Results of CCCC vs DCC game

Toss: CCCC won

Result: DCC Won

CCCC detailed score sheet
Batsman	How Out	Bowler	Runs
Siddharth Sharma	r/o Mahesh Tomar		4
Syed Amin	c Komal	Raj Balan	2
Sarat Mishra	r/o Pratik Phadke		22
Yashpal	bowled	Raj Balan	35
Bharath	bowled	Mahesh Tomar	13
Dev Shah	c	Raj Balan	0
Milind Mathur	bowled	Mahesh Tomar	6
Archie	r/o Shankar/Mahesh		0
Rohit	not out		59
Wayne	bowled	Mahesh Tomar	2
Jerry Nikhil	bowled	Pratik	6
		Byes	1
		Leg Byes	5
		Wides	23
		No Balls	0
For 10 wickets	in 29.2 overs	Total Runs	178

DCC detailed score sheet
Batsman	How Out	Bowler	Runs
Ashutosh Jha	Bowled	Milind Mathur	31
Shankar	LBW	Archie	30
Pratik Phadke	Not out		50
Mahesh Tomar	Bowled	Dev Shah	30
Raj Balan	bowled	Dev Shah	0
Komal Khungar	Not out		1
Tripurari Sinha	DNB
Neeraj Rohilla	DNB
Santosh	DNB
Chandra Rao	DNB
Hari Namballa	DNB
		Byes	0
		Leg Byes	4
		Wides	7
		No Balls	26
For 4 wickets	in 28.4 overs	Total Runs	179

Report:

DCC traveled for 2.5 hours to Reedy Creek from Durham. DCC boys, having gotten conditioned to a flawless pitch at home, were a little bit surprised to see the half flicx pitch and a wet runup. But CCCC quickly patched up the ground and the umpires from SCCA assured that the surface would be as good as any other pitch and the game got underway.

CCCC won the toss and chose to bat first on a damp morning. DCC bowlers, Raj and Hari, started off brilliantly with accurate line and length. Numerous times the ball kissed the the opening bats (Syed and Siddarth) only to go wide or short of the slips. CCCC openers sensed the quality of the bowling and decided to drop anchor till the shine perished. But the breakthrough was not far away and Syed edged a great seam from Raj to get caught behind. Siddarth was looking to settle down but mis-estimated a run to mid-on where Mahesh swooped the ball and made a direct hit at the bowlers end to account for the 2nd wicket.

Mahesh and Pratik bowled the set of changes and forced Sarat and Yashpal to play defensively with stinging pace. The fall of wickets were on the batsman's mid to begin with but soon opened up and were going after the bowling and punished any erred balls. The fielding standard, already set high by Mahesh, was tested again by Sarat who took off for a non-existant single. Shankar from point grabbed the ball and was planning to go for a direct hit when he saw Pratik rush back to the stumps off his own bowling to eventually make a relay run-out. Presence of mind earned another wicket for DCC.

Yashpal and Bharat took charge of the batting yet again and in no time CCCC had raced to 93 at the half way point and the balance was swinging to CCCC.

At 117/9 in the 23rd over, the writing was on the wall for CCCC. What happened afterwards was stunning. Rohit and Jerry, the last pair, fended off DCC top bowlers who ran out of quota. One drop catch ensured that CCCC would continue further and ended with 178/all out.

DCC openers, Asutosh and Shankar, had to make sure that the momentum did not swing any more towards CCCC favor. Milind opened well for CCCC and the openers saw the first 2 overs to read the bowling. The pair looked very comfortable at the crease. Extras and singles were keeping the score board moving for DCC. Shankar opened up his shoulders shortly and capitalized fully on full-tosses and over-pitched balls.
Ashutosh at the other end was no different. He cracked all hittable balls. Wayne, bowling after 7 years, chose the wrong time to bowl to Shankar who already looked set. Shankar whipped 2 sixers and a boundary over the leg-side.

A wicket at this point could have turned the tilting table more towards CCCC. Pratik and Mahesh realized this and played very sensibly. Both players were simply brutal to anything bad. One cracking six over square leg by Pratik took the score over 100 in the 20th over. Mahesh spanked 2 more over mid-wicket ropes and it was quite a sight to watch these players plunder any bad balls. CCCC had to withstand the blistering heat as well as the red hot batsmen.
Finally Mahesh (30 of 47) perished at 157 in the 25th over to be bowled off Dev.

DCC pavilion looked a little anxious. New bat Komal showed rust but remained calm and prepared not to throw-it away. From 24 needed of 30 balls, it came to 17 needed of the last 3 overs with subdued batting. Pratik's patience was well rewarded in just 2 balls. One short ball was murdered over backward square leg for a 6. It was Tendulkarisque.

Although DCC controlled most of the game time, overall it was a very well fought game by the 2 sides. Matt and Blessington were the umpires from SCCA who withstood the heat for a job well done. DCC would like to thank their 12th and 13th (Dharmesh and Pradeep) for their enthusiasm and time.