August 29, 2015

Team A: Tanzeel (c), Tausif, Vicky, Gaj, Ameen, Mehran, Suraj, Farooq, Kaushik & Shahmir
Team B: Reyaz (c), Sumit, Vishal, Yuvi, Rehan, Vikas, Bhargav, Afaque, Kunal & Faisal

1st match: Team A won the toss and chose to bat. They scored 61 in their allotted 12 overs. Team B won the match in the 10th over

Highlights of the match:
 - A not so regular opening pair (Shahmir and Farooq and no Vicky) meant it would be a tough day for Team A. It started with the first over itself when Farooq fell to beautiful bowling by Afaque. Team A could hardly recover from there
 - Other batsman fell like nine pins. It was only because of slight resistant showed by Gaj that the team could cross the score of 50
 - Team B's bowler were quite economical as the scoreline shows, Vikas the one with handful of wickets to his name showed a commendable performance
 - Team A's bowler though they had a chance after they pick up few wickets at the start of the innings. Farooq and Mehran showed an inspiring performance
 - Reyaz played a captain's innings, providing a much needing anchor when wickets fell at the beginning. Rehan provided him the support he needed
 - With wickets still in hand and only 19 runs required in the last 4 overs, Reyaz took his chance and almost scored the winning runs in the single over that Maaz bowled (over 9th)

2nd match: Team A did the same mistake again. They scored 72 runs this time only to see themselves losing the match in the 8th over. Same script repeated again

Highlights of the match:
 - Same script repeated again. Team A's top order fell like 9 pins
 - Gaj and Shahmir scored few valuable runs, giving their team at least something to defend
 - Team B's bowler were remarkable, economical to say the least. Vikas was once again to his best, scoring a maiden, wickets in each of his 3 overs, etc.
 - There was no fight from Team A's bowler this time. Vishal ensured his team was ahead from the word go. Having missed batting in the first game, he came out guns blazing hitting Mehran, Vicky and Maaz all around the park

August 22, 2015

Team A: Tanzeel (c), Tausif, Rehan, Affaque, Mehran, Kunal, Arunesh, Buland, Sumit, Imtiaz
Team B: Reyaz (c), Vicky, Gaj, Bhargav, Vishal, Shahmir, Farooq, Maaz, Ameen

1st match: Team A was given a target of 83 runs in 12 overs but they could only manage 61 in 10 overs when they ran out of batsman

Highlights from the match:
 - Vishal and Vicky posted a good total in a pitch that was too damp by the over night rain 
 -  Team A started slowly but steadily with Tanzeel and Sumit scoring 25 runs in 5 overs but after they fell it was downhill for them
 - Maaz and Farooq were exceptional with the ball

2nd match: Team B set the target of 91 runs in 12 overs. The story wasn't different this time as team A fell short by a huge margin of 30 runs

Highlights from the match:
 - Vicky was in destructive mood as he plundered 60 runs in just 5 overs for his team, Affaque and Imtiaz were at the receiving end
 - But Mehran, Yuvi and  Buland did well to stop the flow of runs. Team B managed just 30 runs in 7 overs once Vicky got out
 - It wasn't Team A's day. All batsman fell to not so exceptional bowling. It seemed they had no clue to chase that target
 - Only Tausif showed some resilience scoring few sixes but other than that none showed enough courage
 - Maaz, once again along with Gaj were wrecker in chief
  - Vicky towards the fag end of the inning came and took 4 wickets in his over to complete the big victory for his team

August 8, 2015

Team A: Vicky (c), Ameen, Maaz, Bharghav, Sumit, Afaque , Rehan , Maaz , Gaj ,Tanzeel , +1 Amit (Vikash friend)
Team B : Reyaz (c), Buland, Suraj,  Vishal , Shaimir , Vikash , Shankar ,Yuvi , Mehran , +1 (Vishal friend)

UMPIRE : TAUSIF

Weather : It was a damp pitch with overcast conditions.

1st Match : Team B won the toss and opted to bat . Shaimir and Vishal opened the innings and they put up an excellent partnership for the first wicket. After Shaimir departed , Vishal started building on his good start and scored the chunk of runs. He was well supported by Reyaz and Yuvi .The final score stood at 94 after the end of 12 overs.

The pick of the bowlers from the opposition were Tanzeel and Bharghav . Tanzeel took 2 back to back wickets to put a halt to the scoring rate. Bharghav bowled an excellent maiden wicket 10th over.

