Archived [10/08/07] Battrick

[Dead Badger]

The last thirty years have been kind to humanity, as Ben and Bryan Higgins galavant around the globe, curing semi-serious disease and opening things that some people find hard to open sometimes.

Genius.

 

[PY]

Getting pillaged in my game today, got rolled for 218 and they are 152/2.

I don't really deserve to be in the top division of India, I'm at least 20 points down on everyone else in BatStats from the Ranji.

 

[Mahindinho]

BatStats on my league have gone crazy -- 7 out of the top 10 Div II teams in England. I'm the worst, at a lowly 15th. Bugger. Still, they're certainly not comprehensive stats.

I'll be even worse today, as I've only got four bowlers -- still not found a replacement for Verma. Brooker goes on sale next week, so I can get myself some serious funding. I'll be mainly trying to avoid relegation this time around, ready for a bit of a rebuild and a push next season.

 

[Dead Badger]

Rattling along at 7 an over against probably my main challenger for second place this season. Lost a couple of usually-solid wickets, though, so need Platt and Janes to bat for a loooong time.

End of Over 15: 106-2, runrate=7.07
Otsemobor 3-0-29-0
Platt* 42 (37 balls)
Janes 3 (6 balls)

Was a bit bizarre really; scored 17 off consecutive overs, then suddenly stopped when the (rubbish) first-change bowlers came in. Now my best bat is scratching around for singles, and Platt's turned into Chris Tavare. Weird.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Got last seasons league winner 5 down, but my spinners are giving them easy runs as per usual. Pace and Summers come back for the 35th over, hopefully that burst will finish them off.


End of Over 20: 70-5, runrate=3.50
Dillon 3-0-8-0
Lewins* 38 (58 balls)
Kone 6 (21 balls)

Last Wicket: Gregory b. Summers 4 (FOW: 43/5)


It's a cracked pitch, I've got most of my batsmen on normal instead of attacking.

 

[Nate]

Good to see a lot of CricketWebbers dominating.

Lost by 21 runs chasing 325. Good ratings for me is encouraging, but I`m still pretty gutted. Four matches, four losses.

 

[alternative]

Very comfortable win.

[B]Reporter's Summary[/B]
	Alternative XI 	the pym protestors
Top Order: 	mediocre 	woeful
Middle Order: 	competent 	woeful
Lower Order: 	abysmal 	worthless
Seam Bowling: 	respectable 	feeble
Spin Bowling: 	mediocre 	woeful
Fielding: 	woeful 	        woeful
MOTM: Mcintosh

 

[Scaly piscine]

Trademark Battrick complete absence of wickets for 25+ overs and counting making a game of my match

 

[Jamee999]

8 wicket win, chasing 60-odd. (Bardle 7 wickets)

fat ex pros  	Jamees 999ers
Top Order: 	mediocre 	competent
Middle Order: 	feeble 	mediocre
Lower Order: 	worthless 	worthless
Seam Bowling: 	feeble 	superb
Spin Bowling: 	feeble 	competent
Fielding: 	woeful 	feeble
MOTM: Bardle

 

[The Baconator]

Owned pretty much. 10 wicket loss. Probably going down.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Moving along steadily, moved Packer down the order for strategic reasons. Obrien doing better than expected.


End of Over 21: 92-1, runrate=4.38, reqrunrate=4.21 (213-6)
Gregory 4-0-17-0
Obrien* 43 (67 balls)
Armstrong 47 (58 balls)

Last Wicket: Wheat b. Pollard 0 (FOW: 0/1)

 

[Adamc]

****, there's my season down the drain. Just got home and logged on just before the 15:10 deadline for match orders, turns out I have some worthless bowler in place of Whitehorne. Tried to change it but didn't make the cutoff, great.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Haha, dire.

 

[Nate]

Link me mate?

EDIT: Found you, will be cheering on.

 

[Adamc]

Link me mate?

EDIT: Found you, will be cheering on.

http://www.battrick.org/nl/matchInfo.asp?matchID=1080413

The match is yet to start so there's the off chance that I was mistaken or that the orders actually went through despite being past the cutoff, but the most likely scenario is that I'm screwed. What happened was I logged on with a minute or two to spare, had a quick glance at the orders page, looked alright so didn't change it, went away to get something to eat, came back a few minutes later and realised I'd moved Whitehorne from his usual no. 6 spot but not moved the bowling thing. Meh, might still have a chance if my other bowlers do particularly well but it's a hard and fast pitch so probably not.

And one down without a run on the board, I'm ****ed.

 

[Dead Badger]

Going to be an interesting final 10. They're 217-1 after 40 overs, I was 231-2. My best two bowlers are coming on, and their bats should hopefully be tiring. But it's a makeable run-rate, assuming their batsmen don't tire.

End of Over 40: 217-1, runrate=5.43, reqrunrate=8.70 (303-7)
Oldman 10-0-58-0
Hilton* 83 (101 balls)
Muldowney 107 (105 balls)

Oop, there goes the first wicket. Did I really want to take it, though, that's the question. Squeaky bum time...

 

[Nate]

Haha, so close.

 

[Nate]

Played Badger!

 

[Dead Badger]

Cheers . By 'eck, 11 runs in it. That guy is a fair bit better than his ratings suggest. Good job I GFI'd.

And that's the end of the match. Beard XI won by 11 runs.
Beard XI 303-7
Sportal XI 292-4

I really need some bowling depth, I reckon. Got a nice run of home matches coming up though, so should generate some decent cash to fund a purchase.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I chased down my target fairly comfortably in the end, Dillon again came in and blitzed the bowling, 37* off 22 for him although he will have faced some slog bowling. 50s for Armstrong, Obrien and Packer meant I won by 7 wickets.

A nice collapse match in my division:

http://www.battrick.org/nl/matchInfo.asp?matchID=1147389