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My Cricket experience in Newcastle... plahing with brits in full whites, in a ground which is as good as MAC, chennai... if i immagine the way i played in chennai, with torn half trousers, dirty t-shirt, no shoes....oh my god!! lots of differnces...but i still like the street cricket that i played back in madras... those days are lovely!! tha passion we had for cricket and the aggression we had shown to win games is much higher!!!

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

My First Double Header!

its been a great week end for me since i played two matches in two days.
On saturday, i played a match for a division 1 club called corbridge. I again travelled 25 miles north of newcastle to another stunning village. It was a fourty overs match and to my surprise, i was asked to go in at number 4. I padded up during the first over and got my chance only in 37th over. I managed to score a quick 17 not out (9b, 1X4). We scored 209 runs off the allorted 40 overs...
The opponents started steadily making 45 runs of the first ten overs without loosing a wicket.. then they collapsed a bit and they required 80 runs of the last ten overs. i was asked to bowl three overs.. i was a bit afraid becasue it was a crutial stage of the match and the guys who played with me in madras know how well i bowl under pressure!! fortunately for me, i went only for 14 runs and took a wicket, caught and bowled!! eventually, they were all out for 178 runs...
after the match was over, it rained for a couple of minutes and sun came out.. two wonderful rainbows came out in the sky...wonderful scene to watch.. i have never seen two rainbows at a time on the sky...and all 7 colors were clearly visible in the first rainbow.. wonderful scene..
after the match was over, they prepared a barbeque on the ground, and i had some good burgers and drinks...
on sunday, i played for my home club (Genetics) in a ground which is couple of minutes walking from my house. Again, we batted first, again i was sent in at number 4. but this time, i went in during the 12th over and came back to the pavilion in the 13th over!! made one run (2b). i missed a straight ball and was bowled!! was a bit frustrated with myself... we managed only 125 runs of 40 overs... but, we managed to bowl the opponents out for just 78 runs.. i was getting a good line and length and my bowling figures was 5-1-9-1.. Missed out with the bat, but we managed to win!!
after two matches in two days, i was a bit stiff this morning and came to office as tired as a dog!!
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