Match Result - Spartan CC @ Indus, played on 9/13

Congratulations to Anish and company for a wonderful 2009 season. The best record that I have seen in the last 5 seasons that I have played with Spartan.

We won 12 out of the 13 games this season, kudos to each and every team member for their support and commitment to our team and the sport!

Match summary:

Indus II won the toss and elected to bat:

Indus II 200/10 in 44.2 overs.

Spartan's opening bowlers, Jessie and Chad did a good job considering the fast out field at Indus. Chad was unlucky to not have gotten a wicket in his spell. At the end of the first break, Indus were around 65 runs. Nandu bowled a very tight line and only gave 18 runs of his 9 over spell restricting Indus II to under 100 runs in the second session. Indus managed to score 100 runs in the last 15 overs before getting all out for 200. Ankit Patel and Srini M bowled very good spells and took 3 wickets a piece. As ever, Anish was a charm to watch in the field, he got 2 run outs, Ankit Patel hit a direct throw from the boundary to claim a run out. Chad was fantastic at slips, he made a clean catch at slips and then later in the innings, he took an overhead catch running backwards. Ankit Solanki (the sub) took a good running catch at the boundary. Sailesh Bhai was alert behind the stumps. Atul bhai looked superb with his ground fielding and nothing new, Nandu as usual, let couple of boundaries run by under his hand.. Thanks to Anirudh and Ankit S for fielding as a substitute.

And Chad, that was your catch at slips :)....

In reply

Spartan CC 202/3 in 22 overs. Atul M 71, Abhishek D 49, Krishna C 44*

Atul Bhia, Krishna bhai and Abhishek were a treat to watch. Their stroke making and the depth of shots coupled with exquisite timing destroyed any hopes for Indus. Atul Bhai fell short of a well deserved century thanks to a doubtful LBW decision.

Once again, this victory couldnot have been ours without a great team effort. Each and every member of the team contributed for the right cause.

Before I signoff, team we only have one hurdle left to claim a spot in the B-Division.

We will be playing Cruisers on this 27th in the play off game, this game is a must win game for us to get promoted to B-Division. I request each and every Spartan member who has played atleast 2 games in this season to provide their availability to Anish for this game, please dont make any assumptions of your own, each and every member at Spartan is equally capable, providing your availability will give Anish and me a larger pool of players to choose a well balanced team from. We are here today only because of the valuable contributions from each one of you and I want every one to participate one more time in the 2009 season playoff game.

Thanks,

Nandu