CABS team does it again........!!!!

Today was all about placements..With half the class working on placements in the Audi..The other enthusiastic group was working on placements not so far...though the placements had different meanings all together...
This full day belonged to CABS cricket and the cricket belonged to CABS...Three matches were played and CABS won 2-0, the third match was a tie...This, to the best of my knowledge is the first tie in CABS history..Wat an entertaining day of cricket we had...!
Let me jump straight into today's action. I hope it was destined to be CABS' day..because in all the three games played it was the CABS team that won the toss...The first match SLOPPER* and and ADMIN gave a good start followed by some pretty useful contribution by WATSON,VIRU and others..WATSON though was consistent throughout...CABS team amassed 52 in 12 overs..thanks to the performances of the batsmen..The WTF team though were just as usually brilliant in the field..SOURAV mali bowled really well...opening the bowling for them...Eveyone did their work to perfection and they had a debutant in their team, though he was from another dept...
The WTF reply was stupendous, NATTU DRAVID and the debutant playing some great strokes...MS PATTU was simply lightning in his strokemaking whereas DRAVID's innings was just a delight to watch...They played really well and brought the match to a nail bitting finish..with them requiring just 3 runs to win off the last ball...It was VIRU who bowled the last over...and he along with WATSON can claim full credit for the victory..because it was off the bowling of VIRU that WATSON took an excellent catch to dismiss DRAVID in the third ball of the last over..this according to me is the turning point of the match...However In the last ball of the match VIRU conceded just one run..the CABS team had won the match just by 1 run..ADMIN and JONTY missed the fielding because of known reasons..but it was an excellent match...
In the post lunch session 2 matches were played...in the first of which CABS posted a massive 60 on the board and the WTF once again played well to fight back,but fell short...It was a convincing win for the CABS team...PRAVEEN-ul-haq stumbled and hurt himself in the legs and because of which he had to miss the last match..but even though he was injured he opted to bat for his team which needed him badly...That was very spiritful playing by PRAVEEN...Nothin else was special as far as this game was concerned. It seemed to be a repeat telecast of the first game..except that it missed the THALA(hey!!don't laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!)..im not kiddin...for all of u who do not know..thala played cricket today..but he was stubborn not to HANDLE THE BALL(even during fielding..ha..ha..ha)....
Ok..now for the match of the day..in the third and final match of the day also., team, won the toss..and batted well...everyone jus chipped in with the bat and again CABS team got on to 51 off 12 overs. With mEEEani playin an important role with the bat.. In WTF reply...REP and debutant played a steady knock..once REP was dismissed, DRAVID superbly and was followed by some hard hitting by PATTU...They seemed to be in a comfortable position of winning the match...requiring just 6 runs from 3 overs..but it was VIRU who once again played the Guardian Angel in the 10 over...But for his tactical bowling and the heroics of mEEEani..the match would have been easily won by the WTF...he took two mind-blowing catches to dismiss the top batsmen, the debutant and PATTU..IRFAN RAJ was in the nonstriker's end while wickets fell at the other end....But thanks to SOURAV who was not helpful with the bat as he was with the ball..he tried, tried and tried to somehow hit the ball with the bat..but failed miserably..with the match ending in a freak tie...something to remember for a long time....
As far as the performances go..hav lots to say..Batsmen were superb..DRAVID was effortless in his stroke making...PATTU was hard hitting..ADMIN was classfull....SLOPPER* was skill ful and WATSON played some blistering strokes in all the three matches...REP and JONTY also had good time with the bat.....BOWLING was great with the hard ball and the good condition of the HCG pitch..SOURAV spearheaded the attack for WTF and to good effect...VIRU was the pick of the bowlers....though JONTY, WATSON,McOFFICER,REP,PATTU all made the ball to move and had the other team players staggering...
Today was equally good for the fielders ..JONTY was just brilliant as usual...DRAVID took an almost impossible catch...WATSON took a few good,tough catches and PRABAKHAR too was good in the field. Considering the number of matches he has played in this pitch, he was great in the fielding..though a popular opinion among his team mates is that he would be better in the field if he puts his mobile aside....SLOPPER* too took a good catch let alone PATTU who has a few to his credit though he dropped a sitter...FLAMBOYANT and SHERYL made their debut today..and I welcome them to join us and groom their talents consistently..
Now comes the most critical time for me..Identifying the player of the day...Today had a variety of performances and some great cricket...So I have no other go but to select 3 players as players of the day...One, the debutant harish who seemed to be planted to the crease...Two, NATTU DRAVID for his consistent performance with the bat through out the day...Great batting DRAVID.... and finally, WATSON for his all- round performance...he played well with the bat..took crucial wickets and some jaw-dropping catches...Congrats players of the day ..sorry if anyone has any second opinions..because it is just my own decision...also my regrets if i had missed out any noteworthy performances..
Finally, we all once again proved our sportmanship..we played some glamorous cricket and cricket was at its best, and CABS cricket has started to win hearts among other dept. players too...great work ppl....Finally, I hope ul-haq will fit to play Thursday's match...let's meet on Thursday for the next edition of CABS cricket,hopefull....................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would be glad to receive feed backs................bye................
*we are seriously considering to re-christen SLOPPER, name suggestions are welcome....

