Archived [10/08/07] Battrick

[Jamee999]

End of Over 36: 138-10, runrate=3.83
Gonasilan 7-0-26-4
Wanless* 28 (44 balls)

 

[Jamee999]

If Gareth Bardle wasn't a string of 0s and 1s, he might turn me.

0.1 W Bardle to Bourne
Bourne flat bats a widish length ball into the waiting hands of long off. A good catch as the ball shot sharply off the bat.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Grrr @ Obrien 5* off 17 balls after coming at 211-2 off 34.4 overs. Meanwhile Armstrong has 31* off 20.

 

[Robertinho]

Hey Scaly, is this guy close to popping?

2. Pete Griffiths (49603)
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, changeable
A steady player with respectable leadership skills and feeble experience.

Plays For: Inter Lancs
Nationality: England
Age: 25 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 29,649
Wages: £3,482 p/w
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: strong Concentration: quality
Bowling: worthless Consistency: strong
Fielding: competent

 

[mikeW]

Hey Scaly, is this guy close to popping?

2. Pete Griffiths (49603)
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, changeable
A steady player with respectable leadership skills and feeble experience.

Plays For: Inter Lancs
Nationality: England
Age: 25 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 29,649
Wages: £3,482 p/w
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: strong Concentration: quality
Bowling: worthless Consistency: strong
Fielding: competent

Better hope someone out bids you for Tahir

I would've thought hes very close to popping.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hey Scaly, is this guy close to popping?

2. Pete Griffiths (49603)
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, changeable
A steady player with respectable leadership skills and feeble experience.

Plays For: Inter Lancs
Nationality: England
Age: 25 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 29,649
Wages: £3,482 p/w
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: strong Concentration: quality
Bowling: worthless Consistency: strong
Fielding: competent

Not in batting, he's low strong.

 

[Scaly piscine]

This focus group thing is potentially disastrous, having read today's Q+A it's abundantly obvious that nearly everyone has NFI what they're talking about.

I didn't read it properly so can't say anything on that. I thought it was a bit stupid having to have Skype, that just eliminates thousands of potential applicants at a stroke so you're left with a small bunch, who if you're lucky might have the odd intelligent person in it. Now if the focus group had me in it... then it would be useful.

 

[Robertinho]

Not in batting, he's low strong.

How is he low strong? Surely the conc can't be adding that much? Hmm, maybe it can. It'd be adding at least £600, up to £1000...

 

[Jamee999]

10.2 W Bardle to Stevens
Wanless resembles a coiled spring as he jumps up with ball in glove. A thin edge from Stevens and Bardle is delighted with his keeper.

11.1 W Aldred to Richards
Gowshall is under it, it's going to be difficult but he's positioned himself well...and he takes a glorious catch just inside the ropes! Richards shakes his head in sheer disbelief as he trudges back to the pavilion.

 

[Mahindinho]

I ended up scoring 292/3 off my 50...should be fairly straightforward from here.

 

[mikeW]

Bardle= god.

 

[Scaly piscine]

How is he low strong? Surely the conc can't be adding that much? Hmm, maybe it can. It'd be adding at least £600, up to £1000...

Think of what quality, strong, competent (twice) work out at on primary wages (don't forget to take off the 250). Divide that by roughly 5... bottom quality is a grand on its own.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Karl Bunn (352634)
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, changeable
An attacking player with strong leadership skills and feeble experience.

Plays For: Scaly Piscine CC
Nationality: England
Age: 23 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 11,488
Wages: £2,348 p/w

Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: strong Concentration: competent
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: mediocre


Still a bargain at 1m...

 

[chaminda_00]

Kind of wishing i was looking for a batsmen right now, they seem to go for quite cheap compared to bowlers of the same standard

 

[Dead Badger]

Well, my batsmen seem determined to chase down Halsey's solid total in the most boring manner possible. A Kallis-esque yawnfest at the minute.

So for alternative entertainment; anyone see this hilarious collapse posted in sledging?

48.6	W	Hatred to Deakin
 	 	And that's out! Shorter ball, cut in the air and straight to Greenacre at point!
48.5	W	Hatred to Allen
 	 	OUT! Excellent wicketkeeping! Sekgoma took those bails off like there was no tomorrow! 
48.4	W	Hatred to John
 	 	Movement from the pitch has seen John bowled, that ball looked fairly innocuous at first.
48.3	W	Hatred to Lever
 	 	That hit him plumb in front. Straightforward decision for the umpire.
48.2	W	Hatred to Clark
 	 	Got him! He's gone! The ball swings into Clark who doesn't move forward and the ball sneaks through the gap, hits the pad and knocks over the off stump. 
48.1	W	Hatred to Piercy
 	 	OUT! A huge mistimed pull shot, the ball balloons in the air and Sangha takes an easy catch straight down his throat.

A double hat-trick. Nice.

 

[Jamee999]

Lol at that, Badgey, btw. You could technically call it four hattricks

And that's the end of the match. Barmy Batters won by 5 wickets.
Jamees 999ers 138-10
Barmy Batters 139-5

Not a bad effort, we just didn't get the runs on a tricky pitch.

