**Dev League Season 7**

[Tom Halsey]

Ah, come on, even Middlebrook can bowl a good ball once in a blue moon.

a) It wasn't just a good ball. It was a googly that spun from a foot outside off and spun so much that it cut him in half and bowled him off his pads.

b) Middlebrook bowled very well recently...

 

[Magrat Garlick]

a) If so, why on earth didn't you try that on me?

 

[Tom Halsey]

a) Decided I'd be nice and let you have your glory.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Oh, that's promising. So if we were playing England and Flintoff were on his way to a test double ton, you'd bowl pies? Sounds like a good tactic.

 

[Tom Halsey]

No, probably wouldn't go that far.

 

[PY]

i am very worried with the blues commitment to the side, and i believe thats showing on the field. nooot good, cmon guys, pull your fingers out and start playing like the team we know we can be. personally my last game came fresh out of the crap machine.

and now after the moaning - liam man, great bowling!! and stuey, mad batting. crazy stuff in the first innings, just a pity we couldnt support you. and our fielding!!!! terrible...

i am strongly putting forward the idea of having a 7 bats 4 bowlers in the FC team and maybe even the same with ODs because we have some decent part-timers. we really need some solidarity (sp?) and as a team we need to discuss this. theres no drama, we just need to get a plan!!

Easy mate, we're far from being down and out of it.

I must apologise to all concerned about my absence recently as I have been away on team business. . However, I feel there have been many a positive while I have been away. Gutted to have lost to the ginger wizard but they have been playing fairly well recently so it was far from a disgrace.

Also in this last game, we only needed 90 more runs for victory so I think we can say that we came out the game on the up if not on a high. Let's concentrate on sticking together and sticking to encouragement for all concerned. Plus kicking some serious butt in the next few games. If it wasn't for that pesky whale-eating Scandinavian import who faced 786 balls for 251 runs we would have won.

On a personal note, great to finally get some runs going. *sigh of relief*

Keep up the good work Blues.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Better than the crappy bench warming disease.

Strangely enough you only seem to contribute to discussion when you don't play. You've played a couple of games this season and have been completely silent.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Great win for the greens. Very happy with my first ever century in CW XI, and the fact that it was not out puts the icing on the cake.

Short memory span? You scored 143 ( ? ) a few FC games back.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

If it wasn't for that pesky whale-eating Scandinavian import who faced 786 balls for 251 runs we would have won.

I'll take that as a compliment.

FC average gone up to forty for the season as well. What on earth is going on?

 

[roseboy64]

Can the Greens get a change of keepers?Only keeps dropping catches and i don't think her batting's doing enough.

 

[Yousuf_Youhana]

well just saw the reds scorecard and im very impressed with sam vimes' performance, good on ya vimesy!

 

[roseboy64]

I've noticed that most of the catches dropped come off my bowling. I would like some more wickets.On another note, glad with my 68.Still can't get a century yet but it'll come.

 

[Timewell]

Don't worry Rose...we all get our fair share of catches dropped. They will gradually stop being dropped, however, as I have complete faith in our Captain's training sessions...they've worked well for me this season, at least!

 

[age_master]

If Eyes drops too many more catches Jamee may take over the 4d gloves as well, or i might keep for a few games.... will make a decision after the next 5d game.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Monday 6th September

OD ROUND

Cricket Web Black v Cricket Web Red at the CW Oval


CW Black XI: Neil Pickup (C), Master Blaster (vc), Chris Broadbent, Dark Hunter, Superkingdave, Rich_2001, Eclipse, Ash Chaulk (wk), C Buts, BK Smith, Vishnu Reddy.

CW Red XI: Marc71178 (C), Bugssy (vc), Samuel Vimes (wk), Steds, Gibbs N Smith, Zaid Ghansar, Mr. Wright, Dave, SupaFreak, Deeps, Ian Markus.

Pitch: Movement for the seamers but runs for the selective batsmen.
Toss: CW Red, bowl

CW Black
How OUT:
Rich_2001 - top-edged hook, caught at fine leg
Eclipse - played down the wrong line, bowled
Ash Chaulk - pushed to long leg, run out coming for a second
C Buts - skied to longoff, caught
BK Smith - attempted to flick, leading edge up in the air, caught at cover
Dark Hunter - wild swipe, bottom edge to 'keeper
Superkingdave - ball didn't turn at all, missed sweep, LBW
Vishnu Reddy - not out
Master Blaster - yorked by a slow offbreak
Neil Pickup - lofted straight to midoff, caught
Chris Broadbent - lofted to cover, caught

