
Legends At Battle Season VIII
Round 2, Match 4
PROFESSIONAL XI vs INTERWAR XI
at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom

Toss: Interwar XI won the toss and chose to bowl
PROFESSIONAL XI 1st innings
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Sunil Gavaskar c. Bradman b. O'Reilly 30 75 5 0 40.0%
Gordon Greenidge lbw b. Grimmett 22 38 4 0 57.9%
Viv Richards b. O'Reilly 56 99 10 1 56.6%
Brian Lara c. Hobbs b. O'Reilly 26 77 4 0 33.8%
Allan Border b. Grimmett 41 104 7 1 39.4%
Steve Waugh* c. Gibson b. Verity 119 192 22 0 62.0%
Adam Gilchrist† b. O'Reilly 41 88 7 1 46.6%
Wasim Akram c. †Oldfield b. O'Reilly 12 20 3 0 60.0%
Shane Warne c. Sutcliffe b. Grimmett 33 52 7 0 63.5%
Curtly Ambrose c. †Oldfield b. Gibson 17 50 3 0 34.0%
Glenn McGrath not out 0 1 0 0 0.0%
Total: 437/10 Overs: 131.4 Run Rate: 3.32 Extras: 40
Day 2 1:19 PM
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PROFESSIONAL XI Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
S Gavaskar Greenidge þþþþþþþþþþ 38 (75)
S Gavaskar V Richards þþþþþþþþ 32 (66)
B Lara V Richards þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 73 (122)
B Lara A Border þþþþþ 19 (40)
S Waugh A Border þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 66 (171)
S Waugh Gilchrist þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 129 (180)
S Waugh W Akram þþþþþþ 24 (34)
S Warne W Akram 0 (3)
S Warne C Ambrose þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 56 (94)
S Warne G McGrath 0 (5)
Fall of Wickets 38/1 70/2 143/3 162/4 228/5
357/6 381/7 381/8 437/9 437/10
Total: 437/10 Overs: 131.4 Run Rate: 3.32 Extras: 40
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INTERWAR XI Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Clem Gibson 26.0 7 51 1 1.96 0 1
Wally Hammond 14.0 4 45 0 3.21 0 0
Clarrie Grimmett 27.4 7 52 3 1.88 1 3
Bill O'Reilly 31.0 2 130 5 4.19 3 2
Hedley Verity 28.0 6 126 1 4.50 1 2
Charles Macartney 5.0 2 7 0 1.40 1 0
EXTRAS Wides: 6 No Balls: 8 Leg Byes: 10 Byes: 16
Total: 437/10 Overs: 131.4 Run Rate: 3.32 Extras: 40
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Steve Waugh led the way for the Professional XI with a brilliant century on one of his favorite grounds for batting. They finished with an intimidating first innings total of 437, which could have been a lot more if it weren't for Bill O'Reilly.
INTERWAR XI 1st innings
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Jack Hobbs c. Gavaskar b. Ambrose 6 21 1 0 28.6%
Herbert Sutcliffe b. Akram 12 46 1 1 26.1%
Don Bradman* lbw b. Ambrose 20 53 2 1 37.7%
George Headley lbw b. McGrath 51 93 11 0 54.8%
Wally Hammond c. Akram b. Ambrose 2 16 0 0 12.5%
Charles Macartney c. †Gilchrist b. Border 4 9 1 0 44.4%
Bert Oldfield† c. Akram b. Warne 1 6 0 0 16.7%
Hedley Verity c. Gavaskar b. Ambrose 46 114 9 0 40.4%
Clem Gibson c. Waugh b. Ambrose 10 8 2 0 125.0%
Clarrie Grimmett c. †Gilchrist b. McGrath 33 74 6 0 44.6%
Bill O'Reilly not out
Total: 210/10 Overs: 72.5 Run Rate: 2.88 Extras: 25
Day 3 1:07 PM
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INTERWAR XI Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
J Hobbs Sutcliffe þþþþþþþ 17 (45)
D Bradman Sutcliffe þþþþþþþþþþþþþ 30 (54)
D Bradman G Headley þþþþþþþ 17 (38)
W Hammond G Headley þþþþþþ 14 (40)
Macartney G Headley þþþþþ 12 (15)
B Oldfield G Headley þ 2 (16)
H Verity G Headley þþþþþþþþþþþþþ 30 (69)
H Verity C Gibson þþþþ 10 (13)
H Verity C Grimmett þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 74 (142)
H Verity B O'Reilly þ 4 (5)
Fall of Wickets 17/1 47/2 64/3 78/4 90/5
92/6 122/7 132/8 206/9 210/10
Total: 210/10 Overs: 72.5 Run Rate: 2.88 Extras: 25
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PROFESSIONAL XI Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Glenn McGrath 14.0 2 53 2 3.79 0 1
Curtly Ambrose 17.5 7 29 5 1.63 0 1
Wasim Akram 13.0 2 36 1 2.77 0 1
Shane Warne 23.0 8 59 1 2.57 2 1
Allan Border 5.0 0 16 1 3.20 1 1
EXTRAS Wides: 3 No Balls: 5 Leg Byes: 5 Byes: 12
Total: 210/10 Overs: 72.5 Run Rate: 2.88 Extras: 25
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Form is temporary, but class is permanent. The Professional XI's famed bowling lineup proved just that by bundling out perhaps the strongest batting lineup of the competition for a mere 210. Curtly Ambrose finished with figures of 5 for 29 from 17.5 overs, while the rest of the lineup chipped in with a wicket here and there. The Interwar XI were 227 runs in arrears and as a result faced the ignominy of being forced to follow-on.
