Story Auckland Aces World Tour - Bangladeshi Tour Complete!!!
- Thread starter CG123
- Start date
just_cricket
Club Captain
Being picky here, but I think you meant "but." Otherwise you meant Mills bowled terribly, which is a bit harsh in my opinion!!
Guptill really is struggling here. Nice to see Kitchen amongst the runs, though.
Kiu!
My bad.
I read over the update a few times before I posted it, but due to that line being the last one I probably just switched off and skimmed over it.
Sri Lanka vs Auckland Aces
Third one day match
Teams
Sri Lanka
1. Kumar Sangakkara*?
2. Chamara Kapugedera
3. Mahela Jayawardene
4. Tillakaratne Dilshan
5. Thilan Samaraweera
6. Angelo Mathews
7. Chaminda Vaas
8. Nuwan Kulasekara
9. Rangana Herath
10. Ajantha Mendis
11. Muttiah Muralitharan
Auckland Aces
1. Martin Guptill
2. Anaru Kitchen
3. Lou Vincent
4. Rob Nicol
5. Scott Styris
6. Richard Jones (In for Young)
7. Gareth Hopkins*?
8. Kyle Mills
9. Daryl Tuffey
10. Roneel Hira (In for Shaw)
11. Andy McKay (In for Martin)
Toss
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first.
My Thoughts
First Innings
It was a much more positive start by our openers, but when their spinners came on they once again slowed things up. Four out of our top five batsmen managed to face at least 50 balls, but the sad thing was only one of them went on to score a fifty. Vincent and Styris both continued their good form with the bat, but everyone else again struggled to score at a decent rate in the testing Sri Lankan conditions. Vaas and Murali were both outstanding with the ball playing completely opposite roles, Vaas bowled his ten overs going wicketless but only conceding 32 runs, while Murali was expensive but took four vital wickets.
Second Innings
We needed early wickets defending a moderate to low total, but they never really came. Sanagakkara and Kapugedera set a good platform for their middle order batsmen to work off, and they obliged taking Sri Lanka to another easy one day victory. Roneel Hira was our major standout with the ball, but no one else managed to put the ball consistently in the right area.
Post Match
Once again it was a similar story, a lot of starts but no one managing to go on to the big three digits. Overall it was a pretty good first tour for us, managing to pick up a very good five day match win, but struggling to say the least in the three one day games. Next up we travel to Pakistan, which will be similar sort of test, in similar playing conditions. On a positive note our batsman of the Sri Lankan tour was Lou Vincent, while our bowler and player of the Sri Lankan tour was Kyle Mills.
Short Scoreboard
Auckland Aces - 216 for 6 (50 overs)
Martin Guptill 39 (71)
Anaru Kitchen 34 (50)
Lou Vincent 65 (84)
Rob Nicol 1 (3)
Scott Styris 46 (51)
Richard Jones 15 (26)
Gareth Hopkins 9* (15)
Kyle Mills 0* (6)
Chaminda Vaas 0-32 (10)
Nuwan Kulasekara 1-48 (10)
Ajantha Mendis 1-38 (10)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4-58 (10)
Thilan Samaraweera 0-6 (3)
Rangana Herath 0-33 (7)
Sri Lanka - 218 for 4 (45.2 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 62 (87)
Chamara Kapugedera 27 (40)
Mahela Jayawardene 6 (5)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 46 (61)
Thilan Samaraweera 32* (56)
Angelo Mathews 34* (29)
Kyle Mills 1-43 (9.2)
Daryl Tuffey 0-41 (9)
Andy McKay 1-43 (8)
Roneel Hira 2-36 (10)
Scott Styris 0-24 (4)
Rob Nicol 0-26 (5)
Result
Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)
Man of the Match: Muttiah Muralitharan
MVP Points
Match MVP Points
Player
|
Batting
|
Bowling
|
Fielding
|
Points
Lou Vincent | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19
Roneel Hira | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13
Anaru Kitchen | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12
Scott Styris | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11
Kyle Mills | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8
Martin Guptill | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7
Andy McKay | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5
Richard Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3
Gareth Hopkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3
Daryl Tuffey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Rob Nicol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Overall MVP Points
Player
|
Batting
|
Bowling
|
Fielding
|
Wins
|
Played
|
Points
|
Average
Kyle Mills | 4 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 93 | 23.3
Lou Vincent | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 73 | 18.3
Scott Styris | 45 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 15.3
Daryl Tuffey | 3 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 15
Lance Shaw | 6 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 14
Rob Nicol | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 9.8
Martin Guptill | 20 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 9.3
Reece Young | 24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12
Chris Martin | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9.7
Anaru Kitchen | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13
Gareth Hopkins | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 6.3
Roneel Hira | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14
Tim McIntosh | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4
Andy McKay | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6
Richard Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4
Photos
Muttiah Muralitharan was the architect of another Sri Lankan victory picking up four Auckland scalps.
Roneel Hira impressed in his first start of the tour taking two for 36 off his ten overs.
