27 Feb: Winter League Playoff Tournament

[David L]

The final playoff tournament for the Kashiwa Indoor Winter League is on Saturday 27 February. Our match times and opponents will depend on how we do through the season. The first game of the day will start at 16:10.

We will meet at an appropriately earlier time at Kashiwa Station...times and details will be sent by email later.

Please post your availability below.

[Navin]

Its gonna be
Wyverns VS Yamada Punchu
Sano VS Adore
Sharks VS YFK
IISJ VS Mach ( )
If my calculations are right! All The Best Sharks !!! Go for the Win this time!!!
My Team has no hope!!!

[Alexis Coovre]

My Team has no hope!!!

"There is always hope."

[413]

Available for the play offs.

[Iain]

My Team has no hope!!!

"There is always dope."

Sorted

[antonlloyd-williams]

Available, ready and willing

[413]

Navin, you never know what might happen - just get a FULL TEAM together! There might be a few Sharks swimming about, however, if needed but remember it is up to the Captain of the other team to decide if subs bat and bowl. We would be very grateful if you remove Mach from the competition .

And if it is the same schedule as last year it would be:
Wyverns- Adore (4 vs 5)
Sano -Yamada Punchu (3 vs 6)
Sharks-YFK (2 vs 7)
Mach-IISJ (1 vs 8 )
and these would be 2x6-over games (one over bowled/two overs batted for each player)
You can see last year's schedule at http://www.indoorcricket.jp/WL09/wl09_Playoff.html

[Navin]

Well this time I think we will get to field the strongest team with 6 players atlast. I got 5 good strong players of IISJ available. We have a female teacher as well who is quite good in Batting and bowling. If we can manage to have her out there we can give them a fight for the money. I am planning to keep 3 fielders on the off-side and bowl in off stump line. That worked quite well last time. Pease tell me if you have a good plan! If Mach is out, It will be a fair competition for the other teams as well.!

[413]

"Worked well last time"... Navin, Mach beat IISJ 124-45.... Sounds like something Chris Gayle might say. BUT, anyhow, have a plan and stick to it. They play well on th efront foot - make them play the ball above waist height. You might try bowling a bit shorter. Crowd them. They run well between wickets - cut down their extra runs by not giving runs on wides or silly overthrows on unlikely run-outs. Tell Shubham not to get out and tell Naveen he has a good driving shot so use it, but he talks too much. Good luck, mate.

[Alexis Coovre]

Navin, you can beat the girls . . . but the only way to do that is to get them out - run out. You have to starve them for runs. Make them panic, take silly singles, and catch them out of their ground.
If you have three fielders on the off side they'll just work you over to the leg side.
Aim for the top of off stump. Remember this guy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqA_9LZmUgs
When you, Naveed, Shubum and Arpit are bowling, have two close-in fielders on the off side and two close-in on the leg side.
They're not big hitters, they won't be able to hit you down the ground, except for your two weaker bowlers, where you'll need a standard field.
The girls often win because they can make 18 an over in just singles. If you can stop that, and run them out, watch their score go backwards.
Then you guys have to play simple, attacking cricket. Leave the wides down leg side. Smash the bad ball. If they bowl you a pie, hit it for six. Run hard. You may have a female teacher in side. Great! Put your fastest runner in with her, and tell her to just hit singles every ball, which will escalate your score quickly. Play the girls at their own game.
Don't bowl wides!
If you beat them, you've made our lives a heckuvaloteasier.
Break a leg!

[Navin]

"Worked well last time"... Navin, Mach beat IISJ 124-45....

Actually It was 124-80!
Well We gave more runs to wyverns! They scored 126 off us! So that's why I said it went quite well. And in the past we have chased 110 runs. So we had a chance in that game ,Only thing was that Female teacher was not there and we had 2 weak players in that game. In the playoffs as I said I manage 6 strong players (Me, Arpit, Shubham, Lahiru The Sri Lankan Spinner, And two parents of the school who are good in cricket. One is a good batsman and a off spinner and other is a good fast bowler and bowl yorkers on his will). Now i am trying to get the female teacher as well. Then finally for the first time in the tournament I can field my Strongest team. I'll try my best to lead the way for a win and knock-out Team Mach. Then there might be a chance for us as well. Isn't it?

[413]

Apologies, Navin, yes it was 124-79. I mis-read. Sounds like you will give Mach a good contest. They will be very confident so get into them hard and fast and early! Show them you mean business!

[Navin]

Thanks Alexis! I don't know much about short length bowls! It won't be much of a difficult for them to play us if we bowl short because we don't have alot of pace in the bowl. So don't you think keeping 3 fielders in the off and bowling bit wide of off stump will be a good idea? They won't have time to play inside out shots. For spinners 2-2 field with attacking fielding places.
I will open the bowling with a Arpit and the middle overs I'll bowl spin. 5th over I will bowl and I will give the 6th over to the other fast bowler. In batting I will open with Shubham( We once reached 51 in 4 overs VS Yamada P.). Second pair will be Arpit and Lahiru. Both the parents will go last. That is what my plan is but please show me if there is a better way to do.
Thanks for all the help. Hope this conversation will benefit sharks as well!

[Alexis Coovre]

Navin.

I don't know much about short length bowls! It won't be much of a difficult for them to play us if we bowl short because we don't have alot of pace in the bowl.

Don't bowl short; just bowl a good line and length, and it will be hard for them to get you away, even if the ball is not that fast.

So don't you think keeping 3 fielders in the off and bowling bit wide of off stump will be a good idea?

No. The girls are national players, and will relish an open field on the leg side. They can easily take a ball outside off stump and put it through midwicket, or behind square.

For spinners 2-2 field with attacking fielding places.

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Good idea. But Don't be too defensive. Stop those singles.

I will open the bowling with a Arpit and the middle overs I'll bowl spin.

Ok ... but find out who their best batswomen are, and bowl to them. Don't bowl spin, do what you do best, which is medium pace. You and Arpit should be trying to shut down their best players. They won't be able to drive you and Arpit for four or six.

Both the parents will go last

Is your Dad playing? If he is, you should open with him, to get your team off to a good start. Arpit and Lahiru can provide stability in the middle part, and Shubum can bat with the female player, to end things. The female player can gather three runs for every single, and depending on the state of the game, Shubum can open his shoulders and try and pick up the run rate. It could be a good combination. You guys would be better off separated. Also having the inexperienced parents go last could lead the team to disaster. They need an experienced partner.

Remember, if you don't stop the girls from taking singles they will beat you. They hit six singles an over, and get 18 for it. This is their strategy. If you close in around them, they will panic and attempt to hit big, which is something they can't do. Eventually they'll play a false shot, make a bad run, or provide a catch off the wall. Show the girls your attacking moves, and they'll back down.

Boys should beat the girls.

[Navin]

Thanks Alexis,
I am not yet sure about the availability of the teacher but six good male players are bound to come. Therefore I am planning without her and if she comes that will be well and good for us. I think it is good for me and Shubham to bat separately because parents are not yet played a match at Kashiwa yet ( My father is not coming this week ). So I will send Lahiru and Arpit in the middle, I will open with one parent and send Shubham last with another parent. Or should I send both the parents opening and go last with Shubham?
And for fielding if I go with 2-2 field for the whole match what should be the good fielding spots. One thing I am bit worried about is that for fast bowlers they can easily take runs hitting the bowl to third man area. Thats why I was thinking about having 3 fielders at off and stop the single. Then they wont able to get away. According to the rankings M.Kanno and Y.Saito are the best batsmen in Team Mach.
Thanks Alexis for the guidance!