CW XI 101 : The Road To The Present

[PY]

I know.....

1-0 Camps I believe.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Coming to a thread (this one, to be exact) near you: Episode II - Cricket Web in the Caribbean.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

EPISODE I.a: THE DEV LEAGUE IS BORN

Midway through the tour of South Africa, the Development League was established and open auditions for roster spots began. At the time, there was just one CW team - Cricket Web XI Devs - and it was due to compete against Australia 'A', New Zealand 'A', South Africa 'A', England 'A', West Indies 'A', Minnows XI, Zimbabwe 'A'.

The schedule consisted of the teams competing in round robin format in 5D and OD.

The first CW XI Devs team:

RA Langley
E Moon
PE Young
A Maddocks
LA Camps
M Gaukroger
S Bhatia
J Magee
GS Gooljar
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

 

[Loony BoB]

I wasn't aware Tamara was a man.

Good stuff, looking forward to what's to come too.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

EPISODE II: CRICKET WEB IN THE CARIBBEAN PART 1

Tests: 5 (lost 0-1)

The Touring Party (16):
RJ Hingston (C)
RG Verghese (vc)
AP Cloete
SG Fitzsimmons
T Evans
R Twyman
C Taylor
K Fraser
JE Sanders
DM Kennett
RT Verghese (wk)
KR Kode
T Gould
BJ Goff
V Reddy
EL Heath

West Indies Provisional Test Squad:
BC Lara (C)
RR Sarwan (vc)
CH Gayle
DS Smith
WW Hinds
S Chanderpaul
MN Samuels
+ RD Jacobs
M Dillon
V Drakes
JJC Lawson
D Ganga
OAC Banks
CD Colleymore
D Powell

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TOUR MATCH: CW XI vs Jamaica

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
EL Heath
RG Verghese (vc)
BJ Goff
K Fraser
RJ Hingston (C)
V Reddy
C Taylor
RT Verghese (wk)
DM Kennett

Jamaica 351
CH Gayle 91, GR Breese 49, WW Hinds 43;
EL Heath 3/86, RJ Hingston 2/64, C Taylor 2/69, DM Kennett 2/73
Cricket Web XI 151
SG Fitzsimmons 53, BJ Goff 36;
GR Breese 5/41
Cricket Web XI 232/7
RG Verghese 52, R Twyman 46, BJ Goff 31;
R Cunningham 2/23, DB Powell 2/28, DE Bernard 2/27

Match Drawn
Man of the match: GR Breese

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The First Test

WEST INDIES

Chris Gayle
Wavell Hinds
Daren Ganga
Brian Lara (C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan (vc)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon
Corey Collymore
Jermaine Lawson

CRICKET WEB XI

SG Fitzsimmons
R Twyman
AP Cloete
KR Kode
T Gould
RJ Hingston (C)
RG Verghese (vc)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
RT Verghese (wk)
DM Kennett

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Hard- should be great for batting, will deteriorate on day 4 and 5
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: CW XI
Hingston inserts the West Indies in what seems a ridiculous decision, with a flat track at the Queen's Park Oval.

Day 1 -
WI 204/2 (90 overs)(D Ganga 40*, BC Lara 36*)
Day 2 -
WI 390 (146.3 overs)(JJC Lawson 0*)
CW XI 76/2 (34 overs)(R Twyman 45*, KR Kode 17*)
Day 3 -
CW XI 218 (102.2 overs)(JE Sanders 27*)
WI 60/0 (22 overs)(CH Gayle 36*, WW Hinds 22*)
Day 4 -
WI 276/4 dec.(94.5 overs)(RR Sarwan 34*, S Chanderpaul 2*)
CW XI 63/0 (17 overs)(SG Fitzsimmons 35*, R Twyman 25*)
Day 5 -
CW XI 342/6 (107 overs)(RG Verghese 42*, JE Sanders 1*)

West Indies 390
BC Lara 104, CH Gayle 66, WW Hinds 49, D Ganga 47, S Chanderpaul 46;
JE Sanders 4/74, C Taylor 2/67
Cricket Web XI 218
R Twyman 59, AP Cloete 45;
VC Drakes 4/42, WW Hinds 2/37, JJC Lawson 2/39
West Indies 276/4d
CH Gayle 82, BC Lara 80, WW Hinds 50;
DM Kennett 2/57
Cricket Web XI 342/6
AP Cloete 111, SG Fitzsimmons 70, RG Verghese 42*;
M Dillon 2/50, WW Hinds 2/75

Match Drawn
Man of the match: BC Lara

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The Second Test

WEST INDIES

Chris Gayle
Wavell Hinds
Daren Ganga
Brian Lara (C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan (vc)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon
Corey Collymore
Jermaine Lawson

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
AP Cloete
T Gould
K Fraser
KR Kode
RG Verghese (vc)
RJ Hingston (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
RT Verghese (wk)

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Hard- should be great for batting, nice bounce for the pacers though
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: WI
Lara keen to put the Webheads in with the pitch to get better and better for batting over time.

Day 1 -
CW XI 212/5 (90 overs)(T Gould 31*, RG Verghese 6*)
Day 2 -
CW XI 313 (142 overs)(RT Verghese 8*)
WI 93/3 (38 overs)(BC Lara 23*, RR Sarwan 0*)
Day 3 -
WI 296 (116.3 overs)(CD Collymore 2*)
Fitzsimmons caught hooking the last ball of the day.
CW XI 27/1 (12 overs)(R Twyman 18*, AP Cloete 0*)
Day 4 -
CW XI 222/6 (102 overs)(KR Kode 64*, RJ Hingston 1*)
Day 5 -
CW XI 301/8 dec.(133 overs)(JE Sanders 16*, C Taylor 15*)
WI 151/7 (59 overs)(S Chanderpaul 26*, M Dillon 5*)

Cricket Web XI 313
SG Fitzsimmons 62, R Twyman 59, T Gould 49;
M Dillon 3/60, CH Gayle 2/32, VC Drakes 2/39
West Indies 296
BC Lara 87, S Chanderpaul 69, RD Jacobs 37;
JE Sanders 5/63, T Gould 2/8
Cricket Web XI 301/8d
KR Kode 81, RG Verghese 44, AP Cloete 45;
M Dillon 3/57, JJC Lawson 2/50
West Indies 151/7
CH Gayle/RR Sarwan 36, S Chanderpaul 26*;
C Taylor 3/37

Match Drawn
Man of the match: JE Sanders

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The Third Test

WEST INDIES

Chris Gayle
Wavell Hinds
Daren Ganga
Brian Lara (C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan (vc)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Omari Banks
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon
Jermaine Lawson

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
AP Cloete
T Gould
K Fraser
KR Kode
RG Verghese (vc)
RJ Hingston (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
RT Verghese (wk)

Conditions: Warm
Pitch: Flat as they come!
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: WI
Lara back at the ARG and salivating to bat first.

Day 1 -
WI 229/6 (90 overs)(RD Jacobs 14*, OAC Banks 0*)
Day 2 -
WI 253 (107.3 overs)(M Dillon 17*)
CW XI 61/5 (37 overs)(RG Verghese 4*, KR Kode 2*)
Day 3 -
CW XI 161 (75 overs)(JE Sanders 17*)
WI 123/5 (52 overs)(RR Sarwan 24*, RD Jacobs 16*)
Day 4 -
WI 310/8 dec.(124.4 overs)(OAC Banks 37*, M Dillon 0*)
CW XI 50/2 (18 overs)(AP Cloete 5*, T Gould 1*)
Day 5 -
CW XI 266 (104.1 overs)(RT Verghese 11*)

West Indies 253
WW Hinds 64, S Chanderpaul 43, D Ganga 37;
C Taylor 4/59, JE Sanders 3/54, RJ Hingston 2/43
Cricket Web XI 161
KR Kode 40, AP Cloete 26, RJ Hingston 23;
VC Drakes 4/27, M Dillon 4/32
West Indies 310/8d
RR Sarwan 84, RD Jacobs 59, OAC Banks 37*, VC Drakes 34;
JE Sanders 4/57, C Taylor 2/71
Cricket Web XI 266
K Fraser 56, T Gould 44, SG Fitzsimmons 30;
OAC Banks 3/33, CH Gayle 2/18, M Dillon 2/43, VC Drakes 2/57

West Indies won by 136 runs
Man of the match: VC Drakes

 

[Simon]

good work liam, brings back memories, i notice in the team line ups there im "SG Broncoman" but on the scoreboard highlights im "SG Fitzsimmons"

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

good work liam, brings back memories, i notice in the team line ups there im "SG Broncoman" but on the scoreboard highlights im "SG Fitzsimmons"

LOL! That's a very poor miss on my part. I've been copy/pasting and converting stuff from old scorecards. I guess I missed that one.

