Match Feedback Joe Chemmanam - Jan 16 2010

Dear ALL,

2 days of great cricket. I congratulate everyone for the splendid
display for 2 days running. The entire team deserves a great applause
for showing spirit to travel 2 days in a row from Abu Dhabi to Alain.
Hats off to you!!!

1st match (won the toss and batted)

Anish:93
Prashant (police): 100 +

Total 244 in 21 overs

Dont remember the exact bowling figures. But Hafeez, Sajad bowled
really well and contained the runs. Ground fielding was ok but some
catches were missed but we hung onto 2 important catches, one by Joe
and one by Hafeez. last 2 Overs were also bowled well by Joe and
Sangeet. Just 8 runs were scored from these 2 overs when 26 were
required.

We won the match by 18 runs.

2nd match (lost the toss and was asked to field)

They scored 217 in 22 overs.

Razzag bowled really well. Haffeez and Sajad also did a decent job.
Again some catches were missed and some good ones taken also.Ground
Fielding was ok.

We chased very well till the 14th over. Razzaq batted brillantly for
his half century but would have loved to see him finish the match.
Anish and Sangeet also played cameos but again Sangeet could have
stayed a bit more and the match would have been over. Raju, Prashant,
JP, Hafeez all contributed with the bat ..Zia in the end took very
close with some brilliant hitting but we were just short by 8 runs
..But this ensured us a better run rate and a place in the semi
finals.

Feedback

catching can improve. backup has to improve. batsmen who are set need
to finish the match.

need to practice bowling to contain batsmen. in the 2nd match there
was a batsmen who was good on the leg side. We need to know how to
bowl at least 2 stumps outside off so that such batsmen can be
contained. We could have saved 15-20 runs easily. Another thing we
need to learn is to bowl slower balls, back of a length deliveries and
short balls. Yesterday's team had no clue on how to hit short pitched
deliveries. Not a single batsman hooked or pulled but even then they
hit some 10 sixes straight down the ground as we over pitched on more
than 1 occasion.

Also its very important that we don't get tensed on the field. All
shouting and cheering should be in between deliveries and not when the
fielder is going to field the ball.


We have a very good chance of lifting this trophy as we are the semis
now. its just 2 matches and we have been better than every team we
have played against in this tournament.

Cheers
Joe