Peaks draft: Randomised results

[AndrewB]

Round 7 Match 1: AndrewB v Line and Length

AndrewB

Len Hutton            48      73
Gordon Greenidge       7      40
Ricky Ponting         41     137
Wally Hammond         29      18
Shiv Chanderpaul      65      48
Aubrey Faulkner       48     117
*+MS Dhoni            58       0
Shaun Pollock         21       8
Jim Laker             11       3
Glenn McGrath          0       5
James Anderson         0       2
Extras                 5       6
TOTAL                333     457

Joel Garner         2-41    6-112
Dale Steyn          3-96    0-94
Kapil Dev           2-83    0-35
Hedley Verity       1-47    0-72
Garfield Sobers     2-63    4-141

Line and Length

Alastair Cook         89      62
Virender Sehwag       10      89
+Kumar Sangakkara      1      17
Sachin Tendulkar      16      73
Everton Weekes       109       0
Allan Border          84      96
Garfield Sobers        2      26
Kapil Dev              2      11
Hedley Verity          2       0
Dale Steyn            17       4
Joel Garner            0       0
Extras                 5       4
TOTAL                337     382

Shaun Pollock       3-103   1-82
Glenn McGrath       3-50    0-47
Jim Laker           1-41    0-52
James Anderson      3-143   3-64
Aubrey Faulkner             3-118
Wally Hammond               3-18

AndrewB won by 71 runs

After a solid batting performance by AndrewB's XI, with most of the top and middle order contributing, Line and Length's first innings, by contrast, was held together by a fine hundred from Weekes and battling 80s from Cook and Border. In the second innings, AndrewB's men piled on the runs - Ponting, with 137, being the stand-out performer - with only the West Indian duo of Garner and Sobers making any impact with the ball. After an excellent opening stand by Cook and Sehwag, the match seemed to be heading for a draw, but Anderson and Faulkner worked their way through the batting. While Border was there, Line and Length still had some hope, but Hammond was brought on and dismissed him, Kapil and Verity in quick succession, and Pollock then dismissed Garner to wrap up the victory in the final session.

 

[AndrewB]

Round 7 Match 2: trundler v ataraxia

trundler

Arthur Morris          6      44
Herbert Sutcliffe     85      25
Hashim Amla            9      86
Clyde Walcott         15      48
Neil Harvey           26       0
*Colin Cowdrey        35      44
+BJ Watling            1      44
Pat Cummins            8       0
Clarrie Grimmett       4       6
Sydney Barnes          4       6
Glenn McGrath         20       0
Extras                 5       5
TOTAL                218     308

Michael Holding     1-25    2-78
Dennis Lillee       1-95    3-60
Tony Lock           2-20    0-22
Keith Miller        6-76    1-76
Trevor Goddard              4-69

ataraxia

*Trevor Goddard       50       4
Bill Lawry            80      13
Kumar Sangakkara      34       7
Virat Kohli           33      20
George Headley        52      89
Mohammad Yousuf        4      11
Keith Miller           0       2
+Quinton de Kock      47      37
Tony Lock             20       6
Dennis Lillee         11       1
Michael Holding        0    
Extras                 6       2
TOTAL                337     192-8

Sydney Barnes       5-34    1-66
Glenn McGrath       0-102   1-30
Clarrie Grimmett    1-150   3-69
Pat Cummins         4-48    3-25

ataraxia won by 2 wickets

A fine bowling stint from Miller resulted in a meagre total being posted by trundler's XI, with only Sutcliffe preventing a complete disaster. It looked for a while that Team ataraxia was going to get a huge lead, and although they were pegged back by Barnes and Cummins, trundler's men were still up against it. They batted better the second time around against some patient bowling from Goddard, and then seemed to be heading for a remarkable comeback win as ataraxia's XI slumped to 91-6. But Headley and de Kock then steadied the ship, with Headley eventually hitting the winning boundary for a narrow victory.

