Transformers Semifinal and Tentative Finals Schedule

Based on the emails from both the captains, the second semi-final will be played on Saturday 27th August at 8AM. Anjan, please reschedule any CAP/CITA tournament games that are affected.

Also the winners of the second semi-final will play Titans (Congrats Anurag !!) in the Finals of the CAP tournament on 18th September (Sunday) at 2:00PM. This time slot is subject to no changes because its based on the availability of our Chief Guests (Peoria City Mayor along with the Vice President AXIS incorporation) and we expect the teams to make this as a priority.

Regards
CAP Management

CAP League- 2011 : 2nd Round

Transformers, Here is the schedule for the 2nd round of CAP League. Our games are highlighted. 

Hello Captains,

Congratulations for making to the second round of the CAP tournament 2011. Please find attached the schedule of games for second round. We are going to have 2 games per day (one in the morning and one in evening) and each game would be of 20 overs. We will have 5 overs of power play (3 mandatory and 2 batting powerplay). We will update the website to reflect the format. An additional request to all the team captains to ensure that the score sheets are completed properly for your team. We have got numerous requests later on asking for updating the website on top 20 etc... we are trying hard to do as best as we can, but if your team uses nicknames, or uses illegible handwriting or if the scoresheet is plain not complete, we can not blame our website managers. Do not sign the scoresheet, unless you have made sure that the scoresheet reflects the actual figures for your team bowlers, batsmen etc.  Please together we can make it much better and efficient experience. 

There will be semi-finals and finals following the second round games.

Good luck

CAP Management.

Incredible Hulk(Sastry) took Transformers to Playoffs

Great Win! Transformers are now officially in to playoffs (Knock out stage), after winning 4 consecutive games with Chak De, Peoria Super Kings (PSK), Peoria Knight Riders (PKR) and DC Dynamites(DCD).

Game with DC Dynamites Analysis:

This is one of the toughest fights that Transformers have seen from the opposite team till now. Starting from holding wickets in hand at the early stage of the innings, taking singles in first few overs, making bowlers to think constantly, and keeping the fielders on their toes, whatsoever a tough fight given by DC dynamites to keep the scoreboard ticking till the end overs. But still Transformers have shown great consistency in bowling and fielding and succeeded to restrict them for 71 in 16 overs. Great bowling performance from the captain Sastry (4 overs, 4 wickets and just conceding 8 runs) - one of the best spells in the series and still more to come. And also our “wicket taker” Vinay, backed up Sastry with 2 wickets and giving 19 runs from his 4 overs. Bhargava, Peddi did their job with their tight spells. Susheel chipped in with an useful over.

Coming to overall bowling analysis, even though Transformers bowled well, there is still a lot more room for improvement, they conceded a lot of extras 9(8 wides and 1 lb). In crucial games these will play a HUGE role in deciding the game. They need to come up with a better plan next time, while facing the toughest opponents for the next two games (BNCC, Titans, remember it’s an all Bloomington Finals in CAP-2010). They had experience playing Titans last year (Transformers beat Titans in first round, but Titans moved to second round and placed themselves in finals), but BNCC is totally a new opponent, they have the hardest hitters of the hard tennis ball in their side, so they need to make their moves accordingly.

Batting analysis: 72 runs required in 16 overs, which is an easy score for a team like Transformers, which has depth in their batting line-up till the tail (Do you guys really see a tail???). Susheel and Ravi opened the innings, but got out cheaply leaving 7/2 in 3 overs. Both need to concentrate more in their shot selection. Susheel still owes a big performance. Ravi started well with PKR but got out cheaply yesterday with DCD by playing across the line; team is hoping a big knock from him too. Bhargava and Sastry steadied the innings and kept the scoreboard moving. Sastry once again took the responsibility on his shoulders and showed everyone on what he is capable off. Bhargava looked lucky at early stage (missed out on a stumping chance and a caught behind), but gave the much needed support to Sastry to steady the innings before finally getting runout on 11 leaving the scoreboard at 41/3, and still needing 30 runs from 9 overs. Hemanth replaced him and got out cheaply. He is one of the dependable batsmen that Transformers rely on, and the team is hoping a good knock from him in the coming games. Lokesh gave good support to Sastry by taking singles until later got out for 26, to an unconvincing LBW decision by umpire, in the 12th over when Transformers still needed 9 runs from 4 overs. Here came the “hard hitting” Ramesh, who finished the innings with a straight SIX over the bowlers head and the winning shot over the long off for a single.

