07/05/04
Cricket Web Red 192 & 209
England 'A' 337 & 68/0
England 'A' won by 10 wickets
Man of the match: SI Mahmood
Coach's Comments:
Another performance of West Indian stature here. Apart from Jagaways in the 1st innings, there really was no purpose to the batting and thus two poor showings on a decent pitch. The only real bright spot out of this match proved to be the outstanding bowling debut of Daniel Muhaffy, taking the Reds first five-fer of the season. Much work is to be done.
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Veterans XI 331 & 130
India A 412 & 50/1
India A won by 9 wickets
Man of the match: HK Badani
Shocking collapse from the old pros.
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Cricket Web Green 487 & 156/5d
Zimbabwe XI 289 & 209
Cricket Web Green won by 145 runs
Man of the match: Jason Toogood
Coach's Comments:
Can he be stopped? Toogood continues to live up to his name with another commanding innings, racing past 500 runs in his FC career. The big story, however, was that Age Master declared the 2nd innings closed with Gibbs N Smith on 98 not out, 2 short of his maiden FC hundred. The move turned out to be huge though, as the Greens pulled off victory with just 19 minutes to spare. With the ball Rose produced another fine spectacle of seam and Master Blaster found good form. Behind the stumps Adil Dewan was electric and got good purchase in the scorebook for it. Another great win here and the Greens are flying high at the moment.
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Australia 'A' 482/8d & 223/3d
South Africa 'A' 291 & 223
Australia 'A' won by 191 runs
Man of the match: MTG Elliott
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New Zealand 'A' 208 & 349
Cricket Web Blue 331 & 229/6
Cricket Web Blue won by 4 wickets
Man of the match: Patrick Fisher
Coach's Comments:
Another solid allround performance from Fisher was the mainstay of a fine allround performance by the team. StUEy classed his way to his second FC hundred and Dylan Jellett played a fighting knock of 88 to set a decent first innings lead for the Blues. This came after Fisher and Nath Patrick set New Zealand with the ball. Patrick was particularly impressive, bowling 13-3-25-3 in his opening spell and taking his first FC wickets. In New Zealand's 2nd innings, David Kennett did the damage after New Zealand got away quite nicely. Halsey then wrapped up the tail despite bowling rather poorly throughout the game, his first poor game of the season. Fine form returns for C Buts with an impressive knock, missing out on his hundred by 13. In the end proved Langeveldt, to no one's surprise, who led the team home. The Blues captain continues to be the MVP of the team and was there at the end once more. Top effort here.
