CECC Match 4: Shoukath’s rabbit-out-of-the-hat act stuns RNW

Posted: March 22, 2013 by The CouchExpert in CECC, Club Cricket, Cricket
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Date: 15-AUG-2012

Toss: RUNS N WICKETS

Venue: Flippers Cricket Ground, Bangalore

Team Pic (match day)

Top Row: Yugank B
2nd Row (L to R): Joydeep B, Syed Shoukath, Dinesh P
3rd Row (L to R): Srikrishnan C, Kaustubh P (VC), Goutham Chakravarthi (C), Badrinarayana V, Muthukumar R
Bottom Row (L to R): Vinay MH, Harsha GC, Prithvik H

Brief Scores: Runs N Wickets 154 all out in 25.5 overs (B Karthik 35, Vijay 29, Dinesh P 3/19, Srikrishnan 2/20, Syed Shoukath 2/24, Joydeep B 1/12) lost to CECC 156/8 in 24.2 overs ( Syed Shoukath 71 n.o (57b, 11X4), Muthukumar R 20 (26b, 2X4), Vikram 2/19)  by 3 wickets.

Full scorecard here.

1st Inning Batting: RnW Bangalore, RnW Bangalore

                                                   R     B     4's    6's    SR
Arvind c Muthu b Shoukath                          5     4     1      0      125.0
BK c Shoukath b Badri                              35    46    4      0      76.09
Prithvi c Shoukath b Goutham                       0     3     0      0      0.0
Vijay lbw b Shoukath                               29    17    5      0      170.59
KP c Dinesh b Dinesh                               7     17    1      0      41.18
Viswa c Dinesh b Vinay                             7     9     0      0      77.78
Rohan c Goutham b Srikrishnan                      1     5     0      0      20.0
Hari lbw b Srikrishnan                             18    29    3      0      62.07
Gaurav b Dinesh                                    12    16    2      0      75.0
Bharat c Yugank b Dinesh                           7     7     1      0      100.0
Vikram st Muthu b Joydeep                          8     5     0      1      160.0
Sameer not out                                     0     0     0      0      -

Extras(w 20, nb 5) 25

Total (11 wickets; 25.5 overs)                     154                       5.96 RPO

Did Not Bat: 

Vinoth

Fall of Wicket: 9-1 ( Arvind 0.5 ov ), 14-2 ( Prithvi 1.3 ov ), 52-3 ( Vijay 6.4 ov ), 73-4 ( KP 10.4 ov ), 91-5 ( Viswa 13.5 ov ), 92-6 ( Rohan 14.4 ov ), 114-7 ( BK 19.2 ov ), 135-8 ( Hari 22.1 ov ), 146-9 ( Bharat 24.4 ov ), 146-10 ( Gaurav 24.6 ov ), 154-11 ( Vikram 25.5 ov )

1st Inning Bowling: CECC, CECC XI

                                                   O     M    R    W    EC     AV     EX
Shoukath                                           4.0   0    24   2    6.00   12.00  (w 5)
Goutham                                            2.0   0    19   1    9.50   19.00  (w 2)
Dinesh                                             5.0   0    19   3    3.80   6.33   (w 3)
Vinay                                              5.0   0    33   1    6.60   33.00  (w 5, nb 2)
Srikrishnan                                        5.0   0    20   2    4.00   10.00  (w 1, nb 1)
Badri                                              3.0   0    27   1    9.00   27.00  (w 2)
Joydeep                                            1.5   0    12   1    6.55   12.00  (w 1)

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2nd Inning Batting: CECC, CECC XI

                                                   R     B     4's    6's    SR
Harsha c Prithvi b Arun                            15    7     3      0      214.29
Muthu lbw b Sameer                                 20    26    2      0      76.92
Prithvik lbw b Viswa                               1     2     0      0      50.0
Kaustubh c Arvind b Vikram                         9     13    1      0      69.23
Yugank run out (Prithvi)                           1     4     0      0      25.0
Shoukath not out                                   71    57    11     0      124.56
Goutham c Vikram b Vikram                          3     6     0      0      50.0
Joydeep c Rohan b Prithvi                          11    21    1      0      52.38
Dinesh lbw b Bharat                                8     8     2      0      100.0
Srikrishnan not out                                0     3     0      0      0.0

Extras(w 15, nb 1, b 1) 17

Total (8 wickets; 24.2 overs)                      156                       6.41 RPO

