Commentary Thread

[aussie1st]

LMAO
My bowling lineup some how got stuffed with, some reason Shorey and my spinner Roberts are opening. Should have been Sam and Pollard but hey I'm not complaining when they are doing this.

1.4 	W	Shorey to Donaghey
 	 	[COLOR=Red]OUT! Shorey strikes with one that lands on off, right on the seam, and draws the thin edge through to Masibulele. Shorey looks like the cat who's got the cream.[/COLOR]

4.1 	W	Roberts to Bentham
 	 	[COLOR=Red]Stick a fork in Bentham - he's done! Clean bowled![/COLOR]

End of Over 5: 24-2, runrate=4.80
Roberts 3-0-19-1
Louis* 15 (11 balls)
Dirkin 3 (4 balls)
Last Wicket: Bentham b. Roberts 5 (FOW: 20/2)

Also Donaghey has a BT rating of 18,000 and Bentham over 40,000!

 

[Brett_Lee]

Your happy as aussie and great work by your team

Anyway my runrate has suddnely dropped due to tight bowlesr coming in. It was up to 5.8 rpo now down to 5.0 am yet to lose a wkt

End of Over 16: 80-0, runrate=5.00
Gardner 3-0-8-0
Hanson* 43 (48 balls)
Ashdown 34 (49 balls)

 

[aussie1st]

It has been truely a good Friday for my team so far But I'm sure my batters won't be able to handle his bowlers

Sam again picking up wickets even being the 2nd change bowler, Ryan also has a wicket going great so far

16.1 	W	Sam to Dirkin
 	 	[COLOR=Red]Masibulele standing up to the wicket has paid off, Dirkin tried to hit Sam back over his head for six but missed the ball, Masibulele didn't hesitate to whip off the bails![/COLOR]

17.4 	W	Ryan to Candlish
 	 	[COLOR=Red]Somebody call a carpenter, the stumps have been obliterated![/COLOR]

 

[Brett_Lee]

End of Over 42: 175-4, runrate=4.17
Goodwin 6-0-30-0
Hutchinson* 31 (59 balls)
Staveley 32 (49 balls)

Last Wicket: Barton b. Mampe 7 (FOW: 119/4)

I lost all my batsman within a small sapce of overs. However have recovered and hopefully can score around 70-100 more runs off these last overs as they are starting to smash them around the park

 

[chimpert]

Haha syl lucky you

And Brett you shuld get another 70-80 runs

 

[Brett_Lee]

Well my last 10 overs were awesome as i made around 95 runs

At the end of 40 overs i was 163

Heres the 10 by 10

End of Over 41: 167-4, runrate=4.07
Turner 6-0-37-0
Staveley* 26 (45 balls)
Hutchinson 29 (57 balls)

Last Wicket: Barton b. Mampe 7 (FOW: 119/4)

End of Over 42: 175-4, runrate=4.17
Goodwin 6-0-30-0
Hutchinson* 31 (59 balls)
Staveley 32 (49 balls)

Last Wicket: Barton b. Mampe 7 (FOW: 119/4)

End of Over 43: 182-4, runrate=4.23
Turner 7-0-44-0
Hutchinson* 37 (64 balls)
Staveley 33 (50 balls)

Last Wicket: Barton b. Mampe 7 (FOW: 119/4)

End of Over 44: 193-4, runrate=4.39
Goodwin 7-0-41-0
Hutchinson* 39 (67 balls)
Staveley 42 (53 balls)

Last Wicket: Barton b. Mampe 7 (FOW: 119/4)

End of Over 45: 206-4, runrate=4.58
Turner 8-0-57-0
Hutchinson* 47 (71 balls)
Staveley 47 (55 balls)

Last Wicket: Barton b. Mampe 7 (FOW: 119/4)

End of Over 46: 215-4, runrate=4.67
Goodwin 8-0-50-0
Hutchinson* 50 (74 balls)
Staveley 53 (58 balls)

Last Wicket: Barton b. Mampe 7 (FOW: 119/4)

End of Over 47: 223-4, runrate=4.74
Turner 9-0-65-0
Staveley* 55 (60 balls)
Hutchinson 56 (78 balls)

Last Wicket: Barton b. Mampe 7 (FOW: 119/4)

End of Over 48: 236-4, runrate=4.92
Goodwin 9-0-63-0
Staveley* 61 (63 balls)
Hutchinson 63 (81 balls)

Last Wicket: Barton b. Mampe 7 (FOW: 119/4)

End of Over 49: 247-4, runrate=5.04
Turner 10-0-76-0
Staveley* 67 (66 balls)
Hutchinson 68 (84 balls)

Last Wicket: Barton b. Mampe 7 (FOW: 119/4)

End of Over 50: 258-5, runrate=5.16
Goodwin 10-0-74-1
Staveley* 69 (68 balls)
Nicholls 9 (3 balls)

Last Wicket: Hutchinson c. Brooker b. Goodwin 68 (FOW: 248/5)

I dont know about defending it though. Its a hard and fast pitch and their batsman are very good. But i have a new and improved bowling lineup so we'll have to see!

