*Official* CW Grade Cricket discussion and results thread

[age_master]

ITC for the 3 dayers and D Shines for the OD games i think?

 

[AUST_HiTMaN]

Wow, very realistic - my crap 1D form continues in Grade cricket.

 

[Nate]

I took three wickets though. Explain that...

 

[KennyD]

Give me and Rob a bowl

 

[cometer]

Nice win there Darters. Glad to contribute with bat and ball. Im liking this im creeping up the order each week from 7-10 ish for colts to 6 in the opening game of grade cricket with the darters to number 5 in this game. Let's keep the form going.

 

[Buddhmaster]

I think us batsmen should be having atleast a few overs a game of bowling. No better place to improve then in grade cricket.

 

[Prince EWS]

I agree. No point having these "amateurs" bowl all the overs when the batsmen could have a trundle. Especially those who registered as allrounders.

 

[cricketboy29]

Man, how did you manage to fit that many commas in one sentence....

, anyway that was some bad luck, there guys. our most experienced fast bowler, not being able to win us the match. *sigh*, but hopefully we can recharge and come back to win our next matches.

 

[Loony BoB]

I always seem to miss these new threads. Good stuff, Hako, you're really giving solid detail to these, very impressive. Just wonder how long you can keep it up. Shame to lose the first match, especially looking at our batting lineup, but then again, looking at the opposition's batting lineup (thought we were facing CW Blue for a second there), I guess it's understandable. Looking to get more out of the next matchups.

EDIT: Not suer if you can still edit your first post, but Resha (Bharat) is CW Green, not CW Colts..

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I agree. No point having these "amateurs" bowl all the overs when the batsmen could have a trundle. Especially those who registered as allrounders.

Noted. I'm not sure how well it'll be implemented in three-day games (since they're auto-simmed and it would take several hours to sim them manually), but in OD I'll make sure that 5 CW players bowl first.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Round two of Grade Cricket will be postponed to 15:00 BST tomorrow owing to the delay of the Manuel Ramprakash Trophy. Apologies to all involved.

 

[roseboy64]

No prob.

 

[chooka_nick]

Go the Titans! A really good effort from everyone in our last match boys, keep it up.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

3-day Round Two:

Panthers v Tigers:

[b]Pickford Panthers	Gofftown Tigers[/b]
T Gould			JA Courtis
JAH Richings		KI Thampi
+MA Hepworth		+S Jasotharan
MW de Silva		JB Malthus-Howell
CB Benjamin		Mohammad Mahmood
DB Jacob		D Deeps
Adil Dewan		Jamaluddin Hossain
LE ****erill		D Muhaffy
JJ McCrystal		K Swann
LD Bhadauria		*GM Thomas
*NS Pickup		NJ Masterman

Another batsmen's nightmare in Pickford, as Masterman and Jamaluddin Hossain ran through the Panthers, with only Adil Dewan remaining firm against the onslaught. He scored 25 not out, adding 20 with the rampant Pickup, as the Panthers posted 117 in their first innings. Dropped catches abounded in both innings, but Neil Pickup and Liam ****erill induced panic as the Tigers
crashed from 95 for 4 to 124 all out. Trailing by 7, the Panthers got a let-off when Richings was dropped by the fallible Jasotharan on 4, and went on to make 45 - courtesy of two more dropped catches. At lunch, the Panthers were 118 for 3, with de Silva and Benjamin well settled. Or so it was thought. But de Silva heaved an ugly cross-batted slog to Malthus-Howell two balls after lunch, and Greg Thomas ran through the lower order as the Panthers lost their last seven wickets for 33 runs. Jasotharan then smashed boundaries at will, bringing up his fifty in forty-nine balls and continuing by smashing Pickup for five fours in the over. Then he was dropped, on 73, and went on to make 87 before inside edging McCrystal. Needing 9 for the last two wickets, with Swann and Thomas in, Thomas found the burden of captaincy too high as he ran a desperate single with the third ball of the partnership. His partner, Swann, was run out with a risky throw to the non-striker's end, leaving nine for the last wicket. Tamara Gould then dropped the new batsman on the first ball, before Masterman faced the last ball from McCrystal and left it alone outside off. Greg Thomas then lasted three balls against Pickup, who finished with four for 28, and the Panthers eked out a six-run victory.

