superkingdave
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targeting kears when we play red tbh...crazy ideas, needs to be taught the natural order.
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*Official* Season XIII Discussion and Results
- Thread starter Mr Mxyzptlk
- Start date
Travis_Teh
International Regular
Loving the amount of banter/mild sledging that's been going on thus far this season. So joy.
Raghav
International Vice-Captain
GO REDS! REDS all the way
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Tuesday 29th January
Forgive the undoubtedly plentiful typos. Again I can't be bothered to proof read.
Masters XI v Cricket Web Colts
Casston Reserve
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
In their first home game of the season, the Masters XI finally acquitted themselves with some authority, but a gutsy run chase by the Colts denied them victory. The Colts continued their excellent start to the first-class season, marching on without fear and chasing down 317 with 6 wickets intact.
For a while, when Warne was getting lots of spin against Will Kerr and Nick Hancock, the scene looked tense, but the fine efforts of the Masters XI were outdone by the resolve of the spirited Colts. Back on day one Brian Lara won the toss and chose to bat first, then found himself in the middle with 22 runs on the board. The Colts removed him for 16, caught behind off Wilson, and kept the top order in check at 84-3. But Ed Smith hung around and lasted 332 balls for 152, as openers continued to enjoy the best of this season's spoils. Inzamam-ul-Haq (44) showed signs of form during his 101-ball stay at the crease, and the tail contributed solidly enough to push the total past 300. Again every Colts bowler contributed with at least one wicket, and again Greg Thomas led the pack with 4.
The confidence of the visitors was pegged back by a sharp spell by Boyd Rankin, accounting for Dan Rai (10) and returning to bowl Daniel Towns for another start of 24. From 73-3, Chris Butler and Shan Jasotharan carried the score to 175. The latter grafted his way there in a fashion less than typical, then flicked a ball into the hands of square leg when he had 51. Rankin returned two more wickets - Kerr and Wilson - then the tail joined in defiantly with Butler. The CW XI batsman reached his hundred, an 18th in FC cricket, and was caught behind for 114 when all was said and done. The Colts rounded off their innings at 316, short of the Masters by 8 runs.
The veterans built on the lead steadily, starting with 85, their first significant opening stand of the season. Again Lara entered at number three and on this occasion he valued his wicket far greater. Playing with precision through the offside for the most part, he scored 125 and was unbeaten when he ran out of partners. Thomas took 5 wickets, increasing his match tally to 9 for 185 and remind the selectors of his ability. But for all his efforts the Colts still needed 317 to pull off a tricky away win.
They started poorly again, losing Rai (4) and Towns (12) before stumps on day four, and Butler (7) early on day five. Jasotharan raced away with a six, a four and a three within his first 4 balls he faced, but he gloved the next one, against Warne, and Hinds missed a looping dolly at short leg. He had announced his mode of play, and Jasotharan raced to 50 from 41 balls and soon after he congratulated his quietly accomplished partner on a milestone. Throughout the innings Griffen mixed firm defence with some sublime strokeplay, and in the shadow of Jasotharan he sneaked to his first half-century and then turned it into his first hundred in FC cricket.
At lunch the Colts needed 80 more runs with the fourth wicket partnership still intact. But Warne did not take long to shake things up, as he bowled Griffen for 117 in the first over upon resumption. Jasotharan compensated with a couple of chancy boundaries and looked set to bring up his own ton, but played across the line of a straight ball from Streak. He walked back to the pavilion for 98 and left the Colts looking slightly wobbly, especially after Wilson followed him for 15. Just 18 runs were needed as Hancock took his guard, but with 3 wickets left after him, he took to heart the seriousness of his partnership with Kerr. The two boasted great maturity in their approach and eased along with care to overhaul the target.
