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*OLD* T20 Discussion and Results

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Bobisback

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Getting my stabbing knife ready aws. Well over an hour has passed, up to 62 minutes by my count.
 

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Twenty20 Cup Round 1

Ninjas v Masters XI
The Twenty20 Cup was off to a thrilling start in Nixonstown, with a tight finish between Ninjas and Masters. Greg Thomas called correctly and opted to bowl first, expecting some early life in the pitch. He was disappointed, however, as his bowlers were too inconsistent to maximize upon the conditions, and Klusener (18) and Prior (22) launched an early assault in the first 3 overs. Prior was first out, edging down the legside and giving James Nixon his first T20 wicket. Masters XI were set back at 30-1, then Klusener followed with a loose drive 10 runs later. The support attack of Mike Wilson and Sean Fuller took over and showed good control, frustrating the Masters and inducing a middle order collapse. Brian Lara was forced into a tame anchor knock and scored 30 from 27 balls when he chipped a return catch to Wilson. The score stood at 93-5 and the visitors never truly recovered. Most shocking was the effort of Thomas Odoyo. The Kenyan allrounder faced 18 balls but could barely lay bat on ball. He was unbeaten on 2 by the fall of the last wicket. At the other end Thomas cashed in on the pressure to accelerate, taking two late wickets as Masters XI were all out for 131.

Faced with such a modest target, Ninjas looked to start confidently. Rob Bowen flicked the first ball of the innings for 2 runs, but was the first casualty later in the over, run out testing the arm of Kemp at backward point. A poor start quickly turned disastrous a ball later- Fuller snicked a thin edge to Prior behind the stumps. The huge wicket lifted the Masters greatly, and they tore through the Ninjas middle order. In the 8th over the hosts were in tatters, struggling at 32-6. Ash Chaulk had 15 from 15 balls, and as the team icon he realized the immense responsibility upon his shoulders. His response was rather more clinical than emphatic. Chaulk finally received some support from Adam Hollioake and looked to build a partnership without too many risks. But when Hollioake chopped an Odoyo offcutter onto his stumps, Ninjas still needed 58 runs from 48 balls.

Captain Thomas was the next man into the pressure cooker and he was lucky to survive a ball, given not out after a very close lbw shout. His relief was expressed immediately with a top-edged pull shot that sailed over the wicketkeeper for four. Ian Bradshaw returned to the attack and was in for some punishment. Thomas used his feet and clubbed the ball back overhead for a boundary and then flicked through midwicket for 2 runs. The Ninjas captain looked a man on a mission, but offered a lifeline to the opponents with a missed reverse sweep that accounted for his wicket. Mohammad Amir took his place with 30 still needed from the final 17 deliveries. By the start of the 19th over, the equation read 22 from 12 with Amir on strike. He managed to hand the strike back to Chaulk for the final two balls, and the icon lashed a boundary square of the wicket and then kept strike with a quick single.

Lara entrusted his former West Indies teammate, Bradshaw with the final over of the innings. The mountain for the Ninjas stood 16 runs tall. The crowd was deafening during the run-up and Bradshaw attempted to fire in a yorker. Chaulk was keen to the task by stepping out and smacking the ball down the ground for six. Electricity stung the air, more so when Chaulk slogged the next ball over midwicket for six. A once challenging equation drew in to touching distance- 6 runs from 4 balls. Chaulk wasted no time in curtailing the drama by clubbing a third successive six and leaving Bradshaw with his head in hands.

Masters XI innings 131 ao (20 overs)
BC Lara 30 (27), MJ Prior 22 (9), DM Benkenstein 22 (17)
GM Thomas 3-26 (4), SE Fuller 2-6 (3)

Ninjas innings 134-8 (19.3 overs)
AP Chaulk 78* (56), GM Thomas 19 (11)
T Henderson 2-25 (4), Saqlain Mushtaq 2-27 (4)

Ninjas won by 2 wickets.
Man of the Match: AP Chaulk

Rabid Wolves v Mathemagicians
Rabid Wolves recovered from dire straits to post a challenging total and beat Mathemagicians in an engrossing contest. The Mathemagicians bowlers had the Wolves in all manner of trouble on what seemed to be a tricky surface. Morris (28) aside, no one seemed to settle in on the pitch for a big innings. Kieron Pollard threatened briefly, though, kicking off with two big sixes in his cameo of 21. At his dismissal, run out by Gray, Rabid Wolves were desperate for salvation at 101-8. The stage was set for the unlikely heroics of Raghav and his skipper, Kev Gough, with the bat of all instruments.

