Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Delay
I've got extremely busy this week, so i will do the updates on this weekend. I'm already late with a week, sorry about that:)
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Results from week 6: 5 games, 4 wins.
This was yet another successful week, with 3 new players arrived, plus a huge surprise victory. But let's go through the matches, one by one:
Twenty20 3.3: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. Mogambo Cricket Club[Cloudy/Flat]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 6 wickets.
8,000 spectators had the chance to enjoy this high scoring match. Last season the Dragons got two close victories against Mogambo. They have pulled out a decent batting performance this night, scoring 190-10. All rounder Collie Bernard and young wrist spinner Ramaprasad was in good shape, in terms of wicket taking: they took 4 respectively. I wasn't too optimistic after that, but the guys did wonders with the bat: Holtbacher stood strong as he rushed into a 111 runs performance. Rasmajinan didn't stop below 50 either. The winning ball came at 18.4, 196-4 the final score.
Man of the Match: Lucas Holtbacher
Youth 2.2: Kobras vs. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Sunny/Uneven]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 142 runs.
This was an easy game, as expected. The home team couldn't resist the young Dragons, the opening partnership had 110 runs. Shankar scored 42, Usama Ali 110, Androo 82 and Murray did 69. 307-4. Their batting wasn't on top either, as they all gone by 34.4. No one to select from the bowlers, they all did great.
Man of the match: Pediya Androo
USA Youth Pull League: Hunkz vs. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Sunny/Dry]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 135 runs.
Another great result, against a fairly weeker squad. The club made one more step to win the title in the youth pull competition. Ijaz excelled with the bat, while all the bowlers did a good job.
Man of the Match: Pediya Androo
One Day 3.1: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. Mujahedine CC [Windy/Slow]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 2 wickets.
The game of the week, without doubt. We have played 4 games with Mujahedine last season, and we got beaten easily. Now this was the time for payback. They batted first, Dhawan and Hampson did an enormous job to keep the score low. Mujahedine was all out by 45.5, score 211-10. I felt like this is a good chance for the team to win this game. And the batters lived up to the expectations: We lost some wickets easily, but van Onselen managed to score 52, Deetman also did a nice 39 from only 23 balls. Abolhassan did the most probably, stayed on the pitch until the last over, his Strike Rate was only 55.41, but he drove the team home. The score was 215-8. The curse against Mujahedine seems to be over.
Man of the Match: Aidan Cunningham from Mujahedine, van Onselen came 2nd.
Twenty20 3.3: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. Mogambo Cricket Club[Cloudy/Flat]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 6 wickets.
8,000 spectators had the chance to enjoy this high scoring match. Last season the Dragons got two close victories against Mogambo. They have pulled out a decent batting performance this night, scoring 190-10. All rounder Collie Bernard and young wrist spinner Ramaprasad was in good shape, in terms of wicket taking: they took 4 respectively. I wasn't too optimistic after that, but the guys did wonders with the bat: Holtbacher stood strong as he rushed into a 111 runs performance. Rasmajinan didn't stop below 50 either. The winning ball came at 18.4, 196-4 the final score.
Man of the Match: Lucas Holtbacher
Youth 2.2: Kobras vs. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Sunny/Uneven]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 142 runs.
This was an easy game, as expected. The home team couldn't resist the young Dragons, the opening partnership had 110 runs. Shankar scored 42, Usama Ali 110, Androo 82 and Murray did 69. 307-4. Their batting wasn't on top either, as they all gone by 34.4. No one to select from the bowlers, they all did great.
Man of the match: Pediya Androo
USA Youth Pull League: Hunkz vs. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Sunny/Dry]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 135 runs.
Another great result, against a fairly weeker squad. The club made one more step to win the title in the youth pull competition. Ijaz excelled with the bat, while all the bowlers did a good job.
Man of the Match: Pediya Androo
One Day 3.1: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. Mujahedine CC [Windy/Slow]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 2 wickets.
The game of the week, without doubt. We have played 4 games with Mujahedine last season, and we got beaten easily. Now this was the time for payback. They batted first, Dhawan and Hampson did an enormous job to keep the score low. Mujahedine was all out by 45.5, score 211-10. I felt like this is a good chance for the team to win this game. And the batters lived up to the expectations: We lost some wickets easily, but van Onselen managed to score 52, Deetman also did a nice 39 from only 23 balls. Abolhassan did the most probably, stayed on the pitch until the last over, his Strike Rate was only 55.41, but he drove the team home. The score was 215-8. The curse against Mujahedine seems to be over.
