinivasan 10(4X1). Trianz Bowlers have done really well to restrict Honeywell to 97/10.It is a win we have to give to our bowlers. Each and every player showed a lot of resilience.
Trianz was very strong in the Initial overs with bat getting 69 runs in 10 overs (Sajith Chowdary and Srikanth Kadiri), Honeywell came back into the game by putting the pressure on the batsmen, Rakesh (3/10) and Nagraj (3/9) were outstanding to collapse the middle order. Trianz started to build up the innings and banished the demons in their head as Hari and Kishore put on a superb match winning stand to win comprehensively and were simply superb towards getting the winning runs and Honeywell gave a tough fight towards the ending, Any post match analysis of this match would be incomplete without describing the superlative batting performance of Hari and Kishore. Finally Siva Shankar grabbed the Man of the Match Award by claiming 3/12.
This is the second consecutive win for TRIANZ in the tournament.
Date: 20-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Honeywell Vs Trianz
Trianz got off to a good start with the new ball, Commendable performance by the Trianz Bowlers in the initial overs claiming 5/37. Shankar 3/12 was outstanding throughout and fabulous support from Trianz bowlers Nikhil, Sreedhar, Srikanth and Kalyan. Honeywell Batsmen has no clue in connecting the ball when spinners came to attack (Sreedhar and Srikanth Kadiri), Honeywell Batsman Shasta played really well to score 30 (4X5, 6X1) and a good support from Srinivasan 10(4X1). Trianz Bowlers have done really well to restrict Honeywell to 97/10.It is a win we have to give to our bowlers. Each and every player showed a lot of resilience.
Trianz was very strong in the Initial overs with bat getting 69 runs in 10 overs (Sajith Chowdary and Srikanth Kadiri), Honeywell came back into the game by putting the pressure on the batsmen, Rakesh (3/10) and Nagraj (3/9) were outstanding to collapse the middle order. Trianz started to build up the innings and banished the demons in their head as Hari and Kishore put on a superb match winning stand to win comprehensively and were simply superb towards getting the winning runs and Honeywell gave a tough fight towards the ending, Any post match analysis of this match would be incomplete without describing the superlative batting performance of Hari and Kishore. Finally Siva Shankar grabbed the Man of the Match Award by claiming 3/12.
This is the second consecutive win for TRIANZ in the tournament.
Siemens Opened Account in Points Table
Match Summary:
Date: 20-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Siemens Vs Zen Technologies
Winning the toss we elected to bat. Rajesh(15) and Tulasi(29) gave a good start and played some brilliant strokes after we lost the opening wicket. One point of time we were at 58/1 in 6 Overs later on middle order collapsed to Naren and we were 67/4. Nayeem (41) and Manish (11) gave a good stand and helped in achieving a total score of 138 all out in 19.3 Overs.
Bowling was quite decent. Chasing the score of 139, Zen collapsed for 84 Runs. Prem and sandeep bagged 3 wickets each with some decent bowling from vignesh.
Over all it was a good win to start.
Date: 20-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Siemens Vs Zen Technologies
Winning the toss we elected to bat. Rajesh(15) and Tulasi(29) gave a good start and played some brilliant strokes after we lost the opening wicket. One point of time we were at 58/1 in 6 Overs later on middle order collapsed to Naren and we were 67/4. Nayeem (41) and Manish (11) gave a good stand and helped in achieving a total score of 138 all out in 19.3 Overs.
Bowling was quite decent. Chasing the score of 139, Zen collapsed for 84 Runs. Prem and sandeep bagged 3 wickets each with some decent bowling from vignesh.
Over all it was a good win to start.
Polaris tops the points table
Match Summary:
Date: 19-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs Wipro
Toss won by - 'Wipro' and put 'Polaris' into batting.
Polaris Innings:
Once again a good start is given by Polaris openers (Madhu & Susheel) by putting 66 runs in the first 10 overs. Madhu(34 runs in 33 balls) played yet another good knock and a nice support from Susheel(13 runs). After loosing openers quickly, Praveen(14 in 17 balls) and Ratna(19 in 15 balls) took the charge by rotating the strike well and keep moving the scoreboard. They added 35 valuable runs for the 3rd wicket. But, Polaris fumbled in the last 5 overs and could not give huge total as target. It was bcoz of excellent bowling performances by Gopal(3/24 in 4 overs) & Ganga(2/21in 4 overs) and a good support from Rajesh(1/24 in 4 overs) too. Finally, 'Polaris' managed to score 132/8 in 20 overs.
