Fixtures/Results

We had a great time at the Awards Ceremony on Tuesday evening. During the event, we watched three videos of our cricketers in action. We've uploaded those videos to YouTube so that you can enjoy them again, and share them with friends and family.

Please note: these videos are "unlisted", meaning that you can only access them if you have the URL. You won't find these videos by using YouTube's "search" feature.

Friday Evening Session:
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXxbMYN5Ii8

Sunday Morning Session:
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sylh166FPtg

Final Session (All cricketers):
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDe5fqPzsf0

We also took a bunch of photos at the Awards Ceremony itself. We'll be posting those within the next few days.

Enjoy!

It was hot this past weekend, but still a great weekend for cricket at the India House Youth Cricket Clinic.

After two weeks of focusing on making good batting decisions, this week we focused on the bowling action. Coach Mahendra and Coach Ranjit worked with each of the cricketers on the fundamentals of sound bowling technique, then we put that practice into action playing a friendly match.

Friday evening's match was unique in that the first four batsmen on Coach Curt's team were all out bowled for just one run among them. Manav and Parth came in and formed a great fifth wicket partnership, settling the team down for three overs and rebuilding the side. Pujan and Rishabh came back in the last over and added runs, pushing the total to 30. But Coach Ranjit's team was just too strong, finishing the game off in four overs.

Best Performances -- Coach Ranjit's Team
Sagar took 1 wicket for 17 runs and Smit took 1 wicket for just 3 runs. But the best bowling performance on Coach Ranjit's team goes to Tilak -- 1-0-4-2. On the batting side, Tilak was 12 not out and Sagar was 5 not out.

Best Performances -- Coach Curt's Team
Pujan scores 13 with the bat, but he also executed an exceptional throw from midwicket to run out Aman. On the bowling side, four bowlers took a wicket: Akash, Parth, Rishabh, and Pujan.

Sunday's match was a hotly-contested duel between Coach Curt and Coach Mahendra's teams. Coach Mahendra's side batted first, but they were restricted to just 43 runs in 8 overs by a great bowling attack, with each bowler bowling a tight line and good length. Coach Curt's team made their target of 44 in 6.2 overs.

Best Performances -- Coach Mahendra's Team
Aditya S. was 10 not out, collecting ones and two to go along with a boundary four that kept his team in the game. Pawan scored 6 before being run out by an excellent throw from Sidd. On the bowling side, Aditya S. and Udai both took two wickets in their three overs, while Dhruv was economical in his two overs, conceding 14 runs.

Best Performances -- Coach Curt's Team
The best batting performance of the weekend was, by far, Anuj's performance on Sunday morning. Anuj was 22 not out -- 20 of which came from well-placed boundary shots. Yash B. was 7 not out, batting a long innings and providing a stable foundation for his team. On the bowling side, every bowler performed well: Anuj 2-0-10-0, Yash B. 2-0-9-1, Daksh 1-0-6-1, Sidd 2-0-12-1, and Rohil 1-0-6-0.

I have uploaded a series of videos from Coach Bob Woolmer on proper bowling technique. Click on the "Bowling" tab at the top to view them. These videos will reinforce what we covered this weekend at the clinic. If anyone has any questions, please ask them this weekend -- we'll be happy to help.

Better late than never...I've posted a slew of photos from the Spring 2011 Youth Cricket Clinic.

Click the team logo below to view the photos:

The senior teams for the Challengers and Warriors played a 10-over match on Sunday morning, with the result being a tie.

The Warriors batted first, accumulating 74 runs in their innings. Pujan scored 16 not out, including a four and a six. Sagar contributed seven runs, as did Yash, with Akil scoring six. The Warriors score 23 runs in the last two overs to set a target of 75 for the Challengers. The Challengers' bowling attack featured the Parekh brothers -- Rishabh and Parth each bowled one over, with Rishabh conceding just 1 run and taking one wicket in his over. Parth took two wickets for just four runs. An excellent performance from Sidd as well for the Challengers, taking two wickets for six runs.

With a target of 75 runs, the Challengers had two batsmen with good scores -- Shiven scored 11 not out and Rishabh scored 9 not out. Rishabh's six off of Akash sparked the Challengers' offense and drew them close to the win.

With three balls left in the match, the Challengers needed three runs to win. Sidd hit a two, bringing the scores level. Sidd again faced Praneel with just two balls left and one run to win. But Praneel took his wicket (by Deepankar's great catch in the outfield) to take the match down to the last ball. The new batsman was unable to score off of the last ball, and the two teams ended the match tied.

Pujan was the best bowler for the Warriors -- taking two wickets in two overs for 11 runs. Sonu, Praneel, and Kishan also took wickets for the Warriors.

For his 16 not out batting and his 2-0-11-2 bowling, Pujan was named Man of the Match.

We're so proud of the way all these young cricketers played. They are a joy to watch and to coach.

Coach Ranjit discusses the team plan with the Warriors.