Stumped!

[SillyCowCorner1]

@cnerd123 update the table please. GG CC are not that low.

 

[Charlie B]

Fun day of games.

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Dominant win by the Astronauts. 186 felt like enough, but as expected the spinners didn't click and our seam attack wasn't potent enough to get the breakthroughs either. Skipper Peach with a brilliant captain's knock of 55*. We really should have scored more runs, but Chung and Law fell cheaply and Agnes is not exactly a quick run scorer. Classic example of a better assembled team outdoing a higher rated one. Congrats @Marcuss! FHK's difficult season continues. We'll be hunting for revenge tomorrow!
Prediction Result: Wrong, but I did say an upset was possible.

In brighter news, Schmaltzberg are bowled out for 150. Our spinners ended up with 6 wickets in seamer friendly conditions - the seamers built up the pressure, and when it came time for the release the Dynamos just didn't execute well enough. Good win, the team is shaping up nicely.
Prediction Result: Correct

Moooo and ataraXIa both pick up comfortable wins in a very similar manner. Visiting sides choose to field first, home side get a decent score on the board and then take a bunch of early wickets to all but seal the game. Good effort by both chasing teams in the end, but it was always going to be tough to win after the terrible starts they had.
Prediction Results: Both Correct.

A spirited chase from TMO comes to an end. They fall short of GG CC's massive 270 by just 34 runs. They had 17 balls left as well, which suggests that if someone had stuck around a bit longer they might have pulled it of. Of course taking those 1st innings catches would have helped too.
Prediction Result: Correct

And last but not least - Morpork topple Jura CC! A real professional all-rounder performance sees the senior Dynamos team remain the only unbeaten side in the CWC so far. Excellent effort, great game.
Prediction Results: Correct

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This weeks results leads to a lot of competition towards the mid-lower end of the table. Only 3 points separates 6th place from 10th! ataraXIa have broken into the top half of the table, and are now comfortably placed in 5th place. ZCC in 4th are closing the gap in on FHK, who have remained 3rd despite today's defeat. Dynamo Morpork the only unbeaten team left.

Innings of the Round goes to Stuart Garner of ZCC. Am I biased? Definitely. But also he hit the only century of the round, coming in 41/3 to take us to a match-winning 219. Excellent knock. Honorable mentions to Lachlan Peach (AA) and Alonso Kock (TMO)

Spell of the Round goes to Martijn Van Heerdens of DM, who used the dry home track to good effect to dismiss 4 to JCC's top 6. His regular wickets were key to keeping them down to a chasable score. Honorable mentioned to Fred Clarke from the same innings, and Gulsan Giridhar (Moooo).

Thanks for your ongoing time and efforts with the thread, live commentary during games, tables and summaries

 

[Charlie B]

Is anyone getting that the Stumped site is 'unstable to log into and there might be an invalid certificate - getting that when using my usual browser microsoft edge when going to the home page

 

[JOJOXI]

Is anyone getting that the Stumped site is 'unstable to log into and there might be an invalid certificate - getting that when using my usual browser microsoft edge when going to the home page

Yh I've just checked through Google Chrome - says security certificate expired in the last day.

 

[Charlie B]

Yh I've just checked through Google Chrome - says security certificate expired in the last day.

Thanks JoJo - a new low in bog standard maintenance !

 

[cnerd123]

Maybe the CCP got wind of the FHK team and have compromised the site as a result

Thanks for your ongoing time and efforts with the thread, live commentary during games, tables and summaries

cheers mate, all part of the fun

@cnerd123 update the table please. GG CC are not that low.

whoops, seems I took a screenshot before the TMO/GG CC game got updated. Fixed now.

 

[StephenZA]

@cnerd123 hopefully a good close contest between TMOs and ZCC. Ratings look close see how game actually pans out!

 

[StephenZA]

Is crowd pleaser an accumulative effect if multiple players have it? @cnerd123 @Magrat Garlick

 

[StephenZA]

Pathetic batting from the TMOs.

 

[cnerd123]

I think the crowd pleaser stacks on each other but not sure.

