Stumped!

[StephenZA]

4 wickets without lots more runs... hopefully lower/middle order can do some work here.

 

[StephenZA]

Lots of swinging of the bat, lots of wickets... few runs. Gonna end up 50 short here.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

worryingly negative derivative of that worm

 

[StephenZA]

I scored close to 300 on a more difficult surface with similar orders the other day. And I think I lost Sree early that game. Very erratic the game manager sometimes.

 

[cnerd123]

Bikswing redeeming himself with a final spell of 3-1-7-2. Veteran showing his class. Pong Nam was sensational too - 1/27 in his 10. TMOs went from 130/0 to 236/8, struggling against the older ball on this dry track.

Chow run out early but Abdullah going well. TTC at 6 and Andy at 7 means that if TMO gets through this top 5 there is a soft underbelly they can exploit. Only 236 on the board tho - might be well below par.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Is Inzamam-ul-Haq the running coach at FHK or something?

 

[cnerd123]

Is Inzamam-ul-Haq the running coach at FHK or something?

Gwong Long wasn't much of a fan of quick singles

Could be in for a cracking game here

 

[StephenZA]

Need a couple more wickets now... hopefully De Klerk and Tyagi can do something special.

 

[StephenZA]

And 3rd run out...

I have made a concerted effort to keep fielding at high level. Pays off occasionally.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Big over from Ncanana. Poor Chung seems likely to get a 90* in vain

 

[StephenZA]

Ncanana showing speed makes a difference with two quick wickets.

 

[StephenZA]

For all the pitches speed it appears the ball is not coming onto the bat nicely when you try hit out. Holding in the dry pitch?

 

[StephenZA]

If you can't bowl them out run them out?

Feels like a lucky win today, but will take all I can get!

@cnerd123 thanks for the game.

 

[cnerd123]

What a fielding performance by the TMOs!

Soft underbelly of the batting lineup got exposed - Nathan Law fell for just 7, and the six batters after him managed just 24 runs. Needed one of the top 5 to go big, but 4 of them got runout lol.

 

[ataraxia]

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Chalk and cheese. Sree has been superb. Reid has been there. 100 run opening partnership for the TMOs, can they convert this to a massive score?

Looks like a classic Frost-Saadi aggressive-defensive opening partnership. I've been lacking an opener who can score runs at a good click for a while now, given Frost's propensity for 5 (8). Rusty has just popped to 31 bat. And he always gets wickets. But somehow he can't find a spot in my SOD team.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

203 on the board for the Schmaltzberg kids against GG. They're outrated by 3k and one year and their batting tends to be be horrible, so defensible target

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

203 on the board for the Schmaltzberg kids against GG. They're outrated by 3k and one year and their batting tends to be be horrible, so defensible target

The early wicket of the skipper Levy, is the last thing we needed.
200+ is defensible right

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Decent rebuild from Sutherland and Watt

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Decent rebuild from Sutherland and Watt

A decent partnership it was...but when Sutherland fell for a run-a-ball 44, I felt that there might be panic in the GG CC, but Oxley came in with that positive mindset, and together with Watt they formed a 43-partnership in 35 balls. That brought down the required rate to three and change an over.

A double blow by Wessel saw Watt and Fouche back in the shed.

But Oxley and Obeysekere formed a formidable partnership, within reach of the target before the former was dismissed.
Sebastien Plaatjies, buoyed after snaring 2 of Schmaltzberg's wickets, added a different dimension to his game. He smacked a six walked off the park after hitting the winning runs (a boundary).

This match saw Bram Human bowling again after ages. His 2 overs went for 9 runs without a wicket. Good signs. He might be a surprise package with the ball in CWC Final.
I am also impressed with the maturity of Watt, he played a top knock.
Aylmer, the new ball bowler looked good.

 

[StephenZA]

So do I go in with a full strength side in my BOT bash today, considering that I'm 2 points top of my league, to maximize NRR. Or do I continue giving the youngsters the chance to improve?