Archived [19/01/09] Battrick

[andyc]

Chased it down very easily in the end, Burger notching up his first ever century.

Hapless XI 8/228
Erasmus 5/58, Fernando 2/56, Canning 1/38

Magical Ponies 1/231 (41.4)
Burger 116* (128), Terry 82* (86), Farmer 21 (38)

Magical Ponies Hapless XI
Top Order: wonderful strong
Middle Order: quality feeble
Lower Order: woeful worthless
Seam Bowling: exquisite mediocre
Spin Bowling: quality remarkable
Fielding: feeble mediocre

Very happy with those ratings, my first GFI of the season. Will Batstats that later.

 

[chaminda_00]

End of Over 25: 103-10, runrate=4.12
Jeithoon 5-3-11-4
Baddegama* 1 (12 balls)

Meh

 

[Scaly piscine]

Pummelling Withington now after a crap start:


End of Over 18: 100-2, runrate=5.56
Buckley 4-0-28-0
Dillon* 35 (36 balls)
Armstrong 53 (50 balls)

Last Wicket: Desouza lbw b. Hirst 8 (FOW: 12/2)

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

End of Over 18: 63-2, runrate=3.50
Mould 4-0-17-1
Kepler* 5 (10 balls)
Grant 23 (46 balls)

Last Wicket: Mclean b. Mould 27 (FOW: 52/2)

Need a big innings from Kepler here - the other guy is playing his England U19 RM bowler who kept it tight and got Caldwell in his first 5 overs. He'll be coming back in a couple and we really need to stand firm. No tail to speak of today - once they get down to no.5 we'll just collapse.

Don't like the look of this...

 

[chaminda_00]

Jaffna Jets v Bucks Batters

Buck Batters 103 All Out
Andrews 47(40), Jeithoon 4/11(5.3), Granville 2/5(2), Sishayi 2/15(5)

Jaffna Jets 4/104(25.2)
Clayton 42(78), Quintin 36(45)

Jaffna Jets Bucks Batters
Top Order: proficient respectable
Middle Order: proficient feeble
Lower Order: worthless worthless
Seam Bowling: superb respectable
Spin Bowling: superb proficient
Fielding: woeful woeful

Pretty easy win in the end. Annoyed we lost four wickets, but all four wickets fell to their spinners on a dusty pitch. Plan to get Jeithoon average below 10 is working well.

All attention to our BT cup match now. They rolled a team in my FC league for 90 odd. I don't think I have dismissed that side for under 400 in FC. So looks like it could be a real tough match, unless we have some real luck or they TIE or rest players. Will GFI and hope for the best.

 

[andruid]

Swamibapa Leeds CC won the toss and elected to field.
Pitch: Dusty

End of Over 26: 97-3, runrate=3.73
Searle 3-1-6-0
Barnett* 1 (2 balls)
Hotte 52 (74 balls)
Last Wicket: Apted Run Out 34 (FOW: 95/3)

Forgot to re-readjust my bowling orders now one of my preferred death bowlers is going to blow all his overs in the middle

 

[Mahindinho]

Pummelling Withington now after a crap start:


End of Over 18: 100-2, runrate=5.56
Buckley 4-0-28-0
Dillon* 35 (36 balls)
Armstrong 53 (50 balls)

Last Wicket: Desouza lbw b. Hirst 8 (FOW: 12/2)

Yep.

Seeing that the league will probably come down to you and Rickmansworth, I'm TIEing and resting two front-line bowlers. In fact, it's Buckley's first big match. You've got pretty much a full batting lineup to bowl at...my prediction is for you to hit 280 and my lot to limp to 90ao.

It feels like bloody ages since I last logged into CW. Must be at least a fortnight!

 

[Dead Badger]

Going okay against Dagenhamshire on an uneven pitch, but will need a monster total to defend against an opening pair of batsmen totalling almost 400k BTR, one of which is England batsman Tim Cahill.

End of Over 37: 191-2, runrate=5.16
Seaman 9-0-61-1
Janes* 15 (14 balls)
Bromby 95 (105 balls)
Last Wicket: Platt c. Tarry b. Seaman 73 (FOW: 148/2)

 

[Scaly piscine]

Well I don't want to promote to I in OD, so I'll make sure I'll only get a playoff game at best.

Anyway never has a guy played above their ability as much as Dillon does, must be his tautologous name.

