Friendly v Outlaws CC News 11/30/14

This sunday 11/30/14  Hustlers 2 CC will play a friendly game against Outlaws CC from Div 1 in preparation for their semi final game the following week.

The game is scheduled to be played at Tamarac Sports Complex for a 12 30pm start time.

All players are to be reminded to show up with enough money to fill up the large red floating cooler Mohan has adopted for the past couple of sundays. Anybody thinking of bringing some cutters are more than welcome as well as the most important item...... bags of ICE.

Birthday celebrations and cake donations are also welcome to the fortunate ones adding another run to their score.

The picture below is what we expect to be wearing when batting against the fiery pace attack of the Outlaws bowling lineup. If you feel the need for extra padding, feel free to visit Home Depot and purchase some protection and allow your fellow team mates to borrow when you are done with it.

Enough protection ?

See you sunday guys......

A Message for LHCC.

Pitch carvery just for you on bended knee.....

Rumours around town are that LHCC are already asking the league to change the semi final venue to suit them rather than playing at our home ground and us to give up home field advantage.

The picture above shows a league finals day cricket pitch preparation on a soccer field at the beginning of the year.If this is good enough for a League final then our pitch is looking like Lords Cricket Ground right now compared to this finals ground and it's preparation.

If this is good enough for the league final then there is nothing really to complain about.

Quarter Final Result - Hustlers 2 beat Vikings CC

The Hustlers 2 team put in their best performance of the season so far against Vikings CC to get a comprehensive win against the top side in Zone B yesterday at the quarter final round stage. Nobody thought the H2 team was capable of a victory after struggling most parts of the season with lack of players and bad form but as it turned out, they won when it mattered.

Hustlers lost the toss and were glad that the Vikings skipper sent them into bat first. After a reasonable first 13 overs, the Hustler team had scored 73 for the loss of 1 wicket. Johnno was the batsmen out for 20.

The H2 batsmen knew they would have to post at least another 100 runs in the next 12 overs against the very dangerous Vikings CC batting lineup to stand a chance and as it turned out, they posted another 120 runs with Chris 67, Altaf 49 no, and Ravi 32 batting with skill and power when needed.

Vikings got off to the worst possible start in their run chase as they lost 5 quick wickets upfront. After 10 overs they were at 52 for 6 and apart from one good over they knew that one of their remaining batsman would have to score quickly and big if they were to win.

After the break Vikings lost 2 wickets in one over bowled by Mohan and with that their already slim chance of pulling off a win disappeared. The final wicket was taken in the 19th over by a Cliff and Johnno combo to see Vikings all out with 114 on the board.

The wickets were shared around by the H2 bowling attack of Terry 4 for 40, Mohan 3 for 22, Amar 2 for 16, and Cliff 1 for 14 who all bowled well throughout the game.

The next game scheduled is in 2 weeks time when H2 face Lehigh CC in the division semi final to be played at The Yard.

Match Highlights

Chris 67
Altaf 49 no
Ravi 32
Terry 4 for 40
Mohan 3 for 22
Amar 2 for 16
Cliff 1 for 14

Double Header News

The first game saw Hustlers 2 lose to a very good Unlimited team.
Unlimited scored 232 in their 25 overs and bowled us out in 18 overs to get a very good win.

Match highlights.
Basil 43
And that's about it.

The second game saw Hustlers 2 take on Lehigh Indians in what turned out to be a thriller of a game.
The Hustlers players were already sore from the early fixture and only had 9 players to play the game.

Luckily Hustlers won the toss and batted first with Debbie, playing her 2nd game of the day, opening the innings with Chris, while the rest of the team sat back and took a rest.

Hustlers got off to a fast start and went to the break at 84 for 0. Debbie on 20 not out and Chris 56 not out.
The second 12 overs saw Hustlers pile up the runs as they amassed 215  with Chris 75, Ravi 71 not out and Debbie 24 the main contributors.

Lehigh started well and were soon hitting boundaries and went to their own break at an impressive 131 for 1. Chief batsmen for Lehigh were Jamal 68 and Omarnauth Churaman 57.The next 12 overs saw Hustlers get important wickets when needed and managed to win by 14 runs in a close contest as the Lehigh impressive run chase fizzled out. Cliff was the standout bowler with 3 wickets for 10 runs who changed the game in H2 favour with his unorthodox leg spin round arm doosra carrum ball pelts.

Match Highlights
Chris 75
Ravi 71 no
Debbie 24'
Cliff 3 for 10

Next week the playoffs start with Hustlers 2 playing the number 1 seed Vikings at Tamarac Recreation Center.

