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The Colts Thread
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chooka_nick
International 12th Man
Gah, I was waiting for that...Nick also doing well with the bat... although not good enough for me, eh Nick?
twas the doosra.
Majin
International Debutant
Wright XI make the most of their chances
CW Colts pre-season warmup matches
The Wright XI crushed the Towns XI by and Innings and 2 runs in the latest Colts FC warmup match, largely thanks to a woeful fielding performance by the Towns XI. They put down eleven catches and the Wright XI made the most of these numerous letoffs, eventually chalking up a huge total of 587 in their innings.
Centuries from opener Mark Hopgood and number 3 A.S Das, who chalked up 148, laid the foundations for the big score, with half centuries from Malthus-Howell, Jasotharan and 78 not out from number 8 D.M Galbraith all piled on the misery for the Towns XI, with number 9 Jack McNamara falling four runs short of his own half century. Of the bowlers, only Greg Thomas escaped with a measure of respectability, finishing with figures of 5-140. Nick Hancock took two wickets for 111, spinners Weber and Rai both finished with one wicket each, Weber's costing 112 runs and Rai's 106, and Rookie Manan Shah ended up with one wicket for 100 flat.
The Towns XI started the reply in the complete opposite fashion, with four wickets falling before the 10th over had finished. Wright nailed Bharat in his 2nd over for 11, two overs later Towns was run out for a duck. In the following over, Bochat had Kerr caught out for a golden duck, and then in the 10th over Wright removed Rai for 6. At the other end of the pitch, Simon Fitzsimmons was doing all he could to give his team some sort of credit, and found a partner in Nick Hancock to finally build a partnership with. Fitzsimmons was given a reprieve on 44 when Hopgood put a simple chance down off the bowling of Wright, and not long after he passed his 50. After pushing the partnership over 100 runs, Hancock was bowled by Wilson, and not long after Bochat caught Fitzsimmons for 97 off his own bowling.
The tail wagged for a while, Weber scoring 29, Banick 35 and Monaghan scoring a valuable half century from number 8, and the Towns XI were eventually all out for 302. Kyle Wright enforced the follow on, and things looked good for the Towns XI, Pooja Bharat launching a fierce assault on the opening bowlers and scoring a quickfire 35 off 25 balls, but fell to Thad Bochat after going after one ball too many. Towns came out to partner Fitzsimmons and both batted on sensibly for a while, Fitzsimmons bringing up his second 50 of the match, but Towns fell two runs short of his as McNamara took his first wicket off three.
Fitzsimmons then decided to go onto the attack, and launched into Wright and McNamara, and soon Kerr and Fitzsimmons had a partnership of 50 runs, 7 of which belonged to Kerr. It was not to last, however, as not long after Fitzsimmons fell in the ninties again, out for 94, and soon after the Towns XI collapsed from 226/3 to 283 all out, McNamara removing the middle order and Wilson blasting away the tail with three wickets in one over to seal a dominating victory for the Wright XI.
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Sorry about the delay, got the match later than expected and then I had college today.
CW Colts pre-season warmup matches
The Wright XI crushed the Towns XI by and Innings and 2 runs in the latest Colts FC warmup match, largely thanks to a woeful fielding performance by the Towns XI. They put down eleven catches and the Wright XI made the most of these numerous letoffs, eventually chalking up a huge total of 587 in their innings.
Centuries from opener Mark Hopgood and number 3 A.S Das, who chalked up 148, laid the foundations for the big score, with half centuries from Malthus-Howell, Jasotharan and 78 not out from number 8 D.M Galbraith all piled on the misery for the Towns XI, with number 9 Jack McNamara falling four runs short of his own half century. Of the bowlers, only Greg Thomas escaped with a measure of respectability, finishing with figures of 5-140. Nick Hancock took two wickets for 111, spinners Weber and Rai both finished with one wicket each, Weber's costing 112 runs and Rai's 106, and Rookie Manan Shah ended up with one wicket for 100 flat.