Gough threw caution to the wind, despite having 8 overs at his disposal. Raghav looked to push the ball into gaps for runs, while Gough favoured the aerial route, and particularly against the spinners. Perhaps his most pleasing shot was a lofted drive that cleared the ropes, bemusing the bowler Neil Pickup. He hit 3 more sixes in his knock- 2 off Jayasuriya and 1 off Manan Shah. In the 20th over, Gough shuffled to the legside and punched Collins over cover and away to the boundary and then raised his bat in celebration of a fantastic half-century. Raghav later finished the over with a one-handed swat for six over the square leg rope. Rabid Wolves achieved an unlikley high score of 184-8 and Gough and Raghav, both unbeaten, walked off with spirits high.

That spirit was transferred into the effort with the new ball. Mathemagicians crawled away to 31 runs after 5 overs. It was then that Gough turned to Pollard's medium pace. The dividends were paid immediately. Pollard bowled Gray for 15 and kept the pressure on the batsmen. That pressure found a point of release at the other end, however. Nel conceded 21 runs in his 3rd over. Mathemagicians began to build some momentum, so Gough called upon Raghav. Again it proved a masterstroke. Raghav dismissed Luff (28) and Garven (4) in quick succession. Mathemagicians found themselves in a hole at 74-4. Despite some promising batting from Alex Crampton and Morgan Burridge, it was a task too great. There was no late order hero, though Mathemagicians took some satisfaction from Burridge's assault on Nel, hitting him for 3 boundaries in 4 balls.

Rabid Wolves innings 184-8 (20 overs)
KJ Gough 52* (24), SV Raghav 37* (24), SC Morris 28 (14)
AAA Collins 2-35 (4)

Mathemagicians innings 164-7 (20 overs)
MC Burridge 38* (22), MD Luff 28 (28), ST Jayasuriya 27 (19)
KA Pollard 2-11 (3)

Rabid Wolves won by 20 runs.
Man of the Match: KJ Gough

Dazzlers v ****atoos
Heath Davis took his first steps in captaincy, winning a keen contest between bat and ball. There were highlights in both disciplines, but fine allround efforts by Zander de Bruyn and David Kearsley proved definitive. James Robertson oozed class in his first Dev League innings, driving beautifully through the covers and notching 57 from 35 balls at the top of the order. He was spared consistent company, however, as wickets tumbled at the other end. Gee Sriram made the initial breakthroughs to reduce ****atoos to 7-2, then Kingsley Clapham removed clubmate Zac Ritchie (4) before bowling dangerman Robertson in his 3rd over.

****atoos continued to move along at a brisk pace in the middle overs, despite the frequent loss of wickets. Indeed, Davis' tactics seemed to be attack at the expense of wickets. It almost backfired when the score was 104-6 halfway through the 11th over. But there was no easing up by Kearsley, and instead he chose the spirited route of aerial attack. Kearsley collected 3 fours and a six off Andy Pimpkins second over on his way to 30 from 17 balls. He was unfortunately run out by the brilliant fielding of Stephen Young, but de Bruyn continued the charge. The South African allrounder followed on from his exceptional form in the warmup fixtures, flicking Butler over square leg for six and the driving him over cover for another maximum shot, two balls later.

****atoos scored 194-8 on the back of de Bruyn's innings of 48 (20 balls). In reply Dazzlers struggled to pick up momentum early on. They were met with genuine pace by Davis and good control by Kyle Wright, only scoring 25 from the first 4 overs. But the cautious start gave way to some pleasant acceleration when Stedman picked out Robertson in the deep. De Bruyn was the lucky bowler, celebrating the dismissal in the 10th over. The required run rate had climbed over 12, and in the ensuing search for quick runs, Dazzlers lost cheap wickets. The innings slumped to 110-5 at the fall of Young, chipping a Ritchie offbreak to long-on. From the remaining 29 balls Dazzlers needed an enormous 85 runs. To make things worse they were faced with the clever changes of pace of Kearsley. He accounted for Zac Gelman (6) and Schofield (0) with consecutive deliveries and effectively ended the contest. Pimpkins played some big shots - 3 fours and 3 sixes - but his 41 unbeaten was not nearly enough.

