Another practice match was played on 15th Aug at Reston Cricket Ground with one of the good teams from the League and Thunders had to play a depleted team from their regular lineup....or should I say a new look team wiht some new blood being tested for the roster.
Anand as usual lost the toss but not the match with Thunders put in to bat. Batting top order did not click this time around with players getting out on regular intervals. Rahul stood on one end but was not supported by any top order batsmen on the other end and run rate was creeping with only 60 odd runs scored till 16 overs. However what was left half way by the top order was pulled back by the awesome batting of the so called tail order. Anand , Krishna and Midhun (who stood at one end from the middle order) hit massive sixes and fours to take the score to 103 in the end.
Bowling department did not disappoint and took the game away with some excellent spells from all of the bowlers and keeping the target always a wee bit away from the DCC batsmen. In the end match ended on a winning note with DCC falling short by around 10 runs in the end.
The things to take from the match were a lesson on temperament both in bowling at death ....which worked and for batting shot selection......which failed !!!
It was a good practice match and surely a insight into the teams depth and skill.
Welcome aboard Thunders Camp : Deepak and Ravi ......officially adding to the team strength. !!!
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