Score Card:
http://www.dreamcricket.com/clnj/Scorecarddisplay.aspx?gameid=6822
We lost to NJ Barons by 33 runs. They batted first and scored 223/8, we were all out for 190 in 38.x overs.
In my opinion, though we lost it was a good match; most of us didn’t get to play a practice match so we were still rusty.
Bowling
Murali opened bowling with Venky. Though they hit a six off the first over and started strong Venky got one of the openers out with a catch to Murali. First change was Sid and Lahiru. Lahiru got the next wicket with another simple catch to long off. I bowled a 6 over spell and got 3 wickets. While Venky, Srinath, Ananth taking few more. After the second break they were 105 for 26 overs with 6 or 7 wickets. We lost the match in the 3rd session; they were 8 down for 120 something with 12 overs to go. At the end, with some poor bowling they ended up scoring 223 for 8.
Batting
Me and Ravi opened batting and had a great start, Ravi had few sixes off deep backward point. I got out caught and ball when we are at 46, Ananth and Ravi looked really good together. Ravi got out to another caught and ball when we were at 76. Sid and Naga got out cheaply. Until Ananth was there, we were on course to win the match. Ananth got out at 59 with a bad LBW decision, he was bowling round the wicket and he got hit on his thigh pad. Lahiru, Murali, Sucha, Shesha and Srini chipped in to get us to 190.
Fielding
This being our first match, we did really well. There were two catches missed, a very easy catch by me. He was their best batsman, but good thing he got out without scoring anymore runs in the next over. He was also dropped earlier on by Naga on a tough inside edge.
We did give too many easy singles and doubles. That is something we can really improve on. When we cut down the runs pressure will be on the batsmen.
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