Legends At Battle XI | And the champions are...

[Fenil]

"We came, we played and we got what we deserved right from season 1"

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I'm glad that the Englishmen do know that they have got what they deserved. Now, its time for us to get what we deserve!​

 

[sos]

yes, let the best and deserving team win the finals.

 

[sos]

I'm glad that the Englishmen do know that they have got what they deserved. Now, its time for us to get what we deserve!​

not sure what you are talking about.

 

[Fenil]

Donald Bradman

William Ponsford

Victor Trumper Sr.

Clement Hill

Ricky Ponting

Warwick Armstrong

Adam Gilchrist

Charlie Turner

Frederick Spofforth

William Reilly

Dennis Lillee

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[Sulaiman7]

Most leagues here have suffixes like 'Premier League' or 'Championship' etc so I wanted to try something different and 'At Battle' came to my mind.

No I meant "And the team to face Australia in the final is ......." was soo intresting , when I saw that I eagerly waited the page to open .

 

[VC the slogger]

THE FINAL

at Melbourne Cricket Ground(MCG), Melbourne

Pitch Condition: Normal

Toss: England won the toss and chose to bat

ENGLAND 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Len Hutton                         b. O'Reilly     28    37    6    0   75.7%
Wally Hammond       c. Gilchrist  b. Lillee       47    76    9    0   61.8%
Herbert Sutcliffe              c & b. Spofforth    63    64   13    0   98.4%
WG Grace[B]*[/B]                          b. Lillee       19    29    4    0   65.5%
Ian Botham          c. Ponting     b. Turner       15    66    2    0   22.7%
Les Ames[B][/B]           c. Lillee      b. Armstrong    91   146   19    1   62.3%
Andrew Flintoff     c. Turner      b. Lillee       15    32    2    0   46.9%
Hedley Verity                      b. Spofforth    25    60    5    0   41.7%
Jim Laker                      c & b. Spofforth     0     3    0    0    0.0%
Fred Trueman        c. Hill        b. O'Reilly      4    17    0    0   23.5%
Sydney Barnes       not out                        16    33    3    0   48.5%
 
 Total:  333/10       Overs:  93.4         Run Rate:  3.56     Extras:  10 
   
                             Day 2  10:17 AM
   
  
                                     -X-
 
ENGLAND Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
L Hutton      W Hammond                    61 (73)
Sutcliffe     W Hammond                         49 (80)
Sutcliffe     W Grace                           49 (42)
I Botham      W Grace                                               5 (28)
I Botham      L Ames                            49 (103)
A Flintoff    L Ames                                     29 (53)
H Verity      L Ames                   69 (128)
J Laker       L Ames                                                  0 (3)
F Trueman     L Ames                                                  0 (2)
F Trueman     S Barnes                                      22 (50)


     Fall of Wickets    61/1      110/2     159/3     164/4     213/5
                        242/6     311/7     311/8     311/9     333/10    

 Total:  333/10      Overs:  93.4          Run Rate:  3.56    Extras:  10   
  
                                     -X-

AUSTRALIA Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Frederick Spofforth  19.0      3      54      3      2.84     1      1 
Charlie Turner       19.0      5      78      1      4.11     0      2 
Dennis Lillee        20.0      5      67      3      3.35     0      1 
Warwick Armstrong    17.0      4      56      1      3.29     0      2 
Bill O'Reilly        18.4      4      76      2      4.07     0      1 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 1      No Balls: 7      Leg Byes: 2      Byes: 0 

 Total:  333/10       Overs:  93.4         Run Rate:  3.56    Extras:  10   
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WG Grace called right winning the toss and had no hesitation in electing to bat first.

The openers Len Hutton and Wally Hammond gave England a brisk start scoring 61 in 12.1 overs.

Bill O'Reilly got the first breakthrough for Australia when Hutton edged on to his stumps off an attempted cut shot.

Herbert Sutcliffe joined Hammond who was then batting well on 32.

