[R3] Good at BJs vs. CW Green

[Spark]

GaBJs

Batting & Bowling Order:
01. Matthew Hayden
02. Lahiru Thirimanne
03. VVS Laxman
04. Brendan Nash
05. AB De Villiers*
06. Thilan Samaraweera (5)
07. Zulqarnain Haider+
08. Nuwan Kulasekara (2)
09. Sachithra Senanayake (4)
10. Umar Gul (3)
11. Glenn McGrath (1)

Other random instructions:
1. Kulasekara as nightwatchman.
2. Samaraweera to be used as a partnership breaker when needed.
3. Senanayake, Gul and McGrath to bat defensively unless batting together.
4. Other than this, common sense approach and will leave this up to Spark.

Green
Win toss, Bat

Key
Trott
Hodge
Collingwood (6)
Flintoff (3)
Rashid (5)
Wright (7)
Boucher
Tremlett (2)
Onions (1)
Pattinson (4)

Bowling order:

Onions
Tremlett
Flintoff
Pattinson
Rashid
Collingwood (only if fill-in needed, or partnership breaker)
Wright (as above)

Other random instructions:

Win toss and bat
Flintoff to bat super aggressively with the tail
No declarations unless 600 on the board in the first innings batting first or lead of 200, 400 lead in the 2nd
If we need quick runs in either innings, promote Wright ahead of Rashid and have him bat like a madman
Win

 

[Spark]

                             CW Green 1st Innings

RWT Key                ct Haider            b Kulasekara          21   48  3 0
IJL Trott                         lbw       b Senanayake         173  331 17 3
BJ Hodge                        run out                           49   95  4 1
PD Collingwood                    lbw       b Gul                  0    9  0 0
A Flintoff             ct McGrath           b Senanayake          21   40  1 0
AU Rashid              ct Senanayake        b Gul                 75  132 10 1
LJ Wright                         lbw       b Gul                 43   82  6 0
MV Boucher             ct de Villiers       b McGrath             12   46  1 0
CT Tremlett                          not out                       4   10  0 0
G Onions                                    b McGrath              4    4  0 0
DJ Pattinson                      lbw       b McGrath              0    1  0 0
Extras           (byes 1   leg byes 8   no balls 8   wides 3)     20
Total                       (10 Wkts  131.4 Overs)               422
Fall of Wkts    54   160  163  215  348  371  411  417  422  422

McGrath                 32.4   5   98   3    2  0
Kulasekara              35     8  100   1    3  0
Gul                     29     1  102   3    3  3
Senanayake              30     5   92   2    0  0
Samaraweera              5     0   21   0    0  0

Trott vs. Sri Lankans, hm.

 

[Cevno]

Trott can't seem to stop scoring these days.Realism .......

This one is a mini Srilanka vs England Match in itself.

 

[GIMH]

Fully expect Tremmers to carve up as well

 

[Spark]

                          Good at BJs XI 1st Innings

ML Hayden                              ct & b Onions              20   18  1 1
HDRL Thirimanne                             b Pattinson           74  151  6 2
VVS Laxman                      run out                           52  107  4 2
BP Nash                ct Key               b Pattinson           32  109  2 1
AB de Villiers         ct Boucher           b Flintoff            31   80  2 0
TT Samaraweera                              b Pattinson           60   91  8 0
Z Haider               ct Tremlett          b Onions              12   34  2 0
KMDN Kulasekara                             b Tremlett             4    6  1 0
SMSM Senanayake                      not out                      16   51  2 0
U Gul                             lbw       b Pattinson            7    6  1 0
GD McGrath             ct Wright            b Pattinson            1   11  0 0
Extras           (byes 5   leg byes 9   no balls 8   wides 1)     23
Total                       (10 Wkts  109.2 Overs)               332
Fall of Wkts    22   151  151  218  244  287  292  322  330  332

Onions                  22     6   72   2    4  0
Tremlett                21     3   66   1    1  0
Flintoff                21     4   64   1    1  1
Pattinson               26.2   4   81   5    2  0
Rashid                  19     5   35   0    0  0

Not the foggiest clue what Matty Hayden was doing.