 

[Travis_Teh]

This history is pretty interesting

 

[David]

Aha, there I am, dropped from the team

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

EPISODE II: CRICKET WEB IN THE CARIBBEAN PART 2

The Fourth Test

Daren Ganga was ruled out with a side strain. Samuels was drafted into the WI squad.

WEST INDIES

Chris Gayle
Wavell Hinds
Brian Lara (C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan (vc)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Marlon Samuels
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Omari Banks
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon
Jermaine Lawson

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
AP Cloete
T Gould
BJ Goff
KR Kode
RG Verghese (vc)
RJ Hingston (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
RT Verghese (wk)

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Very flat, with something for spinners later in the match.
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: CW XI
Great conditions for the batsmen, and two spinners in the team, Hingston elected to bat first.

Day 1 -
CW XI 256/6 (90 overs)(RG Verghese 26*, RJ Hingston 4*)
Day 2 -
CW XI 309 (110.2 overs)(JE Sanders 23*)
WI 213/5 (70 overs)(RR Sarwan 87*, RD Jacobs 4*)
Day 3 -
WI 279 (99.1 overs)(JJC Lawson 2*)
CW XI 208/2 (61 overs)(AP Cloete 57*, T Gould 21*)
Day 4 -
CW XI 360 (111.1 overs)(RJ Hingston 54*)
WI 21/0 (6 overs)(CH Gayle 13*, WW Hinds 7*)
Day 5 -
WI 348/6 (96 overs)(RD Jacobs 20*, OAC Banks 9*)

Cricket Web XI 309
* Fitzsimmons scored his maiden Test hundred.
SG Fitzsimmons 100, T Gould 33, RG Verghese 32;
OAC Banks 3/49, M Dillon 3/63, JJC Lawson 2/46
West Indies 279
* WI collapsed from 133/1.
RR Sarwan 134, CH Gayle 69;
C Taylor 4/72, JE Sanders 3/72, RG Verghese 2/50
Cricket Web XI 360
* Hingston scored his first and only Test fifty.
AP Cloete 83, R Twyman 80, RJ Hingston 54*, SG Fitzsimmons 42;
VC Drakes 3/64, JJC Lawson 2/52, OAC Banks 2/64
West Indies 348/6
* Verghese dismissed Lara for the second time in the match.
BC Lara 92, RR Sarwan 60, CH Gayle 54, WW Hinds 49, S Chanderpaul 41;
RG Verghese 3/80, C Taylor 2/84

Chasing 391 for victory, the West Indies simply ran out of time in the end, as rain disturbed day 4.

Match drawn
Man of the match: RR Sarwan

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The Fifth Test

Daren Ganga returned, as Chanderpaul missed out with a stomach bug.

WEST INDIES

Chris Gayle
Wavell Hinds
Ramnaresh Sarwan (vc)
Brian Lara (C)
Daren Ganga
Marlon Samuels
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Omari Banks
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon
Jermaine Lawson

Tamara Gould made her wicketkeeping debut, as Ryan Verghese made way for the return of Tim Evans for extra bowling in a must-win match.

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
AP Cloete
T Gould (wk)
BJ Goff
KR Kode
RG Verghese (vc)
RJ Hingston (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
T Evans

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Good bounce and some seam movement. Quickest pitch of the series.
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: CW XI
In the tradition of the Kensington Oval, Hingston elected to bowl first upon winning the toss.

Day 1 -
* Evans bowled Lara for 98 in the last half-an-hour of play. Sidhu commented: Lara was as clueless as Inzamam at a track meet.
WI 262/4 (90 overs)(D Ganga 19*, MN Samuels 9*)
Day 2 -
WI 417 (149.2 overs)(JJC Lawson 4*)
CW XI 62/6 (31 overs)(BJ Goff 4*, RJ Hingston 5*)
Day 3 -
CW XI 225 (92.1 overs)(T Evans 4*)
WI 75/2 (29 overs)(RR Sarwan 12*, BC Lara 28*)
Day 4 -
WI 305/5 dec.(99.3 overs)(MN Samuels 27*, RD Jacobs 0*)
CW XI 54/1 (18 overs)(R Twyman 22*, AP Cloete 17*)
Day 5 -
CW XI 295/7 (110 overs)(RJ Hingston 13*, JE Sanders 19*)

West Indies 417
BC Lara 98, OAC Banks 59, WW Hinds 45, M Dillon 43, RR Sarwan 40;
JE Sanders 3/82, T Evans 2/65
Cricket Web XI 225
RJ Hingston 49, JE Sanders 43, BJ Goff 38;
CH Gayle 2/22, OAC Banks 2/27, M Dillon 2/41, VC Drakes 2/52
West Indies 305/5d
* Evans took his best Test haul.
BC Lara 162, RR Sarwan 35, D Ganga 31;
T Evans 2/53
Cricket Web XI 295/7
T Gould 67, KR Kode 61, AP Cloete 41;
JJC Lawson 2/56, M Dillon 2/61

Match drawn
Man of the match: BC Lara
Man of the series: BC Lara

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

EPISODE II: CRICKET WEB IN THE CARIBBEAN PART 3

Top Batting Avges (CWXI)

JE Sanders		207@51.75				HS-43
AP Cloete		371@37.1			1 100	HS-117
SG Fitzsimmons		338@33.8		2 50's	1 100	HS-100
T Gould			324@32.4		1 50		HS-67
RJ Hingston		257@32.13		1 50		HS-54*
R Twyman		318@31.8		3 50's		HS-80

Top Bowling Avges (CWXI)

JE Sanders	26@23.69	1 5w	BB-5/63		SR-63.5
T Evans		4@29.5			BB-2/53		SR-64.50
C Taylor	20@29.8			BB-4/59		SR-79.4

ODIs: 6 (won 4-2)

West Indies ODI Squad

Brian Lara (C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan (vc)
Chris Gayle
Wavell Hinds
Marlon Samuels
Shiv Chanderpaul
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Ricardo Powell
Merv Dillon
Jermaine Lawson
Corey Collymore
Vasbert Drakes
Omari Banks
Pedro Collins

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Wicketkeeper Andre Maddocks drafted in for the One Day Internationals, replacing Ryan Verghese. Maddocks had scored 155 OD runs at an average of 77.50 in the Dev League. He also scored 359 FC runs at 51.29.

Liam Camps returned to the CW XI for the ODIs, replacing Vishnu Reddy. Camps had scored 214 OD runs at 42.80 and taken 9 wickets at 17.

Hoggy made his debut after taking 10 OD wickets at 8.10 in the Dev League.

First ODI
at the Kensington Oval

Cricket Web XI
R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
AP Cloete
T Gould
A Maddocks (wk) (debut)
EL Heath
RG Verghese
RJ Hingston (C)
C Taylor
JE Sanders
H Hoggy (debut)

West Indies
Chris Gayle
Wavell Hinds
Brian Lara (C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Marlon Samuels
Ricardo Powell
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Omari Banks
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon
Corey Collymore

CW XI 195/9 (50 overs)
AP Cloete 58 (70), T Gould 36 (71);
VC Drakes 4/42 (10), MN Samuels 2/8 (3), CD Collymore 2/40 (10)
WI 196/7 (39.2 overs)
CH Gayle 43 (48), RL Powell 42 (59), RD Jacobs 35 (49);
JE Sanders 2/43 (10), EL Heath 2/46 (10)

WI won by 3 wickets
Man of the Match: VC Drakes

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Second ODI
at Sabina Park

Cricket Web XI
R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
AP Cloete
T Gould
A Maddocks (wk)
EL Heath
RG Verghese
RJ Hingston (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
DM Kennett

West Indies
Chris Gayle
Wavell Hinds
Brian Lara (C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ricardo Powell
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Omari Banks
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon
Corey Collymore

CW XI 277/9 (50 overs)
T Gould 81 (74), RG Verghese 56* (52);
M Dillon 3/43 (10), CH Gayle 2/30 (5), CD Collymore 2/49 (10)
WI 210 (49.2 overs)
RR Sarwan 52 (53), CH Gayle 44 (51), RL Powell 40 (81);
RJ Hingston 3/39 (10), RG Verghese 2/40 (10), DM Kennett 2/42 (9.2), JE Sanders 2/43 (10)

CW XI won by 67 runs
Man of the Match: RG Verghese

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Third ODI
at the Queen's Park Stadium

Rain reduced the match to 30 overs per side.
Camps was drafted in for Heath.

