Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[andyc]

I arrive home just in time to see the last two overs of my game against PY. Unfortunately.

Boggles 2/308
Chanderpaul 122 (133), Abdul kadir 98 (102), Moodley 43* (42)
Erasmus 1/59, Fernando 1/47

Magical Ponies 294 (49.2)
Kilkenny 76 (84), Tedstone 59 (52), Canning 39 (54)
Singh 5/49 (9.2), Malik 3/67 (10)

Was looking at a loss from the start of our innings, with Farmer, Griffin and Sutton all gone by the end of the 6th over. And it didn't help when Canning (fair fitness) and Kilkenny (feeble stamina) started slowing down, although Parr played a nice cameo at the end with 37* off 24.

  	Magical Ponies  	Boggles
Top Order: 	competent 	proficient
Middle Order: 	mediocre 	mediocre
Lower Order: 	abysmal 	abysmal
Seam Bowling: 	mediocre 	competent
Spin Bowling: 	competent 	competent
Fielding: 	woeful 	feeble
MOTM: Singh

Singh a very deserving MOTM, with 5 wickets and 36* off 26 from number 4.

Can anyone explain why my top order, which is normally respectable, has only been competent for the last two weeks? It's the same top order, and if anything it's better, as Kilkenny's receiving a net (but still has sublime fitness). The same goes for my spin attack, which is also usually respectable.

 

[cricketboy29]

Zia Cort (341263)
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A destructive player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Weston-super-mare
Nationality: England
Age: 21 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 15,667
Wages: £1,255 p/w
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: mediocre Concentration: feeble
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: feeble


Going for 250,000
LOL!

 

[cricketboy29]

Seems to have payed the Umpire, Altoz..

 W	Mohan to Garvey
 	 	Big appeal for LBW...and given! He dosen't seem to be happy with that decision. A big inside edge.

 Big appeal... yes, he's given him! Lebohang is overjoyed, Martyn doesn't look too happy about it... and yes, looking at the replay, the umpire's made a clanger there, he's missed the ball by a long, long way...

 

[Agent TBY]

Andy, I think team fitness has something to do with it? Did you GFI a match recently?

Because the same thing's happened to me, and I assumed it was the fair or around fair team fitness.

 

[andyc]

Andy, I think team fitness has something to do with it? Did you GFI a match recently?

Because the same thing's happened to me, and I assumed it was the fair or around fair team fitness.

I haven't GFId for ages, that's the thing. I got resp top order and spin in my last few league games, IIRC, and now that I'm not playing any league games, you'd expect my ratings to go up, if anything, due to better team fitness.

 

[33/3from3.3]

played Mikes Victoria Panthers and........

First Innings of: Drunk XI  (play as normal)
Name 			Runs 	Balls 	4s 	6s
Bissmire 	c. Blower 	b. Wiese 	22 	44 	2 	0
Nutter 	c. Blower 	b. Hook 	12 	30 	1 	0
Lisbie 	c. Skalding 	b. Hook 	2 	5 	0 	0
Muller 		b. Hook 	29 	32 	3 	1
Dobinson 	lbw 	b. Barry 	5 	6 	1 	0
Muirhead 	not 	out 	114 	107 	15 	1
Ohara (+) 	not 	out 	81 	79 	6 	2						
Extras (6b, 10lb, 1w, 3nb) 	20 	
Total (50.0 overs, 5 wickets) 	285 	
FOW 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10
Total 	18 	22 	74 	79 	81 					
Batsman Out 	2 	3 	4 	5 	1 					

Name 	O 	M 	R 	W 	nb 	wd
Hook 	10 	0 	32 	3 	0 	1
Skalding 	10 	1 	54 	0 	0 	0
Barry 	10 	0 	75 	1 	1 	0
Wiese 	10 	1 	55 	1 	2 	0
Welsby 	10 	0 	53 	0 	0 	0

First Innings of: Victoria Panthers
Name   Runs 	Balls 	4s 	6s
Tahir 	c. Lisbie 	b. Muirhead 	127 	125 	
Malcolm 	c. Lisbie 	b. Mckenzie 	82 	111 	
Wight 	c. Ohara 	b. Gilroy 	4 	10 	
Mcfadden 		b. Mckenzie 	4 	6 	
Darryl (*) 	not 	out 	24 	19 	
Blower (+) 	c. Ohara 	b. Muirhead 	12 	14 	
Hook 	c. Ohara 	b. Muirhead 	0 	1 	
Skalding 	lbw 	b. Prest 	0 	1 	
Welsby 	lbw 	b. Prest 	0 	1 	
Barry 	lbw 	b. Prest 	0 	1 	
Wiese 	c. Prest 	b. Muirhead 	5 	4 	
Extras (3b, 5lb, 3w, 3nb) 	14 	
Total (48.2 overs, 10 wickets) 	272 	
FOW 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10
Total 	203 	214 	228 	232 	266 	266 	267 	267 	267 	272
Batsman Out 	2 	3 	4 	1 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11