 

[AndrewB]

Round 7 Match 3: Teuton v Himannv

Teuton

Bob_Simpson            3      22
Dennis_Amiss         145      16
Ken_Barrington         6       5
Steve_Smith           31      31
Michael_Clarke        13      41
*Frank_Worrell        29      31
+Matt_Prior           41      16
Wasim_Akram           22      13
Bill_O'Reilly         13       1
Curtly_Ambrose         8       5
Waqar_Younis           5       0
Extras                 5       5
TOTAL                321     186

Richard_Hadlee      3-70    4-39
Curtly_Ambrose      2-92    1-20
Fred_Trueman        2-110   1-41
Derek_Underwood     3-46    1-52
Wally Hammond               3-32

Himannv

Hanif_Mohammad        33      47
Bruce_Mitchell        33      64
*Wally_Hammond        20       1
Graeme_Pollock         3      34
Viv_Richards           7      59
Javed_Miandad         90      33
+Adam_Gilchrist       43      18
Richard_Hadlee        10      
Fred_Trueman           3       
Curtly_Ambrose         0       
Derek_Underwood        1       
Extras                 5       4
TOTAL                248     260

Waqar_Younis        1-47    1-62 
Wasim_Akram         1-55    3-107
Curtly_Ambrose      2-57    0-37 
Bill_O'Reilly       2-43    2-52 
*Frank_Worrell      3-31
Bob_Simpson         1-11

Himannv won by 5 wickets

A fine display of batting from Amiss was needed to hold together Teuton XI's first innings, and, after a decent start, Himannv's team also struggled, with only a battling 90 from Miandad keeping the deficit below 100. But Hadlee soon had Teuton's men in trouble the second time around, and with Hammond again chipping in with late wickets, the target for victory was only 260. A steady start from Hanif Mohammad and Mitchell was the launchpad for some stylish batting from the middle order as Himannv's XI won in comfort.

 

[AndrewB]

Round 7 Match 4: Pothas v Fuller Pilch

Pothas

Jack_Hobbs            15      16
Gautam_Gambhir        19      58
Brian_Lara            54       9
Sachin_Tendulkar      88      50
Inzamam_ul-Haq        10      56
+AB_de_Villiers       21      21
*Richie_Benaud        53       6
Ray_Lindwall          64       0
Malcolm_Marshall       0       0
Muttiah_Muralitharan   0       1
Allan_Donald           0       3
Extras                 5       5
TOTAL                329     225

Frank_Tyson         3-135   2-19
Vernon_Philander    4-7     3-61
Hugh_Trumble        1-92    2-78
Ravi_Jadeja         2-93    3-66

Fuller Pilch

Matthew_Hayden         25      64
*Graham_Gooch          22       2
Younis_Khan             0      11
Jacques_Kallis         77      81
Steve_Waugh            11       0
+Adam_Gilchrist         4      10
Chris_Cairns          117      47
Ravi_Jadeja            16       0
Vernon_Philander       54       3
Hugh_Trumble            0       0
Frank_Tyson             1       1
Extras                  5       5
TOTAL                 332     224-9

Malcolm_Marshall     1-35    1-34
Ray_Lindwall         0-45    2-52
Allan_Donald         2-63    3-63
Muttiah_Muralitharan 4-121   3-72
*Richie_Benaud       3-67

Fuller Pilch won by 1 wicket

Tendulkar, well supported by Benaud and Lindwall, looked to be taking Pothas's team to a large total after a shaky start, until Philander, having recovered from a strain, returned to run through the tail. Fuller Pilch's side were in more trouble early on, until Kallis and Cairns helped them recover, and some fierce hitting from Philander backed up his earlier bowling to give them a minuscule lead. Batting was now proving difficult, and Pothas's XI could only set a target of just over 200, and it looked for a while like Hayden and Kallis were going to give Fuller Pilch an easy win. Wickets then tumbled, however, and they needed another dogged effort from Cairns to scrape the narrowest of wins.