Double Header Sunday

Hustlers 2 will play 2 games this coming sunday to finish off the regular season schedule.

First of all they will play Unlimited CC at 9am followed by Lehigh in the afternoon with both games to be played at the Yard.

Two games for anybody on the same day is tough but for Hustlers 2 and their aging squad, it will be even tougher. Not only will we have fatigue issues but we will have an even bigger problem with what time to load the coolers up. Will the ice last or melt before the second game is over? Will the drinks outlast the ice? These really are big questions for us.

Two sets of food means two rounds of eating for us as well. Two sessions of after match liquid refreshments means our average intake of liquids will double meaning our friendly neighbourhood store owner will be banking some extra dollars from us this sunday.

Whatever way we look at this coming sunday and how tough it will be for us, we will do our best to honor both games and try and drink moderately in our 12 hour timeframe.

Div 2 Tables

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	PLost	Points	NR
Lehigh CC	7	4	3	0	0	24	-
Vikings CC	7	4	3	0	0	24	-
Krishnar Tigers	7	3	4	0	0	18	-
Hustlers 2 CC	5	2	3	0	0	12	-
Warriors CC	7	2	5	0	0	12	-
Raider CC	6	1	5	0	0	6	-
Starlite CC	7	1	6	0	0	6	-
Renegades CC	7	1	6	0	0	6	-

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	PLost	Points	NR
Berbice CC	7	7	0	0	0	42	-
President CC	7	7	0	0	0	42	-
Diamond CC	7	6	1	0	0	36	-
Miami Royals CC	7	5	2	0	0	30	-
Guyana Heat CC	6	4	2	0	0	24	-
Wild Fire CC	7	3	4	0	0	18	-
Unlimited	6	2	4	0	0	12	-
Lehigh Indians	6	1	5	0	0	6	-

Hustlers 2 v Guyana Heat Round 8 Match Report

Round 8 of the Div 2 fixtures saw Hustlers 2 head over to Wellman Fields to play against Guyana Heat with both teams looking for a win to keep them both in playoff contention in their respective divisions.

The day started off with rain showers all morning meaning the game start time would have to be delayed which was agreed by both captains.

12 15pm saw 10 Hustler players at the ground waiting for a break in the rain and only 1 player from Guyana Heat on his cellphone calling his players asking what time they will be arriving at the ground.
The Hustler skipper said we both would wait for the rain to stop and also would not claim the toss or the game, which Hustlers had every right to do so considering only 1 player from Guyana Heat was at the ground, due to the fact he was giving GHeat every opportunity to go ahead with the game and play within the spirit of the game. No overs were to be deducted as well.

1 30pm arrived and Guyana Heat only had 6 players at the ground but with more on the way, Hustlers skipper allowed the toss of the coin which he lost as Guyana Heat decided they would bat first even though they still did not have enough players at the ground to constitute a start to the game. More time was allowed by Hustlers for the remainder of the Guyana Heat players to show up and once 7 players were present, they went ahead with the start of the game with no rain falling.

The conditions were damp but very playable as the game started and after 21 overs, Guyana Heat were bowled out for 125.

Hustlers went to bat at 3 35pm and got off to a flying start as they quickly reached 29 for 0 after 2.5 overs were bowled. This is when it started to rain lightly and as soon as the rain started, the Guyana Heat opening bowlers said they were going off the field because they said the conditions were too dangerous for them. They didn't even ask the umpires for a ruling and what they thought or even confer with the batsmen. They just simply walked off.

The Guyana Heat players then left the field and instead of waiting for the rain to stop, which it did within 20 minutes and never rained again until we left the park around 6pm, they all apart from their captain, ate their food and then got into their cars and left the ground with no intention of going back out on the field to play. Over 2 hours of no rain falling from the time they left the field that could have been used to bowl the 10.1 overs or even complete the entire innings was not used by the Guyana Heat players.

The Guyana Heat team opening bowlers did not show any intention of completing the game after their bowling was dismissed with ease in the first couple of overs as they knew the only winner of this game was going be Hustlers.

We of course will be seeing how the league rules on this game as we will be claiming the win due to the fact that Guyana Heat had no intention of seeing out the game even when the rain had stopped. A few of the Guyana Heat players were also embarrassed by the way the game finished due to the fact their opening bowlers left the park within 20 minutes of walking off the field. The light would not have been a problem either as the floodlights all came on to light up the whole playing field for the game to continue or at least to bowl another 10.1 overs to get a result.