Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Thank you for your support ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Warriors the FLT winners
Bhavnavho ko samjo ... Grammar mein mat uljo :)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Cricket at its Best
Friday, November 13, 2009
Lights, Camera and Action ...
Race is not yet over ...
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Cricket Dil Se ...
Two years before I landed in US and year and half before in California. I thought I would be missing all the actions, sports, family, relatives, festivals and what not. When I reached here I knew hardly anyone. Various taught used to come to my mind what the hell, I have decided to come here leaving everything behind. No regrets, I can proudly say I have whole group of people who know me and with whom I can share and enjoy every part of my life. I have found a family to play with and share with.
With no activity, for person like me, to spend time on weekend was next to impossible. I was lucky to join few office colleagues and reached on the ground on 1st weekend itself. I still remember I had hardly anything unpacked and other worries like searching car and house etc. but joy of playing cricket helped me forget all my worries and gave me hope of joy. Still enjoy every moment of my life.
Cricket in Bay area, has not only become part of my life but it has become routine or essential thing without which I wonder how could I have survived in this foreign land. I have been playing cricket from my first week till today every weekend both days and whenever and wherever I got the opportunity to play. You wont believe I get up early during weekends as compare weekdays. People say weekends are for relaxing but it's vice versa for me, I think it will be, most of us.
Cricket here has given me lot of new learning’s like discipline, practice, joy, co ordination, blogging (ay still learning and working on typo and grammar), but I consider most valuable thing I have earned is support and friendship of you all. It has become part of my life or family in itself. I think playing week by week we all see each other or meet each other more than our close relatives or friends. I have not meet couple of my college friends so often as I have meet people with whom I have played matches with or against them. I hope many will agree on this as well.
No doubt Cricket in our leagues are getting more competitive and passionate. People are playing cricket from so many years in these leagues, that I am amazed to see their dedication and consistency. More you play more gain experience and more zeal to do better. No one likes loosing, some people may say they are just playing for fun, but they too know from within they are not playing to loose.
Cricket has always been game of passion whether may be its match between India and Pakisthan or Australia or Kenya. Bigger the team more is fun to see and enjoy and talk about it. No wonders, cricket stadium in Inida are hardly empty whenever India play on home soil. We always talk about cricket, what Dhoni could have done, IPL is rocking, Yuvraj is flirting ;), what not. This passion and zeal has always kept Indian sponsors to put lot of money in Cricket.
Every weekend with passion and enthusiasm everyone is playing cricket from so many years. We almost know everything before the game like who our opponents are, who is skillful player, what are his stats, we have our own plans to win the match.
Any game you play involves tough head to head competition. We must have witnessed so many matches or played with so many people weekend by weekend, that it has become our routine. Every match we play is almost like friendly getogether or may be a small family meet you can say. Tell which family or friends do not fight. I think everyone does. :) In a friendly way.
Sometimes our passion and urge to win takes over our mind and we get carried away from the man focus that's cricket and joy and start playing with aggression and revenge or to prove some pointless point. Things happen intentionally or unintentionally and we know something is wrong. There could be lot of reasons behind our such behavior may be due to bad day at work or home, over cut due to late start, bad decision by umpire, sledding, there culled be n number of reasons to trigger you. When you look back once the incident is over, we think and may be feel regret of it. With one click of button on nuclear weapon this world could be destroyed but controlling the finger to click the button is in our own hands.
My particular blog is not intended to any particular person or incident. But I really feel, we are loosing our main focus i.e. playing Cricket with fun and joy and most important our valuable weekend time. More than anything we are loosing friendship, spirit, time of other and family bonding between ourselves, which we have achieved in so many years. Don't you think so?
At the end of day or may be couple of years form now, I know one thing, I am not just going to see and look at the stats like how many runs I have scored or how many wickets I have taken, I going to remember with whom I have played and how many friends I have made. These are memories for life.
Lets our passion and spirit rule over aggression and anger on the field.
Everyone makes mistake, I too must have triggered opponents in past with exchange of words or sledging. Lets everyone take a pledge that we will be " I will be Good Boy and Play in right spirit of the game". I do.
"The family that plays together stays together"
I know people still have their view to be expressed and are unhappy with present rules and punishments, but tell me one thing, when we define rules we expect those rules will be broken, then why to think negative and let respect each other presence and let committee do their job which they have been doing well from so many years, let them take care of rules and what is right and wrong. Just by complaining and analyzing we are not solving the problem, we are adding the problem.
Anything can happen anytime, but if we have control on ourselves nothing can happen at anytime.
Chalo yar it time to sleep … Rath gay bath gayi… We are not small kids :) anymore. Lets some bat and ball do the talking in right spirit on coming weekend. … Move on and Lets move the world.
Keep Smiling Always
Dharme
Friday, November 6, 2009
Bhavanavho ko samjho ... Grammar meinmat Uljo
Acers
Bowling is their strength. You can put pressure on their batting line up.
Opening pair is the key for them, they start with some power hitting then stick to singles and doubles. Take their chances in running between the wickets.
Batting
Run out : 3+1+1+5 = 10 They run for anything and everything.
Top runs scorer : Parag (57)
Attacking Batsman : Parag, Ajit, Pradeep
Single Double : Ashish, Bhavesh
Bowling
More than 5 bowlers used in a match : 3 out of 4 they have used 6th bowler.
Extras : 5+2+2+7 = 16
Top Wicket taker : Nagesh (9)
Best Eco : Tridivesh
Can target = Mouly and Ram
Brief score : 4 WINS
Acers 61/7 Packers 45/6
Mavericks 34/10 Acers 35/2 in 5.4
Acers 66/4 i11 24/10
Acers 49/8 Chargers 37/10
Beamers
Bowling and Fielding is their strength. Very quick in outfield and players have good arm. They not yet batted second, so will be interesting to see that, if they are put to Bat second.
