Scorecard

CR Kings v Heartland Cricket League IOWA BULLS on Sat 17 Sep 2011 at 1:30 PM
Heartland Cricket League Won by 4 wickets

Match report 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.

Heartland Cricket League IOWA BULLS Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
 
for 6 wickets
0
141
(0.0 overs)		    
Achal Patel Caught  Ganesh b. Ashok 11
Vinod Patel Caught  Mohan b. Mani 14
Mihir Gajjar Caught  Parvath b. Ashok 0
Biren Desai Caught  Venkat b. Ganesh 18
Anand Chittoor Bowled  Ganesh 33
Shiva Kempaiah Not Out  39 1
Anshul Kumaria Not Out  3
Asif Shaikh Run out  Mohan 7
Atul Patel  
Shailesh Manek  
A.N. Other  

CR Kings Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Venkat4.003500.008.75
Mani2.0011111.005.50
Ashok4.0022211.005.50
Ganesh4.0022211.005.50
Alok1.002000.0020.00
Mohan2.00700.003.50
Kannan2.202400.0010.29

CR Kings Batting
Player name Runs
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TOTAL :
 
for 8 wickets
0
140 (0.0 overs)
Siva Caught  Shiva b. Anand 12
Parvath Run out  23
Mohan Caught  Biren 48
Ganesh Caught  Biren 7
kannan Bowled  achal 2
Alok Run out  19
Rakesh Run out  10
Ashok Caught  Anand 0
Mani Not Out  0
   
   

Heartland Cricket League IOWA BULLS Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Anand Chittoor4.0029214.507.25
Shailesh Manek4.001900.004.75
Achal Patel4.0031131.007.75
Shiva Kempaiah3.001700.005.67
Mihir Gajjar1.00800.008.00
Biren Desai4.0036218.009.00