Scorecard

Emmbrook & Bearwood v Phoenix Cricket Club Phoenix on Sun 13 Jun 2010 at 2pm
Phoenix Cricket Club Won 9 wickets

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With Fabian still out injured, Nad was still in charge of his cartel for the game against Emmbrook & Bearwood. On losing the toss Nad was asked to make first use of the ball and field first.

Phoenix came out of the traps with fire and gusto as they made early breakthroughs due to some excellant bowling & fielding. The first was Sanj's stunning one handed catch in gully off Snoop's bowling, second was Snoop's own caught & bowled combination, third was Sofian's one hand pick up and throw hitting the bottom of the middle stump to execute a brilliant run out of his own bowling and finally Jay's quick hands to affect a stumping of Nad's bowling. The dukes cricket ball was not affecting Phoenix as the Jabulani ball was used as an exucse for Rob Breen's howler versus the USA in the World Cup.

Phoenix were on top of the game with Emmbrook & Bearwood struggling at fifty-six for five when Nad took the foot of the accelartor and took of his main strike force. The opportunity was taken gladly by both Gindi and Vishal who in turn bowled beautifully with gile, flight and turn.

Palwankar Baloo, not known to many Indians of this generation, a high quality left-arm spinner of ‘untouchable’ origins would have been proud of this display. Cricket in India under the British rule during his time (late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries) was played among religious groups like Hindus, Muslims, Parsees and English team, which consisted of the British ruling class. Baloo, a groundsman at Pune Club, would be asked to bowl after his day’s work as a net bowler by the captain of the club, J G Greig. Impressed with his bowling, Greig asked the bowler to move to Bombay so that he could showcase his talent there, which was then considered to be the cradle of Indian cricket.

But the caste divide in the Hindu ranks came to haunt Baloo as he was denied an entry into the Hindu squad. The reason was that it was not possible for the upper caste Hindus to play along with an ‘Untouchable’. Though he appeared for the Parsees for sometime, he forced his way into the Hindu side by the dint of his sheer talent as a crafty left-arm spinner.

At tea, Phoenix had to chase one-hundred and forty five to win the game.

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Jay opened the innings and as soon as the second ball the fireworks began. What came next was a firworks display of big hitting which the Chinese would have been proud of. Jay was in his zone and the Phoenix made their own vuvuzela noise as each boundary was cheered raucously and boisterously in good humor of course.

Jay made a magnificent one-hundred and twelve runs not out as he hit smashed, decimated, demolished and clobbered thirteen fours and six sixes. Phoenix chased down the score in just eighty-six balls.

The man of the match award goes to Jay for his batting masterclass. The half man and half amazing BDM Amazer award goes to Sofian for his amazing run out. A special mention to Jay for passing four hundred runs for the season thus far.

A special thanks to Emmbrook & Bearwood who knew early on that defeat was inevitable but they battled away admirably in the heat and being wonderful hosts. As for Phoenix, they conducted themselves with dignity and humility as they did not go out to disrespect the opposition playing the game with charm & respect. Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

To quote Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Poet, Playwright and Essayist, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, 1861-1941) “We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”

Emmbrook & Bearwood Batting
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TOTAL :
 
for 9 wickets
0
145 (0.0 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Phoenix Cricket Club Phoenix Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Sofian Mohammed6.002100.003.50
Anup 'Snoop' Jhooti8.011527.501.88
Nadeem 'Nad' Rashid5.012045.004.00
Sanjeev Kumar5.0025125.005.00
Gurvirinder 'Gindi' Dyal8.012000.002.50
Vishal-Karna Kumar5.0126126.005.20
Noman Sohail2.001500.007.50

Phoenix Cricket Club Phoenix Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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for 1 wickets
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149		        
Jorawar 'Jay' Dhillon Not Out  112 1
Aslan Baig ct  Deep Extra Cover 13
Soloman Saleem Not Out  16
Anup 'Snoop' Jhooti   1
Vishal-Karna Kumar  
Inderjit 'Indi' Jassal  
Sanjeev Kumar   1
Sofian Mohammed   1
Gurvirinder 'Gindi' Dyal  
Noman Sohail  
Nadeem 'Nad' Rashid  

Emmbrook & Bearwood Bowling

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  • Umpire :
  • Scorer :
    Sanjeev Kumar