****atoos innings 194-8 (20 overs)
JA Robertson 57 (35), Z de Bruyn 48 (20), DA Kearsley 30 (17)
CP Schofield 2-16 (3)

Dazzlers innings 171-7 (20 overs)
A Pimpkins 41* (21), JE Stedman 39 (29), S Young 34 (36)
DA Kearsley 3-29 (4)

****atoos won by 23 runs.
Man of the Match: Z de Bruyn

Turistas v Upper Body
In one of the performances of the round, Dan Smith played a mature hand to guide his team off the mark in the Twenty20 Cup. Smith scored 86 not out from 62 balls and held the innings together in the successful chase of 149. A 6-wicket margin does not accurately reflect the closeness of the contest, as Upper Body scored 32 from the last 18 balls of the match to get home. Upper Body needed 11 from the last over, and Smith went 4 better by winning the game with a six. In total Smith hit 5 fours and 2 sixes, putting in hard work on a tricky pitch against a largely disciplined attack.

Turistas were asked to bat first after Nath Patrick called a good toss. He then proceeded to take the new ball and the wicket of Adam Gilchrist in his first over. Gilchrist looked ominous with a pull shot for six, but tried a cut shot outside offstump only to be smartly held by Smith at slip. The man of the moment was quickly into the act again, snapping up Speirs for a duck after Liam Camps found his edge. The early wickets left Turistas uncertain, allowing Rhys Williams and Dave Mohammed to settle into tight spells. The latter was belted for 15 in his final over to tarnish his figures, but the damage was done. While spin served to build pressure at one end, the seamers were rotated to good effect at the other. Turistas struggled at 65-5 before an enterprising partnership between Cribb and Reddlapalli.

Reddlapalli hit a four and a six in his 26, but left Cribb to finish the innings after he was caught at long-on. Cribb tried to guide his team through turmoil while the lower order crumbled. He scored 34 not out from 39 balls and no one stayed with him, en route to 148 all out. The slowness of the pitch anticipated a difficult chase for Upper Body. It was then a big relief when the opening bowlers gave up 36 runs from the first 19 balls. Camps was the aggressor, and when he edged Samiullah to slip, Darren Murphy strolled to the crease wearing a skintight top and a bandana. But to the dismay of the crowd, his fashion sense flattered to deceive and he laboured against improved bowling before flicking Paddy Gundry to short midwicket. Into the 8th over Upper Body still needed 91 runs with 8 wickets in hand.

The struggle continued for Bosco Fitzsimmons in the middle order, but neither he nor Smith threatened to panic. Instead they tried to score off as many balls as possible with positive running. The runs ticked over through a partnership of 43, but Fitzsimmons and Dwyer then fell in quick succession. By that stage the requirement was 34 from 21 balls and there was no time to spare. Jay Gonzalez realized Smith as the key to the chase, so 6 of his 8 runs were singles, returning the strike to his senior partner. In return Smith scored 30 from the last 14 balls he faced. Crucially in the final over, Rose bowled a noball, Smith hit it for 2 runs and then collected a six off the free hit that followed. Such explosiveness reduced the requirement to a simple 1 run from 3 balls. And in finest of style Smith hit the next ball down the ground for six.

Turistas 148 ao (19.5 overs)
RGEWS Cribb 34* (39), M Reddlapalli 26 (15), AP Cloete 24 (12)
LA Camps 3-22 (3.5)

Upper Body innings 153-4 (19.4 overs)
M Corrin 1-20 (4)

Upper Body won by 6 wickets.
 

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[B]Team		M	W	L	Pts	NRR[/B]
****atoos	1	1	0	2	1.15
Rabid Wolves	1	1	0	2	1
Upper Body	1	1	0	2	0.38
Ninjas		1	1	0	2	0.32
Masters XI	1	0	1	0	-0.32
Turistas	1	0	1	0	-0.38
Mathemagicians	1	0	1	0	-1
Dazzlers	1	0	1	0	-1.15
 

Jamee999

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Gah, did the hard part early on, then couldn't finish the job off :( Not up to the standard required.
 

Nate

You'll Never Walk Alone
Top write-ups Camps. :)

Awesome win first up by Upper Body, really good team performance. Was good to get Gilchrist early and then Williams and Camps did the damage. Expect nothing less from Smith, has set the bar. Any scores lower than that will not be tolerated.

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