Thursday 30th September
Cricket Web Red v Cricket Web Black at the SCG
FC Match
CW Red XI: Ian Markus (C), Mr Wright (vc), Samuel Vimes (wk), David Kennett, Dave, Deeps, Gibbs N Smith, Andre, Jagaways, Zaid Ghansar, Imran Khan Jr.
CW Black XI: Master Blaster (C), C Buts (vc), Ryan (wk), Ferd, Superkingdave, Mr Ponting, Vishnu Reddy, Yasa Fayaz, Dark Hunter, BK Smith, David Kearsley.
Day 1 Conditions:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce : High bounce. Just what the fast bowlers want.
Outfield : Fast outfield.
Weather : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.
Toss: CW Black, bowl
Day 1 Game Events:
* Ryan missed a half-chance of Jagaways (2) off Blaster - 7/0
* Ferd dropped Markus (1) off Fayaz - 32/2
* CW Red Lunch - 56/2
* Blaster dropped Markus (20) off Fayaz - 67/2
* Buts dropped Jagaways (26) off Fayaz - 95/2
* Ian Markus 50 off 67 balls; 5 fours, 1 six
* Kearsley dropped Jagaways (29) off Fayaz - 113/2
* Ferd dropped Markus (62) off Fayaz - 114/2
* CW Red Tea - 149/2
* Ryan dropped Jagaways (42) off Hunter - 169/3
* Jagaways 50 off 204 balls; 6 fours
* CW Red Stumps - 240/5 (90 overs)(Gibbs N Smith 28*, Zaid Ghansar 13*)
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Day 2:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
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 : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.
Day 2 Game Events:
* Ryan dropped Ghansar (14) off Ponting - 243/5
* Gibbs N Smith 50 off 147 balls; 5 fours
* CW Red Lunch - 320/6
* Superkingdave took 5 wickets
* CW Red 346 all out (129.5 overs)
* Vimes missed a half-chance of BK Smith (2) off Kennett - 23/1
* Khan Jr. dropped BK Smith (2) off Kennett - 23/1
* CW Black Tea - 23/2
* Smith dropped Superkingdave (27) off Markus - 101/5
* Kennett dropped Superkingdave (38) off Markus - 128/5
* Yasa Fayaz 50 off 96 balls; 8 fours
* CW Black Stumps - 133/5 (48 overs)(Yasa Fayaz 51*, Superkingdave 38*)
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Day 3:
Ball : The ball is starting to go soft.
Pitch : A pitch with quite a few cracks.
Bounce : Nice consistent bounce off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Overcast.
Day 3 Game Events:
* Smith missed a run out chance of Superkingdave (46) - 142/5
* Superkingdave 50 off 79 balls; 6 fours
* Markus dropped Blaster (0) off Dave - 171/6
* Vimes missed a half-chance of Blaster (0) off Dave - 172/6
* Vimes missed a half-chance of Blaster (5) off Dave - 177/6
* CW Black Lunch - 195/7
* CW Black Tea - 239/9
* CW Black 257 all out (110 overs)
* Hunter missed a run out chance of Jagaways (25) - 53/0
* CW Red Stumps - 57/0 (26 overs)(Samuel Vimes 13*, Jagaways 25*)
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Day 4:
Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine.
Pitch : A pitch with quite 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:
* Ferd dropped Gibbs N Smith (2) off Ponting - 119/3
* CW Red Lunch - 139/3
* Ian Markus 50 off 43 balls; 10 fours
* Ponting dropped Deeps (11) off Reddy - 195/4
* Ryan dropped Deeps (16) off Fayaz - 201/4
* Fayaz dropped Ghansar (0) 1st ball off his own bowling - 201/5
* Hunter dropped Ghansar (5) off Fayaz - 205/5
* CW Red Tea - 217/6
* Ryan dropped Khan Jr. (5) off Fayaz - 222/6
* Ponting dropped Ghansar (28) off his own bowling - 223/6
* Buts dropped a hard chance of Khan Jr. (18) off Blaster - 245/6
* CW Red Stumps - 258/6 (116 overs)(Zaid Ghansar 42*, Imran Khan Jr. 21*)
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Day 5:
Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine.
