(Pictures by Lynn Barretto Miranda)
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| Stretch, stretch |
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| Net practice without nets |
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| Loosening up |
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| Waiting for the battle to begin. |
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| Nitish leaves no stone unturned. |
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| "Heads we bat, tails you field" |
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| Pre-match trash-talking between the two teams. |
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| Team A - (L-R) Paul, Kaivalya, Sunil, Anant, Gajanan (Yeah, yeah it was five-a-side. Because you were at home sleeping) |
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Team B - (L-R) Rajiv, Nitish, Kunal, Devansh & Lynn (behind the camera)
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| Rajiv plays a cracking square cut (That barely leaves the square) |
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| Nitish attempts to lose the ball in some bushes nearby. |
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| Then Sunil delivers his 'mystery ball'. It floats innocuously in the air... |
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| ...and homes in like a guided missile, targeting future generations of the Wagle family. |
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| 10.... 9..... 8.... |
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| ...7.... 6.... |
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| ...5.... 4.... |
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| ...3.... 2.... 1.... TKO! |
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| Kunal brings a semblance of normalcy back to the proceedings. |
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| Umpire Mahesh throws neutrality to the wind and celebrates the fall of a wicket. |
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| Rajiv & Sunil bring all their architectural experience into making the stumps stand straight, until the wind knocks it over 5 minutes later. |
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| Sunil ducks under a bouncer that could have only hit him if he were 12 feet tall. |
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| Nitish returns to bowl, although he would have failed a drug test at this point, courtesy physio Sajan. |
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| Paul ponders over the demise of the British Empire and what the natives have done to the gentleman's game. |
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| It's all happening! |
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| Rajiv does his Allan Donald impression. |
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| Anant hits the winning run.... |
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| ...Paul tries to effect a run out. |
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| But its all over. Cricket was the winner. |
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| At the post-match lunch at Bambolim Beach. |
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| Some quizzing has to happen, no? Annie runs his Quizstock Lit Quiz for those who missed it. |
All in all, a good day at the office. For those who are concerned, we are happy to report that post-match self-testing by Nitish has confirmed that his er..., equipment, still works and his status as one of SEQC's most eligible bachelors is still intact. Jai Hind!
