**Dev League Season 7**

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

For those on the forum and not on MSN. A live sim of yesterday's 25Smash will begin in 10-15 minutes.

Add me sportzfreak 3 at hotmail dot com.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Late congrats to Master Blaster, Neil Pickup and Tom Halsey for passing 200 FC wickets this season.

Dave (199) and David Kennett (194) appear the next in line.

 

[Loony BoB]

And our thoughts go out to the poor lad who now needs a groin relocation...

 

[steds]

And Mr. P who should be banned for causing it

 

[superkingdave]

Did we Win? Go Black

 

[steds]

Did we Win? Go Black

Yes and no.

Black beat Reds in the 25Smash

...then Green beat Black in 5D

 

[superkingdave]

Yes and no.

Black beat Reds in the 25Smash

...then Green beat Black in 5D

Shine a light

 

[marc71178]

Just wondering who will be captain for the Black's upcoming game.
With Neil and Myself out of the side due to CW XI duty, do I assume it will be C Buts captaining the Blacks?

The way the Reds went about it was the captain looked at his side, and asked for someone to be appointed on an interim basis.

 

[kears_falcon_9]

When will reports be written up?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Friday 8th and Saturday 9th October

25Smash CRICKET
Sponsored by CW Bar.

Cricket Web Red v Cricket Web Black at the PDV Dome

CW Red XI: Marc71178 (C), Bugssy (vc), Samuel Vimes (wk), Ian Markus, Zaid Ghansar, Andre, Gibbs N Smith, Jagaways, Deeps, Imran Khan Jr, A Massive Zebra.

CW Black XI: C Buts (C), Ryan (wk), Master Blaster, David Kearsley, Yasa Fayaz, Superkingdave, Mr Ponting, Vishnu Reddy, BK Smith, Chris Hinton, Rich_2001.

Toss: CW Black, bat

CW Black
How OUT:
Rich_2001 - pitched and quick, no footwork, LBW
C Buts - flicked across a slower ball, LBW
BK Smith - shuffled across to a length ball, LBW
David Kearsley - not out
Yasa Fayaz - not out

Game Events:
* CW Black 50 (40 balls) - 52/1
* After 10 - 75/1
* After 15 - 98/1
* CW Black 100 (93 balls) - 100/3
* After 20 - 133/3
* CW Black 150 (133 balls) - 155/3
* CW Black scored 16 off 23rd (Zebra) - 6,0,0,4,4,wd,1
* Yasa Fayaz 50 off 38 balls; 6 fours, 3 sixes
* CW Black scored 21 off 24th (Khan Jr.) - 0,0,6,4,wd,4,6
* CW Black 200 (150 balls) - 202/3
* CW Black scored 16 off 25th (Dave) - 0,4,1,1,4,6

CW Red
How OUT:
Bugssy - lofted to longoff, caught
Jagaways - lofted to longoff, juggled and caught
Marc71178 - missed sweep shot, hit outside offstump, given LBW
Ian Markus - not out
Gibbs N Smith - not out

Game Events:
* CW Red scored 16 off 2nd (Fayaz) - 4,3,1,1,1,6
* CW Red 50 (35 balls) - 50/1
* CW Red scored 12 off 9th (Buts) - 4,0,4,lb,3,0
* After 10 - 68/2
* After 15 - 96/3
* CW Red 100 (104 balls) - 100/3
* After 20 - 119/3
* CW Red scored 13 off 21st (Superkingdave) - 0,4,1,0,1,6
* CW Red 150 (141 balls) - 150/3
* CW Red scored 13 off 25th (Reddy) - 1,0,4,6,1,1

CW BLACK 202/3 25.0 overs
CRICKET WEB RED 167/3 25.0 overs

CW Black won by 35 runs

Man of the match: Yasa Fayaz

Daily Blast Comment: The phenomenom continues. Yasa Fayaz knocked his name into the nightmares of CW Red players with a devastating onslaught of batting as he and David Kearsley powered Black to an all but unassailable total. Indeed the Reds looked up for the chase with 26 runs from their first 2 overs, but fell away disappointingly in the middle overs and a late onslaught simply was not enough.
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England v Cricket Web Green at the PDV Dome

CW Green XI: Age Master (C), Xavier Rose (vc), Jamee999 (wk), Nathan Hoy, Rob Timewell, Delkap, Loony Bob, Waughney, Biased Indian, Lo' Darkness, Anthony Lezama.