 

[AndrewB]

Round 7 Match 5: JOJOXI v Michaelf7777777

JOJOXI

Len_Hutton            40      22
Geoffrey_Boycott      33       7
Rahul_Dravid           7      28
Brian_Lara           111       4
Greg_Chappell         37      68
+Andy_Flower          24      50
Ben_Stokes            43      41
*Imran_Khan           14       6
Malcolm_Marshall      15      31
Shane_Warne            9       6
Muttiah_Muralitharan   2       0
Extras                 5       4
TOTAL                340     267

Alan_Davidson       3-125   4-89
Ian_Botham          2-107   0-48
Shane_Warne         2-39    4-44
Andrew_Flintoff     3-67    2-84

Michaelf7777777

Sunil_Gavaskar          3      79
Sid_Barnes             54      81
Everton_Weekes         66       0
*Kane_Williamson       41      27
Sachin_Tendulkar       58      39
Ian_Botham             11       0
Andrew_Flintoff        26       8
+Ian_Healy              4      16
Alan_Davidson          16       6
Ravi_Ashwin            15      21
Shane_Warne            17       0
Extras                  6       5
TOTAL                 317     282

*Imran_Khan          2-59    2-36 
Malcolm_Marshall     1-50    2-31 
Muttiah_Muralitharan 4-83    2-53 
Shane_Warne          0-69    2-110
Ben_Stokes           3-54    2-36 
Greg Chappell                0-15

JOJOXI won by 8 runs

In another cliff-hanger of a match, the early running was made by that man Lara with yet another hundred, but he lacked support and the score was kept down to a manageable level. Michaelf7777777's first innings was more about consistency, with plenty of contributions but nothing major against some tight bowling by Murali and Stokes. A fine opening spell from Davidson then had JOJOXI in some trouble, but Chappell and Flower enabled them to set a decent target despite Warne running through the tail. It appeared that Michaelf7777777's XI would reach the target with ease as Gavaskar and Barnes scored over half the runs needed, but then all of JOJOXI's bowlers chipped in to run through the later batting, eventually leaving them an agonising 8 runs short.

 

[AndrewB]

With 2 rounds to go, ataraxia joins Line and Length in the lead on 5 wins, with Himmanv, Fuller Pilch, AndrewB, JOJOXI and Pothas on 4 wins each.

 

[AndrewB]

Round 8 Match 1: Line and Length v Michaelf7777777

Line and Length

Alastair_Cook         21       2
Virender_Sehwag        5       4
+Kumar_Sangakarra      3     117
Sachin_Tendulkar      15       5
Everton_Weekes       110      44
Allan_Border           5       5
Garfield_Sobers        0      28
Kapil_Dev             86       0
Hedley_Verity         19       0
Dale_Steyn             1      26
Joel_Garner            2       0
Extras                 5       3
TOTAL                272     234

Alan_Davidson       3-109   4-77
Ian_Botham          3-81    3-82
Shane_Warne         3-39    2-53
Andrew_Flintoff     1-40    1-22

Michaelf7777777

Sunil_Gavaskar        14      86
Sid_Barnes            27      20
Everton_Weekes        46       3
*Kane_Williamson      75       6
Sachin_Tendulkar      42      32
Ian_Botham            45       1
Andrew_Flintoff       34      34
+Ian_Healy             0       4
Alan_Davidson          9       3
Ravi_Ashwin            3       
Shane_Warne           14       
Extras                 5       4
TOTAL                314     193-7

Joel_Garner         1-64    0-45
Dale_Steyn          1-79    4-93
Kapil_Dev           2-92    3-48
Hedley_Verity       5-77    0-6

Michaelf7777777 won by 3 wickets

The match began disastrously for Line and Length's XI as Botham and Davidson left their innings in tatters at 70-6. But then a hard-hitting 86 from Kapil brought them back into the game, and solid support from Verity enabled Weekes to complete his hundred. Verity was then the pick of the bowlers as Michaelf7777777's XI achieved a first innings lead of 42. Line and Length's second innings also started poorly, with a century from Sangakkara this time bringing their total to respectability, but the target was just 193. Gavaskar held the innings together against some probing bowling from Steyn and Kapil, and although the rest Michaelf7777777's men were never comfortable, they eventually managed a 3-wicket win to bounce back from their disappointment in the previous game, leaving Line and Length's hopes of winning the tournament in the balance.