Wipro Innings:
Wipro lost first wicket early as Niranjan removed Ravi. Sree(39 runs) continued his touch with bat in this match also. Got support from Mehul(19 runs) and put more than 60 runs for 2nd wicket in 8overs. Both of them executed excellent shots and it was the match of Wipro requiring another 60 runs to win. Niranjan came back with 2 quick wickets of Mehul and Rajesh in the same over. Scenarios got changed when Arun removed in form Sree and later a brilliant run out by Praveen. Though Wipro lost half of their wickets..still it's anyone's game as the run rate was under control. But, Ratna and Chandra bowled very economically and put pressure on batsmen as the required run rate got increased. Chandra and Mouli took important wickets of Sahoo and Ganga. But, Jawahar(13 runs) at one end trying his best. Requiring 25 runs in 4 overs with 3 wickets remaining..came down to 19 runs in 2overs bcoz of 2 tight overs by Polaris. It's Chandra again.. ruled in the 19th over of the innings by taking all the 3 wickets. Chandra was well supported by Susheel behind the stumps. Chandra(4/11 in 4 overs) and Niranjan(3/34 in 4 overs) were pick of the bowlers..supported well by Arun(1/24 in 4 overs), Ratna(12runs in 3overs) and Mouli (1/10 in 1 over. 'Wipro' were all out for 115 runs in 19 overs.
Yet another close match in the tournament and a wonderful display by both teams.
'Polaris' won the match by 17 runs.
Chandra earned 'Man of the match' for his magical spell( 4-0-11-4 ). This was the 2nd 'Man of the Match' for Chandra in the tournament..first was against 'Zentech'.
Date: 19-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs Wipro
Toss won by - 'Wipro' and put 'Polaris' into batting.
Polaris Innings:
Once again a good start is given by Polaris openers (Madhu & Susheel) by putting 66 runs in the first 10 overs. Madhu(34 runs in 33 balls) played yet another good knock and a nice support from Susheel(13 runs). After loosing openers quickly, Praveen(14 in 17 balls) and Ratna(19 in 15 balls) took the charge by rotating the strike well and keep moving the scoreboard. They added 35 valuable runs for the 3rd wicket. But, Polaris fumbled in the last 5 overs and could not give huge total as target. It was bcoz of excellent bowling performances by Gopal(3/24 in 4 overs) & Ganga(2/21in 4 overs) and a good support from Rajesh(1/24 in 4 overs) too. Finally, 'Polaris' managed to score 132/8 in 20 overs.
Wipro Innings:
Wipro lost first wicket early as Niranjan removed Ravi. Sree(39 runs) continued his touch with bat in this match also. Got support from Mehul(19 runs) and put more than 60 runs for 2nd wicket in 8overs. Both of them executed excellent shots and it was the match of Wipro requiring another 60 runs to win. Niranjan came back with 2 quick wickets of Mehul and Rajesh in the same over. Scenarios got changed when Arun removed in form Sree and later a brilliant run out by Praveen. Though Wipro lost half of their wickets..still it's anyone's game as the run rate was under control. But, Ratna and Chandra bowled very economically and put pressure on batsmen as the required run rate got increased. Chandra and Mouli took important wickets of Sahoo and Ganga. But, Jawahar(13 runs) at one end trying his best. Requiring 25 runs in 4 overs with 3 wickets remaining..came down to 19 runs in 2overs bcoz of 2 tight overs by Polaris. It's Chandra again.. ruled in the 19th over of the innings by taking all the 3 wickets. Chandra was well supported by Susheel behind the stumps. Chandra(4/11 in 4 overs) and Niranjan(3/34 in 4 overs) were pick of the bowlers..supported well by Arun(1/24 in 4 overs), Ratna(12runs in 3overs) and Mouli (1/10 in 1 over. 'Wipro' were all out for 115 runs in 19 overs.
Yet another close match in the tournament and a wonderful display by both teams.
'Polaris' won the match by 17 runs.
Chandra earned 'Man of the match' for his magical spell( 4-0-11-4 ). This was the 2nd 'Man of the Match' for Chandra in the tournament..first was against 'Zentech'.
Easy win for IBM
Match Summary:
Date: 19-Nov-2011
Venue: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: IBM vs NCR
Toss - Won by IBM and elected to bowl
Match Result : IBM won by 4 wickets
Man of Match: Madhav Vemuri (4/20 in 3 overs)
IBM decision to bowl first went in right way as their opening bowlers Narein and Sai claimed 1 wicket each in their very first overs (23/2 at end of 2 overs). Next bowling spells by Aquib and Ravi ensured NCR do not get any leeway to build partnerships picking up wickets at regular intervals with stump to stump deliveries (53/5 at end of 10 overs). NCR batsman 'Reddy' alone stuck at one end collecting runs (25 runs in 28 balls) from pushes and nudges. Finally it was Madhav who changed the course of game in 16 over taking 3 quick wickets. (1 wicket includes a stunning one handed catch taken by Sai at deep square leg boundary line) At the end, NCR managded to score 95 runs in 15.4 Overs .