Cricket Web XI
R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
AP Cloete
T Gould
LA Camps
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese
RJ Hingston (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
DM Kennett

Jermaine Lawson replaced Omari Banks.

West Indies
Chris Gayle
Wavell Hinds
Brian Lara (C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ricardo Powell
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon
Corey Collymore
Jermaine Lawson

WI 196/4 (30 overs)
CH Gayle 58 (71), BC Lara 54 (44), RR Sarwan 49* (48), RL Powell 28* (17);
AP Cloete 2/10 (3), JE Sanders 1/25 (5)
CW XI 194/2 (30 overs)
AP Cloete 90 (77), R Twyman 78* (87), T Gould 18* (10);
VC Drakes 2/37 (5)

WI won by 2 runs
Man of the Match: BC Lara

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Fourth ODI
at the Queen's Park Oval

Heath came in for Kennett, and Fitzsimmons was sacked from the ODI side with a career average of 11.71. Kode came in for him.

Cricket Web XI
R Twyman
LA Camps
AP Cloete
T Gould
KR Kode
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese
EL Heath
RJ Hingston (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor

Samuels came in for Hinds.

West Indies
Chris Gayle
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Brian Lara (C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Marlon Samuels
Ricardo Powell
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon
Corey Collymore
Jermaine Lawson

WI 212 (48.5 overs)
RR Sarwan 76 (87), MN Samuels 29 (61), CH Gayle 30 (28);
C Taylor 3/39 (8.5), EL Heath 2/30 (10)
CW XI 213/5 (43 overs)
T Gould 51 (56), LA Camps 51 (73), R Twyman 47 (52);
M Dillon 2/32 (8), JJC Lawson 2/55 (10)

CW XI won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: LA Camps

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Fifth ODI
at the ARG

Cricket Web XI
R Twyman
LA Camps
AP Cloete
T Gould
KR Kode
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese
EL Heath
RJ Hingston (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor

Hurley came in for Collymore.

West Indies
Chris Gayle
Ricardo Powell
Brian Lara (C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Marlon Samuels
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Ryan Hurley
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon
Jermaine Lawson

WI 198 (42 overs)
* Hingston took his best ODI haul.
RL Powell 54 (48), S Chanderpaul 43 (50), RR Sarwan 25 (43);
RJ Hingston 3/37 (10), JE Sanders 2/30 (7), RG Verghese 2/30 (5)
CW XI 199/4 (35.5 overs)
* Twyman maiden ODI ton and career high.
R Twyman 112 (113), KR Kode 32* (40);
RL Powell 1/9 (1), RO Hurley 1/23 (6.5)

CW XI won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: R Twyman

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Sixth ODI
at Sabina Park

Cricket Web XI
R Twyman
LA Camps
AP Cloete
T Gould
KR Kode
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese
EL Heath
RJ Hingston (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor

Hinds came in for Lawson.

West Indies
Chris Gayle
Ricardo Powell
Wavell Hinds
Brian Lara (C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Marlon Samuels
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Ryan Hurley
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon

WI 300/6 (50 overs)
RL Powell 93 (81), RR Sarwan 63 (63), BC Lara 50 (35), MN Samuels 41* (53);
LA Camps 1/31 (6), C Taylor 1/41 (7)
CW XI 304/9 (48.1 overs)
* Heath hit 5 sixes!
* The partnership between Heath and Sanders for the 9th wicket was worth 54 off just 29 balls!
AP Cloete 82 (64), EL Heath 51 (31), T Gould 48 (45);
VC Drakes 4/50 (8.1), M Dillon 2/49 (9)

CW XI won by 1 wicket
Man of the Match: AP Cloete
Man of the Series: R Twyman

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Top CW XI ODI Batting Avges

R Twyman	286@57.2	1 50	1 100	SR:90.22	HS:112
T Gould		247@49.4	2 50		SR:88.21	HS:80
AP Cloete	265@44.17	3 50		SR:100.38	HS:90

Top CW XI ODI Bowling Avges

AP Cloete	2@12.5		Econ:6.25	BB-2/10
JE Sanders	7@26.29		Econ:4.49	BB-2/30		SR-35.15
RJ Hingston	7@28.29		Econ:4.30	BB-3/37		SR-39.43
EL Heath	5@30.4		Econ:4.11	BB-2/30		SR-44.4

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Next up: CW XI in Sri Lanka.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

EPISODE III: CRICKET WEB IN SRI LANKA PART 1

Tests: 4 (drew 1-1)

The Test Touring Party:

Richard Hingston (C)
Reuben Verghese (vc)
Andre Maddocks (wk)
Tamara Gould (wk)
Richard Twyman
KR Kode
Brendon Goff
Simon Fitzsimmons
Andrew Cloete
John Eddie Sanders
David Kennett
Tim Evans
Corey Taylor
Henry Hoggy (uncapped)(25 wickets @ 18.32 in Dev League)
Neil Pickup (uncapped)(33 wickets @ 19.09 in Dev League)
Peter Young (uncapped)(418 runs @ 41.80 in Dev League)

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TOUR MATCH: CW XI vs SRI LANKA 'A'

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
PE Young
T Gould
A Maddocks (wk)
KR Kode
RG Verghese (vc)
RJ Hingston (C)
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

SL 'A' 333
MG Vandort 74, TM Dilshan 67, RP Arnold 40;
RG Verghese 3/56, H Hoggy 2/61, C Taylor 2/70, NS Pickup 2/72
Cricket Web XI 189
PE Young 54;
M Nawaz 3/22, PGN Ranjith 3/39
SL 'A' 400
GI Daniel 89, M Nawaz 83;
RG Verghese 3/100, NS Pickup 2/52, RJ Hingston 2/66, H Hoggy 2/79
Cricket Web XI 323
PE Young 63, RG Verghese 49, T Gould 46;
PGN Ranjith 5/64, M Nawaz 4/55

SL 'A' won by 221 runs

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TOUR MATCH: CW XI vs SRI LANKA BOARD XI

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
PE Young
T Gould
A Maddocks (wk)
KR Kode
RG Verghese (vc)
RJ Hingston (C)
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

SLB XI 413
RS Kaluwitharana 108, RP Arnold 75, M Wijeratne 57;
H Hoggy 6/69, RG Verghese 3/57
Cricket Web XI 394
A Maddocks 121, KR Kode 66, RG Verghese 54;
M Pushpakumara 3/68
SLB XI 341/4d
TM Dilshan 162*, DPMD Jayawardene 68, L DeSilva 64*;
JE Sanders 2/52
Cricket Web XI 63/0
SG Fitzsimmons 46*, R Twyman 16*

Match Drawn

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BREAKING NEWS
Tamara Gould withdrew from the tour due to personal commitments. E Moon was called up to the squad as a replacement, following 522 runs at an average of 37.29 in his debut Dev League season.

