Monday 20th September
Cricket Web Green v Cricket Web Black at the SCG
FC Match
CW Green XI: Age Master (C), Jamee999 (wk), David Jr., Biased Indian, Cloete, Blewy, Majin, Rob Timewell, Delkap, Waughney, Nathan Hoy.
CW Black XI: Neil Pickup (C), Master Blaster (vc), Rich_2001, Mr Ponting - CW Black FC debut, Eclipse, Dark Hunter, BK Smith, David Kearsley, Chris Broadbent, Superkingdave, Ash Chaulk (wk).
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 : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.
Toss: CW Green, bat
Day 1 Game Events:
* CW Green Lunch - 67/2
* Hunter missed a hard chance of Blewy (3) off Pickup - 67/2
* Cloete 50 off 72 balls; 5 fours
* Rich_2001 dropped Cloete (50) off Mr Ponting - 94/2
* CW Green Tea - 193/5
* Age Master 50 off 81 balls; 4 fours
* Broadbent dropped Majin (5) off Superkingdave - 216/5
* Pickup dropped a hard chance of Hoy (1) off Broadbent - 246/6
* Pickup dropped David Jr. (8) off Blaster - 254/9
* Master Blaster took 5 wickets
* CW Green 254 all out (76.2 overs)
* Age Master missed a half-chance of Chaulk (4) off Hoy - 9/1
* CW Black Stumps - 18/2 (Eclipse 4*, BK Smith 0*)
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Day 2:
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 : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.
Day 2 Game Events:
* Waughney dropped a hard chance of BK Smith (5) off Timewell - 50/3
* Master dropped BK Smith (25) off Delkap - 89/3
* CW Black Lunch - 107/3
* David Kearsley 50 off 103 balls; 9 fours
* BK Smith 50 off 136 balls; 7 fours
* CW Black Tea - 213/3
* David Jr. took 5 wickets
* BK Smith 100 off 263 balls; 12 fours
* CW Black 262 all out (97.3 overs)
* CW Green Stumps - 0/0 (1 over)(Biased Indian 0*, Jamee999 0*)
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Day 3:
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 : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.
Day 3 Game Events:
* Kearsley dropped Indian (7) off Broadbent - 34/1
* CW Green Lunch - 64/5
* Blaster dropped Majin (15) off Pickup - 81/5
* CW Green 117 all out (45.3 overs)
* CW Black set to chase 110 runs 222 overs to win
* CW Black Tea - 36/0
* David Jr. dropped Chaulk (1) off Timewell - 50/1
* Indian missed a return catch of BK Smith (10) - 104/2
* CW Black 112/2, won by 8 wickets
Cricket Web Green 1st Innings 254 all out
Cricket Web Black 1st Innings 262 all out
Cricket Web Green 2nd Innings 117 all out
Cricket Web Black 2nd Innings 112 for 2
Cricket Web Black won by 8 wkts.
Daily Blast Comment: Dominance. That's the only way to describe the way CW Black stamped on CW Green in the 2nd innings. Indeed, after knocking over Green for 254 (including another Cloete century attempt), the Blacks found themselves in huge trouble and only managed to compete due a maiden hundred from BK Smith and a close call by David Kearsley. All others scored 51 runs between them. Then it was on to the bowlers. First Pickup ripped through the top order, then it was over to the seamers. Mr Ponting consistently clocked over 92mph and bowled with genuine aggression. Master Blaster was accurate at lively pace and fetched seam movement. Chris Broadbent was solid on line and length with a bit of swing. For Green, Biased Indian in particular tried his best to stick about, but it was too much and the Blacks set up a comfortable win within 3 days.
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Cricket Web Red v Australia A at the WACA
FC Match
CW Red XI: Ian Markus (C), Bugssy (vc), Samuel Vimes (wk), Dave, David Kennett, Steds, Gibbs N Smith, Andre, Zaid Ghansar, Imran Khan Jr., Jagaways - Season 7 CW Red FC debut.
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 : Fast outfield.
Weather : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.
Toss: Australia A, bat
Day 1 Game Events:
* Vimes dropped Elliott (10) off Kennett - 42/3
* Aus A Lunch - 74/4
* Aus A Tea - 124/5
* David Kennett took 5 wickets
* Aus A 150 all out (71.4 overs)
* CW Red Stumps - 42/0 (16 overs)(Gibbs N Smith 25*, Samuel Vimes 8*)
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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 : Very hot and sunny. Not a cloud in the sky.
Day 2 Game Events:
* Gibbs N Smith (31) was dropped by Noffke off Bichel - 54/1
* Ian Markus 50 off 55 balls; 7 fours, 1 six
* CW Red Lunch - 127/3
* Ghansar (31) was dropped by Love off Bichel - 194/3
* CW Red Tea - 217/5
* CW Red Stumps - 308/9 (106 overs)(Imran Khan Jr. 16*, David Kennett 0*)
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Day 3:
Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few 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 : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.
Day 3 Game Events:
* CW Red 309 all out (108.3 overs)
* Aus A Lunch - 88/1
* Vimes dropped Elliott (17) off Dave - 147/2
* Aus A Tea - 165/2
* Andre dropped Elliott (42) off Ghansar - 183/4
* Aus A Stumps - 242/4 (85 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 : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.
Day 4 Game Events:
* Dave dropped a hard return chance of Symonds (46) - 255/4
* Aus A Lunch - 340/4
* Kennett dropped Symonds (135) off Dave - 407/4
* Khan Jr. dropped a hard chance of Symonds (135) off Bugssy - 408/4
* Ghansar dropped Elliott (112) off Khan Jr. - 419/4
* CW Red Tea - 423/4
* Khan Jr. took 5 wickets
* Aus A 500 all out (173.5 overs)
* Stumps
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Day 5:
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 : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.
Day 5 Game Events:
* CW Red set to chase 342 off 90 overs to win
* Gibbs N Smith (6) was dropped by Bichel off his own bowling - 7/0
* CW Red Lunch - 57/0
* Gibbs N Smith 50 off 168 balls; 7 fours
* CW Red Tea - 122/1
* Markus (6) was dropped by Williams off Noffke - 164/3
* CW Red 202/4 (92 overs)
Australia 'A' 1st Innings 150 all out
Cricket Web Red 1st Innings 309 all out
Australia 'A' 2nd Innings 500 all out
Cricket Web Red 2nd Innings 202 for 4
Match Drawn.
Daily Blast Comment: The Reds have clearly forgotten how to win. They led this one by 159 runs on first innings, but poor fielding and some devastating batting by Andrew Symonds in particular took it away. In the end they played it safe and took a draw instead of the possibility of losing from such a winning position.