Match Report: Friday - 1st June 2007
Well I don't know whether to record the last match as a win or lose so I am going to write just what happened and then you decide and give my blog your comments. Remember comments are on ;)
The match started a bit late and we won the toss and put them in. Wicky and Anees Bhai started off well. The ground was bigger because of which boundaries weren't that easy to hit. Wicky started confidently and got us a wicket in his first over with Rizwan taking a good reflex catch.
Anees Bhai didn't look in much of a form today but still bowled with his heart, but the runs kept leaking with the batsmen finding boundaries here and there. Earlier Bilal got a taste of fielding at Long Off in the initial overs when he had to run both on his right and left, but it seemed that today was not to be his day on the field.
Amad came in first change and bowled the over without a boundary. Boundaries were not that easy to find anyways since the ground was quite big.
Junaid Bhai came in second change and bowled very well initially but was not able to control wides and thus gave away free runs. Because the batsman was not allowed to score freely off him, he was frustrated in giving an easy catch to Abu Bakar in covers. But he dropped a sitter which he should have taken with his eyes closed, denying Junaid Bhai his very first wicket. But hopefully Junaid Bhai would take that in his stride and keep up the good work. His last ball went for a boundary indicating the importance of not giving any free balls to the batsman.
Sameer Bhai came in next with a six off his first ball and didn't look like that it was going to be his day. Although he didn't let the batsmen cut lose but still they managed to keep on scoring at 10+ in the middle overs.
Nisar came in and bowled a wonderful first over with 2 wickets. One of them came through a very difficult and high catch and he had to move backwards to take the catch. And the second with a wonderful stumping from Rizwan.
Nisar's second over also went well but he gave a way 2-3 boundaries courtesy mis-fielding and dropped chances from his best man on the field Bilal! Bilal was removed from the position and came into the covers, where he took a catch off the bowling of Wicky taking Wicky's tally to 2 wickets in the match. Although the wickets kept on falling but the other team kept on scoring 10+ runs per over. Might be some friendly scoring was involved, since we didn't seem to give away so many runs.
In the end they ended up scoring 201 runs in 20 overs.
Fielding in general is improving but dropped catches are still there and with our experience developing the expectations are rising as well. Dropped catches and some occasional (Thank God they are occasional now) boundaries through the legs are demoralizing for the bowler. Sometimes the fielders are in doubt that whether to go for the catch or stop the boundary. I think if our fielders back each other up, then one man can go for the catch while the other can back him up and try to stop the boundary. The logic being 'catches win matches'. If we don't go for the catch we are only strenghtening the batsman and his timing and in the end, we might not be able to either get him out or stop his boundaries.
Our batting didn't start well and Rizwan went early. And he saw the fruits of that when the next 3 wickets fell in almost succession. Each batsman namely Ahmed, Nisar and Sameer Bhai tried to hit huge sixes and were caught trying to do just that. I think our batsmen should try and play according to the ground, since in this ground the boundaries were quite huge and a more feasible and no-risk plan would have been to hit the ball in the gaps and look for singles and doubles and occasional boundaries. Also if they require hitting the ball in the air, then they should try to do that in gaps, rather than straight at the fielders. Well its easier said than done, but I am sure they are better judges of their mistakes and would only improve and come fighting in the next match.
Wicky and Bilal came together and started to play easy shots. Wicky looked confident and played in all parts of the field, something which all our batsmen must learn to do. Especially Nisar and Ahmed should now start working on playing the ball in other parts of the field as well. Something which would increase their reliability levels.
Well we were not winning the match at that point in time but with Bilal and wicky on the crease and Abu Bakar and Amir Bhai to follow we were surely hopeful of giving a tough fight, but that was not to be.
The fielding team had taken enough of the heat and blamed our batsman of taking too long, and came out. Although it could have been a reason of complaining but coming out of the field was rather too emotional. Anyways the match was abandoned and we do feel that since we were willing to continue therefore we won the match.
