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| Hustlers with their runner up Trophy |
Hustlers 163 for 6 in 25 overs
Hustlers lose by 38 runs.
The game itself was played in the right spirit with both teams vying for the Championship Trophy and as it turned out, Warriors batted, fielded, and bowled better collectively than Hustlers to claim the win.
The Hustlers team can still be pleased with the season they had to reach the Final as they played good cricket all the Spring season. It just happened that they left their worse performance for the final and let themselves down. The Hustler players still stayed back after the game to take a few cold ones well into the evening with their followers.
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| Runners up |
Congratulations once again to Manny and his Warriors squad for their win as we now look forward to playing in Div 1 next season.
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| Ground preparation with a knife on hands and knees !!! |
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| Dillon with the Runner Up Trophy |
it was a shame to see that the other hustler team was supporting Warriors from the side. Why bother having the same name? CHANGE THAT SHIT NOW.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed that. Disgraceful effort from the Men In Pink.
DeleteI say get rid of the hustler 2 tag. What do both sides have in common anyway? Do they run together?
DeleteTHEY MUST LIKE ABUSING THE H2 TEAM. THEY THINK THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT....**INSALLAH FRESH NAME**
DeleteGuys,
DeleteHustlers were not supporting Warriors. They were only cheering for FISH. His other two brothers plays for Hustlers and his entire family was there. They were just happy he had a chance to score some runs.
I don't think they meant any disrespect to Hustlers 2.
Anoop
Anoop,
DeleteYou don't know half the story between H1 & H2. Even when they come watch us in reg games they carry on the same way.
Name change is a very serious possibilty for us as they have nothing to do with us or us with them in the off season or during it.
Certain individual in the Hustler 2 camp want to keep the name as he has been there a longtime and thinks the name stays forever. He already say he will leave if it changes.....guess what he is leaving this season so now name can change. Let's see what happen
Deleteis he leaving coz he is unhealthy or leaving coz he can't play divisin one?
DeleteThe ground for both games was a poor effort from the league execs. Final games should be on the best pitch available and not some last minute cow pasture. The league has more than enough money to get somewhere decent. hopefully next time they do !!
ReplyDeleteHow funny was it to see grown men on their knees cutting down the pitch with a knife?
DeleteBuy both pitches and get one half price deal. I bet the music man cost more than the 2 pitch
Delete60 BUCKS 2 PITCHES. GREAT DEAL **INSALLAH LOCKED IN FOR 5 YEARS**
Deletewarriors top player bring out his weedwacker in the form of a knife and start carving out the pitch like a turkey ..lol
DeleteThe Prez was impressed with the carvery skills
DeleteA lot of those grown men likes to be on their knees..hahaha
DeletePrez , intent on saving the league's funds ...he's very thrifty.
DeleteNext he'll drop off two goat to eat the grass
Everyone is quick to place blame on the executives without knowing the facts. It is not about the money.
DeleteHow many of you know of grounds where two cricket matches can play side by side? And how many of those ground are available?
The only two parks that can allow two games are Miramar Regional and Brian Piccolo. Well both parks were booked by hardball for their finals.
Maybe you guys don't know but the hardball leagues book those two parks for the entire year. When we get to use those grounds it is because hardball is not using it and they let us use it once we pay them the fee. Unfortunately they had their finals the same weekend so they could not help us.
Let it be known from now... BOTH of those ground are already BOOKED by the hardball leagues for our Summer Finals and Fall finals at the end of the year. The only way we will get those grounds is IF the hardball league agrees to move their games to allow us to use it for the Finals. That''s what happened Fall season of last year.
Other options are: Please each Division final at different grounds. BUT some will still complain about that... why the executives split up the games.
OR - Play the Finals on different weekends. Again it will be the executives fault for some reason.
So at the end of the day ... it is always the executives faults. Maybe you guys will like to help make some changes for the betterment of the league.
Anoop
If the finals have to be played at one good pitch venue then so be it. First final start at 11 30 or 12 followed by the other. If lights are necessary then pay for the extension. SIMPLE
DeleteAnoop and cronies feel they can throw everything down people's throat and get away with it. You cannot run the league effectively without listening other than your own voices.
DeleteEven though I sympathize with the league's effort finding a suitable ground, the stunt they pull mins before the game getting a pitch ready with a pocket knife tells me otherwise.
The pitch should have been ready a day before or very early before the teams arrived.