End of Over 43: 242-2, runrate=5.63
Hirst 7-1-39-2
Dillon* 120 (117 balls)
Armstrong 108 (120 balls)

Last Wicket: Desouza lbw b. Hirst 8 (FOW: 12/2)

 

[Mahindinho]

Five overs later, and Hirst (6/46) and John (4/45) have brought on one hell of a collapse, taking all ten wickets between them!

242/2 to 259ao.

Still don't think my batsmen are going to top 100 against Summers and co.

UPDATE: Perry gone, then Sandwith for a golden duck. May not even reach 40.

 

[Dead Badger]

Bowled out last ball after six wickets in the last two overs. But I certainly would've taken this total before the match, given the adverse batting conditions and a far-from-rubbish opposition attack. Now to see if I can take a lucky wicket in the first 10, otherwise I've just got to hope that very defensive orders can at least restrict them a bit.

End of Over 50: 287-10, runrate=5.74
Euell 10-0-72-3
Janes* 72 (47 balls)

 

[Mahindinho]

31/5 now, with one end completely open and a pretty poor batsman at the other.

Will my lot make it to 40 runs? Doubt it.

Another thumping victory for Scaly against Withington.

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

End of Over 11: 48-0, runrate=4.36, reqrunrate=5.08 (245-8)
Turner 6-0-21-0
Mcfadden* 16 (31 balls)
Appleyard 22 (35 balls)

A fabulous innings of 112* from 88 balls from Kepler has given us a fighting chance. Their batting is average apart from Mcfadden, so I'm hoping that Woods (coming on first change) will be able to create some havoc.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Damn it.



14.2 1 Summers to John
Edged through to Armstrong, but he drops a sitter. To make matters worse, the batsmen scamper through for a quick single. An uncharacteristic error there by Armstrong.
14.1 . Summers to John
Full outside off stump, nudged gently into the covers, straight to Callery.

End of Over 14: 39-9, runrate=2.79, reqrunrate=6.14 (259-10)
Patel 2-1-5-4
John* 2 (4 balls)
Carter 0 (2 balls)

Last Wicket: Brooker c. Packer b. Patel 0 (FOW: 39/9)

 

[Mahindinho]

51/9 now...I think that might just be the biggest partnership of the innings!

 

[Jamee999]

End of Over 28: 152-3, runrate=5.43, reqrunrate=10.41 (380-1)
Fitzpatrick 4-0-26-0
Abraham* 29 (19 balls)
Benitez 79 (91 balls)
Last Wicket: Woodhouse c. Clements b. Aldred 8 (FOW: 98/3)

Even my shower of proficents and respectables should be able to contain 10 an over

 

[Jamee999]

And that's the end of the match. Jamees 999ers won by 180 runs.
Jamees 999ers 380-1
Inspired Reality 200-10

 

[Dead Badger]

Bloody hell, I won! Bowled 'em out, even, for a 50-run victory against a team with a miraculous top order. Awesome stuff.

Beard XI 287-10 (50o), Bromby 123, Platt 73, Janes 72, Macken 5-56 bt
Dagenhamshire 237-10 (47.5o), Tarry 94, Oleary 5-34, Pead 3-52.

Oleary's fourth 5-fer of the season, and now I'm one of three teams equal on points at the top of the table, with a 4-1 record. Of course, it helps that I've been able to GFI every single OD match thus far thanks to easy FC and Cup matches.

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

The Heath CC: 245/8 (50) Kepler 112* (88), Grant 56 (129)
Moses Majestics: 186/10 (48.3) Prutton 3/30 (10), Lucas 3/37 (9.3)

The Heath CC won by 59 runs

A comfortable win in the end, with most of the plaudits going to Kepler. Grant (comp/med) did well to stay in against U19 bowler Hall (10-1-17-1), and the bowling performance was disciplined throughout, with each bowler taking a wicket, and all of them going for less than 4 an over.

Ratings:

Reporter's Summary
The Heath CC Moses majestics
Top Order: respectable competent
Middle Order: competent feeble
Lower Order: abysmal abysmal
Seam Bowling: respectable strong
Spin Bowling: respectable mediocre
Fielding: feeble woeful

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Dynamo Morpork 227 for 6 (50)
D James 55, S Porter 51*; Ramnarine 2/34, Hastings 2/39

Creole 229 for 1 (41.3)
Crouch 118*, Scott 91

Dynamo Morpork Creole
Top Order: exceptional quality
Middle Order: proficient proficient
Lower Order: abysmal abysmal
Seam Bowling: superb strong
Spin Bowling: proficient superb
Fielding: feeble feeble

You have to laugh...(admittedly I played three spinners, so my bowling is slightly weaker than his.)