Panthers

Lost against Mazda

2008-12-13T02:54:00.000-08:00

I won't say that it wasn't expected. After all we are just weekend cricketers and seem to have no inclination on improving our game. We can only fare well against candies like Kandy boys, but if the teams are slightly better, then I see no hope. I don't think that any batsman or bowler is so good that he can just wash his face in the morning, arrive at the ground, pad up and start scoring or

Facebook Panthers at Number 6

2008-12-06T04:32:00.002-08:00

Facebook panthers are at number 6 of the Friend's league. Rizwan's Karachi Devils is at the top for the time being. This was a result of not playing any match for a period of 3-4 months; a deliberate ploy by the Panthers XI in order to encourage competition. But not for long. Keep checking for updates as Panthers XI climb up the ladder.

Battrick Panthers @ #2 in Twenty20

2008-12-06T04:32:00.001-08:00

Amazing Twenty20 group stage for the Battrick Panthers. Finally we ended up #2 in the group stage, ensuring our berth in the knockout stage. The crunch match was with Paki Blitz which was a better team than mine. A plan (not to be disclosed was put in place) and it worked like a charm. It was this win which ensured that my team is at #2. Looking forward to the knockout stage now. The comparison

Nisar makes the difference for Agility Panthers

2008-12-06T04:30:00.000-08:00

Agility Panthers finally had a win after a string of losses. Winning feels so good and the whole team is now relaxed and waiting for some more action. Nisar's return was a boost for Panthers, as he made both his bowling and batting count. With his wily spin and good aggressive batting in the beginning made it sure that there were no hiccups. Earlier Waqar and Anees started the bowling and left

Good but not Good Enough

2008-11-18T00:20:00.000-08:00

VS Abbasiya RoyalsSuch is the speed of Twenty20 games, that you lose concentration for a little bit and the match is out of your hand, you make one wrong decision and it becomes next to impossible for you to recover. We played well guys, but gave a lot of freebies to their batsmen. Its good that we fought till the end and it would be even better if we can judge where and what we lacked and not

Cement Pitch Bullies Flop on Turf again

2008-11-10T00:31:00.000-08:00

It seems that the only thing that we learn from history is that we don't learn anything. After the 36 all out, our entire top order blew up once again and we would be having a similar score sheet if it weren't for Bilal and some resistance from the lower order. Our batting line up seems to be stuck in the glory days of cement pitches where they just had to hit through the line as the ball never

Facebook Panthers Reach Level 4

2008-08-28T16:05:00.000-07:00

Panthers XI has reached Level 4, miles ahead of other teams in its league. Experts say that the Panthers march was so rapid that the other teams couldn't even catch up with the dust trail left by the Panther Paws!Panthers rapid ascent had already been highlighted by experts and competitors alike because of the well balanced team effort that was on display in all of their matches. The players

VS Salmiyah - Baiztee

2008-04-27T09:59:00.001-07:00

Well it seemed that the more I waited to play Salmiyah the more disappointing it turned out to be. Some highlights of the match, to remember it byHad to be some kind of record: I bowled two overs in the match, one was the first over and the other one the last over. Is it some kind of record?Where we lost the grip: They were 163 at the end of 18 overs and at the end of the 24th over they had

Pictures To Cherish

2008-04-07T02:49:00.001-07:00

Following are the pictures from the finals which I would like to remember forever. If you want to check the complete list visit the offical Pic Site of Khurram: http://www.flickr.com/photos/khurramkhan/sets/72157604403535347/Me In ActionAnees Bhai In ActionNisar With His Power ThrowTumbling OverBasharat's Power Throw From The BoundaryRizwan and his pouchCelebrating an important wicket.Basharat In

How We Feel

2008-04-07T01:44:00.001-07:00

Thank you all for sharing your feelings. They are in order, that I have received them.Rizwan Javed (Wicket Keeper, Batsman)"It's like a dream come true"Waqar Perwaize (Captain, Batsman, Bowler)"I was thrilled with the performance of our team and the outcome of the match. As discussed before the finals, we played according to our strategic planning, I was extremely

Winner's Cup Finally

2008-04-06T23:38:00.001-07:00

A year long of hard work and continuous improvements in both our individual and team game, handed us our first trophy. The win has come to us in the Lawson Memorial Cup. Now that we have reached the top, our focus should be on how we can stay at the top, which definitely would involve taking our game to the next level. The morning started as planned as we all came early to the ground and

Keeping the Tempo for the finals.

2008-03-01T04:38:00.001-08:00

Responsibility shown all around in batting, bowling and fielding gave us our first win in the RP Sharma tournament against Horizons, and kept us in the hunt for the semis of this tournament. The win was important for us as we needed to keep ourselves motivated for the finals of Lawson Memorial.Winning the toss, wicky decided to bat first in order to give some batting practice to our batsmen.