CABS team thrashed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today saw some class cricket from the supporters of CABS cricket..Though there was a delay in the start because of our seniors, we overcame the hurdles to begin play..Only one game was played today..but it lacked nothing..The players were equally distributed..No important players except LEE,RICHARDS and VARUN SINGH missed the game..Today's new face was VISU HAYDEN,so gigantic and intimidating to the bowler, though he was not up to the mark with the bat today...
The CABS team won the toss and decided to bat first in the 8 over encounter...The batting was great as usual with ADMIN and SLOPPER opening the innings...both were great and steady and just when CABS team seemed to be in complete control of the match they(admin and slopper) lost track of the match and got out...Then came today's most stylish batting...SRI WATSON seemed to be in complete control of the bat and played some gloriours strokes square of the wicket..his attempt to reverse sweep the ball needs special mention, though it went straight to the fielder MS PATTU who dropped the catch offered..With some useful contributions from the other players like VIRU, CABS team raised up to 34 at the end of 8 overs...
Then the came the WTF reply...NATTU DRAVID was so clean in his hitting and was just as dangerous as usual...when he was out MS PATTU came in and slammed the ball for a boundary..but he too went back soon...REP who played a responsible innings took their team to a comfortable position. Though the CABS team tried to restrict the run flow, the WTF had the match under their control throughout....McOFFICER failed with the bat though was good in the field...
The highlight of the match was the last over..The previous over went for 4 runs and was bowled by VIRU...Admin was irritated that 4 runs were given in the penultimate over..Then Admin decided to bowl the last over with the WTF team needing 10 runs...It seemed to be an easy victory for the CABS team..But it wasn't so..The WTF team found their hero in PRAVEEN-il-haq...who hit the first ball to the fence...and Admin trying to intimidate the batsman deserved some more..PRAVEEN hit the next ball too for a boundary...The chances of a CABS team victory seemed to have vanished into thin air...HARI WARNE was on strike and the WTF team needed 1 from 2 balls...WARNE finished off the match in style with a straight drive despatching the ball to the boundary,the last over alone giving away 12 runs...Admin who knew to preach didn't know to practise...what a pity..!!!!!!!!!!
Now coming to the individual performances today...As far as the batting is considered DRAVID,SLOPPER ,REP and ADMIN blazed away some strokes as usual...But the real batting heroes of the day are Ul-haq and WATSON...Both were superb to watch...Though JONTY didn't get a bat, he was great with the ball...RV PONTING was good in the fielding though he did not get a bat...WARNE tried out some pace bowling and he was very economical...he seems to be getting better by the day...VIRU and IRFAN RAJ bowled real good spells..and IRFAN took two wickets in consectutive deliveries...
Fielding was great..JONTY is still throwing onto the stumps..and VIRU and IRFAN are fighting for the second place...I find a 'SPECTAC'ular change in SLOPPER(he has got a new pair of spectacles...lollz)..in his fielding ..he seems to be in control of the ball..though i have to consider other's opinions in order to re-christen him...
"Aren't the balls in which the batsman gets stumped,correct balls??"Ul-haq asked this question when i was stumped off a wide delivery from WARNE..Hats off Ul-haq...we expect many more such intelligent thinking from u....lollz....
From today I have decided to name one of us a the player of the day and it is purely my own opinion...i regret if any of you are not with me..As far as today's game goes my PLAYER OF THE DAY is PRAVEEN-ul-haq....for winning a match that was virtually lost...
Hope CABS team comes back strong in the next edition..........see you all.........ur feedbacks are welcomed.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HIT WICKET.........................