Toss: England A, bat

England A
Game Events:
* Delkap dropped Pieterson (1) off Timewell - 2/0
* Eng A scored 13 off 6th (Hoy) - 4,4,0,4,1,0
* Eng A scored 20 off 13th (Delkap) - 1,6,4,2,6,1
* Eng A scored 12 off 24th (Hoy) - 0,3,1,0,4,4

CW Green
How OUT:
Loony Bob - flashed to gully, beautiful catch
Waughney - yorker length, hit on toe, LBW
Biased Indian - trapped by a quick topspinner, LBW
Anthony Lezama - attempted to ondrive, missed and LBW
Age Master - not out
Lord of Darkness - rocked back to flick, hit on pad as ball kept low, LBW
Jamee999 - not out

Game Events:
* Master (1) was dropped by Blackwell off Schofield - 31/4
* After 10 - 46/4
* CW Green 50 (65 balls) - 50/4

MATCH ABANDONED

Daily Blast Comment: An unexpected stampede of zoo animals and persistent rains meant that the Greens did not get to complete their run chase and play was abandoned with the Webheads struggling at 65/5. Officials say that the game will only be replayed if is has bearing on the final standings at the end of the season. Statistics will be kept for this game.
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Australia A v Cricket Web Blue at the PDV Dome

CW Blue XI: Broncoman (C), Tom Halsey (vc), Dylan Jellett (wk), Nath Patrick, StUEy, Craig, Jason Toogood, Daniel Muhaffy, Peter Young, Adam, Paid the Umpire.

Toss: England A, bowl

CW Blue
How OUT:
Craig - chopped on due frustration
Paid the Umpire - loose flash outside off stump, caught at wide slip
Dylan Jellett - not out
StUEy - bowled around legs sweeping
Mr Mxyzptlk - played over one that didn't turn, bowled
Langeveldt - bowled offstump sweeping
Daniel Muhaffy - run out backing up
Bluefox - not out

Game Events:
* CW Blue 50 (52 balls) - 50/2
* After 10 - 60/2
* After 15 - 93/4
* Langeveldt (3) was dropped by Maher off Symonds - 97/4
* CW Blue 100 (100 balls) - 100/4
* After 20 - 115/6
* Dylan Jellett 50 off 54 balls; 5 fours
* CW Blue scored 17 off 23rd (Tait) - 1,0,6,4,6,0
* CW Blue 150 (149 balls) - 150/6
* Bluefox (10) dropped by Hussey off Hauritz - 150/6

Australia A
Game Events:
* Aus A scored 13 off 9th (Adam) - 1,3,6,0,0,3
* Aus A scored 14 off 10th (Craig) - 4,4,1,1,4,0
* Aus A scored 16 off 21st (Halsey) - 6,6,1,0,0,3
* Aus A scored 14 off 25th (Langeveldt) - wd,4,0,4,wk,4,1
* Aus A scored 51 runs off last 5 overs to win

CRICKET WEB BLUE 151/6 25.0 overs
AUSTRALIA 'A' 152/4 25.0 overs

Australia 'A' won by 6 wickets

Man of the match: Michael Clarke

Daily Blast Comment: Soul crushing defeat for Blue. Just when it looked things were secure, Australia A's batsmen worked their magic and got the equation to 14 needed from the last ball, then scored the runs finishing with a single off the final ball.
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Cricket Web Black v Cricket Web Green at Cairns
FC Match

CW Black XI: Neil Pickup, Master Blaster (vc), C Buts, Ash Chaulk (wk), Rich_2001, Superkingdave, Mr Ponting, Yasa Fayaz, BK Smith, David Kearsley, Eclipse.

CW Green XI: Age Master (C), Lo' Darkness (vc), Jamee999 (wk), Anthony Lezama, Delkap, Rob Timewell, Waughney, Loony Bob, Biased Indian, Majin, Nathan Hoy.

Day 1 Conditions:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce : Good bounce with the occasional one lifting off a good length.
Outfield : Fast outfield.
Weather : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.

Toss: CW Green, bat

Day 1 Game Events:
* Rich_2001 dropped Waughney (3) off Blaster - 5/0
* CW Green Lunch - 72/3
* Blaster missed a hard chance of Jamee999 (23) off Superkingdave - 129/5
* Ryan missed a half-chance of Jamee999 (24) off Blaster - 140/5
* CW Green Tea - 169/7
* Majin 50 off 96 balls; 8 fours
* Buts missed a run out chance of Majin (58) - 193/7
* Blaster dropped Hoy (27) off Ponting - 236/7
* Superkingdave dropped Majin (88) off his own bowling - 249/7
* CW Green Stumps - 259/8 (90 overs)(Majin 98*, Delkap 5*)
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Day 2:
Ball : The ball is old and soft.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce : Okay bounce with the odd one keeping low.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.

