**Season 4** Discussion, Results etc.

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

The first round of matches:

Friday 5th December

**Division 1**
Cricket Web A @ England A (5D)
New Zealand A @ India A (5D)

**Division 2**
Australia A @ Minnows XI (5D)
Zimbabwe A @ South Africa A (5D)

The full schedule is attached.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Final XI's for first games

Cricket Web A
Gotchya
Eyes Only +
Bugssy
Marc71178 (C)
Age Master
Argonaut
Rik
R_Powell_fan
Supah Freak
David Kennett
Mr Wright

England A
Ian Ward
Geraint Jones +
Ian Bell
Ed Smith
Owais Shah
James Troughton
Paul Collingwood
Kabir Ali
Dominic Cork
Chris Silverwood
Martin Saggers

New Zealand A
Craig Cumming
Tim McIntosh
Jesse Ryder
Peter Fulton (C)
Rob Nicol
Michael Papps +
Tama Canning
Michael Mason
Kerry Walmsley
Ian Butler

India A
Wasim Jaffer
Shiv Das (C)
Gautam Gambhir
Hemang Badani
Sridharan Sriram
Vijay Bhardwaj
Parthiv Patel +
Murali Kartik
Amit Mishra
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Aavishkar Salvi

Australia A
Jimmy Maher (C)
Mike Hussey
Martin Love
Brad Hodge
Michael Clarke
Shane Watson
Brad Haddin +
Brad Hogg
Andy Bichel
Brad Williams
Nathan Hauritz

Minnows XI
Kennedy Otieno +
Ravindu Shah
Steve Tikolo (C)
Maurice Odumbe
John Davison
Ian Billcliff
Andries Johannes Burger
Thomas Odoyo
Martin Suji
Collins Obuya
Davis Joseph

Zimbabwe A
Trevor Gripper
Gavin Rennie (C)
Barney Rogers
Craig Wishart
Gavin Ewing
Craig Evans
Dirk Viljeon
Alester Maregwede +
Gary Brent
Mpumelelo Mbangwa
Blessing Mahwire

South Africa A
Jon Kent
Adam Bacher *
Martin van Jaarsveld
Ashwell Prince
Lance Klusener
Morne van Wyk +
Justin Kemp
Robin Peterson
Allan Dawson
Andre Nel
Dewald Pretorius

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Season Opener - 5th December

Australia 'A' v Minnows
Zimbabwe 'A' v South Africa 'A'
New Zealand 'A' v India 'A

Cricket Web 'A' v England 'A'

A very much low key start to the season brought some interesting results and a captaincy debut by Marc71178 which has been noted by the CWBCC.

(Standings included in attached file.)

 

[age_master]

well that wasn't so good

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Ammended 'card with full bowling figures.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Minnows v Cricket Web B
Cricket Web 'B' 353 & 319/5d
Minnows XI 269 & 184

Cricket Web 'B' won by 219 runs

Man of the match: David(jr)

Coach's Comments:
Exceptional form from Gibbs and Samuel Vimes with the bat and a refreshing debut from David Jr. Indeed, the debutants were overall quite impressive.
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England A v Veterans XI
Veterans XI 489 & 26/1
England 'A' 286 & 227

Veterans XI won by 9 wickets

Man of the match: AA Donald

 

[Yousuf_Youhana]

Well done David on debut, and gibbs and sam congrats, good to see I got off to a good start...

46* and 5-109!

Well I got a very talented man as my ball partner, The JR's...BEWARE!! :duh:

 

[Jamee999]

A good 4D debut slightly dissapointed not to get a few overs with the ball though

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

7th December

DIV 1
AUSTRALIA 'A' 201 47.0 overs
SOUTH AFRICA 'A' 202/2 46.1 overs

South Africa 'A' won by 8 wickets

Man of the match: Martin Van Jaarsveld
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INDIA A 216/8 50.0 overs
CRICKET WEB 'A' 217/6 44.1 overs

Cricket Web 'A' won by 4 wickets

Man of the match: Bugssy

Coach's Comments:
Nice tight bowling after a fairly ragged start. A couple of early jitters with the bat too, but Bugssy played a key role as we ultimately cruised home. Top stuff!
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DIV 2
ENGLAND 'A' 264/5 50.0 overs
WEST INDIES 'A' 263/7 50.0 overs

England 'A' won by 1 runs

Man of the match: Jamie Troughton
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CRICKET WEB 'B' 231 46.2 overs
NEW ZEALAND 'A' 218/8 50.0 overs

Cricket Web 'B' won by 13 runs

Man of the match: David(jr)

Coach's Comments:
A repeat performance from David Jr. with another fantastic debut. Good support also from v.c. Imran Khan Jr. and mature innings from Deeps, Gibbs and Jamee saw us home. Nice start to the season.

