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WCC One Day, Round 10 Reports
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An all night party took place in Birmingham after their sides brillant victory ensured a playoff and a shot at division 1 cricket next season. Afterwards noone actually realised just how close Warwickshire came to taking the title missing out by 0.03 on the NRR system as Kent came from behind to claim unlikely victory in division 2. Tamil Nadu were red faced as their chargers dropped from 1st to 3rd on a day full of drama and intriuge.
Tamil Nadu opted to bat on their home pitch. They moved comfortably through to 70/1 with Birch in good touch. However things turned ugly from then on. Pascoe, Gregson and Nelson got the ball moving about wildly as Tamil collapsed to 105/5. Parlane and Porter attempted to save the innings but when Parlane went at 6/138 hope was all lost. Pascoe cleaned up the tail taking his haul to 32 wickets this season, second only M Ramage's effort for ACT two seasons back. Tamil Nadu had lost their final 4 wickets for a modest 4 runs.
In reply Warwickshire didn't look at all comfortable. Kumble snared 2 early wickets leaving Warwickshire 2/23. Rowell and Kripal Singh tried to hang around, only to find themselves back in the pavilion. At 4/62 the game was poised evenly. With youngster Upton Wilmott joined by Damien Wright the pair proseeded to guide Warwickshire to an easy 6 wicket win. Wilmott hit a fifty while Wright was unbeaten on 38. As Wilmott crashed a 4 to win the game Warwickshire fans in the crowd went bananas...
"Certainly a day we wont forget in a while. It's this teams best ever finish in WCC and I'm sure things will only get better from here on in."
Tamil Nadu opted to bat on their home pitch. They moved comfortably through to 70/1 with Birch in good touch. However things turned ugly from then on. Pascoe, Gregson and Nelson got the ball moving about wildly as Tamil collapsed to 105/5. Parlane and Porter attempted to save the innings but when Parlane went at 6/138 hope was all lost. Pascoe cleaned up the tail taking his haul to 32 wickets this season, second only M Ramage's effort for ACT two seasons back. Tamil Nadu had lost their final 4 wickets for a modest 4 runs.
In reply Warwickshire didn't look at all comfortable. Kumble snared 2 early wickets leaving Warwickshire 2/23. Rowell and Kripal Singh tried to hang around, only to find themselves back in the pavilion. At 4/62 the game was poised evenly. With youngster Upton Wilmott joined by Damien Wright the pair proseeded to guide Warwickshire to an easy 6 wicket win. Wilmott hit a fifty while Wright was unbeaten on 38. As Wilmott crashed a 4 to win the game Warwickshire fans in the crowd went bananas...
"Certainly a day we wont forget in a while. It's this teams best ever finish in WCC and I'm sure things will only get better from here on in."
Magrat Garlick
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Sanjay Borde played his finest innings, a classic 142 from only 118 balls including 25 boundaries, in the Karnataka shirt as Karnataka romped to a 234-run victory over New South Wales - their biggest in any form since Håkon Mørk took over. Their win left a sour taste, ruing all the missed opportunities over the season, and wondering what kind of opposition was left in the league. Khalid Ali was the star with the ball, swinging it all over the place as heavy clouds moved in into the evening, while Aditya Jones closed the one-day season with a healthy two for 19. Lennox Cush, who has waned a bit in the late stage, still took key wickets of B Southam and S Lee as New South Wales whimpered to 119 inside 24 overs. At least it showed that the team is more than capable of great things with both bat and ball in the one-day league.
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Auckland Finishes Strongly In Division 3
Wrapping a solid 8-win OD season, Auckland conjured a 3-wicket win against Hampshire to end the season on top of division 3. Playing under pressure without star Rennie Plummer, the equation was simple heading into the game - don't lost badly.
Indeed, a win from Free State and a loss from Auckland would have set the two equal on points, except that Auckland held the higher NRR and thus the upper hand.
Winning the toss, Hampshire was inserted to bat first by Irving Weekes. The top three all got starts, but then were dismissed, each caught at slip flashing outside the offstump. Inzamam (41) and Pollard (56) consoslidated in the middle order but wickets continued to fall too frequently.
Solid runs at the end from Naved-ul-Hasan (27 not out) and Charl Langeveldt (29) boosted the scored to 235 all out. Leading the bowling was Alex Tudor with 4/48, but Oliver O'Neill 2/22 and Dwayne Bravo 2/64 also contributed.