It’s a good convincing win, even though Transformers looked little out of ideas at the early stage of the bowling, controlling the easy singles, extra runs and breaking partnerships. They had lost too many wickets, while batting, for a low scoring game. Now they have to focus more & show improvements in the following

1. Bowling:

a. Needed consistent bowling performance and better ideas to break the partnerships,

b. Controlling easy runs from extras

2. Batting:

a. Building partnerships in batting, and more focus needed in shot selection.

b. Taking singles at the early stage of the innings.

c. No easy runouts.

3. Fielding:

a. Stopping the easy singles.

As they are facing the two toughest teams of the tournament, they need to come up with a great game plan to outplay those teams. May be on paper BNCC or Titans looks more commanding than Transformers, but as a team and commitment, Transformers will definitely has a greater chance to outplay them.

SMACK SOME BALL(S) 

TRANSFORMER.

Great Start to the Season -Lets keep it rolling !

Well Summer has almost sinked amongst us and that can only mean a few things to a cricket player. Competition is absolutely paramount and we as a team will lend our support to ensure that remains the top priority as the tournament unfolds.

As a team, I would say we started well this season. We have downed three teams with an Ebullient show!! Great Job Guys!! I believe we have the heart and the character to beat any team in the league, its a matter of giving ourselves a fair chance to win whenever we step into the field.

It was great to see Manchi, Bhargav, Hemi and Susheel amongst runs(Our captain is being humble here, so far he is our best batsmen). I hope everyone will chip in with valuable contributions whenever they get the opportunity, am sure we will be a force to be reckoned with in the tournament. It was also great to see Vinay make his presence felt on our team as a hard noised, team player who will do whatever it takes to win. It will be nice to watch this guy in the coming matches.

Moving on to future matches...

There is no room for complacency as we have two big character games coming up with two top teams. It is very essential that we treat every team with respect and play our natural game. I have no doubt every player on the team wants to make it further in the league. We just have to be better. Buckle Up guys!!

Enjoy the beautiful weather!!

Courtesy : Sastry

Cricket News FLASH !!!!

Cricket News : Here is our humble 

Praveen Papireddy scores the first Century for Nova against Prior Cricket Club                 The 2^nd of August, 2008 in VCC’s history will be remembered as the day which witnessed the maiden century by a Villanovan. It was like any other normal day until Praveen PapiReddy’s brilliance with the bat made it otherwise for good. There was no stopping for this dashing opener of VCC, who tore apart Prior Cricket Club on his way to a majestic century. He hit 9 massive sixers and 11 superb fours on his way to 61 ball knock of 113 runs.

Harish, Praveen and Varun score >400 runs in 2008     For the first time, 3 batsmen scored a record number of runs of greater than 400 in one season. Harish Koduri leads the pack having scored 440 runs in 21 games, followed by Praveen Papireddy 430 in 16 games, and Varun Sripalle 404 in 18 games respectively.  

Courtesy: http://www.students.villanova.edu/visa/Cricket/news.htm

Practice Schedule for the CAP Ground

Here is the updated schedule for practicing at the CAP ground

CAP League- 2011 Schedule

 From CAP

CLICK HERE FOR LEAGUE SCHEDULE

 Hello Captains,

Thank you for a very good discussion during the captains meeting. Here is the final group table (we will post it on the website)

A1 : PeoriaXI
A2: PCC
A3: Bradley Victors
A4: Full Blooded Indians
A5: Peoria Knights
A6: Tigers
A7: Red Devils
A8: Warriors XI

B1: BNCC
B2: Titans
B3: Scorpions
B4: Peoria Super Kings
B5: Chak De
B6: Transformers
B7: DC Dynamites
B8: Peoria Knight Riders

As discussed during the captains meeting, we will post (and communicate) a practice schedule for all the teams. Also we will have all the tournament rules posted on the website. Once again, we would like to mention, CAP management assumes that each participating team will take part in the tournament with sportsman spirit and not try to take undue advantage of limitations on rules (especially rain washed out games). We all love our cricket and want to enjoy as much as possible of it. We also hope everyone likes our new pitch and although we are not perfect yet, everyone appreciate that we are constantly working in
improving our facility. We realize that there are requests on providing extra shade for the team (we tried it last year, but the strong winds broke our shade) , and we will work on it, but we can't promise anything right now.

Please keep sending your questions, concerns and good suggestions and good luck for the tournament.

