Living up to the reputation and general expectation, BoB won the finals and lifted NPL 3.0 championship against NPL Blasters. This is their 2nd consecutive championship win and marks their dominance over other participating team.
BoB won the toss and selected to bat. NPL Blasters did well to pick up initial wickets and never really allowed BoB batsman to free their arms. Partha and Amaresh did well to give some stability in the middle order and helped achieve a modest score of 113 in 15 overs.
Till this time, NPL blasters were well in contentions. Piyush and team could well have smelt victory at this stage. But BoB bowlers had other plans. Subhash led the pace attack and provided initial blow to Blasters with the crucial wicket of danger man Himanshu. A series of wickets follwed including Piyush who carried all and any expectations for NPL blasters. Subhash's raw pace was too much for Blasters and for that matter for any team till now in NPL 3.0. He was ably supported by Rakesh and Amaresh.
NPL blasters were bowled out in 12th over itself with the score reading 75.
A nervous start but a clinical finish by BoB.
Congratulations BoB for the win.
For 3rd place match, Flame overpowered Swed Tigers in a thrilling SuperOver match.
Swed Tigers' Ashish hit the ball all over the ground to provide an apparently match winning total of 22 but to everyone's surprise, Superover resulted in a tie; courtesy some timely and smashing hits by Sarthank(Flame). What next? Another superover to break the tie. Flame required 18 of 6 deliveries and this time Flame's acting captain Rama hit a last ball six to pick up consolatory 3rd spot for their team.
That's all from NPL 3.0. Prizes will follow soon :).
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
SemiFinal Lineup
Let's hit the news straightaway. Bob Meets Swed Tigers in the first semifinal while Flame takes on NPL Blasters. The matches which were planned earlier on Saturday, Sep 12 have to be shifted to Sunday due to incessant rains.
For the ignorant ;), there is already a war of words heating up between Flame and NPL blasters which we hope will serve as the perfect build up for the action on the field.
FLAME vs NPL Blasters verbal volleys
It will be interesting to see which team can let their action speak louder than their words.
Keep your fingers crossed and make sure your presence at HPC greens before 11am, Sunday for the semis. Not to mention, snacks and lunch will be served right at the venue :).
Face your fear and get ready for the big fiest.
For the ignorant ;), there is already a war of words heating up between Flame and NPL blasters which we hope will serve as the perfect build up for the action on the field.
FLAME vs NPL Blasters verbal volleys
It will be interesting to see which team can let their action speak louder than their words.
Keep your fingers crossed and make sure your presence at HPC greens before 11am, Sunday for the semis. Not to mention, snacks and lunch will be served right at the venue :).
Face your fear and get ready for the big fiest.
League Matches Update!
First leg of NPL 3.0 is already finished with some really exciting and close matches providing plenty of entertainment.
To start with, there were 2 groups of 3 teams each with the top 2 teams in each group qualifying for the semifinals.
Group A was comprised of 'Block And Bleed', 'NPL Blasters' and 'The Ultimate Riders' while Group B was represented by 'Flame', 'Swed Tigers' and 'Kamikaze'.
BoB and Flame won both their matches convincingly to gain a thumping entry into the semis while NPL Blasters and Swed Tigers had some nervous moments before coming out victorios from some low scoring but hard fought matches. Kamikaze and The Ultimate Riders had some good individual performances but they failed to perform well as a team and were punished with early exit from NPL.
TODO: Match stats and semifinal lineup will be updated soon :P.
To start with, there were 2 groups of 3 teams each with the top 2 teams in each group qualifying for the semifinals.
Group A was comprised of 'Block And Bleed', 'NPL Blasters' and 'The Ultimate Riders' while Group B was represented by 'Flame', 'Swed Tigers' and 'Kamikaze'.
BoB and Flame won both their matches convincingly to gain a thumping entry into the semis while NPL Blasters and Swed Tigers had some nervous moments before coming out victorios from some low scoring but hard fought matches. Kamikaze and The Ultimate Riders had some good individual performances but they failed to perform well as a team and were punished with early exit from NPL.
TODO: Match stats and semifinal lineup will be updated soon :P.
Monday, September 7, 2009
September 03, 2009, Grand NPL 3.0 Opening!
Finally NPL 3.0 got to a start and what a start it was. NECHCLites turned up in numbers at the HPC greens stadium, Noida to watch their leaders in action.
Gupta san and Sandeep san captained their respective teams for 5over 5-a-side match under the magnificent flood lights and almost a full moon.
The battle was won by Gupta san's side but not before sweating it out in the keenly contested affair.
It was quite an experience to see the masters exposing their cricketing skills, enough to give young bloods a good run for their money.
Keep watching this space for more updates on the exciting league matches
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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