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Day Four
Cricket Web Black vs Cricket Web Blue
at Pickford Reserve
Scorecard
Ball By Ball
Andrew Cloete and Alex Blackman completed the formality, despite Demeza's eighth wicket briefly inducing jitters in the squad. Cloete then spent the next five deliveries by scoring seventeen runs, a sixth of the second-innings target, to calm things down after the nervous start.
Now, Black will be watching footage from Nixonstown nervously, as the Masters attempt to turn their massive deficit into a positive result.
Cricket Web Blue 288 all out & 204 all out
Cricket Web Black 403 all out & 92 for two (18.3)
Cloete 41*, Blackman 32*; Demeza 2/43
Cricket Web Black won by eight wickets
Man of the Match: M. J. Smith (Black)
Cricket Web Red vs Masters XI
at CW Oval
The Masters refused to give in at the Oval, exploiting severe chinks in the Red bowling lineup to set a tricky fifth-day target for the Reds to chase. Lance Klusener took a wicket with the seventh ball, as Red failed to add more than one to their overnight total, and Farhat and Das saw off the new ball effectively. However, after help from Farhat to run himself out, Red remain on top of this clash and the likeliest bet to take the league title.
Martin West was fortuitous to grab Red's first wicket before lunch, as Shiv Sundar Das had smashed the immediately preceding, identical, ball for six. Just after lunch he dropped an easy return catch, failing to place himself correctly, and Farhat said many thanks, pulling his way to 97 at tea as the Masters had nearly overhauled the first innings total with just two wickets down. The players went in to tea with the sun bearing down on tired fielders, needing something special to come back.
Mørk turned to David Kennett, and duly reaped rewards. He should have had a brace of Lara and Klusener, but the umpire turned down an appeal from all eleven Reds; two balls later Farhat set off to keep the strike and was comically run out. FOur down and the pressure began to subside. Muhammad Amir then took two further wicket before the close of play, though Justin Kemp was 38 not out overnight and threatened to repeat his first innings heroics.
Cricket Web Red 641 all out (168.1)
Kearsley 150, Mørk 105, Dauth 100, Dwyer 70, West 60; Klusener 3/125, Bond 3/147
Masters XI 381 all out & 331 for six (86)
Farhat 110, Lara 83; Kennett 2/52
Masters XI lead by 71 runs with four wickets in hand
Cricket Web Black vs Cricket Web Blue
at Pickford Reserve
Scorecard
Ball By Ball
Andrew Cloete and Alex Blackman completed the formality, despite Demeza's eighth wicket briefly inducing jitters in the squad. Cloete then spent the next five deliveries by scoring seventeen runs, a sixth of the second-innings target, to calm things down after the nervous start.
Now, Black will be watching footage from Nixonstown nervously, as the Masters attempt to turn their massive deficit into a positive result.
Cricket Web Blue 288 all out & 204 all out
Cricket Web Black 403 all out & 92 for two (18.3)
Cloete 41*, Blackman 32*; Demeza 2/43
Cricket Web Black won by eight wickets
Man of the Match: M. J. Smith (Black)
Cricket Web Red vs Masters XI
at CW Oval
The Masters refused to give in at the Oval, exploiting severe chinks in the Red bowling lineup to set a tricky fifth-day target for the Reds to chase. Lance Klusener took a wicket with the seventh ball, as Red failed to add more than one to their overnight total, and Farhat and Das saw off the new ball effectively. However, after help from Farhat to run himself out, Red remain on top of this clash and the likeliest bet to take the league title.
Martin West was fortuitous to grab Red's first wicket before lunch, as Shiv Sundar Das had smashed the immediately preceding, identical, ball for six. Just after lunch he dropped an easy return catch, failing to place himself correctly, and Farhat said many thanks, pulling his way to 97 at tea as the Masters had nearly overhauled the first innings total with just two wickets down. The players went in to tea with the sun bearing down on tired fielders, needing something special to come back.
Mørk turned to David Kennett, and duly reaped rewards. He should have had a brace of Lara and Klusener, but the umpire turned down an appeal from all eleven Reds; two balls later Farhat set off to keep the strike and was comically run out. FOur down and the pressure began to subside. Muhammad Amir then took two further wicket before the close of play, though Justin Kemp was 38 not out overnight and threatened to repeat his first innings heroics.
Cricket Web Red 641 all out (168.1)
Kearsley 150, Mørk 105, Dauth 100, Dwyer 70, West 60; Klusener 3/125, Bond 3/147
Masters XI 381 all out & 331 for six (86)
Farhat 110, Lara 83; Kennett 2/52
Masters XI lead by 71 runs with four wickets in hand
Code:
Black 10 7 3 56 54 262 Q
Red 9 8 2 65 55 254 Q
Colts 8 6 6 62 55 253 E
Blue 9 11 0 69 54 249 E
Green 7 10 2 47 55 207 E
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