December 13, 2014

2 weeks of break....
Kashif back in Kolkata for something better.....
Shaimir doing the same...
Rehan for onsite visit...
Afsal, Afzal and Afaque injured....
Mehran, Sajid and Debayan had other priorities...
Sumit a newly married guy...
Cricket and Rockerzzz was marred by above mentioned reasons....

 

Nevertheless a few bunch decided the spirit of Rockerzzz should not fade away. Whatever happens cricket should go on...players should meet and greet...continue to inspire and motivate each other....help each other forget the busy week just passed...

 

Those few met and this is what happened.... The following incident took place when Rockerzzz having only 10 players decided to take on a different team altogether... A rare experience for Rockerzzz... With experience and confidence in their players...they invited another team to play on their pitch...and then a great match unfolded....

 

 

Team Rockerzzz>>>> Tanzeel(c), Reyaz, Tausif, Suraj, Buland, Iqbal, Imtiaz, Vinod, Vicky and Faisal.....

 

We lost the toss and had to field first. The front line bowlers were missing from the lineup however we did use Imtiaz and Suraj's great form to complete the quota of 10 overs in the inning. Rockerzzz was not its usual self, fielding was poor...couple of drop catches....misfield at he boundary....costed some extra 20 odd runs and the opposition ended with 100 runs in 10 overs....

 

Vicky and Faisal provided a good start at the top scoring around 30+ runs in the first 3 overs. But quick wickets in the middle halted the team's accelration. Vicky, Faisal, Vinod, Reyaz, Tausif, Tanzeel all fell in heaps. Buland and Iqbal were on the crease when the team required 47 runs in the last 4 overs...All dependeded on Iqbal and Buland now. Any wicket and the match would have gone.

 

Final 2 overs and 36 runs..

What happened next left everyone dumbfounded, Iqbal unleashed the finisher him:

11 balls 32 runs

10...32

9...26

8...22

7...20

6...14

Buland on strike...last over...

5...12

4...12

4...10 (no ball)

Iqbal in strike

3...10(dot ball)

2...10 (four)

1...6 (SIX)

 

WE WON...

IQBAL THE FINISHER!!!

 

Only Iqbal could have done it...36 runs in last 12 balls...

The whole team mobbed Iqbal... the opposition was stunned...the were spechless...we were too...but we had smiles on our face which they didn't....

 

Sanity resumed after sometime....We did what we wanted to ... We won.... We motivated others... Rockerzzz is alive and kicking... There will be more people turning out next week....

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 22, 2014

Team A: Tanzeel (c), Vicky, Debayan, Iqbal, Buland, Imtiaz, Vinod, Gaj, Rehan, Pawan, Sajid
 Team B: Reyaz (c), Faisal, Mehran, Shaimir, Sumit, Tausif, Vishal, Kashif, Afaque, Afzal, Rashid


1st match: Team A set the target of 135 in 15 overs. Team B couldn't chase it and fell by 17 runs in the final over


Highlights of the match:
 - Vicky, Pawan, Buland steered the innings for Team A
 - Tanzeel, Imtiaz and Debayan too chipped in between
 - Afaque started off very badly giving away 31 runs in his first over but came back strongly in the later part of the innings
 - Afzal, not a regular bowler took 2 splendid catches, one to dismiss Tanzeel and the other to dismiss some other batsman off his own bowling jumping up on his follow through
 - For Team A, Imtiaz was wrecker in chief. Taking wickets in each of his over, he was involved in run outs, couple of catches as he was everywhere in the field
 - Rehan got hit for 4 sixes by Sumit as the batsman tried to take the game away from Team A's sure victory but couldn't help his team cross the line
 - Debayan bowled tight lengths, he gave good partnership to Imtiaz


2nd match: Team A set the target of 106 in 10 overs. Team B fell by huge margin of almost 40 runs during their chase