Batting
Run out : 3+2+1+2 = 7 They are really quick between the wickets
Top runs scorer : Ranjan (42)
Attacking Batsman : Ranjan, Ashwin
Bowling
More than 5 bowlers used in a match : Play with exact 5 bowlers, do not wait for 6th bowler to come.
Extras : 6+0+6+6 = 18
Top Wicket taker : Uma (7)
Best Eco : Equally distributed, Vidhu is in form
Can target : Rayan, Nitin
Brief score : 4 WINS
Beamers 42/5 Thunderbolts 31/7
Beamers 47/6 Rangers 43/9
Beamers 46/5 Chennai 94086 42/6
Beamers 40/5 Challengers 35/6
Catalysters
Team of All Rounders. Everyone chips in and score quick runs, they rely more on power hitting than on singles or doubles. Get ready for some high catches.
Batting
Run out : 1+1+3+4 = 9
Top runs scorer : Girish (42)
Attacking Batsman : Chiranjib, Rohan
Bowling :
More than 5 bowlers used in a match : Only once they have used 6th bowler. Bowling is quite disciplined.
Extras : 6+0+1+1 = 8 Very well controlled extras column.
Top Wicket taker : Rohan (5)
Best Eco : Rohan, Hitha are in form
can target : Arpit, Girish
Brief score : 3 WINS 1 LOSS
Challengers 50/6 Cats 48/7
Scorpions 32/4 Cats 33/3
Cats 45/10 Kasturi Pade 25/8
Cats 56/9 MCC 21/10
Bhola XI
Very passionate guys, play hard cricket and never give up. Singles Doubles in start with some power hitting at the end.
Batting
Run out : 1+2+1+2 = 6
Top runs scorer : Hardik (82) Key wicket.
Attacking Batsman : Sanket, Sachin
Bowling :
More than 5 bowlers used in a match : They occasionally use 6th bowler which can be targeted.
Extras : 5 +3+6+5 = 19
Top Wicket taker : Ambarish (5)
Best Eco : Chirag, Nihir
can target : Sachin, Sanket,
Brief score : 3 WINS 1 LOSS
Bhola 46/5 Yorkers 42/9
Bhola 53/4 Twenty20 42/7
Sloggers 58/8 Bhola 57/6
Bhola 66/3 Panthers 27/8
Rhinos
Name change is working for them.
Singles and Doubles, very quick between the wickets. Batting is their strength.
Never chased a target in this FLT.
Batting :
Run out : 5+2+3+1 = 11
Top runs scorer : Srinivas (33)
Attacking Batsman : Everyone chips in and score some quick runs
Bowling :
More than 5 bowlers used in a match : They have problem for 5th bowler for sure.
Extras : 10+6+7+3 = 26 Extras can cost them a game.
Top Wicket taker : Everyone sticks to line and length
Best Eco : Barry
can target : Suresh, Satish or any 4th or 5th bowler
Brief score : 4 WINS
Rhinos 48/9 Spanglers 40/10
Rhinos 63/8 Royal XI 45/5
Rhinos 44/9 Weekenders 44/8 Bowl out winner
Rhinos 43/8 Champs XI 39/4
Warriors
Only BYE team which is moved to QF.
Defending Champions. Complete package of player. You need to be good in all department to win over them. They are really good batting first. Not yet chased in this FLT. While batting second their batting can be pressurized.
Batting :
Run out : 1+3+2 = 6
Top runs scorer : Vijay, Amol
Attacking Batsman : Amol, Himesh
Bowling :
More than 5 bowlers used in a match :
Extras : 2+4+12 = 18 Do not go by this numbers.
Top Wicket taker : Anil (7)
Best Eco : Raj, Ravi S
can target : Himesh, Vishnu
Brief score : 3 WINS 1 BYE
Warriors 52/7 Chennai 94086 45/6
Warriors 82/4 Gold Flake kings 33/9
Warriors 47/5 SE11 35/10
Pacers
New to TCA, but has lot of cricket experience under their belts.
Their strength is batting and bowling is weak but do not give extras. You have to score and wait for the bad balls.
Batting
Run out : 6+2+2+2 = 12
Top runs scorer : Sandeep (47)
Attacking Batsman : Rajeev, Prashant
Bowling :
More than 5 bowlers used in a match : They shuffle their bowlers. Have used more than in 5 bowlers in most of their matches.
Extras : 2+5+2+1 = 10 Thats remarkable.
Top Wicket taker : Bhushan (7)
Best Eco : Sandeep, Shiv
can target : Rest all have been targeted in at-least once in either matches.
Brief score : 3 WINS 1 LOSS
Pacers 47/8 Hawkers 36/6
Pacers 58/5 Twenty20 59/5
Strikers 42/5 Pacers 43/6 in 9.4
Chennai Veerans 52/6 Pacers 53/ 7
Star cc
They have played as team and come back in action with more zeal and passion. They can be unpredictable and may be underdogs to win the tittle.
Batting :
Run out : 3+3+2+1 = 9
Top runs scorer : Prassana (60)
Attacking Batsman : Tamji
Bowling :
More than 5 bowlers used in a match :
Extras : 3+8+3+2 = 16
Top Wicket taker : Sanjeev (10)
Best Eco :
Most expensive bowler : Sanjeev,Ajun
Brief score : 3 wins 1 LOSS
Star cc 58/5 99ers 45/10
Strikers 38/8 Star cc 32/9
Star cc 55/9 Yuva XI 48/10
Champion cc 58/9 Star cc 60/4 in 9