Sutcliffe started off from where he left in the previous match against South Africa and scored an near a run-a-ball. He and Hammond who gradually slowed his scoring rate put up 49 runs for the 2nd wicket.
Hammond whilst batting on 47 nearing a half-century nicked an outswinging delivery from Dennis Lillee straight to the keeper.

In walked English captain WG Grace.

He was greeted first ball with a vicious delivery from Lillee which went through his long beard to the keeper. Annoyed, the smashed the next ball for four with a lofted drive that nearly took out a stunned Lillee. Sutcliffe was also scoring boundaries at will and brought up his half-century in the last over before lunch off 54 deliveries. He added another 13 to his total before he was deceived by a slower ball from Fred Spofforth which took the leaning edge off his bat and presented Spofforth with a skier.
The new batsman Ian Botham struggled against top quality swing bowling by Spofforth and Turner and was hit on the helmet once by Lillee.

Grace was soon clean bowled by Lillee when he played across the line to an inswinging full length ball.
The keeper-batsman Les Ames arrived at the crease and showed how confident he was by hitting Lillee for six the very first ball he faced clearing the long-on boundary and presenting one of the Barmy Army with a crowd catch.
He kept scoring runs at a good rate while his partner Botham looked completely out of touch prodding, swinging and missing.

The pair added 49 runs taking the England total past 200.
Botham's struggle finally ended when he loosely drove at a widish delivery which caught the outside edge and went into the safe hands of Ricky Ponting at second slip as England lost half their side and were in a brittle position at 213 for 5.

Andrew Flintoff and the well set Ames were at the wicket but their partnership didn't last very long.
Lillee bowled a slower bouncer to Flintoff who was batting on 15 causing the latter to play a mistimed hook which presented deep square leg fielder Charlie Turner with a sitter.

Now England were 6 down for 242 with Hedley Verity, a capable batsman coming in at no 8. Ames and Verity played each ball on its merit and as their partnership progressed, Ames brought up 50 and later the England total crossed 300. With the score on 311, Bradman brought Spofforth back into the attack and he straightaway removed Verity for 25 ending a crucial 69-run partnership for the 7the wicket. Just three balls Laker played a loose straight drive only for it to be pouched by the bowler himself. He was gone without troubling the scorers. Second ball of the next over, Ames was gone too as his lofted late cut went straight down the third man fielder Lillee's throat ending a good innings of 91 by the wicket-keeper batsman.

Now England were in disarray having lost 3 wickets for no run slumping from 311/6 to 311/9 with the last pair of Fred Trueman and Sydney Barnes at the crease. They survived 4 overs as it reached stumps on Day 1. The next day Barnes started hitting some boundaries and entertaining the crowd but the England innings soon came to a close when Trueman was caught in the bat-pad region as O'Reilly grabbed his second. England finished with a good first innings total of 333.

Australia 1st Inns to be posted in a while.​

 

[sos]

hmm. I think it gonna be close.

 

[Fenil]

Les Ames helped the Poms' total swell otherwise, it was a very good bowling performance by us thus far. I hope our batters give a strong reply. 333 is not at all a bad score and can be pretty dicey chasing that in the first innings. Over to the batters now.

 

[Sulaiman7]

England caan bowl well but Bradman should be on the top of the match.

 

[Dipak]

Am I the only one rooting for Eng!

 

[Sulaiman7]

Am I the only one rooting for Eng!

BarmyArmy.

 

[Umair7]

Enjoyed The First Day I Was At The Stadium When Aussies Innings Will Start I Will Go To The Stadium Again Day 2 Here I Come,I Know Day 2 Already Started

 

[Andrin Issac]

who will be the winner ???

 

[Sulaiman7]

who will be the winner ???

The best .

 

[sos]

Enjoyed The First Day I Was At The Stadium When Aussies Innings Will Start I Will Go To The Stadium Again Day 2 Here I Come,I Know Day 2 Already Started

I was in the pavillion with those legends and right now I am in hotel with them right in WG's room and we are discussing ppans to make the kangaroos jump away fromthe game.