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02 Oct 2011 : 2011 HCL Finals - CR Kings beat NCC by 18 runs in the Final of HCL 2011; CRK: 286/5 in 30 Overs; NCC: 268/8 in 30 Overs;

On October 1st, after many weekends during the season that featured sub-optimal cricket conditions, the Gods finally relented and provided the perfect weather for the HCL League Final played between the reigning champions, the Kings of Cedar Rapids, and the Nebraska Cricket Club.  

NCC won the toss and elected to field first.  When in form, Siva Sattanathan is a sight to behold. However, of late he has been providing too many cameos for a batsman of his caliber.  Siva did not waste too much time getting things going, smashing a four to the cover fence off the second ball he faced.  But he perished in trying to duplicate the feat, edging behind to the keeper, Prashant Paymal, off the bowling of Sushrut Kamerkar. (7 in 5 balls, 1 four)

Parvath Reddy likes to hammer the ball in the V and hit a couple of fours but, in general, found it hard to pierce the strong off-side field.  Not surprisingly, in trying to manufacture a shot to the leg-side, Parvath lost his stumps to Janmejay JJ Tanwar (14 in 23 balls, 2 fours).

In the 2010 final, Alok Reddy Madasani and Mohan Kumar Kondapalli took on the pressure of a chase and calmly guided CRK to their first ever championship.  With the benefit of past experience to fall back on, Alok began slowly, not scoring off the first 8 balls he faced.  At the other end, Mohan also took a sedate approach, scoring 5 off the first 10 balls.  But this was just the quiet before the storm.  And what a perfect storm it was that followed.  Without making any agricultural cross-batted swings the duo proceeded to scythe through the NCC bowling, peppering the boundaries with cover drives, flicks, and cuts of the finest quality.  The Holiday Park ground was very fast and gave full support to traditional-looking cricket shots.  Over 12 overs, the duo put on exactly 100 runs with both players contributing equally to the score.

Alok took up the onus of accelerating the scoring by threading drives through cover and mid-wicket before launching three sixes in the mid-wicket to long-on region to anything wayward in length.  Alok was the first to complete his 50 but perished soon after trying to launch Phil Blake through the off-side to be safely caught by Sushrut at extra cover.  (55 runs in 38 balls, 5 fours, 3 sixes).

Mohan bats with the type of elegance usually associated with left-handers (the Sangakkara variety not the Allan Border kind) and waited for the bowlers to come into his zone, driving through cover and flicking through midwicket-square leg when the ball was on the stumps.  When in his forties, he flicked straight in and out of the fielder's hands at midwicket.  rather then dwell on that drop, Mohan proceeded to start expanding his hitting zone and the run-rate picked up drastically.  

Ganesh Krishnasamy and Mohan had a terrible mix-up with both batsmen looking at each other from one end.  However, NCC missed two chances to execute the run-out, one from either side, and the horse had bolted.  Ganesh looked uncomfortable handling the fastish pace of Phil Blake but took a distinct liking to the usually-dangerous Francis Origanti's dibbly-dobblers, who was hammered for 2 sixes and 3 fours by him.  By the time Ganesh's inning came to an end, caught at the mid-wicket boundary by JJ off Amit Phatak's bowling, he had taken the CRK score past 200 with overs to spare.  (49 runs in 30 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes).

If the NCC bowlers thought they were in for some respite, they were in for a surprise.  With the score already in the region of ginormous proportions, Kannan Sethuraman did not waste any time getting his eye in, hitting 4 of the first 6 balls he faced to the fence.  Actually, why stop there?  He hit 8 of the 12 balls he faced to the fence or over it.  Just the type of finishing touch an inning needs.

Mohan was starting to tire after his long inning and skied the ball to deep cover where JJ took a good running catch off Amit's bowling.  (82 runs in 66 balls, 6 fours, 2 sixes).

