Commentary Thread

[aussie1st]

Very good all round display there PC.

Good recovery for your team Suren and an alright start Kutta.

 

[viral1991]

I won the toss & elected to bat first!

 End of Over 24: 128-4, runrate=5.33
Kilbane	7-0-43-1
Sagren*	41 (55 balls)
Ahmed	1 (1 balls)

My top order hasn't played too well! I am expecting Sagren, who is on V.aggressive, to score a 100 to put up a competitive total!

 

[surendar]

Really a great partnership was goin on between Folds and Malik,

End of Over 34: 172-1, runrate=5.06
Faulkner 7-0-36-0
Malik* 83 (85 balls)
Folds 71 (106 balls)
Last Wicket: Bartlett c. Mcleod b. Dixon 8 (FOW: 14/1)

But 35th over caused the dismissal of both these two :

34.1 	W	Bradshaw to Malik
 	 	[B][COLOR=Red]Outside edge, Fenoughty waiting for it at backward point and an easy catch as Malik makes his way back to the changing room.[/COLOR][/B]

34.4 	W	Bradshaw to Folds
 	 	[B][COLOR=Red]Bradshaw to Folds, OUT! Bradshaw strikes! On the leg stump, Folds flicks it in the air to square leg, Shackell dives in front and takes a good catch. Soft dismissal.[/COLOR][/B]

Well played both these two.. Two new batsmen at crease... This cud be turning point for Leftie....

End of Over 35: 173-3, runrate=4.94
Bradshaw 6-0-31-2

Alshaun* 1 (1 balls)
Field 0 (2 balls)

Last Wicket: Folds c. Shackell b. Bradshaw 71 (FOW: 173/3)

 

[voldemort]

I am not exactly happy...

We can tell you that Aura won the toss and elected to field. The pitch is looking a cracker! Hard and fast - should be a run-fest out there on this sunny day.

Aura have selected Murray, Duminda, Overton, Wijenayake, Reade, Naidoo, Dharmasena, Aziz, Cash, Ilanganage, Poke.

Old Wulfs have picked Muir, Mason, Gilroy, Stiles, Basson, Heath, Fieldwick, Stone, Hemmings, Otto, Dodd.

going to risk it by playing Reade...

0.1 W Aziz to Muir
Muir needs a feather duster, not a bat. He tickled at that one and is comprehensively beaten. Next!!!

First ball...

9.5 W Poke to Mason
Unlucky! The ball goes flying but hits a bird on the way, sending the ball down Overton's throat.

The two that fell...

End of Over 20: 123-2, runrate=6.15
Ilanganage 3-0-16-0
Gilroy* 62 (58 balls)
Stiles 40 (29 balls)

Last Wicket: Mason c. Overton b. Poke 18 (FOW: 50/2)

Gilroy playing well yet again...

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Mcintyre scoring well for Wales CC...
And Voldy, you are gonna lose

 

[voldemort]

Cash and Reade bowling now... for those who dont know, Reade is a med/abys bowler with abysmal stamina...

End of Over 30: 185-2, runrate=6.17
Reade 3-0-23-0
Gilroy* 93 (94 balls)
Stiles 69 (55 balls)

Last Wicket: Mason c. Overton b. Poke 18 (FOW: 50/2)

He is giving away quite a lot...

only 4 off reades next over...

End of Over 32: 195-2, runrate=6.09
Reade 4-0-27-0
Gilroy* 95 (97 balls)
Stiles 77 (64 balls)

Last Wicket: Mason c. Overton b. Poke 18 (FOW: 50/2)

runrate is decent for a H&F, but not very good...

200 up for Old Wulfs, Gilroy on 97 and Stiles on 83...

End of Over 33: 203-2, runrate=6.15
Cash 10-0-63-0
Stiles* 83 (68 balls)
Gilroy 97 (99 balls)

Reade bowling...

33.4 4 Reade to Gilroy
Forward, smacked over a vacant wide long off boundary, well placed.
And that's a century for Gilroy! Well played indeed Sir!

101 off 101...
just 5 off the over...

End of Over 34: 208-2, runrate=6.12
Reade 5-0-32-0
Stiles* 84 (70 balls)
Gilroy 101 (103 balls)

Aziz and Poke back in to bowl their remaining 6 overs...