 

[AndrewB]

Round 8 Match 2: ataraxia v JOJOXI

ataraxia

*Trevor_Goddard        28      23
Bill_Lawry             54      18
Kumar_Sangakkara       91      88
Virat_Kohli             0      38
George_Headley          4      10
Mohammad_Yousuf        38      18
Keith_Miller           26       4
+Quinton_de_Kock       14      54
Tony_Lock              11       0
Dennis_Lillee           0       3
Michael_Holding        31       6
Extras                  4       6
TOTAL                 301     268

Imran_Khan           3-58    1-70 
Malcolm_Marshall     2-80    2-29 
Muttiah_Muralitharan 2-76    3-107
Shane_Warne          1-48    4-60 
Ben_Stokes           2-37

JOJOXI

Len_Hutton            18      20
Geoffrey_Boycott      46      28
Rahul_Dravid          55      36
Brian_Lara             7      25
Greg_Chappell         25      82
+Andy_Flower          26     132
Ben_Stokes             0       0
*Imran_Khan           18      22
Malcolm_Marshall      16       0
Shane_Warne            2       0
Muttiah_Muralitharan   2       4
Extras                 4       5
TOTAL                219     354-9

Michael_Holding     3-51    1-104
Dennis_Lillee       5-101   5-127
Tony_Lock           1-22    1-108
Keith_Miller        1-42    1-13

JOJOXI won by 1 wicket

After a decent start, ataraxia's XI stumbled despite Sangakkara's 91, and it took some fierce hitting from Holding to take them past 300. Excellent bowling from Holding and Lillee, however, meant that this was enough for a healthy first innings lead. JOJOXI's spinners made life difficult for ataraxia's men in the second innings, and it took another great knock from Sangakkara to get them past 250. With this giving ataraxia a lead of over 350, it seemed to be enough until a magnificent partnership of 150 by Chappell and Flower. After Chappell was out, Flower and Imran took JOJOXI to the brink of victory before Lillee removed Imran, Marshall and Warne in one over with 10 runs still needed. Flower then managed to bring the scores level, and then Muralitharan hit the winning boundary to leave the tournament wide open, with at least 3 teams guaranteed to be joint leaders with one round left to play.

 

[JOJOXI]

Some big games being super close - our guys beating Ataraxia by 1 wicket and earlier losing to Line and Length by 2 runs!

 

[Himannv]

We should try this out for ODIs once the Tests are done. This was one of the best drafts we've had so far.

 

[AndrewB]

We should try this out for ODIs once the Tests are done. This was one of the best drafts we've had so far.

An ODI version of the draft would work, but I wouldn't be able to "simulate" it as for the Test version.

 

[AndrewB]

Round 8 Match 3: Himannv v trundler

Himannv

Hanif Mohammad        21      44
Bruce Mitchell        38      44
*Wally Hammond        10      34
Graeme Pollock       199       2
Viv Richards           1      19
Javed Miandad         37      19
+Adam Gilchrist       39       2
Richard Hadlee        13      16
Fred Trueman          14      16
Curtly Ambrose         0       0
Derek Underwood        7       0
Extras                 7       6
TOTAL                386     202

Sydney Barnes       0-58    2-86
Glenn McGrath       4-72    3-45
Clarrie Grimmett    4-137   0-39
Pat Cummins         1-117   5-32

trundler

Arthur Morris        183      20
Herbert Sutcliffe     50      55
Hashim Amla          131       7
Clyde Walcott          3      36
Neil Harvey           36
*Colin Cowdrey         6
+BJ Watling           43
Pat Cummins            6
Clarrie Grimmett       6
Sydney Barnes          0
Glenn McGrath          0
Extras                 6       1
TOTAL                470     119-2

Richard Hadlee      3-163   0-42
Curtly Ambrose      3-74    2-18 
Fred Trueman        3-183   0-22 
Derek Underwood     0-47    0-37

trundler won by 8 wickets

A magnificent innings by Graeme Pollock, falling just short of his double century, was the only thing that held together the Himannv first innings against some excellent bowling by McGrath and Grimmett. In reply, trundler's XI looked to be heading for a huge lead as Morris and Amla took the score past 350, only for the rest of the batting to disappoint, and Hanif Mohammad and Mitchell managed to wipe off the deficit for Himannv's XI. However, a lethal spell from Cummins saw the Himannv second innings crumble and trundler's men knocked off the runs with few concerns.