The Towns XI started the reply in the complete opposite fashion, with four wickets falling before the 10th over had finished. Wright nailed Bharat in his 2nd over for 11, two overs later Towns was run out for a duck. In the following over, Bochat had Kerr caught out for a golden duck, and then in the 10th over Wright removed Rai for 6. At the other end of the pitch, Simon Fitzsimmons was doing all he could to give his team some sort of credit, and found a partner in Nick Hancock to finally build a partnership with. Fitzsimmons was given a reprieve on 44 when Hopgood put a simple chance down off the bowling of Wright, and not long after he passed his 50. After pushing the partnership over 100 runs, Hancock was bowled by Wilson, and not long after Bochat caught Fitzsimmons for 97 off his own bowling.
The tail wagged for a while, Weber scoring 29, Banick 35 and Monaghan scoring a valuable half century from number 8, and the Towns XI were eventually all out for 302. Kyle Wright enforced the follow on, and things looked good for the Towns XI, Pooja Bharat launching a fierce assault on the opening bowlers and scoring a quickfire 35 off 25 balls, but fell to Thad Bochat after going after one ball too many. Towns came out to partner Fitzsimmons and both batted on sensibly for a while, Fitzsimmons bringing up his second 50 of the match, but Towns fell two runs short of his as McNamara took his first wicket off three.
Fitzsimmons then decided to go onto the attack, and launched into Wright and McNamara, and soon Kerr and Fitzsimmons had a partnership of 50 runs, 7 of which belonged to Kerr. It was not to last, however, as not long after Fitzsimmons fell in the ninties again, out for 94, and soon after the Towns XI collapsed from 226/3 to 283 all out, McNamara removing the middle order and Wilson blasting away the tail with three wickets in one over to seal a dominating victory for the Wright XI.
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Sorry about the delay, got the match later than expected and then I had college today.
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Shaggy Alfresco
State Captain
hmmm...golden duck in the first innings.
What goes up must come down, I suppose.
What goes up must come down, I suppose.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Hey guys,
Just checking in.
Had a quick look at the preseason games and looks like everything is going well.
I'll be back on deck with some more regularity in a little over a week and a half, until then, I wish everyone the best and may we all have a great season.
Cheers,
Kyle
Just checking in.
Had a quick look at the preseason games and looks like everything is going well.
I'll be back on deck with some more regularity in a little over a week and a half, until then, I wish everyone the best and may we all have a great season.
Cheers,
Kyle
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
My early form is worrying.
Travis_Teh
International Regular
Simon is afraid of the ton.
Simon
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I've scored enough centuries now not to get nervous approaching a hundred, some things you just cant help though...
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Probably should stop trying to bring your hundred up with a 6!
Good work guys, promising signs from the batting line-up.
chooka_nick
International 12th Man
KS Wright's XI versus DP Towns' XI - First Innings
Second One-Day Warmup
Played at Fardin Qayyumi CC
The second innings coming soon... mwa ha.
Second One-Day Warmup
Played at Fardin Qayyumi CC
After today’s performance – assuming there had been any doubt before – nobody would dare accuse the CricketWeb Colts of taking their pre-season training lightly.
Their most recent warmup took place at ten o’clock this morning, at a slightly muggy and overcast Fardin Qayyumi Cricket Club. A lukewarm crowd of predominantly schoolchildren and support staff saw Colts captain Kyle Wright lose the toss, ruing his inept calling as opposing captain Daniel Towns immediately elected to bowl.
The Towns XI’s bowling stock was certainly packed with power, and was bolstered by the inclusion of Thad Bochat. Bochat and fast-bowling powerhouse Greg Thomas opened the attack and immediately had Shan Jasotharan hopping about awkwardly – the pitch and humidity aiding the fast men early.