Agility Thunders into Finals

2008-02-27T08:04:00.001-08:00

Agility stormed into the finals of the Lawson Memorial Cricket Cup after beating the seasoned Shaheen CC. The closely contested match was a big win for the Team Agility which is less than a year old. But what they lacked in experience they covered it with Team Work and application.The match started early Friday morning on 22nd February, with Captain Waqar explaining the game plan to the team.

Winning the Friendly Against Kothari XI

2008-01-08T01:50:00.000-08:00

We restricted the score to 172 in 20 overs, giving ample chance and practice to all possible bowlers. Also such a paltry total allowed us to experiment with our batting order. The captain gave chances to people who felt they should be given one. Lets see how we chased the target in pictures (courtesy Khurram)Adnan requested the captain to be sent to open the innings. The captain obliged.But he

Agility VS Burhan XI

2007-12-15T23:30:00.000-08:00

This time no written blog only VDO blog. Check it out and decide for yourself.Ahmed's Baazeehttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4072162205419525918For people who cannot access internallyhttp://agilitypanthers.blogspot.com/2007/12/ahmeds-baazee.htmlWhole Battinghttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2986433662495360587

Ahmed's Baazee

2007-12-15T22:41:00.000-08:00

I won't write anything........

Failed Attempt of inswing yorker

2007-12-08T03:02:00.000-08:00

:(In the match between Acasia in the Lawson Trophy I tried to ball an inswinging yorker. A powerful delivery to have in your weaponary. Since it starts from outside off, which is always a good line. As if the ball doesn't swing in, it will be difficult to dispatch for a boundary. Here are some words about my failed attempt. After a dropped catch, I attempted to bowl a yorker, the batsman tried to

Bowling Anamoly

2007-12-08T02:49:00.000-08:00

A very strange thing happened to me while bowling against Acasia in the Lawson Trophy match of 7th December 2007. The first ball that I was about to bowl, I went in with the intention of bowling my regular legcutter delivery in which I pitch the ball on the middle and leg and let the ball rip from my fingers with seam upright. But I had bowled against the batsman who was facing me and knew that

Agility VS Acasia - Lawson Trophy

2007-12-08T02:45:00.000-08:00

7th December 2007 The importance of first 10 overs, whether you are bowling or batting, was quite evident in today's match. Also I am sure that the satisfaction levels would be quite high since it was one of those rare occassions when we won by ourselves and not because of our guest players.Nisar, captaining the side in Wicky's absence, won the toss and decided to bat first. Nisar and Rizwan

Almost Lost It!!!

2007-09-02T04:44:00.000-07:00

Serious thinking would be required to find out why we came so close to lose a match in which the required run rate for our opponents was more than 10 runs per over.The tournament was out of our hands so the Captain Wicky made a strategy on popular demand, to give proper chances to everyone. Rizwan, Adnan and Bilal are to be tried up the order. And Ahmed, Amir Bhai and Junaid Bhai will be tried

Resilience Gives Us a Memorable Win

2007-08-20T01:43:00.000-07:00

The tournament becomes open for us as we get our first win in the tournament.Under the absence of our 3 main players Nisar, Amir Bhai and most importantly our captain Waqar, we knew we had to produce something out of our skins (both on and off the field) to keep ourselves in the tournament. Still trying to find our winning 11 after the going away of Sajid and Qadeer, we were hit by the vacation

Winning is sweet but Revenge is Sweeter!

2007-07-25T00:02:00.000-07:00

Our day started, this time, on the field trying to open our arms, practicing catch, warming up and middling. On seeing the team whom we were pitted against, our motivation to win increased further. It was the same team who had hit us a score of 300+ runs when the odds were heavily in their favor. This time the battle was even steven and we wanted to show them who they playing against.We batted

Disgraceful Beginning and a Disgraceful End

2007-07-16T01:04:00.000-07:00

I was thinking that instead of writing a match report, I should be writing a get together party report, since that would be most appropriate. ;)Our typical day starts with half of our team in Jaguar Beauty parlour applying creams on their faces, rather than warming up and practicing. If things keep on going like this, I believe that very soon some padicure, manicure and facial services will be

Came close and ...

2007-07-02T23:03:00.001-07:00

... went through.Man I waited so long to write the second line :)Losing without a fight is like a punch on your face, losing by coming close creates a bit more discontent by the multitude of 'if-onlys' travelling in your nerves and making your 'Bhaija Fry'. While Winning because of an individual is good for the individual himself its winning as a team which has the greatest feeling of all.

Smelled Victory but could not taste it...

2007-06-26T22:22:00.000-07:00

The title does say it all except for the marvellous chasing done by our batting. They should guts, determination and a little bit of maverickness. The bowling side was not weak and was continuously trying to exploit our weaker areas and most of the time, till the last 2 overs actually, we had answers to all their questions.The match this time was played in Salmiya ground opposite City Centre. The