Masters XI 1st innings 324
ET Smith 152, HJH Marshall 44, SK Warne 23
GM Thomas 4-94, TV Weber 2-56, MW Wilson 2-57
Cricket Web Colts 1st innings 316
CR Butler 114, S Jasotharan 51, DP Towns 24
WB Rankin 4-84, HH Streak 3-60, L Klusener 2-56
Masters XI 2nd innings 308
BC Lara 125*, ET Smith 42, WW Hinds 41
GM Thomas 5-91, KS Wright 3-78, TV Weber 2-59
Cricket Web Colts 2nd innings 317-6
J Griffen 118, S Jasotharan 98, WA Kerr 37*
HH Streak 3-79
Cricket Web Colts won by 4 wickets.
Man of the Match: S Jasotharan (Colts)
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Cricket Web Green v Cricket Web Red
CWBCC Stadium
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
Teenager Rob Malone jr. came close to his maiden first-class hundred, but settled for a highest score of 93 not out in leading the charge to a 9-wicket win. A tight affair for the most part, the game at the CWBCC Stadium swung decisively to the corner of the Greens in the final act.
Cricket Web Red batted first by choice but did so recklessly and lost cheap wickets against disciplined Green bowling. Andrew Garven only needed four bowlers and 78 overs to dismiss the Reds for 193, and only Jamee Gray with a gutsy 45 scored more than 25. The Greens were buoyant when they left the field, but found life far more difficult in the 10-over session before stumps. A quick and full delivery from David Kennett accounted for Anthony Lezama for a duck, then a darting yorker crashed into the middle stump to dismiss Malone. CW Green went in at 35-2, trailing by 158 runs and the game evenly poised.
The weather was atrocious on day two, but the Reds soldiered on between the delays and had CW Green struggling at 78-4. The fifth wicket cost 64 runs before Raftery (36) nicked Thompson to slip, and Kingsley Clapham followed up by trapping Dubb-Lynch for 8. Again the game was cleverly balanced, but Bryce Cunningham, dropped on 24, determined to change it. He played some brave shots in support of his captain, and CW Green finished the day in the lead by 40 runs with 4 wickets intact.
Bad light delayed the start of the third day by 28 minutes and perhaps assisted in the demise of Garven, misjudging a straight ball from Clapham and bowled without adding to his overnight 92. Lunch was taken early after rain intervened again and between the showers in the afternoon Clapham collected his first 5-wicket haul in FC cricket. He ended the innings with the wicket of Cunningham for 57 and finished with 6 for 80. Still CW Green had compiled a handy lead of 80 and pressed on with the wickets of Mork, Dauth and Dobson before the session was through.
CW Red resumed after tea on 57-3, but Cunningham got Gray (9) to mistime a cut shot to point a ball into the final session. It would have been worse had Rose caught Kearsley - a sitter at mid-on - as he had just 9 to his name then. He went on to amass 88 and play the crucial role in keeping the Reds alive in the game. His partnership with Sean Bennett was worth an invaluable 131, but after it was broken the last 3 wickets fell for 30 runs. Bennett was denied his half-century by 1 run, and with 258 the Reds set a tricky target of 179.
In their last game against CW Colts, CW Red saw a potentially difficult chase made to look easy. This time the bowlers were disciplined, full of energy and striving hard to press the batsmen. But the pitch had held together so well that aside from some occasional sharp bounce, there was little evidence of its fourth day status. The Greens went to stumps at 85-0 and faced another day of poor weather still needing 94 to win. They approached the task positively, looking to rotate the strike and hit the loose balls, but also knowing that they could not let the CW Red seamers back into the game. Lunch was taken early for the second time in the match and Lezama was bowled by Kennett for 58 soon after. More rain threatened the session, but by tea only 13 runs were needed.
The final session was a brief one - 9 balls to be exact - as Malone attacked the spin of Bennett for a four and then a slog-swept six. The following over by Clapham was negotiated comfortably, as Malone tucked the ball off his legs for the winning single.
