Stumped!

[SillyCowCorner1]

A nice platform for Dynamo M to blast a 100 in the last 10 overs

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Not really blasting but Nishad got some boundaries (currently on 25* off 19) and anything 200+ is usually enough in DEV.

Kotze threw his wicket away again ofc, somehow missing a fairly straight one from a medium pacer at the stumps!

McCormack's overthrows will come but hopefully less impactful than the runouts and good fielding events

 

[Magrat Garlick]

this is a bit of a paddlin'

edit: AtaraXIa all out 83, lost by 174 runs. The Sharif (Alam) taking four wickets in his two long spells and Fouche jr. rounding off by getting Dee out plumb and Chambers bowled through a gate wider than that of Branderburger Tor.

Maybe I should have bowled first? h34r?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Well Free HK won the last match of the unending T20 Challengers league. I don't think it matters for our log position (we finished 13/18 which I think was about where experts had us). Neither of us have scored many runs (4076 for Dynamo, 4288 for FHK) which suggests we're doing something wrong with our batting orders in T20. Even ZCC, who on paper has the ruthless Shkorer, D Estandau, Furqan, Yattack axis, has had pretty low totals.

 

[cnerd123]

We have to consider Stumped's match engine is set for nearly a decade ago - scoring rates and average totals in limited overs cricket were not as high as they are now. Stumped's also got slightly more run-outs than usual, which means teams lose more wickets than they normally would too.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

We have to consider Stumped's match engine is set for nearly a decade ago - scoring rates and average totals in limited overs cricket were not as high as they are now. Stumped's also got slightly more run-outs than usual, which means teams lose more wickets than they normally would too.

Yeah I don't disagree but I was considering it relative to the other teams in the league. Only ZCC is really in the same league as the teams surrounding them. If I hadn't bought Economical Saleem I probably would have ended behind rajshahi.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

meanwhile my wonky batting order meant that van Heerdens (55 not out) and Mthabela (48) put on a cool 104 off 16 overs for the 8th wicket, dragging us to a respectable 239 against the bot. Of the youngsters who needed batting practice, Ralph Arnold probably came out the best, prodding his way to 21 off 66 balls.

Around the grounds MTO are doing very well against their bot (Jeroen Viljoen and Alonso Kock the stars so far) while ZCC are somehow making a hash of chasing 175 on a fairly placid wicket.

The second placed team in my league are probably going down, which means I should have a 1-2 point advantage in the battle for 2nd ahead of our head to head clash in the last round.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

GG CC bowled out a bot team for 40 runs today…it’s pleasing to see.

 

[cnerd123]

Much more comfortable in the chase now, 113/2 in 31 overs. Shahbaz Furqan with 53 off 84, keeper Heshan de Mehlo on 56*, and Raun Shkorer fresh to the crease.

 

[cnerd123]

Romped home by 8 wickets and have taken 3rd place in the process. One more win and we could be looking at some useful prize money in the off season. Need it the way our finances have been of late.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

2nd v 3rd at Treacle Mine Road next week. Should be a humdinger of a contest. Both of us are around low 50k when we put on our best outfits

 

[cnerd123]

@honestbharani seems to be finally setting orders for his games and is hanging in there in a strong Div 3. Should be interesting to see how the CWC2 game between the Hunks and FHK goes tomorrow. We'll be putting out our youngest XI, including two youth we might be looking to sell.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Impressive showing from Mooo today debuting three new players: Bart Way, Meyiwa, and Jawad

 

[ataraxia]

I got rolled for 182 by a bot, but nevertheless got a comfy win.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Lots of 5-wicket hauls today:

Lahiru Vethanayagam took 5-22 for Moooo against Corellians.

Hetal Tyagi took 5-13 for The Merry Orangutans against Medical Mongooses.

Martijn Van Heerdens took 5-12 for Dynamo Morpork against Dry Deer.

Roger Attlee took 5-8 for GG CC against Overrated Okapi.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Just a curious question…anyone knows why the reason the bot teams have animal names?

I’m yet to see a team that’s associated with cows.

 

[cnerd123]

Huge win for FHK overnight. Beat the 3rd place Kandor Kings away from home, in conditions that are almost the polar opposite of the 5DNOL stadium

Puts us in 6th place on 29 points, only behind 7th place on NRR. They play the 1st placed team next week while we play the last placed one. If results go as expected we should be safe from relegation, but cricket is a funny game...

 

[cnerd123]

@honestbharani seems to be finally setting orders for his games and is hanging in there in a strong Div 3. Should be interesting to see how the CWC2 game between the Hunks and FHK goes tomorrow. We'll be putting out our youngest XI, including two youth we might be looking to sell.

The youngest FHK XI are struggling. 109 not enough runs. Gonna take something special to prevent the upset!

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

33/5 in the first 6 overs. The gulf between @ataraxia and Mooooo is huge.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Random stat:

In 7 dev-friendly matches that Richard McCormack has played in, he's made 5 run-outs and 1 catch. Crucial to Moooo's youth setup.