Yaadboyz CC Fall 2015 Division 2 Champions - Match Report

YAADBOYZ CC are CHAMPIONS

Yaadboyz CC

Who would of thought we would become Champions of the Division at the beginning of the season with the same group of players we had previous in past seasons with many outsiders doubting our ability to play the game with our old over the hill team?

We managed to prove a lot of people wrong with a fantastic performance rated right up there with the best of them in a run chase for a Final. Berbice CC played their part in this Final with a great batting display of their own with a fine  individual contribution of 73 coming from one of their youngest players Mikey. Their score of 235 in a Final batting first would normally be a winning score to defend but we had other ideas in the outcome.

Having to score at an rate of 9 plus runs and over, we saw Cliffy take the fight to the Berbice opening bowlers right from the off. His short but sweet quickfire knock set up the tempo of our innings which we carried on all the way through until the 24th over.

Play action

In came Ravi who started off cautiously with the bat but once in, he found his range to send bad balls out of the park with ease. His contribution with the bat was immense as he saved his best batting performance of the entire  Fall season for the Final. After he completed his fifty he was unfortunately run out for 57. At the break the score was an impressive on target, 126 for 3 with another 110 required in the next 12 overs for victory with wickets remaining and the excitement building. With still a lot of work to do this was was going to go right down to the wire and keep the crowd on their seat edges entertained all the way to see who would win.

Skipper & vc

Slim was the next man out attempting to accelerate the scoring after the resumption. Altaf and Mukesh then tucked into the Berbice attack with sixes and fours raining down all around to send the scoring rate up and back in our favor. Mukesh was out for a swashbuckling 24 and shortly afterwards Altaf was gone for a fine 63 of MVP proportions. This left the skipper and vice captain together at the wicket with 21 needed of the last 18 deliveries.

Any chance of a Berbice victory was lost once Basil hit a 4 boundary and this was then followed up in the 24th over with  2 sixes by the British guy to see us go past Berbice's score with an over to spare. This was a team batting masterclass as everybody contributed to our win. It really was a very special moment for all of us to be involved in but to win a game in such a manner it had fans applauding us well into the night.

A few shell shocked Berbice players after the defeat

This was really a memorable game to play in especially in the way we batted as a unit and  to chase down the 235 for the win. Our aging bodies may let us down every so often in the field thesedays but the old experience heads of ours saw us through when it mattered most. We would like to offer thanks to all our supporters who came and watched us win against the much fancied Berbice squad and hope our win will stick in your memories for a longtime to come. Thanks also to Raj and Tariq for their umpiring duties as they both did an excellent job for both teams.

Once again we celebrated together as a team in our normal manner well into the night but this time the drinks tasted a little bit sweeter due to our Championship win.

As for us now, we will rejoice and marvel at our amazing accomplishment for the next few weeks and remind people out there that our will to win against all the odds will be with us forever and nobody can take away our hard fought Championship win.

Cheerz everybody......See you next year in Div 1.

Yaadboyz CC Fall Divison Champions