**Dev League Season 7**

[Magrat Garlick]

Big hand to Deeps and Bugssy there (though with Bugs, you kinda expect it now) for some good batting performances. For once the team seemed to have the mind and the will to win it from a tricky position - very good to see!

 

[AUST_HiTMaN]

Strange that Nathan Hoy missed out on Man of the Match!! 6/30, compared to AMZ's 4/43. Did you miss that Liam?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Red won and Zebra overperformed with the bat?

 

[superkingdave]

Another good performance Black

Great performance C Buts, sorry about my dropped catch


Shame we had to carry myself, but it wasn't a day for spinners ( well me and Neil anyway, Hauritz was a fluke)

 

[David]

Fantastic win Red's!!

What a scorcher, the crowd would have been on the edge of their seats. Great performances by Zebra, Bugssy and Deeps.
Must admit to being a bit dissapointed at my expensive spell, but pretty proud of my batting. Overall a great performance by the Reds to pull a fantastic win out of the bag, good stuff guys, keep it going!!!

 

[bugssy]

great win guys, well done deeps and zebra some solid performances and we fought hard for a tough win. happy with my contribution with the bat. great stuff boys, lets power on to the finals!

 

[AUST_HiTMaN]

As others have mentioned, 3 stars were deeps, bugs and AMZ. Congrats to those 3, great performance, but full credit should be given to Kennett and AMZ who hung in there at the end and partnered Deeps and sealed the victory for us. Dissapointed that I couldnt hang around towards the end and relief some of the pressure from our number 10 and 11, hwoever all turned out nicely and the result was the real plus.

Grats blokes.

 

[steds]

Brilliant Win, Reds!!
Let's hope we can kick on from here.

Sammy V- 5 runs off 8 balls!! What drugs have you been taking??

 

[Tom Halsey]

Another great win, Blues. Delighted with my current form.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Sammy V- 5 runs off 8 balls!! What drugs have you been taking??

It was one four edged through cover point, I seem to remember...

 

[marc71178]

Must admit to being a bit dissapointed at my expensive spell

We were going all out for the kill, and you were the one attacking mainly - tactic worked in the end when you removed Loony.

 

[zghansar]

Gr88888 win guys cool .. now better not leav ethe fight guys carry on

 

[biased indian]

Its a crime to bat only 40 overs of a 50 over game
if we had batted the whole 50 overs we might have won the game easly

after a good sequance of victories its now back to the win-loose-loose-win situation.come on guys we all have to lift our performance

 

[Loony BoB]

Grrr... if I'd managed to stay in with anything close to the strike rate I was going on, Lord o' D. and I could have made a partnership bigger than that of Bugssy and Deeps.

On a sidenote, Cloete seems to be one of our best bowlers when it comes to economy rates - perhaps it's time we had him bowling 10 overs a match.

We really should have won that one, though. If we want to get to the top, we have to beat the top, and I believe Red are indeed the top of the 50 over game. To be honest, the strike rate of the upper order wasn't that bad - they just got out as soon as they got in. Nobody faced more than 38 balls.

Also, is Waughney out injured or is his OD form not too hot right now? I've noticed him doing quite well in a few of our recent games but he was absent in this one...

EDIT: Having said that, now that I look at our batting lineup, all top six batsmen aren't bad at all. I guess we all just need to work on our consistency, particularly us rookies.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Hauritz isn't a spinner anyway... (hides)

Once again we pull out a victory despite several team members not performing to their optimum - well played Mr Buts, in particular!

Go Blacks!

 

[Neil Pickup]

Young calls time on captaincy

CricketWeb Blue captain and Test match Wicketkeeper Peter Young has resigned from the captaincy of the Blue side due to a change in personal circumstances. Young, who also retired from One Day International cricket following a World Cup campaign where his poor run with the bat marked him for extended ridicule from several press sources, told a news conference at the PDV Dome following his side's defeat to England A that he wanted to spend more time with his newborn triplets, Darron, Sharron and Arron.

Rumours are already circulating over his possible replacement for the Blues' leadership, with vice-captain Liam Camps (aka Mr Mxyzptlk) favourite. However, the impending ODI Chairman's Trophy tournament looks set to deprive the Blues of Camps and Tom Halsey - who is also seen in some quarters as too rash and inexperienced for the job, and as such the veterans Richard Hingston (Langeveldt), Craig Walsh, Adam Collins and Simon Fitzsimmons (Broncoman) are also in the frame for the job.

He's actually moving back to Sheffield University, and his student house there doesn't have the Internet, so he doesn't believe he's active enough to do the captaincy justice, but hey...

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Strange that Nathan Hoy missed out on Man of the Match!! 6/30, compared to AMZ's 4/43. Did you miss that Liam?

1/ I don't choose the MoM.
2/ Zebra's wickets slowed CW Green from making a really big score, Hoy's almost took Green to victory, but they didn't actually win.

 

[PY]

told a news conference at the PDV Dome following his side's defeat to England A

Not entirely true with the facts there Neil, we beat England A.

He's actually moving back to Sheffield University, and his student house there doesn't have the Internet, so he doesn't believe he's active enough to do the captaincy justice, but hey...

Too true. Last post on CW for quite a while I fancy. Been a ball.

100% pleasure to captain the Blues and I look forward to continuing on this season and I hope my team-mates will do as well for the incoming captain as they have for me.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

**breaking News**

Mr. Ponting moves to Black

[CW Oval] Cricket Web Red and Cricket Web Black have reached an agreement with the CWBCC that will see pace bowler Mr. Ponting finishing his season in a different colour garment. Ponting, involved in a media firestorm earlier this season, has had his disciplinary problems and friction between himself and Reds skipper Marc71178 among others.

Efforts were made and have been successful to transfer Mr. Ponting to Cricket Web Black for former Red batsman, Jagaways. Jagaways represented CW Red in Season 6 and now returns to his home club in the major move. Both players will be activated for their new clubs effective immediately.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

Yep just as said before.. we hope Mr Ponting will prove a top move for the CW Black and we wish him best of luck in his stay there.. dont get too attached to the ginger

Sad to see you go PY.. but im sure you made the right move for your retirement.. you have served the CWBCC really well in Dev aswell as international Cricket.. and you will be remembered ( for a very short period of time until some young'n takes the spotlight ).