Archived [10/08/07] Battrick

[NZTailender]

Ended up winning fairly easily. Our bowling is a major concern. Reimann and Siyabonga both hit hundreds again, so pleased with them

 

[Mahindinho]

100 up after the 23rd over. Chanderpaul 59 off 39

 

[Adamc]

Chanderpaul's a bit of a gun; I vaguely recall bidding on Singh a while ago, I think his batting is only competent or thereabouts.

BTW Scaly, about exquisite wages - I know of a couple of players who've popped recently who only have wages around 35-40k, so I'd expect that the wage formula isn't too far off, at least regarding the minimum. I doubt the primary contribution would be much more than 50k, so I'd expect Summers to be fairly high. He's got a higher wage than Whitehorne anyway, even with Whitehorne's batting and concentration.

Got a pretty easy match today, should get through it with a win as long as my batsmen don't self destruct. Will have to get a new player in before next Friday though.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Meh knew I wouldn't win the toss, got put in so as to maximise the slight degradation of PFL for my two spin-bowling all-rounders.


End of Over 31: 166-3, runrate=5.35
Fenton 9-0-49-0
Dillon* 17 (19 balls)
Armstrong 59 (66 balls)

Last Wicket: Obrien b. Evett 33 (FOW: 130/3)


Packer, Wheat and Obrien all got starts. The interesting part comes when I bowl obviously. Packer always seems to get out to opening spin bowlers.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Nicely poised for collapse I think, 212-4 off 39.5 overs, with their best bowlers in the last 10 and my last two decent batsmen in.

 

[Johnners]

haha SP, always the optimist

 

[Scaly piscine]

Yawn there goes the team hattrick.

44.4 [B]W[/B] Tracey to Warr 
   [COLOR="Red"] [B]Felice is under it, he won't drop this one... Oooops, he juggles it, but he hangs on in the end! Felice lucked out there.[/B] [/COLOR]
44.3 [B]W[/B] Tracey to Appleby 
   [COLOR="red"][B] I've heard of the ball squeezing through the gate before, but Appleby virtually held it open then! A truly woeful shot and the price for that mistake is duly paid. [/B][/COLOR] 
44.2 [B]W[/B] Tracey to Preece 
    [COLOR="red"][B]Dear, oh dear, on dear. That was awful. Preece should never have gone for that run.[/B][/COLOR]  
44.1 1 Tracey to Armstrong 
    Gently worked around to deep backward square for an easy single. 

End of Over 44: 236-4, runrate=5.36 
Evett 10-0-49-1 
Armstrong* 102 (108 balls) 
Preece 17 (22 balls)
 
Last Wicket: Dillon b. Shaw 25 (FOW: 202/4)

 

[Mahindinho]

Maybe I should have batted first?

Hirst, having previously bowled 6 overs for 14 runs, concedes 16 in his 7th.

220/4 off 43. I'm in deep, deep trouble here.

My previous largest chase was 383, about 3 seasons ago against a Willetts-inspired Dead Men Walking. I think I needed six off the last ball, only to end up getting a single and losing. I reckon I'm going to be looking at 280 here, against two top-notch bowlers and three rubbish ones.

UPDATE: 231/4 off 44 as Gibb gets in on the act. I'm taking one hell of a beating.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Two more wickets in a row and Armstrong smartly takes a single off the first ball of the over.

This is a pile of steaming pooh Allan.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Armstrong takes a single off the first ball of the over again...

 

[PY]

All over rover for SPCC, new bowler playing then SP?

 

[alternative]

tim bobbin v Alternative XI

Going nicely now after getting them all-out for 170. Currentl scores are:

End of Over 7: 50-0, runrate=7.14, reqrunrate=2.81 (170-10)
Giles 4-0-30-0
Zonke* 35 (26 balls)
Edgehill 13 (17 balls)

 

[Mahindinho]

A wicket with the last ball of the match takes them to 268/10 off the full 50 overs.

So, I've got a stiff total to aim for, on a hard and fast pitch, against two world class bowlers and not a lot else.

Going by past form, the two good'uns will be bowling 12 of the first 14 overs. If I survive them with 7 or 8 wickets intact, I should win. Hopefully!

 

[Scaly piscine]

All over rover for SPCC, new bowler playing then SP?

Yep, opposition are 12-2 off 3, both wickets to Pace tho.


Edit oh wait here we go:


3.2 W Summers to Felice
A simply stunning catch by Wheat. Diving low to his right, the ball fizzed through the air and into his grasp.

 

[Kweek]

End of Over 12: 51-1, runrate=4.25, reqrunrate=3.26 (174-10)
Tomlinson 1-0-7-0
Reeson* 16 (27 balls)
Turnbull 23 (37 balls)
Last Wicket: Hart c. Freedman b. Graham 8 (FOW: 11/1)


dire

 

[Scaly piscine]

End of Over 10: 40-3, runrate=4.00, reqrunrate=5.45 (257-10)
Summers 5-1-17-1
Teggart* 21 (34 balls)
Bushell 10 (12 balls)

Last Wicket: Felice c. Wheat b. Summers 5 (FOW: 12/3)


Summers part 2 starts in ~35 minutes.

 

[Mahindinho]

57/1 off 14, with Singh grabbing the wicket of Perry.

RRR just below a run a ball, so I'm happy.

Singh's bowled his 5 and skulked off to the outfield, while Frederick's having a break after 7 overs. Fingers crossed...

 

[alternative]

Comfortable win on TIE

And that's the end of the match. Alternative XI won by 9 wickets.
tim bobbin 170-10
Alternative XI 172-1

 

[Scaly piscine]

End of Over 17: 68-5, runrate=4.00, reqrunrate=5.76 (257-10)
Dillon 4-0-15-0
Evett* 1 (1 balls)
Teggart 34 (50 balls)

Last Wicket: Donohoe Run Out 2 (FOW: 67/5)



Can hopefully finish them off quickly, save some PFL for later.

 

[Mahindinho]

Perfect! McGregor goes, and Sandwith comes in to milk the lesser bowlers. I've set him to attacking, just for that purpose.

89/2 off 19 now, RRR 5.81. Should be close!