Cricket Web Red 1st innings 193
JR Gray 45, H Mork 25, CR Dwyer 23
BC Cunningham 4-54, XPA Rose 3-58, TC Halsey 3-37
Cricket Web Green 1st innings 273
AJ Garven 92, BC Cunningham 57, CP Raftery 32
KR Clapham 6-80, DM Kennett 3-78
Cricket Web Red 2nd innings 258
DA Kearsley 88, SA Bennett 49, GKK Dobson 29
BC Cunningham 5-80, EAP McNamara 2-52
Cricket Web Green 2nd innings 179-1
R Malone 93*, A Lezama 58, NG Scott 16*
DM Kennett 1-67
Cricket Web Green won by 9 wickets.
Man of the Match: BC Cunningham (Green)
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Cricket Web Black v Cricket Web Blue
Pickford Reserve
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
The Cricket Web Black juggernaut rolled along, crushing Cricket Web Blue by an innings and 82 runs. Somewhat fittingly Nath Patrick led the charge against his old team, collecting 8 wickets amidst the meek surrender of the visitors.
For a while on day one it seemed the Blues were finally giving CW Black the challenge they've so yearned for this season. At 113-4 and then 176-5, CW Blue would have felt happy with their efforts, given that they were asked to bowl first. The response from the new batsman Blake Donald was one of brash authority. He stepped down the wicket and hit Liam Camps jr. back overhead for a six to start his innings rolling. Together with Gerard Armstrong the sixth wicket was worth 168 runs. The seventh cost 69 and, perhaps most surprisingly, the tenth wicket pairing added 52. Three Black batsmen scored centuries, and none of them were in the top four.
Each of Armstrong and Richards counted 13 fours and a six in their innings, though the former outscored his spin bowling teammate 131 to 104. For both men it was a fourth first-class ton, but for Donald between them, it was a priceless second. Donald played with maturity beyond his 14-match career and mixed watchfulness with attack expertly. Unlike Armstrong and Richards, who were dropped thrice combined, his was a chanceless innings and the standout in a total of 512.
The CW Blue fielders were exhausted and it was reflected in their performance with the bat. The much-celebrated opening partnership posted 7 before Pete Young was the first victim of Patrick. Patrick charged in and recalled his younger days with his accuracy and seam movement. The bowlers were denied by Thamba Mamesh and Stephen Young, as they batted toward the close of play. In the final over of the day Mamesh drove loosely at Borcich and was out for 71, prompting the umpire to signal stumps. The following day was a greater test. Rain plagued proceedings and frustrated CW Blue as they went on and off the field and lost Cribb (1) then Young (71) to some fine pace bowling.
Camps (33) and Fuller (45) recovered to 214-4 at an early tea and pressed on to 237 when the former drove Patrick uppishly to mid-off. The fast bowler gave his former captain a firm verbal sending off. The next wicket was that of Borcich, bowling Fuller after he attempted a flambouyant cover drive. The Blues fought through to stumps with 6 wickets down and into the fourth day inching toward the follow-on target. Inconsistent bounce was the main problem, though it was a non-issue in the dismissal of Alex Crampton, pushing a full toss back to Pickup on 41. CW Blue still trailed by 225 runs, and though Gareth Gooljar fought on to the end, he found no company from his fellow tail enders and was left unbeaten on 9 when Dan Smith enforced the follow-on.
Whatever fight there was in the first innings evaporated almost entirely in the second. Patrick picked up where he left off with his first innings five-for, searching out the edge of Mamesh (1) and bowling Stephen Young (0) in the 5th over. Borcich ended a tortured innings of 22 by Pete Young, producing a beauty to take his outside, as Chaulk held the catch. The typically defiant Cribb (22) was out soon after and the tea time score was 55-4. After tea Patrick bowled Fuller with a ball that crept along the ground, then Donald did the same to Camps (8) with his left-arm angle. The least of the CW Black bowling attack, Donald followed with the wickets of Gooljar and Collins to leave CW Blue reeling at 90-8. Again Crampton tried his best to carry the innings to something respectable, and he supplied a fighting 51 to that cause. But he too was undone by the low bounce, bowled between bat and pad by Borcich. Demeza defiantly hit his first ball to the cover fence, but added no further runs and was caught at sixth slip off Borcich soon after.
