CWC Pre-Season: OD Round Robin

[DJellett]

The CWC Pre-Season continues with a series of OD matches, held over 3 days, to be competed by 3 trial squads.
Each team will play each other once, in a round robin format, for a total of two games each. Each team will play one home and one away game.

The schedule is as follows:

3rd SEPT
CWC Trial XI A vs CWC Trial XI B

4th SEPT
CWC Trial XI B vs CWC Trial XI C

5th SEPT
CWC Trial XI C vs CWC Trial XI A

The squads are:

CWC Trial XI A
E Ames
P Spark
D Jellett
JD Hurricane
L Townsend
C Ardley
D Garson
SC Somerset
GIMH Martyn
L Himann
HT Davis
M Wisney

CWC Trial XI B
G Shriram
H Mork
A Turb
G Furball
DB Wayne
I Narang
C Lewis
S Delev
A Fagina
M Morkel
A Sharma
M Deen
Dazinho

CWC Trial XI C
O du Toit
P Ingram
A Monk
J Howe
JB De Prag
Z Dunlop
T Loganathan
R Yamadera
H Beaver
M Hunt
G Sriram
S Zadran
B Smythe-Smith

Could one player from each squad please put their hand up for captaincy - for trial games, your only responsibility is to select an XI.

The first match of the series will be contested later tonight, AEST.

[DJellett]

If there is no captain nominated for any given team, that teams selection will be conducted automatically by the sim.

[Shri]

Umm, I am a middle order batsman, not an opener.

[Dan]

I'll take the B XI if you want.

Game One:

1. H Mork
2. C Lewis - 6
3. G Furball - 7
4. A Turb
5. G Shriram
6. D Wayne (wk)
7. I Narang - 5
8. M Deen - 2
9. Dazhino - 3
10. A Fagina - 4
11. M Morkel - 1

Delev and Sharma missing out. Going with a spin-heavy attack.
Toss: Bat first.
Special Instructions: Only bowl Furball if desperate. Bunny Fagina and Morkel, if the sim allows for it.

Game Two:

1. G Furball - 7
2. I Narang - 8
3. G Shriram
4. A Turb
5. H Mork (wk)
6. M Deen - 6
7. C Lewis - 5
8. Dazhino - 4
9. S Delev - 3
10. A Sharma - 1
11. M Morkel - 2

Fagina and Wayne missing out.
Toss: Bat
Special Instructions: Use bowlers 5 through 8 pretty evenly, unless one is getting belted. Bunny Sharma and Morkel if possible.


More a lottery than anything else - testing guys out in random positions to see how they cope etc. etc.

[Agent TBY]

Sure, I'll take C.

Lineup vs CW Trial B
O du Toit
P Ingram
A Monk
JB De Prag
Z Dunlop (6)
J Howe (wk) (c)
S Zadran (3)
T Loganathan (4)
R Yamadera (1)
H Beaver (5)
M Hunt (2)

Toss: Bat

Lineup vs CW Trial A
J Howe (wk)
O du Toit
JB De Prag (6)
A Monk
B Smythe-Smith
P Ingram
Z Dunlop (3)
R Yamadera (2)
H Beaver (5)
M Hunt (1)
G Sriram (4) (c)

Toss: Bowl

[Hurricane]

I'll take A if you email me the info

[DJellett]

Originally Posted by Agent TBY

Sure, I'll take C.

Please note new registration B Smythe-Smith has been added to your squad; as your first match is not until tomorrow, you can edit your line-ups any time between now and then if you wish.

Please also note that although I have some control of bowling in the sim, it is not total. The sim I am using is VC4 (for a number of reasons), and whilst I have gained a good insight into the mechanics of the game engine and how to database around this, I cannot totally control the bowling over-by-over. One of the key reasons I selected this sim was for just this reason, as it assures equal chances for all in the sim - will justify the choice of sim at more length elesewhere if desired, but I am not prepared to change now (at least for season one) as I have put a fairly heavy amount of time into creating and testing the databases.

[DJellett]

Originally Posted by Hurricane

I'll take A if you email me the info

Done. Please post team line-ups as soon as you can, so the first match can begin.

[Agent TBY]

Originally Posted by DJellett

Please note new registration B Smythe-Smith has been added to your squad; as your first match is not until tomorrow, you can edit your line-ups any time between now and then if you wish.

Done.