Man of the Match: Aidan Cunningham from Mujahedine, van Onselen came 2nd.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Results from week 5: victory in all fronts
Past week was simply amazing for the club, we managed to win all our matches. Let's see them in order:
Twenty20 3.3: Karachi Dolphins vs. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Humid/Sticky]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 9 wickets.
It was Karachi with the bat first, and failed miserably. They have finished 78-10, thank to our excellent spin performance. The bangladeshi spinner duo, Haider & Dhawan took 3 wickets respectively, while Bernard and Veldt took the remaining 4. It wasn't a hard task for our young squad (which included some non-regular players too) to hunt it down, the final score was 79-1, in just 11.5 overs.
Well, this was expected, Karachi is controlled by a bot now. Our bowlers had a great performance, hopefully they can keep up their form for the rest of the season.
Youth 2.2: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. Woodchester XI[Sunny/Flat]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 5 wickets.
This proved to just as hard as expected. Woodchester is one of our main rivals for the title, they have won all 4 of their previous games. Yet, it wasn't enough to beat the Dragons :)
This night was all about Chandrasena: the young all-rounder had the best game of his career, first he achieved a 5 wicket haul, then scored 73 runs from just 64 balls. He was the game winner for sure. The best performer for Woodchester's was the Gilmore/Oliver duo, they have scored over 100 runs combined.
This was a very important game, probably the most important of the season so far. With this win, we are still very much among the contestants for the title.
USA YP: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. New York Yankees[Humid/Uneven]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 7 wickets.
An easy victory in the USA youth league. Again, Chandrasena proved to be the Man of the Match by taking 3 wickets. U.Ali/A.Shankar also did well.
Nothing much to talk about this friendly league so far. Ever since we have beaten Baggygreens, we haven't faced any strong teams, and we sitting on the top 4 points clear.
One Day 3.1: Boo Kroo vs. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Sunny/Dry]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 6 wickets..
Last season, we suffered two heavy defeats from the Kroo. The opponent was high on fatigue, also Mujjie played some inexperienced players to leave some rest for his star players. This was our best chance to beat Boo Kroo, and the team managed to came on top. Again, our spinners was the key: Haider, Mazin and Dhawan all had a very low run rate, along with 6 wickets. We managed to get them all out by 42.2, Boo Kroo finished with 180-10. Our batting wasn't perfect, but they guys just did well enough to reach 182-4, from a comfortable 37.1 overs. Well done lads, this win can be very precious in the struggle to avoid relegation. Andries van Onselens did the most with the bat, scoring 77 runs.
This victory have put us in a comfortable situation now. The team's goal is still to avoid relegation, and at this moment we are sitting at the 3rd position, with a comfortable distance from the danger zone. From now on, if we manage to beat our rivals, we can easily stay up.
One Day Friendly: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. Lahore Knights[Cloudy/Hard]: Lahore Knights won by 1 wicket.
Our usual training opponent, Lahore Knights visited us last Sunday. We had a decent innings, team got to the nice 342-4. A. van Onselen, L.Holtbacher, I. Abolhassan and S.Rasmajinan all batted very well, getting close to 100. Yet, this night was Lahore's: They had a big struggle with our young bowler line up, they were losing wickets while P.Taylor rushed to a 129 runs performance. They have managed to win the game from the last ball, congrats Ahsan:)
That was for last week, better than expected. Hardest match on this week is against Mujahedine CC, i don't think we have much chance to beat them, but we will see. Some players departed the squad last week as well, we said goodbye to Hodgetts, van der Bilt, Hawks and Samar Ali.
Our top performers this week was Dhawan and Haider from the senior team, and Chandrasena from the youth team.
Twenty20 3.3: Karachi Dolphins vs. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Humid/Sticky]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 9 wickets.
It was Karachi with the bat first, and failed miserably. They have finished 78-10, thank to our excellent spin performance. The bangladeshi spinner duo, Haider & Dhawan took 3 wickets respectively, while Bernard and Veldt took the remaining 4. It wasn't a hard task for our young squad (which included some non-regular players too) to hunt it down, the final score was 79-1, in just 11.5 overs.
Well, this was expected, Karachi is controlled by a bot now. Our bowlers had a great performance, hopefully they can keep up their form for the rest of the season.
Youth 2.2: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. Woodchester XI[Sunny/Flat]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 5 wickets.
This proved to just as hard as expected. Woodchester is one of our main rivals for the title, they have won all 4 of their previous games. Yet, it wasn't enough to beat the Dragons :)
This night was all about Chandrasena: the young all-rounder had the best game of his career, first he achieved a 5 wicket haul, then scored 73 runs from just 64 balls. He was the game winner for sure. The best performer for Woodchester's was the Gilmore/Oliver duo, they have scored over 100 runs combined.
