QUARTER FINAL RESULTS
Boggles lost to Anchormen by 45 Runs
Anchormen 300/3: Shaw 101 (99), Bhutia 82* (79), Gray 65 (84), McMillan 48* (37): Bardle 2/58
\Boggles 256/4: Chanderpaul 106 (106), Xolani 72 (137), Clemence 30 (31): Dyke 1/45, Mullis 1/61, Appleyard 1/70
(Well done Rob for ramming my words back down my throat with interest! I feel Pete dropped a bit of a bollock in picking a H+F, when the only suit in which Pete had an overwhelming advantage over Rob was his bowling, and in particular his seam?!? Though ultimately it was Xolani's turgid bout of constipation at the top of the order which sealed Boggles' fate.
Jaffna Jets beat Magical Ponies by 125 Runs
Jaffna Jets 223/8: Muralitharan 59 (71), Lucas 58 (70), Cramar 40 (45), Samarasekera * 29* (37): Potgieter* 3/40, Canning 2/42, Nizamuddin* 2/47
Magical Ponies 98 (30.2): Canning 34 (60), Terry 26 (29), Burger 13 (14): Sishayi 4/20 (8.2), Willetts*3/35 (7), Jeithoon 2/26 (7)
Have to admit, at 59/3 I wouldn't have given Chaminda a Scooby of getting a win, but that was a quite remarkable middle/lower order recovery, to post a pretty formidable total - Given the bowlers and conditions. Though that all said, Andy's batting was toilet!
Four Pillars and Poor Fillers lost to Central Districts by 179 Runs
Central Districts 260 (46.): Keane 79 (90), Shaka 78* (73), Dylan 62 (48): Wikus 4/55, Coburn 3/36, Everett 3/47 (8)
Four Pillars and Poor Fillers 81 (26.2): Beaumont 22 (30), Brinkhuys * 22* (43), Wilkinson 12 (21): Shaka 3/14 (6.2), Lambert 3/18 (7), Holt 3/21 (5)
The battle of the uber allrounders turned out to be a route! Shaka put some Viagra into Smith's otherwise flaccid middle order, as well as taking wickets at key moments. Coburn, whilst bowling well against his former teammates, probably ended his new side's last shot at victory with his golden duck. (BTW Keane very strange choice for MOTM?!)
Alternative XI lost to Asterix XI by 228 Runs
Asterix XI 267/6: Whybrew ** 85 (105), Wilde 66* (61), Ashton 34 (33), Lancaster 30 (40): Mcintosh 2/29, Shafilshuna 2/36, Vincent 2/48
Alternative XI 39 (12.3): Coe 16 (23), Vincent 9 (18), Handbury 8 (11): Lancaster 5/18 (6.3), Gradley 3/20 (6)
This looked like a match for forty-odd overs - Then I remembered the conditions, and the fact that it was Adam! Still, good effort from Alters to keep Asterix under 5.5 an over, another sign that perhaps there could be a vulnerability in Adam's batting against better attacks in future rounds? Then again, when your bowling's that good, how good does your batting need to be in any case?
SEMI FINAL DRAW
Anchormen V Central Districts
Jaffna Jets V Asterix XI
Good Luck! Trev