Highlights of the match:
 - Sajid made a memorable comeback after 3 months. He along with Vicky plundered 54 runs in the first 3 overs
 - Mehran gave away 43 runs in his 1st 2 overs (a day to forget for him)
 - Vicky was in murderous mood as he accumulated 70 runs in the 5th over itself
 - Shaimir was the only lone performer, but his bowling efforts was not complimented by his team mates
 - After the wicket of Vicky, team A slowed down a bit but they still managed to reach 105 runs in 10 overs
 - Team B was never in the match, wickets fell at regular interval for them. Tanzeel , Debayan and Rehan were found difficlut by Team B batsman

November 15, 2014

Team A: Reyaz (c), Vicky, Debayan, Afaque, Buland, Rakib, Imtiaz, Vinod, Gaj, Tausif, Ameen
Team B: Tanzeel (c), Faisal, Mehran, Shaimir, Sumit, Rehan, Suraj, Vishal, Vignesh, Iqbal, Maaz

1st match: Team A scored 95 runs. Team B chased it in the 10th over

Highlights of the match: 
 - The batting order for Team A was a bit surprising. No known batsman at the top helped Team B to control the flow of runs in the beginning
 - Reyaz and Vicky tried to push for runs in the middle but quick wickets pulled the acceleration for Team A
 - Team B bowled well led by Suraj...Shaimir, Mehran and Vignesh too chipped in
 - Team A started off the chase very well. Faisal and Iqbal consolidated the stand in the initial overs
 - Tanzeel and Sumit finished off the small target way before the 12th over

2nd match: Team A scored 106 runs. Team B fell by 2 runs short

Highlights of the match: 
 - Team A after having lost the first match, wanted to win this very badly. Vicky got off to a very good started. Reyaz again gave him a good partnership for the second wicket
 - Team B knew the importance of these two wickets. They couldn't get them out but their bowlers did a well job to contain them, bowling in right areas and not allowing them to open up
 - For Team B's chase Iqbal started off in a Sehwag fashion. It was 38 in 3 overs when he got out. A few good overs in the middle brought life back into the match
 - Wickets fell here and there but 41 off 4 overs were never out of reach
 - Sumit and Tanzeel were in the crease when they needed 38 off 3 overs after Debayan's over went only for 3 runs
 - Rakib was next....15 runs of his over... target now 23 off 12 balls
 - Afaque bowled a splendid over..gave away only 3 runs and took the wicket of Tanzeel
 - Maaz bowled last over.... wide and then a single.... 18 off 5 balls
 - single..... 17 off 4 balls
 - Sumit on strike... - Six.... 11 off 3 balls
 - Six.... 5 off 2 balls
 - single....4 off 1 ball
 - Sumit on strike.... a boundary was required....Maaz a bowled a good length delivery... Sumit could only drag the ball to long off boundary where Vicky fielded and gave the ball back to bowler... team B fell short of 2 runs...

Suraj is going to get married. His 3 weeks leave was approved by Rockerzzz team management only after he threw the breakfast party to the team at McDonalds, JPNagar :) :P... All the best for futrue to Suraj from Rockerzz :) ;)

November 08, 2014

Team A: Buland, Afzal, Iqbal, Shaimir, Tanzeel(c), Rehan, Imtiaz
Team B: Reyaz(c), Kashif, Tausif, Mehran, Afaque, Vicky, Suraj

1st match: Team won the toss and elected to bat first. They set the target of 110 runs in 10 overs for Team B to chase. It was like climbing a steep hill task for Team B but Vicky ensured that they do not face any hiccups while chasing. Scoring almost 75-80% of the runs, Vicky punished every bowler from Team A. Team B won in the last over

Team A innings
Buland -21
Afzal - 11
Iqbal - 33
Shaimir - 7
Tanzeel - 25
Rehan - DNB
Imtiaz - DNB

Afaque - 37/2(3)
Tausif - 22/0 (2)
Mehran - 17/0 (2)
Suraj - 23/1 (3)
Vicky - 10/0 (1)

