Saturday 14 , November 2015

This Saturday Rockerzzz witnessed one of it's lowest attendance with only 10 members making it to the ground. Two matches of 8 overs each were decided with 5 each side .

Weather Conditions : It was a cloudy weather with an outcast sky

Pitch Conditions : It was a damp pitch offering much resistance for bowling conditions

Team A : Suraj (Captain) , Vicky , Bharghav , Farooq , Ameen
Team B : Iqbal (Captain) , Reyaz , Tausif , Rehan , Sarosh

1st Match : Team A scored 48 in 8 overs and Team B was all out for 32 runs.

Winning the toss , Suraj opted to bat . Vicky and Farooq opened the innings . Farooq was clean bowled by Sarosh in the first over . In came Ameen and along with Vicky , they steered to a partnership of 24 runs . Ameen was dismissed by Rehan and then Suraj and Vicky steered the innings ahead . Vicky was clean bowled by Reyaz and Bharghav too got bowled out cheaply in the over of Tausif. Suraj took the innings forward and was run out when the score reached 48 in 7.4 overs.Pick of the bowlers was Reyaz picking up the price wicket of Vicky and giving away less than 5 runs.

Reyaz and Rehan opened the innings for Team B . Suraj took the first wicket of Reyaz cheaply . Bharghav , Suraj and Farooq applied brakes on the scoring rate . Iqbal was caught at long on by Suraj off Bharghav's bowling. Rehan too was caught at long on off Farooq's bowling . Sarosh was cleaned up by Farooq and finally Team B were dismissed cheaply for a meagre 32 runs.

Man of the match : Vicky for scoring 20+ runs and taking 1 wicket.

2nd Match : Team A score 55 in 8 overs and Team B chased it in 8th over.

Vicky and Ameen opened the innings and they build the partnership till 46 runs until Vicky fall trapped again to Reyaz's bowling . Farooq was clean bowled by Reyaz in the same over . Ameen  took the score forward along with Suraj and ended at 55 runs in 8 overs.Reyaz was again the pick of the bowlers using the damp pitch conditions and restricting the batsman

Chasing the target , Iqbal and Tausif opened the innings. Bharghav ,and Farooq kept the pressure on in the first 2 overs . Iqbal mishit Suraj in the 3rd over but was dropped by farooq and after that Iqbal didnt miss the opportunity and steered Team B to victory without any wicket loss. Iqbal hit the winnings runs of the match hitting a six of Vicky's over .

Man of the match : Joint winners -  Iqbal for his performance of 30+ runs and Reyaz for his scalp of 2 wickets giving away less than 8 runs in his 2 over spell.

It was 1-1 for both the captains.

Saturday - November 7th 2015

Team A : Reyaz (Captain) , Vicky , Suraj , Iqbal , Rehan , Afaque , Kenneth (Vickys friend ) Fahisuzan
Team B : Tausif (Captain) , Sumit , Vikash , Bharghav , Adnan , Afnan , Suhail , Ameen

1st Match :

Brief Scores : Team B score 81 at the end of 11.2 overs which Team A chased quite easily in 11 overs.

Reyaz lost the toss and was put to field by opposition captain Tausif . Due to scarcity of bowling options , Reyaz opted to open the bowling attack with Vicky and Iqbal .  Vicky capitalized on the opportunity and delivered sheer performance . Afnan hit a boundary and was dismissed soon after . Vicky took 3 consecutive wickets in his 3 overs .

Sumit and Tausif built on a partnership and got the scoreboard tickling. Suraj broke the partnership by getting the wicket of Tausif in the first ball of his spell . Fauzan was choosen an option to bowl , but due to opposition due to his illega action he was suspended and Kenneth continued his over . Kenneth bowled with sheer pace and got his due share of wickets too. Ameen showed some resistance and tried to take the lead ahead but was trapped on Suraj's slower delivery and gifted a catch to long on. The final score stood at 81.

Chasing the target , Kenneth and Rehan opened the innings . Rehan was caught behind off a absolute stunner by Sumit off Bharghav's bowling. Vicky and Kenneth took the innings forward scoring way ahead above the Run rate. Suhail obtained the wicket of Iqbal in his first delivery but was smacked for 20 runs in his next over by Vicky.  Tausif did the blunder of not introducing Vikash until 6 overs. The score rose above 40 in 6 overs. Once Vikash came to bowl , he didnt had much to restrict. and Vicky had already dictated his terms and put Team A in a commanding position and Team A won by 3 wickets comfortably.


Man of the Match : Vicky for his 3 wicket haul and Scoring the major chunk of the runs .

2nd Match :  Team B scored 85 at the end of 10.3 overs which Team A chased quite easily in 10 overs.


Suhail and Sumit opened the innings .Afaque and Kenneth opened the bowling attach with Kenneth picking 2 wickets of his first 2 overs . Sumit however was standing on the other end and was delivering . Vicky and Suraj went for 11 runs each in their first overs , Vikash stepped in and increased the run rate . Team B were 85/4 in 10 overs. However being in such a good position with 2 overs to go and 100+  seemed like an easy target . But Afaque had other plans , when he struck the timber thrice resulting in a Hattrick of Vikash , Adnan and Bharghav.


Chasing the target Suraj and Vicky opened the innings. They contributed to a partnership of 28 runs .Vikash was costlier this time where Vicky belted him for 2 sixes . However he was caught in long on off Vikash's bowling . Iqbal and Suraj took the innings forward. Suraj got caught at leg after hitting a four off Suhails bowling. In came Kenneth and he along with Iqbal changed the course of the match making it a easy chase . Finally team A won with 2 wickets to spare after Rehan hit the winning boundary.

Man of the Match : Afaque for his brilliant hattrick which restricted the score which looked to reach beyond 100 .