Caution: 'PG' Rating (some coarse language and violence depicted in these narrations)
The inaugural performance for the stinkiest team in indoor cricket, the BK Durians, was a keenly anticipated event in many calendars, as this was the first time Bedok had set their blinkers and were making a determined effort to win the Seasoned Pro league. With this goal in mind, we approached these 2 games with the intent of stamping our ownership of the competition and let everyone savour the sweet sticky smell of success……… Unfortunately, as the team name suggests, the pungent odour that wafted over the playing field smelt like a combination of rotting custard and onion, spiced with the failure of a tactical nightmare gone horribly wrong, and topped with an after taste of jorgo soiling his pants......... Yes, we failed miserably!
Molested by Marina..
The first game against newcomers “Marina”, which was playfully touted as our “warm-up game” got off to a horrible start with a woeful performance with the bat from Tim and Lalith, conceding no fewer than 5 wickets and finishing with a grand total of 16………and unfortunately that was one of the better batting pairs, it just went downhill from there….. One strategic point to note, is that when BK’s performance dips……..we don’t seem to recover well (i.e. unable to shake off the willies). This carried through to our fielding we were beaten soundly 134 vs 70
Raped by Powerplay..
The second game was our chance to redeem ourselves! The group huddle between games allowed us to recoup and re-focus, and I have to say, our fielding performance against (arguably) the best 5 batsmen in the entire league (powerplay had ringin’s Karthik, Kedar and Dharmik) was nothing short of spectacular, with a pinch of good old fashioned sledging thrown in to season the broth, we had the opposing team struggling to find runs……and a few key wickets we managed to keep them down to a score of 80! Quite an achievable target one would think………… but wait, the unfalteringly familiar fetid fragrance of failure was ever there to smack us in the guts! A strategic withdrawal turned into a complete rout as more than 15 wickets were squandered in the short space of 12 overs……. So much so, that our grand total of “0” (no, I haven’t forgotten to write a number there, our score was zero!) was all karthik needed to throw all our hard earned sledging back in our faces.
All in all, an eye opening experience, obviously a LOT more work is needed on our batting partnerships, and also on our talk in the field…….. the key factor being that when someone makes a mistake, or a boundary is hit by the opposition, we as a team need to talk ourselves back into the game! The key moments where we looked like winning, were all when we were alert and applying pressure on the opposition – which became very obvious in the fielding portion of the second game.
The inaugural performance for the stinkiest team in indoor cricket, the BK Durians, was a keenly anticipated event in many calendars, as this was the first time Bedok had set their blinkers and were making a determined effort to win the Seasoned Pro league. With this goal in mind, we approached these 2 games with the intent of stamping our ownership of the competition and let everyone savour the sweet sticky smell of success……… Unfortunately, as the team name suggests, the pungent odour that wafted over the playing field smelt like a combination of rotting custard and onion, spiced with the failure of a tactical nightmare gone horribly wrong, and topped with an after taste of jorgo soiling his pants......... Yes, we failed miserably!
Molested by Marina..
The first game against newcomers “Marina”, which was playfully touted as our “warm-up game” got off to a horrible start with a woeful performance with the bat from Tim and Lalith, conceding no fewer than 5 wickets and finishing with a grand total of 16………and unfortunately that was one of the better batting pairs, it just went downhill from there….. One strategic point to note, is that when BK’s performance dips……..we don’t seem to recover well (i.e. unable to shake off the willies). This carried through to our fielding we were beaten soundly 134 vs 70
Raped by Powerplay..
The second game was our chance to redeem ourselves! The group huddle between games allowed us to recoup and re-focus, and I have to say, our fielding performance against (arguably) the best 5 batsmen in the entire league (powerplay had ringin’s Karthik, Kedar and Dharmik) was nothing short of spectacular, with a pinch of good old fashioned sledging thrown in to season the broth, we had the opposing team struggling to find runs……and a few key wickets we managed to keep them down to a score of 80! Quite an achievable target one would think………… but wait, the unfalteringly familiar fetid fragrance of failure was ever there to smack us in the guts! A strategic withdrawal turned into a complete rout as more than 15 wickets were squandered in the short space of 12 overs……. So much so, that our grand total of “0” (no, I haven’t forgotten to write a number there, our score was zero!) was all karthik needed to throw all our hard earned sledging back in our faces.
All in all, an eye opening experience, obviously a LOT more work is needed on our batting partnerships, and also on our talk in the field…….. the key factor being that when someone makes a mistake, or a boundary is hit by the opposition, we as a team need to talk ourselves back into the game! The key moments where we looked like winning, were all when we were alert and applying pressure on the opposition – which became very obvious in the fielding portion of the second game.
- By Special reporter Tim "Lalith Modi" Jaja
