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GCC-ODI, Game # 2, 2000
Edmonton and District Cricket League - First Division
Junior Colts v Greenfield Cricket Club
Millwoods, Edmonton
Sunday, May 28, 2000 (39-over match)

Result : Greenfield won by 4 wickets.

Toss : Junior Colts
Umpires : Robert Cotrel & Wilfred Steele
Greenfield MoM : Rajeev Nair
Scorer: Chitra Marikar

Junior Colts Innings

How Out

Bowler

 Runs 4's 6's
A Hussain   b V Muttoo 2 0 0
+Fahad Choudhary lbw b P Arumugam 10 1 0
J Ramkelewan c J Jeppe b V Muttoo 4 0 0
*S Choudhary c *A Rauf b J Jeppe 27 1 1
V Rhoda lbw b P Arumugam 2 0 0
Fouad Choudhary lbw b *A Rauf 8 0 0
E Hanoman c *A Rauf b J Jeppe 30 1 0
F Jamali c & b *A Rauf 9 0 0
Faraz not out   4 0 0
D Patel   b J Jeppe 1 0 0
J Rashid not out   5 0 0
EXTRAS : b 0, lb 0, w 7, nb 0 7
TOTAL : (for 9 wickets, in 39 overs) 109 RR: 2.80
 
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Vijay Muttoo 8 3 24 2 2 0
Ram Maikala 3 0 7 0 0 0
Prashan Arumugam 9 2 17 2 2 0
*Arees Rauf 9 1 23 2 0 0
Johann Jeppe 9 0 34 3 3 0
Hemant Kumar 1 0 4 0 0 0


Greenfield Innings

How Out

Bowler

 Runs 4's 6's
*A Rauf c A Hussain b J Ramkhelawan 16 1 0
H Kumar run out   2 0 0
+R Nair   b A Hussain 29 0 0
J Jeppe   b A Hussain 13 1 0
P Arumugam   b A Hussain 6 0 0
M Weerasooriya   b A Hussain 3 0 0
R Maikala not out   15 2 0
V Muttoo not out   10 1 0
EXTRAS : b 6, lb 3, w 7, nb 0 16
TOTAL : (for 6 wickets, in 35.2 overs) 110 RR: 3.12
 
Bowler O M R W wd nb
*Salman Choudhary 7.2 0 28 0 2 0
Jacob Ramkelewan 7 2 16 1 1 0
Erik Hanoman 3 0 11 0 3 0
Vivek Rhoda 9 0 17 0 3 0
Adeel Hussain 9 1 29 4 1 0
             
Match Report by Mahasri Weerasooriya:

The Greenfield Cricket Club played their second game of the season under miserable rainy conditions. Both teams were ready and willing to play. The Junior Colts, the opposing side, won the toss and elected to bat. The opening GCC bowling pair, Vijay Muttoo and Ram Maikala kept a decent line and length in spite of the ball being wet after each delivery. The first break came early when Muttoo bowled a good in-swinger that completely fooled the batsman, Adeel Hussain, who was bowled for a mere 2 runs. The rain kept pouring but the boys managed to keep the ball dry for the bowlers and the bowlers did their job by keeping the score low and restricted Colts for only 109 runs in the allotted 39 overs. A new comer to GCC but certainly not to cricket, Prashan Arumugam, who traveled all the way from Calgary, bowled extremely well giving up only 17 runs in 9 overs for 2 wickets. Johann Jeppe, who is always a threat to watch, bowled very well for 3 for 34. So did Muttoo, Maikala and our Capt. Arees Rauf, who all ended up bagging 2 wickets each.

GCC came into bat chasing 109 runs. The heavy rain completely soaked the outfield and made it difficult for batsmen. Openers Rauf and Vice- Captain Hemant Kumar batted very well to put on a difficult 20 runs for the first wicket on a very damped pitch, with Rauf hitting a FOUR off the 2nd delivery. Kumar was unfortunate to be run-out having slipped on the wet mat and Rauf mistimed a short delivery and was caught. With the score at 55 for 4, it looked like the Junior Colts were heading for a victory, until our ever dependable Rajeev Nair took control of the game with some solid batting, scoring a valuable 29 runs. Rajeev and our very own 'Sanath Jayasuriya' like Mahasri Weerasooriya put on a solid partnership of 21 runs for GCC. Mahasri scored only three runs and at a time like that, it was worth fifty. We needed him to bat with Rajeev and he did exactly what his Captain ordered. Once Mahasri was dismissed Rajeev got the green light from the Captain to go for the runs, as the run rate was getting to be a factor. He was very unfortunate to have been bowled by A. Hussain. When he left the crease GCC was only 21 runs short of victory, with ten overs in hand. Our middle order batsmen, the power hitters like Zaufer Marikar, Vijay Muttoo and Ram Maikala were still to bat. Ram and Vijay did the honors in five overs, with Ram scoring a superb 15 not out, which included two powerful FOUR's and Vijay hitting huge 10 runs which also included a FOUR. They were both not out.

Victory is always gratifying, when the whole team play as a unit. It was a tense and high pressure game and the team kept their cool, played with lot of character. We have to give credit to the whole team, our senior players and specially to our Captain for making gutsy changes in batting order and field settings. His passion for cricket combined with his cricketing knowledge has created a positive attitude for the whole team.