Team B innings
Vicky (Ali) - 86*
Kashif - 6
Afaque - 0
Reyaz - 17
Tausif - 3
Suraj - 1
Mehran - 1

Imtiaz - 24/2 (3)
Rehan - 31/0 (2)
Shaimir - 23/1 (3)
Iqbal - 21/0 (1)
Buland - 1/1 (0.3)

2nd match: Almost the same score to chase for team B. This time it was 109. Vicky started with the same flow like he left in the previous game. But this time Team A knew the importance of the his wicket and didn't let go when chance came. Shaimir took a very well judged catch at the long off boundary to dismiss Vicky. Rehan had his redemption, Imtiaz, Shaimir, Buland too pitched in to create a victory for Team A when defeat was certain until Vicky was batting. Team A finally won by some 30 odd runs

Team A innings
Afzal - 0
Imtiaz - 23
Rehan - 7
Iqbal - 2
Shaimir - 13
Tanzeel - 21
Buland - 20

Afaque - 28/1 (3)
Suraj - 18/0 (2)
Mehran - 23/2 (3)
Vicky - 14/1 (1)
Kashif - 13/0 (1)

Team B innings

Vicky - 48

Afaque - 17

Tausif - 0

Kashif - 4

Suraj - 0

Reyaz - 3

Mehran - 5

Buland - 18/1 (1.3)
Shaimir - 18/2 (2)
Tanzeel - 12/0 (1)
Imtiaz - 16/1 (2)
Rehan - 14/1 (2)

Iqbal tries to hit one off Mehran

Shaimir leaving a wide ball off Vicky

Shaimir got bowled by Vicky

November 01, 2014

This week we decided to do something interesting. Why not have a match between married and bachelors? And here we were...teams were formed... full enthusiasm generated.... players promising to deliver their best because this could be one of the best matches in Rockerzzz history...
One the eve of the match teams were decided and this was the image circulated. However from the regulars Afsal and Kashif from married and Tausif from bachelors group missed today's match due to their personal obligations.

Married (left) and bachelors (right)

1st match:
Bachelors won the toss and decided to bat first. They scored 113 runs in 12 overs. Married could only manage 81 runs.
Highlights
 - Sumit played a good role in anchoring the innings. He scored bulk of the runs for his team
 - Afaque bowled well, kept his team in the  match but towards the end other bowlers gave away free runs
 - Shaimir's few hits and blows took bachelors to 113 runs in 12 overs
 - For married it was a disaster start.Vicky, Afzal and Iqbal perished within a first 3 overs. They were 20 odd runs for 5 wickets
 - Buland, Suraj, Rakib and the other Vicky scored some runs to take their team to a respectable total
 - Imtiaz from bachelors group bowled well at the start. Farooq, Mehran and Shaimir ably supported him

Scoreboard

Bachelors innings

Faisal - 0
Reyaz - 9
Sumit - 44
Tanzeel - 13
Rehan - 10
Shaimir - 26*
Farooq - 2
Mehran - 2*
Imtiaz - DNB

Afaque - 22/3 (3)
Rakib - 35/0 (3)
Buland - 13/0 (1)
Suraj - 22/1 (3)
Vicky - 21/2(2)

Married innings

Afzal - 3
Vicky - 1
Iqbal - 4
Ameen - 6
Afaque - 4
Buland - 21
Rakib - 10
Suraj - 16
Vicky jr - 10

2nd match:

Bachelors scored only 96 runs which married team chased it down in the 11th over

Highlights from the match:

 - Bachelors had a bad and slow start. Wickets fell regularly, probably due to complacency
 - For "married" Suraj was the star performer yet again. His slow ball was difficult to hit and bachelors found him troubling
 - Sumit and Rehan towards the end made sure that they set a defendable score
 - For married, Vicky and Afzal gave a very promising start
 - They were never out of the race, however once Vicky and Afzal got out bachelors sensed that they could make a match out of it but Buland ensured that they cross the line

