American League (Season XII-XIII)

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Nice to start off with a win for Texas. What'd Maxwell do to get MotM, Liam? If you still have the scorecards that is.

Came in at 59-5 and saw it slip to 114-8, but he held it together and smashed 71* from 30. Also 2 catches and a stumping.

I keep all the scorecards from club cricket past and present. So if anyone wants to do a tour diary, I'll supply the cards via email.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Sharma clearly robbed of MOTM award.

 

[Nate]

Work Rose. Role on the NY pace-attack.

And good work batters for doing whatver it is you do.

 

[DCC_legend]

4/31 on debut. Pretty good, pretty good.

 

[pasag]

Poor stuff from Cali, especially to lose by 36 wickets

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

"UTTAM! UTTAM! UTTAM!" chant the crowd.

Nice to see so many Bangladeshis in here as well. Don't see why I didn't get four overs when I bowled 3-0-19-0 though .

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Poor stuff from Cali, especially to lose by 36 wickets

Americans just don't get cricket.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

"UTTAM! UTTAM! UTTAM!" chant the crowd.

Nice to see so many Bangladeshis in here as well. Don't see why I didn't get four overs when I bowled 3-0-19-0 though .

Because your first 2 went for 4 runs.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Wednesday 3rd October

Washington v Atlanta
Washington 178-5 (20) beat Atlanta 174-3 (20) by 4 runs
Man of the Match: SA Bennett (Wash)

Washington
SA Bennett
1st Bat (1): 89 (60)
1st Bowl (4): 4-0-26-0
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

TV Weber
1st Bat (5): 7 (8) (Roberts)
1st Bowl (3): 3-0-27-1
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

Atlanta
JE Stedman
1st Bat (1): 21 (12)
1st Bowl (5): 2-0-9-0
1st Catch/Stump: 1/0

GM Roberts
1st Bat (2): 96* (63)
1st Bowl (3): 3-0-26-2 (SJ Massiah, TV Weber)
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0
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Indiana v Maine
Maine 65-4 (8.5) beat Indiana 64 (13.2) by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: BRM Taylor (Maine)

Maine
BC Cunningham
1st Bat: DNB
1st Bowl (2): 3-0-10-1 (Nadif Chowdhury)
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

Indiana
PG Gundry
1st Bat (9): 0 (1) (U Bhatti)
1st Bowl (5): 1-0-8-0
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

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California v Texas
California 162-2 (16.1) beat Texas 156-5 (20) by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: AP Chaulk (Cali)

California
AP Chaulk
1st Bat (1): 91* (49)
1st Bowl: DNB
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

ZE Gelman
1st Bat (4): 6* (2)
1st Bowl (5): 4-0-36-0
1st Catch/Stump: 1/0

DP Towns
1st Bat: DNB
1st Bowl: DNB
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

JNE Forner
1st Bat: DNB
1st Bowl (3): 4-0-29-1 (J Griffen)
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

AA Cameron
1st Bat: DNB
1st Bowl (2): 4-0-35-3 (I Nazir, AS Das)
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

KS Wright
1st Bat: DNB
1st Bowl (1): 4-1-32-1 (P Bharat)
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

Texas
P Bharat
1st Bat (2): 28 (28) (Wright)
1st Bowl: DNB
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

AS Das
1st Bat (3): 8 (6) (Cameron)
1st Bowl: DNB
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

J Griffen
1st Bat (4): 21 (26) (Forner)
1st Bowl: DNB
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

DK Rai
1st Bat (6): 43* (26)
1st Bowl (4): 3.1-0-46-1 (Gooch)
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

JP McNamara
1st Bat: DNB
1st Bowl (5): 3-1-10-1 (Amla)
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

EAP McNamara
1st Bat: DNB
1st Bowl (2): 3-0-20-0
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0
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New York v Orlando
NY 157-7 (18.3) beat Orl 155-8 (20) by 3 wickets
Man of the Match: XPA Rose (NY)

New York
A Sharma
1st Bat (4): 0 (1) (run out)
1st Bowl: DNB
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

JR Gray
1st Bat (5): 14 (8)
1st Bowl: DNB
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

XPA Rose
1st Bat (7): 35* (17)
1st Bowl (3): 4-0-31-3
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

NL Patrick
1st Bat (9): 4* (2)
1st Bowl (2): 3-0-18-3
1st Catch/Stump: 0/0

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

[B]Pool A		M	W	L	Points	NRR[/B]
Washington	2	2	0	8	1.39
New York	2	2	0	8	0.84
Atlanta		2	0	2	0	-0.65
Orlando		2	0	2	0	-1.66

[B]Pool B		M	W	L	Points	NRR[/B]
Maine		2	2	0	8	3.31
California	2	1	1	4	-0.12
Texas		2	1	1	4	-0.54
Indiana		2	0	2	0	-2.42

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Thursday's fixtures:
-Pool A-
NY v Washington
Atlanta v Orlando
-Pool B-
California v Indiana
Maine v Texas

That means:
-PoolA-
Pretty much sorted.
-Pool B-
- If California wins and Texas loses, California advances to the semi-final.
- If Texas wins and California loses, Texas advances to semi-final.
- If California and Texas win, NRR comes into play, with California holding the edge. Texas therefore needs to beat table-toppers Maine convincingly to cover the possibility of a California win over Indiana.
- Barring an historic route against Texas, Maine is through to the semi-final.
- And barring a HUGE win for Indiana, it has been eliminated from the tournament.

 

[Majin]

Interesting setup to the final stages of the group! Hope Texas can bounce back big and pull off a win over Maine,

Got good runs but got spanked, need to get my bowling and batting firing in the same game.

 

[Mister Wright]

Good win from the Mamas and Papas. Great innings from Chaulk. Personally I was happy to pick up a wicket and bowl a maiden.

 

[steds]

Young Georgie Roberts robbed of MOTM. Robbed by the right bloke, though

 

[alternative]

Chaulky dominating there.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Good New York, big match against Washington.

Hoping to get a start at some stage. Rose is a gun.

 

[Loony BoB]

With all due respect to Gelman, and there is a lot of it, I'm really disappointed that I didn't get a bat while the allrounders were up at #4. I'm assuming the 54 year old was up there too. It's entirely possible that they both have much better strike rates than me, though, which would be understandable if that's the reason.

Having said that, more than pleased with the win and very happy to be looking towards a semifinal, let's keep our heads up and push for it hard.

 

[33/3from3.3]

Oh WTF.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Good New York, big match against Washington.

Hoping to get a start at some stage. Rose is a gun.

Your flight was delayed...

 

[DCC_legend]

Poor show from myself.

Texas to qualify.