|
|
|
| | MSCC Doosras beat Seattle Patriots by 8 wickets | | Sunday, April 24, 2011 | |
Match#
11-07-TA: Microsoft Doosras won by 8 wickets | | Ron Regis Park, Renton, WA | | Toss won by Seattle Patriots and elected to bat | | Seattle Patriots: 107 for 8 in 20 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Mustafa Bilal 38 [35], Abdullah Khoajakhail 19 [18] | |
Bowling highlights:
Samarth Shah 4-1-14-2, Akshaya Arora 4-0-22-2 | | Microsoft Doosras: 108 for 2 in 18 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Arun Jayakeerthy 35 [49], Srinivasa Raghavan 23* [22] | |
Bowling highlights:
Anas Munir 3-0-15-2 | |
Man of the match:
Arun Jayakeerthy and Srinivasa Raghavan Santhanam from Microsoft Doosras | | Other notables | |
• On a cold and wet afternoon, Shehzad Jumani and Khalil Rehman started off hot, scoring 21 runs off the first 2 overs. | |
• Both were out in the 3rd over, a double-wicket maiden from Samarth. | |
• Anas, Adnan, and Hassan Raza tried to rebuild, but the run-rate dropped, and wickets also kept falling at regular intervals. | |
• Patriots were in disarray at 46/5 in 11 overs. | |
• Abdullah and Mustafa stemmed the rot with a 26-run partnership. Patriots finished with 107/8 in their 20 overs. | |
• Doosras opened with Aseem and Arun Jayakeerthy. They rotated strike well to put on 51 in 10 overs, leaving Doosras needing 41 to win off the last 7. | |
• Doosras secured the target in 18 overs |
|
|
|
|
| | Srinivasa Raghavan helps MSCC Doosras overcome Olympic Hurricanes in season opener | | Saturday, April 23, 2011 | |
Match#
11-03-TA: Microsoft Doosras won by 40 runs | | Marymoor Park (New), Redmond, WA | | Toss won by Microsoft Doosras and elected to bat | | Microsoft Doosras: 147 for 4 in 20 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Srinivasa Raghavan Santhanam 61 [44], Kris Srinivasan 24* [24] | |
Bowling highlights:
Lovekesh Desai 4-0-29-1, Kiran 4-0-31-1 | | Olympic Hurricanes: 107 for 3 in 20 overs | |
Batting highlights:
Kalyan Siruvuri 46* [55], Viraj Desai 26* [26] | |
Bowling highlights:
Kal Raman 4-0-19-2, Samarth Shah 4-0-19-1 | |
Man of the match:
Srinivasa Raghavan Santhanam from Microsoft Doosras | | Other notables | |
• On a rare warm, sunny, cloudless day in April, Doosras skipper Naveen Kumar won the toss and batted first. | |
• Doosras 64/3 in 10 overs. | |
• Srinivasa Raghavan and Kris Srinivasan put on 79 in just 58 balls. | |
• Srini was caught on the boundary with one ball to go in the innings for 61 (44 balls, 4x4, 6x2). Kris finished with 24*. | |
• Chasing 148, Olympic CC started slowly. Only 26 came off the first 7 overs. | |
• Samarth and Kal bowled well in tandem to keep the batsmen in check. | |
• OCC were 57/3 in 13 overs. The game was all but over at this point. | |
• Kalyan and Viraj played freely for the remaining 7 overs to lend respectability to the OCC innings. |
|
|
|
|
|