October 25, 2014

Team A: Tanzeel(c), Shaimir, Iqbal, Sumit, Imtiaz,Vicky, Imtiaz,  Rehan & Buland 

Team B: Reyaz(c), Rakib, Faisal, Suraj, Tausif, Farooq, Mehran, Afzal & Afaque

1st match: Team B scored 112 runs in 12 overs. Team A chased it down with 1 ball to spare

Highlights

 - Afzal and Faisal provided a good opening partnership for Team B. Reyaz, Mehran and Tausif too pitched in

 - Imtiaz from Team A was brilliant with the ball, he broke the first wicket partnership and also took 4 wickets in 5 balls including a hattrick

 - Wickets fell for Team A initially but Sumit and Iqbal provided a healthy partnership which helped them inch closer to the target

 - Mehran bowled well to keep things tight for Team B

 - Team A needed 60 from last overs....32 from last 3 overs...21 from 12 balls...and then finally 16 from last over

 - A brilliant second last over by Afaque saw Team A scoring only 5 runs

 - Iqbal batted superbly in the last over, scoring 2 sixes off Farooq..... 6 2 0 6 2

Imtiaz with Team A after his split over hattrick

2nd match: Team B scored 94 runs in 12 overs. Team A could only manage 69 in 10 odd overs when they lost all their wickets

Highlights

 - Although the target was not much as compared to first match but the Team A's chase never took off. They kept on losing wickets at regular intervals
 - Suraj was the wrecker in chief for Team B. He took four wickets in his 2 over spell. His brilliance with the ball would be enough to win him man of the match award

October 18, 2014

Team A: Kashif (c), Shaimir, Iqbal, Tanzeel,Faisal, Rehan, Suraj +2 other players

Team B: Vicky(c), Rakib, Sumit, Imtiaz, Buland, Rashid, Tausif +2 other players

Move over Afridi & Gauti, Gambir and Kohli, Yuvi and KP, India and Pakistan; Rockerzzz are here.... We were back after 3 weeks and the passion to win the game was definitely seen on the field. Oh what a game, what arguments and what a fight! Umpires were drilled, bowlers were unhappy and players sitting in the dug out were flummoxed. Wickets were brought down to stop the game but in the end Cricket was the winner, Rockerzzz were the real winner, we the players were the ultimate winner. In the end we remembered to forget the turmoil and the state of unhappiness. Teams won one match each, handshakes were exchanged and promises were made to not to make this happen again and if ever it happens we will take this within the spirit of game and stick to the rules made with total harmony after all everyone is a friend of others and a brother too.

1st match: For Team B Vicky and one of his friend had one of best opening partnerships of late. They had a century run stand and put up a target of 145 off 12 overs for Team A. Team A's bowlers tried hard but a couple of overs from Madhu and Tanzeel went for almost 45-50 runs which totally took the match away from Team A. High catches dropping in between fielders were also not helping. Team A never had a chance while chasing. Slow start and no big partnerships helped the match go only one way, that was towards Team B's victory and they finally won by almost 60 runs

2nd match: This time Team A was determined to win the match. Their bowlers bowled good spell of bowling, taking wickets and keeping the batsman of Team B clutched. They were 94 after the end of 11th over, which is a par score but a total barrage of howlers from Shaimir and some clean hit by Vicky helped Team B reach 121 after the end of 12 overs. Like mentioned earlier Team A was determined to win this and so started very cautiously scoring runs briskly and maintaining a healthy run rate of 8 runs per over. A couple of big overs in the middle helped them to inch closer to the target. They needed 19 off 3 overs when Faisal was still on the crease. Faisal's inning was a comeback inning for him. Bulk of the runs (almost 75%) were from his blade. He got out and team faced a few hiccups...12 from 2 overs.. A brilliant over from Buland saw only 4 runs coming from it....8 from 1 over.....6 from 4 balls....4 from 2 balls... Extremely tired Shaimir was a matter of concern for both the teams. For team A only he can hit far and away and he did and that too cleanly....Vicky could see the ball coming towards him but it flew over his head giving Team A a fantastic victory.

