Commentary Thread

[FreddieFan]

Uh oh. Shipp in. Only 25 runs from victory, they can't falter from here...can they...no, no they can't...hopefully

I doubt they will, nice to give you a scare though. What have you got after these 2?

All over, ah well. Good game.

Didn't bat well enough and didn't bowl well enough, simply. Really need to work on my bowling attack, my 2 trainee's for next season will both be bowlers.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

After those two, Butcher (Century vs. Sid), and then the tail. Andrews a feeble bat, Rheams an abysmal with high concentration, then two worthlesses.

And that's the end of the match. TT Lions won by 6 wickets.
Old Wulfs 236-10
TT Lions 237-4

Good game, but nice to have revenge over the fluke burst of otto and the one man show Gilroy. Noticed you worked best chasing, hence my decision to field. Came off quite nicely...
They were in a hurry to wrap it up though. After Rudi fell, they whacked the 25 runs off 16 balls, with 3 boundaries to Crouch and one to Shipp. Not bad.
I think the best thing about this though was my openers. They normally have the terrible habit of both falling within the first 10, one usually falling in the first 3. But this time to put up a 72 run partnership in only 93 balls, a good pace too. And it was another 30 runs till Whing fell, good stuff.
Ratings:

[B]Reporter's Summary[/B] 
 [B]Old Wulfs TT Lions[/B] 
[B]Top Order:[/B] respectable mediocre 
[B]Middle Order:[/B] mediocre mediocre 
[B]Lower Order:[/B] abysmal abysmal 
[B]Seam Bowling:[/B] mediocre respectable 
[B]Spin Bowling:[/B] feeble respectable 
[B]Fielding:[/B] feeble feeble 
 
MOTM: Rudi

Quite happy. Bowling was far superior, despite batting being lower. No suprise on the MOTM, 10-1-50-5 and 73 off 71 with 6 fours and a six. Gally pitching in with a fantastic 51 off 48 balls, 6 fours and two sixes. Brilliant for a defensive batsman! Whing an Cox with a good opening partnership, nice allround performance.
But the first innings had just four individual performances. Tuckett and Rudi taking 5 apiece (Folkes next best with 0/40), and Gilroy with 109, Mason 93 (Next highest was Fieldwicks 10*!)
Out of curiousity, no Jarret? The star of your first win over me??

 

[FreddieFan]

Out of curiousity, no Jarret? The star of your first win over me??

Nope, his bowling just isn't good enough, dropped for Stone whose superior in batting and bowling.

Morale probably didn't help me today, I'm stuck on despairing thanks to my tough English IV league.

 

[Briggsey]

Nice Zorax, that win strengthens my lead at the top and with a game in hand! But im still to play both of you yet!

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Our last match was so close, match of the tourny infact, hopefully this one will swing towards me...

if i get them out for less than 250 id say i was favourites goign into my innings, experimented by putting dlomo at the death, i was reluctant to play a spinner there but it seems to have paid off

Spinners rock at the death. Look at Tuckett. Always get 3+ wickets in the final 10.
And Adarsh, did you lose?

Adarsh lost to Umer's XI!!!
By 6 wickets with 4.5 overs left!!
Ouch!
Ratings:

 [B]Umer's XI Cricket Geniuses[/B] 
[B]Top Order:[/B] mediocre proficient 
[B]Middle Order:[/B] feeble feeble 
[B]Lower Order:[/B] worthless abysmal 
[B]Seam Bowling:[/B] competent respectable 
[B]Spin Bowling:[/B] mediocre useless 
[B]Fielding:[/B] woeful feeble

Harsh loss that! But a feeble in middle order for the Geniuses! Even FF and I managed Mediocres! But he outdid him in everything else, bar spin cause he didn't carry a spinner!
Shock horror!!

 

[ste_mc_efc]

Im positive that Everton are not going to make it..

i knew it at that stage aswell, took it close in the end, and i was right, i would have chased 250


top order let me down a bit


pleased with cox and oakley, both only respectable bat, when a strong, super and proficient all got less

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Wanted to bat first, but lost the toss. Ah well...

