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GCC-ODI, Game # 10, 2000
Edmonton and District Cricket League - First Division
Greenfield v Junior Colts Cricket Club
Millwoods, Edmonton
Sunday, August 06, 2000 (45-over match)

Result : Greenfield won by 7 wickets.

Toss : Greenfield
Umpires : Robert Bowen & Jeevan Patel
Greenfield MoM : David Redoy
Scorer: Merantia van der Linden

Junior Colts Innings How Out Bowler Runs 4's 6's
*A Hussain c J Boyce b Z Marikar 1 0 0
+Fahad Choudhary b J Boyce 10 1 0
J Ramkelewan c D Redoy b J Jeppe 20 1 0
F Ahmed st +R Nair b J Boyce 27 1 0
S Choudhary b P Arumugam 25 2 0
F Choudhary b *A Rauf 16 0 0
A Ali c S Barran b J Boyce 3 0 0
W Mirza c D Redoy b *A Rauf 6 1 0
H Sesbout b *A Rauf 3 0 0
B Mirza c M De-Zoysa b *A Rauf 3 0 0
D Patel not out   3 0 0
EXTRAS : b 2, lb 2, w 3, nb 1 8
TOTAL : (all out, in 43.5 overs) 125 RR: 2.84
 
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Joe Boyce 8 2 19 3 0 0
Sunil Barran 5 2 13 0 0 0
Maurice De-Zoysa 6 0 19 0 1 0
Johann Jeppe 8 0 15 1 1 0
Zaufer Marikar 4 0 13 1 1 1
*Arees Rauf 5.5 0 21 4 0 0
Prashan Arumugam 7 0 21 1 0 0


Greenfield Innings How Out Bowler Runs 4's 6's
P Arumugam not out   38 2 0
J Boyce run out   1 0 0
D Redoy c +F Ahmed b B Mirza 51 2 2
S Barran b H Sesbout 3 0 0
V Muttoo not out   6 0 1
EXTRAS : b 4, lb 3, w 20, nb 2 29
TOTAL : (for 3 wickets, in 25 overs) 128 RR: 4.92
 
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Salman Choudhary 7 0 30 0 4 3
Waqas Mirza 6 1 22 0 6 0
Jacob Ramkelewan 4 0 32 0 6 0
Ahzum Ali 2 0 8 0 1 0
*Adeel Hussain 1 0 12 0 1 0
Bilal Mirza 3 0 11 1 1 0
Hamza Sesbout 2 0 6 1 1 0
             
Match Report by Rajeev Nair:

On a day when Edmonton was celebrating the cultural heritage of different ethnic communities, the green and gold team added another winning note to their cricketing heritage with a 7-wicket victory over Junior’s. If I had to describe the highlights in one sentence, I could just write another day at work, another good team effort, another convincing victory (and of course followed by another splendid meal from our caring executives!). The day began on a pleasant note for Greenfield with Zaufer striking gold with the toss. Captain Arees decided to take the field after hearing opinions both in favor and against it. It seemed like the wisest thing to do, as the team had been really successful in their recent run chases. Besides, as the league is winding down to the final stages there was no need to experiment otherwise.

The opening bowlers Joe and Sunil justified Arees’ decision to field first by keeping a very tight line for the opening batsmen. Joe kept moving the ball both in the air and off the wicket so much so that it looked like he could induce a false stroke anytime. And sure enough, the first breakthrough came through an out swing delivery, which found its way through Fahad’s defense and knocked his off stump back. (Fahad was so disappointed at losing his wicket that he ran himself into a tree afterwards and had to get a few stitches to cover up the gash on his head! Sorry Fahad if you ever read this, but that was quite amusing). Johann replaced Sunil and continued to maintain a tight line and length and the runs were very hard to come by for the Junior batsmen. Any idea on the part of the Junior batsmen to break the shackles were quickly dispelled, as the first aggressive stroke by Jacob (trying to cut a good length ball of Johann) found it’s way into the safe hands of David at point. It was Junior’s captain’s turn next as he walked unsuspectingly into the trap laid by bowler Zaufer to be caught at deep mid-wicket (by Joe) after scoring only one run. At this point it looked like the game would be a cakewalk for Greenfield. However, some undisciplined bowling and fielding helped the Juniors put up a fourth wicket partnership of 50 runs. The very ominous looking partnership was broken by a good piece of bowling by Prashan, who had Salman swing and miss at a delivery on the middle stump. Faraz who has been batting patiently at the other end soon followed him to the dressing room. This brought another ‘Choudhary’ to the crease, whose aggressive batting was soon curtailed by a quicker ball from Arees who bowled him. Arees smelled blood at this time and quickly ran through the rest of the batsmen, returning with his season’s best of 4 wickets for 21 runs. The bowling was overall very good and containing a strong batting line up for under 130 runs without the services of Muttoo and Ram was a truly remarkable. It was also good to see the number of extras stay under double figures for the first time.

With a modest total to chase, the body language of the Greenfield players suggested they were a relaxed bunch. The captain, however, opted to give a pep talk just to make sure no amount of complacency was creeping into the players. The start was not ideal for Greenfield with Joe returning to the dressing room after a terrible mix up in the middle, which resulted in his run out. Any buoyancy that the Juniors got out of this early dismissal was however negated by sensible batting by Prashan and David who put on the first 100 runs partnership for this season for Greenfield. It was good to see Prashan’s determination to stay in the middle and play a longer innings. On the other side, David continued on his good form in Green and Gold punishing the bowlers all around the park. It seems David relishes his batting position in the team and the support he gets from our side. He went on to complete his fourth fifty while playing for Greenfield this season. He was unfortunately out with only 11 runs remaining to reach the target. Sunil was then given the opportunity to get some practice for the upcoming six-a-side tournament, which he was unable to capitalize on after swinging all over an innocuous full toss. GCC reached their target without any further casualties with a scene, which has become way too familiar these days - Muttoo hoisting a huge six over the square leg boundary.

It was overall a very disciplined performance by the team. The only thing, it seems, that can hurt the team now is by taking things for granted given the easy victories we had recently. There are three more games to be played and three more games to win. The first of this against Liberty next Saturday is in my opinion a very crucial one. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, this should be the game through which we send a clear message to the Scona team that we are ready for the show down. A convincing victory for us next week would put tremendous pressure on Scona who we play in what probably would be the match for the championship on September 3rd. Secondly, I know most of us are looking anxiously to the six-a-side tourney on Sunday. Although, I can understand the passion from most players to see and do some lusty hitting, lets not get into the six-a-side frenzy too early. The league games deserve a more serious approach, especially at this stage of the competition. Besides, a convincing victory on Saturday would leave us all in a good frame of mind to enjoy the six-a-side ‘carnival’ on Sunday.

I would like to wrap up this already long report by thanking all our cheering members and well wishers who turned up at the game. Welcome back Gene! We did manage to keep, the team on a winning streak and Zaufer was a gentleman while you were away! And thanks very much for the zestful meal (thanks to Asoke for the support. We are still waiting for more offers!). Mahasri you rule as a cook! A big thank you to Merentia for a job well done with the score-book.