Marina CC2 vs Bengal CC

Marina CC2 vs Bengal CC
9th Aug ,Monday
Turf City A, 13:00

1. Akki
2. Shan
3. Arun
4. Amit Redkar
5. Prem
6. Faiz
7. Kiran
8 . Ritesh
9. Sreedharan
10. Mani
11.Vivek

[TeamList] Singapore Police Vs Maina CC 3

M3 next game is against Singapore Police.

Venue: Police Academy
Date: 4th July (Sunday)
Time: 12 pm

It's an early start. The game starts at 12 so please be on the ground by 11: 15. Amit will be leading the team. Our bowling combination looks the best we had for this season. So go for it with full confidence and win it BIG.

1. Amit Bansal
2. Yogesh Naik
3. H.S. Srinivas
4. Mohan
5. Prem
6. Sridharan
7. Mani Bhat
8. Ramji
9. Haroon
10. Naveen
11. Suhas

Have fun guys :)

Team for Marina 3 vs SRC Knights

Our next match is against SRC knights at Turf City B. Time - 1pm Saturday (5th Jun). Please be at the ground by 12 15.

Here is the team for the weekend:

1. Raj
2. Amit Bansal
3. Vishesh
4. Mohan
5. Ramji
6. Deep
7. Amit Redkar
8. Srini Babai
9. Mani Bhat
10. Prem
11. Naman

From the team that played the last game Yogi (Playing Dennis Mayer's Memorial game) and Naveen (Back injury) are not available. For this game we have decided to strengthen the bowling. We have been giving out too many runs in the first 2 games. Hence Amit Redkar and Naman will be replacing them. So our bowling option for this game would be: Babai, Amit Redkar, Amit Bansal, Mani Bhat, Ramji and Naman.

Since Yogi is out, Vishesh will join Prem to open the innings.

As some of you know that I'm also part of an indoor cricket team. They also have a game this saturday and the team had a serious resource problem. So Deep and I will be playing both the games. Because of that we will be at the ground latest by 12 40. Apologies for that. Amit Bansal will go for the toss if it happens before I reach the ground.

Well thats about it. Hopefully we will play better then we did in the last game. Guys please post your feedback if you have any. Based on the last performance, we all should have some opinion and it would be good to know all of that before the game itself. So your comments will be much appreciated.

All the best guys.
Raj

The losing streak continues :(

Another weekend, same story. After M2's loss to Lanka Lions, M3 was hoping to bring some good news for Marina. On paper it looked like a good team and hence the hope.

Things started well for M3...we scored 171/7 in 30 overs. Babai made an excellent unbeaten 55 and was the star batsman. Prem (20+), Mohan(25+) and Bansal(11+) batted well and we were able to reach 171. So far so good.

Then the drama started. Baring the few opening overs, all our bowlers were literally hammered by the Lanka batsmen. They finished the game in the 19th over at the cost of 4 wickets. The batting was good, but they were really helped by wayward bowling and 43 extras. These 43 extras could have been a lot more, if Deep (our new keeper) had a bad day. His keeping was one of the few positives of the match. The field placing is also an area that we need to a hold on.

After more then a month's wait, a loss like this can be really demoralizing. But we have another chance to redeem ourselves on 5th June. We should prepare ourselves as best as we could in the next few days and be ready for the challenge.

Weekend Teamlist

At last M2 and M3 have some league matches. I'm sure after a month of waiting everyone must be raring to go and play some good cricket. So as captains (me and akki) expect some amazing performance from you all. We hope the preparation was descent enough and all those practice will come good in these matches.

So here are the teams for the two matches.