Pitch : A pitch with quite 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 5 Game Events:
* Zaid Ghansar 50 off 138 balls; 3 fours
* Imran Khan Jr. 50 off 188 balls; 6 fours
* CW Red 361/6 declared (146 overs)
* CW Black set to chase 451 runs in 59 overs to win
* Ghansar dropped Ferd (0) off Kennett - 0/0
* CW Black Lunch - 0/0
* CW Black Tea - 75/3
* Markus dropped a hard chance of Kearsley (13) off Wright - 76/3
* Vimes missed a half-chance of Superkingdave (7) off Kennett - 106/5
* CW Black 150/7
Cricket Web Red 1st Innings 346 all out
Cricket Web Black 1st Innings 257 all out
Cricket Web Red 2nd Innings 361 for 6 dec.
Cricket Web Black 2nd Innings 150 for 7
Match Drawn.
Daily Blast Comment: Yasa Fayaz has to be the most unlucky cricketer to have ever played Dev League cricket. Following up a game where 5 catches were dropped off him in a day, 5 more were put down on the first day of this game and an astonishing 8 in total! Overall the Blacks missed their chances and the Reds took advantage, falling just 3 wickets short of a HUGE win over the Blacks. Still, CW Black struggled to the draw because it means that their lead in the 5D tournament closes pending a Blue win.
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Cricket Web Blue v Australia A at the WACA
FC Match
CW Blue XI: Broncoman (C), Tom Halsey (vc), Dylan Jellett (wk), Sudeep, Craig, StUEy, Jason Toogood, Adam, Nath Patrick, Daniel Muhaffy, Peter Young.
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 : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.
Toss: England A, bat
Day 1 Game Events:
* CW Blue Lunch - 109/2
* StUEy 50 off 83 balls; 8 fours
* Jellett (3) was dropped by Bichel off his own bowling - 146/5
* Jellett (12) was dropped by Williams off Noffke - 163/5
* CW Blue Tea - 169/6
* CW Blue 211 all out (71.4 overs)
* Aus A Stumps - 45/2 (16 overs)
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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 : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.
Day 2 Game Events:
* Jellett dropped a hard chance of Love (40) off Patrick - 85/2
* Aus A Lunch - 141/3
* Aus A Tea - 209/5
* Broncoman dropped a hard chance of Bracken (4) off Halsey - 295/8
* Aus A Stumps - 295/8 (112 overs)
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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 : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.
Day 3 Game Events:
* Patrick dropped Bracken (5) off Adam - 303/9
* Broncoman missed a half-chance of Hauritz (6) off Patrick - 313/9
* Aus A 321 all out (123 overs)
* CW Blue Lunch - 65/0
* Broncoman 50 off 94 balls; 7 fours
* CW Blue Tea - 144/2
* CW Blue Stumps - 241/4 (78 overs)(Jason Toogood 8*, Sudeep 14*)
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Day 4:
Ball : The ball is old and soft.
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:
* Maher dropped Jellett (5) off Noffke - 287/5
* CW Blue Lunch - 351/5
* Sudeep 50 off 147 balls; 7 fours
* Dylan Jellett 50 off 61 balls; 8 fours
* Williams dropped Muhaffy (12) off Bichel - 410/7
* Williams dropped Halsey (0) off Noffke - 412/7
* CW Blue Tea - 427/7
* Bichel dropped Adam (7) off Bracken - 450/8
* CW Blue 465/8 declared (167 overs)
* Aus A set to chase 356 from 91 overs to win
* Aus A Stumps - 4/0 (1 over)
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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:
* Aus A Lunch - 90/1
* Sudeep took 5 wickets
* Aus A Tea - 190/8
* Sudeep took his 6th wicket
* Sudeep took his 7th wicket
* Aus A 195 all out (76.3 overs)
Cricket Web Blue 1st Innings 211 all out
Australia 'A' 1st Innings 321 all out
Cricket Web Blue 2nd Innings 465 for 8 dec.
