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International Cricket Captain: Forumer's Challenge
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19 ODIs, 110 runs at 27.5, 32 wickets at 17, economy 4.36.
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1st Test vs South Africa
Playing XI: Heads, Narang, Ballich, Spark, Riley, Dharan, Winne, Corrin, Capone, Dean, Phlegm
CW recalled Test specialist Dean for the first Test against South Africa, and also debuted SPEWS Phlegm, the medium-pacer having denied his status as an ODI specialist with 55 wickets at 18 in his last first-class season. South Africa won the toss and decided to bat.
Phlegm started with a maiden, but his next four overs went for 24, largely at the hands of Gibbs. After being taken off, Capone got one past Gibbs to bowl the opener, 36/1 the score.
Kallis made an unimpressive 3 when he loosely cut Winne to backward point, and in the next over Capone claimed his second when Smith edged behind. Phlegm returned during his second spell to claim Rudolph, and when lunch came South Africa were in trouble at 94/4, on a batsman's wicket.
After lunch, Phlegm and Dean made batting look like a nightmare for the tourists, with Phlegm picking up two more and Dean three. Only Puttick (65) put up any real fight, before being bowled by Corrin. South Africa lost 6/74 on their way to 187 all out.
CW were firmly in control of the game at 100/1 when stumps were called, having lost only Heads (44). Narang and Ballich then took the lead without further loss as both past 50 in the morning of day 2.
The pair brought up the 200 before Ballich was caught at slip of Pollock, and Hall managed to clip Narang's off stump. Ballich had gone for 69, but Narang had brought up his 6th Test hundred midway through the afternoon.
Spark and Riley put on a further hundred partnership and CW batted their opponents completely out of the game. Spark missed out on his own hundred early on day three when he edged to slip for 95, and Riley when he was caught behind for 84. By then, however, Riley and Dharan had taken the score well past the 400 mark.
Batting only seemed to get easier against the dejected tourists late on day three, and Dharan made his way to another century, the wicketkeeper returning to his claim as his side's best bat. He had put on 121 with Winne (62 off 80) and 80 with Corrin (35 off 30), and by the time Kallis and Hall had found their way through the tail, Dharan was 136 not out.
The score by this point had bloated out to 674, a lead of 487, and there were still two days left in the match. Capone got Smith early on, but the wicket had flattened out and Gibbs decided to attack. Phlegm once again got the brunt of it, his opening nine overs going for 50 runs.
Dean was introduced into the attack just before lunch and picked up both batsmen, dispelling any attempts at a fightback. From here on it would be an attempt to save the match by the South Africans.
Rudoplh and Puttick started well, lasting for the majority of the afternoon session for just 30 runs. However, Rudolph's wicket - beaten and bowled by Dean - sparked another collapse, Corrin claiming three more victims as the tourists fell to 191/7.
From there it was only a matter of time. Hall and Boucher managed to stick around until an hour before the close, when Hall became Corrin's fourth victim. Phlegm then took the new ball and finished off the tail with two in the same over, to complete an utterly miserable start to the tour for the South Africans.
CW won by an innings and 237 runs
MotM - Bharani Dharan
Playing XI: Heads, Narang, Ballich, Spark, Riley, Dharan, Winne, Corrin, Capone, Dean, Phlegm
CW recalled Test specialist Dean for the first Test against South Africa, and also debuted SPEWS Phlegm, the medium-pacer having denied his status as an ODI specialist with 55 wickets at 18 in his last first-class season. South Africa won the toss and decided to bat.
Phlegm started with a maiden, but his next four overs went for 24, largely at the hands of Gibbs. After being taken off, Capone got one past Gibbs to bowl the opener, 36/1 the score.
Kallis made an unimpressive 3 when he loosely cut Winne to backward point, and in the next over Capone claimed his second when Smith edged behind. Phlegm returned during his second spell to claim Rudolph, and when lunch came South Africa were in trouble at 94/4, on a batsman's wicket.
After lunch, Phlegm and Dean made batting look like a nightmare for the tourists, with Phlegm picking up two more and Dean three. Only Puttick (65) put up any real fight, before being bowled by Corrin. South Africa lost 6/74 on their way to 187 all out.
CW were firmly in control of the game at 100/1 when stumps were called, having lost only Heads (44). Narang and Ballich then took the lead without further loss as both past 50 in the morning of day 2.
The pair brought up the 200 before Ballich was caught at slip of Pollock, and Hall managed to clip Narang's off stump. Ballich had gone for 69, but Narang had brought up his 6th Test hundred midway through the afternoon.
Spark and Riley put on a further hundred partnership and CW batted their opponents completely out of the game. Spark missed out on his own hundred early on day three when he edged to slip for 95, and Riley when he was caught behind for 84. By then, however, Riley and Dharan had taken the score well past the 400 mark.
