had one t25 game last weekend... made a nooby mistake of not checking the fielder move and gave him a catch thinking it was a gap... nice duck, but had 2 wkts in the game, and we won the game regardless.
had two games this weekend...
first game 50 over, routed the other team for 123, and we gave our players batting opportunities to get some practice in the middle, won it quite easy...
2nd game was t25, it was us (ranked 4th) vs #1 ranking team, we won the toss, let them bat first, they unleashed at the get go, but we got a grip on the game in the middle overs and it seemed like 160ish target, but we were running behind the overrate big time and to cover that up ended up giving extra runs and final target was 199... went in to bat, lost our opener in 2nd over, I went 1 down, and the fire works began... lit her up literally, scored 80 with 12 4's and 4 6's, i washed them enough to the point their confidence was broken and you could feel them getting agitated amongst themselves... i was run out as i fell and tried to come back for a second and the bowler interfered and i fell again... umpire didnt see him obstruct the field so couldnt do much about it... just walked out... came out with the score around 150, and we won the game by 2 wkts in 22.2 overs... at one stage i peeled the skin off their spinners bowling lolz, this is how it went... his previous over i hit him for two fours over cover and behind square leg, which their skipper thought were flukey, so brings him on again i was at non-striker and tells his bowler to allow for a single so i can face, lolz, we took a single, and the guy pitched to me on middle stump, which i swept him for four, his captain getting annoyed, next ball he pitched on off stump but a bit short of good length so i rocked back and pulled him again for four... now his skipper is asking him to pitch outside the offstump as much as possible saying i wont be able to play, i told him he is bowling fine, just unlucky, guy goes yea yea we will see, i am like sure, 4th ball of the over he pitches outside the offstump i take a step down and hit a monster 6 on long on, while the ball is fetched asked their skipper "hunh araam ei, guy is bowling fine dont mess with his head"... he just goes at his bowler again yelling, while i tell him "i am gonna hit him again for 6"... this was working to my advantage coz i was messing with their heads too
... 5th ball a bit more out side the off stump but the same result, i stood the ground and hit him a bit straighter on the long on again for a big six... and while the ball is fetched, their skipper furious goes i am gona come and then lets see if you can do this or not... i tell him sure come on to bowl next over, he asks which end, and i replied it dont matter this end that end or from the middle of the pitch, just bring it... ball comes in guy pitches the 6th ball of the over and lolz bang, stepped down and over long on but more widdish from it but high and deep... guy went for 1 4 4 6 6 6 off the over, lolz... and i ask their skipper to come on to bowl (he too a good spinner) but backed out of the challenge...
my boys finished the game for the win, we downed the #1 team, boy was it a good and exciting game
