Indoor Cricket Season 6: Game 9 - BK Rojaks vs Power(fore)play

A six point summary of the match between BK Rojak and Powerplay..(also known as ..too lazy to write a proper one)

Faltering lines bowled by Rojaks and  Powerplay took us to the cleaners and made a mockery of    records piling up a record 185 in 12 darn overs..which is nearly as much as what Comwerks managed to score in total from their 10 games last season.

Uninspiring fielding was only a side-effect than the cause for us getting hammered. We dived and jumped but more so to get out of the way of screaming shots.

Careless batting is not something you want to start with when chasing..but then when you’re chasing 186 to win what do you really care about? Throw caution to the wind and go for the glory shots, unfortunately Rojaks only did the former, latter never really happened.

Karthick is worth 20 runs by simply fielding, let alone bowling or batting; exactly what he reinforced on that day, except for that he is not one of kind in a team that’s really got some power-players like Dharmik as well. Powerplay is a team to watch out for..hmm..will Century Eggs be able to take them down?

Everything  wasn’t bad after all – some notable performances were  Pacman’s impeccable first over despite playing cricket after such a long time. Last time he played was for the West Australian indoor cricket team “Waca waca gooolagoongzoongies” in Boomerang series in the year of 1956 and then  of course the newbie Daniel Ralph who showed a remarkable comeback in the second over after conceding 1000 runs in his first over

Damn the past and move on is all we can say now. Look forward to some wins in the coming weeks given we have played most of  the tough teams already!

-          By Special reporter ‘Fake indoor player’

Indoor Cricket Season 6: Game 8– BK Durians vs Bloomberg

Round 3 of the cricket season and all 3 BK teams were stunned into disbelief with the worst start to a season on record........ a total of 6 games across the 3 teams and we remained winless!!! The elite of BK Durians had something to prove!

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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-7Vu7cqB20

We met under the dodgy lamplight outside the cage and swore our oaths to break the losing streak..... with words of "just get the basic stuff right...and don't get out!" we pledged our allegiance to the cause. The game was against Bloomberg, the setting...... cage 3

We won the toss and elected to bat, and in the style of a true leader Lalith and Chris led the charge scoring 43 of the first pair, rising to the challenge, Jorgo and Tim also managed 43 despite Jorgo getting bowled first ball, and rounding up an amazing batting effort with some beautiful running between the stumps - Patrick and Rod finished the innings with an inspirational 35..... Total score 121

The depression on the side of Bloomberg was palpable from the first over of their batting where Jorgo, and then Tim each took 2 wickets during their overs, leaving Bloomberg with the almost impossible task of recovering (after the first pair) from a score of 9. Aside from a short spurt by the last pair, Bloomberg never really looked like being much of a challenge with a grand total score of 60.

Our Fielding - inspirational, Our bowling - magnanimous, Our batting - Spectacular! Lalith's captaincy - forgettable! BK Durians finally figured out effective batting pairs, and produced a performance worth writing home about........ and finally, got the win their confidence sorely needed......

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-          By Special reporter Tim “Lalith Modi” Jaja

Indoor Cricket Season 6: Game 7– BK Century Eggs vs Octopus

Our first game as one team, and unfortunately not a great result. Prashant and Adrian opened, with Prashant getting some nice shots in the first over. But, some sloppy run outs left them at a score of 12 at the end of their innings. Amy and Anil came on next, facing some good bowling from Octopus. Unfortunately, they were run out four times and caught once. Both Anil and Amy running across the field led to a massive bump; seen more from our rugby cousins. She was alright, and they finished the innings with -13, leaving us -1 for Gordon and Kumar who was testing the game out. They both played some good shots, and managed a decent 24 to leave us exposed at a total of 23.

The bowling was a little better. Through Prashant's bowling, the Century Eggs got two run outs, and a catch that was deflected from Prashant onto Adrian. The very next over, Amy came on and sent down a sizzler that was hit back to Adrian, who juggled it over to Amy. Gordon then took a fantastic stumping, leaving Octopus 33 after the first pair. The next two pair saw another two run-outs by Kumar, first on Adrian's bowling, then down the other end to Gordon. Another stumping by Gordon on Kumar's bowling, but the damage was done by Octopus finishing at 107.

Overall, losing 9 or so wickets will make your chances of winning very tough. We have to focus on well-executed batting, solid running between the wickets and not getting out. Our fielding was decent, and more practice on bowling to ensure we are not getting slapped around.

-          By Special reporter Julian Tate