 

[borncricketer]

Well done Brett_lee, hope ur improved bowling can help u

Won the toss decided to bat first on GFI... one of the 3 important games...

End of Over 2: 17-0, runrate=8.50
Moodley 1-0-11-0
Abdul kadir* 3 (3 balls)
Karthikeyan 14 (9 balls)

Opening with Karthikeyan and Abdul Kadir so that they can put up a big total and then the bowlers should be able to restrict the other team to less then 100..thats the plan lets see how it goes

 

[Brett_Lee]

Well the improved bowling doesnt seem to be doing much. Maybe i shoulda GFI. But this team has won in our league so many times and they are pretty hard.

End of Over 14: 101-1, runrate=7.21, reqrunrate=4.39 (258-5)
Shaka 2-0-18-0
Turley* 33 (27 balls)
Mcleod 47 (37 balls)

Last Wicket: Poke c. Roets b. Hutchinson 19 (FOW: 27/1)

 

[borncricketer]

lol you are getting killed there mate, you need some good luck to win this game

End of Over 11: 69-0, runrate=6.27
Chadwick 1-0-3-0
Karthikeyan* 41 (29 balls)
Abdul kadir 27 (37 balls

Real mixed start, Karthikeyan attacking where as Abdul kadir taking his time

11.1 4 Haishen to Karthikeyan
Lovely, flowing cover drive. Karthikeyan holds the pose for the cameras.
11.2 4 Haishen to Karthikeyan
Driven through the covers for four runs.

And here is his 50 off 32 balls :happy :happy

11.3 1 Haishen to Karthikeyan
On the back foot, pushed to the ground, point runs in to field.
And that's his fifty! Well played

12.5 4 Chadwick to Abdul kadir
That pie has been dispatched to the boundary

After 4 dot balls he gets a 4
Noo i expected him to stay in with Karthikeyan and give us a big score, oh well its all up till Mckenzie

12.6 W Chadwick to Abdul kadir
Abdul kadir thought he had gotten lucky with that only for the diving Singh lali to scoop it up single handedly. What a fabulous catch! Singh lali is getting a huge pat on the back from Chadwick for that one!

 

[kuttakumar]

Opposition dismissed for 42.We are now batting.

End of Over 3: 8-0, runrate=2.67, reqrunrate=0.74 (42-10) 
Haishen 2-1-3-0 
Hitish* 5 (10 balls) 
Bhutia 1 (9 balls

23 to win....

End of Over 4: 20-0, runrate=5.00, reqrunrate=0.50 (42-10) 
Singh 2-0-17-0 
Hitish* 12 (15 balls)

14 more needed....

End of Over 5: 29-0, runrate=5.80, reqrunrate=0.31 (42-10) 
Haishen 3-1-12-0 
Hitish* 21 (21 balls) 
Bhutia 5 (11 balls)

Not getting a 10 wicket victory.Thats a shame.

.1 W Singh to Hitish 
    A great ball by Singh, it's snuck through Hitish's defences and gone on to hit the middle stump halfway up.

Bhutia hits the winning runs....

7.5 4 Singh to Bhutia 
    He's hit that cleanly. That didn't seem to be anything more than a push down the ground.

So, at the end of the day,

And that's the end of the match. Kutta's Unicorns won by 9 wickets. 
Maharastra 42-10 
Kutta's Unicorns 44-1

 

[borncricketer]

Good win for you KK, well done

End of Over 38: 264-1, runrate=6.95
Haishen 9-0-63-0
Karthikeyan* 130 (100 balls)
Mckenzie 97 (84 balls)

Last Wicket: Abdul kadir c. Singh lali b. Chadwick 34 (FOW: 85/1)

WOW, maintained the run rate of 7 throughout the innings so far, i hope we can push and get up to 400. Karthikeyan and Mckenzie have a partnership of 180 right now and they are looking to increase it, both batsmen batting agressivly and scoring at over a run a ball, keep it up boys

38.1 6 Chadwick to Karthikeyan
Short, and hooked for the maximum!

Thats probably his 4th six in the innnings :happy

 

[viral1991]

The bot team is getting thrashed!

 End of Over 37: 280-0, runrate=7.57
Singh	7-0-53-0
Moodley*	143 (117 balls)
Malik	125 (109 balls)

I am expecting 400 here!

@kk - Well played, 42 is a really good total to dismiss them for!