September 27, 2014

Team A: Tanzeel (c), Shaimir, Buland, Iqbal, Vicky, Kashif, Tausif, Mehran & Imtiaz
Team B: Reyaz (c), Faisal, Afsal, Afzal, Afaque, Rakib, Sumit, Rehan & Kunal

Team A and Team B

1st match: Team A scored 140 runs in 12 overs but Team B could only achieve 84 in their allotted 12 overs.
Highlights:
 - For Team A Vicky and Iqbal contributed to the major chunk of the runs. They maintained a healthy run rate throughout the innings
 - Team B were never in the game. Neither of their batsman clicked
 - Hat-trick by Rakib went in vain

2nd match: Team A scored 118 runs in 10 overs but Team B could only achieve 46when they ran out of their batsman before 7 overs could have ended
Highlights:
 - Tanzeel led the charge scoring run briskly at the start and the total were rounded off beautifully towards the end by few good hits by Iqbal
 -The final score 46 suggest how badly Team B played

Team A

September 20, 2014

Team A: Tanzeel(c), Rehan, Vicky, Debayan, Imtiaz, Buland, Iqbal, Faisal, Karthik, Pawan & Irfan 

Team B: Reyaz(c), Kashif, Sumit, Mehran, Afzal, Afaque, Roshan, Afsal & Ameen

1st match: Team A scored 91 runs in 12 overs. Team B completed the chase on the last ball of the innings

Highlights:

 - Kashif played one of the brilliant innings during chase. He kept his wicket intact while others fell scripting a wonderful chase

 - Team B were cruising but Buland bowled some tight overs towards the end

 - In the last over Team B needed 6 runs. Buland started with 3 dot balls but set Kashif was not to bogged down by this. He stepped out and scored a boundary off the 4th ball. The 5th and 6th went for a single completing the chase for Team B

2nd match: Team A scored 150 runs in 12 overs. Team B fell short by just 14 runs

Highlights:

 - Karthik and Vicky were in destructing mode. They piled up 122 runs in the first 8 overs of the innings for the first wicket talking in sixes only. This was the highest partnership for any wicket in Rockerzzz

 - Team A slowed down a bit due to some tight bowling by Afaque towards the end. They could only manage 28 runs in last 4 overs

 - 151 was the highest target ever set by any team for a 12 overs match in Rockerzzz

 - Team B was not take this hitting lightly. They responded quite well and made the game interesting until the last 2 overs of the inning

 - Afsal took the responsibility in his own hands and started off with 19 runs in the first over. That set the tone for the chase and they needed 49 runs in the last 3 overs

 - Some good overs in between by Iqbal made sure that Team B had to fight till the end

 - It was Afaque who was accompanying Afsal when they needed 49 off 18 balls. Buland gave away 19 runs, that brought down the equation to 30 off 12, still anybody's game

 - Rehan was called into the attack. he started off with 2 wides intensifying the match all the more. However he kept his calm and gave just 6 runs in his over. That made equation 24 off last 6 balls

 - In the last over tired Afsal and Afaque could manage only 9 runs making sure that Team A do taste the victory that day

 - Aggregate of 286 runs in 24 overs is supposedly the highest total in a match of 12 overs

September 13, 2014

Team A: Tanzeel(c), Shaimir, Rehan, Vicky, Mehran, Afaque, Imtiaz, Iqbal, Faisal, Kunal & Mozammil

Team B: Reyaz(c), Kashif, Sumit, Rakib, Tausif, Debayan, Afzal, Afsal, Buland, Farooq & Ameen

1st match: Probably the one of the best match in recent times. Both team had a chance of victory until the last ball was bowled. 

