The Blue Thread

[FaaipDeOiad]

that was a bad loss guys. got to bring in Simon and Cloete for the next 5D.

The next 5D is against Bangladesh, and I think we'll look to try things again. That might involve Simon and Andrew of course, but it's more important to give some people a chance to show their potential and get some form than it is to win these games, even if it would have been nice to beat the reds.

 

[Nate]

We have Crampton. I`m far from worried.

 

[Loony BoB]

Okay... preparing for the OD stats.

Can I have the confirmed team listings, along with whether a player is a batsman, keeper, allrounder or bowler, as well as their handedness (?) when batting, as well as their bowling type (include bowling arm, please!). eg...

CW Colts
AS Das - batsman - RHB - OS
DJ Comley - allrounder - LHB - SLC
DP Towns - batsman - RHB - OS
DP Tucker - allrounder - RHB - OS
G Nayak - batsman - RHB - LFM
GM Thomas - bowler - RHB - RF
JB Brown - allrounder - RHB - RF
JB Malthus-Howell - batsman - LHB - LM
JP McNamara - bowler - RHB - LAS
KS Wright - bowler - RHB - RFM
NR Hancock - allrounder - RHB - RFM
OJ Cook - batsman - LHB - OS
S Jasotharan - keeper - RHB - n/a
SJ Burke - keeper - RHB - n/a
T Mamesh - batsman - RHB - RF

Can someone from CW Blue help me out with this?

 

[BlackCap_Fan]

We lost Jellet? Blast!

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Can someone from CW Blue help me out with this?

This is just a guess, and I may have got someone's handedness wrong.

LA Camps (C) - all-rounder - RHB, RFM
D Jellett (wk) - batsman - RHB
A Crampton (wk) - batsman - RHB
AP Cloete - batsman - RHB, Leg Spin
SG Fitzsimmons - batsman - RHB
PE Young (wk) - batsman - RHB
RGEWS Cribb - batsman - RHB, Leg Spin
MW DeSilva - batsman - RHB, RFM
BL Wilshere - batsman - RHB
SE Fuller - all-rounder - RHB, RFM
MJC Currie - allrounder - RHB, Off Spin
SC Popat - allrounder - RHB, Leg Spin
NL Patrick - bowler - LHB, RF
AAA Collins - bowler - LHB, LM
TJ Demeza - bowler - LHB, LF
TC Halsey - bowler - RHB, Leg Spin

 

[Loony BoB]

Cheers mate If anyone sees something wrong with that, let me know.

 

[Cloete]

Cheers mate If anyone sees something wrong with that, let me know.

clearly I'm an all-rounder

Nah, seriously... it looks pretty good. Well done Sean

 

[Tom Halsey]

Can I request to play against Bangladesh, please? Because I need some form, after a naff Season 8 and CWXI tour.

 

[Travis_Teh]

Hrmm, poor start guys.

But oh well.
As the self appointed statistician for the blues here are some interesting facts of the friendly vs reds:

Adam was the unluckiest bowler, with 2 close lbw decisions going the WRONG way and 2 dropped chances.

Liam was the most uneconomical bowler! (HAR HAR, more than me ) With an economy of 4.13, Demeza had 3.87.

Adam's economy was 1.61, Sudeeps 1.85 and Nath's 2.00. Nice.

Patrick batted slower than Crampton :O heee

Dinu batted TOO fast, s/r over 100

Sudeep sucks at reaching milestones, out for 48 and 47.

Jellett can't catch, he dropped 4. The team dropped 11, with the other 7 going to two a piece for Crampton, Camps and Collins and Sean put one down also.

I can't bowl, I bowled 4 wides. Apparently all atleast two foot over the batsmens head.


Fielding practise guys

 

[Prince EWS]

Thoughts on The Reds Match

I simply think that one of the batsmen who got starts needed to go on with it. Nine times did a batsman reach 20, yet we only managed one fifty. I was very guilty of this problem, getting out twice in the forties. Well done to Crampton and Popat in the second innings though. Stuck around for a long time, and built a great partnership.

The bowling was odd. Very good performance by all in the first innings, especially Nath. But the second innings was a disaster of sorts. No-one really got hammered (bar Travis) yet the wickets just never came. Credit to Mork and Dobson though.

 

[Travis_Teh]

Thought on The Reds Match

I simply think that one of the batsmen who got starts needed to go on with it. Nine times did a batsman reach 20, yet we only managed one fifty. I was very guilty of this problem, getting out twice in the forties. Well done to Crampton and Popat in the second innings though. Stuck around for a long time, and built a great partnership.

The bowling was odd. Very good performance by all in the first innings, especially Nath. But the second innings was a disaster of sorts. No-one really got hammered (bar Travis) yet the wickets just never came. Credit to Mork and Dobson though.

Mork and Dobson both had chances in the same over from me, Mork on 40'ish and Dobson less than ten.
Could've been a turning point, but **** happens

Look forward to the next game

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Suggested XIII for 2nd 5D warmup:

PE Young
SG Fitzsimmons (C)
AP Cloete
MW DeSilva
BL Wilshere
A Crampton (wk)
SC Popat
MJC Currie
TC Halsey
AAA Collins
TJ Demeza

12th Man: SE Fuller
13th Man: NL Patrick

Strong top order, followed by a couple of lesser experienced heads in the middle. Crampton takes the gloves with Jellett on "vacation". Popat and Currie stay in as they battle for the spinning allrounder spot. Halsey steps in for the in-form Patrick, whilst Adam and Travis get another go.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Yep fine line-up by me, although I'd be tempted to out Patrick in for someone else as I'd like to see how our full-strength line-up does.

 

[Adamc]

How many DeSilvas do we have?

 

[Simon]

the team is good, perhaps breaking up the top 3 could be a good idea, Pete, myself and andy are the experienced ones and maybe by switching de Silva and Cloete we could break it up a little...

 

[Cloete]

the team is good, perhaps breaking up the top 3 could be a good idea, Pete, myself and andy are the experienced ones and maybe by switching de Silva and Cloete we could break it up a little...

I'm much better off batting at 3 thoguh because that's my position in the CWXI.

 

[Prince EWS]

Have I been "dropped" or have I just been rotated as part of policy for warmup matches?

 

[Cloete]

Have I been "dropped" or have I just been rotated as part of policy for warmup matches?

It's definitely the latter.

It's all about giving everyone as equal a chance to perform and show what they can do before the season kicks off.

 

[Nate]

Perfect order I reckon. Where is the match being held though? Hopefully somewhere with a bit of spin.

Well done in the OD game guys.

 

[dinu23]

How many DeSilvas do we have?

just dear old me.