Panthers 117 & 151 beat
Tigers 124 & 138 by 6 runs
Points: Panthers 18, Tigers 11

Darters v Jets:

[b]Davistow Darters	Stedingham Jets[/b]
Dawlat Ameer		+T Mamesh
RA Langley		JE Stedman
+M Gaukroger		CR Butler
DA Kearsley		RF Prabhakar Rao
CA Naik			LRC Chaudhari
Ehsan Ahsan		*RJ Hingston
DJ Comley		CL Kalmar
KG Cassidy		SA Bennett
*DJ Watt		Javed Shafiq
DM Kennett		T Loganathan
VH Pradeep		M Bala

Harry Warwick unfortunately missed the plane to Davistow, but his Darters team-mates still roared through the Jets for 97 in the first innings at Heathridge Oval. Only Rich Hingston withstood the varied bowling, with left-arm pacer Pradeep grabbing three, right-arm Test bowler David Kennett another three, and left-arm spinner Comley another three. Dave Watt was the only one to go off wicketless, while Tharmi Loganathan hit 16 in a heroic ninth-wicket partnership with Hingston. The Darters didn't impress either, except for an opening stand between Dawlat and Langley worth 54 runs. Five players made it into double figures, while five Jets bowlers shared the ten wickets, and the Darters eked out 143 from a mammoth 81 overs. Sean Bennett was the main exponent of the tight bowling, with 20-12-20-2. Then, Pradeep dug out three early wickets, and as the Jets crumbled to 61 for 4 most expected an early stop. But Hingston glued to the crease with Stedman, who banged thirteen fours in a 241-ball century, before Kennett had him lbw for 101. Hingston made 50 as well, while Loganathan thundered three fours in a quick 17 before offering his pads to Watt - Watt's only wicket of the match. The Jets lost their last six wickets for 42, yet made 231, and an over from Bala set the Darters back to 21 for 2. Langley and Naik then glued to the crease while Kearsley hit the runs, and though he was dropped twice, he made it to 60 at lunch as the Darters only needed 77 to win. He went on to make an unbeaten 116, and though few others managed runs, his knock ensured a four-wicket win.

Jets 97 & 231 lost to
Darters 143 & 186-6 by four wickets
Points: Jets 3, Darters 25

Seahawks v Braves:

[b]Edfield Seahawks	Campsfield Braves[/b]
+H Mørk			AJ Blackman
*DP Towns		+DY Dubb-Lynch
ND Barnaby		RC Langdon
G Nayak			DR Hasabnis
KF James		KR Kode
DK Rai			J Toogood
DP Tucker		*MW Wilson
GN Nayak		EL Heath
JE Sanders		Jahangir Masood
NA Borcich		JJ Jadeja
RS Whitehead		BM Chattha

Spinners Rai and Whitehead shared out eight wickets as the Braves crashed from 75 for 1 to a rather inadequate 142 at Edfield. Langdon hit 50 for the Braves, but no one supported him after they had fought off a probing new-ball spell from Borcich and Sanders. However, the Seahawks also crumbled, as Mike Wilson's second spell yielded four wickets after Mørk and Towns had added 30 after his opening spell with Heath. Jahangir Masood got four wickets, including Mørk and Rai caught behind, as the Braves racked up a 30-run lead. Borcich then got two wickets with the fourth and fifth ball of the match, before Alex Blackman put on 139 with Hasabnis and 77 with Heath. Despite these mammoth partnerships, Borcich ended with six for 58, but the Braves managed 276 and set a mammoth 307 to win. Or so it was thought. But James glued to the crease for 75, Gaurav Nayak hit ten fours in a blistering 87 that took the Seahawks from 140 for 6 to 240 for 7, before Eddie Sanders anchored the chase and the Seahawks hauled home a three-wicket win.

