Match Feedback (Dubai) - Mar 19 2010 by Joe Chemmanam

Hi all

We are slowly but surely becoming a better team. We won 2 matches on a single day which is quite an achievement.

Bowling

We bowled first ..Our guest bowler showing very good control of the new ball. He is a really good bowler. Prashant also bowled well though got a bit predictable with the short ball. I myself also bowled well mixing the pace in the final overs ...Razzaq bowled ok and got a bit confused when the batsmen started moving around in his crease. Need to just concentrate on ur line and length... Special mention to Mani and Prasanth Sr. Bowled 6 overs on the trot without giving away much runs ..Prashant Sr bowled extremely well ..Can only tell him to come regularly for practice and also to learn to vary his pace a bit ... kept on increasing his pace and thus lost his dip and flight in the last over he bowled..but he is extremely talented..hope he doesn't waste it ...

Batting

Razzaq was in great form ..scored yet another 50 in double quick time .. Anish gave him good support .. Prshanth couldnt get started this time around ..its a difficult ground as a lofted straight drive can easily be caught at the boundary while a mis hit can go for 6 .. Sajid was finding it difficult to middle the ball ..but he stuck around and played a crucial knock ..again lack of practice is evident .. Need to improve his running between wickets significantly ... Candor club has changed its game from just hitting to a well rounded game now with a lot of emphasis on running between wickets/rotating strike etc ... mani consistently took singles and changed strike .. the only thing we could have avoided was the mini collapse .. Sanal, Raju, me and Zia got out in quick succession .. was one of the worst shot of my life .. should have taken more responsibility ... luckily we had an experienced hand in Prashant Sr ..and a good hit for 6 by our guest player took us through in the end ..

Fielding

Very sad to see catches dropped. Zia dropped 2 easy ones.. Both keepers dropped one each ..both were easy catches and should be taken ... lack of calling was the reason for 1 drop....

Ground fielding was good with Raju, Shameen, Razzaq and Anish especially doing a lot of good work ..

Umpiring

It wasn't the best ..it was their home team .. we have registered a complaint but we were too good in the end against 11 players and an umpire ...

Regards

Joe

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