Things started poorly for the Wright XI, Mark Hopgood running himself out unnecessarily for just 4. Bochat’s fifth over started with a wide, a dot, a single to Malthus-Howell, and another wide; however, as his forth ball too seamed wide outside off, Jasotharan cut hard to Towns at gully. When Tarick Weber drove into the hands of mid-off from the very next ball, and Simon Fitzsimmons edged to slip from a short one, the Wright XI was 4/39.
With the ball swinging prodigiously out of the hands of Bochat (who finished his ten overs straight through, capturing 3/26) and Wilson, it was up to Malthus-Howell and Nick Hancock to essentially start from scratch, rebuilding the innings from the ground up.
And rebuild they did. As their confidence grew, the demons in the pitch began to disappear, and the run-rate gradually picked up. Hancock dragged out his broom and swept a Daniel Rai no-ball for six, although the shot of the partnership – and the innings? – belong to his partner, who daintily late-cut the same bowler for four, slicing between keeper Pooja Bharat and first-slip Kerr. However, batting against Chris Butler was never easy, and it was he who broke through to remove Malthus-Howell – edging, ironically, to Kerr at slip – and then sent back Swann with the next ball, a bouncer he could only feed to Bochat at midwicket.
But it was Galbraith who turned out to be the next suitable partner for Hancock, and when the latter clipped Greg Thomas to fine-leg to bring up his fifty (off 79 balls, including four fours and a six) the score had moved along from 101 to 149.
Butler’s fine spell came to a conclusion with 3/38 to his name, and with Rai bowling well – albeit without penetration – for 0/32, it became time to go hard or go home – and it was Greg Thomas who can attest to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. First ball of the forty-fifth over was hoicked for four over midwicket by Galbraith, a stroke which punctuated the fact that dropping short on this pitch could be expensive. The next ball swung in and nettled a single; the next three yielded eleven runs, Hancock hacking two fours over cover and a three through midwicket. Thomas, whose emotions went through bemused to irritated to angry – and then, oddly, to reflective – speared in a lovely yorker for the last ball. Not to be outdone, Galbraith managed to step in front of his stumps and sweep it, off the bottom edge, for four down to fine-leg. Twenty runs off the over, which begged the question – is 200 within reach?
Alas, it was not to be. Wilson and Thomas conversed with Bochat mid-pitch, then – spurred on by their captain – returned and fired in three highly impressive overs, leaking only sixteen runs in what is traditionally the end-of-innings bash.
Wilson was the one who eventually ended Hancock’s tirade, who edged a good ball high to the safe hands of Das at deep third man. Wright and Galbraith poked a few singles to advance the score, but once again Wilson was dead on the money with his in-swingers – an express delivery to end the innings shattered the resilient Galbraith’s stumps.
Although Wilson took both his wickets in his last over, his overall effort was outstanding, particularly his first five overs which only let through eight runs. His 2/39 was not as brilliant as his four-for in the earlier game, but it would not have gone unnoticed. As for Thomas, his figures should have read more along the lines of 0/29 from ten, had he not have been hit by the runaway freight train of Hancock and Galbraith. He will be ruing his bad luck, but even International-grade bowlers have bad days.
The Wright XI’s eventual score of 195 was judged to be par for the course by several members of the crowd, they also noted that the sun was beginning to shine through the clouds, burning out the humidity and dampness in the pitch. With the Towns XI boasting the superior pace attack, it was clear that a huge weight was placed upon the shoulders of Kyle Wright, and his twin tweakers – the shrewd Jack McNamara, and the excitable, yet seasoned, Tarick Weber.
Their most recent warmup took place at ten o’clock this morning, at a slightly muggy and overcast Fardin Qayyumi Cricket Club. A lukewarm crowd of predominantly schoolchildren and support staff saw Colts captain Kyle Wright lose the toss, ruing his inept calling as opposing captain Daniel Towns immediately elected to bowl.
The Towns XI’s bowling stock was certainly packed with power, and was bolstered by the inclusion of Thad Bochat. Bochat and fast-bowling powerhouse Greg Thomas opened the attack and immediately had Shan Jasotharan hopping about awkwardly – the pitch and humidity aiding the fast men early.
