Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[trevor_vayro]

Going OK against a pretty evenly matched side. Colts 139/4 after 33. They raced off to 80 for the first wicket, with Bewers going for 56 off his opening 7, but since then I've got rid of their dangermen, two Sups and a strong, now two Resps are finding it hard going against my spinners, Sup/Prof Bridges M and Prof/Feeb Cash, on League debut.

Cash is also a Resp/Resp bat, and is opening today, so I was kind'a hoping for a tidy YP, so I could rest cash in the cup. But Adam strikes again:-), so I think I might just back my top six, and play Feeb Bat Bewers at No.7 in order to include five specialist bowlers.

MTF, Trev

Bridges M starting to impose The Gurs' authority here, with three quick wickets. Colts now 145/7 after 38, will hopefully be chasing less than 175, and Greening, Staveley and Noon won't have to bat.

 

[Scaly piscine]

End of Over 40: 187-3, runrate=4.68
Mcmanaman 10-0-53-1
Armstrong* 87 (98 balls)
Dillon 37 (42 balls)

Last Wicket: Obrien c. Tapp b. Horwood 34 (FOW: 128/3)


Into the last 10...

 

[PY]

End of Over 40: 187-3, runrate=4.68
Mcmanaman 10-0-53-1
Armstrong* 87 (98 balls)
Dillon 37 (42 balls)

Last Wicket: Obrien c. Tapp b. Horwood 34 (FOW: 128/3)


Into the last 10...

They a good side SP?

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[Scaly piscine]

Bloody hell... 101 off the last 10, only wicket was a run-out of the last ball. Finished on 288-4.

Armstrong 135 off 129
Dillon 90* off 71

I'm hoping my opening bowlers do some damage, because they've got very little batting depth. They were the side that was relegated last season, they're pretty good but just a little bit below my side on ratings - think they had proficient top order (same as me) and feeble middle order (I've competent). They have a respectable all-seam bowling attack, I was respectable seam and proficient spin.

 

[Scaly piscine]

20.6 . Lisbie to Mooney 
    I'm not sure which was worse there, Lisbie's delivery or Mooney's inability to get anything more than a single from it.  
20.5 [B]W[/B] Lisbie to Tapp 
    [B][COLOR="Red"]That's an absolute snorter of a delivery! Moving away from the batsman before jagging back off the seam and crashing into the stumps. Clean bowled!  [/COLOR][/B]
20.4 [B]W[/B] Lisbie to Sam 
    [COLOR="red"][B]Sam has tried to slog that one but Packer is getting under it. OUT! Sam caught in the deep by Packer. [/B][/COLOR]
20.3 [B]W[/B] Lisbie to Wilbrahim 
    [COLOR="red"][B]That's bowled Wilbrahim, terrible shot that, I've seen better batters in a fish 'n' chip shop. [/B][/COLOR]
20.2 2 Lisbie to Wilbrahim 
    Driven to the boundary for a comfortable two. 
20.1 1 Lisbie to Brazier 
    Full delivery, slapped to deep mid wicket. 

End of Over 20: 101-3, runrate=5.05, reqrunrate=6.27 (288-4) 
Dillon 5-1-12-1 
Brazier* 55 (48 balls) 
Wilbrahim 10 (20 balls)
 
Last Wicket: Wright c. Nile b. Dillon 13 (FOW: 69/3)

 

[andyc]

btw getting worried about the subsidy? updates are tommrorow!

Mine's come in now.

 

[Scaly piscine]

And that's the end of the match. Scaly Piscine CC won by 154 runs.
Scaly Piscine CC 288-4
Meenans Athletic 134-10

Armstrong 135 off 129 & 2 stumpings
Dillon 90* off 71 & 5-1-12-1
Lisbie 5-0-17-5

 

[Adamc]

Good start for me, bowling first against NorCricket. Watkins got rid of Dewing (Aus U19 exceptional bat) in his first over, and Leadbeater (quality bat) in his second. Got Watkins bowling his ten straight through.