Cricket Web Black 1st innings 512
GAJ Armstrong 131, BC Donald 105, DP Richards 104
M Shah 3-83, GS Gooljar 2-42
Cricket Web Blue 1st innings 302
T Mamesh/S Young 71, SE Fuller 45, AJ Crampton 41
NL Patrick 5-89, NA Borcich 3-82
Cricket Web Blue 2nd innings (f/o) 128
AJ Crampton 51, PE Young/RGEWS Cribb 22
NA Borcich 4-28, BC Donald 3-30, NA Patrick 3-34
Cricket Web Black won by an innings and 82 runs.
Man of the Match: NL Patrick (Black)
Forgive the undoubtedly plentiful typos. Again I can't be bothered to proof read.
Masters XI v Cricket Web Colts
Casston Reserve
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
In their first home game of the season, the Masters XI finally acquitted themselves with some authority, but a gutsy run chase by the Colts denied them victory. The Colts continued their excellent start to the first-class season, marching on without fear and chasing down 317 with 6 wickets intact.
For a while, when Warne was getting lots of spin against Will Kerr and Nick Hancock, the scene looked tense, but the fine efforts of the Masters XI were outdone by the resolve of the spirited Colts. Back on day one Brian Lara won the toss and chose to bat first, then found himself in the middle with 22 runs on the board. The Colts removed him for 16, caught behind off Wilson, and kept the top order in check at 84-3. But Ed Smith hung around and lasted 332 balls for 152, as openers continued to enjoy the best of this season's spoils. Inzamam-ul-Haq (44) showed signs of form during his 101-ball stay at the crease, and the tail contributed solidly enough to push the total past 300. Again every Colts bowler contributed with at least one wicket, and again Greg Thomas led the pack with 4.
The confidence of the visitors was pegged back by a sharp spell by Boyd Rankin, accounting for Dan Rai (10) and returning to bowl Daniel Towns for another start of 24. From 73-3, Chris Butler and Shan Jasotharan carried the score to 175. The latter grafted his way there in a fashion less than typical, then flicked a ball into the hands of square leg when he had 51. Rankin returned two more wickets - Kerr and Wilson - then the tail joined in defiantly with Butler. The CW XI batsman reached his hundred, an 18th in FC cricket, and was caught behind for 114 when all was said and done. The Colts rounded off their innings at 316, short of the Masters by 8 runs.
The veterans built on the lead steadily, starting with 85, their first significant opening stand of the season. Again Lara entered at number three and on this occasion he valued his wicket far greater. Playing with precision through the offside for the most part, he scored 125 and was unbeaten when he ran out of partners. Thomas took 5 wickets, increasing his match tally to 9 for 185 and remind the selectors of his ability. But for all his efforts the Colts still needed 317 to pull off a tricky away win.
They started poorly again, losing Rai (4) and Towns (12) before stumps on day four, and Butler (7) early on day five. Jasotharan raced away with a six, a four and a three within his first 4 balls he faced, but he gloved the next one, against Warne, and Hinds missed a looping dolly at short leg. He had announced his mode of play, and Jasotharan raced to 50 from 41 balls and soon after he congratulated his quietly accomplished partner on a milestone. Throughout the innings Griffen mixed firm defence with some sublime strokeplay, and in the shadow of Jasotharan he sneaked to his first half-century and then turned it into his first hundred in FC cricket.
At lunch the Colts needed 80 more runs with the fourth wicket partnership still intact. But Warne did not take long to shake things up, as he bowled Griffen for 117 in the first over upon resumption. Jasotharan compensated with a couple of chancy boundaries and looked set to bring up his own ton, but played across the line of a straight ball from Streak. He walked back to the pavilion for 98 and left the Colts looking slightly wobbly, especially after Wilson followed him for 15. Just 18 runs were needed as Hancock took his guard, but with 3 wickets left after him, he took to heart the seriousness of his partnership with Kerr. The two boasted great maturity in their approach and eased along with care to overhaul the target.