Things started poorly for the Wright XI, Mark Hopgood running himself out unnecessarily for just 4. Bochat’s fifth over started with a wide, a dot, a single to Malthus-Howell, and another wide; however, as his forth ball too seamed wide outside off, Jasotharan cut hard to Towns at gully. When Tarick Weber drove into the hands of mid-off from the very next ball, and Simon Fitzsimmons edged to slip from a short one, the Wright XI was 4/39.
With the ball swinging prodigiously out of the hands of Bochat (who finished his ten overs straight through, capturing 3/26) and Wilson, it was up to Malthus-Howell and Nick Hancock to essentially start from scratch, rebuilding the innings from the ground up.
And rebuild they did. As their confidence grew, the demons in the pitch began to disappear, and the run-rate gradually picked up. Hancock dragged out his broom and swept a Daniel Rai no-ball for six, although the shot of the partnership – and the innings? – belong to his partner, who daintily late-cut the same bowler for four, slicing between keeper Pooja Bharat and first-slip Kerr. However, batting against Chris Butler was never easy, and it was he who broke through to remove Malthus-Howell – edging, ironically, to Kerr at slip – and then sent back Swann with the next ball, a bouncer he could only feed to Bochat at midwicket.
But it was Galbraith who turned out to be the next suitable partner for Hancock, and when the latter clipped Greg Thomas to fine-leg to bring up his fifty (off 79 balls, including four fours and a six) the score had moved along from 101 to 149.
Butler’s fine spell came to a conclusion with 3/38 to his name, and with Rai bowling well – albeit without penetration – for 0/32, it became time to go hard or go home – and it was Greg Thomas who can attest to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. First ball of the forty-fifth over was hoicked for four over midwicket by Galbraith, a stroke which punctuated the fact that dropping short on this pitch could be expensive. The next ball swung in and nettled a single; the next three yielded eleven runs, Hancock hacking two fours over cover and a three through midwicket. Thomas, whose emotions went through bemused to irritated to angry – and then, oddly, to reflective – speared in a lovely yorker for the last ball. Not to be outdone, Galbraith managed to step in front of his stumps and sweep it, off the bottom edge, for four down to fine-leg. Twenty runs off the over, which begged the question – is 200 within reach?
Alas, it was not to be. Wilson and Thomas conversed with Bochat mid-pitch, then – spurred on by their captain – returned and fired in three highly impressive overs, leaking only sixteen runs in what is traditionally the end-of-innings bash.
Wilson was the one who eventually ended Hancock’s tirade, who edged a good ball high to the safe hands of Das at deep third man. Wright and Galbraith poked a few singles to advance the score, but once again Wilson was dead on the money with his in-swingers – an express delivery to end the innings shattered the resilient Galbraith’s stumps.
Although Wilson took both his wickets in his last over, his overall effort was outstanding, particularly his first five overs which only let through eight runs. His 2/39 was not as brilliant as his four-for in the earlier game, but it would not have gone unnoticed. As for Thomas, his figures should have read more along the lines of 0/29 from ten, had he not have been hit by the runaway freight train of Hancock and Galbraith. He will be ruing his bad luck, but even International-grade bowlers have bad days.
The Wright XI’s eventual score of 195 was judged to be par for the course by several members of the crowd, they also noted that the sun was beginning to shine through the clouds, burning out the humidity and dampness in the pitch. With the Towns XI boasting the superior pace attack, it was clear that a huge weight was placed upon the shoulders of Kyle Wright, and his twin tweakers – the shrewd Jack McNamara, and the excitable, yet seasoned, Tarick Weber.
