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*Official* West Indies in CWLand
- Thread starter Magrat Garlick
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Travis_Teh
International Regular
Most excellent victory. Was a tight game until the third innings 
Cloete and Butler blew the game wide open, yay CW.
Cloete and Butler blew the game wide open, yay CW.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Fantastic stuff fellas, great come-from-behind win.
Butler is certainly in some great test form and Wilson showing his allround capabilities aswell. Great innings from Cloete too.
Butler is certainly in some great test form and Wilson showing his allround capabilities aswell. Great innings from Cloete too.
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Cricket Web Content Updater
Awesome stuff fellaz.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Excellent fightback there, well played Webbers.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Cricket Web XI team for 2nd Test
T Mamesh
+H Mørk
PE Young
A Cloete
CR Butler
RJ Dauth
MW Wilson
TC Halsey
DM Kennett
*NS Pickup
TJ Demeza
Congratulations to Demeza on his first Test call-up.
T Mamesh
+H Mørk
PE Young
A Cloete
CR Butler
RJ Dauth
MW Wilson
TC Halsey
DM Kennett
*NS Pickup
TJ Demeza
Congratulations to Demeza on his first Test call-up.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Congrats Trav. Do us proud
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Haha, good luck Trav.
Travis_Teh
International Regular
Thanks, Sean.
Extremely unexpected. Very nervous and over the moon at the chance.
Hopefully can repay the selectors with a good, quick crack at their top order.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Do us low s/r-high e/r quicks proud
Mr Mxyzptlk
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Hopefully Neil only uses him in 3-4-over bursts.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
I think Trav can only handle 1-2 over burst at test level.
Good luck Trav, hopefully the boys continue their good form at Test level.
AUST_HiTMaN
International Debutant
Congrats to Trav, callup well deserved. Strike bowler ftw.
Looks a solid outfit, good luck.
Looks a solid outfit, good luck.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Second Test: Cricket Web XI vs West Indies
at Pickford Reserve
Scorecard
Ball By Ball
Once again, one partnership was enough to win the game for Cricket Web XI, but this time it was helped by a largely polished bowling performance. Debutant Trav Demeza took nine wickets, tormenting the top order despite leaking runs, while Håkon Mørk and Pete Young added 290 off weary bowling after West Indies had been skittled for 139.
Incredible scenes unfolded after West Indies opted to bat first against the debutant. It was a decision that could easily be defended; West Indies needed to put pressure on early and scare the batsmen, it was an excellent day, and the pitch looked good. Yet, after five overs of Demeza - a record spell - Gayle, Morton, Ganga, Chanderpaul and Samuels had all walked back for sub-15 scores, Bravo and Ramdin were left to salvage the innings, but the score read 45 for five.
Ramdin continued to ride his luck. Easy shells on 0 and 1 gave him a shout for a good score, and he held out till the stroke of lunch, when Demeza returned, speared a ball up, and the edge ballooned to Kennett for a simple catch running in from fine leg. With Bravo having given a return catch to Pickup, it was 102 for seven at lunch.
Essentially, the match had already been lost. Taylor blazed 28 runs off his first 14 balls, before getting beaten twice by Halsey; he then had Collymore caught and Lawson lbw, ending with two wickets off his only over.
It took merely six minutes for another wicket to fall, as Mamesh dragged Taylor to third slip. Taylor and Lawson were fired up by the early breakthrough, and offered to go the extra yard in pace; accuracy suffered and Mørk feasted. Taylor's fourth over was taken for twenty, with one six and three fours, and he brought up the fifty shortly after tea off just 57 balls. Young followed half an hour later, having survived a testing spell and loud appeal from Lawson, and by five o'clock the West Indies total had been overhauled.
The partnership was finally broken in the 80th over, just after Young had reached 150. Mørk perished to the new ball after lunch, and the tides slowly began to turn, as Lawson generated good pace and swing to also take the wicket of Dauth lbw, and Cloete dragged on a widish one from Taylor. In Taylor's next over, Butler flicked past short leg and Samuels couldn't hold on; a tricky, but not impossible catch, and Butler and Wilson added 97 to put the game totally beyond the West Indies. With Halsey also providing a useful unbeaten 22, the Webheads had scored more than three times as many runs as the West Indies, who needed 328 just to avoid the innings defeat.
Once again Demeza struck early, pace and bounce taking care of Gayle, and Morton and Ganga went on the defensive. The last hour was intriguing, though the seamers lacked the extra yard to threaten the batsmen if they made any stupid errors. Even Pickup's only over before close couldn't take a wicket, and West Indies closed with some hope at 59 for one.
Demeza began the third day as he had the first; fast and up at them. Ganga made a critical mistake and paid for it, fending to Young, before rain and bad light began to dominate. Only 25 overs of play were possible, in which time Chanderpaul had seen off 72 deliveries, and despite Pickup's catch on nine West Indies held some hope at 131 for four.