With 96 runs to be chased, IBM batsmans Savi and Aquib played a sensible knock in first 4 overs (24/0 in 4 overs). Aquib was the first one to be dismissed by Kranthi who was bowling decent line and length balls. Next batsman sitesh steadied the innings for sometime. Skipper Savi played some excellent copy book shots and hit 6 boundaries before he was bowled out by Kranthi at 28 runs, by that time IBM were 65/2 in 10 overs With some quick wickets that fell in middle, gave an impression that match could turn into NCR way but useful 17 runs partnership between Ravi & Sai plus some extras made a differrence.
With 4 runs to win and 3 overs remaining, first ball of 17th over was hit to straight boundary line by Sai which decided IBM victory.
Madhav was adjudged as Man of match for his 4 wicket haul in 3 overs.
Date: 19-Nov-2011
Venue: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: IBM vs NCR
Toss - Won by IBM and elected to bowl
Match Result : IBM won by 4 wickets
Man of Match: Madhav Vemuri (4/20 in 3 overs)
IBM decision to bowl first went in right way as their opening bowlers Narein and Sai claimed 1 wicket each in their very first overs (23/2 at end of 2 overs). Next bowling spells by Aquib and Ravi ensured NCR do not get any leeway to build partnerships picking up wickets at regular intervals with stump to stump deliveries (53/5 at end of 10 overs). NCR batsman 'Reddy' alone stuck at one end collecting runs (25 runs in 28 balls) from pushes and nudges. Finally it was Madhav who changed the course of game in 16 over taking 3 quick wickets. (1 wicket includes a stunning one handed catch taken by Sai at deep square leg boundary line) At the end, NCR managded to score 95 runs in 15.4 Overs .
With 96 runs to be chased, IBM batsmans Savi and Aquib played a sensible knock in first 4 overs (24/0 in 4 overs). Aquib was the first one to be dismissed by Kranthi who was bowling decent line and length balls. Next batsman sitesh steadied the innings for sometime. Skipper Savi played some excellent copy book shots and hit 6 boundaries before he was bowled out by Kranthi at 28 runs, by that time IBM were 65/2 in 10 overs With some quick wickets that fell in middle, gave an impression that match could turn into NCR way but useful 17 runs partnership between Ravi & Sai plus some extras made a differrence.
With 4 runs to win and 3 overs remaining, first ball of 17th over was hit to straight boundary line by Sai which decided IBM victory.
Madhav was adjudged as Man of match for his 4 wicket haul in 3 overs.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Top class cricketing spirit from Shiva (Zen Technologies)
Here is the example how HSCL2 is being governed with excellent cricketing spirit.
In the second round of match between Wipro and Zen Technologies, here was an instance when Shiva from ZenTech, who caught a catch at the boundary, but declared it as six in very true spirit of the game, as his foot went just probably few inches into the boundary line.
It was such a close decision, match was precariously placed at 20 required off 14 balls. Had he told umpire as catch, umpire will go with his word and match result would itself have been different.
We really appreciate such gesture by him.
Well done Shiva.
Our special appreciation to you and Zen Technologies team for making HSCL as a winner rather Wipro Team.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Trianz started climbing the ladder
Match Summary:
Date: 13-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: NCR vs Trianz
Toss - Won by NCR and elected to bowl
Trianz Batting: 138/9 in 20 overs.
NCR opened the bowling attack with a magical spell from Suryavir swinging the ball in either directions.Suryavir claimed his first wicket of a magnificent in-swinging delivery getting the batsman bowled of his second ball.The very next ball was also a wicket with mid-stump out of ground with another in-swinging delivery.The batsman had no clue in connecting the ball and suryavir was almost unplayable in his initial overs. However,Srikanth(opener) continued to stay clam and stuck at one end driving the odd balls to fence and entertaining the crowd. He was intelligent enough in rotating the strike where he continued ticking the Trianz Scoreboard inspite of wickets falling at the other end. Suryavir continued the magic spell picking another 2 wickets in his second over leaving Trianz at 25/4 after 4 overs.He completed his dream spell with excellent bowling figures of 5/18 in his 4 overs.Srikanth was middling the ball good and was very comfortable in rotating the strike and taking calculated risks.Suryavir claimed his final victim for an LBW which was plumb in-front where Trianz lost half-of their batsman after 5 overs. Srikanth continued the good work and took most of the strike and entertained the crowed with excellent straight drives and square drives. He was not out till the end scoring 97* (15 * 4 and 1 * 6) taking Trianz scoreboard to 138/9 after 20 overs.
NCR mis-fielding on ground and few extras costed around 20 odd runs which proved very crucial.
NCR Bowling:
Suryavir - 5/18(4 overs) & Naveen 2/30(2 overs) were impressive.
NCR Batting: 122 allout in 19 overs.