Code:
KS Wright's XI versus DP Towns' XI
Played in Fardin Qayyumi CC
KS Wright's XI
R B 4's 6's
S Jasotharan c DP Towns b T Bochat 13 22 1 0
MR Hopgood run out 4 11 0 0
JB Malthus-Howell c WA Kerr b CR Butler 45 101 2 0
TV Weber c DK Rai b T Bochat 0 1 0 0
SG Fitzsimmons c AS Das b T Bochat 4 18 0 0
NR Hancock c AS Das b MW Wilson 71 92 6 1
K Swann c T Bochat b CR Butler 0 1 0 0
DM Galbraith b MW Wilson 34 52 2 0
KS Wright not out 2 2 0 0
JP McNamara not out 0 0 0 0
M Shah
Extras (no balls 0 wides 8 leg byes 7 byes 4) 22
Fall: 12 28 28 39 101 101 192 195
TOTAL (8 Wickets 50 Overs) 195
BOWLING O M R W
T Bochat 10 1 26 3
GM Thomas 10 1 49 0
MW Wilson 10 0 39 2
DK Rai 10 0 32 0
CR Butler 10 0 38 2
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chooka_nick
International 12th Man
KS Wright's XI versus DP Towns' XI - First Innings
Second One-Day Warmup
Played at Fardin Qayyumi CC
Second One-Day Warmup
Played at Fardin Qayyumi CC
The sun was hot by the afternoon, practically baking down on the pitch, as the smallish yet appreciative crowd rippled with enthusiasm. In a game of such little bearing of the overall season had taken on the intensity of a test match. Fittingly, as with the innings before, the seasoned veteran gave way to a young, rookie new-ball bowler. This time, it was not Thad Bochat, but Manan Shah who took the new pill, and, just as the innings before, the rookie flung it down with gusto.
It was never an easy job – his opposition were Pooja Bharat and his potential vice-captain, Daniel Towns. But it was not Shah who was daunted, as his first over was tight and only leaked one run; rather, it was his experienced and highly-rated captain, Kyle Wright, who started terribly. His first two balls were worked for twos by Towns – his quick
foot-movement enabling him to steer and clip through the gaps either side of the square. Wright’s next ball was a leg-side wide, and the following a full-toss outside off, slashed daintily over point. Another five runs were taken off his opening over, and Wright had already conceded 14 runs.
It was not the ability of the bowler, nor the mindset; Wright’s run-up had chosen to desert him at a crucial time, and his entire bowling routine suffered for it.
Shah continued to pelt in as Wright tried hard to find his rhythm, and was rewarded with the wicket of Bharat, attempting to launch a drive off an out-swinger. Although Bharat could only manage 2 runs to her name, the required run-rate had already plummeted to 3.8. A telling sign came in his next over, when Arunava Das took two steps down the pitch and slapped Shah for four – a disdainful shot at first glance, but in reality it was planned for and executed perfectly.
Just as the bowling side was rebuilding, another Wright over went for ten runs and included the crucial wicket of Das going begging due to an overstepping no-ball. Das, who was on fourteen at the time, grimly accepted his double life and continued to work the ball hard, either hitting into the gaps or over the fieldsman. This was evident in Wright’s next over, which again leaked fourteen, as he plucked a single, ran hard for a pair of twos, and burnt a four through midwicket. Poor Wright was genuinely ‘trying to try’, but nothing he did could rectify the fact that he was, for perhaps the first time in recent memory, dropping too short, too often.
A double change brought a recharged Hancock and a grim Jack McNamara into the attack. On a pitch fairly unresponsive to spin, McNamara had to rely on his change of pace and accuracy to challenge the batsman, whereas Hancock seemed content to force the ball at the stumps and hope for a bit of luck.
Although Wright’s XI were fantastic in the field – setting a high standard for the Colts to live up to in future – their bowlers struggled to remove either Das or Towns. Although McNamara was often hitting the right spot, and Hancock occasionally seared one past the edge, the Colt’s two premier batsmen continued pushing towards their target, using the spinner’s lack of pace and the paceman’s inconsistency against them.