 

[AndrewB]

Round 8 Match 4: Fuller Pilch v Teuton

Fuller Pilch

Matthew Hayden         0      18
*Graham Gooch         15      62
Younis Khan           21      30
Jacques Kallis        22      14
Steve Waugh           90       0
+Adam Gilchrist        0      32
Chris Cairns           0      22
Ravi Jadeja           55       8
Vernon Philander      10       3
Hugh Trumble           1       0
Frank Tyson            0       3
Extras                 3       5
TOTAL                217     197

Waqar Younis        3-62    4-51
Wasim Akram         2-59    2-80
Curtly Ambrose      2-20    3-43
Bill O'Reilly       3-73    1-21

Teuton

Bob Simpson           52      14
Dennis Amiss           0      11
Ken Barrington        25      68
Steve Smith            7      22
Michael Clarke        94       4
*Frank Worrell         5      16
+Matt Prior           13      24
Wasim Akram           35       0
Bill O'Reilly          0       
Curtly Ambrose         9      
Waqar Younis           9       
Extras                 5       3
TOTAL                254     161-6

Frank Tyson         2-99    1-37
Vernon Philander    4-5     2-26
Hugh Trumble        3-85    1-42
Ravi Jadeja         1-63    2-53
Jacques Kallis              0-3

Teuton won by 4 wickets

On a difficult wicket, Fuller Pilch's team were soon in trouble against Teuton's pace attack, and even a late rally by Waugh and Jadeja only took them just past 200. In reply, the Teuton's XI batting was comparatively comfortable, especially when Philander was off the field with a strain; it was only when the South African returned to dismiss Clarke, Akram and O'Reilly in quick succession that Fuller Pilch's XI looked like getting back into the game. But after a decent start from Gooch, they struggled again, and although Teuton's men also found it difficult, a solid innings from Barrington eventually saw them home.

 

[AndrewB]

Round 8 Match 5: AndrewB v Pothas

AndrewB

Len_Hutton              0       5
Gordon Greenidge        6     137
Ricky Ponting          75      27
Wally Hammond          20      20
Shiv Chanderpaul       12      35
Aubrey Faulkner        40       5
*+MS Dhoni             58      36
Shaun Pollock           3       3
Jim Laker               1       3
Glenn McGrath           2       1
James Anderson          4       1
Extras                  4       4
TOTAL                 225     277

Malcolm Marshall     3-33    2-96 
Ray Lindwall         2-50    1-43 
Allan Donald         1-31    2-32 
Muttiah Muralitharan 2-63    5-104
Richie Benaud        2-46

Pothas

Jack Hobbs           116        0
Gautam Gambhir       109        5
Brian Lara           109        8
Sachin Tendulkar       5
Inzamam ul-Haq        73
+AB de Villiers        0
*Richie Benaud        18
Ray Lindwall           4
Malcolm Marshall      49
Muttiah Muralitharan   3
Allan Donald           0
Extras                 4        0
TOTAL                490       13-1

Shaun Pollock       3-97      0-8
Glenn McGrath       0-146     1-5
Jim Laker           1-81
James Anderson      6-166

Pothas won by 9 wickets

In this match, which both sides needed to win to have any chance of winning the tournament, AndrewB's XI were in trouble from the first-ball dismissal of Hutton by Marshall, and only Ponting saw them achieve any sort of total. Their 225 was
then passed by Pothas's XI with only one wicket down, with hundreds from Hobbs, Gambhir and Lara rapidly putting the match out of AndrewB's reach. Greenidge's battling hundred against more fine bowling by Pothas's men was only enough to - narrowly - prevent the innings defeat.

 

[Himannv]

An ODI version of the draft would work, but I wouldn't be able to "simulate" it as for the Test version.

Yeah, we don’t need to have the sim.

 

[AndrewB]

Line and Length, ataraxia, Pothas and JOJOXI all go into the last round on 5 wins; Himannv, Fuller Pilch, AndrewB and trundler have 4 wins each; Teuton and Michaelf7777777 both have 2 wins.

Line and Length will play Pothas in the final round, so at least one team will finish on 6 wins (well, I guess they could draw but I'd be surprised). If my XI had beaten Pothas in that last match, it would have been possible for the tournament to end with a 7-way tie on 5 wins.