 

[gibbsnsmith]

Hmm, 2 half centuries in both innings in the 5d-er and a decent 44 in the 1d-er, i am content to an extent, need that damn century though

Note, good work, David, nice work indded with the ball

 

[Jamee999]

A good 30 but expecting a bowl in the 4d game

Jamee999 is trying by bowling in the nets to attract the selectors focus

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Gah...back on normal form with a 4. Still, my 5-day game was pretty impressive, especially behind the stumps (6 catches and a stumping...I like that )

Still, the official stats keeper has some goodies for you:

5-day:

Highest batting average in the Dev League: M van Jaarsveld (SA) 135.00.

Highest batting average for the CW A side: Umpire Money 82.00.

Highest batting average for the CW B side: Jamee999 71.00

Highest number of runs in the Dev League: IS Billcliff (Minnows) 218 runs from 4 innings in 2 matches

Highest number of runs for the CW A side: Umpire Money 82.

Highest number of runs for the CW B side: Samuel Vimes 140

Highest batting strike rate in the Dev League: Murali Kartik (India A) 133.33 (8 runs from 6 balls :P)

Highest batting strike rate in the CW A side: David Kennett 72.22 (13 runs from 18 balls)

Highest strike rate in the CW B side: Langeveldt 58.18 (32 runs from 55 balls).

Highest score in an innings in the Dev League: S Sriram (India A) 133.

Highest score in an innings for the CW A side: Rik 63.

Highest score in an innings for the CW B side: Craig 78.

Most wickets taken in the Dev League: MJ Saggers (England A) 11.

Most wickets taken for the CW A side: David Kennett 5.

Most wickets taken for the CW B side: David(jr) 8.

Lowest bowling average in the Dev League: JM Kemp (South Africa A) 13.20 (5 wickets for 66 runs)

Lowest bowling average in the CW A side: Marc71178 22.00 (1 wicket for 22 runs)

Lowest bowling average in the CW B side: David(jr) 15.37 (8 wickets for 123 runs)

Lowest bowling strike rate in the Dev League: S Sriram (India A) 24.50 (2 wickets from 8.1 overs)

Lowest bowling strike rate in the CW A side: Marc71178 48.00 (1 wicket from 8 overs).

Lowest bowling strike rate in the CW B side: David(jr) 32.25 (8 wickets from 43 overs).

Most economical bowler in the Dev League: Age Master (Cricketweb A) 0.33 (2 runs allowed from 6 overs!)

Most economical bowler in the CW B side: Imran Khan(jr) 2.65 (109 runs allowed from 41 overs)

BBI in the Dev League: L Balaji (India A) 5-66.

BBI in the CW A side: David Kennett 3-39.

BBI in the CW B side: David(jr) 5-67 (unlucky!)

1-day to come later.

 

[marc71178]

Gutted at getting a first baller against Balaji, even if it did pitch 3 foot outside leg and was missing off.

I blame Asoka.

 

[Yousuf_Youhana]

Good to see I'm getting more economical! Seems like this vice captaincy has helped me be more mature in the game.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

8th December

VETERANS XI 226/9 50.0 overs
CRICKET WEB 'A' 229/6 44.0 overs

Cricket Web 'A' won by 4 wickets

Man of the match: Bugssy

Coach's Comments:
Great bowling early on from Mr Wright and R_Powell_fan. We lost the plot a bit in the middle overs, but finished well. After trading Gotchya for Smith and Rik departed, Marc and Bugssy proceeded to attack the bowling of Khan, Botham and Ambrose with good success. Bugssy played another stunning innings but it was a solid knock from Age Master which saw us home. Well played again! 2 game winning streak...
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CRICKET WEB 'B' 294/6 50.0 overs
BANGLADESH 187/8 50.0 overs

Cricket Web 'B' won by 107 runs

Man of the match: Vishnu Reddy

Coach's Comments:
Craig played a Gilchristesque innings to send us flying, with Samuel Vimes playing in good support. The middle order faltered to big shots, but Vishnu Reddy stuck around and executed superbly, launching 4 sixes. Imran Khan Jr. then took 16 off the 49th over in playing for a mature, thinking half-century. With the ball, we set back Bangladesh early with two questionable LBW decisions, and they never recovered. All except Samuel Vimes got a bowl because the match was soon well beyond the reach of the Bangladeshis. David Jr. continued his form and all the main bowlers looked sharp. Well played! 2 game winning streak...

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Well done team, especially vishnu, Craig, Imran Khan and David. Pretty pleased with my own batting form as a support batsman.

1-day statistics after December the 8th:

Highest batting average in the Dev League: Jamie Troughton (England A) 130.00

Highest batting average for the CW A side: Bugssy 75.00.