[DJellett]

Hurricane please note, your team line-up must be in within the next hour; if it is not, an XI wil be selected for you. Thanks

[MrPrez]

Morkel and Atul Sharma together. Jizzworthy.

[Daemon]

Originally Posted by MrPrez

Morkel and Atul Sharma together. Jizzworthy.

Hell yeah. Won't be pretty if we ever bowl to each other though.

[MrPrez]

Originally Posted by Daemon

Hell yeah. Won't be pretty if we ever bowl to each other though.

If I am elected as a club captain this will never happen

[DJellett]

OD Trial Match
CWC Trial XI A vs CWC Trial XI B

CWC Trial XI A
1. E Ames
2. C Ardley (wk)
3. D Jellett
4. JD Hurricane (c)
5. L Townsend
6. P Spark
7. D Garson
8. M Wisney
9. SC Somerset
10. L Himann
11. HT Davis

CWC Trial XI B
1. H Mork
2. C Lewis
3. G Furball
4. A Turb
5. G Shriram
6. D Wayne (c) (wk)
7. I Narang
8. M Deen
9. Dazhino
10. A Fagina
11. M Morkel

CricketWeb Trial XI B won the toss and elected to bat first on what looked a belter of a track for the batsmen. Somerset struck early, before Lewis and Furball added a quick 120 for the second wicket; Lewis with a fine 66 (68) and Furball with 75 (82). After losing both these wickets in short time, the B's again rallied - a couple of clever partnerships allowing Turb to score 73* (68), suported by Shriram (39 off 35) and his captain Wayne (not out 29) - leaving the B's with an outstanding total of 4/308. Not surprisingly, the bowlers struggled, with all-rounder Ames the only multiple wicket taker.

The A's needed to start strongly and new trialist wicket-keeper Chris Ardley raced to 83 (59) at the top of the order. He struggled to keep a partner initially, until captain JD Hurricane - being touted as a potential #1 draft pick - strode confidently to the centre, and got on top from the outset. The skipper made a magnificent century at better than a run a ball, but could not find sustained support in his middle-lower order and fell disappointingly short of the target. Deen and Narang, whilst expensive, captured 3 wickets each to really take the life out of the chase.

MOTM: JD Hurricane

CWC Trial XI B versus CWC Trial XI A


CWC Trial XI B won the toss and elected to BAT


CWC Trial XI B
 

H Mork            c C Ardley          b SC Somerset       	14 (21)
 
C Lewis           c D Jellett         b E Ames            	66 (68)
 
G Furball         c D Jellett         b E Ames            	75 (82)
 
A Turb                         not out                	73 (68)
 
G Shriram                             b E Ames            	39 (35)
 
DB Wayne                       not out                	29 (26)
 

Extras		( b4 lb8 )		12

	

Total (from 50 overs)	308 - 4


Fall of wickets:
1-32  2-152  3-171  4-247  



Bowling Figures for CWC Trial XI A

                  
                  O	M	R	W

HT Davis          10	1	66	0	

M Wisney          10	0	68	0	

SC Somerset       10	1	56	1	

L Himann          10	2	44	0	

E Ames            10	1	62	3	





CWC Trial XI A
 

E Ames            c G Shriram         b M Deen            	21 (24)
 
C Ardley          c DB Wayne          b M Deen            	83 (59)
 
D Jellett         stDB Wayne          b A Fagina          	2 (8)
 
JD Hurricane      c A Fagina          b I Narang          	119 (110)
 
L Townsend        c DB Wayne          b M Deen            	2 (3)
 
P Spark                               b C Lewis           	19 (16)
 
D Garson          c G Furball         b I Narang          	12 (30)
 
M Wisney          stDB Wayne          b I Narang          	0 (1)
 
SC Somerset                           b M Morkel          	20 (16)
 
L Himann          c M Deen            b A Fagina          	0 (7)
 
HT Davis                       not out                	2 (3)
 

Extras		( w4 lb9 )		13

	

Total (from 47 overs)	293 All out


Fall of wickets:
1-31  2-52  3-173  4-175  5-220  6-259  7-259  8-277  9-291  10-293  



Bowling Figures for CWC Trial XI B

                  
                  O	M	R	W

M Morkel          8	0	44	1	

M Deen            9	2	56	3	

A Fagina          9	1	63	2	

I Narang          10	0	70	3	

C Lewis           10	3	51	1	



CWC Trial XI B won by 15 runs

Man of the match is JD Hurricane

[MW1304]

I had a mare.