Spree Cricket tournament... It was a fantastic series and a happy ending too. We won the Spree cricket trophy by winning against JNTU team 2 in the final match by 20 runs on 10th May 2009. We continued the legacy created by our seniors in the past. We never lose a cricket match against JNTU teams. As a captain of the cricket team who would get such an ending in his college cricket career? So I feel lucky for this and proud to be the captain of the winning team.
On the final match day, the weather conditions were hard to play. It was a sunny day but still we were able to show up there. The pitch is hard and wickets were favourable to the batsmen. For the second time in a row in the series, I won the toss and elected to bat first. Everyone contributed well and maximum runs came from Pavan prashanth’s bat. We scored a defendable score of 136 in 18 overs and JNTU team’s run chase started.
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end of 10th over of the second innings the match was on JNTU team’s side and their score was around 80/2. By the end of 12th over it was 95/3. Now the match turned to our side with an amazing bowling spell by Raghu prashanth and Vamsee. The remaining 7 wickets were fallen for just 20 more runs in 5.2 overs. Raghu played a key role in breaking the biggest partnership and taking wickets at crucial time. So he deserves the man of the match trophy. The Umpires decisions, attitude of the players from both the sides were excellent.
Thanks to all those who came to support us and cheer the team with their presence.In the first semi-finals, our team 2 gave a good fight against JNTU team 2 but we could lose the match by a small margin. In addition to this, we also won the first ever girls cricket match against JNTU girls team.
Everyone enjoyed the time throughout the series and looking forward for the presentation ceremony.
2 comments:
Hi,
It was definitely the best contest in the Spree event. Players from JNTU were very disappointed with the loss in the end. But, am personally happy to see the better team win, and most of all I liked the way you have put it all together in your blog. I hope this cricket series is going to raise the stakes for the cricketers from both the ends, in the years to come. I hope the winning team would continue to play quality cricket(even in the toughest conditions), and the losing team would learn from their mistakes and would come back with a better show this time around. GOOD LUCK!
Thanks buddy, Nice to see u on my blog.
You said the right thing... It was the best contest and a tough luck for your team. In the final match, Harsha and sampath almost took away the match from us. No one else in their team could fight back. Team spirit shown by all the players was amazing. Hope this continue forever. :)
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