Archived [19/01/09] Battrick

[Son Of Coco]

After playing the top team in the three day matches and winning by an innings and 200-odd I was up against the top one day team in my division today, a team ahead by 8 points. Was going to rest a lot of players and basically give up the ghost as they have a number of players with 20-40,000 ratings...and I don't. Happened to notice a lot of their top players were at 'drained' though so had a crack. The final result:

We struggled to 170-odd

and then rolled them for 70-ish.

Only 4 points back now, and they could find it tough with so many decent players struggling for fitness.

Playing 3 spinners just out of the academy in the friendly this Sunday though along with a bunch of second stringers...have the team I just beat in the three day game again this week at home.

It's all happening!

[oz_fan]

Ended up losing my match in the last over. Really needed a win and disappointed not to get it. Really should have played a frontline bowler but I had to rest them to get their stamina up.

[chaminda_00]

Mukesh Sishayi - 20 yo, BT Rating=17,334  
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, proficient batting form, strong bowling form, sublime 
A destructive player with superb leadership skills and feeble experience. 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: woeful 
Batting: mediocre Concentration: woeful 
Bowling: quality Consistency: competent 
Fielding: woeful

I didn't notice this pop the other day. Pretty handy as I was going to keep him on a fielding net until he popped in conc. Now I can change that net to a keeping net for Murali and express track his secondaries.

Also a handy pop with the balance of my side. Cus I don't have any real star batsmen and most my batting relies on depth. The extra batting option might come in handy, as he should hopefully hang around a bit longer with specialist batsmen now.

End of Over 20: 126-1, runrate=6.30, reqrunrate=3.73 (237-10) 
Imithiyaz 5-0-29-1 
Ellis* 14 (19 balls) 
Lucas 69 (62 balls)
 
Last Wicket: Quintin c. Wijesinghe b. Imithiyaz 37 (FOW: 91/1)

They got their two best bowlers on now, but both don't have great PFLs. If these two can see off these spells we should win comfortably. Even if we don't I have Clayton and Murali at 6 & 7 so they should see us home if we get into trouble.

[Spitfires_Fan]

Won the toss, batted, and lost Grant first ball

0.1 W Riley to Grant
Big inswinger and a massive inside edge. But he's given him!! Grant can't believe it, what a bad call from the umpire.



Caldwell and Kepler at the crease now - need them to score big. We're batting on a H+F on a sunny day, and their batting is probably better than their bowling.

[alternative]

Need to win this game badly, so i GFI'd it as its against the 2nd best team in the division.

End of Over 9: 52-0, runrate=5.78
Westrop 5-0-28-0
Speare* 37 (30 balls)
Bullivant 11 (24 balls)

[bugssy]

i had a good win today in one day which moves me back up into 3rd spot.

caves beach batted first
1 - 394 o50 overs
Skipper 204*(155)
Schofield 170(136)

Blackbutt cc
ao - 34 of 13.4 overs
Deacon 3 - 9 of 5 overs
Farmer 3 - 15 of 5 overs
Kamara 2 - 1 of 2.4 overs
Oldman 1 - 6 of 1 overs.


caves win!

[alternative]

After a terrif start, lost 2 quick wickets in the space of 10 balls to put me in a spot of bother now.

End of Over 16: 80-2, runrate=5.00
Walton 3-1-3-1
Bullivant* 20 (44 balls)
Gratton 0 (1 balls)
Last Wicket: Edgehill c. Gayle b. Walton 5 (FOW: 80/2)

[Spitfires_Fan]

Kepler and Caldwell are doing the business

End of Over 17: 119-1, runrate=7.00
Penn 4-0-26-0
Kepler* 52 (47 balls)
Caldwell 66 (55 balls)

Last Wicket: Grant lbw b. Riley 0 (FOW: 0/1)

[bugssy]

i am sure it has happened to a few but how many of your bats have scored a double tonne in a one day game. just wondering thats all.

[alternative]

Shocking stuff here, their bowlers are well on top of me now.

End of Over 21: 87-3, runrate=4.14
Canham 1-1-0-0
Bullivant* 26 (63 balls)
Dangasela 1 (9 balls)
Last Wicket: Gratton lbw b. Walton 0 (FOW: 82/3)

[chaminda_00]

Won in the 44th over. Lucas got a 100 and Ellis got a 50. Got my first superb spin rating, started the season with a proficient spin attack. Got 240k in gate receipts. Everyone still has Sublime PFLs

EDIT: Also Muralitharan took his 100th wicket for Jets today. Big day for talented all rounder. 4th player to reach this mark after Priyantha, Dowdall and the one and only Jeithoon. Also becomes the first player to reach the 1000 runs and 100 wickets club.

[Dead Badger]

Originally Posted by bugssy

i am sure it has happened to a few but how many of your bats have scored a double tonne in a one day game. just wondering thats all.

Yeah, one of mine made 223* once, in a team total of 407-1. On a TIE and not against a bot, to boot.

Currently dealing easily with one of my league's longer-standing but rather inept (verging on inexplicably rubbish) teams. Also, my main opponents for top spot are playing each other today, and that result looks to be going my way as it'll leave me 8 points clear of both of them. So I should only have to beat one of them to top the league, and the fact that one of them is running his top players into the ground should help with that.

[Bobisback]

Originally Posted by bugssy

i am sure it has happened to a few but how many of your bats have scored a double tonne in a one day game. just wondering thats all.

None.

[Spitfires_Fan]

Grant made 210* for me in a score of 396/2 once, and that was on TIE against a managed side. He got a golden duck today though...

Still, since then, it's been all good and we look set for 350+

End of Over 40: 268-2, runrate=6.70
Nally 10-0-64-0
Kepler* 145 (119 balls)
Gardiner 7 (7 balls)

Last Wicket: Caldwell c. Tau b. Penn 109 (FOW: 245/2)

[Olwe]

My first OD game against a human,

and im doing well,

just have to bowl well soon

End of Over 46: 264-3, runrate=5.74
Stanton 8-1-29-0
Naysmith* 22 (16 balls)
Burns 5 (5 balls)

Last Wicket: Frazer Run Out 110 (FOW: 255/3)


Last Wicket: Hagan b. Mcdougal 22 (FOW: 217/2)

Cave c. Leeds b. Convey 85 (FOW: 178/1



NB. Cave and Frazer are two of my new 17 yrs olds.