Masters XI 1st innings 324
ET Smith 152, HJH Marshall 44, SK Warne 23
GM Thomas 4-94, TV Weber 2-56, MW Wilson 2-57
Cricket Web Colts 1st innings 316
CR Butler 114, S Jasotharan 51, DP Towns 24
WB Rankin 4-84, HH Streak 3-60, L Klusener 2-56
Masters XI 2nd innings 308
BC Lara 125*, ET Smith 42, WW Hinds 41
GM Thomas 5-91, KS Wright 3-78, TV Weber 2-59
Cricket Web Colts 2nd innings 317-6
J Griffen 118, S Jasotharan 98, WA Kerr 37*
HH Streak 3-79
Cricket Web Colts won by 4 wickets.
Man of the Match: S Jasotharan (Colts)
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Cricket Web Green v Cricket Web Red
CWBCC Stadium
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
Teenager Rob Malone jr. came close to his maiden first-class hundred, but settled for a highest score of 93 not out in leading the charge to a 9-wicket win. A tight affair for the most part, the game at the CWBCC Stadium swung decisively to the corner of the Greens in the final act.
Cricket Web Red batted first by choice but did so recklessly and lost cheap wickets against disciplined Green bowling. Andrew Garven only needed four bowlers and 78 overs to dismiss the Reds for 193, and only Jamee Gray with a gutsy 45 scored more than 25. The Greens were buoyant when they left the field, but found life far more difficult in the 10-over session before stumps. A quick and full delivery from David Kennett accounted for Anthony Lezama for a duck, then a darting yorker crashed into the middle stump to dismiss Malone. CW Green went in at 35-2, trailing by 158 runs and the game evenly poised.
The weather was atrocious on day two, but the Reds soldiered on between the delays and had CW Green struggling at 78-4. The fifth wicket cost 64 runs before Raftery (36) nicked Thompson to slip, and Kingsley Clapham followed up by trapping Dubb-Lynch for 8. Again the game was cleverly balanced, but Bryce Cunningham, dropped on 24, determined to change it. He played some brave shots in support of his captain, and CW Green finished the day in the lead by 40 runs with 4 wickets intact.
Bad light delayed the start of the third day by 28 minutes and perhaps assisted in the demise of Garven, misjudging a straight ball from Clapham and bowled without adding to his overnight 92. Lunch was taken early after rain intervened again and between the showers in the afternoon Clapham collected his first 5-wicket haul in FC cricket. He ended the innings with the wicket of Cunningham for 57 and finished with 6 for 80. Still CW Green had compiled a handy lead of 80 and pressed on with the wickets of Mork, Dauth and Dobson before the session was through.
CW Red resumed after tea on 57-3, but Cunningham got Gray (9) to mistime a cut shot to point a ball into the final session. It would have been worse had Rose caught Kearsley - a sitter at mid-on - as he had just 9 to his name then. He went on to amass 88 and play the crucial role in keeping the Reds alive in the game. His partnership with Sean Bennett was worth an invaluable 131, but after it was broken the last 3 wickets fell for 30 runs. Bennett was denied his half-century by 1 run, and with 258 the Reds set a tricky target of 179.
In their last game against CW Colts, CW Red saw a potentially difficult chase made to look easy. This time the bowlers were disciplined, full of energy and striving hard to press the batsmen. But the pitch had held together so well that aside from some occasional sharp bounce, there was little evidence of its fourth day status. The Greens went to stumps at 85-0 and faced another day of poor weather still needing 94 to win. They approached the task positively, looking to rotate the strike and hit the loose balls, but also knowing that they could not let the CW Red seamers back into the game. Lunch was taken early for the second time in the match and Lezama was bowled by Kennett for 58 soon after. More rain threatened the session, but by tea only 13 runs were needed.
The final session was a brief one - 9 balls to be exact - as Malone attacked the spin of Bennett for a four and then a slog-swept six. The following over by Clapham was negotiated comfortably, as Malone tucked the ball off his legs for the winning single.