Regards
CAP Management

CAP League- 2011

 From CAP League

Hello Captains,

Winter is almost over and this is that time of the year when we come out of hibernation. Its time to start thinking about Cricket, forming teams and deciding who to play for. After a successful tournament last year the CAP management is very excited to announce that we are starting registrations for CAP tournament 2011. The details are below

- Registration Dates  : Starting Now open till Apr 30th

- Registration Method : Fill up the registration form (attached to this email) and  Email to Manmohan Sahoo (sahoo48@yahoo.com) & Parag Mehresh (pmehresh@gmail.com).

- Registration Fees : $300 tournament fees + $100 as umpiring security deposit (see the umpiring rule below for the reimbursement of this deposit at the end of tournament). You can pay in Cash or by cheque. The total fees should be recieved on or before Apr 30th. Cheques should be sent to the following Address : 2306 W Kensington Dr,Peoria,IL-61614. Cheques should be made payable to "CAP" OR "BRAHMAJI KADIUM"

- Tournament Dates : May14th Start of tournament. More details after registration is complete.

- Format of the tournament : 2 rounds . First round 16 overs games with 6 overs  (4 mandatory + 2 batting) powerplay. Second round 20 overs games with 6 overs  (4 mandatory + 2 batting) powerplay. Other rules will be added to the website on a later day.

- Rules for replacing players from original team at time of registration- You need to send an email to Manmohan Sahoo and Parag Mehresh with details about New Player and the player to be removed from the list. The email and fees should be recieved before the End of day prior to the game day. Till June 15th no fees will be charged to replace players (give teams some time to make adjustment to their teams). After June 15th and till end of first round a fees of $15 will be charged per player (to be replaced) and after first round till end of tournament a fees of $30 will be charged per player (to be replaced). You can pay this fees in cash or Cheques payable to "CAP" or "Brahmaji Kadium". The player will be allowed to play in a game only after the fees is recieved. The player who have already played for any other team in first round can not be added in the second round

- THIS YEAR WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT IN ADDITION TO THE TROPHIES LIKE LAST YEAR THERE WILL BE PRICE MONEY FOR THE TOP TEAMS, THE EXACT AMOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN A LATER COMMUNICATION

- Umpiring :$100 Umpiring security deposit in addition to the $300 Reg fee. CAP management  will schedule umpiring for each participating team before the beginning of the tournament. Its captains responsibility to ensure that the umpires are present on field before the scheduled start time. The umpires need to coordinate with the CAP management (Brahmaji Kadium, Manmohan Sahoo or Parag Mehresh) to ensure they have allthe necessary equipment (stumps, score sheets, balls etc) to conduct the game as planned. If a team is unable to send an umpire for a game (before the beginning of the game, its no use if the umpires show up after the game has already started) it will be fined $20  for each such incident from the $100 umpiring security deposit as mentioned above (after the tournament the remaining deposit will be reimbursed to the team captain).  Its CAP management who will decide on the replacement umpires. The replacement umpires who are going to show up in place of the designated umpires for that game, will recieve $10 each (so in total $20 fined money) for helping CAP management. - Ground updates: Before the tournament begins we will have ground levelled around the pitch with seeding done. We will put matting on the pitch. We will fill potholes in the field. We are working with park district to arrange for more seating in the ground. We have repaired the pitch damage done last year.

- Website updates: We are redesigning our website using professional support this year. The new website will be ready before May 14th

We are looking forward to have an exciting tournament this year too and best of luck for the tournament.

Regards
CAP Management

Cricket Season - 2011

Contributor : Hemanth

Spring is here already and its time for us to kickoff the discussion about cricket for the season as summer is approaching. We had a great season last year lifting another Cup and had loads of fun and parties under the leadership of Praveen (Urf Papi). But we have lost a few key players this year Sandeep (Yuvraj of Transformers) and Bharath (Our run machine and consistent opener), at the same time gained new players like Anil Peddi.

So Its time to appoint the captain and have him organize a few get togethers and practice sessions to get along each other and have some fun. As some of you know that praveen wants to get down from his captaincy this year as he wants to give the opportunity to someone fresh in the team. Make sure that he is not axed as the captain, in fact he is generous enough to offer a new guy the opportunity to see how things shape up. He is extending his support to the new captain by taking the vice captain role for this team this year in case the captain needs some suggestions and help.

Having said all the above about the ex-captain (:P), I hereby name the new captain for the team Transformers (Come'on King Maker you can do it ).

He is none other than Sastry Kompella.

Congratulations Dude.

I hope everybody in the team likes this decision and I am sure most of us wanted to see him as the captain for a long time.

!!!!Go TRANSFORMERS !!!!