 

[Cevno]

Pattinson.Hmm......

 

[GIMH]

Pattinson. Inspired selection.

 

[Spark]

                             CW Green 2nd Innings

RWT Key                ct Kulasekara        b McGrath              0    1  0 0
IJL Trott                                   b McGrath             33   74  3 0
BJ Hodge                          lbw       b McGrath              1    4  0 0
PD Collingwood         ct Gul               b McGrath             21   27  2 1
A Flintoff             ct Laxman            b Kulasekara          63  102  8 0
AU Rashid              ct Gul               b Senanayake          29   40  4 0
LJ Wright              ct Haider            b Kulasekara          43  102  4 0
MV Boucher             ct Laxman            b McGrath             29   81  1 1
CT Tremlett                          not out                      18   25  2 0
G Onions                                    b McGrath              0    4  0 0
DJ Pattinson                         not out                      15   19  0 0
Extras          (byes 6   leg byes 13   no balls 5   wides 1)     25
Total                    (9 Wkts Declared 79.0 Overs)            277
Fall of Wkts    0    2    37   102  143  173  238  252  252

McGrath                 26     3   77   6    2  1
Kulasekara              21     5   64   2    1  0
Gul                     14     2   64   0    2  0
Senanayake              17     2   52   1    0  0
Samaraweera              1     0    1   0    0  0

Really interesting chase set up, if the weather holds...

 

[Cevno]

Mcgrath!! WAG!!!!!

368 to get...

 

[GIMH]

Could have sworn I said declare with 400 lead

 

[Howe_zat]

368 in 130 overs seems overly sporting for a declaration. I'd try and eke it out a bit more.

 

[Spark]

Could have sworn I said declare with 400 lead

368 in 130 overs seems overly sporting for a declaration. I'd try and eke it out a bit more.

Only about 75 overs left in the match, tbh, 'cos of rain. Hey, you said "win" too...

Anyway, I said that this would be interesting if the weather holds...

                          Good at BJs XI 2nd Innings

ML Hayden                                   b Flintoff            66   58 10 0
HDRL Thirimanne        ct Wright            b Pattinson           54   76  8 1
VVS Laxman             ct Boucher           b Flintoff            59   82 10 0
BP Nash                                ct & b Rashid               4    2  1 0
AB de Villiers         ct Key               b Rashid              16   21  2 0
TT Samaraweera                       not out                      30   49  3 1
Z Haider                             not out                       5   15  0 0
KMDN Kulasekara
SMSM Senanayake
U Gul
GD McGrath
Extras           (byes 0   leg byes 4   no balls 3   wides 1)      8
Total                        (5 Wkts  50.0 Overs)                242
Fall of Wkts    97   151  158  196  225

Onions                  13     1   60   0    0  0
Tremlett                 6     0   31   0    0  0
Flintoff                13     1   61   2    3  1
Pattinson               12     1   51   1    0  0
Rashid                   6     0   35   2    0  0


                              Test Match Drawn.

Which it didn't. Three draws from three for Green.

 

[Cevno]

One of the last two batsman could have gotten injured?

 

[GIMH]

Bah. At least I get a bonus point this time.

 

[Spark]

EDIT: Actually I think it was a bit more than 75 because I made it so that there was a small amount of carrot so the batsmen would go out aggressively. Which they did.

EDIT2: 80 seems about right.

 

[Cevno]

CW Greens seem the draw experts.

Bring Rain with them too.

 

[Prince EWS]

Pattinson.Hmm......

Haha. He didn't get picked in 450+ picks of the CPL and CFD drafts.

 

[Himannv]

The SL team could take a leaf out of Good at BJ's CC here. Thats how you're supposed to bat in the second innings. You may not win the game but that doesn't mean getting blown away like pixie dust in a hurricane.

Lahiru Thirimanne repaying the faith a bit here by putting in a decent knock here and there.

What the heck is up with de Villiers though? He's struggling as though aliens from mars are throwing fireballs at him. wtf!!