STMicro vs OPTO : Luminous Cup'06
Tournament - Luminous Cup (Corporate Cricket) 2006
Match : ST vs OPTO
Date : 25th Feb, 2006
Venue : Central Sectt. Ground
Toss : ST won the toss and elected to field
The 25th day of Feb, Central Sectt. sports ground, it was a day of scorching heat, even in the month of Feb. The stage was set for a thrilling encounter and both the teams were eager to show their supremacy onto the other. ST captain won the toss and elected to bowl first to put some pressure on the opponent batsmen.
OPTO's opener (Negi) started the match in a great style by hitting Nitin for a huge six over covers and took the initiative from the very first over. Rudola bowled some tight overs from the other end and Nitin also tried all the weapons in his kitty to stop the flow of runs. But to no avail, their batsmen started playing with some authority and STians were already feeling the heat. Rudola was able to get one of the openers in his last over and ended the spell with a respectable figures of 25 runs in his quota of 5 overs.
Our first change bowler Sudip, in pursuit of getting some quick wickets, erred in line and length and wasn't able to bowl those beauties for which he is known. He was very unlucky as couple of chances went down on his bowling and captain, for once, made a mistake of taking him off the attack and ST paid heavily for missed chances offered to Negi. He smashed, all other bowlers, all over the ground and made a very aggressive hundred. Narwal and Lalit bowled their heart out in those trying conditions, but were not good enough to stamp the flow of runs. OPTO made 192 runs at the end of 25 overs and ST had a taunting task at their hands to chase a very big total.
The ST's innings started in a bad way with our opener Vij getting out for a single in the second over of the innings, but Das and Lokesh made sure that ST didn't loose any further wickets for the next 6 overs. Their opening bowlers were bowling very well, but Das and Lokesh were upto the mark and as soon as they saw the opening bowlers through, they started playing in their usual aggressive manner. Both of them lost their wicket in pursuit of increasing the scoring rate. Bharat and Nitin steadied the ship for a while and added 40 odd runs in next 5 overs. But the dismissals of both of them in quick successions didn't help the cause.
Now it was the responsibility of Narwal and Lalit to carry the flag of ST cricket team forward. They both played really well and OPTO fielders started feeling the heat. Lalit after making a brisk 20 lost his wicket, trying to up the run rate. Mudit and Abhishek sacrificed their wicket for team's cause and ST were 120 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 18 overs and still requiring 73 runs in remaining 7 overs. Harsh joined Narwal in the centre and soon started playing his shots. They both played very sensible and calculated game and the target, which at one stage was looking impossible, started to look achievable. Both of them ran very well between the wickets and hit every loose delivery for a boundary.
Narwal lost his wicket when ST requiring another 35 runs off 20 deliveries to win and it seems that ST challenge would be over soon, but Sudip, the last man in, played some unbelievable shots and hit 3 boundaries in as many balls and took ST team ever so close to victory. Harsh, while trying to clear the fence, lost his wicket and we lost the match by a narrow margin of 13 runs with 3 balls still to be bowled. It was a great fight back by our batsmen. It was a great game of cricket , played with lot of intensity and passion. Both the teams gave their best and the better team, on the day, won.
Brief Score Card:
Bowling: O R W
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Nitin - 3 22 0
Rudola - 5 25 1
Vij - 5 36 3
Sudip - 2 24 0
Narwal - 5 34 1
Lalit - 5 38 1
OPTO : 192/8 in 25 overs
Batting : Runs Balls
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Vij - 01 (02)
Lokesh - 11 (26)
Das - 15 (16)
Bharat - 14 (11)
Nitin - 20 (16)
Narwal - 56 (39)
Lalit - 20 (14)
Mudit - 00 (01)
Abhishek- 00 (02)
Harsh - 22 (14)
Sudip - 16* (08)
ST : 179/10 in 24.3 overs
Man of the Match : Yogender Negi (OPTO)
RESULT: ST lost by 13 runs
Match : ST vs OPTO
Date : 25th Feb, 2006
Venue : Central Sectt. Ground
Toss : ST won the toss and elected to field
The 25th day of Feb, Central Sectt. sports ground, it was a day of scorching heat, even in the month of Feb. The stage was set for a thrilling encounter and both the teams were eager to show their supremacy onto the other. ST captain won the toss and elected to bowl first to put some pressure on the opponent batsmen.