The first ball of the nineteenth over was clipped for one by Das, bringing up the team hundred. Three balls later and Towns advanced and flicked McNamara past square-leg for his fifty, off just fifty-seven balls, with just three fours. The statistic that 76% of Town’s runs came from singles, twos and threes is a testament to his judgement of running.
Tarick Weber was the next into the attack – although confident he had Das caught directly in front from a straight-one, his big-spinning breaks failed to bother the batsmen. It was McNamara who eventually broke through; Towns attempted to walk forward to his first ball of the 25th over, so the red-headed tweaker pushed it hard and fast down leg: too far, it was adjudged, and called a wide.
Das, thinking he had the spinner figured, took a step to leg off the fourth ball, coming out of his crease for a half-volley. Although Das had expected a quicker ball on leg stump to combat his advancing, McNamara ripped down a slow, floating break outside off; too far away from him to drive, Das could only cut the ball, steeping, to Mark Hopgood at deep point. His fifty, off 65 balls, with five fours, was laced with commanding strokeplay.
McNamara pumped his fists – it was a wicket befitting the intelligence of the country’s former Under-Nineteens captain. But for Kyle Wright’s team, it was too little too late.
Chris Butler was an able ally to Daniel Towns, and his aggressive nature to scoring the perfect foil to his captain’s fluid method of accumulation. He had the pleasure of ripping thirteen off a Hancock over, twice hitting fours straight back over his head, before piercing cover and point with a worm-burning coverdrive. McNamara and Weber, the two cogs in the Wright XI attack, finished with 1/31 and 0/32 from seven overs apeice.
The reintroduction of Shah and Wright did little to ease the suffering, although Wright’s final over only leaked one run (a leg bye) and included five hostile balls in the vicinity between Town’s ribcage and off-stump; ‘no hard feelings mate, but I wish I’d bowled like this earlier’.
In the end, it was Daniel Towns and his team who were victorious in 39.1 overs, a convincing win which may not have been as crushing as the defeat inflicted upon them barely two days ago, but certainly gives them something to cheer about. The one failing of Butler’s aggressive knock – his 36 came from just 47 balls, with three elegant fours – was that it didn’t give Towns enough time to reach his century. Although technically ‘stranded’ on 90, his wonderful effort, encompassing 113 balls and including six fours, was a catalyst for his team’s eventual win.
It was never an easy job – his opposition were Pooja Bharat and his potential vice-captain, Daniel Towns. But it was not Shah who was daunted, as his first over was tight and only leaked one run; rather, it was his experienced and highly-rated captain, Kyle Wright, who started terribly. His first two balls were worked for twos by Towns – his quick
foot-movement enabling him to steer and clip through the gaps either side of the square. Wright’s next ball was a leg-side wide, and the following a full-toss outside off, slashed daintily over point. Another five runs were taken off his opening over, and Wright had already conceded 14 runs.
It was not the ability of the bowler, nor the mindset; Wright’s run-up had chosen to desert him at a crucial time, and his entire bowling routine suffered for it.
Shah continued to pelt in as Wright tried hard to find his rhythm, and was rewarded with the wicket of Bharat, attempting to launch a drive off an out-swinger. Although Bharat could only manage 2 runs to her name, the required run-rate had already plummeted to 3.8. A telling sign came in his next over, when Arunava Das took two steps down the pitch and slapped Shah for four – a disdainful shot at first glance, but in reality it was planned for and executed perfectly.
Just as the bowling side was rebuilding, another Wright over went for ten runs and included the crucial wicket of Das going begging due to an overstepping no-ball. Das, who was on fourteen at the time, grimly accepted his double life and continued to work the ball hard, either hitting into the gaps or over the fieldsman. This was evident in Wright’s next over, which again leaked fourteen, as he plucked a single, ran hard for a pair of twos, and burnt a four through midwicket. Poor Wright was genuinely ‘trying to try’, but nothing he did could rectify the fact that he was, for perhaps the first time in recent memory, dropping too short, too often.
