Archived [10/08/07] Battrick

[Spitfires_Fan]

Are any other English players finding that their games haven't started yet? Thought they were meant to start at 10.30?

 

[Dead Badger]

Mine's up and running; your team page keeps timing out for me, so I can't get to your match. It's always a bit slow for the first league match of the season, though.

My lot are making a tolerable start against last season's league winners. I'm on a GFI, plan is to peg them back as much as possible (I'll never skittle them) and try to tonk their slightly worse bowling on a flat pitch. Taken an early wicket, but am going for some runs. This'll be a high scoring match...

End of Over 9: 46-1, runrate=5.11
Oleary 5-0-24-1
Shirley* 15 (21 balls)
Connelly 15 (15 balls)

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Still nothing for me. Seems like something's up with the battrick page cos my computer is really struggling to go anywhere with it - fine with all the other stuff I have opened though. Really annoying...

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Walkover in my opening match today. The team that beat me both games last year is still in my league though, so I doubt I'll have a shot at promotion.

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Ok, we're underway finally. They won the toss, batted and are 94-6 after 28 overs, so it's going pretty well at the moment.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Got put in to bat:


End of Over 28: 140-3, runrate=5.00
Bopp 4-0-21-0
Packer* 60 (83 balls)
Dillon 52 (56 balls)

Last Wicket: Obrien c. Mansfield b. Longrigg 26 (FOW: 52/3)


Lost my best two batsmen out first ball in the first over... I believe the technical term for that is bollocks.

 

[PY]

You lost two batsmen in the first ball of the first over? BT really does hate you.

Can't get onto my game at the moment, which sucks. Can anyone else find out for me?

 

[Dead Badger]

You lost by 22 runs, I'm afraid. Was unlucky; your batsmen just couldn't quite stick with the RRR at the end. Centuries for your openers, but they fell just at the start of the slog.

Them: 329-9
You: 307-6

Edit: hot Jesus, you ran them close, given the gap in ratings:

Boggles	Str¥k£ ©©
Top Order:	strong		exceptional
Middle Order:	competent	respectable
Lower Order:	worthless	worthless
Seam Bowling:	strong		proficient
Spin Bowling:	strong		wonderful
Fielding:	woeful		woeful

 

[PY]

Oh well, that's not as bad as I thought it would be. Gutting to get so close and then fall short, especially as I was ahead of the RRR for first 15 overs.

Thanks very much.

 

[alternative]

End of Over 33: 236-0, runrate=7.15
Mackie 10-0-63-0
Bullivant* 124 (101 balls)
Zonke 110 (97 balls)

Having one of the most comfortable outings ever, this season should be a walk in the park for mine.

 

[Scaly piscine]

End of Over 35: 208-3, runrate=5.94
Richardson 4-0-23-0
Dillon* 89 (80 balls)
Packer 89 (101 balls)

Last Wicket: Obrien c. Mansfield b. Longrigg 26 (FOW: 52/3)



Last few overs have gotten smashed, to the extent where one bowler has 4-0-42-0. Edit: now 5-0-56-0 heh...

 

[superkingdave]

Hmm, one of my guys went for 36 off 3 overs bowling in the middle overs as well- some kind of engine tweak?

 

[Scaly piscine]

End of Over 39: 236-3, runrate=6.05
Richardson 6-0-33-0
Dillon* 102 (93 balls)
Packer 104 (112 balls)

Last Wicket: Obrien c. Mansfield b. Longrigg 26 (FOW: 52/3)


Dillon gets his maiden (competitive) ton (can't check the friendly stats). Oleary 6.2-0-67-0.


I think there's an element in the engine where someone bowls absolutely awfully every so often.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Before someone like marc nitpicks I meant awfully relatively speaking. That's the only thing I can think of when Summers bizarrely gets 0-50 type figures against weak batting, when I had Horne he got 0-90odd once.

Anyway shame we're back with the old OD rubbish death overs, BT20 engine was flawed but it was at least interesting and most of the way there.

Oleary will probably go for less in these death overs than he did in the 25-40 overs

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Bowled the other guys out for 99, with my spin bowler Connelly taking 6-19 in 10.

They've opened the bowling with two spinners, which seems a bit odd? No alarms yet though!

 

[Scaly piscine]

End of Over 49: 331-4, runrate=6.76
Oleary 10-0-96-0
Tawanda* 2 (2 balls)
Dillon 161 (125 balls)

Last Wicket: Packer c. Longrigg b. Bopp 138 (FOW: 319/4)


Boooooooooo, his penultimate over went for 6 singles unfortunately. Dillon's score must be a record of some sort coming in at number 5.


End of Over 50: 348-4, runrate=6.96
Richardson 10-0-74-0
Tawanda* 8 (5 balls)
Dillon 172 (128 balls)

Last Wicket: Packer c. Longrigg b. Bopp 138 (FOW: 319/4)

 

[Agent TBY]

	Bacchanalians 	[B]Citizens Erased[/B]
Top Order: 	proficient 	[B]strong[/B]
Middle Order: 	respectable 	[B]mediocre[/B]
Lower Order: 	woeful 	        [B]abysmal[/B]
Seam Bowling: 	respectable 	[B]strong[/B]
Spin Bowling: 	sensational 	[B]respectable[/B]
Fielding: 	feeble 	        [B]feeble[/B]

No way in hell should I have won this match, on PAN, against an Indian-NT spinner.

The margin of victory - 26 runs. Both my openers scoring centuries, and Mohammed really took them to the cleaners with an unbeaten 155.

 

[alternative]

Going nicely here.

End of Over 50: 392-1, runrate=7.84
Wolleaston 10-0-91-0
Zonke* 197 (154 balls)
Edgehill 65 (42 balls)
Last Wicket: Bullivant Run Out 127 (FOW: 240/1)

 

[Dead Badger]

My opponents made 269-5, which on a flat pitch isn't too spectacular; he made 329 on the same surface at the end of last season, and I almost chased that.

*crosses everything*

Preview: Crap, there goes Bromby. Not looking so hot now, especially since Platt's down to competent bleeding batting form. This could really stuff my season; I play third place next week, and gambling on a GFI for this one could leave me with wrecked TFL and morale. Erp.

 

[Adamc]

Finally managed to load battrick after half an hour of trying. Got a big match against NorCricket first up, will probably come down to whether or not my batting holds up, pitch and weather conditions aren't in my favour. Will be annoyed if my bowlers don't do well though, paying them enough.