Game Events:
* CW Black scored 13 runs off 6th over - 4,1,4,0,4,wk
* CW Black 50 (42 balls) - 50/2
* After 10 - 67/2
* CW Black 100 (89 balls) - 100/2
* After 15 - 103/3
* After 20 - 138/4
* CW Black 150 (140 balls) - 152/4
* BK Smith 50 off 48 balls; 5 fours
* After 25 - 166/4
* Dave dropped BK Smith (59) off Ghansar - 179/5
* After 30 - 191/5
* CW Black 200 (197 balls) - 200/6
* After 35 - 210/6
* After 40 - 220/7
* CW Black 229 all out

CW Red
How OUT:
Gibbs N Smith - drove off front foot, thin egde to 'keeper who juggled twice then held
Zaid Ghansar - beaten by some late inswing, LBW
Ian Markus - beaten by some late inswing, LBW
Bugssy - fended at one that spat up out of nowhere, caught behind
Marc71178 - drove straight, ball deflected off Deeps and caught by bowler
Deeps - played over a full legbreak, bowled
Steds - pulled high to man at deep midwicket, caught well
Samuel Vimes - looked to offdrive, inside edge onto foot and brilliantly caught by 'keeper
Dave - regulation edge to gully, caught
Supa Freak - regulation edge to gully, caught
Mr Wright - not out

Game Events:
* After 10 - 35/2
* CW Red 50 (69 balls) - 51/2
* Blaster dropped Gibbs N Smith (44) off Superkingdave - 70/2
* After 15 - 71/2
* Gibbs N Smith 50 off 63 balls; 2 fours, 3 sixes
* CW Red 100 (114 balls) - 101/2
* After 20 - 109/2
* Bugssy 50 off 48 balls; 9 fours
* CW Red 150 (145 balls) - 152/2
* After 25 - 153/2
* Reddy missed a return catch of Marc71178 (3) - 163/4
* After 30 - 172/5
* Eclipse dropped Steds (4) off Pickup - 179/5
* After 35 - 193/5
* BK Smith dropped Vimes (0) off Broadbent - 198/6
* CW Red 200 (228 balls); 200/6
* After 40 - 209/8
* CW Red 224 all out

CW BLACK 229 43.3 overs
CRICKET WEB RED 224 44.3 overs

CW Black won by 5 runs

Man of the match: Chris Broadbent

Daily Blast Comment: The Reds grabbed defeat from the grasp of victory in a game of twists and turns. After the CW Red bowlers fought back from CW Black's fiery start with the bat, they were in control for most of the game and looked to be cruising home until Pickup intervened with 2 wickets in an over. From then in the Reds lost 8 for 65 and their last 5 wickets went for just 26 runs. Disappointing for the Reds and a pleasant surprise for the Blacks.

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Cricket Web Blue v Australia A at the WACA

CW Blue XI: Mr Mxyzptlk (C), Dylan Jellett (wk), Nath Patrick, Adam, Sudeep, Paid the Umpire, Craig, StUEy, Jason Toogood, Broncoman, Tom Halsey.

Pitch: A perfect strip for batting. Absolutely nothing for bowlers.
Toss: Australia A, bat

Australia A
Game Events:
* Aus A scored 21 runs off 3rd over (Adam) - 1,4,4,4,4,4
* Aus A scored 13 runs off 5th over (Mr M) - 2,0,0,4,4,3
* Aus A scored 13 runs off 7th over (Nath Patrick) - 4,4,0,0,1,4
* Aus A scored 12 runs off 8th over (Adam) - 4,1,4,1,0,2
* Aus A scored 13 runs off 13th over (Toogood) - 6,4,1,1,1,0
* Aus A scored 14 runs off 33rd over (Broncoman) - 0,0,4,4,4,2,
* Aus A scored 12 runs off 40th over (Halsey) - wk,3,4,0,4,1
* Aus A scored 12 runs off 41st over (Broncoman) - 0,1,1,0,6,4
* Sudeep dropped Symonds (4) off Halsey - 303/5
* Blues kept Aus A to just 37 runs from last 10 overs

CW Blue
How OUT:
StUEy - massive mixup and run out by 2 feet
Craig - attempted uppercut, brilliantly caught behind
Broncoman - bowled offstump by a beautiful delivery
Jason Toogood - down the track, missed ball down leg', bowled
Sudeep - big drive, edge and brilliantly caught behind
Dylan Jellett - missed a full slower one, LBW
Paid the Umpire - bad call by Jellett, run out comfortably
Mr Mxyzptlk - not out
Tom Halsey - not out