Lanka Lions 2 vs Marina 2
Ground: Turf City B
Date and Time: 28th May 2010, 1 pm

Team
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1. Akshay Sharma
2. Amit Joshi
3. Arun Bhaskar
4. Naveen Veeravalli
5. Ritesh Moudgil
6. Paul Badeskar
7. Faiz Modak
8. Chandrakiran Halaharivi
9. Prem Subramanian
10. Vivek Chopra
11. Amit Redkar


Marina 3 vs Lanka Lions 2
Ground: Turf City B
Date and Time: 30th May 2010, 1pm

Team
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1. Rajkishore Patel
2. Amit Bansal
3. Yogesh Naik
4. Prem Subramanian
5. Vishesh Goel
6. Mohan Roy Gargi
7. Arunva Banerjee (Deep)
8. H. S. Srinivas
9. Haroon Mufti
10. Mani Bhat
11. Natarajan Sundararaman (Ramji)

All of you be on the ground at 12 15pm sharp. It's an afternoon game, so I hope all of you can be there on time.

Both the teams look good and you all should expect to get some good match reports at the end of the game. All your best wishes are requested :)

-Raj & Akki

Marina 1 vs IA - Match Summary

Prabhu won the toss and decided to field. The first wicket came early, but the next pair batted well and put up a big partnership. Few wickets fell towards the end of the innings, but the IA batsmen kept scoring steadily. They were at 195 in 33 overs when the rain came.

It looked like washout, but the rain stopped and the Marina guys put a lot of effort to get the ground back into playable condition. In the end the game re-started at 5 40pm with a target of 112 in 16 overs. Vignesh and Ganesh started well for Marina and the partnership lasted till the 9th overs. The required run rate was slightly over 6 that time. But after that wicket, the IA bowler put the breaks on our scoring with regular wickets. Prabhu got out for in the first ball. Prem and Chandru were runout.

In the end 21 was required in the last two overs. Marina batsmen couldn't get the boundaries and we fell 6-7 runs short.

Return of Ramji

Our dear Ramji has decided to come out of his retirement. He has been registered for M3 and is available to play for M1/M2 if required.

Welcome back Ramji.

Marina 1 vs CSC - Match Summary

M1 vs CSC2 on 25th April 2010 at CSC

(Full Scorecard to follow later)

Marina1 won the toss and bowled first...

Prabhu and Mahesh opened the bowling, keeping the batsmen quiet with tight lines & lengths
2 wickets fell within first 5 overs, courtesy a sharp catch by Mahesh off Prabhu and a run out

Then the slow bowlers - Sri and Arun came on and immediately put the brakes on scoring
They bowled 16 overs in tandem, giving away only 53 runs & picking up 4 wickets between them
Arun especially bowled superbly, picking up 3 wickets
Surya and Maggie then came on and finished whatever little batting was left in CSC2
CSC2 was bundled out for 132 all out in the 36th over...

Bowling Stats:
Prabhu: 5 overs - 1 maiden - 13 runs - 1 wkt
Mahesh: 5 overs - 32 runs
Sri: 8 overs - 2 maidens - 22 runs - 1 wkt
Arun: 8 overs - 31 runs - 3 wkts
Surya: 5 overs - 14 runs - 2 wkts
Maggie: 4.5 overs - 1 maiden - 17 runs - 2 wkts

A big improvement on extras - 11 wides vis-a-vis the 24 we gave in the previous match

The chase was orchestrated superbly in clinical fashion
Ganesh and Vignesh put on their 2nd half-century partnership in 2 matches
Vignesh fell in the 8th over, caught at short cover after pushing a spinner back tamely
Thereafter it was fireworks time as Prabhu tore into the bowling with Ganesh playing 2nd fiddle
The duo put on unbeaten 85 runs in 8 overs that ensured M1 got the full 10 points in the kitty

Prabhu finished on 62 not out off just 28 balls with 5 sixes and 5 fours
Ganesh was at his steady best, scoring 40 not out off 50 balls with 3 fours

Batting stats:
Ganesh: 40 n.o. off 50 balls; 3 fours
Vignesh: 29 off 20 balls; 1 six & 4 fours
Prabhu: 62 n.o. off 28 balls; 5 sixes & 5 fours

Cheers!
Sri.

Mariners vs Marina CC2

Our first league game of this season.

Date/Time : 1st May / 08:00 am
Venue : Indian Association
Game Type : Away game .
Against : Mariners.