Chasing the target , Rehan and Vicky opened the innings . Rehan was cleaned up by Mehran in his very first over . Amit too followed soon after . Tanzeel and Vicky tried to build up a partnership but a mishit of Vikash's over and he was caught in the off by Suraj. Ameen and Sumit too didnt offer much resistance and fall cheaply. Vicky was left stranded on the other end when wickets on the other end kept on falling. A reverse sweep shot of Vikash's over and he found himself dismissed again by Suraj at mid-off. Suraj picked up 2 wickets and Shankar picked up a wicket and they combined cleaned the tail ender and Team B couldn't reach the target in the allotted quota of 12 overs.

Man of the match : Joint winners ... Vishal and Vikash(3 wickets) ....
Catch of the match : Suraj ... (Tanzeel ... caught Suraj b. Vikash) 

2nd Match :

Team A: Vicky (c), Farooq , Maaz, Bharghav, Sumit, Afaque , Rehan , Maaz , Gaj ,Tanzeel , +1 Amit (Vikash friend)
Team B : Reyaz (c), Buland, Suraj,  Vishal , Shaimir , Vikash , Shankar ,Yuvi , Mehran , +1 (Vishal friend)


Ameen left and Farooq replaced him in Team A.

Buland and Vikash opened the innings . Buland fall when the scoreboard ticked 15. Amit too fall soon after .Vikash and Yuvi hold the innings and made the chunk of the runs together. Vikash ripped the bowling attack hitting three 6's and one 4 and he got dismissed after that. What followed was a cracker and a record for ROCKERZZZ SEASON . Yuvi didnt rip the bowling attack instead he demolished the attack . Yuvi scored 50 in 11 balls which consisted of seven 6's and 1 boundary. Afaque and Vicky were at the recieving end . Team A reached 85 in 7 overs. Once Yuvi got out , Team B saw quick downfall of Reyaz and Suraj. However Mehran had other plans as he hit two balls out of the park and along with some late contribution from Vishal and Shaimir , the score reached 124 at the end of 12 overs.

Tanzeel again picked up 2 wickets being the only economical in the whole lot.


Chasing the target , Team A was in a different mood this time . Although Tanzeel fell cheaply due to a superb diving catch from Mehran , Vicky demolished the bowling attack taking the score to 55 at the end of 4 overs. Vikash and (Vishal's friend ) were at the recieving end. However Vicky got caught in deep trying to hit the 3rd 6 of (Vishal's friend ) over. The next 4 overs saw the duo of Suraj and Buland bowling with utter discipline and only 18 runs came of the next 4 overs. However Gaj and Amit had other plans as they hit 20+ runs of Mehran's over bringing the equation to 31 REQUIRED OF 3 OVERS. Yuvi came back into the attack and bowled superbly taking the wicket of GAJ caught of Suraj in mid-on , but was hit for a 6 by Amit and the equation jolted down to 24 required off 2 overs. Suraj bowled the 11th over ... and Bharghav hit him for a 6 and another misfield in the off costed another 4 , however Bharghav was cleaned up by Suraj . The equation jolted down to 13 off 1 over AND 1 wicket remaining. Buland decided to bowl and Rehan was caught off the first ball at long on by Vishal.
Team B won the thrilling contest by 11 runs .

Man of the match : All round performance by YUVI ... Fastest 50 and 2 wickets.

Catch of the match : Mehran (Tanzeel ... caught Mehran . b, Yuvi)

August 1, 2015

New season, new match! It was a comeback match for all of us. Rockerzzz got together after almost 2 months.

Team A: Tanzeel (c), Farooq, Maaz, Bharghav, Sumit, Vishal & Yuvi
Team B: Buland (c), Reyaz, Tausif, Rehan, Vicky, Gaj & Afaque

1st match: Team A scored 53 meagre runs in their allotted 10 overs. Team B achieved the target of 54 runs but not before the 10th over with 2 balls to spare

Highlights from the match:
 - Pitch was damp and Team B's bowlers were good. They bowled well and contained the batsman to their limits. The result shown as only 53 runs could be scored
 - Team A started very cautiously. Sumit and Vishal scored briskly but once they got out with 30 runs on the board in the 6th over, wickets fell at regular interval. Vishal top scored for his team but could only manage 53 at the end
 - Buland led his team superbly in the field. Gaj and Vicky contributed too with the ball


2nd match: Team A scored 78 runs in 10 overs, which Team B failed to achieved and could only manage 46 runs losing the match by 32 big runs

Highlights from the match:
 - Tanzeel and Yuvi started brilliantly for Team A. They scored around 30 runs in the first 3 overs when Tanzeel departed. Yuvi couldn't continue his toofani start he too fell in the next over.
 - The middle overs crumbled under pressure. It was only for Sumit and Vishal towards the end, who stuck some major blows to take their team to a commanding position with 78 runs on board
 - Team B was never in the match. They lost Vicky, Tausif and Reyaz due to some lustrous bowling performance by Maaz and Yuvi
 - A superb diving catch by Farooq which is rarely seen in that no-grass ground ended the match