End of Over 4: 7-2, runrate=1.75
Crouch 2-1-2-1
Cox* 2 (8 balls)
Cooksey 0 (7 balls)

Last Wicket: Oddy c. Rheams b. Rudi 0 (FOW: 0/2)

Rudi 5-1-6-5
Crouch 5-3-6-1
Andrews 2-0-4-1
Folkes 3-1-4-2

End of Over 15: 24-9, runrate=1.60
Folkes 3-1-4-2
Hulse* 0 (0 balls)
St. hubbins 0 (0 balls)

Last Wicket: Bolla c. Crouch b. Folkes 0 (FOW: 24/9)

Beh, atleast it'll be done nice and quick.

15.5 W Andrews to Hulse
Caught out by the flipper! He was expecting some turn but it went straight on and trapped him on the back foot. Plumb lbw.

I need 25 to win.
I need better opponents...

 

[FreddieFan]

Amazing day for me! Match I should lose is currently at:

End of Over 42: 231-6, runrate=5.50, reqrunrate=8.75 (300-7)
Stone 9-0-50-1
Tolley* 19 (35 balls)
Firth 12 (11 balls)

My 300-7 was mainly thanks to Stiles, who hit his maiden century - a brilliant 152 off just 136 balls, amazing innings, backed up by Basson with 75. My next genaration are coming of age.

I'd also set him to bowl after his pop to respectable, just hoping that he'd give me a chance in a match I wasn't expecting to win. He took 2-47, which after that innings was a fantastic performance.

I also accidently also set Wayne Purso to bowl, who's an old batsman of mine I brought in for Griffin as Stiles is bowling instead of Griffin. Unfortunately I messed up the orders and Purse bowled, but 10- overs for 58 with 1 wicket is not bad at all in a English IV for an Abysmal bowler! His wicke was a batter with BTR 14,000 and a wage a ?3500. He bowled him for 105!

 

[ZoraxDoom]

I wouldn't be too happy yet. they could still pull a win out...

 

[FreddieFan]

End of Over 47: 258-7, runrate=5.49, reqrunrate=14.33 (300-7)
Fieldwick 9-0-45-0
Parlour* 6 (10 balls)
Firth 29 (26 balls)

Sure?

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Sure?

You never know...remember what happened between Adarsh and me? I was in no position to win, but fluked it out, with Dennis taking a huge over worth 16 runs in the alst 5...

 

[FreddieFan]

It's now 25 required off 3 balls. I'm not worried.

What did you think of Stiles's knock?

 

[ZoraxDoom]

A rather Remarkable fluke But really, seems sensational. I think your opposition must have been stunned that Stiles was having a good day...
I need 2 to win...oh boy...the tension...it's killing me...*yawn*

And that's the end of the match. TT Lions won by 10 wickets.
ketchy shuby 24-10
TT Lions 26-0

And the last few runs needed didn't even come off the bat...

4.6 lb2 Hulse to Crouch
The ball comes off the pads for two leg byes.

I found that silly. Why run two when you need one to win? Perhaps it was a victory lap

It's now 25 required off 3 balls. I'm not worried.

Did you win?

 

[embi]

An easy win for me. I wanted to bat first on an uneven pitch, so we might actually have a game, but they batted first and scored 95, MOTM Ifill my spinner taking his first 5 wicket haul with a crushing 6/8 at nearly a wicket an over.

I don't know why, but I was PAN against a team I really should have TIE. Oh well. This season is in the bag anyway, I'm in 2nd with no chance of 1st.

Oh yes, my innings. Wasn't much to talk about really, Kekeletso hitting the third 50 of the season (and his career).
Lungile also impressed at No 1 with 43 off 42. Well, he'd have really got some stick for getting out!
He is having a decent season, 8 innings, nearly 500 runs, 3 50s and 2 centuries. Thanks to 4 not outs he averages 125...

 

[Bilal91]

i won my match nice 'n' easy as well making just over 300 with Lucas getting a big 100 and the other three batsman getting their 50s...bowled them out just over a 100 with Spector taking 5 and Zakaudin 4...