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Premier Match Reports - Week 4 (22-23 Apr-2023) - Last updated 25-Apr-2023 11:57pm
By Manohar Karthik(FRCC);Asdeep Singh(RSCC);Naveen Kumar(FCCC);Sam Oyitch(LCC);Harish Namburi(DC)
Apr 25, 2023
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Premier Match Reports - Week 4 (22-23 Apr-2023) |
FRCC-Gunners @ FRCC-Spartans: Premier - 10am Sunday April 23rd, 2023 at Lower Garden Acres, Longmont - Reported by Manohar(FRCC)
Such a proud moment for FRCC as a club with two P40 teams trying to give their best.
Both the teams showed up at the ground with excitement, and enthusiasm hoping to have a great season.
FRCC-G won the toss and elected to bowl. Rahul and the new opener Sanket opened the batting for FRCC-S. Both the batter played cautiously at the start. Rahul unleashed himself by hitting few boundaries before getting out a brilliant slower ball by Hitesh. Sanket and Srivatsan played well and put on a partnership. Sanket getting out Puneet got Gandhar in. Both Gandhar and Srivatsan played extremely well hitting half century. Kamal P ended the innings with flourish of boundaries.
Subhashish started the proceedings for FRCC-S but it was Raj who got the first wicket. Both Raj and Subhashish accounted for 4 wickets, which got Puneeth in who hit 50 in no time. Om removed Puneeth. Wickets kept falling and FRCC-Gunners finished with 173 on the board.
Both the FRCC teams played with good sportsmanship and full spirit. FRCC as a club would like see to both the teams do really well in this season.
Player of the Match: Gandhar Vaidhya for his superb batting effort 82(60 balls).
Scorecard: See FRCC-S Vs FRCC-G Premier Scorecard.
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Rising Stars Cricket Club @ Colorado Springs Cricket Club - Giants: P40 – 10 AM Sunday Apr 23, 2023 at Memorial Park Rose Bowl Cricket Ground, Colorado Springs - Reported by Asdeep Singh(RSCC)
Rising Stars CC defeated CSCC-Giants by 9 wickets in the first round of the 2023 Premier League.
In the first innings, Colorado Springs CC - Giants won the toss and elected to bat. They scored 90 runs in 23.3 overs, losing all their wickets. Rising Stars CC won the match by 9 wickets with 26.1 overs remaining.
Gaurav Kashav was the first batsman to be dismissed, scoring 5 runs off 8 balls before being caught out by Varun P. Vinod Reddy Linga followed, scoring 12 runs off 15 balls before being dismissed lbw by Tarun C. Karthick Ragunath Palanimalai was next to be dismissed, scoring only 2 runs off 7 balls before being caught out by Varun P off the bowling of Raj N. Prasanna Damodaran scored 18 runs off 24 balls before being caught out by Vamsi K off the bowling of Tarun C. Venkatesh Gaallee, Guru Prasad, Gurdeep Singh, Nishanth Reddy, and Rajadurai Kumaran were all dismissed in quick succession, scoring 0, 8, 2, 5, and 4 runs respectively. Guru Nishok Radhakrishnan held the fort from one end for Colorado Springs CC, scoring 14 runs off 40 balls before being caught out by Asdeep S off the bowling of Sagar P. The RSCC bowling attack was led by Tarun Chugh, who took 3 wickets for 14 runs in 5 overs, and Kishore Srinivas, who also took 3 wickets for just 7 runs in 4 overs. Raj N Reddy took 2 wickets for 26 runs in 6 overs, while Varun Pandya and Sagar Paramagari took 1 wicket each.
In the second innings, Rising Stars CC chased down the target of 91 runs in just 13.5 overs, losing only one wicket in the process. Piyush Potdar was the first wicket to fall, scoring 4 runs from 10 balls before getting caught by Vinod R off the bowling of Rajadurai Kumaran in the third over of the innings. Asdeep Singh played a remarkable innings, scoring an unbeaten 50 runs from 41 balls, including 9 fours, at a strike rate of 121.95 and was well-supported by Harsh Kumar who also remained unbeaten, contributing 31 runs from 32 balls with 7 fours, at a strike rate of 96.88. In terms of bowling, Rajadurai Kumaran took one wicket for 27 runs in 3 overs, while the other bowlers were relatively economical but could not make any breakthroughs.
Overall, Rising Stars CC played a dominant inning, winning the match comfortably by 9 wickets.
