T20 Championship in Ashes 2009 |WARM-UP Schedule posted [HAVE A LOOK]

Name : Suneel
Gamerstag ID : yamaha19
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When will be available :4 Am to 8 Am
Your team : Australia

suneelraj added 3 Minutes and 2 Seconds later...

Hey,

I have transferred 20000 to your ID.


Hey Suneelraj u can find me on MSN here: [email protected]

I on most of the day & night, even if I aint online leave a msg I will get back to you :)

what a game Bang vs Aussies lol this will be fun I hope

btw I am AEST time 10hr+
 
Warm-up matches started

RULES
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1) Don't download anything while playing the tournament game.
2) No Custom fielding.
3) if connection lost please post a screenshot so that the opponent knows its not your fault.
4) Post screens of the match stats if possible a small story of what happened in the game.
5) At last remember it just a game we are here to enjoy it. no hard feelings.

Let the Game Begins.
 
my id is john2020. My team is bangladesh. I am from usa. Available 5-9 PM EDT
 
Won my match against MuchMore. Will post details about the match hopefully later!
 
Zimbabwe 'scoop' thriller from under The Proteas!

On a cool Autumn night in Kolkata, two teams from the African continent gathered to play a match leading up to the championship tournament. Heath Streak, making a comeback, won the toss and chose to bowl first against a formidable batting line-up, made to look even more so because of the unbeaten 35-0 steak of the Proteas under coach MuchMore. Streak being quietly confident of his ragtag group of bowlers to keep them in check decided to open the bowling with E.Redmond & Mohaire (No idea of their real names!).

Streak soon found out why the South African juggernaut is undefeated as Smith and Amla (?) flailed the bowlers to all parts of the ground, despite the two early wickets by the opening bowlers. The score stood at 71/2 in 7 overs with the spinner's first over going for 10 runs, the South Africans were destined to make a daunting total.

Streak turned to his fastest bowler (Andy Blignaut) for help and sure enough Andy brought in some control and got an edge or two from the batsmen, although none of them carried. Then came the captain's moment of inspiration, he brought back Mohaire who struck twice in his 3rd over, going for only one run. A run-out ensued on the last ball of the over, making it 86/5 in 9, suddenly the Zimbabweans were back from the dead!

Price was brought back and although he went for 10 odd runs, he took another wicket to dent SA's chances further. The captain, understanding the task brought himself on and managed to take another wicket, making the scoreline 105/7 in 12 overs. However there was fight in the Proteas, AB was still standing. Slowly but surely they clawed back into the game, stroking Streak and the others for singles and doubles, AB shepherding the tail, wonderfully. Streak in his last over managed two wickets (or was one a runout?) to leave the Proteas at 159/9 in 19 overs with AB off-strike and Blignaut to bowl the last when lo and behold, the heavens opened up and rain poured forth (err...game crashed), delaying the match.

Play was resumed later and it was decided that the minnows would be chasing 160 in 19 overs, no easy feat against Steyn and company. Streak decided to lead from the fornt and open the batting with himself. This turned out to be a foolhardy move as Kallis, bowling the second over made quick work of him, getting him to drive on the up in the covers. Soon 6/1 turned to 6/2 as Price, sent in as a pitch-hitter, slogged it straight to mid-off. Smith sensing an inability on the Zimbabwean's part to play the medium pacers, held Steyn and brought in Albie Morkel who, along with Klimvolt (not his real name) reduced the opposition to 30/6 in 4 overs with Andy Blignaut and Mesukenyari (???) started their crawl towards the total and managed to take their team to 51/6 in 7 overs when the spinner was brought on. As he was about to bowl, theground was enveloped in darkness and the game had to be delayed yet again (I had a power outage, we restarted the game and I let him take 6 wickets in 7 overs whilst he let me score 54).