Team A set the target of 132 runs in 15 overs which Team B failed to reach by 2 runs.

Highlights from the match: Team A was struggling at 65 runs in 11 overs when Shaimir joined Tanzeel on the pitch. The 12th over by Tausif went for 18 runs (3 sixes by Shaimir) and then there was no looking back for Team A. Tanzeel and Shaimir amassed 66 runs in the last 4 overs which catapulted them to 131 runs in 15 overs. Team B was in the match even though they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. They need 36 runs in the last 3 overs. Buland struck few important blows which resulted in boundaries for Team B. The equation was 20 in 2 overs and then reduced to 14 in the last over. Mehran bowled beautifully in the end granting a victory of 2 runs for Team A (they needed 4 runs off the last ball)

Team kick starts the first match

2nd match: This time Team A scored only 93 runs in 12 overs which Team B successfully achieved it with more than an over to spare all thanks to some clean hitting by Sumit and Tausif. Team A followed the similar trend as the first match. They struggled all the more in the beginning. They were down to 23 runs in 5 overs with only 3 wickets left. Tanzeel and Shaimir were in the crease, Shaimir again with his hard hitting prowess took Team A to 93 runs in 12 overs. Team A was coasting very well until the end of 7th over in the second innings, but then Sumit had diffeent plans, he scored 22 runs of Afaque's over which reduced the equation to 28 runs off 4 overs. From there they had only choice to win the game, with wickets in hand and not many runs to score, they accelerated their way to the target in the 11th over itself.

September 6, 2014

Team A: Tanzeel(c), Shaimir, Tausif, Rehan, Vicky, Debayan, Buland, Farooq, Suraj
Team B: Reyaz(c), Kashif, Sumit, Rakib, Imtiaz, Mehran, Iqbal, Afaque, Afsal

It was 9 a side after a very long time hence decided to play 15 overs a match

1st match: Team B decided to bat first and could only score 116, their batsman failing to bat until the end of 15th over got out in 14.3. Important contributions were from Imtiaz, Sumit, Iqbal and Reyaz. From team B, Rehan making way into the team after a very long time bowled good 3 overs, barely giving runs picking wickets regularly. He was ably assisted by Buland, Debayan and Farooq.Team A started to chase and faltered initially. Superb overs by Mehran and Afsal kept questioning top order batsman. Afsal took a divng catch to end Shaimir's short stay at the crease and they were 24/3 in 4 overs and another wicket could have ended their chase but Rehan and Tanzeel ensured that no more set backs would happen until only the required run remaining was 7 runs. And they coasted to victory with more than 4 overs to spare.

Captain Reyaz marshaling his troops

2nd match: The similar trend followed in this match too. Team B set up the target of 105 and Team A successfully chased the target in 14th over. However there heated and thrilling moments. Team B did well to keep taking wickets of Team A but they failed to stop the flow of runs. At one point Team A were 44/4 in 4 overs. Rehan and Buland were in crease and Shaimir and Farooq were to follow. Rehan and Buland did well to keep Team A's chances alive. Rehan feel to a superb yorker by Afsal when the equation was 25 off 4 overs. Shaimir came and went without troubling the scorees much. All was left for Bualnd and Farooq to do. 21 off 3 overs was the requirement, Farooq hit a blinder six and along with few extras Rakib's over yielded 18 runs. All was cakewalk now for the last wicket and they ensured nothing opposite happens.

So it was two victories in a row Team A, a good day indeed.

Pics from Afaque's treat

August 28, 2014

There's no better feeling in the world than the feeling you get after receiving a gift. And what better gift than the gift from Almighty Allah. The day started well with an announcement of a very good news that Afaque have been bestowed with a girl child. The happiness inspired him to perform his best on the field and that one could see while he was bowling.

