Bhai Log Game 5 (28/04/09)

The game yesterday had some bittersweet moments.  Although we won it was not a victory we ought to cherish nor take into our heads…there is a long long road ahead of us.

We fielded first and luckily I did not have to eat my words when I said “yes we have 8”, when actually we only had 4 players.  It was a mediocre start in the first over which I bowled conceding 11 runs, 9 of those extras although it set up Jacinth with two strikes from the last two deliveries which he executed with class getting a wicket.  Our bowling wasn’t great…it just did enough as the batsman weren’t up to par so I think there is a still a lot of work to be done in that department.  Also our fielding was a bit shaky, we have to communicate!  The pick of the bowlers I have to say was Shashank.  Great pace and always on target.

Our batting was good…well good with respect to the deliveries and fielding of the other team.  We have to start hitting the side nets and not attempt hitting the back nets every time.  Lucky for us it paid of this time around.  We were also helped by poor bowling from the other side as they conceded 25 extras (~ 75 runs).  We also saw some good clean hitting by Kasun and Jessie.

Overall a good performance by the majority of the team although the senior players had a sub-par day, maybe that’s why one of them decided to stay back and make up for it ;).

Let us carry this winning way over to next week when we play the top of the table, an unbeaten team, we’ll change that next week :).

Bhai Log Game 4 (21/04/09)

Bhai Log continues to dive further into slum.  Read more about it here.  After a disappointing two weeks of cricket, Bhai Log could not record a win in what could be defined as the easiest game so far.  After restricting the opposition for a meagre 106, Bhai Log failed to deliver with the bat.

A mediocre bowling and fielding attempt from Bhai Log was enough to restrict the opposition to 106 so imagine if Bhai Log fired every time at the right times, they would be the oppositions biggest nightmare.  This week we took a turn in the below par performances where our batting was, no other word for it, absolutely shocking.  We scored a mere 40 runs off the first two partnership with an atrocious third partnership with –4.  I seriously don’t understand what part of “hit the side nets” is so complicated to understand.  The last partnership was a consolidation attempt as in no way were we expecting them to get more than 50 runs.

Jessie was the star of the match which was his first game after he returned from a long vacation in India.  Jessie, were you training there?  Can you tell us how you do it?

Hoping we pick up our act and start getting into the winning habit which has been the essence of Bhai Log since we remember.

Here are the stats.

 

Bhai Log Game 3 (14/04/09)

Following on from our below par performance from last week Bhai Log surely lived up to it.  This is a team which came from winning the last season it played to being demolished by two mediocre opponents in two consecutive weeks.  Mind you the team is not the same as last season but yet, it is not the losing that matters, it is the way the loss occurs.

This week we had a 9.35 game and only five team members showed up on time.  You would’ve thought that a late game would mean that everyone would turn up on time.  Worst part is that one team member didn’t show up at all.  Quite a disappointment but that was expected given the history.  So the game began and the only thing we have won so far is the toss.  Elected to bowl considering we have a better chance of chasing and winning as we know how our game should be depending on the score, although that didn’t help at all.

First over was a shocker and unfortunately I was to blame for that giving away 13 runs although the shambles did not stop there.  We bowled atrociously, short balls galore and the batsmen did well to utilise our underpowered field.  There was no urgency in our fielding and I think that’s what lost us the game.  The opponent posted a huge total of 178.  In indoor cricketing terms that is close to impossible to attain.

Our batting started off well with 46 and 40 coming in the first two partnerships although the third partnership didn’t go as well as hoped leaving us to get 58 in the last partnership.  This was a huge ask on its own.

To sum things up, it was yet another below average performance from Bhai Log and shabby umpiring work was partly to blame.

I hope we bounce back in the next game to record our first graded round game win.  Neil and I bowled three overs each.  Matthew Scott batted twice as we were short one player.

 

Bhai Log Game 2 (07/04/09)

After a convincing win in Game 1 we could not have done any worse.  After a bismal fielding performance on field we continued along the downward spiral with our batting.  Some brilliant moments did occur but not enough to reward us the win.  The lost was brought upon by our own undoing.  Below are the graphs for the bowling, batting and all round performances of each team member.  Hoping to avenge our downfall in the next game.  You can also read more about the game here.

 

Bhai Log Game 1 (31/03/09)

Our first graded game was played last night.  For a change everyone turned up with Shadow aka Rainbow aka Neil making his indoor debut.  Read more about it here.  Here are the stats graphs for the game.

Bhai Log indoor cricket game (Grading game)

Our virgin game night (first game for our indoor season)…and in all honesty that’s exactly how we played .

The game was highly anticipated by most players but especially me as I was captaining our squad this season after giving the veteran captain (Jacinth) a rest.  Big shoes to fill considering we won the last season we played when Jacinth was captain.

It did not start well for me…our first game and I had to sit out due to sickness but nonetheless we had enough players.  Luckily it was a grading game so it wasn’t that important.

Everyone got to the game in time…this is a rarity as we all follow IST (Indian Standard Time ) except this one dude who apparently forgot we had a game…Yes you know who you are .  But then we did get a hold of him and managed to get him down to the venue in time.

Our batting performance was good, getting 140ish in the first game is not a bad effort at all but we were let down in the fielding department.  Not to mention that we nearly won the game too…the other team needed one run off the last ball to win as the scores was tied…it was a dot ball which the keeper struggled with (who can blame him…king does bowl which such sheer pace).  The batsmen had time to take a single and win the game…

Vengeance will be in our eyes next time …opps wrong emoticon…I meant