It is that exciting last phase of 2009 Round I playoffs, where some teams are battling till the last game to find a spot in Platinum qualifiers whereas some teams have comfortably made it to Top 32. With one game in hand, Blitz CC finds themselves them in the latter half; courtsey good team performance, some individual brilliance and inspiring captaincy. Sunday, June 28th promises nothing less than a cracker of a game, with it being a do or die situation for Syndicate CC whereas Blitz CC trying to get one up on all opponents who defeated them last season.
Match Details
Sunday, June 28th
Start time: 8:30 am PST
Ground: Cupertino Middle School
Current Form
Syndicate CC: L L L W W
Stage is set for Syndicate CC to take up the challenge and overcome the defeats they have been suffering in their last three encounters. It is a must win game for Syndicate CC to keep their hopes alive for the platinum playoffs. A win for them will put the in the contenders list with Exterminators and Aryans CC for the last berth in platinum playoffs from Group F.
Whereas a defeat ensures a certain exit.
Blitz CC: L W W W L
Although a loss doesnot hurt Blitz's platinum playoff chances they wont be happy with anything less than a win. Especially after a defeat against GSCC, Blitzers have been eager to get back to their winning habits. A win against Syndicate CC will not only be a confidence booster but will also go a long way in putting Blitz CC in a favorable group for platinum playoffs.
Watch out for
Lokesh: With a total of 19 wickets at a staggering strike rate of 1.95!, he features as the leading wicket taker in the Cricbay Top 20 wicket takers for 2009 season. Not much information is available in his profile regarding his bowling style, scorecards reveal him being brought as first change by Syndicate CC.
Head-to-Head
Last time these two teams faced each other was Round 1 playoffs 2008 when Blitzers were called Bhajjis Monkeys. Electing to bat first after winning the toss, Monkeys displayed a miserable batting performance managing to score only 45 runs at the loss of 10 wickets in 16.1 overs, inspite of a convincing win & thus the confidence against Kings in their previous game! It was too easy a target for Syndicate who managed to score them off in just 12.1 overs with
a loss of 5 wickets.
This was a game when all the "Tambis"(5) from Bhajjis Monkeys made ducks!
Finally, after a years wait, Blitzers have a chance to settle their score against Syndicate CC coming Sunday.
“It's not so much revenge, but I think you want to hold on to a little of that just for extra motivation.”
Go Blitz!!
Jigar
6 comments:
Ranjith was the 5th, and he is listed as Shyam in the scorecard. It is to be noted that Rahul hit the fastest duck, thus wasting fewer balls. His duck > the other ducks :).
On an other note, Ravi from Syndicate CC is one of the most accurate bowlers I have faced (2 balls :) ), and can produce yorkers as consistently as Avi, Amar or Kasat.
great blog as usual jiggy..hehe so this match takes all the more importance for all the tambis this time around i guess..nice platform set for revenge..wat say Arun ;)
"inspiring captaincy"....Jiggy, you have won yourself a place in the team for the rest of the tournament just with this one phrase ;-) !!
Yes!! Mission Accomplished.
I took some pics on that match.
Here is the 2nd ball Arun faced.
http://www.pbase.com/sriram_g77/image/103413246
All pics :http://www.pbase.com/sriram_g77/blitz
Since there were 3 stumps as opposed to one bat, it found the stumps...
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