Rakesh Rao came in, launched a four and a six just for fun and the CRK inning was (mercifully for the NCC bowlers) stopped after the mandatory 30 overs.  Kannan remained not out on 42 in 12 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes.  Rakesh was not out on 14 in 6 balls with 1 four and 1 six.

CRK scored 286 for 5 in 30 overs, the highest score in the history of HCL Finals.  Chasing it down would require a special effort and NCC had the right-minded batsmen for just that.

287 to win in 180 balls, 10 wickets in hand.  A walk in the park.  In heavy rain.

The NCC inning got off to as disastrous a start as possible.  After his lousy captaincy, C.S. Manish capped off a personally miserable day for him, showing neither the technique nor the skill to play the first ball off Shivaji Pokala, giving Kannan a routine catch behind the stumps.  Career-ending innings typically come in such inadequate fashion.  (0 runs in 1 ball).

Amit Phatak and Prashant Paymal then showed their ineffective captain exactly how to bat on this wicket, stitching together a 43 run partnership in the next 24 balls.  Amit has been NCC's linchpin this season, providing launching pads that have been capitalized by JJ Tanwar batting down the order.  Taking on the bowling in his inimitable style Amit brought some cheer to the camp but played all over a straighter one from Shivaji to bowled but not before launching a 6 and a four over mid-wicket that would have been boundaries on any ground in the world.  (22 runs in 12 balls, 1 four, 1 six).

Prashant is an excellent batsman, especially square off the wicket, but was bogged down by the tight wicket-to-wicket line of Mohan.  In an attempt to do something different, he charged at the ball, looking to chip it over the infield, and Kannan pulled off the easiest of stumpings.  (15 runs in 18 balls).

Fresh off his death-defying batting feats in the T20 portion of the league, JJ pulled the first ball he faced to the fence and looked in as ominous touch as anyone on the day, caressing boundaries intermingled with hard-run 3's.  Gaurav Patil was sent up the order to keep the boundaries rolling and he obliged with just that, hammering the straight and square boundaries off Mohan's bowling.  However, in Ganesh's first over, he changed the entire nature of the contest when he hammered a straight drive back to the bowler.  The ball deflected off Ganesh's hands onto the stumps, finding JJ short of the crease while backing up.  Ominous signs do not come more ominous than this - NCC was in trouble. (JJ scored 24 in 16 balls with 3 fours).

In Mohan's next over, Gaurav missed a pull shot that harmlessly flew up and hit his helmet.  However, Kannan had other ideas, scurrying around the batsman, tumbling and taking a catch on the second rebound.  (27 runs in 18 balls with 5 fours).

At this point, the score was 100 for 5 in 12 overs.  108 balls left, 187 runs to win, 5 wickets in hand.  A walk in the park. During a thunderstorm.

NCC's trump card was yet to come, Francis Origanti.   Feared throughout the HCL for his thundering hits, Francis tried really hard to get some momentum going but had a very hard time connecting properly.  It is a measure of Francis's abilities that on an off-day he still managed to score more than a run-a-ball.  However, the lack of acceleration got to Francis and, in trying to keep the strike, got stumped by Kannan off Ganesh.  (35 runs in 31 balls, 2 fours, 1 six).  145 for 6 in 19.2 overs.

142 runs required in 64 balls, 4 wickets in hand.  A walk in the park.  During a hurricane.

Shardul Sohani is a batsman designed for a different league with different grounds, maybe even a different era.  Happy to bat on the back foot and punch the ball through cover and in the V, Shardul has struggled on grounds that have very thick grass, curtailing his scoring.  On this day, however, the fast paced Holiday Park ground gave him just the arena he needed to showcase his skills.  After a tough start where he was probably trying to hit the ball too hard, Shardul settled down and with Anish proceeded to bring the match back towards NCC.  Flicking to fine-leg and driving on the up to cover, Shardul provided the spark needed to ignite a fire.  Anish Mathew provided all the fuel.  In the next 28 balls, the pair put on 63 runs in contrasting fashion.  Shardul eased the ball into the gap while Anish hammered the cover off it, including two sixes over cover.  However, in going for a tight third run, Anish was found short and NCC's chances took a big hit.  (31 runs in 15 balls, 1 four and 2 sixes).  The pair put on 58 runs in 26 balls and at one stage were threatening to take the game away from CR Kings.