NCR opened the innings with Kranthi and Mahesh with Mahesh taking the strike.Kranthi was driving the ball good and Mahesh rotating the strike scoring at around 7 runs per over initially.Kranthi(15) was plumb in-front and Uday who stepped in as one-down batsman continued to support Mahesh and building the partnership.Trianz bowling was straight and impressive. Mahesh continued the good work taking singles and putting odd balls to fence.NCR was 68/1 after 10 overs requiring 71 off the last 10 overs with 9 wickets in hand.Mahesh was bowled for a low kept delivery with a well made 25 runs.However,middle order collapse and improper calling between wickets costed the match for NCR and NCR was allout for 122 in 19 overs losing the match by 16 runs.
Trainz Bowling:
Srikanth - 4 overs 3/19
Nikhil - 3 overs 2/16
Kalyan - 4 overs 2/17 were impressive with the bowling attack.
Srikanth, "The HERO for Trianz" impressed the crowd with an all-rounder performance making 97* and claiming 3 crucial wickets was named "MOM" and cheers all-round.
Result: Trianz won the match by 16 runs. Man of the match: Srikanth K.
Date: 13-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: NCR vs Trianz
Toss - Won by NCR and elected to bowl
Trianz Batting: 138/9 in 20 overs.
NCR opened the bowling attack with a magical spell from Suryavir swinging the ball in either directions.Suryavir claimed his first wicket of a magnificent in-swinging delivery getting the batsman bowled of his second ball.The very next ball was also a wicket with mid-stump out of ground with another in-swinging delivery.The batsman had no clue in connecting the ball and suryavir was almost unplayable in his initial overs. However,Srikanth(opener) continued to stay clam and stuck at one end driving the odd balls to fence and entertaining the crowd. He was intelligent enough in rotating the strike where he continued ticking the Trianz Scoreboard inspite of wickets falling at the other end. Suryavir continued the magic spell picking another 2 wickets in his second over leaving Trianz at 25/4 after 4 overs.He completed his dream spell with excellent bowling figures of 5/18 in his 4 overs.Srikanth was middling the ball good and was very comfortable in rotating the strike and taking calculated risks.Suryavir claimed his final victim for an LBW which was plumb in-front where Trianz lost half-of their batsman after 5 overs. Srikanth continued the good work and took most of the strike and entertained the crowed with excellent straight drives and square drives. He was not out till the end scoring 97* (15 * 4 and 1 * 6) taking Trianz scoreboard to 138/9 after 20 overs.
NCR mis-fielding on ground and few extras costed around 20 odd runs which proved very crucial.
NCR Bowling:
Suryavir - 5/18(4 overs) & Naveen 2/30(2 overs) were impressive.
NCR Batting: 122 allout in 19 overs.
NCR opened the innings with Kranthi and Mahesh with Mahesh taking the strike.Kranthi was driving the ball good and Mahesh rotating the strike scoring at around 7 runs per over initially.Kranthi(15) was plumb in-front and Uday who stepped in as one-down batsman continued to support Mahesh and building the partnership.Trianz bowling was straight and impressive. Mahesh continued the good work taking singles and putting odd balls to fence.NCR was 68/1 after 10 overs requiring 71 off the last 10 overs with 9 wickets in hand.Mahesh was bowled for a low kept delivery with a well made 25 runs.However,middle order collapse and improper calling between wickets costed the match for NCR and NCR was allout for 122 in 19 overs losing the match by 16 runs.
Trainz Bowling:
Srikanth - 4 overs 3/19
Nikhil - 3 overs 2/16
Kalyan - 4 overs 2/17 were impressive with the bowling attack.
Srikanth, "The HERO for Trianz" impressed the crowd with an all-rounder performance making 97* and claiming 3 crucial wickets was named "MOM" and cheers all-round.
Result: Trianz won the match by 16 runs. Man of the match: Srikanth K.
Polaris completed with easy win in second league
Match Summary:
Date: 12-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs Siemens
Toss - 'Polaris' and opted for batting.
Polaris Innings:
Polaris's decision of batting first went in the right way as their openers Madhu and Susheel gave a brilliant start by scoring 74 runs in the first 10 overs. Madhu(55 runs in 50 balls) played wonderful cover drives and leg glances in his innings. Susheel(47 runs in 48 balls) rotated the strike well and nicely placed the ball in the gaps. They put 123 runs partnership in 16.2 overs before Vignesh dismissed Madhu. This is the Highest partnership ( 123 runs) for the first wicket or any wicket so far in the tournament(in first 5 matches). Vignesh(2/12 in 4 overs) and Prem(1/17in 4 overs) of 'Siemens' have bowled very well. Especially in the final overs, they did not allow 'Polaris' batsmen to score big strokes. Praveen(14 n.o in 10 balls) chipped in with important runs in the slog. Finally, 'Polaris managed to score 149/3 in 20 overs.