Australia 'A' 2nd Innings 195 all out
Cricket Web Blue won by 160 runs.
Daily Blast Comment: Sudeep appears to be the biggest spin sensation since Neil Pickup. Initially he started out as a batting allrounder, but wonderful performances with the ball of late have made him undeniable in the Blues bowling attack. Runs and wickets in this one cap off a wonderful comeback win for CW Blue. After squandering beautiful batting conditions on the first day, Blue found themselves down by 110 runs on 1st innings. However some gutsy counterattacking led by skipper Broncoman set up a declaration and Sudeep ripped through the Australians after lunch on the last day. CW Blue snatch the 5D lead by 15 points!
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Cricket Web Green v England A at the MCG
FC Match
CW Green XI: Age Master (C), Xavier Rose (vc), Jamee999 (wk), Delkap, Biased Indian, Waughney, Anthony Lezama, Majin, Nathan Hoy, Sanz, Loony Bob.
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.
Toss: England A, bat
Day 1 Game Events:
* Eng A Lunch - 55/6
* Master dropped Schofield (1) off Delkap - 55/6
* Sanz dropped Saggers (0) off Delkap - 66/9
* Jamee999 dropped Read (9) off Rose - 70/9
* Eng A 77 all out (47.1 overs)
* CW Green Tea - 21/1
* Master (18) was dropped by Troughton off Cork - 47/2
* Majin (2) was dropped by Read off Cork - 54/4
* CW Green Stumps - 128/7 (40 overs)(Biased Indian 46*, Xavier Rose 16*)
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Day 2:
Ball : The ball is starting to go soft.
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:
* Biased Indian 50 off 86 balls; 7 fours
* CW Green 140 all out
* Eng A Lunch - 37/1
* Sanz dropped Pieterson (29) off Majin - 90/3
* Eng A Tea - 110/5
* Lezama missed a half-chance of Read (10) off Sanz - 129/5
* 64 minutes were lost to rain - Eng A 136/5
* 12 minutes were lost to bad light - Eng A 139/5
* Eng A Stumps - 159/5 (74 overs)
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Day 3:
Ball : The ball is getting old.
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 : Cloudy.
Day 3 Game Events:
* Jamee999 dropped Pieterson (91) off Indian - 211/5
* Eng A Lunch - 250/8
* Xavier Rose took 5 wickets
* Xavier Rose took his 6th wicket
* Eng A 275 all out (113 overs)
* CW Green set to chase 213 from 141 overs to win
* Waughney (0) was dropped by Read off Silverwood - 4/1
* Waughney (8) was dropped by Read off Saggers - 32/2
* CW Green Tea - 59/2
* Age Master 50 off 71 balls; 4 fours
* Jamee999 (7) was dropped by Saggers off Schofield - 143/4
* CW Green Stumps - 178/4 (51 overs)(Anthony Lezama 47*, Jamee999 22*)
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Day 4:
Ball : The ball is starting to go 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 : Very hot and sunny. Not a cloud in the sky.
Day 4 Game Events:
* Anthony Lezama 50 off 95 balls; 6 fours
* CW Green 213/4 (68.2 overs)
England 'A' 1st Innings 77 all out
Cricket Web Green 1st Innings 140 all out
England 'A' 2nd Innings 275 all out
Cricket Web Green 2nd Innings 213 for 4
Cricket Web Green won by 6 wkts.
Daily Blast Comment: One of the lowest scoring affairs of the season and yet it featured CW Green winning comfortably in the end, chasing 213 on a tough pitch. All the bowlers contributed in this one and much credit must go to Biased Indian's first innings unbeaten half-century which held a small innings together. The second innings belonged first to Xavier Rose for his 6-wicket haul and then to Anthony Lezama and Jamee999. Captain Age Master played a crucial half-century knock, but the composure with which Lezama and Jamee took the game home was extremely impressive. Very necessary win for a struggling Green team.