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