A double change brought a recharged Hancock and a grim Jack McNamara into the attack. On a pitch fairly unresponsive to spin, McNamara had to rely on his change of pace and accuracy to challenge the batsman, whereas Hancock seemed content to force the ball at the stumps and hope for a bit of luck.
Although Wright’s XI were fantastic in the field – setting a high standard for the Colts to live up to in future – their bowlers struggled to remove either Das or Towns. Although McNamara was often hitting the right spot, and Hancock occasionally seared one past the edge, the Colt’s two premier batsmen continued pushing towards their target, using the spinner’s lack of pace and the paceman’s inconsistency against them.
The first ball of the nineteenth over was clipped for one by Das, bringing up the team hundred. Three balls later and Towns advanced and flicked McNamara past square-leg for his fifty, off just fifty-seven balls, with just three fours. The statistic that 76% of Town’s runs came from singles, twos and threes is a testament to his judgement of running.
Tarick Weber was the next into the attack – although confident he had Das caught directly in front from a straight-one, his big-spinning breaks failed to bother the batsmen. It was McNamara who eventually broke through; Towns attempted to walk forward to his first ball of the 25th over, so the red-headed tweaker pushed it hard and fast down leg: too far, it was adjudged, and called a wide.
Das, thinking he had the spinner figured, took a step to leg off the fourth ball, coming out of his crease for a half-volley. Although Das had expected a quicker ball on leg stump to combat his advancing, McNamara ripped down a slow, floating break outside off; too far away from him to drive, Das could only cut the ball, steeping, to Mark Hopgood at deep point. His fifty, off 65 balls, with five fours, was laced with commanding strokeplay.
McNamara pumped his fists – it was a wicket befitting the intelligence of the country’s former Under-Nineteens captain. But for Kyle Wright’s team, it was too little too late.
Chris Butler was an able ally to Daniel Towns, and his aggressive nature to scoring the perfect foil to his captain’s fluid method of accumulation. He had the pleasure of ripping thirteen off a Hancock over, twice hitting fours straight back over his head, before piercing cover and point with a worm-burning coverdrive. McNamara and Weber, the two cogs in the Wright XI attack, finished with 1/31 and 0/32 from seven overs apeice.
The reintroduction of Shah and Wright did little to ease the suffering, although Wright’s final over only leaked one run (a leg bye) and included five hostile balls in the vicinity between Town’s ribcage and off-stump; ‘no hard feelings mate, but I wish I’d bowled like this earlier’.
In the end, it was Daniel Towns and his team who were victorious in 39.1 overs, a convincing win which may not have been as crushing as the defeat inflicted upon them barely two days ago, but certainly gives them something to cheer about. The one failing of Butler’s aggressive knock – his 36 came from just 47 balls, with three elegant fours – was that it didn’t give Towns enough time to reach his century. Although technically ‘stranded’ on 90, his wonderful effort, encompassing 113 balls and including six fours, was a catalyst for his team’s eventual win.
Code:
KS Wright's XI versus DP Towns' XI
Played in Fardin Qayyumi CC
DP Towns' XI Scorecard
R B 4's 6's
DP Towns not out 90 113 6 0
P Bharat c S Jasotharan b M Shah 2 10 0 0
AS Das c MR Hopgood b JP McNamara 50 65 5 0
CR Butler not out 36 47 3 0
WA Kerr
MW Wilson
DK Rai
MH Monaghan
PS Banik
GM Thomas
T Bochat
Extras (no balls 2 wides 8 leg byes 4 byes 0) 18
Fall: 22 125
TOTAL (2 Wickets 39.1 Overs) 196
BOWLING O M R W
M Shah 9 0 42 1
KS Wright 7 1 48 0
NR Hancock 8 1 36 0
JP McNamara 7.1 0 31 1
TV Weber 7 0 32 0
MR Hopgood 1 0 3 0
DP Towns' XI won by 8 wickets.AussieDominance
Banned
Would not trust Shah with any type of pill tbh.
