3rd and 4th match

I played my 3rd match a couple of weeks back. The match went awful for me. It was a juniors match so I was automatically in the team and I was thinking that i would open the bowling but the first over was given to some spinner. The second over again spinner ! It seemed as if everything is going fine except that the captain has forgot that i am playing the match. I didn't bowled a single over in the match for some reason unknown. It was a useless disappointing day for me. After the match the coach asked the captain why he didn't bowled me and he said that he wanted to but the situation was really crucial. Go To Hell!

The very next day there was another juniors match. I went there a bit late. When i reached the ground the team was almost going on the ground. We were fielding first. Seeing me, the coach left one man out and included me in and told the captain to give me the new ball.

On the field, things went really weird. The captain summoned me and another fast bowler and asked him to bowl the first over. He said he'll bowl the next one and asked the captain to give the over to me. The captain then asked me and i told him to give the over to the other bowler. There was some confusion. I didn't understand what the captain asked me. I was of the opinion that he's asking me whether i want to bowl the first over or the second. He gave the over to the second bowler and sent me to fine leg. The second over came and he gave the over to a spinner. I was pretty shocked at this because i was warming up at fine leg. And then third over, then fourth... In the 17th over the captain gave me the bowl when the score was already over 200. I bowled three dot deliveries upfront and conceded a six of an edge on the fourth ball. A single on the fifth ball and a wicket on the last ball of the over. It was a catch at midon. My first wicket in match.

Then i bowled the 19th over. It went pretty fine but i conceded a six perhaps on 3rd or 4th ball. I was really furios over this six because no one had ever hit me a sex straight. Although it was a slow ball. I wasn't worried about the no ball or the white on the very next ball. I just ran in and shattered the off and middle stump with a yourker. That was perhaps the best delivery so far because i bowled with a feel.
Although i bowled just 2 overs but it was really satisfying because now i know that i can just concentrate on pace without worring about no ball.

The monsoon season started after that and i didn't went to club for 2 weeks after that.

My second match

It was my second match yesterday. Things went really bad, infact, awfull. I didn't opened the bowling attack, something that I was expecting. 2 spinners bowled the first spell. I bowled the 5th over of the match and conceded 22 runs. It included 4 fours and 1 six. One of the fours was an outside edge and the other was a misfield. The sixer was hit on a full toss. But the remaining 2 fours were good shots. I didin't bowled another over in the match a part from the last over which captain asked me to bowl to gain some confidence perheps. We had already won the match by then.

After the second match, I think I will not get any chance to play in the seniors team for a while. But anyway, there's a juniors match coming up tomorrow. Perhaps if I bowl an outstanding spell in that match, i might get a chance but the chances are too remote. The next seniors match is in 15 days. If I get a couple of juniors matches by then and i bowl well, perhaps there's a chance.

Personally, i am not concerned about getting place in seniors team. My main worry is bowling at my best. In yesterday's match, I was still too much worried about the no ball. I didn't bowled any but still I was looking at my feet rather than the batsman while bowling. I will try this week to eradicate this fault once and for all. Hope things go well.

My first match

It was my first cricket match from club. It was a friendly 2020 match with some other club. Mostly, juniors from our club were playing in this match. So, I also got a chance to play the chance as I was a new player in the club.

I joined this club a week back. The first couple of days were really hard. I wasn't getting the pace that I was expecting. Secondly, I was facing a number of injuries. The heal of my left leg and the ankle of my right leg were really sore due to bowling on some bad pitch. My shoulders were so much sore that I couldn't lift my hands to eat. There was also pain in my back because of my really weird action. But I had expected it before joining the club so i wasn't worried about the injuries. The main worry is the pace. I can't bowl quick even when I give my best. But it changed on the third day when I bowled a couple of really quick deliveries. I don't even know how I bowled that quick but I'll figure it out soon. Right now, I just want to concentrate on my runup and bowling action.

So, the day of the match arrived. I bowled 3 overs in the match and conceded 21 runs without any wickets. Its a pretty good effort especially considering that it was a 2020 match and mostly bowlers concede above 40 runs in their 4 overs in club cricket. Even 40 runs are considered quite good at club level. So, it was a good effort as far as the performance is concerned. But my big achivement was that i only bowled one no ball in the 3 overs. I have a pretty big problem of bowling no balls and I was expecting atleast 5-7 no balls in my spell. The second achievement was that I made it to the seniors team with just one match.

Its another match tomorrow and all seniors in the club will be playing and the coach has asked me to come to the match as well. It will be a big day tomorrow and I am looking forward to it. My control over the no ball in today's match mean that I can concentrate on bowling tomorrow rather than just worring about no balls.