CABS cricket was back with a bang today.. Admin played today..and seemed that the previous post had its effects on him ...thank god he stayed back instead of going home to prepare for friday's UT..He seemed to have played a significant part in today's play..Speaking about leaving instead of playing..am sorry all of you..i did not participate in today's edition of CABS cricket. Sorry all...
Now coming to today's play..dont wonder how im writing all this..jus by what i heard..our admin gave me an SMS update of the highlights of today's play..so kindly adjust if i err...
The important thing about today's match is our admin's form. He seemed to have proceeded from where he left last time....he had played a good innings today....there were a total of 2 matches played today..and CABS team won 2-0..no probs..wtf team can always bounce back..i hope the next edition of CABS cricket would be theirs...
As far as i know today's highlight is the Hit wicket of HARI WARNE...wat a freak way to be out..but thanks WARNE for adding some international flavour to the game and for spicing up the game..this shows that CABS has a standard equivalent to that of Internationl cricket......also it doesnt matter cos it was in the seventh over..with just 3 more overs to go...but i hope that WARNE made up for this with his ball
In the first match CABS team played first and made 44 at a pretty good run rate of 4.4 in 10 overs...in reply the WTF team played well and the match went on to the last ball..just think of the excitement...with 9 required from 6 balls..it was McOFFICER who flared up the game..he hit a four in that crucial last over..but finally CABS team won the match by 2 runs..such a close call...Such an action packed game..
But the second match belonged to CABS team..the WTF who played first were bowled out for 33 and in reply CABS team played sensible cricket...the opening pair played well to take the team to a comfortable victory..the opening stand of 36 runs between Admin and SLOPPER i suppose, is the highest first wicket partnership as of now..
Now coming to the performances of the day...everyone of them were at their best.Admin played well and SLOPPER slopped and played well with the bat too..RAOMAMA was asusual watching and picking up balls...KAMAL AFRIDI was as usual blasting..Admin had hit his nose with the ball trying to act smart while catchin the ball..hav said so many times not to put scene..this proves "ஓவர் சீன் ஒடம்புக்கு அவது"(for all those who cannot read tamil it reads "Over scene odambukku avaadhu"..:) WIN RICHARDS seemed to be in good form with the ball..VIRU had taken 2 excellent catches and had attempted for a third excellent one...IRFAN RAJ fielded well though did'nt get a bat..NATTU DRAVID was in his usual nick though reports say that he got out early in the second match which eventually led to the downfall of the team...today's surprise was ROOP GIBBS who had played some mind blowing strokes on both sides of the pitch...Also SOURAV MALI was just as usual suthifying....PRAVEEN-ul-haq had played some great strokes in the first match...
I hope others had just played their roles well. I hope JONTY,REP,WARNE,VARUN SINGH,LEE,RV PONTING,MS PATTU and the others played their parts to perfection...hope that i could be a part of the next editi0n of CABS cricket. till then bye.............................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CABS Cricket at its best..........

"Cricket was boring without ADMIN illa...???" This was the silly question of our admin.His humour sense is very clear from this...He has been thinking that CABS cricket is all about him.. We just proved that wrong..Infact today we played a different kind cricket..I would call it Intra-Cabs cricket. Thanks to admin for helping us discover this brand new form of Cabs cricket..Yes today all of the players were Cabs players..Of course with the absence of Admin,everything went on well..lollz.......