Batting only seemed to get easier against the dejected tourists late on day three, and Dharan made his way to another century, the wicketkeeper returning to his claim as his side's best bat. He had put on 121 with Winne (62 off 80) and 80 with Corrin (35 off 30), and by the time Kallis and Hall had found their way through the tail, Dharan was 136 not out.
The score by this point had bloated out to 674, a lead of 487, and there were still two days left in the match. Capone got Smith early on, but the wicket had flattened out and Gibbs decided to attack. Phlegm once again got the brunt of it, his opening nine overs going for 50 runs.
Dean was introduced into the attack just before lunch and picked up both batsmen, dispelling any attempts at a fightback. From here on it would be an attempt to save the match by the South Africans.
Rudoplh and Puttick started well, lasting for the majority of the afternoon session for just 30 runs. However, Rudolph's wicket - beaten and bowled by Dean - sparked another collapse, Corrin claiming three more victims as the tourists fell to 191/7.
From there it was only a matter of time. Hall and Boucher managed to stick around until an hour before the close, when Hall became Corrin's fourth victim. Phlegm then took the new ball and finished off the tail with two in the same over, to complete an utterly miserable start to the tour for the South Africans.
CW won by an innings and 237 runs
MotM - Bharani Dharan
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weeman27bob
International Vice-Captain
Thumping victory that!
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
This.
And a sweet win. Nice to be among the runs again and impressive effort by the entire batting and bowling line ups here.
Howe_zat
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2nd Test vs South Africa
Michael Ballich was left out of the second Test with a broken finger, and so was replaced by REMOVED. CW again lost the toss and were asked to field.
Smith was the first man out, bowled by Phlegm with the score on 11. Winne and Phlegm removed Kallis and Rudolph in successive deliveries, and when Gibbs was lbw to Capone the tourists were struggling on 84/3. Puttick and Rowley began the recovery, counter-attacking to put 30 more on the board before lunch.
After the break the pair continued where they had left off and steered the visitiors past the 200 mark. Puttick departed just before tea, caught behind off Dean for 86, to bring the game back to even. Aggressive play from both sides meant the score had advanced to 235/5.
Rowley carried on to bring up his hundred, and his side's 300, in the evening session, but Phlegm found his outside edge with the new ball. When Boucher (48) fell to Capone soon after, that left South Africa seven down and exposed the tail to the new ball. Phlegm was getting dangerous movement and had Adams lbw and Nel caught at slip the following over to claim his five-for.
Pollock became Phlegm's sixth victim, and the last man out, late in the day and the tourists were bowled out for 325.
REMOVED was lost early on the second day, but Heads and Narang resumed their conventional opening partnership and made it to lunch without further incident on 97/1. The pair had advance the score on to 188 - both raising half centuries - before Heads was run out for 97.
That triggered something of a collapse as Spark edged Pollock to Puttick to end a nervy 11, and Adams bowled Riley. Dharan seemed to have things calmed down, but became Adams' second wicket for 21. CW had slid from 188/1 to 232/5.
Winne stuck around until tea, while Narang brought up yet another hundred, but fell soon after to Pollock. Corrin found himself unable to hit the ball off the square, and departed for a frustrating 34-ball duck. Capone helped narang push the score past 300, but fell to Nel lbw once the new ball was taken. At the end of day two CW were 324 for 8, with Narang on 147*.
He could only add two more the following morning before being the last man out for 149. Dean had not added to his overnight total and so the CWers gained a lead of just one run.
Once again Phlegm was able to claim Smith, and Gibbs was trapped lbw against Capone for a quick-fire 22. Kallis and Rudolph were able to build a lead for the South Africans, reaching 102/2 by the end of the morning session.
Winne got the wicket of Ruldolph for 20, and the CW spinners became increasingly hard to deal with as the pitch began to break up. Kallis fought through most of the session before departing for 65 off 162, and Rowley was bowled by Corrin for 15. Another 50 from Puttick, however, kept the game in the balance.
The evening session yielded just one wicket, Phlegm dismissing Boucher for 32. Puttick's unbeaten 78, and his partnership with Pollock, was starting to build a healthy lead for the South Africans. Stumps were called with the score on 270/6, and the pitch rapidly deteriorating.
Dean produced an absolute beauty - spinning viciously away from the left hander - in the morning session to dismiss Puttick, who had moved on to 89. From there the spinners were able to clean up the tail, and the home side had a target of 315, and over five sessions in which to do it.
REMOVED did not do his selection any favours when he edged to slip for 13, and Heads ended his run of 50s when Terbrugge bowled him for 25. When Narang and Riley also departed in the afternoon session, CW looked up against it at 85/4.
