Ahh..it was the d-day today...Day 1 of NPL (Nec Premier League - "inspired" by the IPL) was to be held at Noida Stadium. There are 7 teams in total, comprising of 8 players and 1 girl (:D) fighting to be the champions of the game of Cricket and to be crowned as the NEC champs. The game is 9 over a piece with 1 over to be bowled by the girl player ( yah..compulsory :( ).
Anyways, f*ck the rules..the following was how the day went.
Match 1: SECKS vs Linux Dare-evils:
The first match was between SECKS (Support and Enablers Combined Karma for Success...or something like that) and Linux Dare-evils (weird name!!). SECKS team comprised of players in the HR, Finance and Admin team and Linux Dare-evils comprised of the Linux team. So first up, SECKS was asked to bat. They scored a decent 74 runs in 9 overs. Their first wicket fell only in the 8th over!! Linux Dare-evils bowled badly, fielded miserably and batted even worse. They lost the game after making 50 odd.
Match 2: Hydra Hooligans vs Warwel Warriors:
The second match was between the Hydrastor team and Warwel (both teams sticking to the names relating their respective projects). Anyways, Hydra Hooligans were like the strongest team in the competition on-paper. And on-paper they stayed. They were bowled out cheaply after scoring 51 runs. Although Warwel Warriors bowled ok sorts..but the thing which helped them was they dint drop any catches. They won..all thanks to a guy named Shrikant..he made sure the runs were scored. Although Hydra Hooligans came close, Shrikant made sure they stayed far enough from the finish line.
Match 3: Whats in a Name (WIN) vs Embedded Eagles
The third match was between a team called WIN (Whats in a Name) and Embedded Eagles. I was kinda interested in this match since my friend Shruti was playing. I was really interested in her mess-ups so that I could make fun of her later. And I have to say she dint dissapoint me. They bowled pretty badly and the Embedded Eagles, after being put into bat first, scored a massive 93 runs to win! WIN, did everything that the name dint suggest. If their bowling was bad, the batting was not good either! I dont know how much they scored but they were beaten quite badly.
In fact the Eagles also wrote a slogan for WIN: "Whats in a Name, Worst in the game" :D .
Match 4: Block or Bleed vs SECKS
By the time the third match was over, it was 1:30 in the afternoon and hot as hell!!! I swear I was radiating heat by that time. I had to forget about the heat since it was my team (Block or Bleed..yah we took the first name that came up on google search) vs SECKS. Anyways, we were asked to bowl first. I was exhausted by the time I finished bowling the first over. I gave 2 runs in my first over. However I was totally exhausted after that. It was sooo damn hot that I was feeling really uncomfortable. By the time I bowled my second over, I was gasping for breath. However our bowling was very tight. We gave 30-odd runs till the 6th over. That was pretty good considering SECKS had a good batting order. However it was the last two overs that went for 30 runs and made the total a competitive one. The second last over was by Eshita (the mandatory girly over). It went for a whopping 18 runs. The last over was by Subhash, who was already tired as hell. He also went for 10 runs. Anyways they ended up with 61 runs. Our batsmen were as cool as a cucumber..they dint feel the need to go out and hit every ball out of the park. They ran the singles and took the doubles. There was the occasional boundary and we won pretty easily. So, in short we f*ckd SECKS.
After the match we were all sooo tired. We dint even have lunch..I was hungry as ever. Anyways although I wanted to celebrate with the team..everyone else seemed to be too tired to go anywhere. Thus, only me, Bhupesh and Subhash went to Pizza hut for a late lunch. The weather by this time had got much better..it was cloudy and stormy!!
Phew! our next match is against the Eagles next saturday. I have a week's time to raise my fitness level..hmm..lets see about that! Hopefully, we would beat them nice and easy and secure our place in the semi-finals. Go block or bleed!!!!
Anyways, f*ck the rules..the following was how the day went.
Match 1: SECKS vs Linux Dare-evils:
The first match was between SECKS (Support and Enablers Combined Karma for Success...or something like that) and Linux Dare-evils (weird name!!). SECKS team comprised of players in the HR, Finance and Admin team and Linux Dare-evils comprised of the Linux team. So first up, SECKS was asked to bat. They scored a decent 74 runs in 9 overs. Their first wicket fell only in the 8th over!! Linux Dare-evils bowled badly, fielded miserably and batted even worse. They lost the game after making 50 odd.
Match 2: Hydra Hooligans vs Warwel Warriors:
The second match was between the Hydrastor team and Warwel (both teams sticking to the names relating their respective projects). Anyways, Hydra Hooligans were like the strongest team in the competition on-paper. And on-paper they stayed. They were bowled out cheaply after scoring 51 runs. Although Warwel Warriors bowled ok sorts..but the thing which helped them was they dint drop any catches. They won..all thanks to a guy named Shrikant..he made sure the runs were scored. Although Hydra Hooligans came close, Shrikant made sure they stayed far enough from the finish line.
Match 3: Whats in a Name (WIN) vs Embedded Eagles
The third match was between a team called WIN (Whats in a Name) and Embedded Eagles. I was kinda interested in this match since my friend Shruti was playing. I was really interested in her mess-ups so that I could make fun of her later. And I have to say she dint dissapoint me. They bowled pretty badly and the Embedded Eagles, after being put into bat first, scored a massive 93 runs to win! WIN, did everything that the name dint suggest. If their bowling was bad, the batting was not good either! I dont know how much they scored but they were beaten quite badly.
In fact the Eagles also wrote a slogan for WIN: "Whats in a Name, Worst in the game" :D .
Match 4: Block or Bleed vs SECKS
By the time the third match was over, it was 1:30 in the afternoon and hot as hell!!! I swear I was radiating heat by that time. I had to forget about the heat since it was my team (Block or Bleed..yah we took the first name that came up on google search) vs SECKS. Anyways, we were asked to bowl first. I was exhausted by the time I finished bowling the first over. I gave 2 runs in my first over. However I was totally exhausted after that. It was sooo damn hot that I was feeling really uncomfortable. By the time I bowled my second over, I was gasping for breath. However our bowling was very tight. We gave 30-odd runs till the 6th over. That was pretty good considering SECKS had a good batting order. However it was the last two overs that went for 30 runs and made the total a competitive one. The second last over was by Eshita (the mandatory girly over). It went for a whopping 18 runs. The last over was by Subhash, who was already tired as hell. He also went for 10 runs. Anyways they ended up with 61 runs. Our batsmen were as cool as a cucumber..they dint feel the need to go out and hit every ball out of the park. They ran the singles and took the doubles. There was the occasional boundary and we won pretty easily. So, in short we f*ckd SECKS.
After the match we were all sooo tired. We dint even have lunch..I was hungry as ever. Anyways although I wanted to celebrate with the team..everyone else seemed to be too tired to go anywhere. Thus, only me, Bhupesh and Subhash went to Pizza hut for a late lunch. The weather by this time had got much better..it was cloudy and stormy!!
Phew! our next match is against the Eagles next saturday. I have a week's time to raise my fitness level..hmm..lets see about that! Hopefully, we would beat them nice and easy and secure our place in the semi-finals. Go block or bleed!!!!
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