Highest batting average for the CW B side: Imran Khan(jr) 60.00

Highest number of runs in the Dev League: Bugssy (CW A) 150 runs in 2 innings from 2 matches.

Highest number of runs for the CW B side: Vishnureddy 103 runs in 2 innings from 2 matches.

Highest batting strike rate in the Dev League: Yaju Arya (CW B) 300.00 (12 runs from 4 balls)

Highest batting strike rate in the CW A side: Marc71178 104.65 (45 runs from 43 balls)

Highest score in an innings in the Dev League: Jamie Troughton (England A) 130.

Highest score in an innings for the CW A side: Bugssy 80.

Highest score in an innings for the CW B side: Vishnureddy 89.

Most wickets taken in the Dev League: David(jr) (CW B) 6.

Most wickets taken for the CW A side: David Kennett and Mr Wright 4.

Lowest bowling average in the Dev League: Darren Ganga (West Indies A) 4.00 (1 wicket for 4 runs)

Lowest bowling average in the CW A side: David Kennett 16.25 (4 wickets for 65 runs)

Lowest bowling average in the CW B side: Deeps 8.00 (1 wicket for 8 runs)

Lowest bowling strike rate in the Dev League: Darren Ganga (West Indies A) 6.00 (1 wicket from 1 overs)

Lowest bowling strike rate in the CW A side: David Kennett 28.50 (4 wickets from 19 overs)

Lowest bowling strike rate in the CW B side: Deeps 18.00 (1 wicket from 3 overs)

Most economical bowler in the Dev League: Al Shahriar (Bangladesh) 1.00 (1 run allowed from 1 over)

Most economical bowler in the CW A side: David Kennett 3.42 (65 runs allowed from 19 overs)

Most economical bowler in the CW B side: Deeps 2.66 (8 runs allowed from 3 overs)

BBI in the Dev League: Wasim Akram (Veterans XI) 4-25.

BBI in the CW A side: Mr Wright 3-26.

BBI in the CW B side: David(jr) 3-25.

 

[Yousuf_Youhana]

Fantastic performance, Was there live.. If you look at the scorecard carefully (under partnerships) it says that we lost 5 wickets for 166 runs but then Vishnureddy smacked the ball around with me supporting him at the other end, but in the 49th over I thought what the hell smashed 4 fours and we ended up with a 127 run partnership from only 123 balls, Craig and Sam did exceptionally well to get you to 94 in just 85 balls, then David Jr. well bowled well, I've improved with the bat but need more time in the bowling department..just warming up. :saint:

edit: Also if it weren't for my late onslaught we wudnt have got to 290+, yes I rate myself Highly and the rest of you all (as a vc i have to) :!( lol

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

9th December

New Zealand 'A' 356 & 358
Cricket Web 'A' 392 & 73/0

Cricket Web 'A' draw with New Zealand 'A'

Man of the match: Eyes_Only

Coach's Comments:
An impressive captaincy display by Marc71178 was not enough as the bat dominated the ball in this one. Rik bowled superbly in the first innings and David came back nicely after a poor start. R_Powell_fan was the pick of the bowlers in each innings though. Consistent line and length at decent pace. With the bat Eyes_Only was superb showing exceptional technical proficiency in batting with Bugssy who looked at total ease. Marc played a gem of an innings and Age Master was solid as always. The most impressive performance however, was from the lower order, who stood up and added crucial runs. The signs of improvement are there. Now we just have to get all the positives together at once and we could be a force!
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Veterans XI 380 & 171
India A 418 & 137/1

India A won by 9 wickets

Man of the match: RV Bhardwaj
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**DIV 2**

South Africa 'A' 213 & 449
Cricket Web 'B' 313 & 328/8

Cricket Web 'B' draw with South Africa 'A'

Man of the match: M van Jaarsveld

Coach's Comments:
A fantastic game with some outstanding performances! For the bad guys, van Jaarsveld smacked 2 hundreds. Gibbs N. Smith played a couple of lovely innings which were almost identical. Yaju bowled superbly and Samuel Vimes took 47 balls to get off the mark in the second innings. Meanwhile, Craig smashed the ball around for 16 fours in his innings. Ultimately, we needed 22 runs to win with 2 wickets in hand when time ran out. A very well played game and a great run chase!
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Zimbabwe 'A' 348 & 230
Australia 'A' 328 & 251/3

Australia 'A' won by 7 wickets

Man of the match: AA Noffke

 

[Neil Pickup]

Re: 9th December

Samuel Vimes took 47 balls to get off the mark in the second innings.

And then he got all excited and was caught off the 48th, for a brilliant 1.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Re: Re: 9th December

And then he got all excited and was caught off the 48th, for a brilliant 1.

As if suggesting you could have done better :P

Pleased with my first innings 50 though