Team A: Tanzeel (c), Tausif, Kashif, Shaimir, Buland, Afzal, Iqbal & Debayan
Team B: Reyaz, Farooq, Mehran, Vicky, Sumit, Ameen, Imtiaz & Afaque

1st match: Team A was given a target of 64 to chase in 12 overs which they did it quite comfortably in the 9th over all thanks to the crucial contribution by Kashif, Iqbal and Tanzeel. Team A did well to restrict to 63, Shaimir, Debayan, Afzal and Buland doing a pretty decent job there. Although Farooq, Afaque and Mehran did try to build some pressure but the low score 63 proved very difficult to defend in the end

2nd match: This time Team B did well to post a total which is considered at par. Team A required to chase 91 which they failed to do and they could only manage 60 odd runs. Vicky was back among runs for Team B as he was the major contributor with the bat along with Imtiaz (I think). Tausif's performance with the ball was the highlight of the match. As a bowler he never bowled with expectation but that one over from him brought some life into the match. He was also at the juncture of getting a hattrick if only Tanzeel had hold on to a difficult chance running along the boundary.

Ciao next week for Afaque's treat!

August 24, 2014

Almighty has given many reasons of joy. Hobbies are one of those. We are a happy bunch of people in Rockerzzz where hobbies of everyone converge to cricket. Usually we play on Saturdays but due to unavoidable work we had to shift it to the next day. It was a fine sunday morning and not many turned up. But this didn't dampen the spirit of the ones who gathered. They got together and proposed a match against a team already present in the ground....
Us: Tausif, Kashif, Farooq, Affaque, Rakib, Shaimir, Buland, Reyaz, Tanzeel, Imtiaz, Iqbal, Afzal, Vicky, Sumit

1st match: We set a target of 72 in 12 overs and won the match by 10 runs
Highlights of the game: The weather was gloomy. The ground was wet with the overnight rain. We won the toss and elected to bat much to the surprise of the opposite team. Odds were against us, we weren't playing with our headley ball. We had obey our opposition. Neverthlesss the mindset that was formed before the game that we couldn't play with a lighter ball creeped into the game. We started to lose our way, wickets fell at regular intervals and we were just less than 40 after 8 overs. Afzal Sumit Vicky and Tausif all were back into the pavillion. Reyaz and Tanzeel were at crease rotating strikes and scoring at snails pace. A few hit here and there brought them into fighting total zone. That was it. 72 was the target set. Like always Rockerzzz have a never say die spirit. The committment and the team effort shown during the fielding was unparalleled. Farooq and shaimir blew terror into the pitch. Enemies weren't able to score against them. Ably supported by Affaque and Rakib brought them down to a situation were they needed 19 off the last 3 overs. Shaimir bowled a superb over where he gave only 5 runs. Farooq better it in the next over giving only 1 run which was a wide and took 2 wickets. Opposition lost the plot and could only score 2 runs in the last over bowled by Buland. There was a situation when the equation was 11 off 2 balls. The ball went flying to the long on boundary where Tausif put up a timely jump to take a sensational catch to wrap the match.

2nd match: we set the target of 64 in 10 overs and won the match by 11 runs. The script was similar to the first match. However there was no thriller this time. Major contribution by bat was from Tanzeel Kashif and Buland. For opposition wickets fell at regular intervals, they were never in the game.

After our opposition left we split into teams and played another game of 10 overs against each other. Tanzeel's team lost against Reyaz's team. The winning team chased down the target of 92 runs in 8 overs. The team witnessed some hard hitting by Tanzeel, Afzal and Iqbal.

