Story Briggs Bullets...Moving On Up! (Battrick)

Review Of The Match

31/03/2006
League Game Eleven
Briggs XI v Postwar's @ The Briggs Dome
Postwar's Won The Toss And Elected To Field
Briggs XI 341/1
Ali 167*
Mohamed 1/64
Postwar's 195 (42)
Creasey 46
Browne 4/58
Briggs XI Won By 146 Runs


Scorecard


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Briggs XI took a foot closer to promotion with a 146 run victory over Postwar's at The Briggs Dome earlier today. On a bright and sunny day at The Dome, Postwar's captain Tim Stone won the toss and suprisingly put the home side in on a cracking pitch. Ainsworth and Ali needed no invitation and played their shots right from the get go, something the home crowd have now become accustomed too with these two at the crease. The two put on their second stand of over 300 and both reached centuries in fine style. Ainsworth was first to reach 3 figures, his 7th century of the season, and not long after, captain Nalin Ali brought up his 2nd century of the season, another fine knock from the 17 year old with a bright future. However, Brian Mohamed removed Derek Ainworth towards the end of the innings as the big hitter went for a massive shot into cow corner but only found the hands of Shaun Swailes on the boundary. Briggs XI finished their innings on 341 for the loss of only 1 wickets, and when Postwar's came out to bat, the result seemed obvious with the 2nd ball dismissal of dangerman Liam Holt. Dan Browne proved to be a real match winner though, picking up 4 wickets from his 10 over spell and if not for a last wicket stand of 41, Postwar's could have been looking down the barrell of a huge defeat, but none the less, still a comfortable victory for Briggs XI.

Man Of The Match

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Managers View

"That was a great performance from the lads, I couldnt have asked for more from them, they were really up for it beforehand and showed that out on the field. Derek and Nalin batted superbly again to set us up, and then Dan picked up a super 4 for, which didnt suprise me in the least, he has been bowling brilliantly recently and deserved his rewards. This sets us up nicely for Sunday now, and I have no concerns, if we play like we did today on Sunday, we should be well on our way to the Semis."


Table

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ZoraxDoom said:
I want to see the match between you and the gloucesters gipsies...
Check out the first meeting at their ground! It was a cracker! Got his best batsman out first ball and won by 7 runs!

Match ID is 224588
 
absolutely fab Briggs this side of yours really rocks mate! keep it up and beat them all, me and my Java Kings will just sit on the side lines while you do so
 
Time to pick this back up I think!! If any mod reads this, could they possibly change the title of the story to 'Briggs Bullets.....Moving On Up!'

I'll post an updated squad list in due course!
 
Just had a read through and this looks class can't wait til it's back :D
 
Briggs Bullets
Season 6
League: V.216
Current Position: 5th


Welcome to the new look Briggs Bullets! The team has changed greatly since the days of the old 'Briggs XI' with only 2 or 3 members of that squad still in the one today. So without further delay, lets take a look at the current squad and their stats for the current season.

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Age: 17
Nationailty: Indian
Left Medium Bowler
Stats: No Games Played This Season
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Age: 27
Nationailty: English
Left Handed Batsman
Stats
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Age: 20
Nationailty: Indian
Right Handed Batsman
Right Medium Bowler
Stats
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Age: 19
Nationailty: Indian
Right Handed Batsman
Stats: No Games Played This Season
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Age: 20
Nationailty: English
Right Handed Batsman
Wicket-Keeper
Stats
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Age: 19
Nationailty: West Indian
Right Hand Spin Bowler
Stats
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Age: 22
Nationailty: West Indian
Left Handed Batsman
Left Fast Bowler
Stats
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Age: 22
Nationailty: South African
Left Fast Bowler
Stats
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Age: 26
Nationailty: Pakistani
Right Handed Batsman
Stats: No Games Played This Season
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Age: 20
Nationailty: English
Right Handed Batsman
Stats
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Age: 17
Nationailty: English
Right Handed Batsman
Wicket Keeper
Stats
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Age: 19
Nationailty: Indian
Right Handed Batsman
Stats
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Age: 22
Nationailty: Australian
Right Handed Batsman
Right Hand Spin Bowler
Stats
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Age: 31
Nationailty: English
Left Hand Spin Bowler
Stats
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Age: 18
Nationailty: Pakistani
Right Handed Batsman
Stats
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Age: 18
Nationailty: English
Left Medium Bowler
Stats
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Managers View
'They are a good set of lads, its taken a while for them all to gel together but it finally looks to have happened. Yesterday's victory over barbarian buses showed how far we have come. The fans have just got to be patient with us, they know we are going through a transational period of re-building but i think now ive got the squad set nicely for a good couple of seasons.'
 
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Good looking team here Briggsey, presentation is nice again!
 
Preperations For Tomorrow

25/02/2007
Briggs Bullets v HuntingTigers@ The Bullets Dome
Start Time: 10:30am


Pre-Match Notes: HuntingTigers make the trip all the way over from India to the Bullets Dome for a friendly game. With the Tigers a farely fresh outfit, they will be looking for some much valuable experience from this game, while the Bullets can use it as an excuse to try out some of the lesser or fringe players in the squad. The Tigers are sitting pretty in their league back in India and new manager Suren has really turned their fortunes around since taking over, but a trip to the Dome is never easy, and the Bullets will certinally be looking for their fringe players to fire.

Judging on my last friendly match and HuntingTigers last match, and depending on the teams for tomorrow, the summary would be as follows:

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                [B]Briggs Bullets[/B]            [B]HuntingTigers[/B]
Top Order:      respectable               feeble
Middle Order:   mediocre                  woeful
Lower Order:    worthless         [B]V[/B]       abysmal
Seam Bowling:   competent                 woeful
Spin Bowling:   respectable               woeful
Fielding:       woeful                    feeble
The Tigers will certinally be up against it if these ratings are anything to go by. Despite the Bullets squad mainly containing fringe players, it is still a strong outfit, and the Tigers will have to perform admirably to come away with a shock result tomorrow.

Briggs XI Lineup to face HuntingTigers tomorrow (from):
1.N.Ali(c), 2.Midworth(wk), 3.S.Ali, 4.Pickford, 5.Jepson, 6.Stamp, 7.Iftikhar, 8.Ahmed, 9.Gillman, 10.Rankin, 11.Storer


Briggs' View
"The ratings say nothing, we wont be taking this game for granted, we all know that shocks happen and at the end of the day its 11 men vs 11 men, there are no god type players out there, so we will be looking to play hard and give it our all, as im sure Suren will be telling his players too. Its a friendly though, and I do hope both teams have a good game."
 
FreddieFan said:
16 players, just 6 of them English?
They dont call us the Arsenal of cricket for no reason :p

I do have 2 other players, Stamp and Rowson, who I have not included in the squad list, both of whom are English.
 

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