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Sunday, 27th April 2013, Bochum – Düsseldorf Black Caps Vs Dortmund T20 Toss – Düsseldorf Black Caps, Chose to field first Result – Dortmund won by 40 Runs Click here for detailed Scorecard Well, I am not going to talk about Metro Marathon as you already probably know a lot about it. On a chilly morning (temperature around 5-6 Degrees) most of us met at none other than our favorite place Burger King at Düsseldorf Haputbahnof. Soon we packed our cricket gears and boarded the wagon to our first T20 NRW PL game against Dortmund. As always we were well before the time and this gave sometime to warm up and practice. Tanvir Habib, Captain Düsseldorf BlackCaps, announced we are fielding (as decided earlier) after winning the toss. Boys then started adjusting themselves to their respective fielding position and match started at around 11:00 AM (30 minutes late than planned). Blackcaps had a sound and steady start as the pace bowlers (Shaun and Habib) bowled a very tight first spell. Dortmund were only 23/0 after 5 overs. However they soon got the much required momentum and the spin attack from Blackcaps didn't produce any charm. After 8 overs, Dortmund rushed to 50. This was not all it needed for Dortmund to finish 177/4 after 20 overs. Blackcaps fielding was not up to the mark and end up loosing catches, mis-fields and some overthrows. Blackcaps after 20 overs gave nearly 22 extras and out of which 17 came from wide. In the later part of the innings, bowlers couldn't find the line and length and went to big shots and wide deliveries. After the innings break, Blackcaps openers (Harman and Tarun) had a slow start but it was bit better on scoring rate than Dortmund. Blackcaps were 32/0 after 5 overs. However we couldn't capitalize on it as required run rate was creeping up and putting pressure on batsman to play some un-orthordox shots. Blackcaps lost their first wicket in 8th Over at 42. Soon Blackcaps lost the 2nd opener in 10th over and having a team total of only 50 by then. Benjamin (Wicket Keeper – Blackcaps) didn't not waste time and he started scoring runs all around the ground and turning single into doubles. Although on the other end, Blackcaps kept loosing wickets in order to keep the required run rate in control. Ben scored 41 of 28 balls before he got out in last over. Black caps were 135/7 in 19.2 overs. Blackcaps could add another 2 more runs and end up at 137/7 in 20 overs. Teams: Düsseldorf Black Caps: Harman, Tarun, Bharat, Ben (WK), Habib ( C ), Sanil, Neeraj, Shaun, Sankalp, Adarsh, Vijay Dortmund: Badar, Julian, Thiva, Gobi, Wasi, Mahindra, Wasu, Sajjad |