Day 2 Game Events:
* CW Green 289 all out (103.3 overs)
* Darkness dropped Buts (9) off Timewell - 29/0
* CW Black Lunch - 39/0
* C Buts 50 off 78 balls; 6 fours
* Rich_2001 50 off 112 balls; 9 fours
* Lezama dropped Kearlsey (2) off Timewell - 133/2
* CW Black Tea - 139/2
* Lezama missed a half-chance of Kearsley (22) off Hoy - 171/3
* CW Black Stumps - 216/3 (79 overs)(David Kearsley 41*, Yasa Fayaz 36*)
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Day 3:
Ball : The ball is old and soft.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce : Okay bounce with the odd one keeping low.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.

Day 3 Game Events:
* 56 minutes were lost to rain - CW Black 227/3
* David Kearsley 50 off 133 balls; 6 fours
* Lezama dropped Kearsley (57) off Indian - 241/3
* Lezama missed a half-chance of Kearsley (57) off Indian = 241/3
* CW Black Lunch - 242/3
* Yasa Fayaz 50 off 131 balls; 5 fours
* 24 minutes lost to rain - CW Black 256/3
* 28 minutes lost to to rain - CW Black 276/6
* Lezama dropped a hard chance of Ponting (6) off Timewell - 286/7
* Lezama dropped Ponting (6) off Timewell - 286/7
* CW Black Tea - 286/7
* Yasa Fayaz 100 off 222 balls; 14 fours
* CW Black 353 all out (132 overs)
* Kearsley dropped Bob (19) off Fayaz - 50/0
* CW Green Stumps - 53/0 (22 overs)(Waughney 26*, Loony Bob 20*)
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Day 4:
Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce : Okay bounce with the odd one keeping low.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.

Day 4 Game Events:
* Loony Bob 50 off 108 balls; 6 fours
* CW Green Lunch - 154/4
* Broadbent dropped Majin (14) off Ponting - 155/4
* CW Green Tea - 188/5
* Hunter dropped Jamee999 (8) off Broadbent - 196/5
* Majin 50 off 167 balls; 6 fours
* Kearsley dropped Hoy (0) off Fayaz - 221/7
* Kearsley dropped Delkap (0) off Hunter - 228/8
* CW Green 244 all out (110 overs)
* CW Black set to chase 181 runs in 91 overs to win
* CW Black Stumps - 1/0 (1 over)(Rich_2001 1*, C Buts 0*)
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Day 5:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A pitch with quite a few cracks.
Bounce : Unpredictable bounce with quite a few keeping low.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.

Day 5 Game Events:
* Lezama dropped Rich_2001 (1) off Hoy - 1/0
* 44 minutes lost to rain - CW Black 40/3
* CW Black Tea - 79/6
* Bob dropped Blaster (9) off Hoy - 87/6
* Lezama dropped Superkingdave (7) off Majin - 89/6
* Darkness dropped Superkingdave (10) off his own bowling - 96/6
* CW Black 112 all out (61.5 overs)

Cricket Web Green 1st Innings 289 all out
Cricket Web Black 1st Innings 353 all out
Cricket Web Green 2nd Innings 244 all out
Cricket Web Black 2nd Innings 112 all out
Cricket Web Green won by 68 runs.

Daily Blast Comment: A gutsy performance from young Majin enabled the Greens enough of a target that they could send Black in on a worn pitch and knock them over. Indeed, Yasa Fayaz's brilliant maiden hundred seemed to have set Black on the victory path, but some meaningful batting from the openers and Majin kept Green in it and on to eventual victory.
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Australia A v Cricket Web Red at the CW Oval
FC Match

CW Red XI: Marc71178 (C), Bugssy (vc), Samuel Vimes (wk), Steds, Gibbs N Smith, Jagaways, Ian Markus, Zaid Ghansar, Dave, Imran Khan Jr., Deeps.

Day 1 Conditions:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce : High bounce. Just what the fast bowlers want.
Outfield : Normal speed outfield.
Weather : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.

Toss: Australia A, bat

Day 1 Game Events:
* Aus A Lunch - 86/2
* Jagaways dropped Elliott (8) off Ghansar - 99/2
* Aus A Tea - 147/3
* Khan Jr. dropped Clarke (18) off Dave - 188/4
* Steds dropped Bichel (0) off Dave - 214/6
* Aus A Stumps - 215/7 (96 overs)
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Day 2:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce : Good bounce with the occasional one lifting off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.

