Jana batting

2007 Season

Twenty20 tournament
Match Info. Batting Bowling Highlights
OSU cricket club vs Univ. of Oregon cricket club 9 runs of 8 balls (1 fours) 4-1-12-3 rusty start -- lost to ducks chasing a small total
OSU cricket club vs HP cricket club 52 runs of 40 balls (6 fours and 2 sixes) 4-1-16-2 Man of the Match - played with a hamstring tear, especially enjoyed getting Udam bowled of a slower one :-)
OSU cricket club vs Saber-stallion cricket club 38 runs of 24 balls (4 fours and 1 six) 4-1-19-2 Man of the Match
OSU cricket club vs Beaverton cricket club (Final) 5 runs of 4 balls (1 fours) 3-0-13-0 literally played in heavy rain and lost badly


30-30 regular season
Match Info. Batting Bowling Highlights
OSU cricket club vs HP cricket club 59 runs of 47 balls 6-0-29-1 easy win
OSU cricket club vs Saber-Stallion cricket club 32 runs of 26 balls 6-2-15-3 Man of the Match - enjoyed bowling in the overcast conditions
OSU cricket club vs Gresham cricket club 5 runs of 2 balls 4-1-8-0 got bowled to a huge inswinger from bert swanepoel after leaving the ball :-(
OSU cricket club vs Multnomah cricket club 60* runs of 53 balls 6-3-17-2 Man of the Match - Thriller! Almost won the match single-handedly. Needed 4 runs to draw of the last ball and I played a Douglas Marillier shot :-)
OSU cricket club vs Portland cricket club 5 runs of 3 balls 6-2-25-3 lost our way and were docked 8 overs for being late. Bowled a terrific spell in overcast conditions! Brian Green and Dinesh had no clue :-) Brain was bowled of a yorker and dinesh of an out-swinger
OSU cricket club vs Beaverton cricket club 0 runs of 1 ball 6-0-15-1 got bowled playing sweep of my first ball to mandar, pretty bad shot :-( We collapsed after that.
OSU cricket club vs HP cricket club 61 runs of 62 balls 6-1-11-1 Man of the Match - blind kantesh gave me LBW, otherwise a century was on cards. Bowled Ajit with a beautiful inswinger!
OSU cricket club vs Saber-Stallion cricket club 36* runs of 28 balls 6-1-28-1 easy win
OSU cricket club vs Gresham cricket club 17 runs of 18 balls 6-0-48-3 Naveen hit me a six and next ball I got him in slip(Flintoffish action) :-) Pressure mounted while chasing and got out to my favourite shot :-(
OSU cricket club vs Portland cricket club 57 runs of 40 balls 6-2-8-3 Man of the Match - played a very good knock when team was 10/3 and enjoyed bowling too!
Overall Statistics 332 runs @ 36.9 18 wickets @ 3.75 economy Overall it was a very good first season of cricket in US!


2008 Season

Twenty20 tournament
Match Info. Batting Bowling Highlights
OSU cricket club vs HP cricket club 16 runs of 14 balls (1 fours) 4-1-6-2 Match went to the bowlout after a tie and Zia was the only bowler who hit the stumps. What a time to strike boye!
OSU cricket club vs HPODC cricket club 37 runs of 25 balls (1 fours and 4 sixes) 3-0-19-0 Targeted Giri(the shoaib akhtar) and hit him for 3 sixes delibirately! It was total fun :-)
OSU cricket club vs Univ. of Oregon cricket club 45 runs of 18 balls (0 fours and 6 sixes) 4-0-15-1 Hit sixes at will, especially against Sunny Patel. Could have gone on to make a big score, considering the rate at which I scored the runs!
OSU cricket club vs HP cricket club 52 runs of 27 balls (3 fours and 5 sixes) 3-0-16-0 Man of the Match - Lost 2 quick wickets and we needed to win with run-rate to reach final. Merciless hitting in the end and we made it in almost 11 overs :-)
OSU cricket club vs Portland cricket club (FINAL) 26 runs of 19 balls (2 fours and 1 sixes) 4-0-12-3 Man of the Match - disappointed with this loss. Bowled beautifully and our team could not chase 120 in 20 overs. Pathetic! I tried, but holed a catch to Imran on the boundary line to a powerful sweep of Narinder :-(



30-30 regular season

Match Info. Batting Bowling Highlights
Crusaders cricket club vs Beaverton cricket club 1 runs of 8 balls (1 fours) 6-1-15-0 Inspite of a low total, we gave a very good fight and almost won the game, only if somnath didn't bowl those bad overs
Crusaders cricket club vs Portland cricket club 100* runs of 54 balls (4 fours and 7 sixes) 6-0-40-2 Brutal hitting of sixers!! I went to bat at the end of 15 overs and scored a quick century. Got both Sonu and Roy Gibson bowled with inswingers!
Crusaders cricket club vs Multnomah cricket club 54* runs of 40 balls (3 fours and 2 sixes) 5.4-0-39-3 Man of the Match - Captains knock and successfully led the chase!
Crusaders cricket club vs Beaverton cricket club 48 runs of 46 balls (4 fours and 1 sixes) 6-0-29-0 Almost won the match with this knock. I got out when we needed 25 runs in 24 balls with 6 wickets in hand. We lost by 2 runs :-(
Crusaders cricket club vs Multnomah cricket club 14 runs of 10 balls (3 fours) 5-0-56-1 Rush of blood and got out playing an uppish cut to Nish :-( Zafar Khan's day and I returned with my worst bowling figures. Humiliating loss!
Crusaders cricket club vs Northwest cricket club 39 runs of 46 balls (4 fours and 0 sixes) 6-1-22-1 Played a good sensible knock, but got out after doing all the hard work.
Crusaders cricket club vs Portland cricket club 9 runs of 14 balls (0 fours and 0 sixes) 5-1-22-2 Played this game 2 days after my appendicitis surgery. Commitment personified!! Could not hit the ball, due to pain. Bowled with a very short runup. Got palitha and Dinesh with two good inswingers of successive balls! Close match. 
Crusaders cricket club vs Northwest cricket club 4 runs of 3 balls (0 fours and 0 sixes) 6-1-18-6 Man of the Match - Raiyo gave a bad decision. I didn't nick the ball. Anyways, got the ball to swing and got my best bowling figures :-)
Crusaders cricket club vs Multnomah cricket club 10 runs of 3 balls (1 fours and 1 sixes) 6-0-23-1 Got bowled to a slow legspinner, the pitch did it. 
Crusaders cricket club vs Beaverton cricket club 9 runs of 10 balls (1 fours and 0 sixes) 6-0-36-0 Again rush of the blood and wanted to hit every ball from Mandar.
Crusaders cricket club vs Beaverton cricket club (Semi-final) 30 runs of 41 balls (3 fours and 0 sixes) 7-0-24-2 Lost 5 early wickets. Me and charith had a good partnership of 50 runs in overcast conditions, but rain had different plans. It was hard to bat after rain. 


NWCL Inaugaral Twenty20 tournament

Match Info. Batting Bowling Highlights
Oregon Sunstones vs Redmond Chargers 5 runs of 8 balls (1 fours) 3-0-22-0  All these games were literally played in rain.
Oregon Sunstones vs Redmond Colts 22 runs of 20 balls (2 fours) 4-0-25-3  Bad weather for cricket
Oregon Sunstones vs Microsoft 19 runs of 21 balls (2 fours) 4-0-29-2 Travelling to Seattle every week was tiring.
Oregon Sunstones vs Redmond Chargers 15 runs of 12 balls (1 fours) 3-0-19-1