Cricket Web Red 1st innings 193
JR Gray 45, H Mork 25, CR Dwyer 23
BC Cunningham 4-54, XPA Rose 3-58, TC Halsey 3-37
Cricket Web Green 1st innings 273
AJ Garven 92, BC Cunningham 57, CP Raftery 32
KR Clapham 6-80, DM Kennett 3-78
Cricket Web Red 2nd innings 258
DA Kearsley 88, SA Bennett 49, GKK Dobson 29
BC Cunningham 5-80, EAP McNamara 2-52
Cricket Web Green 2nd innings 179-1
R Malone 93*, A Lezama 58, NG Scott 16*
DM Kennett 1-67
Cricket Web Green won by 9 wickets.
Man of the Match: BC Cunningham (Green)
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Cricket Web Black v Cricket Web Blue
Pickford Reserve
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
The Cricket Web Black juggernaut rolled along, crushing Cricket Web Blue by an innings and 82 runs. Somewhat fittingly Nath Patrick led the charge against his old team, collecting 8 wickets amidst the meek surrender of the visitors.
For a while on day one it seemed the Blues were finally giving CW Black the challenge they've so yearned for this season. At 113-4 and then 176-5, CW Blue would have felt happy with their efforts, given that they were asked to bowl first. The response from the new batsman Blake Donald was one of brash authority. He stepped down the wicket and hit Liam Camps jr. back overhead for a six to start his innings rolling. Together with Gerard Armstrong the sixth wicket was worth 168 runs. The seventh cost 69 and, perhaps most surprisingly, the tenth wicket pairing added 52. Three Black batsmen scored centuries, and none of them were in the top four.
Each of Armstrong and Richards counted 13 fours and a six in their innings, though the former outscored his spin bowling teammate 131 to 104. For both men it was a fourth first-class ton, but for Donald between them, it was a priceless second. Donald played with maturity beyond his 14-match career and mixed watchfulness with attack expertly. Unlike Armstrong and Richards, who were dropped thrice combined, his was a chanceless innings and the standout in a total of 512.
The CW Blue fielders were exhausted and it was reflected in their performance with the bat. The much-celebrated opening partnership posted 7 before Pete Young was the first victim of Patrick. Patrick charged in and recalled his younger days with his accuracy and seam movement. The bowlers were denied by Thamba Mamesh and Stephen Young, as they batted toward the close of play. In the final over of the day Mamesh drove loosely at Borcich and was out for 71, prompting the umpire to signal stumps. The following day was a greater test. Rain plagued proceedings and frustrated CW Blue as they went on and off the field and lost Cribb (1) then Young (71) to some fine pace bowling.
Camps (33) and Fuller (45) recovered to 214-4 at an early tea and pressed on to 237 when the former drove Patrick uppishly to mid-off. The fast bowler gave his former captain a firm verbal sending off. The next wicket was that of Borcich, bowling Fuller after he attempted a flambouyant cover drive. The Blues fought through to stumps with 6 wickets down and into the fourth day inching toward the follow-on target. Inconsistent bounce was the main problem, though it was a non-issue in the dismissal of Alex Crampton, pushing a full toss back to Pickup on 41. CW Blue still trailed by 225 runs, and though Gareth Gooljar fought on to the end, he found no company from his fellow tail enders and was left unbeaten on 9 when Dan Smith enforced the follow-on.
Whatever fight there was in the first innings evaporated almost entirely in the second. Patrick picked up where he left off with his first innings five-for, searching out the edge of Mamesh (1) and bowling Stephen Young (0) in the 5th over. Borcich ended a tortured innings of 22 by Pete Young, producing a beauty to take his outside, as Chaulk held the catch. The typically defiant Cribb (22) was out soon after and the tea time score was 55-4. After tea Patrick bowled Fuller with a ball that crept along the ground, then Donald did the same to Camps (8) with his left-arm angle. The least of the CW Black bowling attack, Donald followed with the wickets of Gooljar and Collins to leave CW Blue reeling at 90-8. Again Crampton tried his best to carry the innings to something respectable, and he supplied a fighting 51 to that cause. But he too was undone by the low bounce, bowled between bat and pad by Borcich. Demeza defiantly hit his first ball to the cover fence, but added no further runs and was caught at sixth slip off Borcich soon after.
