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Results up. Stats not updated yet, because my browser crashed. Will do that ASAP.
League for the Ages
League for the Ages
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*Official* SERIES DISCUSSION AND REACTIONS
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Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
The new Sri Lankan manager wonders how on earth you can give away a 100-run first innings lead like that? For once I thought we had a chance...
India v Australia was fun
If we draw a match in the next series I will be seriously surprised.
India v Australia was fun
If we draw a match in the next series I will be seriously surprised.
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Th closest you'll come to drawing is forfeit due to losing your players to the hospital. :baddevil:
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Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Somehow I don't think so Liam
Quite optimistic now about this series - just if my top order could start batting properly and not fold like a house of cards. Rain dance worked I see...
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197-run lead.. 125 overs left. We were cruising to victory. If not for the rain...
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Some expected results and a 10-point penaly against South Africa for lack of pitch.
Congrats to Pakistan.
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Some expected results and a 10-point penaly against South Africa for lack of pitch.
Congrats to Pakistan.
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Yousuf_Youhana
U19 12th Man
Series win for the Aussies against England! 2-0 up now, Ponsford trick worked!! scored 83 for us.
Very happy with the way the team has performed, we are working as a unit and thats how it should be!
Very happy with the way the team has performed, we are working as a unit and thats how it should be!
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Results up
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Some extremely interesting results this round, especially as a result of India's unorthodox approach.
All I can say for the WI v SL game is 'DAM RAIN!!!'
Click link in my sig to go to website.
Some extremely interesting results this round, especially as a result of India's unorthodox approach.
All I can say for the WI v SL game is 'DAM RAIN!!!'
Yousuf_Youhana
U19 12th Man
VICTORY FOR THE AUSSIES!!!! Australia beat Pakistan by 2 wkts!
WOOOHOOO I knew we could do it, musn't get overcarried, I know how Pakistan will fight back.
WOOOHOOO I knew we could do it, musn't get overcarried, I know how Pakistan will fight back.
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Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
I love this
This is what a certain English newspaper might have written, if the League for the Ages could have been possible IRL.
The Times
The Oval Nadir
The great all-time English side, featuring grand bowlers of the past such as SF Barnes, GA Lohmann and JC Laker, and batsmen of the style of JB Hobbs, L Hutton, H Sutcliffe, DCS Compton and G Boycott were humiliated today by a Sri Lankan side who have only won one Test this season - and that was a forfeit. England even led this all-time league at one point, and now they went down to a Lankan side without a bowling attack. Their most renowned bowler is M Muralitharan, with a Test average of 21, and as most of our readers will remember he single-handedly destroyed the present-day English on their tour of Sri Lanka just before Christmas.
The disaster was cooked up by the bowling of WPUJC Vaas, who took 5 wickets for 34 runs in the first innings, among them great batsmen such as L Hutton, H Sutcliffe and KF Barrington, and by the batting of M Jayawardene, who smashed 159 runs off the English batsmen before being caught by Hutton off Barnes's ball. Sri Lanka put up 311, 182 runs ahead of the already beaten English. Muralitharan then administered another collapse, as England swiftly moved from 52 for 1 to 97 for 5 as Hammond, Barrington and Compton left without even getting properly into the game. GA Lohmann and G Boycott managed to avoid the innings defeat, but the English side must now surely have seen its nadir. They set a meagre target of 34, which Jayasuriya, Atapattu and Dias chased without a problem to set up the convincing 9-wicketwin. To draw the series, the 3rd Test must now be won, something which seems roughly as probable as winning the 2005 Ashes.
This is what a certain English newspaper might have written, if the League for the Ages could have been possible IRL.
The Times
The Oval Nadir
The great all-time English side, featuring grand bowlers of the past such as SF Barnes, GA Lohmann and JC Laker, and batsmen of the style of JB Hobbs, L Hutton, H Sutcliffe, DCS Compton and G Boycott were humiliated today by a Sri Lankan side who have only won one Test this season - and that was a forfeit. England even led this all-time league at one point, and now they went down to a Lankan side without a bowling attack. Their most renowned bowler is M Muralitharan, with a Test average of 21, and as most of our readers will remember he single-handedly destroyed the present-day English on their tour of Sri Lanka just before Christmas.