OPTO's opener (Negi) started the match in a great style by hitting Nitin for a huge six over covers and took the initiative from the very first over. Rudola bowled some tight overs from the other end and Nitin also tried all the weapons in his kitty to stop the flow of runs. But to no avail, their batsmen started playing with some authority and STians were already feeling the heat. Rudola was able to get one of the openers in his last over and ended the spell with a respectable figures of 25 runs in his quota of 5 overs.
Our first change bowler Sudip, in pursuit of getting some quick wickets, erred in line and length and wasn't able to bowl those beauties for which he is known. He was very unlucky as couple of chances went down on his bowling and captain, for once, made a mistake of taking him off the attack and ST paid heavily for missed chances offered to Negi. He smashed, all other bowlers, all over the ground and made a very aggressive hundred. Narwal and Lalit bowled their heart out in those trying conditions, but were not good enough to stamp the flow of runs. OPTO made 192 runs at the end of 25 overs and ST had a taunting task at their hands to chase a very big total.
The ST's innings started in a bad way with our opener Vij getting out for a single in the second over of the innings, but Das and Lokesh made sure that ST didn't loose any further wickets for the next 6 overs. Their opening bowlers were bowling very well, but Das and Lokesh were upto the mark and as soon as they saw the opening bowlers through, they started playing in their usual aggressive manner. Both of them lost their wicket in pursuit of increasing the scoring rate. Bharat and Nitin steadied the ship for a while and added 40 odd runs in next 5 overs. But the dismissals of both of them in quick successions didn't help the cause.
Now it was the responsibility of Narwal and Lalit to carry the flag of ST cricket team forward. They both played really well and OPTO fielders started feeling the heat. Lalit after making a brisk 20 lost his wicket, trying to up the run rate. Mudit and Abhishek sacrificed their wicket for team's cause and ST were 120 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 18 overs and still requiring 73 runs in remaining 7 overs. Harsh joined Narwal in the centre and soon started playing his shots. They both played very sensible and calculated game and the target, which at one stage was looking impossible, started to look achievable. Both of them ran very well between the wickets and hit every loose delivery for a boundary.
Narwal lost his wicket when ST requiring another 35 runs off 20 deliveries to win and it seems that ST challenge would be over soon, but Sudip, the last man in, played some unbelievable shots and hit 3 boundaries in as many balls and took ST team ever so close to victory. Harsh, while trying to clear the fence, lost his wicket and we lost the match by a narrow margin of 13 runs with 3 balls still to be bowled. It was a great fight back by our batsmen. It was a great game of cricket , played with lot of intensity and passion. Both the teams gave their best and the better team, on the day, won.
Brief Score Card:
Bowling: O R W
----------------
Nitin - 3 22 0
Rudola - 5 25 1
Vij - 5 36 3
Sudip - 2 24 0
Narwal - 5 34 1
Lalit - 5 38 1
OPTO : 192/8 in 25 overs
Batting : Runs Balls
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Vij - 01 (02)
Lokesh - 11 (26)
Das - 15 (16)
Bharat - 14 (11)
Nitin - 20 (16)
Narwal - 56 (39)
Lalit - 20 (14)
Mudit - 00 (01)
Abhishek- 00 (02)
Harsh - 22 (14)
Sudip - 16* (08)
ST : 179/10 in 24.3 overs
Man of the Match : Yogender Negi (OPTO)
RESULT: ST lost by 13 runs
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