they played without a keeper's glove for almost 16 overs ..and then when they batted, there was this injury delay which really brought us back into the match ..But to our credit
we took our opportunities and won the match ..
Finally its better to win the match by playing badly than lose a match after playing well..
Batting
1)Anish: played well .. i am personally so happy to see him mature ... hope he continue his good form..
2)Razzak: played well again .. he is like sehwag ..no point restraining him .. would love to see him playing longer innings .. as soon as spinners come to bowl, i feel he will get out any ball..
3) Sangeet: struggled to start against spin.. same issue that most of our players have ,,, need to show more patience and try and rotate strike against spinners ...
4) Prashant: Same issue as above .... need to rotate strike when spinners are on ...
5) Raju: was unlucky to get the top edge ...
6) Joe: Struggles to hit the spinners ..did stay and rotate strike for some time ...need to work on hitting the spinners.
7) JP: need to rotate strike when spinners are on ... cant always hit them out of the park ..
8)Hafeez: need to rotate strike when spinners are on ...running between wickets to improve .. doesnt back up at the bowlers end ..
9) Prashant Sr: Last stages ..tried his best ..
10) Joseph: good running and decent hitting ..got us past 150 .. which turned out to be crucial
11) Shameen: tried his best ..but too late in the order to do anything ..
General Feedback about batting: 2 main issues
1) except for anish, no one rotates strike when spinners are bowling... its either dead bat or boundaries or hitting out ... all of us need to improve on this ... we cant keep hitting good spinners for boundaries without taking unnecessary risks .. nor can we deadbat and put pressure on the other batsman...
2) Except for Anish, Razzaq, Sangeeth and Prashant.. the other batsmen are very low on confidence and haven't got decent chances to play and improve their confidence ... I would suggest to give more chances to JP,Joe, Hafeez, Sajad, Raju etc in the upcoming league matches so that when we reach the knockout stages, we have a decent set of confident batsmen ..
Bowling
1) Sangeet: Bowled a good opening spell .. Good use of the short ball .... some extras given ... 2nd spell was a disaster .. need to bowl to the basics .. if batsmen hit you, u still keep to ur basics and hope that he makes a mistake .. the last over of his spell cost some 23 runs ..and could have ruined the match .... but these are all things to learn from ..and i am sure Sangeet would have taken this as a good learning ..
2) Prashant: good opening spell .. Over did the short stuff a bit .. i think he was pulled for 3 boundaries .. but still a very good spell considering tis the 1st time he is taking the new ball..
3) Joe: Not bowling anywhere close to his best ..need to work on his fitness, run up and rhythm .. first 2 overs went for runs and also bowled wides ... came back strongly in the last 2 overs ..
4) Hafeez: Bowled very well.. But need to work on his field settings. He bowled almost 2 overs with 5 fielders inside the circle and without a deep mid wicket .. he went for 3 boundaries in that area... shouldnt bowl unless u have ur field ...
5) Joseph: Bowled well .. 2 very important overs ...
6) Prashant Sr: Need to Practice his leg spinners more .. bowled 1 good over but the 2nd over was costly ..but lots of talent ..his field settings were also not correct..
Fielding
Joseph needs to work on his catching skills ..we cant hide fielders so he has to take the initiative and work on this.. ground fielding and backing up was very good ..
Hafeez took a good catch.. it was a crucial catch ..well done...
JP had an off day on the field.. he is one of our best fielders so i am sure he will come back strongly....
Fielders need to know their positions for each bowler and need to go back to their positions every over ..captain cannot keep reminding u where u stood the previous over ...
Captain
JP got the taste of a pressure match ..need to work on his field settings ..bowlers need to help him on this ... have to be more authoritative on the field.
Bowling changes were good .. i dont envy his job coz he has 10 bowlers (all except him) can bowl well ... and there was even a talk of JP bowling yesterday ..so he had to choose from 11 bowlers ...2 wicket keepers ... not easy at all :P
I am working on field settings for each bowler ... and will be sending this to JP... JP can share this with each of the bowlers...
Regards
Joe
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