A CRICKET MATCH

A CRICKET MATCH 

        A friendly cricket match between our College Eleven and the Old Boy’s team was played on the first Sunday of last month This is the most popular sports event in our college.
       On that day, the Principal, the staff and almost all the students were present in the ground. At 9 a.m. the play started. The Old Boy's captain had won the toss and decided to bat first. Moin and Shahid opened the innings for the  Old Boys. Our fast bowler Saeed opened the attack, He bowled quitc fast, but the
 batsman hit him to the boundary. From the other end Zahid bowled the second over
to Shahid. His very 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. He flashed at the next ball and hit it again to the boundary.But the
last ball of the over beat him and he was caught by the wicket-keeper. At the Other
 end, Saeed proved very expensive. He conceded 16 runs in the third over.
        Zahid, however, was in great forms. In the first two hours, he claimed five
 wickets for 50 runs. All the other bowlers failed to get any wicket. The Old Boys
 had run up a total of 150 for 5 wickets. The next hour produced 100 runs for the
loss of one wicket. At the lunch, interval the old boys declared their innings at
 250 for 6.
        After the lunch our team went in to bat. Our openers Shaheed and
Saleem played steadily 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 Shafique was
in a terrific form. No batsman could face him Shafique claimed 8 wickets for 60 runs.
        The Old boys were very happy over their success. The spectators were
happy too. It was an interesting game.