A Cricket Match

A CRICKET MATCH

     The annual Cricket Match Between our College Eleven and the Old Boys' Team was played on the first Sunday of last March. This is the most popular sports event in our college. The college team included four University selected players while the Old Boys comprised the best players of previous years who Were still active cricketers.

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          On that day the Principal, the staff and almost all the students and a large number of old students were present. At 9 a.m. the play started. The Old Boys' captain had won the toss and decided to bat first. Waqar and Hassan opened the innings or the old Boys. Our fast bowler Shamim opened the attack. He bowled quite fast, but his length Was erratic'. The batsmen hit Bins to the boundary \\ice. Front the other end Khalid bowled the second over to Hassan. His \cry first ball uprooted the Middle stump. The spectators went wild with excitement.

       The next man appeared to be more confident.  He sent the first ball to the boundary, over the head of the bowler. He flashed at the next ball and snicked it through the slips. But the last ball of the over beast him and he was caught by The wicket-keeper. At the other end Shamim proved very expensive, he conceded 16 runs in the third over.

     Khalid, however, was in great form. In the first two hours., he claimed live wickets for 50 runs. All the other bowlers failed to get any wicket, The Old Boys had run up a respectable total of 150 for 5 wickets. The next hour produced 100 runs for the loss of only, one wicket. At the lunch interval, the Old Boys declared their innings at 250 for 6. Their captain Naeem Ahmed had played a great innings. He had scored 100 runs.

    After the lunch our team went in to bat. Our openers Shaheed and Shameem played steaddy10 and scored 50 runs in the first hour. Then both were out in the same over. After that a collapse'' set in and wickets began to fall at regular intervals. The score moved at a snail's pace". Old Boys' slow bowler Rafique, was in a terrific'3 form. No batsman could face him with confidence. The last eight wickets fell for only 90 runs. Rafique claimed 8 wickets for 60 runs. 

       The Old Boys were very happy over their success. The spectators were happy too, for the game had been very interesting. Our team was not disgraced. They knew they had lost to a better side.