Friday 10th September
Cricket Web Black v Cricket Web Blue at PDV Dome
5D
CW Black XI: Neil Pickup (C), Master Blaster (vc), Ash Chaulk (wk), Chris Broadbent, Dark Hunter, Rich_2001, Eclipse, David Kearsley, C Buts, Superkingdave, Ferd.
CW Blue XI: Peter Young (C), Mr Mxyzptlk (vc), Dylan Jellett (wk), StUEy, Broncoman, Craig, Jason Toogood, Daniel Muhaffy, Nath Patrick, Adam, Tom Halsey.
Day 1 Conditions:
Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine.
Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce : High bounce. Just what the fast bowlers want.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.
Toss: CW Black, bat first
Day 1 Game Events:
* CW Black Lunch - 90/1
* Muhaffy dropped a hard chance of Ferd (2) off Halsey - 93/1
* Craig dropped Buts (23) off Patrick - 141/3
* StUEy dropped Eclipse (17) off Adam - 145/3
* CW Black Tea - 165/3
* Jellett missed a half-chance of Chaulk (0) off Halsey - 179/4
* Jellett dropped Hunter (0) off Halsey - 186/5
* CW Black Stumps - 264/7 (Ash Chaulk 35*, Superkingdave 15*)
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Day 2:
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 : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.
Day 2 Game Events:
* Ash Chaulk 50 off 112 balls; 7 fours
* Toogood dropped Chaulk (76) off Halsey - 320/8
* CW Black 320 all out
* CW Blue Lunch - 24/1
* Chaulk dropped Broncoman (24) off Blaster - 50/1
* CW Blue Tea - 120/3
* Jason Toogood 50 off 79 balls; 5 fours
* Pickup dropped Toogood (60) off Superkingdave - 158/5
* CW Blue Stumps - 220/7 (Mr Mxyzptlk 44*, Tom Halsey 11*)
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Day 3:
Ball : The ball is old and soft.
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 3 Game Events:
* Pickup took 5 wickets
* CW Blue 254 all out
* Craig dropped Rich_2001 (0) off Muhaffy - 0/0
* CW Black Lunch - 11/0
* CW Black Tea - 109/3
* Broncoman dropped Chaulk (8) off Halsey - 141/4
* C Buts 50 off 111 balls; 5 fours
* CW Black Stumps - 192/7 (C Buts 64*, Superkingdave 2*)
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Day 4:
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 : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.
Day 4 Game Events:
* Halsey took 5 wickets
* CW Black 212 all out
* CW Blue set to chase 279 to win
* Pickup dropped a hard chance of Broncoman (28) off Blaster - 38/0
* CW Blue Lunch - 66/1
* Broncoman 50 off 86 balls; 9 fours
* Chaulk dropped Broncoman (96) off Blaster - 162/1
* Broncoman 100 off 166 balls; 15 fours, 1 six
* Rich_2001 dropped StUEy (37) off Hunter - 172/1
* CW Blue Tea - 183/1
* StUEy 50 off 108 balls; 7 fours
* Buts dropped Toogood (1) off Kearsley - 234/2
* CW Blue 281/4, won by 6 wickets
Cricket Web Black 1st Innings 320 all out
Cricket Web Blue 1st Innings 254 all out
Cricket Web Black 2nd Innings 212 all out
Cricket Web Blue 2nd Innings 281 for 4
Cricket Web Blue won by 6 wkts.
Man of the Match: Tom Halsey
Daily Blast Comment: Archrivals, Cricket Web Blue and Cricket Web Black faced off for the second time in a first class fixture this season and it was a fantastic game. Led by unbeaten half-centuries from Ash Chaulk and C Buts, the Blacks set up an intriguing run chase for the Blues, though admittedly less than they would have liked. Indeed, some fantastic legspin bowling by Tom Halsey kept his team in the game and gave it a chance to win. Chasing 279 the Blue batsmen elected to be positive instead of being dictated to, and it paid off. A brilliant second season hundred from Test opener Broncoman led the charge and another fine innings by StUEy garnished an ultimately commanding 6-wicket reading. This game was closer than the final scoreline indicates, but the Blues will be thrilled to have outplayed their rivals and taken some revenge to heart after the early season defeat.
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Australia A v England A at the MCG
England 'A' 1st Innings 278 all out
Smith 58, Troughton 42, Bichel 3-78, Bracken 2-44
Australia 'A' 1st Innings 312 all out
Hussey 82, Love 74, Silverwood 4-81, Saggers 3-99
England 'A' 2nd Innings 449 for 5 dec.
Bell 125, Pieterson 109, Clarke 2-12, Noffke 2-96
Australia 'A' 2nd Innings 181 all out
Hussey 38, Love 38, Ali 3-36, Cork 2-15
England 'A' won by 234 runs.
Man of the Match: Ian Bell