5 off the 35th over...

End of Over 35: 213-2, runrate=6.09
Aziz 8-0-55-1
Stiles* 86 (72 balls)
Gilroy 104 (107 balls)

runrate dropping...

 

[surendar]

Thats a very good display in the last 10 Overs which fetched 89 runs without any wickets

End of Over 50: 300-3, runrate=6.00
Mcleod 10-0-60-0

Alshaun* 81 (57 balls)
Field 43 (37 balls)

Last Wicket: Folds c. Shackell b. Bradshaw 71 (FOW: 173/3)

Great Captain's knock from Alshaun getting 81 from just 57 balls :happy And also a great partnership of about 127 runs for fourth wicket. But last two overs brought only 10 runs with 10 singles.


Anyways, its second 300 for me in battrick. Now, Leftie need 301 to win this game. The match is still not over.. Hope bowlers do well.... Lets see how it goes... :cool:

 

[voldemort]

3 runs off the 36th over

End of Over 36: 216-2, runrate=6.00
Poke 8-0-34-1
Stiles* 87 (75 balls)
Gilroy 105 (110 balls)

36.1 4 Aziz to Stiles
Superb hook shot by Stiles, and Wijenayake desperately dives to try and stop it crossing the rope, but all he manages to do is knock it up a drain pipe; a few minutes later he manages to fish it out and the match can continue.

Bad...

36.4 W Aziz to Gilroy
Bizarre catch by Duminda! The slip fielder thought he had taken it but, as it dropped out of his hand, Duminda made a fantastic dive to take the catch.

But that is superb

End of Over 37: 224-3, runrate=6.05
Aziz 9-0-63-2
Basson* 1 (1 balls)
Stiles 94 (78 balls)

4 off the 38th over...

End of Over 38: 228-3, runrate=6.00
Poke 9-0-38-1
Stiles* 97 (80 balls)
Basson 2 (5 balls)

They are likely to cross the 300 mark with ease...

38.4 4 Aziz to Stiles
Beautiful shot. Just steered it past the cover fielder and the outfield did the rest. Four.
And that's a century for Stiles! Well played indeed Sir!

second cenutrion of match...

has been a very good attacking player...

38.5 4 Aziz to Stiles
Good shot there. Aziz pitches it up and the ball nips back in sharply. Stiles is trapped on the back foot, but opens the face of the bat, finds the edge, and steers it between the keeper and the slip. Wonderful timing.

I said that to stop him

13 off the last over [unlucky]

End of Over 39: 241-3, runrate=6.18
Aziz 10-0-75-2
Stiles* 106 (84 balls)
Basson 5 (7 balls)

 

[aussie1st]

Not looking good for you Voldy.

Very nice effort there Suren against lefties team. Will be interesting seeing if he can chase this.

 

[voldemort]

4 off the over, which included a noball...

End of Over 40: 245-3, runrate=6.13
Poke 10-0-42-1
Stiles* 108 (89 balls)
Basson 6 (9 balls)

Last 10, Illanganage and Reade to bowl...

figures so far,

Reade 5-0-32-0
Ilanganage 5-0-29-0

gtg school...

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Should be carnage now with Reade bowling...

End of Over 42: 267-3, runrate=6.36
Reade 6-0-45-0
Stiles* 115 (96 balls)
Basson 21 (14 balls)

Last Wicket: Gilroy c. Duminda b. Aziz 105 (FOW: 221/3)

13 off that over by Reade...

Kutta's Unicorns vs. Wales CC:

End of Over 7: 27-0, runrate=3.86, reqrunrate=4.42 (216-10)
Mensing 4-0-13-0
Karthikeyan* 17 (25 balls)
Stokes 10 (17 balls)

216 allout for Wales CC, and a cautious start by the Unicorns...

 

[borncricketer]

Made 306 in 50 overs (3rd 300 in a row for friendlies)

End of Over 50: 306-6, runrate=6.12
De wouw 10-0-80-2
Hocking* 48 (48 balls)
Angell 3 (4 balls)

Last Wicket: Bowler b. Gustav 0 (FOW: 297/6)

Promoted Ahmed up the order, kind of didnt work:P

2.1 W De wouw to Ahmed
The batting team looks on in disbelief as Gustav takes an unbelievable catch at cover, diving to his left and catching the ball one handed in mid-air. The fielding team is jubilant.