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TOUR MATCH: CW XI vs SRI LANKA 'A'

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
PE Young
A Maddocks (wk)
KR Kode
RG Verghese (vc)
JE Sanders
T Evans
RJ Hingston (C)
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

SL 'A' 500/7d
RP Arnold 122, GI Daniel 100;
RG Verghese 3/48
Cricket Web XI 378
R Twyman 107, T Evans 61*;
M Nawaz 5/52
SL 'A' 245/5d
RP Arnold 75*;
PE Young 2/9
Cricket Web XI 158/2
R Twyman 74*, SG Fitzsimmons 33;
M Nawaz 1/27

Match Drawn

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The First Test

SRI LANKA

Sanath Jayasuriya
Mahela Jayawardene
Marvan Atapattu
Hashan Tillekaratne (C)
Kumara Sangakkara (wk)
Russel Arnold
Kumara Dharmasena
Kumara Lokuarachichi
Chaminda Vaas
Muttiah Muralitharan
Prabatha Nissanka

E Moon entered the Test team immediately, whilst Andre Maddocks transitioned from ODI cricket to Tests for the first time. Neil Pickup and Henry Hoggy also made their debuts.

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
AP Cloete
A Maddocks (wk) (debut)
KR Kode
E Moon (debut)
RG Verghese (vc)
JE Sanders
RJ Hingston (C)
H Hoggy (debut)
NS Pickup (debut)

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Decent bounce, good turn, expected to deteriorate somewhat.
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: SL
On a perfect batting surface, Tillekeratne chose to bat first.

* Records of day end scores have been lost *

Sri Lanka 350
* Verghese took his best Test haul.
KC Sangakkara 156, DPMD Jayawardene 59;
RG Verghese 4/52, JE Sanders 3/70, H Hoggy 2/59
Cricket Web XI 350
AP Cloete 112, SG Fitzsimmons 74, RJ Hingston 43, E Moon 39;
M Muralitharan 7/80
Sri Lanka 415
HP Tillekeratne 168, DPMD Jayawardene 56, WPUJC Vaas 48;
JE Sanders 4/73, RG Verghese 3/64
Cricket Web XI 288
RG Verghese 71, KR Kode 61, JE Sanders 45*;
WPUJC Vaas 5/73, M Muralitharan 4/61

Sri Lanka won by 127 runs
Man of the match: M Muralitharan

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The Second Test

SRI LANKA

Sanath Jayasuriya
Mahela Jayawardene
Marvan Atapattu
Hashan Tillekaratne (C)
Kumara Sangakkara (wk)
Russel Arnold
Kumara Dharmasena
Kumara Lokuarachichi
Chaminda Vaas
Muttiah Muralitharan
Prabatha Nissanka

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
AP Cloete
E Moon
KR Kode
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese (vc)
JE Sanders
RJ Hingston (C)
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Decent bounce, good turn, expected to deteriorate somewhat. Perfect for batting.
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: SL
Once more, Tillekeratne elected to bat first.

* Records of day end scores have been lost *

Sri Lanka 551/6
* Highest Test total scored against the CW XI.
KC Sangakkara 155, HP Tillekeratne 94, RP Arnold 77*, DPMD Jaywardene 59, MS Atapattu 55;
H Hoggy 2/101
Cricket Web XI 418
RG Verghese 82*, AP Cloete 74, KR Kode 65, SG Fitzsimmons 48;
M Muralitharan 4/122, RAP Nissanka 3/51, WPUJC Vaas 2/116
Sri Lanka 240/5
ST Jayasuriya 118, DPMD Jaywardene 42;
H Hoggy 2/36, NS Pickup 2/40
Cricket Web XI 293/9
* Unbroken 39-run stand for the last wicket, between Sanders and Pickup. It lasted 111 balls.
AP Cloete 60, JE Sanders 55*, E Moon 38;
M Muralitharan 4/47, WPUJC Vaas 3/76

Match Drawn
Man of the match: KC Sangakkara

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TOUR MATCH: CW XI vs SRI LANKA BOARD XI

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
AP Cloete
PE Young
KR Kode
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese (vc)
JE Sanders
RJ Hingston (C)
C Taylor
H Hoggy

SLB XI 395
L DeSilva 90, RP Arnold 77, RS Kaluwitharana 49, TM Dilshan 40;
JE Sanders 3/42, RG Verghese 2/43
Cricket Web XI 206
A Maddocks 70, R Twyman 39;
M Pushpakumara 3/50, MF Maharoof 3/52, KADM Fernando 2/36
SLB XI 287/7d
RP Arnold 77, RS Kaluwitharana 53;
H Hoggy 3/61, SG Fitzsimmons 2/38
Cricket Web XI 365/8
AP Cloete 113, RG Verghese 72, A Maddocks 70;
K Fernando 3/56, MF Maharoof 3/67, KADM Fernando 2/88

Match Drawn

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

EPISODE III: CRICKET WEB IN SRI LANKA PART 2

The Third Test

SRI LANKA

Sanath Jayasuriya
Mahela Jayawardene
Marvan Atapattu
Hashan Tillekaratne (C)
Kumara Sangakkara (wk)
Russel Arnold
Kumara Dharmasena
Kumara Lokuarachichi
Chaminda Vaas
Muttiah Muralitharan
Prabatha Nissanka

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
SG Fitzsimmons
AP Cloete
E Moon
KR Kode
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese (vc)
JE Sanders
RJ Hingston (C)
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Decent bounce, good turn, expected to deteriorate somewhat. Perfect/batting.
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: CW XI
Webheads finally won the toss, and chose to bat first.

* Records of day end scores have been lost *

Cricket Web XI 309
JE Sanders 60, SG Fitzsimmons 54, AP Cloete 48;
WPUJC Vaas 6/55, M Muralitharan 2/101
Sri Lanka 482
KC Sangakkara 157, MS Atapattu 78, HP Tillekeratne 43;
NS Pickup 4/80, RG Verghese 3/41, JE Sanders 2/66
Cricket Web XI 580
AP Cloete 240, R Twyman 73, RG Verghese 52;
M Muralitharan 6/139
Sri Lanka 120/0
DPMD Jaywardene 61*, ST Jayasuriya 55*

Match Drawn
Man of the match: AP Cloete

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The Fourth Test

Muttiah Muralitharan was replaced by Upul Chandana, due to a finger injury sustained whilst batting in the nets.

SRI LANKA

Sanath Jayasuriya
Mahela Jayawardene
Marvan Atapattu
Hashan Tillekaratne (C)
Kumara Sangakkara (wk)
Russel Arnold
Kumara Dharmasena
Kumara Lokuarachichi
Chaminda Vaas
Upul Chandana
Prabatha Nissanka

Pete Young was drafted into the XI as a replacement/Moon, making his Test debut.

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman
PE Young (debut)
AP Cloete
SG Fitzsimmons
KR Kode
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese (vc)
JE Sanders
RJ Hingston (C)
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Decent bounce, good turn, expected to deteriorate somewhat. Perfect/batting.
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: SL
Once more, Tillekeratne elected to bat first.

* Records of day end scores have been lost *

Sri Lanka 327
RP Arnold 88, ST Jayasuriya 72, HDPK Dharmasena 53;
JE Sanders 4/48, NS Pickup 3/48, H Hoggy 2/35
Cricket Web XI 398
SG Fitzsimmons 93, KR Kode 74, AP Cloete 72, PE Young 53;
RAP Nissanka 5/71, WPUJC Vaas 2/89
Sri Lanka 204
HP Tillekeratne 54, HDPK Dharmasena 42;
NS Pickup 2/19, JE Sanders/SG Fitzsimmons 2/29, RG Verghese 2/46
Cricket Web XI 134/3
PE Young 46, SG Fitzsimmons 32*;
WPUJC Vaas 2/45

CW XI won by 7 wickets
Man of the match: SG Fitzsimmons

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Series Averages:

Name		M	Innings	NO	Runs	Avge	Ct	St	50	100	HS[/B]
AP Cloete	4	8	0	615	76.88	2	0	2	2	240
SG Fitzsimmons	4	8	1	381	54.43	0	0	4	0	93
KR Kode		4	8	1	297	42.43	1	0	3	0	74
RG Verghese	4	7	1	264	44.00	1	0	3	0	82*
JE Sanders	4	7	2	217	43.40	1	0	2	0	60
R Tywman	4	8	0	186	23.25	2	0	1	0	73
RJ Hingston	4	7	0	182	26.00	0	0	0	0	43
A Maddocks	4	7	0	170	24.29	8	0	0	0	41
E Moon		3	6	0	130	21.67	1	0	0	0	39
PE Young	1	2	0	99	49.50	1	0	1	0	53
H Hoggy		4	7	1	78	13.00	1	0	0	0	28
NS Pickup	4	7	4	29	9.67	0	0	0	0	15*
										
[B]Name		O	Wickets	Runs	Avge	5/W	10/W	BB	Econ	SR[/B]	
JE Sanders	137.5	16	458	28.63	0	0	4/48	3.33	51.56	
RG Verghese	135	15	416	27.73	0	0	4/52	3.08	54.00
NS Pickup	128.16	14	411	29.36	0	0	4/80	3.21	54.93
H Hoggy		120	10	439	43.90	0	0	2/35	3.66	72.00	
SG Fitzsimmons	95	4	313	78.25	0	0	2/29	3.29	142.50			
AP Cloete	56	1	225	225.00	0	0	1/37	4.02	336.00	
RJ Hingston	95.8	1	283	283.00	0	0	0/45	2.95	574.80
R Twyman	6	0	33	#DIV/0!	0	0	0/4	5.50	#DIV/0!	
PE Young	6	0	41	#DIV/0!	0	0	0/9	6.83	#DIV/0!