Siemens Innings:
Degula of Polaris gave an early blow to 'Siemens' by dismissing their openerr in the first over of the innings. Later, Vignesh(21 runsin 26 balls) and Devi(11runs in 19 balls) played steadily by putting 28 runs for 2nd wicket in 5 overs. First change in the bowling of 'Polaris' by introducing Niranjan and Ratna gave good result. Niranjan(2/6 in 2 overs) took 2 wickets in consecutive deliveries in his first over. Ratna(1/7 in 2 overs) took a wicket of his 2nd ball of the over where Chandra took a stunning catch at Extra-covers. Seetaram was put into bowling in the 10th over and he conceded plenty of runs in the form wides before taking his first wicket. Mahesh took this catch superbly by covering 10 yards distance. Seetaram took 2 more wickets in his second over by dismissing Rajesh(18 runs in 6 balls) who looked dangerous and the settled opener Vignesh. It's another good catch taken by Polaris team, where 'Arun' took the catch by diving towards his right at Long-on for dismissing Rajesh. 'Siemens' innings came to an end in the 14th over of the innings bowled by Seetaram, where a run out is made by Ratna/Susheel and then Seetaram completed the formalities by taking 2 more wickets. 'Siemens' could score 81 runs before being allout in 13.4 overs. 'Siemens' lost last 5 wickets for just 3 runs in the span of 15 balls.
The major difference between the two side being ground fielding and catches. 'Siemens' left couple of chances and could not stop few balls going to the fence which is actually possible. On the other side, 'Polaris' did a good work in the field. Their captain Chandra led the team as an example by taking an excellent catch and this followed by the catches of Mahesh and Arun.
'Polaris' won the match by 68 runs.
Seetaram was adjourned as 'Man of the match' for his excellent bowling display( 2.4-0-16-5 ). Also, this is the first 5 wicket hall in the tournament.
Date: 12-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs Siemens
Toss - 'Polaris' and opted for batting.
Polaris Innings:
Polaris's decision of batting first went in the right way as their openers Madhu and Susheel gave a brilliant start by scoring 74 runs in the first 10 overs. Madhu(55 runs in 50 balls) played wonderful cover drives and leg glances in his innings. Susheel(47 runs in 48 balls) rotated the strike well and nicely placed the ball in the gaps. They put 123 runs partnership in 16.2 overs before Vignesh dismissed Madhu. This is the Highest partnership ( 123 runs) for the first wicket or any wicket so far in the tournament(in first 5 matches). Vignesh(2/12 in 4 overs) and Prem(1/17in 4 overs) of 'Siemens' have bowled very well. Especially in the final overs, they did not allow 'Polaris' batsmen to score big strokes. Praveen(14 n.o in 10 balls) chipped in with important runs in the slog. Finally, 'Polaris managed to score 149/3 in 20 overs.
Siemens Innings:
Degula of Polaris gave an early blow to 'Siemens' by dismissing their openerr in the first over of the innings. Later, Vignesh(21 runsin 26 balls) and Devi(11runs in 19 balls) played steadily by putting 28 runs for 2nd wicket in 5 overs. First change in the bowling of 'Polaris' by introducing Niranjan and Ratna gave good result. Niranjan(2/6 in 2 overs) took 2 wickets in consecutive deliveries in his first over. Ratna(1/7 in 2 overs) took a wicket of his 2nd ball of the over where Chandra took a stunning catch at Extra-covers. Seetaram was put into bowling in the 10th over and he conceded plenty of runs in the form wides before taking his first wicket. Mahesh took this catch superbly by covering 10 yards distance. Seetaram took 2 more wickets in his second over by dismissing Rajesh(18 runs in 6 balls) who looked dangerous and the settled opener Vignesh. It's another good catch taken by Polaris team, where 'Arun' took the catch by diving towards his right at Long-on for dismissing Rajesh. 'Siemens' innings came to an end in the 14th over of the innings bowled by Seetaram, where a run out is made by Ratna/Susheel and then Seetaram completed the formalities by taking 2 more wickets. 'Siemens' could score 81 runs before being allout in 13.4 overs. 'Siemens' lost last 5 wickets for just 3 runs in the span of 15 balls.
The major difference between the two side being ground fielding and catches. 'Siemens' left couple of chances and could not stop few balls going to the fence which is actually possible. On the other side, 'Polaris' did a good work in the field. Their captain Chandra led the team as an example by taking an excellent catch and this followed by the catches of Mahesh and Arun.
'Polaris' won the match by 68 runs.
Seetaram was adjourned as 'Man of the match' for his excellent bowling display( 2.4-0-16-5 ). Also, this is the first 5 wicket hall in the tournament.
Wipro pulled off victory by chasing huge target
Date : 12th November 2011
Match : Wipro Vs Zen Technologies
Toss : ZenTech won the toss and choose to bat first
Ganga started Wipro bowling, got early chance of an easy catch to keeper in very first over but it was dropped. ZenTech utilized the catch drops and their openers, Narendra and Amar were successful in making up very good partnership of 89 in 12overs. After Narendra caught out in Sree bowling Anil joined Amar and both were un beaten and put a huge target of 174.
