birthday- before and after

RUBY CUP

Round robin
We were really tensed on whether we would qualify for the next round of RUBY cup. Our final match was against Zircon malgadi. We had to win by a margin of atleast 15 runs. I was looking in good touch but one full toss and my over-confidence resulted into my wicket. Due to some responsible batting by the rest of the team members and a burst at the last we reached 80 runs. Now our job was to restrict them to less than 65. The first over was excellent. They were 7 for 2. But then diasater struck. Anil bowled a real bad over conceding 20 runs of 4 balls and he also got himself out of the match by bowling two beamers. We had lost almost all hope but then some magnificient bowling by Nandu, Biru and Akshay restricted them to 57. We were so happy. We were into the next round.

Knock-out stage
We were pumped up but our next match was against EMERALD CHIRICKS. Supposed to be one of the best teams. We had a bad day on the field. We conceded 80 runs and we struggled to score even 50 runs. All in all it was a bad match for us. We were out of the tournament.
That was the end of the cup for us but 3 of our third year teams managed to get to the finals.
Finally GARNET GURU's won the RUBY CUP.


BIRTHDAY BLUES & BUMPS

I knew I would be kicked real badly and I was too. My ass was totally numb. The whole night I could not sleep properly as I was lying on my stomach. The bumps were OK but India lost their match against Bangladesh. This was the worst possible start to the world cup.
India did well against Bermuda but again lost to Srilanka. It did not deserve a seat in the next round. Anyways all is over. Lets focus on the future.