THE ODI SERIES

ODIs: 3 (won 3-0)

Tim Evans, Neil Pickup, Corey Taylor and Peter Young were released from the squad after the Tests. Camps, Bhatia and Heath replaced them.

CW XI ODI Touring Party (14):
Richard Hingston (C)
Reuben Verghese (vc)
Andre Maddocks (wk)
Richard Twyman
KR Kode
Brendon Goff
Simon Fitzsimmons
Andrew Cloete
John Eddie Sanders
David Kennett
Henry Hoggy
Liam Camps (10 and DNB in only Dev OD game)
Eric Heath (27 and 4-0-23-0 in only Dev OD game)
Sangrah Bhatia (1 and 6-0-27-2 in only Dev OD game)

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Injury Report:
Liam Camps out of the first 2 One Day Internationals with a bruised thigh.

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First ODI
at Colombo

Sangrah Bhatia made his 12th man debut.

Cricket Web XI
R Twyman
E Moon (debut)
AP Cloete
BJ Goff
KR Kode
RG Verghese
A Maddocks (wk)
EL Heath
JE Sanders
RJ Hingston (C)
DM Kennett

Sri Lanka
Sanath Jayasuriya
Marvan Atapattu
Romesh Kaluwithrana
Mahela Jayawardene
Russell Arnold
Kumara Sangakkara
Upul Chandana
Kumara Dharmasena
Chaminda Vaas
Muttiah Murlitharan
Dilhara Fernando

SL 177 (40.3 overs)
KC Sangakkara 38 (57), MS Atapattu 35 (54);
JE Sanders 3/33 (5.3), RG Verghese 2/36 (10), RJ Hingston 2/43 (10)
CW XI 178/5 (37.5 overs)
BJ Goff 49* (93), R Twyman 47 (59), RG Verghese 37 (40);
ST Jayasuriya 2/19 (4), WPUJC Vaas 2/33 (7)

CW XI won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: BJ Goff

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Second ODI
at Kandy

12th Man: S Bhatia.

Cricket Web XI
R Twyman
E Moon
AP Cloete
BJ Goff
KR Kode
RG Verghese
A Maddocks (wk)
EL Heath
JE Sanders
RJ Hingston (C)
DM Kennett

Sri Lanka
Sanath Jayasuriya
Marvan Atapattu
Romesh Kaluwithrana
Mahela Jayawardene
Russell Arnold
Kumara Sangakkara
Upul Chandana
Kumara Dharmasena
Chaminda Vaas
Muttiah Murlitharan
Dilhara Fernando

CW XI 304/5 (50 overs)
E Moon 97 (102), BJ Goff 71 (86), R Twyman 59 (57), RG Verghese 50 (27);
ST Jayasuriya 1/39 (9)
SL 249/9 (50 overs)
RP Arnold 67 (70), MS Atapattu 57 (59);
EL Heath 3/34 (10), RG Verghese 2/40 (10), JE Sanders 2/60 (10)

CW XI won by 55 runs
Man of the Match: E Moon

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Injury Report:
Captain Richard Hingston (knee injury) out/the series and a further 3 weeks. Andrew Cloete (flu) out/the series and a further week.[/I]

Third ODI
at Kandy

Camps in/Cloete and Bhatia in/Hingston. Verghese took over the captaincy.

Cricket Web XI
R Twyman
E Moon
BJ Goff
KR Kode
RG Verghese (C)
A Maddocks (wk)
EL Heath
LA Camps
JE Sanders
S Bhatia
DM Kennett

Sri Lanka
Sanath Jayasuriya
Marvan Atapattu
Romesh Kaluwithrana
Mahela Jayawardene
Russell Arnold
Kumara Sangakkara
Upul Chandana
Kumara Dharmasena
Chaminda Vaas
Muttiah Murlitharan
Dilhara Fernando

CW XI 307/3 (50 overs)
BJ Goff 121* (103), E Moon 73 (90), A Maddocks 38* (40)
SL 272/5 (50 overs)
* Sangrah Bhatia 10-0-71-0 on debut.
MS Atapattu 81 (86), KC Sangakkara 60 (51), RP Arnold 58* (68);
LA Camps 1/41 (10), RG Verghese 1/44 (10)

CW XI won by 35 runs
Man of the Match: BJ Goff
Man of the Series: BJ Goff

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CW XI ODI Averages:

Name	M	Innings	NO	Runs	Avge	Ct	St	50	100	HS[/B]
BJ Goff		3	3	2	241	241.00	1	0	1	1	121*
RG Verghese	3	2	1	87	87.00	0	0	1	0	50*
A Maddocks	3	3	2	59	59.00	2	0	0	0	38*
E Moon		3	3	0	170	56.67	3	0	2	0	97
R Tywman	3	3	0	136	45.33	0	0	1	0	59
KR Kode		3	3	0	45	15.00	0	0	0	0	34
AP Cloete	2	2	0	11	5.50	3	0	0	0	10

Name		M	O	Wickets	Runs	Avge	4/W	5/W	BB	Econ	SR
EL Heath	3	15	4	45	11.25	0	0	3/34	3.00	22.50
RG Verghese	3	30	5	120	24.00	0	0	2/36	4.00	36.00
JE Sanders	3	22.5	5	124	24.80	0	0	3/33	5.51	27.00
RJ Hingston	2	17	3	82	27.33	0	0	2/43	4.82	34.00
DM Kennett	3	26	4	140	35.00	0	0	2/60	5.38	39.00
LA Camps	1	10	1	41	41.00	0	0	1/41	4.10	60.00
AP Cloete	2	10	1	53	53.00	0	0	1/18	5.30	60.00
S Bhatia	1	10	0	71	-	0	0	0/71	7.10	-

 

[Neil Pickup]

I'd clean forgotten about that glorious not-out in the Second Test.

I'll add that to my list of career batting highlights.

 

[Blewy]

Thankyou Sri lanka for starting my ODI career on a high note

 

[Simon]

haha i forgot i used to bowl the odd over here and there, 4 wickets in that test series against SL, i dont think we'll be seeing that happening again anytime soon...

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

EPISODE IV: CRICKET WEB IN THE ASIAN TEST CHAMPIONSHIP PART 1

Invited as a guest team, the XI became an honourary part of Asia, when it participated in the ATC, alongside India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Richard Hingston lost his captaincy status, and Reuben Verghese was named as stand-in captain whilst a permanent selection was discussed.

David Kennett and Tim Evans were dropped from the squad.