Sree started chasing target along with Ravi. Wipro got initial hiccup when Ravi got bowled while trying for a big shot in second over. Then Rajesh joined Sree and built decent partnership of 36 before Sree (18 off 13, 4x4) got out for a low kept ball. Then Sahoo joined Rajesh, who continued scoreboard running with 7 boundaries. After Rajesh given LBW, it was Dr. Sir turn with 3 fours. Sahoo stuck to one end, though Wipro lost three quick wickets from other end. At the end of 11 overs Wipro stood at score of 99, but having less wickets in hand giving good hope for ZenTech. Jawahar was sent at #8 at a stage of 75 more required of 9 overs with only 4 wickets in hand. He strategically rotated strike and gave more chance to settled batsmen. Both kept score board rolling and sent bad balls to boundaries. It came down to 25 required in 18 balls. Sahoo hit a boundary and gave chance to Jawahar, who hit two fantastic sixes and Wipro stood 8 runs behind Victory with two overs to spare. They could not wait till last over, completed formality in penultimate over with another boundary. Both remained unbeaten, Jawahar (31* off 20, 2x4, 2x6) and Sahoo (41* off 30, 6x4) was adjudged MOM.
Summary:
ZenTech Batting :173/1 in 20 Overs. Amar – 78*(51), Narendra – 37(40).
Wipro Bowling : Sree – 29/1 in 4 Overs, Ganga – 15/0 in 3 Overs
Wipro Batting : 176/6 in 18.4 Overs. Sahoo – 41*(30), Rajesh – 32(19), Jawahar – 31*(20)
ZenTech Bowling : Ram – 17/2 in 3.4 Overs, Salil – 28/2 in 3 Overs
Result : Wipro chased huge target and won the match.
Man of the match: Sahoo for unbeaten 41 off 30 balls with 6 fours.
IBM Continued its winning streak
Match Summary:
Date: 13-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: IBM Vs Honeywell
Toss: Honeywell won the toss and elected to bat first.
Honeywell won the toss and batted first, batsmans Sampath (43 runs) and nagaraj (33) put a decent partnership in middle at the end IBM restricted Honeywell to 123/8 in 20 Overs .
Tight bowling spell by- Madhav(0/17 in 3 overs), Sai (4/19 in 4 overs), Ravi (1/12/ in 4overs), limited Honeywell batsmen to go for any big shots with bat despite being at about 100 runs in 14 overs .
Madhav's bowling turned the match in terms of a paced innings by Honeywell came to a halt with spin attack. Sai bowled extremely well to take 4 wickets in last 7 overs and restricted opposition to 123 runs.
Skipper Savi ( 47 ) who yet again played responsible innings with bat helped team to chase down the target with ease (127/4 in 17.1 Overs) and as expected at other end well supported by Sitesh (26*) with bat till end of IBM batting innings.
IBM won comfortably sparing 6 wickets and 3 overs.
IBM started with Winning note
Match Summary:
Date: 6-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Trianz Vs IBM
Toss won by - Trianz and elected bat first.
Trianz won the toss and chose to Bat first. Debut bowler 'Narein' bowled a superb spell to take 2 wickets in 4 overs giving away only 9 runs.
Overall IBM bowled very meticulously and restricted opposition to 99 in 20 Overs. Sajith from Trianz scored 34 runs in 36 runs.
In return IBM chased the target absolute ease which had a flamboyant innings from Aquib who scored an unbeaten 54 (34 balls ) and a well poised batting by Savi who also scored an unbeaten 38 (30 balls ).
IBM made 100 in 10.4 overs without losing a wicket.
IBM won by 10 wickets and 9.2 overs to spare.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Polaris started with convincing win
Match Summary:
Date: 6-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs ZenTech
Toss won by - 'ZenTech' and put 'Polaris' into batting.
Polaris Innings:
Polaris started well in the first power play scoring at a run rate of 8 per over. Soon after loosing the openers runrate came down. Introduction of 'Ram' into bowling made huge change as he took 2 wickets in consecutive deliveries in his first over. At half the way in the innings 'Polaris' loss half of the wickets. Then 'Arun(27 runs)' steadied the 'Polaris' innings along with 'Degula(19 runs)'. Later, Seetaram(15) and Mahesh(13) chipped in with few runs for their side. Finally, 'Polaris managed to score 148/9 in 20 overs. 'Ram' of 'ZenTech' took 3 wickets by conceeding 14 runs in his quota(4) of overs.
ZenTech Innings:
'ZenTech' got an early blow in the 2nd over & in 6th over. 'Anil(20 runs)' with the support of 'Ram(13 runs)' kept 'ZenTech' chances alive. But, 'Anil'(dismissed by 'Degula') and 'Ram'(being runout by 'Seetaram') could not stand for long time. Later, 'ZenTech' lost control over the match by superb bowling display from Ratna(2/8) and Chandra(3/9). They could score 78 runs before being allout in 16.5 overs.