The Auckland chase met a solid start from Roberts (27) and Godwin (53), as they added 62 for the first wicket. The following two partnerships were 39 and 48 and the innings looked to be cruising to the target. Jack Smith scored a lovely 62 off 57 balls, but he suddenly found himself losing partners regularly, and the score slipped from 149/3 to 190/7.
It was now that the depth of the Auckland batting truly paid off. Justin Kemp, drafted in for Rennie Plummer, called upon all his experience and compiled a brisk unbeaten 37 off 33 balls, hitting 2 massive sixes of fellow South African Langeveldt toward the end. His partner in crime when the winning runs were hit was Dwayne Bravo, playing a very solid hand of 19 off 28 balls.
Summary:
Hampshire 235 ao (45 overs)
T Thomas 56 [57], I Ul-Haq 41 [42], Langeveldt 29 [39]
A Tudor 4/49 [9], O O'Neill 2/22 [8], D Bravo 2/64 [10]
Auckland 241/7 (41 overs)
J Smith 62 [57], K Godwin 53 [49], J Kemp 37* [33]
Naved-ul-Hasan 2/29 [7], Y McDowell 2/55 [10], C Langeveldt 2/56 [8]
Man of the Match: Dwayne Bravo
Wrapping a solid 8-win OD season, Auckland conjured a 3-wicket win against Hampshire to end the season on top of division 3. Playing under pressure without star Rennie Plummer, the equation was simple heading into the game - don't lost badly.
Indeed, a win from Free State and a loss from Auckland would have set the two equal on points, except that Auckland held the higher NRR and thus the upper hand.
Winning the toss, Hampshire was inserted to bat first by Irving Weekes. The top three all got starts, but then were dismissed, each caught at slip flashing outside the offstump. Inzamam (41) and Pollard (56) consoslidated in the middle order but wickets continued to fall too frequently.
Solid runs at the end from Naved-ul-Hasan (27 not out) and Charl Langeveldt (29) boosted the scored to 235 all out. Leading the bowling was Alex Tudor with 4/48, but Oliver O'Neill 2/22 and Dwayne Bravo 2/64 also contributed.
The Auckland chase met a solid start from Roberts (27) and Godwin (53), as they added 62 for the first wicket. The following two partnerships were 39 and 48 and the innings looked to be cruising to the target. Jack Smith scored a lovely 62 off 57 balls, but he suddenly found himself losing partners regularly, and the score slipped from 149/3 to 190/7.
It was now that the depth of the Auckland batting truly paid off. Justin Kemp, drafted in for Rennie Plummer, called upon all his experience and compiled a brisk unbeaten 37 off 33 balls, hitting 2 massive sixes of fellow South African Langeveldt toward the end. His partner in crime when the winning runs were hit was Dwayne Bravo, playing a very solid hand of 19 off 28 balls.
Summary:
Hampshire 235 ao (45 overs)
T Thomas 56 [57], I Ul-Haq 41 [42], Langeveldt 29 [39]
A Tudor 4/49 [9], O O'Neill 2/22 [8], D Bravo 2/64 [10]
Auckland 241/7 (41 overs)
J Smith 62 [57], K Godwin 53 [49], J Kemp 37* [33]
Naved-ul-Hasan 2/29 [7], Y McDowell 2/55 [10], C Langeveldt 2/56 [8]
Man of the Match: Dwayne Bravo
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Guyana ended a dreadful three game losing streak with a convincing victory over Division Five Celler Dwellers Western Province. Guyana, who started the season so promisingly winning five of their first six matches, fell into a hole when the were thoroughly beaten by Northern Districts in round seven, which followed another disapointing loss to Somerset and a second loss to Glamorgan. The three match losing streak caused Guyana to slip from first to thrird on the table, and end all hopes of promotion to Division Four for Season Six.
Guyana came into the final round, needing a big win and for Northern Districts to beat Somerset. Guyana did their part with an easy nine wicket win over their opponents, however the pathetic Northern Districts side did not even submit a side, and although they lost their match, Guyana manager Kyle Wright was ropapable about Northern Districts non-submission.
"Are we playing in a professional league, or are we just playing Saturday afternoon cricket? You have to wonder with some of the attitude's of the managers around the World Club Cricket circle.
"However, that is all out of our hands, and when it comes down to it, we weren't a good enough team throughout the season to be ina position of promotion, so we got what we deserved." Mr. Wright said.
Guyana captain Martin Love described the season as a disapointing one, saying that Guyana were probably the most disapointing team of the season in any division.
