In the second game, Drammen won the toss and put us to bat. In the first game balling lines were not very consistent, so we planned to score even of the wide balls by changing the batting stance. Haider and Pranaov opened the innings and Haider was the aggressive one. He hit two 6s in the first and third over. Pranaov was excellent between the wickets and called for every opportunity to steal a single. We were at 40 in just three overs. In the 4th over, Haider got caught but Pranaov took the mantle and hit a boundary next ball. Rushank was unlucky with the bat as tried to hit a loose ball but got caught at mid-off. After that Pranaov and Dylan kept scoring in singles and doubles and took the score to 77 for 2 by the eight over. We then introduced Ismail and Saad for batting. Saad got out soon but Ismail continued with Hashim and took us to 109/4 in 10 overs. Ismail scored 24 of 9 deliveries with 3 boundaries and 1 six and really capitalized on the base that Haider and Pranaov created in the beginning of the innings.

The balling innings was more clinical than the first match. None of the Drammen batters crossed single digit, with the highest score of 6. Arib and Kevin started the balling attack and Drammen were struggling at 9/0 after the third over. In the 4th over, Kevin's unique balling angle came into play and Dylan was quick to stump getting us our first wicket. In the next over, Kevin was again involved in a dismissal where he took an excellent catch at mid-on off a good length delivery by Haider. The doors were open, Pranaov and Haider got two wickets in next two overs. Rushank and Ismail bowled the last 3 overs giving away only 11 runs while Ismail also got a wicket. And guess who was involved in that dismissal. Our superman behind the wickets, Dylan. In total he got 6 dismissals in two games giving the batters hardly a chance to breath.

Ismail was player of the match for both the games but these were complete team performances. Everyone contributing with bat/ball and in the field.




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