 

[trevor_vayro]

All over here, won by six wickets.

Bowled them out for 160, Bridges M 10/2/29/5, Cash, on League Debut, 8/2/26/3, Bent 10/3/20/1, Edworthy and Bewers bowling filth, going for over 100 between them in 13 overs.

Batting was helter-skelter, RR rarely dropped below five and was over six for a while, but wickets went at regular intervals. Patel, normally so reliable at the top of the order, was cleaned up for 1, likewise Bennett at No.3 - Whilst pinch hitters Cash and Carey both had entertaining cameos without threatening to take charge of the game, posting 25 and 31 respectively at better than a run a ball. So it was left to the two guns, Staveley and Greening, to save the day with an unbroken stand of 92. Staveley finishing with 44* (59) and Greening hitting the winning runs in the 33rd over, to take him to a first fifty of the season in 47 balls.

All in all encouraging to have our first Div IV victory under our belts, but plenty to work on and worry about.
1. Bewers, Sup/Resp LM, was absolutely carted in the opening overs, by players who were only his equal at best, as happened last time we were in Div IV. I'm wondering if he's cut out for opening the attack at the higher level - Although in order to make him first or second change I'd have to save up to buy an opening bowler.
2. Bennett failed again in the top order, this time at No.3. He now averages something like 7 at the top of the order and closer to 60 at No.5 and below. I guess the simple answer to this is to only bat him down the order, but there are times that he's going to have to open to give better players a blow.
3. Which brings me on to my next point. Disappointingly the game lasted 83 overs and has probably had a significant PFL effect. I hadn't wanted Staveley and Greening to bat, so that one of them at least would be fresh enough to play in the Cup on Sunday and FC on Tues. The squad is pretty thin ATM, and with no prospect of being strengthened in the immediate future, I'm going to have to be very careful how I manage things, and establish a clear FC/OD priority early on in the campaign.

Also my worst ratings in about six months!

Colts
Cymru Gurgitaters
Top Order:
competent
competent
Middle Order:
woeful
competent
Lower Order:
worthless
abysmal
Seam Bowling:
mediocre
competent
Spin Bowling:
feeble
respectable
Fielding:
feeble
woeful

Later, Trev

 

[superkingdave]

Against a decent side, but one i think i ought to win. Chasing 283 to win (Islam took a fifer again), was struggling a bit early on at 57-2 but Abdul Kadir has come in firing on all cylinders, currently 105 from 87. 210-2 after 34, *should* win from here.

 

[Jamee999]

First up, I'm a muppet. I've got an abysmal and my wicket-keeper (!) bowling as I switched the batting order but not the bowling. They're getting hit around the park.

That's not really important though, as I made 361-7. No-one made a big score, but Ndah made an impressive quick-fire 82*:

Ndah 82* (69), Devapriya 48 (42), Hinshelwood 39(21), Nix 84(80), Gowshall 51(46)

They're 197-0 after 34, and need a RR of 10.

 

[Jamee999]

They BT-collapsed (patent pending)

And that's the end of the match. Jamees 999ers won by 76 runs.
Jamees 999ers 361-7
Frecheville 285-10

204-0 to 285.

Now I've got to build up till Sunday, and a tricky cup match.

Here we are

Frecheville v Jamees 999ers (620282) 

Date: 15/09/2006 Ground: Frecheville CG 
Pitch: Dusty Weather:  
 
Jamees 999ers won the toss and elected to bat. 
First Innings of: Jamees 999ers (take it easy)  
Name   Runs Balls 4s 6s 
Nix  c. Rennie b. Flahaven 84 80 6 2 
Trotman  c. &  b. Mcginn 5 6 0 0 
Gowshall  lbw  b. Austin 51 46 5 0 
Aldred  c. Brown b. Mapes 32 26 4 0 
Ndah (+) not  out 82 69 8 0 
Hinshelwood  c. Rennie b. Austin 39 21 3 2 
Lea (*)  b. Mapes 0 3 0 0 
Devapriya   b. Brown 48 42 2 1 
Sugden  not  out 9 7 1 0 
Johnson        
Smith        
Extras (8b, 0lb, 3w, 0nb) 11  
Total (50.0 overs, 7 wickets) 361  
 
FOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Total 14 127 169 184 248 251 341    
Batsman Out 2 3 1 4 6 7 8    
 
Name O M R W nb wd 
Brown 10 0 79 1 0 0 
Mcginn 10 0 67 1 0 1 
Austin 10 0 68 2 0 1 
Flahaven 10 0 77 1 0 1 
Mapes 10 0 62 2 0 0 

First Innings of: Frecheville  
Name   Runs Balls 4s 6s 
Sargeant (*)  b. Johnson 135 140 11 1 
Chaudry  c. Sugden b. Johnson 60 93 4 0 
Moncur  c. Sugden b. Smith 7 6 0 0 
Bennett  run  out 39 29 3 1 
Constable   b. Smith 15 14 1 0 
Rennie (+) c. Ndah b. Sugden 3 4 0 0 
Mapes   b. Sugden 1 2 0 0 
Flahaven   b. Sugden 0 1 0 0 
Austin   b. Smith 3 5 0 0 
Mcginn        
Brown   b. Smith 0 1 0 0 
Extras (3b, 11lb, 3w, 5nb) 22  
Total (48.2 overs, 10 wickets) 285  
 
FOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Total 204 219 228 256 261 263 263 285 285 285 
Batsman Out 2 1 3 5 6 7 8 4 9 11 
 
Name O M R W nb wd 
Sugden 9 0 39 3 1 0 
Smith 9.2 1 48 4 1 1 
Devapriya 10 0 73 0 2 0 
Gowshall 10 0 67 0 1 2 
Johnson 10 2 44 2 0 0

Pretty rubbish ratings, cuz I bowled Devapriya and Gowshall

 Frecheville Jamees 999ers 
Top Order: woeful mediocre 
Middle Order: abysmal mediocre 
Lower Order: worthless abysmal 
Seam Bowling: abysmal feeble 
Spin Bowling: woeful abysmal 
Fielding: feeble woeful 
 
MOTM: Smith

 

[superkingdave]

Comfortable win in t'end, Abdul Kadir finishing 149* but Islam got MOM. Decent ratings for me considering the reset. prof/med/woe/prof/med/fee

 

[Adamc]

For some reason my match was fast-forwarded, so I can find out already that I've lost. 280/8 v 148/10, Cuss got a duck and Watkins only 32.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

****ing Ouch Collins.

Fuller would have won.

 

[Adamc]

Despite better ratings in most areas, really annoying.

	[B]NorCricket United 	Asterix XI[/B]
Top Order: 	wonderful 	exceptional
Middle Order: 	respectable 	mediocre
Lower Order: 	woeful  	woeful
Seam Bowling: 	respectable 	proficient
Spin Bowling: 	strong  	sensational
Fielding: 	feeble  	feeble

 

[Jamee999]

Adam, MSN

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Yikes.

Peters Utd 71 all out
Dynamo Morpork 41 all out

Granted, it was a cracked pitch, but that's the strangest result ever. Think batting training is in order.

 

[The Baconator]

Won today against a team I think I thought I'd lose to. The site's being a bit dodgy though, and I can't see if I was expecting to beat them or not. I forgot to do my orders before the game, so Rhodes, Rahimuddin and Umar still played, so I might well rest them for the FC game, and definitely for the cup.

 

[Adamc]

Yikes.

Peters Utd 71 all out
Dynamo Morpork 41 all out

Granted, it was a cracked pitch, but that's the strangest result ever. Think batting training is in order.

The commentary is back online again if you want to view your collapse in real time...don't think I'm going to hang around to watch mine.