The ATC Touring Party (14):

Reuben Verghese (C)
Richard Twyman (vc)
Andre Maddocks (wk)
KR Kode
Brendon Goff
Simon Fitzsimmons
Andrew Cloete
John Eddie Sanders
Richard Hingston
Corey Taylor
Henry Hoggy
Neil Pickup
Peter Young
E Moon

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Game 1: India vs Bangladesh
at Dhaka

India 569/5d
Bangladesh 197 & 276

India won by an innings and 96 runs

Man of the match: R Dravid

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Game 2: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
at Colombo

Sri Lanka 349/8d & 159
Pakistan 348 & 164/2

Pakistan won by 8 wickets

Man of the match: Yasir Hameed

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Game 3: CW XI vs Bangladesh
at Lahore

BANGLADESH

Hannan Sarker
Al Shahriar
Habibul Bashar
Rajin Saleh
Mohammad Ashraful
Alok Kopali
Khaled Mahmud (C)
Khaled Mashud (wk)
Mohammad Rafique
Mashrafi Mortaza
Manjurul Islam

On the back of fantastic ODI form, Goff returned to the Test side, with Cloete out with injury. The injury of Hingston also allowed the return of young Moon.

CRICKET WEB XI

SG Fitzsimmons
PE Young
E Moon
R Twyman
KR Kode
BJ Goff
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
NS Pickup

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Flat with good comfortable bounce
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: CW XI
On a fantastic batting surface, Verghese elected to bat first in his first Test at the helm.

*Records of day end scores have been lost*

Cricket Web XI 528/9d
SG Fitzsimmons 104, A Maddocks 91, R Twyman 89, E Moon 69, PE Young 53, RG Verghese 43;
Mohammed Rafique 7/141
Bangladesh 485
* Fitzsimmons bowled 25 overs of the total 157.2
Hannan Sarker 113, Habibul Bashar 97, Mohammed Ashraful 90;
C Taylor 5/113, SG Fitzsimmons 2/61, RG Verghese 2/88
Cricket Web XI 279/4d
R Twyman 76, PE Young 65, KR Kode 52*, SG Fitzsimmons 43;
Rajin Saleh 3/83
Bangladesh 41/2
NS Pickup 1/0, SG Fitzsimmons 1/6

Match Drawn
Man of the match: SG Fitzsimmons

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Game 4: India vs Sri Lanka
at Mumbai

India 392 & 341
Sri Lanka 227 & 506

India draw with Sri Lanka

Man of the match: HP Tillekaratne

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Game 5: Bangladesh vs Pakistan
at Kandy

Bangladesh 232 & 201
Pakistan 517/4d

Pakistan won by an innings and 84 runs

Man of the match: Yasir Hameed

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Game 6: CW XI vs Pakistan
at Mumbai

PAKISTAN

Mohammed Hafeez
Taufeeq Umar
Yasir Hameed
Inzamam Ul-Haq
Yousuf Youhana
Abdur Razzaq
Rashid Latif (C)(wk)
Saqlain Mushtaq
Danesh Kaneria
Mohammed Sami
Shoaib Akhtar

CRICKET WEB XI

SG Fitzsimmons
PE Young
E Moon
R Twyman
KR Kode
BJ Goff
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
NS Pickup

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Flat with good turn/the spinners
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: Pak
Unsurprising decision to bat first.

*Records of day end scores have been lost*

Pakistan 429
Mohammed Hafeez 100, Yasir Hameed 99, Taufeeq Umar/Yousuf Youhana 52;
C Taylor 3/69, RG Verghese 3/70
Cricket Web XI 424
RG Verghese 83, R Twyman 52, BJ Goff 46, E Moon 43, C Taylor 40;
Saqlain Mushtaq 4/74, Shoaib Akhtar 3/105
Pakistan 349/6d
* Pakistan opening stand of 182.
* Peter Young opened the bowling 6-1-18-1. He dismissed Razzaq.
Mohammed Hafeez 102, Taufeeq Umar 85, Abdur Razzaq 66;
NS Pickup 3/79
Cricket Web XI 231/2
* CW XI opening stand of 151.
SG Fitzsimmons 85, PE Young 64, E Moon 47*;
Abdur Razzaq 2/26

Match Drawn
Man of the match: Mohammed Hafeez

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Game 7: India vs Pakistan
at Dhaka

India 286 & 386
Pakistan 249 & 312

India won by 111 runs

Man of the match: R Dravid

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Game 8: CW XI vs Sri Lanka
at Calcutta

SRI LANKA

Sanath Jayasuriya
Mahela Jayawardene
Marvan Atapattu
Hashan Tillekaratne (C)
Kumara Sangakkara (wk)
Russel Arnold
P Weeraratne
Chaminda Vaas
Upul Chandana
Muttiah Muralitharan
Dilhara Fernando

Cloete returned/Kode.

CRICKET WEB XI

SG Fitzsimmons
PE Young
E Moon
R Twyman
AP Cloete
BJ Goff
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
NS Pickup

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Flat and dusty
Outfield: Fast
Weather: Bright and sunny

Toss: CW XI
Verghese chose to bat first.

*Records of day end scores have been lost*

Cricket Web XI 341
E Moon 79, RG Verghese 77, BJ Goff 68, JE Sanders 46;
CRD Fernando 6/60, P Weeraratne 2/68, M Muralitharan 2/72
Sri Lanka 551/7d
* Sri Lanka opening stand of 177.
* Fitzsimmons opened the bowling. 17.3-4-52-1.
HP Tillekeratne 146, ST Jayasuriya 134, KC Sangakkara 83, DPMD Jayawardene 75, P Weeraratne 64*;
NS Pickup 2/93, C Taylor 2/142
Cricket Web XI 453/8d
R Twyman 78, AP Cloete 61, A Maddocks 59, RG Verghese 51*, E Moon 47, BJ Goff 42;
M Muralitharan 3/97, WPUJC Vaas 2/77
Sri Lanka 86/0
* Fitzsimmons opened the bowling. 5-0-25-0.
ST Jayasuriya 54*, DPMD Jayawardene 29*

Match Drawn
Man of the match: ST Jayasuriya

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Game 9: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka

Bangladesh 201 & 326
Sri Lanka 426 & 105/1

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets

Man of the match: UDU Chandana

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Game 10: CW XI vs India
at Lahore

INDIA

Virender Sehwag
Shiv S. Das
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Saurav Ganguly (C)
VVS Laxman
Parthiv Patel (wk)
Anil Kumble
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ashish Nehra

CRICKET WEB XI

SG Fitzsimmons
PE Young
E Moon
R Twyman
AP Cloete
BJ Goff
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
NS Pickup

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: Flat with decent bounce
Outfield: Medium
Weather: Sunny

Toss: CW XI
Verghese chose to bat first.

*Records of day end scores have been lost*

Cricket Web XI 563
* Goff scored his maiden Test hundred.
* Eddie Sanders registered his highest Test score.
BJ Goff 108, JE Sanders 90, E Moon 84, A Maddocks 61, RG Verghese 45, SG Fitzsimmons/C Taylor 44;
Harbhajan Singh 3/105, Z Khan 2/108, A Nehra 2/119, A Kumble 2/136
India 452
* Pete Young bowled first change. 10-3-34-0.
* Dravid hit 20 fours and faced just 84 balls.
* Tendulkar hit 20 fours and faced 103 balls.
* Neil Pickup tied Eddie Sanders' CW Test record of 6/39.
SR Tendulkar 90, R Dravid 88, VVS Laxman 76, V Sehwag 61;
NS Pickup 6/39, JE Sanders 3/74
Cricket Web XI 297/7d
* Moon scored his maiden Test ton.
E Moon 113, A Maddocks 52;
Harbhajan Singh 3/76, Z Khan 2/67
India 79/2
* Dravid hit 12 fours and faced 48 balls.
R Dravid 52, SS Das 22*;
NS Pickup 1/8, C Taylor 1/29

Match Drawn
Man of the match: E Moon

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[B]		P	W	L	D	Points[/B]
India		4	3	0	1	7
Pakistan	4	2	1	1	5
CW XI		4	0	0	4	4
Sri Lanka	4	1	2	1	3
Bangladesh	4	0	3	1	1

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ATC Final: Pakistan vs India
at Colombo

Pakistan 564 & 375/5d
India 588 & 239/4

India draw with Pakistan

Man of the match: Mohammed Hafeez

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ATC Plate Final: CW XI vs Sri Lanka
at Kolkata

Tillekeratne was out with the cold, so Atapattu took over the captaincy.