'Polaris' won the match by 70 runs.
Chandra was adjourned as 'Man of the match' for his superb bowling display( 2.5-0-9-3 ).
Date: 6-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs ZenTech
Toss won by - 'ZenTech' and put 'Polaris' into batting.
Polaris Innings:
Polaris started well in the first power play scoring at a run rate of 8 per over. Soon after loosing the openers runrate came down. Introduction of 'Ram' into bowling made huge change as he took 2 wickets in consecutive deliveries in his first over. At half the way in the innings 'Polaris' loss half of the wickets. Then 'Arun(27 runs)' steadied the 'Polaris' innings along with 'Degula(19 runs)'. Later, Seetaram(15) and Mahesh(13) chipped in with few runs for their side. Finally, 'Polaris managed to score 148/9 in 20 overs. 'Ram' of 'ZenTech' took 3 wickets by conceeding 14 runs in his quota(4) of overs.
ZenTech Innings:
'ZenTech' got an early blow in the 2nd over & in 6th over. 'Anil(20 runs)' with the support of 'Ram(13 runs)' kept 'ZenTech' chances alive. But, 'Anil'(dismissed by 'Degula') and 'Ram'(being runout by 'Seetaram') could not stand for long time. Later, 'ZenTech' lost control over the match by superb bowling display from Ratna(2/8) and Chandra(3/9). They could score 78 runs before being allout in 16.5 overs.
'Polaris' won the match by 70 runs.
Chandra was adjourned as 'Man of the match' for his superb bowling display( 2.5-0-9-3 ).
Wipro registers off a comprehensive Win
Date: 5-November-2011
Match: Wipro vs Siemens
Toss won by: Wipro and elected to bat first
Wipro won the toss and elected to bat first.
Wipro started off briskly right from the first over, at almost 12 runs per over run rate during the power-play overs. Wipro was 49/0 by the end of 4 overs.
Siemens bowled well after the powerplay overs, but still runs continued to flow and Wipro reached 100 run mark by 11th over.
Though Wipro lost couple of wickets, all the batsman got into the act and ensured that Wipro reached a mammoth 178 runs with loss of 5 wickets by the end of 20th over.
Sree top scored with 49 followed by Sahoo with 37 not out and Mehul chipped in with 34.
Siemens was rattled early in the chase. Wickets kept falling at regular intervals.
Ganga was absolutely unplayable.
Wipro pulled off the win with around 3 overs to spare.
Ganga picked up 3 wickets, Sree, Naveen and Rajesh picked up 2 each.
Man of the match: Sree for his 49 & 2/17.
Match: Wipro vs Siemens
Toss won by: Wipro and elected to bat first
Wipro won the toss and elected to bat first.
Wipro started off briskly right from the first over, at almost 12 runs per over run rate during the power-play overs. Wipro was 49/0 by the end of 4 overs.
Siemens bowled well after the powerplay overs, but still runs continued to flow and Wipro reached 100 run mark by 11th over.
Though Wipro lost couple of wickets, all the batsman got into the act and ensured that Wipro reached a mammoth 178 runs with loss of 5 wickets by the end of 20th over.
Sree top scored with 49 followed by Sahoo with 37 not out and Mehul chipped in with 34.
Siemens was rattled early in the chase. Wickets kept falling at regular intervals.
Ganga was absolutely unplayable.
Wipro pulled off the win with around 3 overs to spare.
Ganga picked up 3 wickets, Sree, Naveen and Rajesh picked up 2 each.
Man of the match: Sree for his 49 & 2/17.
Exciting Run chase by NCR
Date:Nov. 5th 2011
Match: HoneyWell Vs NCR
Time : 1:30 - 4:30 at Gurukul Grounds.
Toss: Won by Honeywell and elected to Bat
Honeywell Batting: 186/8 in 20 overs
Opening pair has given very good start to Honeywell and scoring almost 12 runs per over.Naveen took the first wicket of Pulla Reddy 23Runs (4*3, 6*1) to break the opening partnership.However, Honeywell continued to manage a run rate of 9 runs per over.Somaraju took a nice caught & bowled to get the second breakthrough making Honeywell score to 80/2 after 9 overs.
Nagaraj did not last long and was bowled for a Nice delivery from Kranthi.Shastha entertained the crowd with some fireworks and scored a quick 26 (4*2, 6*2).
Sampath continued to bat until 18th over and scored 59 runs (4*7, 6*1). Honeywell made a mammoth total of 186/8 after 20 overs.
There were 3 runouts during Honeywell innings.NCR dropped 5 catches which proved very costly.
NCR bowling:
Naveen 26/1 in 4 overs, Kranthi 26/1 in 4 overs and Reddy 17/1 in 2 overs.
NCR Batting: 187/6 in 19.0 overs.
NCR started well with the Openers and running coming freely in wides to ease the pressure off the batsman.