Name 	O 	M 	R 	W 	nb 	wd
Prest 	9 	0 	38 	3 	0 	0
Muirhead 	9.2 	0 	67 	4 	1 	2
Gilroy 	10 	0 	58 	1 	0 	0
Mangweni 	10 	0 	51 	0 	0 	0
Mckenzie 	10 	0 	50 	2 	2 	1

Motm: Muirhead


  	Victoria Panthers  	Drunk XI
Top Order: 	mediocre 	mediocre
Middle Order: 	feeble 	feeble
Lower Order: 	worthless 	worthless
Seam Bowling: 	feeble 	mediocre
Spin Bowling: 	respectable 	mediocre
Fielding: 	woeful 	woeful

 

[andyc]

Paddy, if you're going to post the whole thing, please use [c o d e] [/c o d e]. Makes it much easier to read, and takes up less room

 

[33/3from3.3]

Sorted for your pleasure Mr. Cameron

 

[PY]

I haven't GFId for ages, that's the thing. I got resp top order and spin in my last few league games, IIRC, and now that I'm not playing any league games, you'd expect my ratings to go up, if anything, due to better team fitness.

You shuffled the order about at all?

Not sure why that would affect the spin rating unless Alan is fiddling with the engine already and it's not been made public.

Good game anyway, can't believe I won! You're right about the top order being the key though, once they'd gone it was always going to be tough.

 

[Robertinho]

Team fitness actually goes towards Fair, regardless of how high or low it is. If it's higher than fair, or was higher than fair, then it is decreasing. After my GFI, it was Low. It is now Fair.

 

[cricketboy29]

And that's the end of the match. Sad Decadent XI won by 12 runs.
Sad Decadent XI 317-8
Alternative XI 305-10

Quite happy with that actually since my top order were down pretty early but we rallied together, and then the bowlers got stuck in..

 

[andyc]

You shuffled the order about at all?

Not sure why that would affect the spin rating unless Alan is fiddling with the engine already and it's not been made public.

Good game anyway, can't believe I won! You're right about the top order being the key though, once they'd gone it was always going to be tough.

Nope, that's what's annoying about it.

Good game though, thanks for it. Losing Griffin early was a killer blow for me, but Chanderpaul and Abdul kadir just did too much really. At least Tedstone got some runs. By the way, what's Singh like? He played great today.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Welcome to Scaly Piscine CG for the match between Scaly Piscine CC and Jamees 999ers.

We can tell you that Scaly Piscine CC won the toss and elected to bat. The pitch is looking a touch on the green side. All the seam bowlers have been out there rubbing their hands on this sunny day.


End of Over 21: 132-0, runrate=6.29
Sugden 1-0-5-0
Packer* 53 (68 balls)
Dillon 75 (59 balls)


Packer being mysteriously crap again in friendlies, should be scoring faster than that.

 

[Jamee999]

I've rested my bowling attack, so don't expect too much.

 

[superkingdave]

yp

Kieran Whing (917019)
RH Batsman, LFM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, changeable
A steady player with abysmal leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Lancashire
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 767
Wages: £306 p/w

Stamina: worthless Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: abysmal

currently 148-1 at halfway against George

 

[Scaly piscine]

Lisbie finally teeing off:

34.6 [B]3[/B] Aldred to Lisbie 
    Three more on the board as he strokes it through the covers. 
34.5 [B]6[/B] Aldred to Lisbie 
    That ball nearly ended up in the commentary box, six runs. 
34.4 [B]b1[/B] Aldred to Packer 
    The keeper has to get behind them, Devapriya really should be collecting those. 
34.3 [B]1[/B] Aldred to Lisbie 
    They had to run quickly, a direct hit would have got him. 
34.2 [B].[/B] Aldred to Lisbie 
    Slower delivery, stroked out to the off. 
34.1 [B]4[/B] Aldred to Lisbie 
    Poor ball on his legs which is easily glanced away to the square leg boundary for four.

 

[Adamc]

Hmm, just noticed that all the players have aged a year.

 

[superkingdave]

While the batsmen crossed for the single it looked like the umpire was having a word with Ahmed about scuffing up the line on his follow-through. We've seen him do that before...

I wonder if the Zebras will come out after the innings break

 

[andyc]

Hmm, just noticed that all the players have aged a year.

Gah, beaten to it.

 

[Adamc]

I was searching the transfer market at the time so I noticed it pretty much when it happened.

Anyway, about to win my friendly against the #2 team in the SA Provincial Cup (doing an inter-league tournament thing):

End of Over 45: 237-5, runrate=5.27, reqrunrate=12.80 (300-7)
Malik 8-1-36-1
Foster* 125 (119 balls)
Cooper 8 (9 balls)
Last Wicket: Bentham lbw b. Malik 20 (FOW: 213/5)

Cuss and Watkins both scored centuries (before a monumental late collapse), and Whitehorne, Watkins and Malik have taken the five wickets to date. Whitehorne somewhat disappointingly only managed 2-35 though, I tend to think he'll get five wickets every match.