Did Not Bat: 

Vinay
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Badri

Fall of Wicket: 22-1 ( Harsha 2.3 ov ), 23-2 ( Prithvik 3.1 ov ), 49-3 ( Kaustubh 7.4 ov ), 51-4 ( Yugank 8.2 ov ), 52-5 ( Muthu 8.4 ov ), 62-6 ( Goutham 9.5 ov ), 104-7 ( Joydeep 17.5 ov ), 129-8 ( Dinesh 20.6 ov )

2nd Inning Bowling: RnW Bangalore, RnW Bangalore

                                                   O     M    R    W    EC     AV     EX
Arun                                               3.0   0    23   1    7.67   23.00  (nb 1)
Viswa                                              3.0   0    19   1    6.33   19.00  (w 3)
Sameer                                             5.0   0    33   1    6.60   33.00      
Vikram                                             3.0   0    19   2    6.33   9.50   (w 7)
Prithvi                                            6.0   0    28   1    4.67   28.00  (w 1)
Bharat                                             4.2   0    33   1    7.62   33.00  (w 2)

POTM: Syed Shoukath

Syed Shoukath’s 4 over opening burst tore into Runs N Wicket’s top order  and had them at 53/3 that eventually helped to bowl out Runs N Wickets for 154. Chasing, CECC’s top-order were reduced to 62/6 and staring at an uphill task. Syed Shoukath batted intelligently, and later belligerently, with Joydeep first and Srikrishnan later to pull his team out of the woods and pull off a thrilling 3-wicket win for his team.

CECC Match 3: Info Basics trounce lacklusture CECC

Posted: March 22, 2013 by The CouchExpert in CECC, Club Cricket, Cricket
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Date: 11-AUG-2012

Toss: INFO BASICS

Venue: ABR Sports Academy, Bangalore

Team Pic (match day)

Brief Scores:

CECC 145 all out 24.5 overs (Ananth 30 (33b, 5X4), Kaustubh P 27 (33b, 5X4), Navtej 3/22)  lost to Info Basics 146/5 in 17 0vers (Shekar 43, Nischal 43, Dinesh P 2/29, Goutham Chakravarthi 1/41) by 5 wickets.

POTM: Muthukumar Ramamoorthy

On a day where both batting and bowling was well below par, Muthu’s glove work was neat and quick. He was decisive with his movements and inflicted a run out and a stumping. Besides, he opened and laid a good foundation for his team that eventually proved not to be enough.

CECC Match 2: Vinay, Jobin and Harsha’s heroics in vain

Posted: March 22, 2013 by The CouchExpert in CECC, Club Cricket, Cricket
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Date: 4-AUG-2012

Toss: COSMOS

Venue: ABR Sports Academy, Bangalore

Team Pic (match day)

Standing (L to R): Guru, Dinesh, Vinay, Goutham (C), Joy, Shoukath, Harsha, Muthu (WK)
Squatting (L to R): Srikrishnan, Jobin, Prithvik

Brief Scores:

Cosmos 243/6 in 25 overs (Sunil 72 n.o Vinay Mh 4/39) bt CECC 192/4 in 24 overs (Harsha GC 52 (39b, 9X4), Jobin Varghese 45 (41b, 8X4), Goutham Chakravarthi 26 n.o (23 b, 3X4)) by rain and virtue of a better score at the end of 24 overs

POTM: Vinay MH

Vinay1Albeit in a losing cause, Vinay’s guile with his leg-breaks allowed CECC to claw back Cosmos from motoring along at well over 10 an over in the power plays.

He finished with 4/39 and gave his team a chance to win.

CECC Match 1: Syed Shoukath’s all-round effort downs RNW

Posted: March 22, 2013 by The CouchExpert in CECC, Club Cricket, Cricket
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Date: 29-JULY-2012

Toss: CECC

Venue: SPT Sports Academy, Bangalore

Team Pic (match day)

Standing (L to R): Badri, Dinesh P, Goutham Chakravarthi (C), Bhargav, Harsha (WK), Vinay MH
Squatting (L to R): Yugank, Shoukath, Kaustubh (VC), Jobin, Srikrishnan

Brief Scores: CECC 210/5 in 20 overs (Goutham Chakravarthi 58 n.o (30b, 8X4, 2X6), Syed Shoukath 39 n.o (23b, 6X4), Vikram 2/40, Vinod 1/29) bt Runs N Wickets 104 all out in 14.2 overs (Vikram 35, Hari 19, Bhargav Rao 2/12, Dinesh P 2/6, Syed Shoukath 1/1, Badrinarayana V 1/15) by 106 runs.

