Matches Posted England- FPT begins

[Supreme General]

13th August 2002

Home Counties vs Southern Coast, Lords

Southern Coast: 347-2 (50); Matherson 144*(134), Crowe 103(98)

Home Counties: 199ao (40.2); Stone 78(80), Matherson 2-20

Southern Coast win by 148 runs
POTM: Peter Matherson

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Abderrahim Zniber, head and shoulders above every other Moroccan batter *including* Hervé Hocquard IMO

 

[Supreme General]

13th August 2002

West Midlands vs The Northerners, Edgbaston

West Midlands: 241ao (47.1); Munday 69*(73), Rush 3-51

The Northerners: 138ao (31.4); O'Flanagan 4-31, Munday 2-34

West Midlands win by 103 runs
POTM: Mitchell Munday

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Supreme General]

13th August 2002

The Suns vs East Midlands, The Oval

The Suns: 339-3 (50); Barlow 160*(152), Moropoulos 95(84)

East Midlands: 312-7; Head 68(93), Adams 2-76

The Suns win by 27 runs
POTM: Dennis Barlow

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Supreme General]

13th August 2002

The Westerlands vs Red Rose, Bristol County Ground

Red Rose: 263ao (46.4); Naismith 99(86), Jamshed 3-54

The Westerlands: 267-6; Singh 70*(61), Charnock 3-42

Westerlands win by 4 wickets
POTM: Raashid Jamshed

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Supreme General]

16th August 2002

The Suns vs West Midlands, The Oval

West Midlands: 292 (49); Cook 119(128), Ruttles 3-24

The Suns: 296-6 (47.5); Moropoulos 155*(117), Hopcutt 4-46

The Suns win by 4 wickets
POTM: Daemon Moropoulos

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Supreme General]

16th August 2002

The Westerlands vs The Northerners, Bristol County Ground

The Northerners: 315-9 (50); Hansen 139*(110), Morgan 3-48

The Westerlands: 222ao (41.4); Welch 5-59, Slater 3-49

The Northerners win by 93 runs
POTM: Bill Hansen

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Supreme General]

16th August 2002

East Midlands vs Home Counties, Trent Bridge

Home Counties: 290ao (47.5); Stone 87(89), Mutch 3-62

East Midlands: 197ao (40.5); Snow 51(68), Harrington 4-31

Home Counties win by 93 runs
POTM: Wayne Harrington

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Supreme General]

16th August 2002

Southern Coast vs Red Rose, Rose Bowl

Southern Coast: 323-5 (50); Binden 100*(62), Carolyne 2-38

Red Rose: 296ao (48.3); Naismith 72(61), Oakes 4-55

Southern Coast win by 27 runs
POTM: Stanley Binden

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Supreme General]

18th August 2002

West Midlands vs The Westerlands, Edgbaston

The Westerlands: 331-7 (50); Hills 105(98), Hopcutt 3-70

West Midlands: 333-3 (47.4), Zniber 109*(82), Barnes 74*(57)

West Midlands win by 7 wickets
POTM: Abderrahim Zniber

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Supreme General]

18th August 2002

Home Counties vs The Suns

The Suns: 308-8 (50); Dennis 119*(115), Graham 2-53

Home Counties: 310-8 (49), Howells 94(73), Rafferty 3-64

Home Counties win by 2 wickets
POTM: Len Rafferty

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Supreme General]

Rumoured Discontent in the Home Counties dressing room

Despite an impressive victory against NRC champions The Suns, there was eyebrows raised about the Home Counties performance and in particular one key absentee. William George Charles was not in the starting xi despite starting in the previous 3 and only missed one NRC game due to commitments elsewhere. The young starlet of the England national team has had a quite inconsistent performances in domestic cricket this year with high highs and low lows. At the toss Home Counties captain, England international Gary St John, said that he was rested due to a potential niggle and workload issues. Which would make sense and believable at face value if it wasn't for the fact the club had paid for a private jet to bring Clinton Hintz to London hours after starring for New Zealand in a test match victory in Harare only 2 days ago. An alternate reason for his omission has come to light though. An anonymous source inside the club has told the BBC that, Charles had been heard openly criticising, St John's captaincy and the coach Michael Gaiting's leadership especially after a woeful NRC campaign where they finished dead last. So with the team having won 3 out of 4 in the FPT so far and Charles' replacement Joseph Friend scoring a vital 78 last match, his future at the club is in jeopardy and if any repercussions or aftermath will spill over into his relationship with St John with England and with the whole England setup as a whole.

 

[Supreme General]

18th August 2002

Southern Coast vs The Northerners, Rose Bowl

The Northerners: 319-9 (50); Pollard 72(80), Oakes 4-75

Southern Coast: 320-7 (49.5); Crowe 146(135), Wright 72*(60)

Southern Coast win by 3 wickets
POTM: Mark Crowe

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Supreme General]

18th August 2002

Red Rose vs East Midlands, Old Trafford

Red Rose: 272ao (48.5); Rowntree 81*(84), Head 4-45

East Midlands: 271ao (48.2); Haylett 83*(81), Carolyne 4-41

Red Rose win  by 1 run
POTM: Richard Carolyne

Spoiler: scorecards

 

[Supreme General]

21st August 2002

Home Counties vs West Midlands, Lords

West Midlands: 263ao (48); Wellington 69*(62), Graham 5-36

Home Counties: 264-7 (44.3), St John 127(137), Hopcutt 4-38

Home Counties win by 3 wickets
POTM: Gary St John

Spoiler: scorecards