79 runs to win in 29 balls, 3 wickets in hand.  A walk in the park.  In a tornado.

Phil Blake's ability to hit the ball appears to be thought highly of only by his captain with some teammates openly wondering whether he could even hit the ball.  On this day, Phil showed that he could, indeed, hit the ball very hard and very long if it landed in his hitting zone.  With every hit being cheered lustily and every boundary resulting in a mid-pitch consultation by the fielders, the pressure mounted.  11 runs came in the 27th over, 16 in the 28th, and 14th in the 29th.  Suddenly, with 6 balls to go, 21 runs were needed. 

Off the second ball, Shardul who scored an elegant 56 of 45 balls with 4 boundaries, launched a straight drive towards long-off.  The ball hung in the air for a long time and Ganesh calmly took the catch on the edge of the boundary.  A matter of inches and the game was almost decided at that point, though Phil batting on 41 off 18 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes, still had to face the remaining 4 balls from the find of the season for CRK, Shivaji.   The next four balls were dot balls & thus CR Kings lifted the HCL Championship for 2011.

NCC, true to their reputation put up a fight for the ages but, in the end, CRK very deservedly went on to win the match by 18 runs.  A record 554 runs were scored in 60 Overs.  All season long, these two teams had stood out over the rest of the league and it was a fitting finale to a very well-contested HCL 2011 season. 
For his outstanding batting and tight bowling, Mohan was adjudged the Man of the Match. 


 The Man of the Series award was given to Ganesh Krishnasamy who was outstanding in all three departments for CRK.



Other awards were also announced on the day:

HCL season 2011 – Awards

Champion: Cedar Rapids Kings XI 

Runners-up: Nebraska Cricket Club

1.  League Best Batsman: Money Khanuja (KCC)

2.  League Best Bowler: Amit Phatak (NCC)

3.  League Best Fielder: C.S. Manish (NCC)

4.  League Best Keeper: Prashant Paymal (NCC)

5.  Man of the Series:  Ganesh Krishnasamy (CRK)

6.  Man of the Match (Finals):  Mohan Kondapalli (CRK)



HCL T20 championship 2011 – Awards

Champions: Nebraska Cricket Club

Runners-up: Iowa Bulls

Man of the Match (final): Janmejay JJ Tanwar (NCC)

Man of the Series: Janmejay JJ Tanwar (NCC)

1.  Best Batsman:  Anand Chittoor (IBL)

2.  Best Bowler: Shivaji Pokala (CRK)

3.  Best Fielder: Vinod Patel (IBL)

4.  Best Wicket-keeper: Prashant Paymal (NCC)



Service/Recognition Awards:

1.  Gau Sura (KCC)

2.  Utpal Patel (IBL)


26 Sep 2011 : NCC wins the inaugural Heartland Cricket League T20 Championship.
On Sunday, 25th of September 2011, the Bulls of Iowa drove into Omaha to play the Cricket Club of Nebraska (who really should have a mascot) in the final of the HCL T20 championship.  The weather was picture perfect, in the mid-70's with not a single cloud in the sky.  After the dismal conditions of the previous weekend, it was great to have such wonderful weather.

Damian De Rozairo broke the habit of a lifetime and finally won a toss and asked IBL to bat first.  Vinod Patel and Achal Patel (not related, I think) came out bats swinging from the get go as Damian attacked with everyone inside the 15 yard line.  Sushrut Kamerkar and Phil Blake thundered in and eventually got both batsmen caught at third man off a slash.  However, Vinod took a while to dislodge, helped along the way by a dropped catch (the fielder claimed to have lost sight of the white ball because of a white cloud...a cloudless sky notwithstanding).  Biren Desai and Asif Shaikh fell to the spin twins (in bowling speed only) Shardul Sohani and Swarit Agarwal.  That brought Anand Chittoor to the stage and, boy, did he relish it.  A fast bouncer was sent thundering onto the road, nearly decapitating a passing cyclist.  Anand threatened to take the game away with a few more crushing hits to the fence, before he was caught in two minds and got out, off a leading edge, in Amit Phatak's first over.  Amit, building on his reputation as the highest wicket-taker in the league, took 3 more wickets and Francis Origanti finished the inning off in typical fashion for NCC.  IBL was all out for 137 in the 19th over.  Between the two of them Amit and Francis took 6-0-31-6.

