ICC Sim League IX

[ataraxia]

Jeez, did not realize how strong morgie's Top 4 are. Amazing. That could be an ATG side's top 4.


And rough luck for my team getting Marshall'd. 26 off 12 is pretty doable but Hadlee was gone and Mushtaq Mohammed got 3 important wickets there at the end. Think the AI's reluctance to use more than 5 bowlers is the real problem for many sides in this compettion.

Was rather surprised by the result TBH. I thought it would be Barlow who got 6...

The 5 bowler problem is huge for me. I continually play just 3 specialist bowlers, and my two reserve bowlers are lower priority in this sim than Barlow. Bevan Congdon doesn't get a bowl and is undroppable because I don't have a reserve batsman; I've dropped him before but I have to play 2 keepers otherwise it doesn't work. That's not to say I'm complaining based on Barlow's record...

 

[ataraxia]

R9 side:

1. Glenn Turner
2. Jimmy Cook
3. Eddie Barlow
4. Zaheer Abbas
5. Mushtaq Mohammad
6. Ross Edwards
7. Bevan Congdon*
8. Richie Robinson +
9. David Holford
10. Malcolm Marshall
11. John Snow

Maybe I'll get the batting order right this time...

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

SCC'S Cut and Load squad for 8th game:

1. Desmond Haynes (captain)
2. Bruce Edgar ( wk )
3. Dilip Vengsarkar
4. Graham Yallop
5. Rowe
6. A. Gaekwad
7. C. Old
8. Holder
9.G. Dymock
10. Rodney Hogg
11. Malone

Subs: R. Jumadeen, I. Alam, Colin Croft
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Team Name: Creole Gang Silver Stars


1. Peter Toohey
2. Rod Marsh (wk)
3. Ian Chappell (captain)
4.. Peter Kirsten
5. Rick McCosker
6.Larry Gomes
7. Garth le Roux
8. Ashley Mallett
9. Wayne Prior
10. Dennis Lillee
11. Max Walker

SUBS:
9. SrinivasVenkataraghavan
D. Parry
10. Alan Hurst

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Some numbers:

Thirties: 61
Fifties: 41
Hundreds: 1 (by Bob Simpson)
Ducks: 101
Fours: 1394
Sixes: 162
Highest % of runs in boundaries (minimum 30 balls): B. Julien with 44 of his 48 runs on boundaries; 11x4

 

[jimmy101]

Round 8

The Queen's Moustaches vs Creole Gang Silver Stars - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Creole Gang Silver Stars

The Queen's Moustaches

Creole Gang Silver Stars won by 12 runs

Man of the match: Wayne Prior

 

[jimmy101]

Prior sparks an incredible revival to lead the CGSS home. Sadly, this loss sees the Queen's Moustaches tournament come to an end.

 

[jimmy101]

Round 8

SCC's Cut and Load v Mullets of Modernity - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

SCC's Cut and Load

Mullets of Modernity

Mullets of Modernity won by 8 wickets

Man of the match: Allan Border

 

[jimmy101]

Worrying form for SCC's Cut and Load.

 

[Howe_zat]

Border finally did something! Keep him at four I guess.

Unchanged for R9.

 

[jimmy101]

Round 8

Charter 77 v MCB Golden Boys - Junction Oval, Melbourne

MCB Golden Boys

Charter 77

MCB Golden Boys won by 4 runs

Man of the match: Doug Walters

 

[jimmy101]

An incredible contest ends with Thomson conceding only two runs & taking the key wicket of Knott in the final over.

 

[jimmy101]

Points Table

Mullets of Modernity (14)
MCB Golden Boys (10)
Terrific Unnamed (10)
'79 SuperSonics (8)
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Aluminium Batters (8)
Honest Hunks (8)
SCC's Cut and Load (8)
The Queen's Moustaches (6)
Charter 77 (4)
Creole Gang Silver Stars (4)

Round 9

Aluminium Batters v SCC's Cut and Load
Terrific Unnamed v '79 Supersonics
Creole Gang Silver Stars v Honest Hunks
MCB Golden Boys v The Queen's Moustaches
Mullets of Modernity v Charter 77

Big congratulations to Howe for taking out the league stage. Tbh this is probably a bigger/harder achievement than winning the finals series, but we'll just have to wait & see if MOM can take out the grand slam. Things are rather tight in the midtable, keep in mind the points table above isn't accurate, as I've just put teams in alphabetical order which are on the same amount of points. NRR will come into play if required. Please post your R9 team when ready!

 

[Howe_zat]

It's possible for all the sides ranked 2nd-6th to be equal on points. Who is leading/behind on NRR?

 

[jimmy101]

I haven't calculated any of it yet. I have a feeling morgie's team would have a decent NRR though.

 

[morgieb]

Bob Simpson
Sunil Gavaskar
Greg Chappell
Doug Walters
Gundappa Viswanath
Mark Burgess
Ray Jennings
Phil Edmonds
Joel Garner
Jeff Thomson
Wayne Daniel

 

[Magrat Garlick]

unchanged

 

[GoodAreasShane]

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WAFG

 

[honestbharani]

Honest Hunks


Amiss
Lloyd
Miandad
Hookes
Iqbal
King
Gilmour
Hadlee
Kirmani
Holding
Yardley

 

[honestbharani]

And amazing results in R8 all the way. Loved that last over finish. Thomson and Border shining at least in the competition.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

An incredible contest ends with Thomson conceding only two runs & taking the key wicket of Knott in the final over.

Knott remained not-out.