Mckenzie enjoying his game as usual

3.3 6 Gustav to Mckenzie
Out of the stadium! A belter of a stroke!

And Another

6.4 6 De wouw to Mckenzie
Too wide and it's bludgeoned into the crowd square of the wicket. Great strike.

But eventually falls for 41 off 39

12.6 W De wouw to Mckenzie
Mckenzie goes for a pull shot, top edges it over and behind Scriven who runs back, waits for the swirling ball to come down and holds a tumbling catch.

Abdul kadir too starting to hit..

15.2 6 Halls to Abdul kadir
WHAT A SHOT! The ball is hooked high, high into the square leg terraces. SIX!

on the other hand Karthikeyan brings up his 50

16.3 3 Smith to Karthikeyan
A fraction short and turning in from outside the leg stump, Karthikeyan shuffles back and clips it away through midwicket for three.
And that's his fifty! Well played.

21.1 6 Farley to Karthikeyan
Do not bowl there! The ball pitches on leg half way down the pitch and Karthikeyan swats it for six over square leg.

Abdul kadir once again falls after getting a decent start 26 off 21

21.6 W Farley to Abdul kadir
OUT! Farley strikes with one that lands on off, right on the seam, and draws the thin edge through to Scriven. Farley looks like the cat who's got the cream.

Rampaul comes to the crease and straight away..

22.5 6 Smith to Rampaul
Struck superbly over cow corner. Rampaul will be looking to cream a few more of those.

And another 1 from rampaul...

24.3 6 Smith to Rampaul
Rampaul got that right out of the meat of the bat! Six runs!

Farley gets another wicket for some good decent bowling.. and the man he gets is Karthikeyan who falls before his 100, he gets 81 off 110

34.3 W Farley to Karthikeyan
OUT! Farley strikes with one that lands on off, right on the seam, and draws the thin edge through to Scriven. Farley looks like the cat who's got the cream.

Rampaul on the other hand still attacking
good way to bring up 50

39.6 6 Halls to Rampaul
Shot, straight into the stands. Six runs to the total!
And that's his fifty! Well played.

And after a few overs of amazing run scoring Rampaul gets his 100 off just 70 balls

48.3 4 Gustav to Rampaul
Just short of a length, rocks on to the back foot and sends it ripping to the boundary past a diving extra cover.
And that's a century for Rampaul! Well played indeed Sir!

But on the 71st ball

48.4 W Gustav to Rampaul
Big inswinging yorker crashes into his pads. Massive appeal and given!

Bowler's bad batting form continues as he gets out for a duck

48.5 W Gustav to Bowler
Oh dear, that ball has barely bounced at all. Bowler couldn't get his bat down in time and loses his off stump.

And that gives up 306-6 in 50 lets see how thier batsmen do

 

[aussie1st]

That De wouw was very expensive for his 2 wickets.

Kutta should be able to chase that total down with ease.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Wales CC pick up their first wicket:

7.5 W Anthony to Stokes
Stokes is not happy with that. Everything was wrong. It pitched outside leg and he got an inside edge, but the umpire's given him out. He might get a fine for waiting so long before walking off.

Earlier in the day, former Lions' player Mcintyre made a fifty, as did Oniel who batted bravely with the tail. But the others really couldn't contribute much, so 216 is all they got. Can they defend it?

End of Over 8: 32-1, runrate=4.00, reqrunrate=4.40 (216-10)
Anthony 4-0-19-1
Karthikeyan* 22 (29 balls)
Talamini 0 (1 balls)

Last Wicket: Stokes lbw b. Anthony 10 (FOW: 32/1)

 

[borncricketer]

Chimperts team is struggling...

End of Over 7: 22-2, runrate=3.14, reqrunrate=6.63 (306-6)
Masilo 4-0-15-0
Scriven* 2 (7 balls)
Branch 10 (14 balls)

Last Wicket: Apple lbw b. Alshaun 9 (FOW: 16/2)