The NCC inning got off to a fast but stuttering start as the batsmen were taking runs quite freely but also getting out in the same fashion.  Vinod Patel helped himself to three catches, while Francis provided the initial impetus with a 31 ball 38.  At the other end, Janmejay JJ Tanwar was biding his time.  Unfortunately for him, his team-mates had other ideas.  A rash of run-outs coupled with atrocious batting by others suddenly left NCC with the task of getting 39 runs in 24 balls, with 3 wickets in hand.  By this time the IBL bowlers, Shiva Kempaiah in particular, were keeping up the pressure and the boundaries dried out completely and the pressure got to the NCC batsmen.  The next two overs featured two more dismissals and suddenly, 25 were required in 2 overs with only 1 wicket in hand.

NCC's sole hope lay with JJ.  Keeping him company was the #11 Swarit Agarwal.  Swarit is many things - a good writer, a great scorer, a fabulous cook - but hitting sixes is way down on the list of things he is particularly adept at.  So, he settled for the next best thing he could do - run up and down the pitch every time JJ hit the ball.  Six balls later, JJ had calmly reduced the equation to 12 runs needed, one over to go.

JJ and Swarit ran two, two, and two off the first three balls.  Six runs needed to win 3 balls to go.  JJ decided it was time to be a hero, and went down on one knee to launch Anand over the midwicket fence for the winning six, taking NCC to a 1 wicket win with 2 balls to spare.  (A walk in the park.  Never. A. Doubt. *phew*)  

A measure of IBL's discipline in bowling and fielding was that, in the entire inning, the NCC batsmen were able to hit just 4 fours and 1 six.  Anshul Kumaria's leg spinners were a handful and he ended up with the fabulous figures of 4-0-19-4 as batsman after batsman was clueless against his dipping deliveries.

The match was played in great spirits and both sides fought tooth and nail, ensuring the match was worthy of a final.  Not surprisingly, JJ Tanwar was adjudged the Man of the Match.  To put his inning into perspective, JJ scored 40 of the last 45 runs needed by NCC.  He finished with 46 in 24 balls (2 fours and a six).  



25 Sep 2011 : CR Kings beat ECC; CRK 187/8 in 30 Overs; ECC 131/10 in 25 Over; MOM: Ganesh Krishnasamy.

 

Elite's traveled to Cedar Rapids to play Kings in the semi-final of Heartland Cricket League.

      Elite's won the toss and asked CR Kings to bat first. CR Kings opened their account with a first ball boundary and continued to score briskly with their openers punishing the loose balls along the way. The score read about 30 at the end of 4 overs. ECC turned to Sunil Bulusu for a breakthrough and he indeed bowled Parvath to provide them with one. Siva and Mohan fell in the space of next 4 overs. Kannan joined Ganesh when the score was about 48 in 9 overs and the pair put on 60+ partnership in the next 12 overs. Sudhir had Kannan Caught and with Kings nearing the slog overs, Ganesh opened up and hit consecutive sixes of Vijay but lost his wicket when he went for the third six. With very sensible lower order batting from Ashok and Shivaji, Kings were able to put 187 on board. For ECC, Sunil Bulusu bowled an excellent spell of fast bowling to control Kings scoring at crucial points in the match.