 

[JOJOXI]

Line and Length, ataraxia, Pothas and JOJOXI all go into the last round on 5 wins; Himannv, Fuller Pilch, AndrewB and trundler have 4 wins each; Teuton and Michaelf7777777 both have 2 wins.

Line and Length will play Pothas in the final round, so at least one team will finish on 6 wins (well, I guess they could draw but I'd be surprised). If my XI had beaten Pothas in that last match, it would have been possible for the tournament to end with a 7-way tie on 5 wins.

A shame that there is no chance for a crazy 7 way tie - if only the Test Match Championship in real life was as competitive as this!

Edit - Michaelf7777 and Teuton with big wins there as well despite trailing the lead group.

 

[AndrewB]

I'll start the final round with the two games that can't affect who finishes top.

Round 9 Match 1: trundler v Fuller Pilch

trundler

Arthur Morris        132      20
Herbert Sutcliffe    124      42
Hashim Amla           21      17
Clyde Walcott         32      49
Neil Harvey           41      52
*Colin Cowdrey        41      45
+BJ Watling            4      18
Pat Cummins           12      28
Clarrie Grimmett      12       0
Sydney Barnes          1       0
Glenn McGrath          0       0
Extras                 5       5
TOTAL                425     276

Frank Tyson         3-40    3-28 
Vernon Philander    0-177   2-50 
Hugh Trumble        4-129   2-35 
Ravi Jadeja         2-77    2-158

Fuller Pilch

Matthew Hayden        81      22
*Graham Gooch         40      23
Younis Khan            0      15
Jacques Kallis        40      42
Steve Waugh           13       0
+Adam Gilchrist        2      47
Chris Cairns           0      47
Ravi Jadeja            1      40
Vernon Philander       0      11
Hugh Trumble          11       0
Frank Tyson            4       6
Extras                 3       5
TOTAL                195     258

Sydney Barnes       3-34    1-77 
Glenn McGrath       2-44    1-46 
Clarrie Grimmett    2-37    4-110
Pat Cummins         3-79    4-23

trundler won by 248 runs

When Morris and Sutcliffe batted for most of the first day, trundler's men were set to build a huge score, and will have been disappointed with their eventual 425. However, Fuller Pilch's XI also fell away after a decent start and faced a possible follow-on. This was not enforced, and though trundler's second innings was less convincing, the target was still over 500, and Cummins's excellent bowling meant that Fuller Pilch's side were never going to get close to that.

 

[AndrewB]

Round 9 Match 2: Teuton v AndrewB

Teuton

Bob Simpson            4      44
Dennis Amiss          31      22
Ken Barrington        31      30
Steve Smith          131      33
Michael Clarke         3      40
*Frank Worrell         3       6
+Matt Prior            0       3
Wasim Akram           23      13
Bill O'Reilly          5      13
Curtly Ambrose        11       9
Waqar Younis           3      18
Extras                 5       6
TOTAL                250     237

Shaun Pollock       1-72    1-58
Glenn McGrath       2-59    6-62
Jim Laker           3-17    1-60
James Anderson      4-101   1-54

AndrewB

Len Hutton            68       3
Gordon Greenidge       1      10
Ricky Ponting        134
Wally Hammond         71
Shiv Chanderpaul      74
Aubrey Faulkner       61
*+MS Dhoni            29
Shaun Pollock         10
Jim Laker             16
Glenn McGrath          0
James Anderson         6
Extras                 5
TOTAL                475      13-0

Waqar Younis        3-130     0-4
Wasim Akram         7-150     0-9
Curtly Ambrose      0-59
Bill O'Reilly       0-134

AndrewB won by 10 wickets

Teuton's XI were always struggling in this match despite a marvellous 131 from Smith in the first innings with virtually no support. A much more solid display from AndrewB's XI, built round Ponting's hundred, gave them a huge lead despite Akram's heroics. Then a great demonstration of bowling from McGrath soon left Teuton's men fighting to avoid an innings defeat. Some late hitting from last man Waqar saw them narrowly avoid this ignominy, but Greenidge and Hutton only required a couple of overs to finish the match.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Just wondering, why hasn’t Chris Cairns been bowling for my side?