Play resumed with the spinner bowling the 7th over, when Blignaut, on 30 odd, decided to go berserk. Hoicks over fine leg took the total to 66 after 3 balls, when Smith moved the square leg fielder to fine leg, after which Blignaut proceeded to whack Paul Harris towards square leg for half a dozen and then some more! Momentum was clearly back with the Zimbabwaen's as Blignaut and Menyuskari annihilated Harris to seize control.All that was needed was a calm head to guide the run-chase...but alas lack of international cricket lead to nerves getting the better of Blignaut as he was cleverly deceived by a Kallisbouncer hitting it straight to short-midwicket, an over later Klimvolt tried the same ball to similar effect leaving the opposition at 105/8. The keeper,Mufizwan,walked in and immediately got off the mark with a single. A cautious approach took the team to 120/9 with 7 overs remaining, when Masaketza had a rush of blood and he tried for a slog, managing to sky the ball up in the air to the captain himself. With 40 runs needed in less than 7 overs, surely the game was finished...or so we thought.

Mufizwan and Ebraham decided to forgo every other shot in favour of the scoop to fine leg and it worked to good effect. Smith kep on changing the field, alternating between geting the fine leg fielder squarer and finer, forward and back but it seemed to have no effect as Ebraham skillfully kept tapping it to that region all the while managing to keep most of the strike. The winning shot finally came at the end of the 18th over as the minnows beat the world's best team with a wicket and an over to spare to end coach MuchMore's run of 35 undefeated games to an end.

Man of the match: Andy Blignaut
Lag: yes, but not enough to make the game unplayable
Blunder: Both teams forgot no custom field rule!
 

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When will the tournament start?
Will it be knockout?
 
As soon as the warm up matches finishe dthe tournament will start mate.


What is your opinion Knockout aor full schedule where every one plays with everyone.
 
As soon as the warm up matches finishe dthe tournament will start mate.


What is your opinion Knockout aor full schedule where every one plays with everyone.

Knockout would be shorter and in my opinion more feasible but there's a lot more luck to it (I'm not talking about the inherent luck that is present in a knockout tournament). I say that because there are so many variablies that can affect one innings that might not affect the other such as lag or lik the game I had with muchmore where basically we played in three bursts (we tried to keep he conditions as equal as possible but still differences can occur).

A round-robin tournament would be too long in my opinion and not all members might be able to play against each other so why not two groups of 5 each with the top two teams going into the semis? The groups can be based on those that can all play each other in the same group.

Of the players who've signed up, I can definitely play with muchmore, suneelraj and fayou. I can't play anvesh (what'll happen if we both qualify for the semis or something?). I think I can play MS Dhoni, but it'll be a laggy game (I don't mind that, not sure about him). Not sure about the others.
 
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To all the players - I wish you a very good luck...

suneelraj added 11 Minutes and 39 Seconds later...

I wish you a very good luck to all the players - have fun...
 
To all the players - I wish you a very good luck...

suneelraj added 11 Minutes and 39 Seconds later...

I wish you a very good luck to all the players - have fun...

I can play over the weekend ? let me know or contact me on MSN :)

yes GL to all
 
Knockout would be shorter and in my opinion more feasible but there's a lot more luck to it (I'm not talking about the inherent luck that is present in a knockout tournament). I say that because there are so many variablies that can affect one innings that might not affect the other such as lag or lik the game I had with muchmore where basically we played in three bursts (we tried to keep he conditions as equal as possible but still differences can occur).

A round-robin tournament would be too long in my opinion and not all members might be able to play against each other so why not two groups of 5 each with the top two teams going into the semis? The groups can be based on those that can all play each other in the same group.

Of the players who've signed up, I can definitely play with muchmore, suneelraj and fayou. I can't play anvesh (what'll happen if we both qualify for the semis or something?). I think I can play MS Dhoni, but it'll be a laggy game (I don't mind that, not sure about him). Not sure about the others.

I'll also go with group matched which is neutral

I tried to play Anvesh for past two days for our first warmup match but could'nt connect. I did'nt had this problem with anyone else. as he was using a wireless connection I requested him to use a wired line so we can try today. If this does'nt work maybe I'll play you to verify my connection.
 
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@Dabi : Now I know, what 'Championship match' you were talking about. :p

Glad I checked this thread today. :p And even more so that it was just a warm-up otherwise I was out of a competition without even realizing it. Lol :laugh

Also, it will be better idea if appu you can PM people about any updates atleast when you come back after such a long time. :p

Regarding the tournament length, I would rather if we get to play more competitive matches, doesn't matter what point system it is. But, knock out doesn't really sound good.
 
I think there should be group format. Every team should be divided into two groups and then they have to win matches to collect points and net nnr. Just like IPL.
 

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