Abandoned Game vs Friends

Continental drew their game against Friends CC due to bad light. Continental lost the toss and was asked to bowl first. Right away, Devansh and Rezwan put Friends under enormous pressure with some hostile bowling. Sumit and Krishna kept nipping away at the wickets while Tarun strangled them from the other end. Devansh's spell at the start was the big highlight, with him running through Friends CC's top order. He bowled with good pace and accuracy to get 3 wickets. Later on, he had an amazing catch,  catch-of-the-season so far, to get rid of Friends CC's best player - Anil. Rezwan's opening spell was hostile and was extremely unlucky to not get a wicket. Sumit bowled at a good pace and was threatening them throughout his spell, even with the old ball. Krishna delivered the knock out blows on-time, picking up their main batsmen. Tarun's bowling was the perfect catalyst for a good team performance as he selflessly kept one end tight and didn't experiment. Friends CC was bundled out for 116, perhaps 20 runs more than we should have allowed them given the hold of the bowling over their batsman. Then rain appeared.

Player of the Week

Devansh Garg - 3/18 and 1 brilliant outfield catch

Thereafter, Friends CC tried their best to avoid play and stall the game to salvage a point for turning up. Continental CC's temperament and behavior through all of this was excellent as they stayed away from controversy and altercations. It was an important lesson on handling off-the-field distractions (& on-the-field sledging) for a young team which should stand them in good stead going into more high pressure games in the next round. The experience has only made Continental even stronger.

Eventually when play began, Continental was set 73 runs to get off 18 overs as per DL method. Continental openers were set to finish the game nice and early by smacking the ball around the park, when poor over rate  conspired with bad light to prevent further play from happening.

Overall, Continental's performance is coming together nicely and expect the team to step up their performances and intensity as we head into the Super 8s after the long weekend. The schedule for the Super 8s is expected to be out early next week. Until then, have a great long weekend. GO CONTINENTAL!!!!!

Summary:
Friends CC - 116 all out in 33.4 overs (Anil - 31, Devansh - 3/18, Krishna - 4/15)
Continental - 36/0 in 5.4 overs
Result - Game Abandoned due to bad light

Full Scorecard here