Day 2 Game Events:
* Aus A 271 all out (119.2 overs)
* CW Red Lunch - 3/0
* CW Red Tea - 70/1
* Jagaways (42) dropped by Elliott off Hauritz - 74/1
* Jagways 50 off 143 balls; 8 fours
* Marc71178 50 off 92 balls; 4 fours, 2 sixes
* CW Red Stumps - 148/1 (64 overs)(Jagaways 72*, Marc71178 62*)
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Day 3:
Ball : The ball is getting old.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce : Nice consistent bounce off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.

Day 3 Game Events:
* Markus (5) dropped by Williams off Bichel - 176/2
* Marc71178 100 off 205 balls; 10 fours, 2 sixes
* CW Red Lunch - 229/3
* CW Red Tea - 335/7
* Ghansar (3) dropped by Maher off Symonds - 339/7
* CW Red 378 all out (140.1 overs)
* Jagaways missed a half-chance of Williams (0) off Dave - 6/1
* Vimes dropped Williams (7) off Dave - 14/1
* Aus A Stumps - 18/1 (11 overs)
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Day 4:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce : Nice consistent bounce off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.

Day 4 Game Events:
* Aus A Lunch - 114/4
* Aus A Tea - 195/6
* Smith dropped Symonds (27) off Khan Jr. - 200/6
* Aus A Stumps - 265/9 (106.4 overs)
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Day 5:
Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce : Okay bounce with the odd one keeping low.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.

Day 5 Game Events:
* Aus A 287 all out (110.3 overs)
* CW Red set to chase 181 runs from 85 overs to win
* CW Red Lunch - 55/2
* Markus (27) dropped by Maher off Bracken - 59/2
* Markus 50 off 72 balls; 5 fours
* Vimes 50 off 148 balls; 4 fours
* CW Red Tea - 148/2
* CW Red 181/3; won by 7 wickets

Australia 'A' 1st Innings 271 all out
Cricket Web Red 1st Innings 378 all out
Australia 'A' 2nd Innings 287 all out
Cricket Web Red 2nd Innings 181 for 3
Cricket Web Red won by 7 wkts.

Daily Blast Comment: A brave and professional effort by the Reds for victory. Ian Markus had a bit of luck, but he and Samuel Vimes played the calm second innings hands for a comfortable 7-wicket win from the danger of 11/2. The first innings hero though, was captain Marc. The skipper scored a fine hundred after Dave produced a 4-wicket haul, including his 200th career wicket and helped to keep the Australians in check.

 

[SupaFreak2005]

Loss Win.... well at least we did well in the win it wasn't that hard! need to get all wins though!!

GO REDS!!!

 

[cbuts]

is that the end of our 5day title hopes?

ahwell nice to have a 1-0 record a scaptin, thanks for the peformance in the 25 game boys

 

[age_master]

25SMASH
i was all set for a great knock when it started bucketing

lol serriously we were batting quite poorly guys, batsmen let the bowlers down, Lord, Rose and timewell bowled superbly to keep the England A batsmen under control.

at the other end of the sclae in terms of match length Marjin batted us to a superb victory. 98 in the first innings batting well with the tail gave us a score which one could call reasonable. 62 in the 2nd innings put the pressure on them and they crumbled. 4 wickets also from you was a super bonus Timewell also bowled well in the first innings pickiung up 3 wickets, and in the 2nd Delkap was the star picking up 3 crucial wickets - well supported by the aformentioned marjin and the vice captain great to knock them off

 

[ash chaulk]

aww i got my hopes up when i seen i was playing but i wasnt lol.... well done RYAN you got a stumping.... but we lost grrr

carn blacks

 

[Adamc]

Australia A's batsmen worked their magic and got the equation to 14 needed from the last ball, then scored the runs finishing with a single off the final ball.

Doesn't add up, but I know what you mean. Disappointing loss though...

 

[kears_falcon_9]

My 25Smash form continues with my batting average around 160. And with such a gutsy performance from the team it was really good.

But then again the 5 Day title chance for us Blacks seems to be over with a loss overnight. I really thnik we gotta conentrate more of alte i think we have had two 4th innings chases that have been less than 200 or 250 runs and we have failed miserably. If we wanna we a top side we need to be able to cahse those totals with 5 wickets in hand.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Nice game in the five-day - must say I didn't believe our long batting line-up gamble would pay off, but the part-timers got wickets at key times and a well-paced chase from myself and Markus.

Wonderful century from the captain as well - defiant to set up a good first-innings lead

 

[steds]

Good win Reds!!

Skipper has a point to prove to the selectors....
Vimes playing well....
it's all starting to slot together (apart from the 25SMASH )

 

[Mister Wright]

Great win there Reds.

Congratulations to Dave who picked up his 200th first class wicket. Well done mate, well deserved.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Holy moly that was close...