This was a very important game, probably the most important of the season so far. With this win, we are still very much among the contestants for the title.
USA YP: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. New York Yankees[Humid/Uneven]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 7 wickets.
An easy victory in the USA youth league. Again, Chandrasena proved to be the Man of the Match by taking 3 wickets. U.Ali/A.Shankar also did well.
Nothing much to talk about this friendly league so far. Ever since we have beaten Baggygreens, we haven't faced any strong teams, and we sitting on the top 4 points clear.
One Day 3.1: Boo Kroo vs. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Sunny/Dry]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 6 wickets..
Last season, we suffered two heavy defeats from the Kroo. The opponent was high on fatigue, also Mujjie played some inexperienced players to leave some rest for his star players. This was our best chance to beat Boo Kroo, and the team managed to came on top. Again, our spinners was the key: Haider, Mazin and Dhawan all had a very low run rate, along with 6 wickets. We managed to get them all out by 42.2, Boo Kroo finished with 180-10. Our batting wasn't perfect, but they guys just did well enough to reach 182-4, from a comfortable 37.1 overs. Well done lads, this win can be very precious in the struggle to avoid relegation. Andries van Onselens did the most with the bat, scoring 77 runs.
This victory have put us in a comfortable situation now. The team's goal is still to avoid relegation, and at this moment we are sitting at the 3rd position, with a comfortable distance from the danger zone. From now on, if we manage to beat our rivals, we can easily stay up.
One Day Friendly: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. Lahore Knights[Cloudy/Hard]: Lahore Knights won by 1 wicket.
Our usual training opponent, Lahore Knights visited us last Sunday. We had a decent innings, team got to the nice 342-4. A. van Onselen, L.Holtbacher, I. Abolhassan and S.Rasmajinan all batted very well, getting close to 100. Yet, this night was Lahore's: They had a big struggle with our young bowler line up, they were losing wickets while P.Taylor rushed to a 129 runs performance. They have managed to win the game from the last ball, congrats Ahsan:)
That was for last week, better than expected. Hardest match on this week is against Mujahedine CC, i don't think we have much chance to beat them, but we will see. Some players departed the squad last week as well, we said goodbye to Hodgetts, van der Bilt, Hawks and Samar Ali.
Our top performers this week was Dhawan and Haider from the senior team, and Chandrasena from the youth team.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Match Report 07 Aug 11: Blaster Batmo vs. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club [One Day Friendly]
The team travelled to Scotland on this Windy day. This was the debut match for our new finger spinner, Nikhil Dhawan. The groundsmen prepared a slow pitch, and the Dragons started their innings. The two openers this time, Lucas Holtbacher and Andries van Onselen did a decent job, they went to an amazing 161 runs partnership. Later it turned out to be the key for the team, as all of our other batsmen got out early: the 3rd best effort came from wicketkeeper Rasmajinan, who finished the game with 28 runs. All out came at 47.1, Crni Zmajevi finished with a decent 257-10. I had some doubts if we can defend the score, especially when the opening partnership of Batmo's rushed a century. They were above the RRR for long, until our banlgadeshi spinning pair came on the pitch: Haider & Dhawan took 6 wickets combined, with low ER. Collie Bernard took the remaining 2 wickets with ease. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 66 runs.
The game turned out to be easier, the guys had a decent performance tonite, especially with the ball. Openers performed as they should every single game, and we grabbed a nice victory over a respected opponent. Dhawan seems to be a bright star for the future, they looked absolutely lethal with Haider.
The game turned out to be easier, the guys had a decent performance tonite, especially with the ball. Openers performed as they should every single game, and we grabbed a nice victory over a respected opponent. Dhawan seems to be a bright star for the future, they looked absolutely lethal with Haider.
Results from Last week + Team news
We had a quite hectic and unlucky week, let's see the results:
Twenty20 3.3: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs Beiram's 11[Cloudy/Flat]: Beiram's 11 won by 5 wickets.
Beiram's won this game on the last ball. Batsmen did a good job, Holtbacher, Rasmajinan and A.Abolhassan scored over 50. Bowler's was underperforming, especially 2 of our best: Farrell and Mazin finished with awful economy rate.
Youth 2.2.: NEW PAK 11 vs. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Windy/Flat]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 31 runs.
This game actually proved to be harder than I expected. NEW PAKs did a great job, and managed to marginalize their loss. Androo still performing amazingly, picked up the Man of the Match, scored 108 runs from 88 balls, and finished with an 51-1 bowling figure. Never worse.
