Hustlers lose to Berbice CC in Round 5

Match Stats 

Berbice 250 for 7 in 25 overs

Hustlers Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
A Singh	5	0	30	0	-	-
M Harko	5	0	28	2	-	-
Deo Ramdeo	5	0	78	0	-	-
R Verasammy	5	0	45	3	-	-
T Shewtahal	4	0	52	1	-	-
C Rahaman	1	0	10	0	-	-

Hustlers 175 all out

Hustlers Batting

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	4s	6s
C Arjoon	c G Mathias	b J Raghunandan	64	3	7
H Sukhu+	c R Bharat	b J Raghunandan	1	0	0
D Ramdeo	c S Persaud	b J Roy	27	1	3
M Khan	c A Busgith	b J Roy	2	0	0
B Ramawtar*	run out		11	1	0
R Lenord		b S Jehaludi	19	1	2
C Rahaman		b A Busgith	12	0	2
A Singh	c A Busgith	b S Persaud	1	0	0
T Shewtahal	not out		11	0	0
R Verasammy		b J Roy	3	0	0
M Harko		b S Persaud	5	0	0
extras		(b4 lb3 w4 nb8)	19
TOTAL		10 wickets for	175

More drawing board discussions

"It was just another bad day at the office", was the usual comment after the game for the Hustler 2 team in their latest Round 5 game played yesterday against the younger and more energetic Berbice team.

Berbice won the toss and elected to bat first in temperatures reaching the high 80's meaning the Hustler squad would have to endure a proper baking out in the field if they didn't bowl out Berbice quickly.
Amar and Mohan bowled in tandem early on and even though they both weren't unplayable, they still managed to reduce Berbice to an average start.

Once they were off, sheer carnage ensued as the Berbice batters set about the loose bowling, sending balls dissapearing high, wide and handsome towards the Turnpike regulary. 

The only bowler of note was Retesh who managed to take 3 wickets for 45 in between all the mayhem flying about to all parts of the ground. It was a real proper canecutting demonstration by the Berbice batsmen as the Hustler team went to the innings break shellshocked and in need of divine guidance from somewhere.

Hustlers went to bat and started off aggresively and were scoring at 10 an over for the first 5. Chris and Ravi had to go at 10 an over just to keep up with the required run rate but then at the 11th over Ravi was out caught in the deep for 27. Chris followed in the 12th for 64 and after that with some late hitting by Rakesh 19 and Cliff 12, the Hustler innings fizzled out to 185 all out in a comprehensive loss.

Chasing any score past 200 is not an easy task for teams in any formats of one day cricket as you have to rely on some luck, some good batting, and usually 1 out of the top order batting through the innings, which we failed at miserably on all fronts.

Well done to the young Berbice team for their win and we hope they do well in the rest of the Fall season. As for us, '' It's back to the very much overused drawing board of ours".......Bowlers need to step up and start using their heads when bowling rather than using speed for everything.

Next week we venture out to play FiveStar in round 6 at 199th street.