      ECC opening batsman concentrated on scoring steadily and that allowed Kings to slip in few quiet overs before Ganesh and Pradeep opened up and scored few boundaries in the fourth over bowled by Mani. Shivaji had Pradeep caught n bowled in the next over to provide Kings with an opening. Kumar was introduced in the other end and he bowled Ganesh in his second over. Babu joined Sunil and  they looked to consolidate the scoring but Mohan and Siva had other ideas as they combined to run-out Babu to leave ECC in a spot of bother. Prakash joined Sunil and realizing the gravity of the situation the pair saw out very good spell of Mohan till the break. After the break and Mohan continued his tight bowling along with Ganesh. Somebody has to blink first in this kind walk on a rope situation and ECC did blink first as Prakash was bowled by a beautiful ball from Mohan. This was followed by a direct hit effort from Kumar. Adharsh and Sudhir couldn't trouble the score card on this day as they were out caught very early into their innings. With tailender's to his company, Sunil decided to take the control of the innings and scored some beautiful shots to keep the run-rate ticking. With 52 needed from 5 overs and 3 wickets to take, the game was much tighter than what the final score card suggested. CR Kings nipped out the final 3 wickets with Sunil stranded at the runner end for 57 runs.

Ganesh Krishnasamy from CR Kings was adjudged Man of the match for his all round performance and helping his team to win the match.

HCL would like to thank Amer Sial & Amer Ijaz for officiating this game.

25 Sep 2011 : NCC beat HWK by 100 runs; NCC: 193/8 in 30 Overs; HWK: 93 all out; MOM: Janmejay Tanwar
An under-manned Iowa Hawkeyes team traveled to Omaha to play in the semi-final of the HCL Division I championships against NCC.  HWK won the toss and elected to bowl first.  

Urvil Patel bowled an unbroken 6 over spell in which he snared the two openers, followed by another quick wicket (the first of 3 on the day) for Dhaval Patel.  With the inning hanging in the balance, Janmejay JJ Tanwar settled down and with Shardul Sohani and then Anish Patel for company drove the NCC score to a formidable 193 for 8 in 30 overs.  JJ scored 87 in 70 balls with 6 fours and a six.  Urvil and Anup Gandhi took two wickets each to support Dhaval's bag of 3.

The HWK inning got off to the worst possible start when Urvil Patel played all over an inswinging yorker and was out first ball.  Three balls later, Sushrut Kamerkar breached Nikhil Sikka's defences and uprooted the leg-stump.  0 for 2 in 4 balls, and in spite of some stiff resistance by Suman Ghorai and Dhaval Patel, who farmed the strike and ensured the HWK inning was extended a fair bit, the HWK inning ended at 93, giving NCC the victory and a berth in the final (against CRK).

In the absence of neutral umpires, both teams umpired during their batting inning and there were no complaints from either side.  The game was played in a cordial manner and the HWK team should be commended for coming all the way to Omaha in spite of being short-handed.  JJ Tanwar was selected as the Man of the Match.

21 Sep 2011 : 9/20: NCC Vs IBL - Heartland Cricket League T20 Championship finals will be held in Levi Carter Park, Omaha on Sunday, 25th September at 9:00 AM.


18 Sep 2011 : 9/17: Iowa bulls beat CR Kings by 4 wickets; CRK: 140/8 in 20 Overs; IBL: 141/6 in 19.3 Overs; MOM: Shiva Kempiah.
After the NCC-KCC game, the Kings of Cedar Rapids played the Bulls of Iowa, based in Des Moines.  Parvath Reddy of CRK won the toss and decided to bat first.  Siva Sattanathan looked in imperious touch, slamming a ball over cover for a one-bounce four and then over square-leg for another thudding boundary.  But, in the end, the lefty angle of Anand Chittoor got the better of a pull shot that was top edged to mid-wicket.   Mohan Kumar Kondapalli and Parvath stitched together a 50 run partnership over the next 8 overs.  Mohan, who bats a lot like Sangakkara, and Parvath ran plenty of twos (in a foreshadowing of things to come) but struggled to find the boundaries as the damp outfield refused to let the balls roll beyond the fence.  Parvath got run-out after a couple of near-misses and the rest of the batsmen could not find the groove required to keep Mohan company.  In desperation Mohan began to throw his bat around and got out for a well made 48 (44 balls with 2 fours).  Alok Reddy Madasani pushed the scoring along and helped CRK reach a challenging 140 for 8 in 20 overs.