USA Youth Pull League: Longhorns XI vs Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Cloudy/Dry]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 143 runs.
A quite easy win for the Dragons. I thought it's going to be closer, but the lads proved me wrong:) Chandrasena had a great game, both with bat and ball: first he scored 41 runs from 33 balls, then took 3 wickets with an amazing 1.75 ER. Well done, Chandrasini! Androo excelled with the ball this time, taking 3 wicket, while Ijaz contributed with 67 runs.
One Day 3.1: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. KHAN Warriors [Cloudy/Flat]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 57 runs.
What a nice game from the Dragons. The Warriors came heavily fatigued, but still they counted as favorites. The key man this time was the younger Abolhassan, Ismail. He contributed with 123 runs, not out, and catapulted the team to a 299-5 innings. The young fast bowler Amalean was also excellent (picking up the MotM award as well): 4 wickets taken, 3.80 Econ.
Summary: Not a bad week, i have to say. It started with an unlucky loss, but the team recovered later, and finished with 3-1. One Day membership seems secure for now, while our youths are in a good position for promotion. The t20 loss could be painful, considering how close the match was, and how close the division itself is.
Twenty20 3.3: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs Beiram's 11[Cloudy/Flat]: Beiram's 11 won by 5 wickets.
Beiram's won this game on the last ball. Batsmen did a good job, Holtbacher, Rasmajinan and A.Abolhassan scored over 50. Bowler's was underperforming, especially 2 of our best: Farrell and Mazin finished with awful economy rate.
Youth 2.2.: NEW PAK 11 vs. Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Windy/Flat]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 31 runs.
This game actually proved to be harder than I expected. NEW PAKs did a great job, and managed to marginalize their loss. Androo still performing amazingly, picked up the Man of the Match, scored 108 runs from 88 balls, and finished with an 51-1 bowling figure. Never worse.
USA Youth Pull League: Longhorns XI vs Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club[Cloudy/Dry]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 143 runs.
A quite easy win for the Dragons. I thought it's going to be closer, but the lads proved me wrong:) Chandrasena had a great game, both with bat and ball: first he scored 41 runs from 33 balls, then took 3 wickets with an amazing 1.75 ER. Well done, Chandrasini! Androo excelled with the ball this time, taking 3 wicket, while Ijaz contributed with 67 runs.
One Day 3.1: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. KHAN Warriors [Cloudy/Flat]: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 57 runs.
What a nice game from the Dragons. The Warriors came heavily fatigued, but still they counted as favorites. The key man this time was the younger Abolhassan, Ismail. He contributed with 123 runs, not out, and catapulted the team to a 299-5 innings. The young fast bowler Amalean was also excellent (picking up the MotM award as well): 4 wickets taken, 3.80 Econ.
Summary: Not a bad week, i have to say. It started with an unlucky loss, but the team recovered later, and finished with 3-1. One Day membership seems secure for now, while our youths are in a good position for promotion. The t20 loss could be painful, considering how close the match was, and how close the division itself is.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Update
I don't have too much time for the blog lately, so for this week I'm only gonna do one detailed summary post. Stay tuned :)
Friday, July 29, 2011
Match Report 29 Jul 11: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club vs. Lahore Kings 11 [one day 3.1]
We were looking forward to this game, the Kings had beaten us twice in the past season, so it was payback time. They looked out of form as well, so everything was set for a successful game for us. Conditions were Dry/Overcast, spinner friendly. Rasmajinan and Holtbacher opened for us, and Holtbacher lost his wicket early in the 7th over. Abolhassan came in, and they've done a wonderful 158 runs partnership with Rasmajinan, both got close to a century. The two player departed in the 36th and 37th over, after that we lost all our remaining wickets so quickly, Rogers departed last at 49.4. Despite that, we had a comfortable 276-10, for the conditions this looked very promising. Bowlers was in form too, Farell took 2 early wickets, and Haider provided his usual magic in the late overs. Rogers sealed the deal at 42.6: Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club won by 70 runs.
Excellent victory:) The Kings rested a lot of players though, they got hit by fatigue very badly. All in all, this was an excellet match for the Dragons, Rasmajinan & Abolhassan did wonders with the bat, and all our bowlers performed quite well. I've played 2 wrist spinners again, and it turned out well [again].
Excellent victory:) The Kings rested a lot of players though, they got hit by fatigue very badly. All in all, this was an excellet match for the Dragons, Rasmajinan & Abolhassan did wonders with the bat, and all our bowlers performed quite well. I've played 2 wrist spinners again, and it turned out well [again].
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