1. Akshay
2. Shan
3. Ritesh
4. Anshul
5. Naveen
6. Manoj
7. Paul
8. Kiran
9. Amit Redkar
10. Prem
11. Faiz

Please be at Indian Association by 7:30 am.
& Do not change the Captain's Plan A to Plan B,C,D... by being late.

All Playing for 10 points...

Go Marina.

-Akki.

M1 Score Sheets

Hi Guys,

Here are the  latest M1 Scoresheets

M1 vs SPA1

M1 vs SIA1

Marina 1 Vs SIA Match Report

A very good morning to all. I'm wishing you a pleasant day and an eventful week ahead. Yes! this email is a match report as the subject line says but I sincerely hope that this means much more to every one of us and the club we all play for.

I was having a kind of heartache when I went to bed on the 3rd of April. Marina had just lost two games they played on the day, the first one was sad and the second even bitter. And today the 18th of April it is just before bed and I'm sitting pretty relaxed, happy and my heart is beating with a sense of fulfillment. We won the game today being the very simple reason behind all this. And boy! what an emphatic difference from the 3rd April.

It is never fair to compare but hey! hold it for a moment. Are we doing as well a club we did five years ago? certainly not. I'm just pondering my reasons why. It is every bit human to like getting appreciated for what you have done and also nothing beats the feel of winning, the rush of blood and off course the peaceful sleep you get after all has ended. So why are we suddenly not doing well? What has gone missing? Yea..there are a few good players we lost to other clubs, better jobs and greener territories. But one thing which has been happening consistently for Marina is our ability to attract good like minded cricketers. As always, we make a good bunch of blokes who knows how to have fun on the cricket field. The best thing or things we can do to bring back our lost glory is to create more opportunities or rather conducive situations to interact more. Net session is one, going out together for drink is another, playing other sports, celebrating occasions etc etc. These would help to bring out other sides and hidden talents of each one of us. Trust me, all this would bring more fun and camaraderie which would eventually bring us back the Marina Magic. I would like every one of you reading this email to share your thoughts and ideas. It would be a smart step forward for a wonderful beginning.

Okay! back to game we played today, hope you don't mind my lighter vein.

M1's 'captain responsible' did no favors to guys like me who simply relies on emails for information. I told my wife my normal excuses for a Sunday morning game. It went something like, my butt is getting bigger, I need exercise, playing helps reduce cholesterol which means lesser chance of cardiac arrests etc etc. I would've been eating my words if we had no game to play this Sunday. Thankfully I was only wrong in the timing.

Yes! the afternoon looked bright and dry enough to have a good days cricket. So without knowing the complete eleven I got ready for the game. Prem had to be woken up, dressed and fed to get him on time for the game as he landed just hours before. Finally we started with nine guys on the field. This would've sparked some bad comments had we lost the game, but since it was a win we can afford to happily forget the mistakes.

Naveen started well in the first over but ended conceding a well hit boundary. It was a well timed loft over the bowlers head, it is not a pretty sight for the fielding side or bowler getting hit straight over the head. The very next over Prabhu, who incidentally troubled SPA top order with his new found 'swing', had SIA with his bounce!. Prabhu hit good length almost all the time over his eight over spell. However, in the first over he got pulled for a sweetly timed six over mid wicket by the same batsmen. Wow! Good shot. Are we chasing another 250 plus?

If the rabbit had to die it will surely. In the second Naveen over we struck gold, it was a good length delivery from Naveen which stood up to the same dashing SIA opener, he kind of scooped it to the covers. And now! who in world is going to catch it? Thanks to Ganesh, it was one of his two catches of the game which from all catch-ables were taken safely. And then we started our marathon of drops it was as if like.. oh you dropped an easy one? I'm gonna beat you. In a way it was good, all the initial droppers got back their confidence. If Sris drop was bad, Sushanth's was badder, mine was pathetic, then Arun beat me hands down dropping a golden lolly. Finally everything was sealed off by Prem's 'deal ya no deal' drop. End of story.

