After a shaky start to this season, the dust in the ranks of Cougars is beginning to settle and the grain on the willow is starting to appear.  The wickets of the opponents are being rattled and the bad balls are struck high and out of the boundary by Cougar bats.  We are finally playing cricket.  Indeed, a good sign.  However, there is still a lot of cricket to be played and Cougars must tread the path of recovery a little longer. 
 

The path to recovery is usually found in patient batting and responsible bowling.  In other words, it is not a very exciting brand of cricket.  Do not tell this to anyone who witnessed the onslaught brought upon our opponent this weekend by Rehan (68 from 28 balls), and Mustafa C. (39 from 19 balls).  It was a masterful display of stroke playing of 130 odd runs scored in a mere 60 deliveries.  It was brutal enough to be called illegal.  Earlier in the inning, it was Hemani's calculated knock of 74 that anchored the inning.  Hemani was well supported by Danish (35) and Jam (51). 
 

Cougars put up a mammoth total of 322 for the loss of 6 wickets in 40 overs.

The fireworks, however, were far from over as the captain had yet a few more tricks to pull out.  The batting of our opponents never looked comfortable as they lost a couple of early wickets.  However, the actual demolition needed only 7.2 splendid overs from Amir to haul 6 wickets for only 20 runs.  Insert in as highlights a fabulous, over the shoulder catch from Rehan and an amazing sprinting grab on long off from Amir and we have a total team effort.  In the end, a comfortable win for Cougars.   
 

There were so many deserving "man of the match" in this contest that it is only fitting to give accolades to the entire team.