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Oops! I (we) did it again……
Britney Spears did not sing that for BayCC Reds but who cares….
Britney Spears did not sing that for BayCC Reds but who cares….
BayCC Reds beat one of the top teams in SRCA, Piccadily Pacers today. Piccadily had won 4 out of the 5 games they had played so far in the tournament. They came in looking high and mighty, filled with confidence and we came in knowing that losing was not an option. A lost game would have thrown us out of the tournament….and then we would have to listen to our Captains lecture about how and where we messed up:)
On a windy day, the BayCC Reds captain, Imran Rizvi lost a toss that he badly wanted to win. We knew that the team batting first would have an advantage since the strong wind would help in carrying their shots.
Overall, BayCC Reds bowling was decent. We did not let the Piccadily batsmen dominate our bowling and kept chipping into their wickets consistently. At the end of 10 overs, Piccadily were 44 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. They seemed to be set for a big score. During the last 10 overs, BayCC Reds restricted the flow of runs and bowled the opposition out for 85 runs. From the bowling side, Ali Hussaini was the pick of the bowlers with great support from Saami, Adnan, Zarak and Aizaz. BayCC Reds fielding looked better than the last few games. Some great catches were taken by Zeeshan (one handed catch behind the stumps and 2 catches on the boundary), Imran Rizvi, one handed catch in the covers and Zarak, a great diving catch on the boundary. Aizaz, as usual was very effective behind the wickets, again stading up to the stumps, even on Saami’s bowling.
Facing a target of 86, against a good bowling attack, BayCC Red openers, Fayyaz and Adnan were sent in to bat by the captain with the instructions to ‘go on sensible offensive’. Our openers started slow and struggled to score runs off of some good pace bowling from the Piccadily bowlers. At the end of 4 overs, BayCC Reds had scored 6 runs at the loss of 1 wicket. Things did not look good. You could feel the desperation in this ‘do or die game’ from the fact that Showkat and Kareem were smoking like ‘chimney’s 
Then, ZARAK CAME….ZARAK SAW…..ZARAK CONQUERED!
Today, Zarak Afridi played like Shahid Afridi (for the record, our Afridi is more consistent than Shahid Afridi)
When Zarak started hitting sixes, Adnan joined the party. He started playing some great shots on the offside besides the big shots on the leg. Sandwiched between Zarak’s and Adnan’s onslaught, the ‘top ranked team’ looked pretty helpless. Their shoulders were down and they had defeat written all over their faces. Zarak’s 47 runs and Adnan’s 24 runs took the game away from Piccadily pacers. After Zarak and Adnan got out, Saami and Ali Hussaini were sent in to ‘clean up” the opposition. Ali, being Ali (his itch does not go away until he hits a six) hit a six when we needed only 2 or 3 runs to win. BayCC Reds wrapped up the game in 16 overs with the loss of only 3 wickets.
After this win, the captain was carried by the BayCC Reds players. The goal was to throw him up in the air, but after realizing that he is no “Katrina Kaif” and weighs quite a bit, the players put him down
Great captaincy by Imran today. He used his resources well and kept the opposition in check.
We had gone into this game as under dogs but came out as winners. The teams that were playing next were shocked to hear that BayCC Reds had beaten Piccadily Pacers. One of the players termed our win as “interesting”.
On to the next one now……here is wishing good luck to BayCC ……Blues and Reds…….
Latief
Hello BayCC
As we participate in the SRCA Winter League, it is very important for us to educate ourselves with the rules and regulations. Attached, please find the latest SRCA guide for your review.Here is the summary of new rules for this tournament:
- Power Play (3 power plays, 75’ inner circle, 9 fielders inside the circle and 2 fielders outside the circle)
- Both umpires can communicate if one of the umpire is not sure of the decisionThere is NO HOME Team concept.
- Morning teams will setup the mat, stumps and cones & afternoon teams will remove the mat, stumps and cones
- Absolutely NO Littering ! NO Gutkha ! NO Smoking !
- Boundary and pitch lengths are 165’ and 64’ respectively
- Bowling crease is 4’4” from the middle stump and 4’ in length
- Batting crease is 4’ in length with 3’ wide mark from the middle stump
- Power play circle and boundary are measured from the center of the pitch
Thank you.
BayCC Management
BayCC Reds played and won their first game of the SRCA tournament yesterday. The game was against the team ranked number 6 in the tournament, Challengers. Batting first, BayCC Reds scored 73 runs in 20 overs and then bowled the Challengers out for 62 runs in 19 overs.
Now the details:
BayCC Reds lost the toss….a bad toss to lose because the Challengers asked us to bat on a cold, foggy and wet morning. Kareem and Fayyaz opened for BayCC Reds. The Challenger bowling, as expected, was excellent. They kept the bowling tight and gave away only 4 runs in the first 4 overs, which were the power play overs.
Hello BayCC,
Hope you are doing well. Here is the schedule for our games and umpiring duties. Please note that the numbers next to the playing teams represent the ranking as we started this league. Please plan accordingly for these games.
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