SRI LANKA

Sanath Jayasuriya
Mahela Jayawardene
Marvan Atapattu (C)
Kumara Sangakkara
R Kaluwitharana (wk)
Russel Arnold
P Weeraratne
Chaminda Vaas
Upul Chandana
Mutiah Muralitharan
Dilhara Fernando

CRICKET WEB XI

SG Fitzsimmons
PE Young
E Moon
R Twyman
AP Cloete
BJ Goff
A Maddocks (wk)
RG Verghese (C)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
NS Pickup

Conditions: Hot
Pitch: A little in it/the seamers, but largely flat
Outfield: Medium
Weather: Sunny

Toss: CW XI
Interestingly, Verghese elected to bowl first.

*Records of day end scores have been lost*

Sri Lanka 297
KC Sangakkara 51, ST Jayasuriya 49, P Weeraratne 44;
JE Sanders 3/52, C Taylor 2/58, RG Verghese 2/65, NS Pickup 2/68
Cricket Web XI 372
AP Cloete 113, R Twyman 64, PE Young 41;
M Muralitharan 4/74, UDU Chandana 2/74
Sri Lanka 239
RS Kaluwitharana 50, ST Jayasuriya 44, RP Arnold 43;
NS Pickup/AP Cloete 2/40, C Taylor 2/54
Cricket Web XI 168/4
* Cloete hit 11 fours and a six and faced 54 balls.
* Moon hit 9 fours and faced 37 balls.
AP Cloete 54, PE Young 39, E Moon 37;
WPUJC Vaas 2/27

Cricket Web XI won by 6 wickets
Man of the match: AP Cloete

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[B]Name		M	I	NO	Runs	Avge	Ct	St	50	100	HS[/B]
E Moon		5	10	1	550	61.11	3	0	3	1	113
R Twyman	5	10	2	455	56.88	2	0	5	0	89
SG Fitzsimmons	5	10	0	380	38.00	7	0	1	1	104
PE Young	5	10	0	375	37.50	4	0	3	0	65
RG Verghese	5	7	2	350	70.00	2	0	3	0	83
A Maddocks	5	7	0	346	49.43	7	0	4	0	91
BJ Goff		5	9	1	317	39.63	1	0	1	1	108
AP Cloete	3	6	0	270	45.00	2	0	2	1	113
JE Sanders	5	7	1	202	33.67	2	0	1	0	90
C Taylor	5	6	3	139	46.33	2	0	0	0	44*
KR Kode		2	3	1	74	37.00	1	0	1	0	52
NS Pickup	5	5	3	9	4.50	2	0	0	0	4
										
[B]Name		O	W	Runs	Avge	5/W	10/W	BB	Econ	SR	[/B]
NS Pickup	165.33	18	478	26.56	1	0	6/39	2.89	55.11	
C Taylor	181	15	620	41.33	1	0	5/113	3.43	72.40	
JE Sanders	140	11	474	43.09	0	0	3/52	3.39	76.36	
RG Verghese	135.66	9	411	45.67	0	0	3/70	3.03	90.44	
SG Fitzsimmons	123.5	6	390	65.00	0	0	2/61	3.16	123.50	
PE Young	52.33	3	171	57.00	0	0	1/12	3.27	104.66	
AP Cloete	65	3	237	79.00	0	0	2/40	3.65	130.00	
BJ Goff		6	0	26	-	0	0	0/4	4.33	-	
R Twyman	13	0	75	-	0	0	0/0	5.77	-

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

EPISODE V: CRICKET WEB IN ENGLAND PART 1

Richard Twyman was named the official captian of the Cricket Web XI, and Verghese missed out at his own request. He opted to play a season of Dev League cricket. Liam Camps was recalled to Test reckoning.

Neil Pickup was included in the One Day International squad for the first time.

The Natwest Squad (13):

Richard Twyman (C)
Andre Maddocks (wk)
KR Kode
Brendon Goff
Eric Heath
Andrew Cloete
John Eddie Sanders
Corey Taylor
Henry Hoggy
Neil Pickup
Peter Young
E Moon
Liam Camps

The Test Party (13):
Eric Heath out for Simon Fitzsimmons.

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TOUR MATCH: CW XI vs SURREY (4D)

CRICKET WEB XI

E Moon
PE Young
AP Cloete
R Twyman (C)
BJ Goff
KR Kode
A Maddocks (wk)
JE Sanders
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

Cricket Web XI 220
AP Cloete 81, R Twyman 33;
Saqlain Mushtaq 3/30, MP Bicknell 2/28, AJ Tudor 2/67
Surrey 542/4d
AJ Hollioake 158*, GP Thorpe 154, MR Ramprakash 81, MP Bucher 56;
JE Sanders 2/120
Cricket Web XI 406
AP Cloete 152, C Taylor 76, BJ Goff 46;
Saqlain Mushtaq 2/63, J Ormond 2/68, AJ Tudor 2/88
Surrey 86/0
MR Ramprakash 40*, MP Butcher 38*

Surrey won by 10 wickets
Man of the match: AJ Hollioake

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Nick Knight was called out of retirement in a dramatic player quality shortage.

England Natwest Squad:
MP Vaughan (C)
ME Tresothick
A Flintoff
JM Anderson
AF Giles
PD Collingwood
D Gough
AJ Hollioake
GP Thorpe
SJ Harmison
MJ Hoggard
JB Brown
NV Knight
CMW Read (wk)

West Indies Natwest Squad:
BC Lara (capt)
RR Sarwan (vc)
RD Jacobs (wk)
WW Hinds
CH Gayle
S Chanderpaul
MN Samuels
FL Reifer
RL Powell
OAC Banks
JE Taylor
FH Edwards
VC Drakes
M Dillon
CD Collymore

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TOUR MATCH: CW XI vs WORCESTERSHIRE (OD)

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman (C)
E Moon
AP Cloete
BJ Goff
KR Kode
LA Camps
A Maddocks (wk)
EL Heath
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

Worcestershire 201
GA Hick 78, DJ Pipe 51*;
C Taylor 3/36 (9.2), NS Pickup 2/36 (10), H Hoggy 2/45 (9)
Cricket Web XI 202/4
R Twyman 98*, E Moon 37;
M Hayward 1/29 (8.1)

CW XI won by 6 wickets
Man of the match: R Twyman

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TOUR MATCH: CW XI vs LANCASHIRE (OD)

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman (C)
E Moon
PE Young
BJ Goff
AP Cloete
LA Camps
A Maddocks (wk)
EL Heath
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

Cricket Web XI 158
BJ Goff 43, EL Heath 25*;
A Flintoff 3/22 (10), CP Schofield 3/20 (5), KW Hogg 2/21 (6.5)
Lancashire 159/4
SG Law 65*, A Flintoff 27;
LA Camps 2/41 (9)

Lancashire won by 6 wickets
Man of the match: A Flintoff

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Natwest Series

A decision was made to rest Eddie Sanders for the Natwest series, so as to maximize his potency during the Tests.

GAME 1: CW XI vs ENGLAND
at Trent Bridge

Neil Pickup received his first ODI cap, whilst Twyman made his International captaincy debut.