Cricket Web Black 1st innings 512
GAJ Armstrong 131, BC Donald 105, DP Richards 104
M Shah 3-83, GS Gooljar 2-42
Cricket Web Blue 1st innings 302
T Mamesh/S Young 71, SE Fuller 45, AJ Crampton 41
NL Patrick 5-89, NA Borcich 3-82
Cricket Web Blue 2nd innings (f/o) 128
AJ Crampton 51, PE Young/RGEWS Cribb 22
NA Borcich 4-28, BC Donald 3-30, NA Patrick 3-34
Cricket Web Black won by an innings and 82 runs.
Man of the Match: NL Patrick (Black)
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Wait. Wasn't I playing this game for the REDS? Or was there a last minute change? 
Magrat Garlick
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Gah. Need to fix a batting plan sharpish.
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Nvm, I see the game was already simmed before any changes could be made.Wait. Wasn't I playing this game for the REDS? Or was there a last minute change?
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Fantastic win from the boys. Great stuff from Griffen with his maiden century. Great stuff.
Thomas showing his class again, and loving how the bowlers are working as a team, that is helping us a lot.
Loved getting a win against 'The Masters'.
Thomas showing his class again, and loving how the bowlers are working as a team, that is helping us a lot.
Loved getting a win against 'The Masters'.
Travis_Teh
International Regular
Screw that for a result.
3 of their middle lower order posting tons after we rolled the top. Then folding two innings on the trot between shoddy weather. Terrible.
Few dropped chances ruined our hopes of wiping them. Mind you, thye dropped a few in our second dig, too. Where have the wicket balls gone
3 of their middle lower order posting tons after we rolled the top. Then folding two innings on the trot between shoddy weather. Terrible.
Few dropped chances ruined our hopes of wiping them. Mind you, thye dropped a few in our second dig, too. Where have the wicket balls gone
Nate
You'll Never Walk Alone
Was a Psalm IIRC.
Extremely happy with that match. A big thank you to Smith who believed in me and encouraged me to keep doing what I was doing. Definately had a bit of luck and was backed up so well by the rest of the bowlers. Borcich is one of the best bowlers in the country, Donald has amazing strike capacity and Neil and Richards can give you a money-back guarantee of keeping it tight. Glad to do my part and stoked with the 5.
But really, none of our bowlers would've had a chance if it wasn't for Armstrong, Donald and Richards. Three superb tons in their own right and match-winning ones at that. Credit to pretty much all the batsmen for the crease occupation though, great determination. Big ups to Kennett for the tips in staying in the middle. Forward defensive 'til I die.
Let's keep this streak going.
Loony BoB
International Captain
My form not improving any, really not happy and will have to spend some long hours working on my strokes (oh, you know what I mean, you pervs). But more than happy with that result, would rather do badly and the team win than do well and the team lose. Thomas in good form, I have to say.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Oh, it bats so deeeeepppppp. Deeeeeppp burnnnnn.
Pace bowlers carved Blue up at Pickford, what's going on over there?
Pace bowlers carved Blue up at Pickford, what's going on over there?
DCC_legend
International Regular
Green (Y)
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
pretty atrocious bowling performance from me itbt, but the team got it done so they covered my tracks.
nice to score a few runs, been a good couple of seasons for me, iirc i've scored over 2500 runs at more than 35 since the end of season 10, not bad for a number 8
nice to score a few runs, been a good couple of seasons for me, iirc i've scored over 2500 runs at more than 35 since the end of season 10, not bad for a number 8
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
IMO you need to give Bennett a bit more action, the lads a star
headhunter
International Vice-Captain
Shocking rusult and a ****ing duck in the 2nd!