Bilal while coming out was quite happy and said that I had finished another game. But nobody knew whether this finish was good or bad ;) But if you agree with our self-titled 'Finisher' then we have one more week to enjoy. And hopefully style bhai turned finisher bhai would live up to the expectations in the matches to come. As they say raising expectations is a dangerous thing, but then what is there to worry for the 'finisher' ;)
Well I don't know whether to record the last match as a win or lose so I am going to write just what happened and then you decide and give my blog your comments. Remember comments are on ;)
The match started a bit late and we won the toss and put them in. Wicky and Anees Bhai started off well. The ground was bigger because of which boundaries weren't that easy to hit. Wicky started confidently and got us a wicket in his first over with Rizwan taking a good reflex catch.
Anees Bhai didn't look in much of a form today but still bowled with his heart, but the runs kept leaking with the batsmen finding boundaries here and there. Earlier Bilal got a taste of fielding at Long Off in the initial overs when he had to run both on his right and left, but it seemed that today was not to be his day on the field.
Amad came in first change and bowled the over without a boundary. Boundaries were not that easy to find anyways since the ground was quite big.
Junaid Bhai came in second change and bowled very well initially but was not able to control wides and thus gave away free runs. Because the batsman was not allowed to score freely off him, he was frustrated in giving an easy catch to Abu Bakar in covers. But he dropped a sitter which he should have taken with his eyes closed, denying Junaid Bhai his very first wicket. But hopefully Junaid Bhai would take that in his stride and keep up the good work. His last ball went for a boundary indicating the importance of not giving any free balls to the batsman.
Sameer Bhai came in next with a six off his first ball and didn't look like that it was going to be his day. Although he didn't let the batsmen cut lose but still they managed to keep on scoring at 10+ in the middle overs.
Nisar came in and bowled a wonderful first over with 2 wickets. One of them came through a very difficult and high catch and he had to move backwards to take the catch. And the second with a wonderful stumping from Rizwan.
Nisar's second over also went well but he gave a way 2-3 boundaries courtesy mis-fielding and dropped chances from his best man on the field Bilal! Bilal was removed from the position and came into the covers, where he took a catch off the bowling of Wicky taking Wicky's tally to 2 wickets in the match. Although the wickets kept on falling but the other team kept on scoring 10+ runs per over. Might be some friendly scoring was involved, since we didn't seem to give away so many runs.
In the end they ended up scoring 201 runs in 20 overs.
Fielding in general is improving but dropped catches are still there and with our experience developing the expectations are rising as well. Dropped catches and some occasional (Thank God they are occasional now) boundaries through the legs are demoralizing for the bowler. Sometimes the fielders are in doubt that whether to go for the catch or stop the boundary. I think if our fielders back each other up, then one man can go for the catch while the other can back him up and try to stop the boundary. The logic being 'catches win matches'. If we don't go for the catch we are only strenghtening the batsman and his timing and in the end, we might not be able to either get him out or stop his boundaries.
Our batting didn't start well and Rizwan went early. And he saw the fruits of that when the next 3 wickets fell in almost succession. Each batsman namely Ahmed, Nisar and Sameer Bhai tried to hit huge sixes and were caught trying to do just that. I think our batsmen should try and play according to the ground, since in this ground the boundaries were quite huge and a more feasible and no-risk plan would have been to hit the ball in the gaps and look for singles and doubles and occasional boundaries. Also if they require hitting the ball in the air, then they should try to do that in gaps, rather than straight at the fielders. Well its easier said than done, but I am sure they are better judges of their mistakes and would only improve and come fighting in the next match.
Wicky and Bilal came together and started to play easy shots. Wicky looked confident and played in all parts of the field, something which all our batsmen must learn to do. Especially Nisar and Ahmed should now start working on playing the ball in other parts of the field as well. Something which would increase their reliability levels.
Well we were not winning the match at that point in time but with Bilal and wicky on the crease and Abu Bakar and Amir Bhai to follow we were surely hopeful of giving a tough fight, but that was not to be.
The fielding team had taken enough of the heat and blamed our batsman of taking too long, and came out. Although it could have been a reason of complaining but coming out of the field was rather too emotional. Anyways the match was abandoned and we do feel that since we were willing to continue therefore we won the match.
Bilal while coming out was quite happy and said that I had finished another game. But nobody knew whether this finish was good or bad ;) But if you agree with our self-titled 'Finisher' then we have one more week to enjoy. And hopefully style bhai turned finisher bhai would live up to the expectations in the matches to come. As they say raising expectations is a dangerous thing, but then what is there to worry for the 'finisher' ;)
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