"So much was expected of us for this season, and we got off to an amazing start, but we let the foot off the pedal a little, and let teams in when we should of hammered them. While it is nice to finish the one day season with a win, we really let ourselves down. It will be a positive for the side for next season, in that these guys are young and they should learn from this. Our goal for next year will be for promotion." Love said.
The final game of the season saw Guyana winning the toss and sending Western Province in on a wicket that offered some early assistance to the bowlers, and the Guyana bowlers took full advantage, a blistering opening spell from Lawson (1/9) and Perrera (2/28) had Western Province on the back foot from the beginning, and when Ardley (2/40) chipped in with two wickets Western Province was realing at 6-87. Western Province were never able to recover, and although Schofield provided some late resistance with 46*(48) the total of 149 was never going to be enough.
Guyana chased the total down in the 27th over, with Francis remaining unbeaten on 69 (76) and Jenkins 34 (42), Ardley was the man out with 40 (39).
Guyana came into the final round, needing a big win and for Northern Districts to beat Somerset. Guyana did their part with an easy nine wicket win over their opponents, however the pathetic Northern Districts side did not even submit a side, and although they lost their match, Guyana manager Kyle Wright was ropapable about Northern Districts non-submission.
"Are we playing in a professional league, or are we just playing Saturday afternoon cricket? You have to wonder with some of the attitude's of the managers around the World Club Cricket circle.
"However, that is all out of our hands, and when it comes down to it, we weren't a good enough team throughout the season to be ina position of promotion, so we got what we deserved." Mr. Wright said.
Guyana captain Martin Love described the season as a disapointing one, saying that Guyana were probably the most disapointing team of the season in any division.
"So much was expected of us for this season, and we got off to an amazing start, but we let the foot off the pedal a little, and let teams in when we should of hammered them. While it is nice to finish the one day season with a win, we really let ourselves down. It will be a positive for the side for next season, in that these guys are young and they should learn from this. Our goal for next year will be for promotion." Love said.
The final game of the season saw Guyana winning the toss and sending Western Province in on a wicket that offered some early assistance to the bowlers, and the Guyana bowlers took full advantage, a blistering opening spell from Lawson (1/9) and Perrera (2/28) had Western Province on the back foot from the beginning, and when Ardley (2/40) chipped in with two wickets Western Province was realing at 6-87. Western Province were never able to recover, and although Schofield provided some late resistance with 46*(48) the total of 149 was never going to be enough.
Guyana chased the total down in the 27th over, with Francis remaining unbeaten on 69 (76) and Jenkins 34 (42), Ardley was the man out with 40 (39).
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Slats4ever
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happy to finish last as my draft pick will be better
Mr Mxyzptlk
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That's horrible management. I move that Ian be sacked.Slats4ever said:
Somerset complete comeback, win playoff opportunity
Somerset Cricket Club has capped off a marvellous mid-season fightback to give itself a chance for a playoff against Tasmania, with a strong win over Northern Districts.
At one stage sitting 4th, and a long way behing Glamorgan and Guyana, Somerset finished in 2nd place, only 2 points behind the winners in Glamorgan.
It was a happy day for Somerset, the only very minor down point being that the only major run scorer was Rayadu, who is moving clubs...he made 95* to further increase his OD average in what has been an outstanding season for him.
After the match, the Coach Kerridge was available for comment. "I'm happy. Great stuff. Really good. Couldn't be better. To be honest, this couldn't come at a better time...just when things were looking kinda annoying what with last weeks loss to ACT and all, good thing is both playoffs will probably be againt (laughter, assorted noises) Tasmania, so im happy. Basically, it's the same thing as winning the division."
Somerset Cricket Club has capped off a marvellous mid-season fightback to give itself a chance for a playoff against Tasmania, with a strong win over Northern Districts.
At one stage sitting 4th, and a long way behing Glamorgan and Guyana, Somerset finished in 2nd place, only 2 points behind the winners in Glamorgan.
It was a happy day for Somerset, the only very minor down point being that the only major run scorer was Rayadu, who is moving clubs...he made 95* to further increase his OD average in what has been an outstanding season for him.
After the match, the Coach Kerridge was available for comment. "I'm happy. Great stuff. Really good. Couldn't be better. To be honest, this couldn't come at a better time...just when things were looking kinda annoying what with last weeks loss to ACT and all, good thing is both playoffs will probably be againt (laughter, assorted noises) Tasmania, so im happy. Basically, it's the same thing as winning the division."
Slats4ever
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yeah good call mate! considering i have only lost one four day game in my last 20 encountersMr Mxyzptlk said:
