**Dev League Season 7**

[kears_falcon_9]

Great stuff boys. (Blacks that is)

Great win and im happy that i improved my bowling ave. and my bat ave. with a solid 23 not out.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Wednesday 13th October

Cricket Web Green v Cricket Web Blue at PDV Dome
FC Match

CW Blue XI: Mr Mxyzptlk (C), Broncoman (vc), Dylan Jellett (wk), Tom Halsey, Craig, StUEy, Nath Patrick, Sudeep, Jason Toogood, Adam, Peter Young.

CW Green XI: Age Master (C), Lo' Darkness (vc), Jamee999 (wk), Anthony Lezama, Delkap, Rob Timewell, Waughney, Cloete, Blewy, Majin, Nathan Hoy.

Day 1 Conditions:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce : High bounce. Just what the fast bowlers want.
Outfield : Normal speed outfield.
Weather : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.

Toss: CW Blue, bowl

Day 1 Game Events:
* Jellett missed a half-chance of Jamee999 (31) off Halsey - 73/2
* CW Green Lunch - 92/2
* Broncoman missed a very hard chance to run out Blewy (44) - 141/5
* Adam dropped Majin (28) off Sudeep - 167/6
* CW Green Tea - 178/7
* Adam dropped Timewell (0) first ball off Toogood - 189/9
* Toogood dropped Timewell (2) off Adam - 207/9
* Majin 50 off 142 balls; 6 fours
* CW Green 229 all out (91.2 overs)
* Master dropped StUEy (7) off Timewell - 7/1
* CW Blue Stumps - 14/2 (5 overs)(StUEy 13*, Craig 1*)
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Day 2:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce : High bounce. Just what the fast bowlers want.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Overcast.

Day 2 Game Events:
* CW Blue Lunch - 80/4
* Blewy dropped Sudeep (21) off Majin - 119/4
* CW Blue Tea - 173/5
* Dylan Jellett 50 off 99 balls; 7 fours
* Blewy missed a run out chance of Halsey (19) - 247/7
* CW Blue Stumps - 249/7 (100 overs)(Dylan Jellett 66*, Tom Halsey 20*)
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Day 3:
Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine.
Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce : Good bounce with the occasional one lifting off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.

Day 3 Game Events:
* Darkness dropped Halsey (20) off Timewell - 253/7
* Timewell dropped Jellett (74) off Delkap - 265/8
* Master missed a half-chance of Patrick (0) off Delkap - 283/9
* CW Blue 285 all out (113.5 overs)
* Toogood dropped Cloete (2) off Adam - 5/1
* CW Green Lunch - 54/1
* Cloete 50 off 67 balls; 5 fours
* Cloete 100 off 122 balls; 10 fours
* CW Green Tea - 183/1
* Jamee999 50 off 177 balls; 7 fours
* Cloete 150 off 186 balls; 17 fours
* Halsey dropped Darkness (5) off Patrick - 277/4
* Mxyzptlk dropped Majin (0) off Patrick - 291/5
* CW Green Stumps - 310/5 (85 overs)(Age Master 46*, Majin 7*)
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Day 4:
Ball : The ball is old and soft.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce : Nice consistent bounce off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.

Day 4 Game Events:
* Age Master 50 off 61 balls; 5 fours
* Halsey took 5 wickets
* Jellett dropped a hard chance of Master (61) off Halsey - 328/7
* StUEy dropped Timewell (8) off Adam - 401/9
* CW Green Lunch - 401/9
* Halsey took 6th wicket
* CW Green 420 all out (135.2 overs)
* CW Blue set to chase 365 runs from 132 overs to win
* Jamee999 dropped Young (13) off Timewell - 22/2
* CW Blue Tea - 37/3
* Master missed a half-chance of Young (31) off Hoy - 72/5
* Peter Young 50 off 105 balls; 7 fours
* Dylan Jellett 50 off 60 balls; 9 fours
* Rose dropped Jellett (66) off Darkness - 152/5
* CW Blue Stumps - 153/5 (42 overs)(Peter Young 55*, Dylan Jellett 67*)
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Day 5:
Ball : The ball is starting to go soft.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce : Nice consistent bounce off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.

Day 5 Game Events:
* CW Blue 211 all out (67.4 overs)

Cricket Web Green 1st Innings 229 all out
Cricket Web Blue 1st Innings 285 all out
Cricket Web Green 2nd Innings 420 all out
Cricket Web Blue 2nd Innings 211 all out
Cricket Web Green won by 153 runs.

Daily Blast Comment: One catch may have turned this match Green's way. When Toogood put down an out-of-form Cloete on 2 in the 2nd innings, an ominous feeling came about. The Blues surely feared the worst and got it. 164 chanceless runs later and CW Green was in control. The Blues collapsed early in their chase of 365, but some counterattacking batting by Young and Jellett gave some hope entering the final day. Alas, the Green spinners webbed up the lower order and a huge win for their team.
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Cricket Web Red v England A at the MCG
FC Match

CW Red XI: Marc71178 (C), Bugssy (vc), Samuel Vimes (wk), Steds, Gibbs N Smith, Jagaways, Ian Markus, Zaid Ghansar, Dave, Imran Khan Jr., Deeps.

Day 1 Conditions:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce : High bounce. Just what the fast bowlers want.
Outfield : Fast outfield.
Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.

Toss: CW Red, bat

Day 1 Game Events:
* CW Red Lunch - 107/2
* Ian Markus 50 off 83 balls; 5 fours
* Marc71178 50 off 109 balls; 7 fours
* CW Red Tea - 206/4
* Deeps 50 off 50 balls; 6 fours
* CW Red 287 all out (84.4 overs)
* Eng A Stumps - 13/0 (3 overs)
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Day 2:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce : High bounce. Just what the fast bowlers want.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Hot and sunny with very high light clouds.

Day 2 Game Events:
* Bugssy dropped Ward (12) off Khan Jr. - 18/0
* 60 minutes lost to rain - Eng A 19/0
* Eng A Lunch - 40/0
* 20 minutes lost to rain - Eng A 64/0
* 12 minutes lost to rain and tea taken early
* Eng A Tea - 121/0
* Eng A Stumps - 249/3 (85 overs)
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Day 3:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A perfect batting pitch with no visible cracks.
Bounce : Good bounce with the occasional one lifting off a good length.
Outfield : Fast outfield.
Weather : Very hot and sunny. Not a cloud in the sky.

Day 3 Game Events:
* Khan Jr. dropped Ed Smith (38) off Ghansar - 275/3
* Ghansar dropped Ed Smith (39) off Marc71178
* Eng A Lunch - 357/5
* Dave dropped Read (32) off Markus - 372/5
* Marc71178 dropped Cork (11) off Bugssy - 404/6
* Dave dropped Pieterson (138) off Imran Khan Jr. - 406/6
* Eng A Tea - 430/8
* Eng A 446 all out (160.1 overs)
* CW Red Stumps - 28/0 (17 overs)(Jagaways 11*, Samuel Vimes 10*)
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Day 4:
Ball : The ball is nice and new.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce : Good bounce with the occasional one lifting off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Overcast.

Day 4 Game Events:
* Samuel Vimes 50 off 124 balls; 7 fours
* CW Red Lunch - 114/1
* Marc (23) was dropped by Tremlett off Saggers - 115/1
* CW Red Tea - 199/4
* Bugssy (22) was missed by Ward off Saggers - 238/6
* CW Red Stumps - 278/7 (107 overs)(Zaid Ghansar 36*, Steds 2*)
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Day 5:
Ball : The ball is starting to lose its shine.
Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks.
Bounce : Nice consistent bounce off a good length.
Outfield : Very fast outfield. Lots of boundaries likely to be scored.
Weather : Fine and Sunny with light cloud.

Day 5 Game Events:
* CW Red 292 all out (114.1 overs)
* Eng A set to chase 134 runs off 82 overs to win
* Eng A Lunch - 26/1
* Eng A 134/2 (46 overs); won by 8 wickets

Cricket Web Red 1st Innings 287 all out
England 'A' 1st Innings 446 all out
Cricket Web Red 2nd Innings 292 all out
England 'A' 2nd Innings 134 for 2
England 'A' won by 8 wkts.

Daily Blast Comment: Failures to sieze the moment cost the Reds dearly in the end. A long batting lineup could not capitalize on a strong position set up by Marc71178 and Markus. Indeed, those two also failed to capitalize on great starts. The fielders missed opportunities at key stages and the bowlers too could not force the initiative at those moments. The 2nd innings then mirrored the first, with another good start and another collapse. Very disappointing loss for Red, because they were never truly outplayed.

 

[masterblaster]

Great effort guys...well played Superb win...

My career seems to be ever-flopping downhill...the main points of my career seem to be as follows:

1/ Play very well in Dev cricket for season or two
2/ Get selected for CW XI and remain for 2-3 series.
3/ Get dropped from CW XI
4/ Play well at CW Red
5/ Move to CW Black
6/ Play below average for CW Black
7/ Dropped from Dev cricket

That just about sums up my career

Don't worry Mr P, your a fine bowler and a real matchwinner on your day. Keep working hard, and you'll be back in Black and back in the CW XI in no time at all.

Your too good a player to keep down for too long.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Mr P is still in the Smash team though.

 

[Loony BoB]

I think that's three 50's in a row for Majin, great form. Brilliant stuff from Cloete, and good batting all round with more 50's from Jamee and Age. Solid 39 from Delkap down the order, too! I can't find many faults in that game, actually... good bowling to Rose, Timewell, Hoy, Majin, with wickets to the name of Lo'D and Delkap too. Certainly can't complain! Great stuff.

 

[AUST_HiTMaN]

That just wasnt good enough Reds.

We lacked the pressure in our bowling, and let them slip to 446 all out. The batting was solid, but not what you expect especially when on paper the team can bat comfortably down to 10.

Personally I was hugely dissapointed at my lack of penertration, with 2 wickets for the match. Disgracefull effort there when I was needed to step up in the absense of DK and Wrighty.

Sam, grab your kit, we're off to the nets.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Sam, grab your kit, we're off to the nets.

Time for more blocking practice. Send in the yorkers, mate.

Whoever took that suicidal single fields at silly mid on, please!

 

[thewizard1o1]

Great win guys!

Grand Master Cloete's swashbuckling 150 in the second innings gave us a hell of alot of runs to defend.

All in all it was a great win and hopefully we can carry this form through into our next game.

 

[steds]

Gutted. All I can say is

SH!TE

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Needless to say, the CWBCC is glad to see Cloete finding dominant runs (albeit after a dropped catch early on) as he's going to be needed for sure as the CW XI tries to avoid its first ever whitewash in Test cricket.

 

[zghansar]

oh my

 

[marc71178]

Mr P is still in the Smash team though.

lol - bet he loves that!

Mind you even at the height of the troubles, he was in the Reds Smash team.

 

[marc71178]

Grand Master Cloete's swashbuckling 150 in the second innings gave us a hell of alot of runs to defend.

Nice to know that teams are aware they can select their CW XI players

 

[marc71178]

Needless to say, the CWBCC is glad to see Cloete finding dominant runs (albeit after a dropped catch early on) as he's going to be needed for sure as the CW XI tries to avoid its first ever whitewash in Test cricket.

I'm glad to see 32 runs in 4 knocks is enough to retain a spot

 

[age_master]

with his record a short form slump is hardly going to see him dropped....

 

[age_master]

Great Win guys, fantastic attacking cricket which is always good to see.

First innings wasn't great but we got enough runs to keep us in the game, mainly thanks to Marjin's unbeaten 60.

Blue went past us on first innings but were well restrained. Rose and Hoy the pick.

Cloete than stole the show with an absolutley brilliant knock of 166 off just 205 balls. well supportedd by a very solid half century from Jamee. I was also pretty happy with 91, managing to keep my SR slightly above Cloete's for the innings

Timewell than ripped through the top order placing them in alot of trouble before Marjin finished them off

another great Green comefrombehind win

 

[Timewell]

Congratulations to Majin...he's playing brilliantly at the moment. Sorry I got out in that last wicket partnership...but...well done to you! Don't let this get to your head though!

My bowling has been too inconsistent for my liking 1 wicket one innings, 4 the next...3 in one, 1 the next...need to be doing 3/4 in EVERY innings in my opinion. But you win some you lose some!

COME ON THE GREENS! We're playing REALLY well at the moment...let's keep it up and we may get a respectable position in the league

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Nice to know that teams are aware they can select their CW XI players

You'd think that from someone who is so in control of team selections, I would have gotten word of the team XI by now. If you have a problem with the selections, select your team. Heaven knows I'm not meddling in that again.

Seeing as you are sole executor of CW Red matters, isn't it your responsibility to inquire as to availability of your players rather than mine to inform you of it first?

As another CW cricketer said on the issue, "Damned if I do, damned if I don't".

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I'm glad to see 32 runs in 4 knocks is enough to retain a spot

No Marc, 9 Test hundreds and more than 3,000 Test runs is enough to retain you a spot.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

lol - bet he loves that!

Mind you even at the height of the troubles, he was in the Reds Smash team.

Which, given the nature of his troubles, is quite ironic.