Game Events:
* CW Blue 50 (51 balls) - 50/2
* After 10 - 61/2
* Jason Toogood 50 off 47 balls; 5 fours, 1 six
* After 15 - 96/2
* CW Blue 100 (92 balls) - 100/2
* CW Blue scored 13 runs off 19th over (Bichel) - 2,4,1,1,4,1
* After 20 - 127/3
* CW Blue 150 (140 balls) - 154/4
* After 25 - 161/4
* Jellet (26) was dropped by Blewett off Symonds - 169/4
* After 30 - 191/5
* CW Blue 200 (185 balls) - 200/5
* Jellett 50 off 35 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes
* Mr Mxyzptlk (0) was dropped by D Hussey off Clarke - 217/6
* After 35 - 218/6
* After 40 - 232/7
* CW Blue 250 (275 balls) - 252/7

AUSTRALIA 'A' 340/8 50.0 overs
CRICKET WEB BLUE 276/7 50.0 overs

Australia 'A' won by 64 runs

Man of the match: Michael Clarke

Daily Blast Comment: CW Blue just completely outplayed by the Aussies. Michael Hussey got on top of the bowling in typical Australia fashion and his team-mates never let go. The Blues bowlers were simply hammered, bar the fine work of Broncoman - an unlikely hero with the ball. Batting, CW Blue may have been in with a chance had they gotten off to a better start, but alas the pressure of scoring at almost 7 runs per over for most of the innings told and the batsmen fell short. When you give up 92 runs in the first 10 over and 303 in 40, you're looking for trouble.

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Cricket Web Green v England A at the MCG

CW Green XI: Age Master (C), Lo' Darkness (vc), Jamee999 (wk), Loony Bob, Biased Indian, Cloete, Blewy, Nathan Hoy, David Jr., Xavier Rose, Rob Timewell.

Pitch: Cloudy overhead and a bit of swing for the bowlers.
Toss: England A, bat

England A
Game Events:
* Blewy dropped Collingwood (25) off Darkness - 96/5
* Bob dropped Collingwood (26) off Darkness - 98/5
* Blewy dropped Schofield (0) first ball off Hoy - 100/5
* Timewell dropped Mahmood (0) off David Jr. - 153/9

CW Green
How OUT:
Biased Indian - pushed forward to an arm ball, LBW
Loony Bob - edged low to the gully, superbly caught
Blewy - edged chest high to second slip, caught
Cloete - cut into point's lap, caught
Age Master - missed a straight one, LBW
Jamee999 - pulled to midwicket, juggled once and caught
Lord of Darkness - not out
Nathan Hoy - not out

Game Events:
* CW Green 50 (51 balls) - 51/2
* After 10 - 58/3
* Biased Indian 50 off 40 balls; 5 fours, 2 sixes
* After 15 - 76/3
* After 20 - 94/4
* CW Green 100 (126 balls) - 100/4
* After 25 - 116/5
* After 30 - 139/5
* CW Green 150 (199 balls) - 153/6
* After 35 - 161/6

ENGLAND 'A' 167 47.5 overs
CRICKET WEB GREEN 169/6 35.3 overs

Cricket Web Green won by 4 wickets

Man of the match: Biased Indian

Daily Blast Comment: A very solid win for CW Green. Top class bowling and a couple of good innings saw them home. Hoy, Rose and Indian were accurate and mixed their pace well to take 7 wickets between them and then, after 2 early wickets fell, Biased Indian was money with the bat too, scoring a brisk half-century. The middle order was solid without being spectacular, but it took a veteran's innings from Darkness to steer the Greens home.

 

[Mister Wright]

Unlucky there Reds, sometimes when a team is out of form they forget how to win. It is a shame Dave couldn't hang around with me there at the end, oh so close.

I know it wasn't a win, but we are still doing o.k. in the OD comp, so no need to panic, just yet. The bowlers restricted a strong Black batting line-up, and it was obviously a tough pitch.

On a personal note, I am not happy with being so expensive!

 

[cbuts]

come on blacks we gotta get out of this slump. 2 losses to england and well we were lucky to get away with that last one

 

[Neil Pickup]

Four catches dropped... middle order goes to pieces against occasional bowlers... thankfully Smithy, Broadie and me got us out of that hole.

Fortunately we were up against the Reds this week... we can win like this, think what'll happen when we actually play well!

 

[Sudeep]

A very disappointing loss...

We gave away too many runs. My fielding is not improving, another dropped catch. God knows what's wrong, I hope I'll be able to clear that aspect as soon as possible.

I'm not entirely happy with my contributions over the last 2-3 games. Another mediocre one here...

Good bowling by broncoman, and extremely good batting by Jason Toogood and Dylan Jellet. If only we could have bowled and fielded better in the first 10 overs.

Chasing that mammoth a score is always difficult, if we'd have kept them 30-35 runs short, I'm sure we'd have been able to knock them off.

 

[Simon]

3/54 lol, who let me bowl 10 overs!