The first wicket (Chatterjee - 2) fell at 17 runs as a result of improper calling.Uday who stepped down next entertained with beautiful straight drives and square drives.
The 3 boundaries from his bat are worth watching.However,he was bowled to an excellent Yorker leaving NCR score at 35/2 after 4 overs.
Kranthi continued the good work hitting loose balls to boundaries.Honeywell reduced the pressure giving runs in extras.
Somaraju who stepped in next did not last long and was caught at mid-on for a well supported 11 runs.
Naveen who stepped in continued to support Kranthi and started building the partnership.Later Kranthi was bowled with a well made 37 Runs (4*7) leaving NCR at 109/4 after 12 overs.
Satish and Reddy who stepped in next did not last long and was out with some excellent work on-field from Honeywell.
NCR was at 118/6 after 13 overs needing 69 runs of the last 7 overs.
Pradeep Joined Naveen to continuing the partnership and hitting odd ball to fence and rotating the strike.
Pradeep started to switch the gears and scored 42 runs (4*3, 6*3) of just 25 balls with a match winning performance and Naveen 13 Runs(4*2) Not out to post a memorable win for NCR in HSCL-II.
Honey well Bowling:
Srinivas 30/3 in 3 overs and Nagaraju 38/0 in 4 overs impressed with bowling.
Result: NCR won the match by 4 wickets with 1 over left.
Man of the match: Pradeep Mandapati
Match: HoneyWell Vs NCR
Time : 1:30 - 4:30 at Gurukul Grounds.
Toss: Won by Honeywell and elected to Bat
Honeywell Batting: 186/8 in 20 overs
Opening pair has given very good start to Honeywell and scoring almost 12 runs per over.Naveen took the first wicket of Pulla Reddy 23Runs (4*3, 6*1) to break the opening partnership.However, Honeywell continued to manage a run rate of 9 runs per over.Somaraju took a nice caught & bowled to get the second breakthrough making Honeywell score to 80/2 after 9 overs.
Nagaraj did not last long and was bowled for a Nice delivery from Kranthi.Shastha entertained the crowd with some fireworks and scored a quick 26 (4*2, 6*2).
Sampath continued to bat until 18th over and scored 59 runs (4*7, 6*1). Honeywell made a mammoth total of 186/8 after 20 overs.
There were 3 runouts during Honeywell innings.NCR dropped 5 catches which proved very costly.
NCR bowling:
Naveen 26/1 in 4 overs, Kranthi 26/1 in 4 overs and Reddy 17/1 in 2 overs.
NCR Batting: 187/6 in 19.0 overs.
NCR started well with the Openers and running coming freely in wides to ease the pressure off the batsman.
The first wicket (Chatterjee - 2) fell at 17 runs as a result of improper calling.Uday who stepped down next entertained with beautiful straight drives and square drives.
The 3 boundaries from his bat are worth watching.However,he was bowled to an excellent Yorker leaving NCR score at 35/2 after 4 overs.
Kranthi continued the good work hitting loose balls to boundaries.Honeywell reduced the pressure giving runs in extras.
Somaraju who stepped in next did not last long and was caught at mid-on for a well supported 11 runs.
Naveen who stepped in continued to support Kranthi and started building the partnership.Later Kranthi was bowled with a well made 37 Runs (4*7) leaving NCR at 109/4 after 12 overs.
Satish and Reddy who stepped in next did not last long and was out with some excellent work on-field from Honeywell.
NCR was at 118/6 after 13 overs needing 69 runs of the last 7 overs.
Pradeep Joined Naveen to continuing the partnership and hitting odd ball to fence and rotating the strike.
Pradeep started to switch the gears and scored 42 runs (4*3, 6*3) of just 25 balls with a match winning performance and Naveen 13 Runs(4*2) Not out to post a memorable win for NCR in HSCL-II.
Honey well Bowling:
Srinivas 30/3 in 3 overs and Nagaraju 38/0 in 4 overs impressed with bowling.
Result: NCR won the match by 4 wickets with 1 over left.
Man of the match: Pradeep Mandapati
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Hyderabad Software Cricket League
HSCL-2 is back in action
Hyderabad Software Cricket League (HSCL) is a T20 Cricket tournament Organized by group of 6 organizations.(Accenture, IBM, Siemens, Trianz, Wipro, Zen Technologies).HSCL-1 has been started on 30-July-2011 at Fine Cab Cricket Grounds near Kompally - Hyderabad and ended on 18-September-2011 at CNR cricket grounds.
Accenture and Siemens teams went into finals and its Accenture who won the tourney.
Its been a fantastic event that has been organized till date.
Now its time for the 2nd Edition of HSCL. HSCL has decided to go with 8 teams in the second edition. As Accenture team will not be available for the 2nd Edition, we have 3 new teams.
Polaris, Honneywell and NCR.
HSCL-2 started on 05-Nov-2011 at Gurukul Grounds Near Chilkur.
Stay tuned for further updates and action
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