Jamees 999ers v Barmy Batters (1020917)

Date: 	28/01/2007 	Ground: 	The Jamee Gray Arena
Pitch: 	Uneven 	Weather: 	[partially cloud]
Barmy Batters won the toss and elected to field.
First Innings of: Jamees 999ers (play as normal)
Name 			Runs 	Balls 	4s 	6s
Fillery 		b. Locke 	20 	24 	2 	0
Lea 	c. Richards 	b. Stevens 	6 	10 	1 	0
Gowshall 	c. Stevens 	b. Locke 	46 	50 	6 	0
Aldred 	lbw 	b. Locke 	0 	4 	0 	0
Kealey 	lbw 	b. Macken 	14 	20 	0 	0
Culkin 	c. Van der merwe 	b. Richards 	2 	16 	0 	0
Ndah 	c. Van der merwe 	b. Gonasilan 	14 	36 	0 	1
Wanless (*)(+) 	not 	out 	28 	44 	3 	0
Fitzpatrick 	c. & 	b. Gonasilan 	0 	5 	0 	0
Bardle 		b. Gonasilan 	1 	5 	0 	0
Laws 		b. Gonasilan 	0 	1 	0 	0
Extras (6b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 	7 	
Total (35.4 overs, 10 wickets) 	138 	
FOW 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10
Total 	11 	33 	33 	74 	88 	88 	133 	134 	138 	138
Batsman Out 	2 	1 	4 	5 	6 	3 	7 	9 	10 	11
Name 	O 	M 	R 	W 	nb 	wd
Stevens 	5 	0 	18 	1 	0 	0
Locke 	10 	1 	48 	3 	0 	0
Macken 	8 	1 	28 	1 	0 	0
Gonasilan 	7.4 	0 	26 	4 	1 	0
Richards 	5 	1 	12 	1 	0 	0

First Innings of: Barmy Batters
Name 			Runs 	Balls 	4s 	6s
Bourne 	c. Kealey 	b. Bardle 	0 	1 	0 	0
Kenny 		b. Bardle 	9 	15 	0 	0
Stevens 	c. Wanless 	b. Bardle 	17 	30 	2 	0
Richards 	c. Gowshall 	b. Aldred 	14 	17 	1 	1
Olivier (+) 	not 	out 	31 	87 	1 	0
Van der merwe 		b. Aldred 	43 	83 	4 	0
Woodward 	not 	out 	10 	13 	1 	0
Snodin 						
Macken 						
Gonasilan (*) 						
Locke 						
Extras (5b, 7lb, 1w, 2nb) 	15 	
Total (40.4 overs, 5 wickets) 	139 	
FOW 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10
Total 	0 	19 	42 	42 	127 					
Batsman Out 	1 	2 	3 	4 	6 					
Name 	O 	M 	R 	W 	nb 	wd
Bardle 	10 	2 	26 	3 	1 	0
Kealey 	5.4 	0 	23 	0 	0 	0
Aldred 	10 	1 	36 	2 	0 	0
Fitzpatrick 	7 	0 	20 	0 	0 	1
Laws 	8 	1 	22 	0 	1 	0

Details
Attendance: 22788
Standing: 10285
Sitting: 9200
Covered Seats: 2530
Members area: 773

Reporter's Summary
	Jamees 999ers 	Barmy Batters
Top Order: 	competent 	proficient
Middle Order: 	competent 	competent
Lower Order: 	abysmal 	abysmal
Seam Bowling: 	strong 	respectable
Spin Bowling: 	competent 	respectable
Fielding: 	mediocre 	feeble
MOTM: Van der merwe

 

[Dead Badger]

Dear Mr Halsey,

Please could you get Ganfield (3 runs* from the last 20 balls faced) out?

Yours,
A very bored spectator with nothing better to do

p.s. sheesh, now Piton's in on the act. Bah.

* not counting leg byes.

You could technically call it four hattricks

Heh, good point.

Or it could just be one bloody awesome hat, I s'pose.

 

[Tom Halsey]

The Beardos are in absolutely no trouble at all unfortunately, they're going to cruise this.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Dear Mr Halsey,

Please could you get Ganfield (3 runs* from the last 20 balls faced) out?

Yours,
A very bored spectator with nothing better to do

p.s. sheesh, now Piton's in on the act. Bah.

Well tbh I'm probably to blame for my very defensive bowling orders (still trying to get them figured out - but I assumed that in ODs defensive bowling would be required).

 

[Dead Badger]

Well tbh I'm probably to blame for my very defensive bowling orders (still trying to get them figured out - but I assumed that in ODs defensive bowling would be required).

Yeah, I thought that might be it. And it seems to be working well for you. I haven't really experimented with orders as much as I should've; I've tended to set players according to their personal temperament, more out of laziness than anything else. Going to be thinking about it a bit more closely this season.

But yeah, I'd say that against a stronger batting lineup on a flat pitch, defensive orders are very sensible. You're not likely to bowl me out, so you might as well dry up the runs. I'd hope that they'll hit out in time to make the score (particularly because your fast bowler was looking a bit knackered by the end of his first spell), but this is much closer than I like to see.

Re: the fast bowler (Laws, was it?); I dunno if someone else can confirm this, but I found if a fastish bowler is lacking in stamina, making sure they don't bowl more than 5 overs in a spell seems to help a bit so they don't get quite so tired. A 7-over spell first up might be a bit too taxing for the poor guy perhaps?