Player of the Match: Kishore Srinivas for his excellent bowling performance with figures of 3 wickets for 7 runs in 4 overs.
Scorecard: See CSCC-Giants Vs RSCC Premier Scorecard.
Match Video: See CSCC-Giants Batting, RSCC Batting.
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BCC @ FCCC: Premier - 10am Sunday April 23, 2023 at Boltz, Fort Collins - Reported by Naveen Kumar(FCCC)
FCCC won the toss and decided to bowl first on a chilly Sunday morning at Boltz. BCC openers provided a good start for their team at a good strike rate to gain the initial upper hand in the game. FCCC newcomer Ayushya provided the first breakthrough for the side, followed by a beautiful spell of fast/swing bowling by Rashed. Rashed picked up 5 wickets including a hat-trick to cause a collapse in the batting for BCC. Naveen cleaned up the BCC's lower order batters to close out the first innings for 158 runs. Ben and Manjinder played well to score 32 and 42 runs respectively for BCC.
Chasing a target of 159, FCCC started the run-chase with Darshan and Ashish. First and second wicket partnerships yielded ~25 runs with Darshan scoring quickly (29 runs) before another good partnership between Rakha (35 runs) and Naveen (25 runs) which swung the game in favor of FCCC. Just when things were looking good for FCCC, they lost the wickets of Naveen and Abhinav for false (unnecessary aggression) shots which brought BCC back into the game. After this FCCC kept on losing wickets at regular intervals thanks to some tight bowling from BCC. At the end, the game came down to the last wicket partnership needing 22 runs to win it for FCCC with BCC now having the upper hand. Rajesh and Ayushya showed great composure and held their nerve in tense situations to help FCCC come up with the win. It was a very competitive game with both teams having the upper hand at different passages of the game. For BCC, Manjinder and Narender bowled well to pick up 3 wickets each.
Player of the Match: Rashedul Islam for his superb swing/fast bowling which produced 5 wickets (including a hat-trick).
Scorecard: See BCC Vs FCCC Premier Scorecard.
Match Video: See BCC Batting, FCCC Batting.
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LCC-Lightning vs RCC-Hawks: Premier – 11.15am Sunday April 23rd April at Cornerstone Park, Littleton - Reported by Sam Oyitch(LCC)
Snow delayed the start of the Premier League round 1 match between LCC Lightning and RCC Hawks, reducing it to 35 overs per team. Sam won the toss for LCC and asked Hawks to bat first
A decent start from RCC, Ravi getting a few boundaries off Advait and Mahest, who was swinging the ball nicely. Advait removed Ambar to take the first wicket, and Raghu was starting to look dangerous before he was run out by advait. The run rate remained good for hawks, before Mahesh removed Ravi thanks to a good catch by debutant Vaibhav. With Deva starting to look good, hitting a few big sixes, before LCC managed to regain control at the other end thanks to Sam’s economical spell. Sam and Gowtham removed the middle order quickly, happy to give Deva singles and bowl at the other end. Deva began to hit freely, making a very good 71 off 46 balls, including four sixes before also falling to Gowtham, leaving Hawks in big trouble. At 143-9. Chetan and Rakesh came together to frustrate LCC, adding a further 31 before Manoj bowled Rakesh for 10 with a nice slower ball.
LCC got off to a nice start chasing 175 to win, with new boy Vaibhav hitting some early boundaries. With Sakthi settling in, hitting some nice shots through midwicket, coupled with a lot of extras from RCC, it looked at 85-0 that it would be a comfortable victory. First Sakthi departed, miscuing a full toss for 38, then Vaibhav was trapped LBW off Deva for 33, suddenly the momentum was changing. The quick wickets of Ramesh and Sam put LCC in further trouble, before Manoj and Krishiv steadied the ship. Manoj became Deva’s 4th wicket for 17, leaving LCC still needing 40 to win. Krishiv stood up and played a measured 19, including some nice blows and solid defense, before Manish, starting out solidly, before unleashing a huge slog-sweep for six to brought Lightning over the line.
Player of the Match: Sam Oyitch for his 7-1-21-3.
Scorecard: See LCC-Lightning Vs RCC-Hawks Premier Scorecard.
Match Video: See [link= Match Video[/link].