INTERWAR XI 2nd innings (Follow on)
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Jack Hobbs b. Warne 47 79 10 0 59.5%
Herbert Sutcliffe lbw b. Warne 1 28 0 0 3.6%
Don Bradman* b. Akram 214 318 35 2 67.3%
George Headley lbw b. McGrath 66 81 13 0 81.5%
Wally Hammond c. Gavaskar b. McGrath 36 135 7 0 26.7%
Charles Macartney lbw b. Akram 0 4 0 0 0.0%
Bert Oldfield† c. Greenidge b. Ambrose 16 34 3 0 47.1%
Hedley Verity lbw b. Akram 2 30 0 0 6.7%
Clem Gibson not out 11 29 2 0 37.9%
Clarrie Grimmett b. McGrath 0 2 0 0 0.0%
Bill O'Reilly lbw b. McGrath 8 12 2 0 66.7%
Total: 414/10 Overs: 124.4 Run Rate: 3.32 Extras: 13
Day 5 1:36 PM
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INTERWAR XI Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
J Hobbs Sutcliffe þþþþ 19 (60)
J Hobbs D Bradman þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 81 (121)
G Headley D Bradman þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 138 (176)
W Hammond D Bradman þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 125 (260)
Macartney D Bradman þþ 4 (10)
B Oldfield D Bradman þþ 9 (27)
B Oldfield H Verity þþþþ 17 (40)
C Gibson H Verity þ 6 (19)
C Gibson C Grimmett 0 (8)
C Gibson B O'Reilly þþþ 15 (27)
Fall of Wickets 19/1 100/2 238/3 363/4 367/5
376/6 393/7 399/8 399/9 414/10
Total: 414/10 Overs: 124.4 Run Rate: 3.32 Extras: 13
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PROFESSIONAL XI Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Glenn McGrath 34.4 6 102 4 2.94 2 1
Curtly Ambrose 23.0 5 88 1 3.83 2 0
Wasim Akram 32.0 7 100 3 3.13 0 4
Shane Warne 33.0 8 116 2 3.52 0 0
Allan Border 2.0 1 4 0 2.00 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 4 No Balls: 5 Leg Byes: 3 Byes: 1
Total: 414/10 Overs: 124.4 Run Rate: 3.32 Extras: 13
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Your team is in the dumps after having endured a miserable first innings and would need to score 227 runs just to make the opposition bat again in the match. Your own form has been quite patchy by your usually unmatchable standards. What do you do in such a situation? Well, you go on to launch one of the greatest rearguards in the league's history of course. Naturally.
PROFESSIONAL XI 2nd innings (Target: 188)
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Sunil Gavaskar c. Macartney b. O'Reilly 49 108 8 1 45.4%
Gordon Greenidge lbw b. Grimmett 21 40 4 0 52.5%
Viv Richards lbw b. O'Reilly 50 72 11 0 69.4%
Brian Lara not out 8 30 1 0 26.7%
Allan Border not out 19 22 4 0 86.4%
Steve Waugh*
Adam Gilchrist†
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Curtly Ambrose
Glenn McGrath
Total: 159/3 Overs: 45.0 Run Rate: 3.53 Extras: 12
Day 5 5:00 PM
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PROFESSIONAL XI Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
S Gavaskar Greenidge þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 54 (88)
S Gavaskar V Richards þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 77 (124)
B Lara V Richards þþþ 8 (17)
B Lara A Border þþþþþþþþ 20 (41)
Fall of Wickets 54/1 131/2 139/3
Total: 159/3 Overs: 45.0 Run Rate: 3.53 Extras: 12
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INTERWAR XI Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Clem Gibson 9.0 1 41 0 4.56 0 3
Wally Hammond 9.0 2 26 0 2.89 1 1
Hedley Verity 5.0 1 14 0 2.80 0 2
Clarrie Grimmett 10.0 1 38 1 3.80 1 0
Charles Macartney 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
Bill O'Reilly 11.0 1 35 2 3.18 0 3
EXTRAS Wides: 2 No Balls: 9 Leg Byes: 0 Byes: 1
Total: 159/3 Overs: 45.0 Run Rate: 3.53 Extras: 12
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If you can't dismiss them, delay them. The Professional XI were less than 30 short of their target when stumps were called on the final day. A great escape indeed for the Interwar XI.
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Professional XI 437 & 159/3
Interwar XI 210 & 414
Match drawn
Man of the match: Don Bradman (Interwar XI)
Points
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Professional XI - 12 (Draw - 5, Batting - 4, Bowling - 3)
Interwari XI - 8 (Draw - 5, Batting - 1, Bowling - 2)
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