August 16, 2014

The Rockerzzz cricket team resumed cricket after a month and a half long vacation after Ramazan and Eid-ul-Fitr. The resumption, however, didn’t involve any drills with bat or ball neither with any theoretical classes. It just involved customary Salaams and emotional hugs. Here's how the day unfolded:

Team A: Misbah(c), Mehran, Vicky, Shaimir, Imtiaz, Aquib, Imtiaz, Farooq & Sumit
Team B: Tanzeel(c), Afsal, Tausif, Kashif, Suhail, Rakib, Afaque, Reyaz and Buland

1st match: Team B set the target of 102 which Team A chased down in the 11th over all thanks to the wonderful performance by Vicky. Team B score was accumulated mostly by Suhail. Team A was never out of the game. The initial drop catch of Vicky at the boundary by Tanzeel costed them heavily as he scored some brisk runs and was the man of the match without any doubt

2nd match: This time Team A needed 82 runs in 12 overs. A performer of all seasons Vicky started off very well again. He scored 4 sixes off Suhail's over. But his wicket after that gave some hopes to Team B, they needed 2 wickets while Team A required 24 runs while number of overs were never a problem. Cool headed Imtiaz and Afaque made sure they didn't threw their wicket away. Slowly and steadily they neared the target. Afaque fell with 7 runs remaining. A chance was given by Mehran but Tanzeel dropped a difficult catch at silly point. After Mehran scored the remaining runs and Team A won 2 matches on the trot

Below is the captains performance since April'14 till date. Congratulation Misbah for a stupendous record. Rockerzzz wish you well, fare well at your new place and enjoy!!!

Captain	Played	Won	Lost	win %
Tausif	12	4	8	33%
Farooq	16	9	7	56%
Tanzeel	7	3	4	43%
Shaimir	4	2	2	50%
Misbah	3	3	0	100%

Misbah's farewell. Party after the cricket match:

It was the last day's match for Misbah. He invited one and all and they all enjoyed the aalu waala Biryani :P

Shahid Bhai, the reason behind awesome Birayni

June 28, 2014

You Rockerzzz!!!!

With Ramzan coming up in the next two days, we decided to end the season with this one last match.

Thank you one and all for the wonderful season. Hope to be back with more enthusiasm next time when we meet after 2 months

Team A: Misbah(c), Mehran, Vicky, Rehan, Shaimir, Iqbal, Affan
Team B: Tanzeel(c), Sumit, Imtiaz, Afzal, Tausif, Kashif, Afsal & Suraj

The only match: Team A chased down the 113 target set up by Team B. team B was not at all at a good position to reach 100 runs when Tausif joined Imtiaz at the crease. Only 2 wickets were left after that. Tausif and Imtiaz ensured they not only cross 100+ runs but also a respectable total with some clean hitting towards the end of the inning. It was a 15 over match and anything below 120 would seem under par. but the momentum was with team B as they scored around 50 runs in the last 5 overs.

Vicky started off very well for Team A. Even though wickets fell on regular basis team A ensured their run rate never fell below 8. In doing so they were able to reach the target in the 12th over aided by Iqbal's 3 sixes in an over off Suraj. A little fun and harakiri towards the end saw 3 wickets fell in Kashif's over but all was over for team B by then

Season ended on a high with both the teams happy in the end and their spirits high with fun they had. We missed a lot of regular players today in the field but they were always present in the heart. A few pics from the ground and short speech by some.

Misbah: Thanks to each one you for the wonderful experience. This (Rockerzzz) was the best thing I had in Bangalore. (Misbah is leaving Bangalore for good. this could probably be his last match for Rockerzzz)

Kashif (one of the pillars of Rockerzz, the boss also had few, err actually lot to say): It was great season for me in Rockerzzz better than any league in the world IPL, EPL, etc etc. Personally I would like to thank each and everyone of u for making this season a memorable one. There are people who travel from far just be a part of the team. Hats off for ur commitment. All the bachelors who I know inspite sleeping late at night come early in the morning i know how tough it will be. Thanks bros for the amount of respect and love u all have given to me. Best part is people doing night shift and coming to play and thanks to all married one also because we only know how difficult it is to balance family and game. Thanks my friend in life and fellow like Naushd for bringing such intensity to the game. Let all of us make a pledge we will continue to rock like this and be back with a bang in next season. Thanx all!!!