POTM: Syed Shoukath

A gifted all-round sportsman and all-round cricketer, Syed Shoukath walked-in with his team 4 down with more than half the overs to bat. His quick-fire 39 and an unbeaten 123-run stand with his captain Goutham in 8.4 overs put his team in a winning position. He followed it up with a tight-over of quick-bowling and took an important wicket ensuring an easy victory.

An innings of rare brilliance!

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Shridhar Pandey

You might have already come across a bunch of notes and articles about Shikhar Dhawan and his debut innings in the print media and many more floating all over the internet. He was also trending on Twitter for quite some time while he was batting on Day 3 of the third Test between India and Australia. When you come to think of it, it does not really sound like exaggeration at all; such was the class of that innings which is yet to conclude. It kept me up all night (owing to the huge time difference between India and USA). So I won’t be unjustified in putting together my thoughts about it in a few lines.

Alright, it was a Test hundred on debut, the fastest one at that. But what really makes it even more special is the manner in which those runs were scored. Shikhar Dhawan almost nonchalantly raced to his Tirst test ton at more than run-a-ball (85 balls to be more accurate) and in the process, breaking the previous record of 105 balls for a debut test century. Hardly did he hit anything in the air till he was there. He did hit a couple of lofted shots once he had scored the 100, but no real signs of slogging yet. He stood unbeaten on 185 at the end of day’s play and there are already ominous signs that he might go on to make a big one.

Just before the start of Indian innings, I was speaking to a friend about the possible outcome of this match and had predicted a probable draw. I had also mentioned to him that I was very interested in watching Dhawan’s batting. Mind you, I’m not laying any claims that I had predicted him to become a revelation in the very first innings he would play. On the contrary, I had my doubts. I had told my friend that I have heard a lot about Shikhar and also seen him play many T-20 games and a couple of ODIs and that he looked good but not great. His domestic records point very much in the same direction (over 5500 runs at an average of approximately 46 in 81 first class matches). Neither am I contending that he has already achieved greatness by virtue of that innings. But that exemplary display of batting will surely go down in the annals of history as one of the best performances by any batsman on his debut.

Almost every scoring shot that came out of his blade was breathtaking, the ones played on the off-side cover boundary more so. So good did he look playing those shots that some have already crowned him the new ‘God of the off-side’. That, according to me, is going a step too far. Taking nothing away from Dhawan, it is just his first innings at this level after all – that too on a sub-continent pitch against a relatively depleted Australian attack. Remember, he is replacing a heavy-weight in Sehwag who owned that place for quite sometime and with great success. Once Dhawan comes out of that so called honeymoon period, he might have to come face-to-face with the cruel reality of fast and bouncy tracks in South Africa, England and Australia where the same Peter Siddle and Mitchell Starc would look much more venomous.

His composure and steadiness at the crease is what stood out to me as the highlight of his batting apart from the glorious drives and cuts. A lot has always been said and written about attitude and not just talent being reasons behind the success of a player. Proponents of that theory could not have found a better day to emphasize their point. He batted like he belonged there and has owned the place for years before this. The anxiety and nervousness of a debutant were far from what he showed signs of. A couple of pull shots that he played had confidence written all over them.

That innings was, in every sense, a connoisseur’s delight. With that innings, Shikhar Dhawan would have pleased viewers and critics belonging to all school of thoughts. Perfect balance, precise foot movement, exquisite timing and supreme placement were some of the key features of his innings as far as the technicalities are concerned. At the same time, it was an extraordinary display of flare as he stepped out and lofted the spinners a couple of times en route his 185 not out. To those who believe in the modern day style of Test cricket, this innings would be the one to emulate – scoring at a strike rate of over 100 without taking any apparent risk, thanks to some lovely text book cricketing shots.

To sum up, I would refrain from making any extravagant predictions about India discovering a new star and a permanent solution to the opening slot. I would just like to conclude saying that Dhawan should draw a lot of confidence out of his wonderful start and look to capitalize on it. This should give him a lot of peace and satisfaction when he would look back on this performance once the test match is over and times after that – for this is truly an innings of rare brilliance!

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