Post #148

Our sometimes office sponsored and sometimes self sponsored cricket team that i play with more often did great on our first outing (15th Nov ) after the rainy season. This series was sponsored by the company me and my teammates work for. It was not like the earlier series where we had to shell in a lot of cash to enter the series and then went crashing out in quarters after doing well in the initial league matches. Everyone is now pumped up after a good 27 run victory which is a big margin in 20-20 format of the game. The role for me in the team has changed from the last series in the team. I'm now a wicket-keeper batsman who comes down the order to bat. The opener's slot which i used to enjoy for about an year is now taken up by another teammate. With the next match on 22nd Nov, me and my teammates are waiting for the clock to strike 8 Am this Sunday when the first ball would be bowled for the next match. Opponents this time would be Zak solutions and this is one team we have never played earlier unlike the first match where we knew the opposition (MC & A) from a previous match where we had lost to them. Let me hope for the best.

In the mean time the rainy season was a good time we bought some cricketing gear especially the cricket bat which needs seasoning before we play the cricket ball. Hours of knocking with the mallet went in to the bats we bought. Hard work did pay off as we got bats ready in time for the match. I did buy a Kashmir willow bat and it's now seasoned in to be played this season. Hope the sponsorship money pours in and we play more of the matches over the weekend :) And here are some snaps of me knocking in my new bat.