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman (C)
E Moon
BJ Goff
AP Cloete
LA Camps
A Maddocks (wk)
KR Kode
EL Heath
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

ENGLAND

NV Knight
ME Trescothick
MP Vaughan (C)
GP Thorpe
PD Collingwood
A Flintoff
CMW Read (wk)
AF Giles
D Gough
MJ Hoggard
JM Anderson

England 177/8 (50 overs)
GP Thorpe 42 (74), A Flintoff 38 (48);
NS Pickup 3/29 (10), C Taylor 2/30 (10), LA Camps 2/39 (10)
Cricket Web XI 178/5 (38.5 overs)
AP Cloete 68 (107), R Twyman 56 (65), BJ Goff 37 (45);
JM Anderson 1/22 (5), A Flintoff 1/27 (6.5)

CW XI won by 5 wickets
Man of the match: AP Cloete

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GAME 2: CW XI vs WEST INDIES
at Old Trafford

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman (C)
E Moon
BJ Goff
AP Cloete
LA Camps
A Maddocks (wk)
KR Kode
EL Heath
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

WEST INDIES

CH Gayle
WW Hinds
BC Lara (C)
RR Sarwan
S Chanderpaul
MN Samuels
RD Jacobs (wk)
OAC Banks
VC Drakes
M Dillon
CD Collymore

West Indies 200/6 (50 overs)
CH Gayle 70 (118), RR Sarwan 30 (41);
EL Heath 2/30 (10), NS Pickup 1/40 (10)
Cricket Web XI 201/1 (40 overs)
R Twyman 73 (88), E Moon 68* (121), AP Cloete 36* (37)

CW XI won by 9 wickets
Man of the match: R Twyman

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GAME 3: WEST INDIES vs ENGLAND
at Taunton

ENGLAND 253 50.0 overs
WEST INDIES 196 47.4 overs

England won by 57 runs

Man of the match: JM Anderson

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GAME 4: CW XI vs WEST INDIES
at the Oval

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman (C)
E Moon
BJ Goff
AP Cloete
LA Camps
A Maddocks (wk)
KR Kode
EL Heath
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

WEST INDIES

CH Gayle
WW Hinds
BC Lara (C)
RR Sarwan
S Chanderpaul
MN Samuels
RD Jacobs (wk)
OAC Banks
VC Drakes
M Dillon
CD Collymore

West Indies 212 (49.3 overs)
RR Sarwan 57 (85), BC Lara 36 (48);
H Hoggy 3/46 (9.3), NS Pickup 2/26 (10), EL Heath 2/43 (10)
Cricket Web XI 215/2 (42.3 overs)
R Twyman 100* (119), AP Cloete 51 (72), E Moon 49 (67);
OAC Banks 1/31 (5)

CW XI won by 8 wickets
Man of the match: R Twyman

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GAME 5: WEST INDIES vs ENGLAND
at Taunton

WEST INDIES 268/6 50.0 overs
ENGLAND 269/6 49.2 overs

England won by 4 wickets

Man of the match: PD Collingwood

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GAME 6: CW XI vs ENGLAND
at Edgbaston

Cloete was rested, as the CW XI had already ensured a place in the final. Peter Young came in for his first ODI cap.

CRICKET WEB XI

A Maddocks (wk)
E Moon
BJ Goff
KR Kode
EL Heath
LA Camps
PE Young (debut)
R Twyman (C)
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

Hollioake replaced Hoggard, whilst Collingwood's batting form saw him elevated up the order for the woeful Vaughan.

ENGLAND

NV Knight
ME Trescothick
PD Collingwood
GP Thorpe
MP Vaughan (C)
A Flintoff
AJ Hollioake
CMW Read (wk)
AF Giles
D Gough
JM Anderson

Cricket Web XI 263 (48.2 overs)
BJ Goff 69 (83), R Twyman 64* (51), E Moon 37 (34);
MP Vaughan 3/37 (7), AF Giles 2/39 (7)
England 264/5 (46.1 overs)
ME Trescothick 102 (96), NV Knight 50 (53), A Flintoff 42* (47);
NS Pickup 3/50 (10), H Hoggy 2/59 (10)

England won by 5 wickets
Man of the match: ME Trescothick

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GAME 7: CW XI vs ENGLAND
at Trent Bridge

Cloete returned, whilst Young got another game with KR Kode out.

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman (C)
E Moon
PE Young
AP Cloete
BJ Goff
A Maddocks (wk)
LA Camps
EL Heath
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

ENGLAND

NV Knight
ME Trescothick
PD Collingwood
GP Thorpe
MP Vaughan (C)
A Flintoff
AJ Hollioake
CMW Read (wk)
AF Giles
D Gough
JM Anderson

England 115 (36.1 overs)
AJ Hollioake 20 (38), NV Knight 17 (17);
LA Camps 4/33 (10), C Taylor 3/22 (8.1), EL Heath 2/9 (3)
Cricket Web XI 116/1 (18.4 overs)
E Moon 52* (54), R Twyman 48 (51)

CW XI won by 9 wickets
Man of the match: LA Camps

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GAME 8: WEST INDIES vs ENGLAND
at Taunton

ENGLAND 255/5 50.0 overs
WEST INDIES 233 48.5 overs

England won by 22 runs

Man of the match: ME Trescothick

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GAME 9: CW XI vs WEST INDIES
at the Oval

CRICKET WEB XI

A Maddocks (wk)
E Moon
PE Young
EL Heath
KR Kode
BJ Goff
LA Camps
R Twyman (C)
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

Wavell Hinds was dropped for the inclusion of Ricardo Powell, and Jerome Taylor came in for Drakes.[/B]

WEST INDIES

CH Gayle
S Chanderpaul
BC Lara (C)
RR Sarwan
MN Samuels
RL Powell
RD Jacobs (wk)
OAC Banks
M Dillon
JE Taylor
CD Collymore

Cricket Web XI 233/5 (50 overs)
E Moon 69 (127), LA Camps 49* (39), BJ Goff 33* (39);
CD Collymore 2/42 (8)
West Indies 204 (45 overs)
CH Gayle 65 (78), RL Powell 37 (51), MN Samuels 36* (56);
EL Heath 5/32 (9), LA Camps 2/26 (6), NS Pickup 2/43 (10)

CW XI won by 29 runs
Man of the match: EL Heath

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NATWEST FINAL: CW XI vs ENGLAND
at Lord's

CRICKET WEB XI

R Twyman (C)
E Moon
PE Young
AP Cloete
BJ Goff
A Maddocks (wk)
LA Camps
EL Heath
C Taylor
H Hoggy
NS Pickup

ENGLAND

NV Knight
ME Trescothick
MP Vaughan (C)
GP Thorpe
PD Collingwood
A Flintoff
AJ Hollioake
CMW Read (wk)
AF Giles
D Gough
JM Anderson

England 251 (46.3 overs)
GP Thorpe 104* (102), ME Trescothick 59 (63);
LA Camps 4/44 (9.3), EL Heath 2/44 (10)
Cricket Web XI 240/8 (50 overs)
* partnership of 57 off 103 balls between Camps and Heath
AP Cloete 75 (83), E Moon 43 (36), LA Camps 31 (49), EL Heath 24 (70);
AF Giles 2/40 (8), JM Anderson 2/50 (9)

England won by 11 runs
Man of the match: GP Thorpe

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Heath Investigated For Matchfixing
The backlash was immense after Heath struggled to score runs when the CW XI was cruising to victory. He was ultimately cleared and played on, but he was never viewed the same in the eyes of the public.

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[B]CW XI Natwest Averages
Name		M	I	NO	Runs	Avge	Ct	St	50	100	HS[/B]
R Twyman	7	6	2	342	85.50	2	0	3	1	100*
AP Cloete	5	4	1	230	76.67	2	0	3	0	75
BJ Goff		7	5	2	147	49.00	2	0	1	0	69
E Moon		7	7	0	318	45.43	7	0	3	0	69
LA Camps	7	4	1	108	36.00	3	0	0	0	49*
C Taylor	7	2	1	28	28.00	1	0	0	0	17
A Maddocks	7	4	1	59	19.67	13	1	0	0	28
PE Young	3	3	1	28	14.00	0	0	0	0	20
EL Heath	7	3	0	37	12.33	0	0	0	0	24
KR Kode		6	4	1	36	12.00	1	0	0	0	24
NS Pickup	7	1	0	9	9.00	2	0	0	0	9
H Hoggy		7	2	1	4	4.00	2	0	0	0	2*


Name		O	W	Runs	Avge	4W	5W	BB	Econ	SR
EL Heath	61	13	237	18.23	0	1	5/32	3.89	28.15
LA Camps	64.5	13	272	20.92	2	0	4/33	4.22	29.77
NS Pickup	68	12	263	21.92	0	0	3/29	3.87	34.00
H Hoggy		61.5	9	287	31.89	0	0	3/46	4.67	41.00
C Taylor	63.33	8	285	35.63	0	0	3/22	4.50	47.50
AP Cloete	1	0	9	#DIV/0!	0	0	0/9	9.00	-
BJ Goff		1	0	2	#DIV/0!	0	0	0/2	2.00	-
PE Young	3	0	18	#DIV/0!	0	0	0/18	6.00	-

 

[Nate]

Quality reads Liam. Especially the ATC. Four draws was a fantastic effort.