FHK go down by 18 runs to the Astronauts in a full senior 50 over game on their home tuf. The gamble of playing young Ted Hui didnt pan out as he went for 70 runs in his 10 overs. 269 was a steep chase but we could have pulled it off if someone got stuck in a bit longer - were bowled out with 4 overs to spare. Cracks showing in this outfit, need the young seamers and batters to sharpen up soon. Very talented side but not quite one for all conditions yet.

The ZCC Dev XI going well in a 50 over friendly vs TMO. Should chase this down easily.

 

[Jarquis]

What a ****ing day to be an Astronauts supporter

 

[cnerd123]

The ZCC Dev XI going well in a 50 over friendly vs TMO. Should chase this down easily.

Actually it's the ZCC least-experienced XI, which is how Shahbaz Furqan ended up in the XI instead of Grubs.

He belts 116* as ZCC complete an easy 8-wicket win. This comes on the same day as BD chasing down 281 to beat NZ, so plenty of good batting from the 'deshi boys all round!

Up next tonight - The CWC2 Grand Final! Hype hype.

 

[StephenZA]

Very dissatisfied with the TMOs performance there. Part of it was the managers poor orders. Still disappointed. Well done ZCC @cnerd123.

 

[StephenZA]

Nice to see the SA team defeat Eng.

 

[cnerd123]

ZCC won the toss and elected to bowl first in the Grand Final of CWC2. Dynamo Morpork were coming up against the defending CricketWeb Champions on their home turf, and were now tasked with setting a score in unfamiliar territory. The first hurdle to this would be seeing off a tricky passage of new ball bowling. ZCC's battery of seamers use the conditions well, but once the ball loses it's shine it's a pretty good pitch to bat on.

This didn't go well for the Dynamos, as Nouding cleaned up both openers inside the first 3 overs. Skipper Marita punched back with 22 off 13, including 4 boundaries in a row in Nouding's 3rd over, but nicked Chung Yiu behind in the final over of the powerplay. 41/3. Rowan and McGrath rebuilt, working the ball around for their runs before reeling off 4 boundaries in 2 overs between them. Zahid broke this dangerous partnership in the 11th over, Mcgrath the man dismissed, and picked up the wicket of Van Heerdens in his next over to boot. 86/5 in 14 overs, Morpork would have to dig deep for the final push. Step in Menno Fouche. The new man to the crease clobbered 30 off just 20 balls, ensuring a strong finish to the innings for the title challengers. Bungay and Bronkhorst both cleared the ropes as well, and a total of 3 sixes were hit in the final over of the innings as Dynamo Morpork surged to 144/7 in their 20 overs. A competitive score on the board!

In reply, ZCC openers D Estandau and Furqan have scored 43 runs by the end of the first powerplay. D Estandau is currently suffering from blurred vision, but is playing despite that, and has already hit 5 fours and a six! Imagine if he was able to see it clearly!

 

[cnerd123]

Bronkhurst gets the breakthrough, D Estandau playing and missing and losing his stumps. 44 off 39, good knock. Raun Shkorer in.

77 to win in the final 10 overs. You'd expect us to cruise it but I've seen us lose games from here before.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

A strong over off Bungay. He's still got one to go so I think this one might be toast.

Nouding winning this with the ball seems a fitting last hurrah for him though

 

[cnerd123]

13.1	.	Martijn Van Heerdens to Shahbaz Furqan	66.9 kph	Bronkhorst doesn't seem confident in this new spell and we can see why, Van Heerdens doesn't look on his game today. Pitches on off stump. big drive by Furqan. A leading edge bounces safe and runs into the infield. Fouche benefits from some confusion, no run taken.
				This over will be by Martijn Van Heerdens, Frans Bronkhorst has set the field with a single fielder in close, a ring of 5 infielders, leaving 3 in the deep.

Well that's not a good sign

13.4

6

Martijn Van Heerdens to Shahbaz Furqan

77.9 kph

SIX! Bowled in a good area, Furqan looking to clear the rope. He's really got hold of that, into the stands, SIX. 50 up. The crowds applauding, but Furqan is already back taking his guard. He means business here. (52 runs from 35 balls at SR=148.6)

Great stuff. He's in incredible form.

 

[cnerd123]

3 wickets in 6 balls, this game has been blown wide open! Chaos!

4 in 7! Artemis Fox on a hattrick!

 

[StephenZA]

Apparently Jalal did not lack confidence?

Well done ZCC! Commiserations Morpork.