Vinod Patel and Achal Patel (not related...I think) opened the batting for the Bulls and scored about 6 runs an over before Vinod slashed a square-cut straight to Mohan.  Mihir hopped around in customary fashion before repeating Vinod's act to be caught by Parvath this time.  When Achal followed an over later, and the score read 39 for 3 in 7 overs, the game seemed to be CRK's for the taking.  After 10 overs the score was 55 for 3.  86 runs required in 60 balls.  One over later, the equation changed dramatically as Anand launched three consecutive sixes.  From the 11th over onward the momentum see-sawed back and forth.  When the Bulls surged forward with a 7-8 run over, the Kings pulled back with a wicket.  However, interspersed in this see-saw were three crucial dropped makable catches of Biren Desai and Shiva Kempaiah.   After Anand got out (33 in 13 balls, 3 sixes, 1 four) , Shiva took over and in an eerily calm manner gutted the last hopes of the Kings by slamming two sixes, picking his spots carefully.  In the end, the Bulls eased through with 4 balls to spare and 4 wickets in hand.  Shiva was not out with 36 in 21 balls with 2 sixes).  Shiva was adjudged the man of the match for his calm batting, tight bowling and good fielding.


With that the final of the HCL T20 championship was set.  IBL and NCC will square-off in what should be a tough battle between two teams with considerable batting depth.

18 Sep 2011 : 9/17: NCC beats KCC by 8 wickets; KCC: 121 in 20 Overs; NCC: 122/2 in 19.x Overs; MOM: Prashant Paymal
On Saturday the Knights of Des Moines took on the Nebraskans of Omaha in a tense, last-over nail-biting affair that was the first of two humdingers played in Omaha on Saturday.

It was a very cold (temp stayed in the 50's all day, with a constant breeze dropping it into the 40's) day and NCC won the toss and elected to field first in distinctly un-cricket-like conditions.  Both teams, especially KCC, to their credit played the entire game in misty conditions with pitter-pattering rainfall that would be perfect in a Bollywood movie featuring Mandakini.  KCC opened with the Khanuja brothers - Lovee and Money - and Damian, the NCC captain sent Anish Mathew after them.  11 balls into his spell Anish had not given a run and got Lovee to inner-edge a ball onto the stumps.  In the second over, Money got befuddled by the wide, wide, good ball, wide, wide, good ball routine of Gaurav Patil and sliced a ball straight to Anish (who else) place specifically at fly third man for just that eventuality.  Sukhen saw out a wide, slammed a four, saw out another wide and then played all over a low full toss and KCC were 8 for 3 after 4.4 overs.

For the next 10 overs Bryan Manning and Jon Swanepoel set about frustrating the NCC bowlers and fielders with their banter, running between the wickets, and the odd not-so-friendly swipe to the boundary.  Jon tried many times to get Bryan run out and finally succeeded only in the 14th over, but not before the duo had put on 76 runs.  (Bray 26 in 29 balls, 1 four).  The next 6 overs featured just 36 runs and 3 more wickets as NCC woke up and tightened the screws in an all-too-familiar (for supporters of NCC) fashion.  KCC ended up with a competitive but not insurmountable, 121 for 7 in 20 overs.  Jon scored a brilliant 53 in 64 balls with 2 fours.