That really shows no planning for the final day pitches. The league execs only consideration is how much to pay and just get on with it and blame everybody else. No pitches for finals? Jokers.....there are pitches everywhere if you pay for them. Last minute screw ups !!!!
DeleteSide by side final games is not always possible. Just get the start time right for the first game instead of 10 am on sunday morning. Let the fans turn up at a reasonable time because finals day is not always about the teams playing, the fans are just as important.
DeleteTough luck Hustlers 2.
ReplyDeleteHustlers lose the game after the wariors last 12 over start when batting. too many run give away. drop catches did not help to
ReplyDeleteHustler train crashed into the other Hustlers train of heavy passengers
ReplyDeleteTalk to the hustlers 2 top line batsmen saperately and all of them blaming giving the same reason for the loss. They blame either the fielding, batting line up or both. None of them is taking the blame for their poor batting performance. Maybe it is a Guyanese thing.
ReplyDeleteThey are many thinks to blame but the game is done and dusted...Kudos to winner , prez, music bai, pitch doctor, drinks provider, 90,000 spectators, etc.
ReplyDeleteMost of all the two banas who sit out for the final 11.
Next time!!
Well no one should blame any one the team play bad cricket and we lost. The team should feel happy there make it to the final.
ReplyDeleteBut why did they open with Mike when he do not want to open. He is always a specialist number 4 or 5 batsman. Why experiment in a final.
ReplyDeleteHindsight is always best once the game is over. My take on why we lost is pretty simple. We just were never at the races after Warriors started their second 12 when they were batting. We started off badly in the run chase and after we lost 3 quick wickets the writing was always on the wall for our loss.
ReplyDeleteRemember that the Warriors bowlers deserve credit as well, they bowled tight early on and we never had any loose deliveries to put away.
They simply outperformed us in all aspects.
Chris
...don't forget the ever improving kwack-kwarry
ReplyDeleteGuess if Mike open, he and Johnno should have open to run the singles and tows.
ReplyDeleteHustlers bowler will remember for long a guy by the name of Catfish.
ReplyDeleteFish stepped up infront of his fans.
DeleteHe deserved all the glory and I was happy he did that in a Final.....Sad that it was against us though. haha
Chris
...HE WAS ALLOWED TO AS WE ALL KNOW FISH CAN'T BAT.
DeleteHE WAS PROMPTED BY WARRIORS SUPPORTERS-HUSTLER1
That is an unfair statement. The kid can bat. He was given the same opportunity with us and proved he was still learning how to bat then and that was why he was not so good at that time. Now it seems he is moving along nicely.
DeleteGood luck to him
Chris
Hustler 1 never had faith in him as a crikceter. He hardly played any game for them.
DeleteWHACKING SOME MEDIOCRE BOWLING FOR TWO SIXES MAKES YOU A BATSMAN THESE DAYS?
DeleteHE MAY BECOME A GOOD ONE LIKE HIS BROTHER SOMEDAY, BUT AS OF NOW HE STILL ISN'T... REASON H1 SENT HIM OVER TO YOU GUYS
H1 send him ? You gatta be joking. He left H1 coz he want to play.
DeleteC'mon, give the kid the credit he deserves! big stage and he delivered with a game changing inning where many failed! Kudo to Warriors brain trust for having confidence in him. Keep working at your game Fish...Cheers, Deo
DeleteACCORDING TO ANOOP'S EXPLANATION THE HARDBALL LEAGUE ARE BETTER ORGANIZED WITH MORE SENSIBLE PEOPLE RUNNING IT.
ReplyDeleteOUR SO CALLED LEAGUE WAS ORGANIZING TWO GROUNDS WITHOUT PITCHES FINALS MORNING.
THE MUSIC WAS THERE BEFORE THE TWO TEAMS ARRIVED BLARING THE LEGEND BOB MARLEY TUNE ' DON'T WORRY ABOUT A TING'
WHAT ELSE THIS LEAGUE HAVE TO SHOVE DOWN OUR THROATS?
backyard cricket = backward thinking
DeleteKudos to the pitch curator for having a 6 inch paint line down the center of the batting wicket.
Very nice color affect in between the dead brown grass and weeds.
Just like playing at Lords......lol
Don't forget the very close goalposts each end of the ground so we could hang our bats, gloves and wet shirts on.
Deletein fairness to the league the masters was better organized.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.....and more money to make.....I MEAN SPEND.
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