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.

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