For the next few overs it was a Prabhu show, he troubled every batter with his bounce and good length. He got four scalps back to back which almost wrote SIA out of the game. But looking closely, we could've restricted them for much less had we kept the intensity alive through out. We got complacent and got them to register small cameos in the later part of their innings. SIA ended with 148 on the board, neither too big or too small. Always tricky these kind of targets.

Marina started well with Vignesh and Ganesh scoring freely, SIAs wayward bowling also helped our cause. We lost Ganesh and then Prem, both playing pre-meditated heaves. We were not looking good for 10 points. Then enter captain real responsible. This SIA spinner who was bowling then somehow managed good credits within the team. He did it with his expressions and gestures he gave out after every ball. BANG! here goes his theatrics over country to the deep Turf city ditch. SIX. The very next over there were few more effortless classics from the man we all know would certainly throw it away pretty soon. And soon he did. But by the time we needed just 3 runs of 9 balls to make it a 10 points win. We made those easy runs and that ended a good days cricket.

Cheers
Mags

Marina Final Team List

Phew...at last the three teams are finalized. Here is the list.

Marina 1

1. Prabhu Subramaniam (c)
2. Vignesh Gopalakrishnan
3. Ganapathy Chandrasekar
4. Trichy Mani Sridharan
5. Vijaya Ranga Prasad
6. Shushanta Kumar Guha
7. Mahesh Udayabhanu
8. Guduru Surya Prakash
9. Mahesh Kumar
10. Arun Bharadwaj
11. Ganesh Subramanian

Marina 2

1. Sharma Akshay Shivpal (c)
2. Faiz Modak
3. Thekkumkudy Gangadharan Manoj
4. Arun Bhaskar
5. Vasanth Singh Govardhan
6. Anshul Chandra
7. Shantonu Bhadury
8. Amit Joshi
9. Paul Bardeskar
10. Ritesh Moudgil
11. Halaharivi Chandra Kiran

Marina 3

1. Rajkishore Patel (c)
2. Amit Bansal
3. Pareet Desai
4. Mani Bhat
5. Balaraman Swaminathan
6. Yogesh Srinivasa Naik
7. Suhas Darekar
8. Vishesh Goel
9. Vivek Chopra
10. H.S. Srinivas
11. Mohan Roy Gargie
12. Arunava Banerjee
13. Uddaraju Sai Prakash
14. Haroon Mufti
15. Prem Subramaniam
16. Naveen Kumar Veeravalli (M1 gets priority)
17. Ramachandrappa Srinivasa (M1 gets priority)
18. Redkar Amit Ramesh (M2 gets priority)

Any any old marinoid wants to play this season, he will be registered in M3. All new players will also be registered in M3.

Indoor Cricket Tournament

We recently played an Indoor Cricket Tournament and won the championship. My team was named "The Old Monks" and it had 3 marinoids in it: Myself, Ritesh & Swami.

Click here for some of the pics from the final.

Many marinoids participated in the tournament:

Amit Bansal, Vivek Chopra, Maggie, Akki for Dell
Bipin for Nagarbhavi Ninjas
Sushant for Cracking Willows

Given the number, we should look at forming a Marina Indoor Cricket team for the next season :) Kya bolte ho bhai log?

Marina CC 3 vs Mariner CC 1 - Scoresheet

It was not a great start to the season for M3. We were not up to the mark in all aspect of the game and the score sheet reflect almost all of that:

Score Sheet

Guys, use this as a motivation for yourself and lets get back with bang in the next game.

Cheers
-Raj

Teamlist for Marina CC3 Vs Mariner CC 1

Its time to start the fun and M3 gets to do the honors. Our first match is on April 03 and here is final team list:

1. Rajkishore
2. Amit Bansal
3. Yogesh Naik
4. Srini Babai
5. Suhas
6. Vishesh
7. Vivek Chopra
8. Amit Redkar
9. Mani Bhat
10. Swami
11. Arun Banerjee

Time: 8 am (So be at the ground by 7 40 am)
Venue: Turf City B

Have fun over the long weekend...but save some for the match :)