 End of Over 42: 327-1, runrate=7.79
Singh	9-0-76-1
Paki*	14 (10 balls)
Malik	149 (122 balls)
Last Wicket: Moodley c. Tau b. Singh 152 (FOW: 291/1)
41.6 	4	Singh to Malik
 	 	Slower delivery, but he picks it and gets it away through third man.
41.5 	4	Singh to Malik
 	 	Malik hasn?t picked that one up and Malik adds four to his total.
41.4 	4	Singh to Malik
 	 	Beautiful cover drive races to the fence. That's four runs for Malik. You won't see a better shot today.
41.3 	1	Singh to Paki
 	 	Clipped away to mid wicket for an easy single.
41.2 	1	Singh to Malik
 	 	Nudged the ball on the leg side and scampered through for a single. Great running.
41.1 	4	Singh to Malik
 	 	Malik hits that so fine not even fine leg could reach it. Well timed!

This is pure brutality!

 42.3 	4	Abdul kadir to Malik
 	 	Waits and runs it away to third man.
Thats his 150. A fine knock.

And thats 150!

 

[aussie1st]

Starting of a new chasing streak Kutta

My team fell apart conceded 328, openers put on a 33 run stand before I lost 3 wickets on that number. Chavhanga was my only shining light with 42* just needed one other good batter with him.

 

[kuttakumar]

The Scorecard:

Maharastra won the toss and elected to bat. 
First Innings of: Maharastra  
Name   Runs Balls 4s 6s 
Ahmed (*)  b. Naidoo 0 5 0 0 
Sagren  c. Naidoo b. Dangasela 3 14 0 0 
Naidoo  c. Mohammed b. Dangasela 7 12 1 0 
Malik  lbw  b. Dangasela 0 3 0 0 
Islam  lbw  b. Weir 12 31 0 0 
Padayachie (+) lbw  b. Dangasela 0 4 0 0 
Dangasela  c. Darby b. Dangasela 0 7 0 0 
Paki  c. Mohammed b. Naidoo 5 8 1 0 
Ali  c. Naidoo b. Weir 0 23 0 0 
Singh  run  out 4 7 0 0 
Haishen  not  out 0 3 0 0 
Extras (4b, 6lb, 0w, 1nb) 11  
Total (19.2 overs, 10 wickets) 42  
 
FOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Total 1 9 15 18 18 20 25 35 40 42 
Batsman Out 1 2 4 3 6 7 8 9 5 10 
 
Name O M R W nb wd 
Naidoo 7 2 10 2 1 0 
Dangasela 5 2 10 5 0 0 
Cooksey 4.2 0 10 0 0 0 
Weir 3 1 2 2 0 0 
Haishen 0 0 0 0 0 0 

First Innings of: Kutta's Unicorns (play as normal)  
Name   Runs Balls 4s 6s 
Bhutia  not  out 12 19 2 0 
Hitish   b. Singh 27 29 3 1 
Mohammed  not  out 1 1 0 0 
Abdul kadir (*)       
Rampaul        
Darby (+)       
Haishen        
Weir        
Cooksey        
Dangasela        
Naidoo        
Extras (0b, 1lb, 1w, 2nb) 4  
Total (7.5 overs, 1 wickets) 44  
 
FOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Total 39          
Batsman Out 2          
 
Name O M R W nb wd 
Haishen 4 1 20 0 0 1 
Singh 3.5 0 23 1 2 0 
Ali 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Paki 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Dangasela 0 0 0 0 0 0

The Reports:

Reporter's Summary 
 Kutta's Unicorns Maharastra 
Top Order: woeful abysmal 
Middle Order: woeful abysmal 
Lower Order: abysmal worthless 
Seam Bowling: woeful woeful 
Spin Bowling: useless woeful 
Fielding: woeful woeful 
 
MOTM: Dangasela

This is the last season for many of my guys.The team that had played against Syl last Sunday will be the team for next season.

 

[voldemort]

Aura vs Dancers

So, at the toss, Dnacers won the toss and they choose to bat first... Pity, the match would end soon...

It was a green pitch, and the 4 seamers would love to bowl today...

after a 30 run opening stand, Zubair edged the ball to Duminda off Illanganage for 9... In the last match too, he scored only 9...

The duo continued their onslaught as Athukorala was dismissed in a similar manner next ball and Caldera 3 balls later followed by opener Ranasinghe who got our for 21... Illanganage had 4 wickets under his belt already...

Score: 34/4

Whittingham struck on his first few overs as Anandappa got out for 1 and Tilakaratna for a duck after 5 balls...

Score: 37/7

Cash took off Rupusinghe and Hagarangoda... and Reade on his debut got Baba and Abayagunawardhana

Score: 62/10

Name O M R W nb wd 
Ilanganage 7 2 22 4 0 1 
Whittingham 7 1 22 2 1 0 
Cash 5 1 10 2 1 1 
Reade 4.4 2 5 2 0 1

Aura chased that total in 9.4 overs, with Reade scoring 34 off 36 and Overton a comfortable 27 off 24...

Dancers Aura
Top Order: woeful competent
Middle Order: abysmal mediocre
Lower Order: worthless worthless
Seam Bowling: abysmal mediocre
Spin Bowling: woeful mediocre
Fielding: woeful feeble

MOTM: Reade... Worth the 50k?