Sadly the evening session was a similar affair, with plenty of batsmen getting starts but no-one claiming the chance, Spark's 47 being the closest to the lengthy innings needed. By the end of the day CW were all but out of it, 183/8 at the close.
Amazingly, Corrin and Dean made a fight of it. The pair grafted through the runs, and South African nerves began to jangle as the partnership passed 50. However, there were still 76 to get when Dean, on 37, edged Pollock behind.
Phlegm was the no.11 and was essentially forbidden from scoring as Corrin blocked and edged his way towards the target. Corrin was on a painstaking 48 from over 200 deliveries when the bubble burst - going for a run that was never there, he was run out by a distance. CW were all out for 275.
CW lost by 39 runs
MotM - Andrew Puttick
Michael Ballich was left out of the second Test with a broken finger, and so was replaced by REMOVED. CW again lost the toss and were asked to field.
Smith was the first man out, bowled by Phlegm with the score on 11. Winne and Phlegm removed Kallis and Rudolph in successive deliveries, and when Gibbs was lbw to Capone the tourists were struggling on 84/3. Puttick and Rowley began the recovery, counter-attacking to put 30 more on the board before lunch.
After the break the pair continued where they had left off and steered the visitiors past the 200 mark. Puttick departed just before tea, caught behind off Dean for 86, to bring the game back to even. Aggressive play from both sides meant the score had advanced to 235/5.
Rowley carried on to bring up his hundred, and his side's 300, in the evening session, but Phlegm found his outside edge with the new ball. When Boucher (48) fell to Capone soon after, that left South Africa seven down and exposed the tail to the new ball. Phlegm was getting dangerous movement and had Adams lbw and Nel caught at slip the following over to claim his five-for.
Pollock became Phlegm's sixth victim, and the last man out, late in the day and the tourists were bowled out for 325.
REMOVED was lost early on the second day, but Heads and Narang resumed their conventional opening partnership and made it to lunch without further incident on 97/1. The pair had advance the score on to 188 - both raising half centuries - before Heads was run out for 97.
That triggered something of a collapse as Spark edged Pollock to Puttick to end a nervy 11, and Adams bowled Riley. Dharan seemed to have things calmed down, but became Adams' second wicket for 21. CW had slid from 188/1 to 232/5.
Winne stuck around until tea, while Narang brought up yet another hundred, but fell soon after to Pollock. Corrin found himself unable to hit the ball off the square, and departed for a frustrating 34-ball duck. Capone helped narang push the score past 300, but fell to Nel lbw once the new ball was taken. At the end of day two CW were 324 for 8, with Narang on 147*.
He could only add two more the following morning before being the last man out for 149. Dean had not added to his overnight total and so the CWers gained a lead of just one run.
Once again Phlegm was able to claim Smith, and Gibbs was trapped lbw against Capone for a quick-fire 22. Kallis and Rudolph were able to build a lead for the South Africans, reaching 102/2 by the end of the morning session.
Winne got the wicket of Ruldolph for 20, and the CW spinners became increasingly hard to deal with as the pitch began to break up. Kallis fought through most of the session before departing for 65 off 162, and Rowley was bowled by Corrin for 15. Another 50 from Puttick, however, kept the game in the balance.
The evening session yielded just one wicket, Phlegm dismissing Boucher for 32. Puttick's unbeaten 78, and his partnership with Pollock, was starting to build a healthy lead for the South Africans. Stumps were called with the score on 270/6, and the pitch rapidly deteriorating.
Dean produced an absolute beauty - spinning viciously away from the left hander - in the morning session to dismiss Puttick, who had moved on to 89. From there the spinners were able to clean up the tail, and the home side had a target of 315, and over five sessions in which to do it.
REMOVED did not do his selection any favours when he edged to slip for 13, and Heads ended his run of 50s when Terbrugge bowled him for 25. When Narang and Riley also departed in the afternoon session, CW looked up against it at 85/4.
Sadly the evening session was a similar affair, with plenty of batsmen getting starts but no-one claiming the chance, Spark's 47 being the closest to the lengthy innings needed. By the end of the day CW were all but out of it, 183/8 at the close.
Amazingly, Corrin and Dean made a fight of it. The pair grafted through the runs, and South African nerves began to jangle as the partnership passed 50. However, there were still 76 to get when Dean, on 37, edged Pollock behind.
Phlegm was the no.11 and was essentially forbidden from scoring as Corrin blocked and edged his way towards the target. Corrin was on a painstaking 48 from over 200 deliveries when the bubble burst - going for a run that was never there, he was run out by a distance. CW were all out for 275.
CW lost by 39 runs
MotM - Andrew Puttick
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