The Webheads were sluggish on the fourth morning, with spinners not putting enough turn on the ball to threaten Chanderpaul, and Bravo cutting loose. Halsey bowled unchanged for over 90 minutes, and Pickup was eventually rewarded for his faith, a quicker one fended behind to Mørk. That gave the signal; Chanderpaul needed to attack, struck Demeza for four the next over, and then, attempting the same stroke, cut behind. Mohammed and Taylor lasted four balls into the next over, and despite Ramdin's rearguard there was little to be done; the Webheads secured an easy victory and a dominant series win.
West Indies 139 all out (31 overs)
DJ Bravo 36; TJ Demeza 5-59, TC Halsey 2-1
Cricket Web XI 466 all out (123 overs)
PE Young 150, H Mørk 139; J Taylor 3-121
West Indies 218 all out (76.3 overs)
S Chanderpaul 50; TJ Demeza 4-78
Cricket Web XI won by an innings and 109 runs
Man of the Match: TJ Demeza (Cricket Web XI)
at Pickford Reserve
Scorecard
Ball By Ball
Once again, one partnership was enough to win the game for Cricket Web XI, but this time it was helped by a largely polished bowling performance. Debutant Trav Demeza took nine wickets, tormenting the top order despite leaking runs, while Håkon Mørk and Pete Young added 290 off weary bowling after West Indies had been skittled for 139.
Incredible scenes unfolded after West Indies opted to bat first against the debutant. It was a decision that could easily be defended; West Indies needed to put pressure on early and scare the batsmen, it was an excellent day, and the pitch looked good. Yet, after five overs of Demeza - a record spell - Gayle, Morton, Ganga, Chanderpaul and Samuels had all walked back for sub-15 scores, Bravo and Ramdin were left to salvage the innings, but the score read 45 for five.
Ramdin continued to ride his luck. Easy shells on 0 and 1 gave him a shout for a good score, and he held out till the stroke of lunch, when Demeza returned, speared a ball up, and the edge ballooned to Kennett for a simple catch running in from fine leg. With Bravo having given a return catch to Pickup, it was 102 for seven at lunch.
Essentially, the match had already been lost. Taylor blazed 28 runs off his first 14 balls, before getting beaten twice by Halsey; he then had Collymore caught and Lawson lbw, ending with two wickets off his only over.
It took merely six minutes for another wicket to fall, as Mamesh dragged Taylor to third slip. Taylor and Lawson were fired up by the early breakthrough, and offered to go the extra yard in pace; accuracy suffered and Mørk feasted. Taylor's fourth over was taken for twenty, with one six and three fours, and he brought up the fifty shortly after tea off just 57 balls. Young followed half an hour later, having survived a testing spell and loud appeal from Lawson, and by five o'clock the West Indies total had been overhauled.
The partnership was finally broken in the 80th over, just after Young had reached 150. Mørk perished to the new ball after lunch, and the tides slowly began to turn, as Lawson generated good pace and swing to also take the wicket of Dauth lbw, and Cloete dragged on a widish one from Taylor. In Taylor's next over, Butler flicked past short leg and Samuels couldn't hold on; a tricky, but not impossible catch, and Butler and Wilson added 97 to put the game totally beyond the West Indies. With Halsey also providing a useful unbeaten 22, the Webheads had scored more than three times as many runs as the West Indies, who needed 328 just to avoid the innings defeat.
Once again Demeza struck early, pace and bounce taking care of Gayle, and Morton and Ganga went on the defensive. The last hour was intriguing, though the seamers lacked the extra yard to threaten the batsmen if they made any stupid errors. Even Pickup's only over before close couldn't take a wicket, and West Indies closed with some hope at 59 for one.
Demeza began the third day as he had the first; fast and up at them. Ganga made a critical mistake and paid for it, fending to Young, before rain and bad light began to dominate. Only 25 overs of play were possible, in which time Chanderpaul had seen off 72 deliveries, and despite Pickup's catch on nine West Indies held some hope at 131 for four.
The Webheads were sluggish on the fourth morning, with spinners not putting enough turn on the ball to threaten Chanderpaul, and Bravo cutting loose. Halsey bowled unchanged for over 90 minutes, and Pickup was eventually rewarded for his faith, a quicker one fended behind to Mørk. That gave the signal; Chanderpaul needed to attack, struck Demeza for four the next over, and then, attempting the same stroke, cut behind. Mohammed and Taylor lasted four balls into the next over, and despite Ramdin's rearguard there was little to be done; the Webheads secured an easy victory and a dominant series win.
West Indies 139 all out (31 overs)
DJ Bravo 36; TJ Demeza 5-59, TC Halsey 2-1
Cricket Web XI 466 all out (123 overs)
PE Young 150, H Mørk 139; J Taylor 3-121
West Indies 218 all out (76.3 overs)
S Chanderpaul 50; TJ Demeza 4-78
Cricket Web XI won by an innings and 109 runs
Man of the Match: TJ Demeza (Cricket Web XI)
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Would appreciate a Blue XI from someone reasonably informed sharpish. Otherwise the final XI will be used.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Pete's alright.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Amazing stuff there, just seems like yesterday we were struggling to win a Test match, let alone a series. Three test series win in a row, couldn't be happier with the whole team.
Well done Trav on your debut. Also great knocks from Hak and Pete.
Well done Trav on your debut. Also great knocks from Hak and Pete.