Braves 142 & 276 lost to
Seahawks 112 & 307-7 by three wickets
Points: Braves 10, Seahawks 17

de Grooters v Titans:

Robbham de Grooters	Twybridge Titans
GKK Dobson		AS Das
EE Lucas		LR Joslin
RJ Dauth		HWR Gunn
Sukhvinder Singh	+AJ Crampton
+AP Chaulk		RJ Twyman
JW Tebbut		SJ Burke
*MJ Robbins		CH Bokey
Z Ghansar		JB Brown
JA Finnegan		NR Hancock
CD McKern		RB Cotterill
MT Mitchell		*JP McNamara

The Titans were overpowered by a weight of runs from de Grooters, followed by an excellent display of seam bowling. Half-centuries from Lucas, Sukhvinder and Tebbut sent de Grooters to 335 despite all CW players being dismissed for 20 - while Hancock went wicketless for the Titans, and Jack McNamara's figures were saved by the two tail-enders, McKern (bowled for 10) and Mitchell (caught for a golden) to leave him with 34.5-5-114-3. Then, de Grooters' seam bowling roared through the Titans twice - first for 199, when Robbins and McKern grabbed four wickets each and Twyman made 79, and then to 106 for 8 before Hancock hit 54 to set the Grooters somewhat of a target to chase. Mitchell took four wickets in the second innings, and Robbins another four, to end with match figures of eight for 72. Although Cotterill and Brown grabbed three wickets early on to send de Grooters to 20 for 3, that was as close as it got.

Grooters 335 & 42-3 beat
Titans 199 & 177 (f/o) by seven wickets
Points: Grooters 20, Titans 0

Tables:

Group A:

Panthers (2-0) 43 pts
Darters (1-1) 28 pts
Tigers (1-1) 27 pts
Jets (0-2) 4 pts

Group B:

Seahawks (1-0) 17 pts
Braves (0-1-1) 15 pts
Sharks (0-0-1) 14 pts

Group C:

Titans (1-1) 23 pts
Grooters (1-0) 20 pts
Foxes (0-1) 3 pts

 

[Robertinho]

Go the Grooters. Was enjoyable watching that vic_orthdox get his foot stuck firmly in the fence..

 

[Blewy]

Hak,

Why was i not involved in the Tigers latest game?? Was it due to my participation in the 5D Final??

 

[chooka_nick]

de Grooters v Titans:

Robbham de Grooters	Twybridge Titans
GKK Dobson		AS Das
EE Lucas		LR Joslin
RJ Dauth		HWR Gunn
Sukhvinder Singh	+AJ Crampton
+AP Chaulk		RJ Twyman
JW Tebbut		SJ Burke
*MJ Robbins		CH Bokey
Z Ghansar		JB Brown
JA Finnegan		NR Hancock
CD McKern		RB Cotterill
MT Mitchell		*JP McNamara

The Titans were overpowered by a weight of runs from de Grooters, followed by an excellent display of seam bowling. Half-centuries from Lucas, Sukhvinder and Tebbut sent de Grooters to 335 despite all CW players being dismissed for 20 - while Hancock went wicketless for the Titans, and Jack McNamara's figures were saved by the two tail-enders, McKern (bowled for 10) and Mitchell (caught for a golden) to leave him with 34.5-5-114-3. Then, de Grooters' seam bowling roared through the Titans twice - first for 199, when Robbins and McKern grabbed four wickets each and Twyman made 79, and then to 106 for 8 before Hancock hit 54 to set the Grooters somewhat of a target to chase. Mitchell took four wickets in the second innings, and Robbins another four, to end with match figures of eight for 72. Although Cotterill and Brown grabbed three wickets early on to send de Grooters to 20 for 3, that was as close as it got.

Grooters 335 & 42-3 beat
Titans 199 & 177 (f/o) by seven wickets
Points: Grooters 20, Titans 0

Damn, we just got batted out of the game. Lol I just went from a five wicket haul to nothing and a fifty :P Bad luck boys, let's just get it together.

 

[Buddhmaster]

Very happy with my own game, but our team needs to lift, especially against inadequecy.

 

[Loony BoB]

Hey Hako, I noticed I'm batting down the order in the OD where I prefer opening and am opening in the longer game where I'm used to batting #4 - don't suppose there's any chance for switching around? Not too bothered, but if it's possible, then that'd be neat.

Great to get our first win on the board.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hak,

Why was i not involved in the Tigers latest game?? Was it due to my participation in the 5D Final??

I'd say so, because Im in the same situation.