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GCC-ODI, Game # 8, 2000
Edmonton and District Cricket League - First Division
Liberty v Greenfield Cricket Club
Millwoods, Edmonton
Saturday, July 15, 2000 (45-over match)

Result : Greenfield won by 7 wickets.

Toss : Liberty
Umpire : Osborne Providence
Greenfield MoM : Joe Boyce
Scorer: Mahasri Weerasooriya

Liberty Innings

How Out

Bowler

 Runs 4's 6's
D Balgobin c S Barran b J Boyce 14 0 0
D Vishnu   b S Barran 6 0 0
O Mohamed c R Maikala b J Boyce 8 0 0
C Naicken c & b J Boyce 12 0 1
K Rahoman st *+A Rauf b J Boyce 3 0 0
R Khan   b P Arumugam 0 0 0
E Hanoman not out   67 4 2
*M Deonie   b P Arumugam 2 0 0
Mothilal Deoni c J Boyce b M De-Zoysa 9 0 0
+R Racha c J Boyce b *A Rauf 3 0 0
V Prashad not out   1 0 0
EXTRAS : b 3, lb 5, w 10, nb 1 19
TOTAL : (for 9 wickets, in 45 overs) 144 RR: 3.20
 
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Sunil Barran 9 2 16 1 0 0
Ram Maikala 4 0 12 0 4 0
Joe Boyce 9 2 29 4 1 0
Prashan Arumugam 8 2 17 2 1 1
*Arees Rauf 7 0 18 1 1 0
Vijay Muttoo 3 0 10 0 2 0
Maurice De-Zoysa 5 0 34 1 1 0


Greenfield Innings

How Out

Bowler

 Runs 4's 6's
G Fraser run out   13 1 0
P Arumugam c +R Racha b R Khan 29 0 0
D Redoy not out   64 3 2
R Nair c D Balgobin b E Hanoman 25 1 0
Z Marikar not out   1 0 0
EXTRAS : b 2, lb 0, w 13, nb 0 15
TOTAL : (for 3 wickets, in 32 overs) 147 RR: 4.59
 
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Khalil (JR) Rahoman 5 0 23 0 2 0
Darren Vishnu 3 0 11 0 6 0
*Munesh Deonie 4 0 11 0 1 0
Donald Balgobin 5 1 13 0 0 0
Ossie Mohamed 4 0 25 0 1 0
Mothilal Deonie 2 0 13 0 0 0
Riayz Khan 4 0 25 1 1 0
V Prashad 4 1 21 0 2 0
Erik Hanoman 1 0 3 1 0 0
             
Match Report by Geoff Fraser:

This game was played the morning after a tornado ripped through a campground near Red Deer, killing several people. Our condolences to the families involved in that tragedy. In comparison, the cricket this weekend was considerably less dramatic, but provided another convincing win for Greenfield. Yet again we lost the toss and were asked to bat second. Judging from recent successes, this situation seems to suit our team, and we will face a tough decision if we ever win a toss. Thanks to Ram for losing this one.

Remarkably, Muttoo was not able to extract himself from work in time for the start of this game, so we opened the attack with Ram and ‘psycho-boy’ Sunil. There was no clatter of early wickets this week, but both our opening bowlers kept pressure on the batsmen until Sunil produced the first breakthrough. We were made to work hard for the next two wickets, but patience and continued tight bowling then brought rewards, as Liberty suffered a middle order collapse which left them precariously placed at 7/61. Much of the credit for the batting collapse goes to Joe, whose nagging line and line yielded four wickets, one of them from a very slick caught and bowled chance. At the other end Prashan bowled his usual dangerous and economical spell, and by the mid-point of the innings there was a feeling within both teams that the game was as good as over. However, Eric Hanoman who played an innings, which fluctuated between brutal aggression and measured defense, yielding 67 very valuable runs did not share this opinion. He was ably assisted by the Liberty lower order and Greenfield were forced to watch their firm grip on the game slip. Several bowling changes by Arees, and the welcome arrival of Muttoo were not sufficient to knock the over the tail, and considering the meagre contributions of their top order Liberty did well to bat out their 45 overs and finish with a competitive total of 144.

At the change of innings the Greenfield batsmen were facing a chase which was double what most of us expected after taking the first seven Liberty wickets for only 61. Prashan and Geoff began the chase in confident fashion and appeared to be cruising until Geoff was unnecessarily run out by a smart piece of fielding. The Liberty celebrations were short-lived however, as this only brought the run-machine David Redoy to the wicket. He and Prashan took the score into the nineties, and it appeared that only another mix-up between the wickets was likely to separate them, but Prashan eventually got a fine edge to an attempted cut-shot, and was caught behind for 29. Rajeev came to the wicket and immediately dispatched a loose ball to the boundary, and continued to match pace with David, the two of them bringing Greenfield to within six runs of victory before Rajeev was casually caught one handed at deep mid-wicket. David then put Liberty out of their misery with his second big six of the day, and Greenfield had won by seven wickets with 13 overs to spare, and the ‘big guns’ of Arees, Mutto and Ram yet to bat.

We can be generally pleased with our bowling and fielding although the fielding did become a little ragged in the late stages, while frustrating tail-end partnerships were blossoming. It is important that we keep turning the screws when we have the opposition down. The batting provided a little more of a challenge than we have faced in recent weeks, and it is encouraging that the challenge was met so comfortably. Both Prashan and Rajeev spent valuable time in the middle with the bat. David was once again the foundation - I just hope we are not becoming too dependant on him, but as mentioned above, there is still plenty of batting talent in our lineup that has not been called on in recent weeks. We can look forward to our next game against Victoria Park with confidence, but we must maintain our intensity if we are to continue this winning streak. Good effort everyone. A special mention goes to Arees this week, for winning an award for the web page. It is a well-deserved reward for the effort he has put in. I am sure the webpage fosters a sense of team and club spirit, which is invaluable, both on and off the field – congratulations, and many thanks Arees!