Today the highlight was the pitch..this is the farthest pitch from the HCG(Hostel Cricket Ground)..I would name this pitch ECG(Entrance Cricket Ground). The ball was hard and the conditions were fabulous, except for the extra hot sun. With 9 people of the Cabs team we started playin. I played comman player for the first 2 matches..The matches lacked nothing with VASANTH LEE leading the team which comprised of JONTY SINGH,VARUN SINGH and WIN RICHARDS and the other team with SLOPPER,VIRU SEELAN,McOFFICER and RV PONTING..ofcourse i played common...

In the first two matches SLOPPER's team made a clean sweep..though SLOPPER maintained his excellent form in fielding( let not the sarcasm go unnoticed). LEE's team won the third and last match. VIRU was as usual skillful, JONTY was excellent and today for a change WIN RICHARDS,who was terrific behind the stumps and eventually missed out the third match due to injury, also was determined to throw only at the stumps, ofcourse JONTY needs no mention in this context. RV PONTING was calm and composed as usual and played his part to perfection, not to leave behind his good work behind the stumps. McOFFICER proved his batting talents yet again today as he blasted off the deliveries to the fence. LEE was lethal today too. SLOPPER slopped again, and again, and again but he made up with his bat. VARUN SINGH played really well with the bat though was a bit expensive with the ball.
On the whole, today was just very exciting. Though some regular players like REP and WARNE were missing, today's episode of Cabs cricket seemed just as usual. Afterall excitement lies within the players and not in the number of players...Had a terrific time. No second opinions about that..so the people who missed the match today actually missed excitement and we never missed anyone today(Especially Admin..ha..ha..ha...)...........see you all in action soon........................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CABS CRICKEY............

Up,Up,Up and all the way.....the ball went straight over the fielder's head for the maximum...Admin(Yousuf) played the innings of his college life so far today...he took the CABS team to a comfortable victory over the opposing team( i leave it to you to name them).
The CABS cricket today played in the original pitch..which was free after a long time..and in an unusual time slot...the spirit of playing the game was on peak today after everyone in the CABS cricket team bunked 2 hours of one of the important subjects taught by one of the most useless faculty...(no hard feelings)
Now we'll come to the highlights of the match...Ofcourse the innings of the day belongs to none other than our Admin(Yousuf). Apart from that our classic opener NATTU DRAVID, played some delightful strokes for his team until he made an error in the judgement of a ball by admin, and was eventually caught by the wicket keeper..there were some useful contributions from his team, including our CAPTAIN(REP), PATTU, IRFAN RAJ,to name some..HARI WARNE needs mention for scoring one of the many 6's of the match after playing 7 balls...he cleared the boundary with his trademark shot....
Today, we had some new faces too..including RV PONTING and SRI WATSON. With some good stroke play by IRFAN RAJ and WATSON, their team went on to score 47 runs,all out..
Then came the CABS team to bat, requiring 48 from 12 overs at a rate of exactly 4.00 per over,the cabs team went on to a flier...with some anonymous guy who made his debut today smashed some glorious shots to clear the boundary...
Then after his fall came Admin. Soon after the departure of SLOPPER(MANI), i joined Admin at the crease...and simply watched him play at the other end..the partnership seemed to take the team to victioy...and once Admin and I were out of consecutive deliveries, we had found a new bowling hero in McOFFICER..who is usually brilliant with his batting...then VIRU SEELAN flopped which is a rarity...and VASANTH LEE finished off the match..in style...Everyone else played their natural game..including MUKESH JONTY SINGH,who was in a fix to throw only on to the stumps, VARUN SINGH, PRAVEEN-ul-Haq and every other name i left(sorry others)..we all had another excellent outing...with the ball hard and bounce in the pitch..though batting was not easy..wicket keeping seemed to be more difficult..but the game had everything worthy of it to mention over here....we hope this support and dedication from the players continues in the days to come....
See you all in our next match................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!