Internationals' XI vs Newbies' XI
at PDV Dome
Scorecard
Ball By Ball
First use of a wicket combined with another mammoth batting effort ensured the Newbies went four from four in the charity series, which presumably will bring a large donation from the squad's benefactor, former Test batsman turned entrepreneur S. Fitzsimmons Snr. A reverse-alphabetical squad fought well, but in the end, thirty overs for 275 from Ash Chaulk put the pressure off, and no one could stick around with him from number eleven.
Yngve Fjermestad boosted the Newbies to 644 all out with a 199 - cruelly stopped by a fine catch from Dauth - after Cunningham had sliced through to 313 for seven despite Burge's opening hundred; Myles Hutchinson and Martin West provided good slogs. Matt Luff responded with 145, but low scores from Scott, Richards and de Silva prevented the innings from kicking off. Cameron Burge was brought on at 287 for three, taking three rapid wickets before Hutchinson, Mittal and West cleaned up. With a lead of 232, Fitzsimmons opted to bat again and set a massive total; it turned out to be nearly 700 after Morris (113), Ritchie (74) and Pimpkins (70) had completed their carnage. Clapham ended with four wickets after slogs from the tail. James Stedman provided some grit inresponse, but the double strike from Pimpkins and tireless work from Hutchinson gave the Newbies a 360-run win.
Newbies 644 all out
Fjermestad 199, Burge 135, J Ritchie 98, West 67, Hutchinson 50; Cunningham 5/100
Internationals 412 all out
Luff 145, Stedman 71, Hancock 58; Burge 3/51, Hutchinson 3/90
Newbies 449 all out
Morris 113, J Ritchie 74, Pimpkins 70; Clapham 4/115, Cunningham 3/55
Internationals 321 all out
Stedman 91, de Silva 60, Richards 58; Pimpkins 3/32, Hutchinson 3/81
Newbies' XI won by 360 runs
Code:
Newbies 4 4 0 0 24
Captains 4 2 2 0 12
Internationals 4 2 2 0 12
Geezers 3 1 2 0 6
Virgins 3 0 3 0 0
If the Geezers (XI soon pls) don't win over the Virgins, the Captains go through on head-to-head; otherwise a quotient ruling will be applied.