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Deccan Chargers @ CSCC-Titans: Premier - 10am Sunday April 23, 2023 at Memorial Park Critirium Cricket Ground, Colorado Springs - Reported by Harish Namburi(DC)
CSCC-Titans hosted Deccan Chargers for south Division P40 game. Unsure of weather conditions, both the teams were prepared for a reduced overs game on the previous day, but the sun shined brightly, and we were able to play a full 40 overs game. All the DC players were very excited to start their campaign since they didn’t get a game on the first Premier weekend.
CSCC captain Chandran won the toss and without hesitation he chose to field first. Harish and Jesrun opened the batting for DC. Tristan and Kangesh opened the bowling for Titans. Both the opening bowlers were running hard and got the bounce and pace from that surface. Both the openers really struggled to face them. After playing out a few overs, Harish nicked one to the keeper of Kangesh’s bowling. Tristan struck twice in the next over dismissing Jesrun and Sanket of consecutive deliveries. He dismissed Ankush in his next over brilliantly caught by Kervyn at slips. At this stage, DC were reeling at 18/4.Then the in-form batsmen Shashi and Raj came to the middle. Shashi under pressure played brilliant shots and Raj played cautiously to negotiate all the good bowlers. They put on 54 runs for the 5th wicket. Shashi soon fell to Narayan and Raj got dismissed by Santosh. Rajesh came with positive intent and hit 3 boundaries before getting out to a deadly bouncer from Tristan. DC were 90/8 in 27 overs. Then the saviors Joseph and Srikanth came into the middle. Both played with positive intent, got the singles and doubles, hitting the odd boundaries. They put on 56 runs for the 9th wicket with the bulk of the runs coming from Joseph’s blade. Srikanth got dismissed in the 37th over to Santosh. Joseph shifted his gears and hit few boundaries to bring up his first CCL 50 and was well supported by Himanshu. That was a crucial knock under pressure. He got out in the final over to Chandran trying to hit. With the contributions from Joseph, Shashi and Srikanth, DC reached 170 in their allotted overs. Tristan was the pick of the bowlers with 4 wickets and Santosh picked 3.
DC surely felt they had the momentum with them after reaching 170 from 90/8. Santosh and Pravin came to open the batting for CSCC-Titans. Rajesh and Himanshu started the proceedings for DC. Rajesh was bowling tight lines from one end and Himanshu drew the first blood in his first over. Santosh was adjudged lbw missing the incoming delivery. Then Pravin and Chandran played cautiously until the 8th over. Then DC skipper Harish introduced himself into the attack. Harish without warming up bowled a loosener to Pravin who was set. Pravin decided to hit that out of the park, and ended up top edging it to keeper Shashi. Shashi took one of the finest catches in the game, he ran a few yards back and covered all the ground to take the blinder. As we said, one wicket opens another. Chandran got dismissed in the same over, driving it straight to short cover. That was a brilliant reflex by Rajesh. Harish was bowling brilliant inswingers and deceiving the batsmen with his change of pace. In his next over, Karthik was caught and bowled by Harish of a slower delivery trying to flick that early. Before the first break CSCC were 41/4 in 11 overs. With all the CSCC-Titans players capable of clearing the boundaries, DC felt that they should dismiss in form batsman Velmurugan early to win this game. Harish did the job again, Velmurugan got a sharp inswinger from Harish that rattled his stumps soon after the break. DC players were jumping with joy as they saw a win in their sights. The savior, Joseph came into the attack and dismissed Narayan in his first over. Kervyn tried to up the ante and he hit a couple of boundaries of Jishant. Harish continued his spell and dismissed Kervyn and Arvind off consecutive deliveries in the 16th over. Joseph then dismissed Tristan in his 2nd over, caught by Jesrun. CSCC-Titans were 79/9 in 17 overs. With the win approaching DC, Kangesh and Hamayun counter attacked DC. They put on 39 runs for the last wicket, hitting a couple of sixes off Harish. DC took a short break, came with a plan and chose Himanshu to execute this. Himanshu dismissed Kangesh soon after the break and brought the memorable win for DC in their first outing. CSCC-Titans were all-out for 116 in 23 overs. Harish was the pick of the bowlers with 6 wickets. Himanshu and Joseph picked 2 wickets each.
DC would like to appreciate Tristan for his fiery spell. It was a treat to watch with the ball moving away from the batsmen and sheer pace. Each and every player really enjoyed facing him.
Player of the Match: Joseph Reddy for his brilliant match saving 50 and 2 wickets.
Scorecard: See CSCC-Titans Vs Deccan Chargers Premier Scorecard.
Match Video: See [link= Match Video[/link].
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