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\f0\fs26 \cf0 Saturday - 14th June 08 - RCC vs BCC\uc0\u8232 Match\'a0started at 11:15 a.m. RCC won the toss\'a0and elected to bat. Openers Fahad and Faraz went in with full gusto and\'a0Faraz was feeling good of his form and was raring to go.\'a0BCC opening bowler Raju started the proceedings and was getting\'a0the ball to swing into the right handers. RCC got off to a stable start but unfortunately Fahad who was looking good\'a0tried to cut a ball that was too close to him and got and edge and was caught behind. In went Samay and he was looking good as always. Soon after Faraz got cleaned up with a brilliant in swinging delivery and in went Taresh who also didn't survive long enough and got cleaned up in the same over with a low swinging delivery and\'a0in went Sam, who also didn't survive more than two balls and got a\'a0dicey LBW decision\'a0considering the ball was swinging. Nevertheless RCC\'a0lost 3 important wickets in one over and it was purely and clear brilliant bowling. In went\'a0Satbir\'a0to try and stabilize things and he\u8232 put his experience into play and\'a0gave support to\'a0Samay. They put up a small partnership before\'a0Satbir got out at a good delivery when RCC was on a score of 42. In went Andy who\'a0is struggling with his form and that clearly showed and he didn't tickle the score much and was out bowled to a great delivery by Rahul\'a0during the process of which Andy lost\'a0control of his bat and it went flying out of his hand. In went Miraj and he gave\'a0some more\'a0support to Samay and they again put on a small little partnership which helped RCC get to the\'a080 run mark and then in went Vipul who didn't survive a lot and then\'a0it was Brother Bhu....who did what he is best at...hitting them hard and long.\'a0In the meanwhile Samay tried to take control of things and\'a0started to increase the scoring speed and\'a0did get some great clean hits but was unlucky to be held out at long off to a brilliant running catch by BCC fielders. RCC innings wrapped up at a\'a0mere score of 86 and\u8232 it was clearly brilliant bowling that out did us. All in all one more collapse.\u8232 In came RCC to bowl and Samay started the proceedings and\'a0bowled a pretty decent over. Second bowler brother bhu came in to bowl and was struggling to find his line and length\'a0and\'a0was being thrown away all over the park. We saw some brilliant hook and\'a0pull shots from the BCC batsmen. RCC bowlers were trying to bang the ball in short like BCC did but they forgot that\'a0BCC bowlers had a disciplined line and much more pace than\'a0our bowlers and plus the heat wasn't helping either and in the process of which they were being\'a0pulled and hooked\'a0time and again.\'a0BCC were scoring rapidly and were at 68 for 2 in the 8th over itself. The only bowler to show some understanding and discipline was Vipul and he kept that nagging line which did disturb the batsmen quite a bit and they weren't successful in hitting him and he immediately got a wicket. the match was over in the 13th over and BCC won\'a0by 7 wickets.\u8232 All in all the lesson to be learnt is that this time it was not our batting that didn't do well and threw away the wickets but we just got\'a0outdone\'a0by brilliant bowling.\'a0But what was disappointing was the bowling....the line and length that RCC bowlers chose to bowl was not at all appropriate and they should have improvised immediately when they were hit for a few shots but unfortunately they didn't and kept on bowling that line and length which eventually led to us not even being able to give a close enough fight as they hit way too many\'a06's and 4's of those short balls. Guys we need to practice harder....hard work is the only thing that is going to pay off. Paaji had said enough so i won't stress on all that but all i have to remind\'a0everyone is that WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE STRUGGLING TO EVEN GET IN THE PLAY OFF'S....WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT THIS TIME. and honestly as\'a0Faraz\'a0mentioned....if we are not good enough then\u8232 we\'a0don't deserve to be in the play off's...so guys we have to up our game and play to our potential and be the team that RCC has been...we have to make sure we cruise thru to the play off's and not struggle to make it\'a0there. with the way things are going i won't be surprised if we don't make it at all to the playoff's. PLS PLS PLS\'a0START COMING ON TIME TO PRACTICE PEOPLE....i\'a0understand all of us can't make it at 5 or 5:30 but pls b there in a way that we can start by 6 and not 6:30. also those who want to practice on the bowling machine need to be there by 4 or 4:30 as\'a0Paaji is going to allow practice on the bowling machine only until 5:30 no matter if you come at 5:29 and no matter if you are the\'a0opening batsman or whoever. Discipline is needed and\'a0needed desperately.\u8232 See you\'a0all\'a0at practice on Friday latest by 6 pm sharp....we seriously need to start working if we\'a0want to win. Good luck people and have a great week ahead "O Hum nawaaz" hahahaha (inside joke between fahad, faraz, paaji and myself)\u8232 paaji we need more of that O Hum nawaaz stuff on our way to charlotte this weekend...hahahahaha....have a good one!!!\u8232 }