The Colts Thread

[marc71178]

Nichani

 

[David]

For us stupid people, what is NN?

HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED!

 

[steds]

HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED!

Did that make me a death-eater?

 

[wrangler203]

ah, its absoultely brillant to be in the 1st colts team., hopefully ill contribute to the team in a good way.

 

[chooka_nick]

Good stuff Wrangler and the Grounds

ah, its absoultely brillant to be in the 1st colts team., hopefully ill contribute to the team in a good way.

Of course you will mate, you're posting in the Colts thread so you're already contributing.
Now, on the grounds:

The PDV Dome will be as quick as ever and shouldn't offer much for the spinners. The pitch should hold together nicely through the first 4 days or so. Typically a quick-scoring ground.

The CW Oval will offer something for the seamers, regardless of pace and the spinners will come into player later into the match. It's perhaps the most balanced cricket wicket in the league.

The CWBCC Stadium is tailor-made for spinners. It should also allow for lots of runs, being possibly the flattest track in the league with regards to seam movement and easy in pace.

The SCG should give the spinners some joy but also has a little for the seamers. Batsmen should score runs.

The Bellerive Oval will start off slow and flatten out as the game goes on.

Right, Bellerive is our home ground, so it's good that we finally know what we're playing with. Mind you, this probably suits us because we have the following spinners in our armoury:

# DJ Comley - allrounder/left chinaman
# DP Tucker - allrounder/offspin
# JP McNamara - bowler/left offspin​

Note that if the ground does flatten out (which Mr Mxyzptlk expects that it should) then we should probably play only two, but it's also interesting to note that Tucker and Comley are both allrounders, so we wont lose much in the way of batting.
Of course, Captain Wright chose the team before we found this information out. Hence, our team only has one spinner, (JP McNamara). Just for the record, the team (as posted by Mr Wright here) is:

* AS Das - batsman
* T Mamesh - batsman
* NR Hancock - allrounder/medium fast
* DP Towns - batsman (vc)
* JB Malthus-Howell - batsman
* SA Jasotharan - Dammit, can't remember
* SJ Burke (wk) - batsman
* G Nayak - batsman/fast medium
* JP McNamara - bowler/left offspin
* KS Wright - bowler/fast medium (captain)
* GM Thomas - bowler/fast​

The remaining players are:

* JJ Josy - batsman
* JB Brown - allrounder/fast
* DJ Comley - allrounder/left chinaman
* DP Tucker - allrounder/offspin​

For any other notes on the team please visit the 50th post here.
We're almost on the final countdown has begun.

 

[marc71178]

If it suits your spinners, I think the likes of Pickup, Halsey and Richards will have a field day.

 

[Dasa]

The team's looking good. Not long to go now - can't wait!

 

[chooka_nick]

If it suits your spinners, I think the likes of Pickup, Halsey and Richards will have a field day.

Shhh, don't tell them

 

[chooka_nick]

The team's looking good. Not long to go now - can't wait!

Absolutely mate, should be good fun

 

[Burpey]

Very thorough stuff up there Nick. Hopefully it will suit our squad compilation, which I think it will.

 

[chooka_nick]

Thanks Burkey. But only time, and matches, will tell.

 

[Travis_Teh]

Where is OJ Cook in all of that?

 

[Robertinho]

If it suits your spinners, I think the likes of Pickup, Halsey and Richards will have a field day.

What about Bennett?

 

[David]

What about Bennett?

He's our secret weapon....

 

[Robertinho]

I mean. What about Bennett? He can bowl pies, and we all know that pies are Simon's one weakness...

 

[marc71178]

What about Bennett?

I was trying to keep the magic of Steds quiet.

His chanting of "Go Reds" as he runs into bowl tends to account for 95% of his wickets anyway!

 

[chooka_nick]

I was trying to keep the magic of Steds quiet.

His chanting of "Go Reds" as he runs into bowl tends to account for 95% of his wickets anyway!

They laugh too much at him

 

[wrangler203]

I was trying to keep the magic of Steds quiet.

His chanting of "Go Reds" as he runs into bowl tends to account for 95% of his wickets anyway!

Indeed they laugh way too much, hahaha

 

[Burpey]

Bennett's a joke

 

[David]

There'll be word eating soon enough.