The England-like conditions were perfect for the KCC opening bowlers, Amit Poddar and Gau Sura.  While Gau used his considerable experience of English conditions to rein in the NCC batsmen (4-0-18-0), Amit was hit for a six each in his first two overs, releasing some of the pressure.  But, in spite of those aggressive acts, NCC was never able to launch an offensive at the KCC total that would have taken the game away.  Francis Origanti and Amit Phatak ran when they could, and played the (many) good balls when they had to.  41 for 1 in 7 overs became 62 for 2 in 10.  With 60 runs needed in 60 balls, Prashant Paymal and JJ Tanwar eased their way home with 4 balls to spare in the 20th over.  KCC was always one wicket away from sending the cat among the pigeons as the required run-rate was always about a run a ball, while JJ Tanwar's ability to finish games (an under-rated aspect of his game) was the supporting act to yet another solid inning from Prashant Paymal, the find of the NCC season.  A summer camp in Ogallala appears to have been just the training needed by the star NCC rookie who received the Man of the Match award for his 43 in 32 balls.

A sumptuous lunch was followed by a classic T20 tussle between IBL and CRK.  Report of that to follow shortly.


11 Sep 2011 : Heartland Cricket League unveils the new Rolling Cup


The Cup



The logo



10 Sep 2011 : Eliminator Game: Elite CC beat Iowa Bulls by 5 wickets; IBL 182 all out; ECC: 183/5 in 28 Overs; MOM: Sunil Bulusu;

It was a beautiful day to play Cricket. The match was played with good spirit and I think both the teams enjoyed this match thoroughly. 


Iowa Bulls won the toss and were all out in 30th over scoring 182. Bulls kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Some big hits by Anand Chitoor, Biren Desai and a late surge by Shiva Kempaiah and Achal Patel (sorry, I dont have individual Bulls score details) propelled the Bulls score to 182. ECC started steadily and were at 123 for 2 after 19 overs but lost 3 quick wickets within next 5 runs to turn the momentum towards Bulls, but Sunil Bulusu and Sudhir Kovur steadied the ship and took the game away from Bulls in 27.2 overs losing 5 wickets. Babu Simgaram 31 runs, Sudhir Kovur 22 runs Not Out and 2 -3 wickets, Sunil Bulusu 69 runs Not out and 5 wickets were the pick of the ECC team.

Sunil Bulusu was the stand out player of the day and so was the Man of the Match.

ECC, Iowa Bulls & the EC would like to thank Gautam Sura and Sukhen Chatterjee for their contribution as neutral umpires during the match. 


07 Sep 2011 : Check out the HCL 2011 T20 Top Performers

HCL 2011 T20  Top Performers - Batting

Player Name (Team)

Inn

N.O

Runs

Avg

Money Khanuja (KCC)

3

2

180

180.00

Amit Phatak (NCC)

3

1

154

77.00

Kannan Sethuraman (CRK)

3

3

140

Inf

Sudhir Kovur (ECC)

3

1

127

63.50

Janmejay Tanwar (NCC)

3

2

124

124.00

 (100 + runs – Nadeem Asghar)

 



HCL 2011 T20 - Top Performers - Bowling

Player Name (Team)

Inn

Overs

Maiden

Runs

Wickets

Avg

Eco. Rt

Shivaji Pokala (CRK)

3

12.0

1

48

7

6.86

4.00

Sriram Surpaneni (NCC)

2

4.0

0

26

5

5.20

6.50

Nadeem Asghar (CRAS)

3

12.0

0

64

5

12.80

5.33

Sudhir Kovur (ECC)

3

11.0

0

81

5

16.20

7.36

Pradeep Devalla (ECC)

2

6.0

0

33

4

8.25

5.50

(4+ wickets – Amit Phatak, Zeeshan Butt Shanie)



HCL 2011 - Top Performers (Fielding)

Player Name

Inn

Catches

3 Catches – Francois Van zyl (KCC), Francis Origanti (NCC), Adarsh Eppli (ECC), Ashok Attaluri (CRK), Sunil Bulusu (ECC) and C.S. Manish (NCC)

 

HCL 2011 - Top Performers (Wicket Keeping)

Player Name (Team)

Catches

Stumping

Prashant Paymal (NCC)

4

1

Money Khanuja (KCC)

0

1

Kannan Sethuraman (CRK)

1

0