The disaster was cooked up by the bowling of WPUJC Vaas, who took 5 wickets for 34 runs in the first innings, among them great batsmen such as L Hutton, H Sutcliffe and KF Barrington, and by the batting of M Jayawardene, who smashed 159 runs off the English batsmen before being caught by Hutton off Barnes's ball. Sri Lanka put up 311, 182 runs ahead of the already beaten English. Muralitharan then administered another collapse, as England swiftly moved from 52 for 1 to 97 for 5 as Hammond, Barrington and Compton left without even getting properly into the game. GA Lohmann and G Boycott managed to avoid the innings defeat, but the English side must now surely have seen its nadir. They set a meagre target of 34, which Jayasuriya, Atapattu and Dias chased without a problem to set up the convincing 9-wicketwin. To draw the series, the 3rd Test must now be won, something which seems roughly as probable as winning the 2005 Ashes.
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Very big win there for Sri Lanka. Historic proportions and I will have a bit of a laugh if England were to lose the series.
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Results delayed further
The stats are updated on the website, but Geocities started working up after that, so I couldn't put the results up.
Still here they are...
Aus beat Pak by 5 wickets.
SA drew with WI.
SL drew with Eng.
Ind beat NZ by 186 runs.
Scorecards will be up in 12 hours max.
For now, you guys can post touring squads for the following tours:-
South Africa in England.
India in Australia.
West Indies in New Zealand.
Pakistan in Sri Lanka.
The stats are updated on the website, but Geocities started working up after that, so I couldn't put the results up.
Still here they are...
Aus beat Pak by 5 wickets.
SA drew with WI.
SL drew with Eng.
Ind beat NZ by 186 runs.
Scorecards will be up in 12 hours max.
For now, you guys can post touring squads for the following tours:-
South Africa in England.
India in Australia.
West Indies in New Zealand.
Pakistan in Sri Lanka.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Yep, there we goMr Mxyzptlk said:Very big win there for Sri Lanka. Historic proportions and I will have a bit of a laugh if England were to lose the series.
Sri Lanka beat England 1-0 - brilliant stuff from the lads and the weathergods
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Results Up!
Results finall up. Click link in my sig.
Schedule page also updated.
Remember to name your touring squads.
Results finall up. Click link in my sig.
Schedule page also updated.
Remember to name your touring squads.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Howcome my named test XI didn't play, is there something in the rules that I didn't know about?
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Re: Results delayed further
Instead, that looks like the 4th series. Seems like you want me to meet the tough sides again
Question: Why isn't the third series inverted - the 5th series was the 1st inverted (i.e. SL v WI in 1st series, WI v SL in 5th), then the 6th was the 2nd inverted - shouldn't the seventh be the third series inverted?Mr Mxyzptlk said:
Instead, that looks like the 4th series. Seems like you want me to meet the tough sides again
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Hmmm... after setting teams the game crashed before I could start the simming. That probably had something to with it. I probably should have rechecked the teams after rebooting, but I trust all the others were correct?Mister Wright said:
I will discuss it with Marc and we will compensate for it point-wise somehow.
Jamee999
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A LEAGUE FOR THE AGES
Sachin beats the Black Caps
An amazing 150 by Sachin Tendulkar was the main part of India's 186 run victory over New Zealand
Full Report by A.Reporter
India batting first started with a 98 run partnership between Sachin Tendulkar and VS Hazare who the Indian Manager J Gray had not selected, more on that later it was Hazare's wicket who fell first lbw.Reid. Tendulkar was next out for 59. Gavaskar made 42 the only other real contribution, Daniel Vetorri the Kiwi spinner took 94-6 241 all out was Indias final score.
In the Second Innings 68 of 168 balls by C Dempster was the highest score contriputions of 34 by Reid and 39 by Astle helped the team along to 276 a/o
More to come soon...
A LEAGUE FOR THE AGES
Sachin beats the Black Caps
An amazing 150 by Sachin Tendulkar was the main part of India's 186 run victory over New Zealand
Full Report by A.Reporter
India batting first started with a 98 run partnership between Sachin Tendulkar and VS Hazare who the Indian Manager J Gray had not selected, more on that later it was Hazare's wicket who fell first lbw.Reid. Tendulkar was next out for 59. Gavaskar made 42 the only other real contribution, Daniel Vetorri the Kiwi spinner took 94-6 241 all out was Indias final score.
In the Second Innings 68 of 168 balls by C Dempster was the highest score contriputions of 34 by Reid and 39 by Astle helped the team along to 276 a/o
More to come soon...