Third one day match
Teams
Sri Lanka
1. Kumar Sangakkara*?
2. Chamara Kapugedera
3. Mahela Jayawardene
4. Tillakaratne Dilshan
5. Thilan Samaraweera
6. Angelo Mathews
7. Chaminda Vaas
8. Nuwan Kulasekara
9. Rangana Herath
10. Ajantha Mendis
11. Muttiah Muralitharan
Auckland Aces
1. Martin Guptill
2. Anaru Kitchen
3. Lou Vincent
4. Rob Nicol
5. Scott Styris
6. Richard Jones (In for Young)
7. Gareth Hopkins*?
8. Kyle Mills
9. Daryl Tuffey
10. Roneel Hira (In for Shaw)
11. Andy McKay (In for Martin)
Toss
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first.
My Thoughts
First Innings
It was a much more positive start by our openers, but when their spinners came on they once again slowed things up. Four out of our top five batsmen managed to face at least 50 balls, but the sad thing was only one of them went on to score a fifty. Vincent and Styris both continued their good form with the bat, but everyone else again struggled to score at a decent rate in the testing Sri Lankan conditions. Vaas and Murali were both outstanding with the ball playing completely opposite roles, Vaas bowled his ten overs going wicketless but only conceding 32 runs, while Murali was expensive but took four vital wickets.
Second Innings
We needed early wickets defending a moderate to low total, but they never really came. Sanagakkara and Kapugedera set a good platform for their middle order batsmen to work off, and they obliged taking Sri Lanka to another easy one day victory. Roneel Hira was our major standout with the ball, but no one else managed to put the ball consistently in the right area.
Post Match
Once again it was a similar story, a lot of starts but no one managing to go on to the big three digits. Overall it was a pretty good first tour for us, managing to pick up a very good five day match win, but struggling to say the least in the three one day games. Next up we travel to Pakistan, which will be similar sort of test, in similar playing conditions. On a positive note our batsman of the Sri Lankan tour was Lou Vincent, while our bowler and player of the Sri Lankan tour was Kyle Mills.
Short Scoreboard
Auckland Aces - 216 for 6 (50 overs)
Martin Guptill 39 (71)
Anaru Kitchen 34 (50)
Lou Vincent 65 (84)
Rob Nicol 1 (3)
Scott Styris 46 (51)
Richard Jones 15 (26)
Gareth Hopkins 9* (15)
Kyle Mills 0* (6)
Chaminda Vaas 0-32 (10)
Nuwan Kulasekara 1-48 (10)
Ajantha Mendis 1-38 (10)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4-58 (10)
Thilan Samaraweera 0-6 (3)
Rangana Herath 0-33 (7)
Sri Lanka - 218 for 4 (45.2 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 62 (87)
Chamara Kapugedera 27 (40)
Mahela Jayawardene 6 (5)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 46 (61)
Thilan Samaraweera 32* (56)
Angelo Mathews 34* (29)
Kyle Mills 1-43 (9.2)
Daryl Tuffey 0-41 (9)
Andy McKay 1-43 (8)
Roneel Hira 2-36 (10)
Scott Styris 0-24 (4)
Rob Nicol 0-26 (5)
Result
Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)
Man of the Match: Muttiah Muralitharan
MVP Points
Match MVP Points
Lou Vincent | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19
Roneel Hira | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13
Anaru Kitchen | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12
Scott Styris | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11
Kyle Mills | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8
Martin Guptill | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7
Andy McKay | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5
Richard Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3
Gareth Hopkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3
Daryl Tuffey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Rob Nicol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Overall MVP Points
Kyle Mills | 4 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 93 | 23.3
Lou Vincent | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 73 | 18.3
Scott Styris | 45 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 15.3
Daryl Tuffey | 3 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 15
Lance Shaw | 6 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 14
Rob Nicol | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 9.8
Martin Guptill | 20 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 9.3
Reece Young | 24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12
Chris Martin | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9.7
Anaru Kitchen | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13
Gareth Hopkins | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 6.3
Roneel Hira | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14
Tim McIntosh | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4
Andy McKay | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6
Richard Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4
Photos
Muttiah Muralitharan was the architect of another Sri Lankan victory picking up four Auckland scalps.
Roneel Hira impressed in his first start of the tour taking two for 36 off his ten overs.
just_cricket
Club Captain
Good to see Guptill getting some sort of score, and Kitchen and Vincent also getting a few. As for Hira, I've always thought he was a very handy bowler who hasn't quite lived up to his potential yet. Nice to see him getting a couple of wickets here!
Varun
ICC Board Member
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2009
- Location
- Delhi, India
- Online Cricket Games Owned
- Don Bradman Cricket 14 - Steam PC
Good effort by Roneel Hira on his debut in this tour. And why is Sri Lanka using Sanga instead of Dilshan as opener ? If they go on this way, they will face some serious problems in their upcomings. Though, of course, this is a New Zealand story!
Like Chewie said in the game Sangakkara is down as an wicket-keeper opener, while Dilshan is down as a wicket-keeper batsman.
MaD
Chairman of Selectors
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2008
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
lol, doesn't seem like much of a challenge for Lanka 
riz7khan12
Panel of Selectors
who are Auckland playing next?
Fixtures - 2009/10 Season
1. Tour of Sri Lanka
2. Tour of Pakistan
3. Tour of Bangladesh
4. Tour of Australia
All four tours will feature one five day game, and three fifty over games.
MaD
Chairman of Selectors
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2008
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
As if unless you're versing the state teams
There has been some more recent security concerns over the Aces tour to Pakistan, so it has been officially delayed by a week and a half.
The Auckland Aces security consultant on the ground over in Pakistan said that they currently do not have the required amount of policemen in-place for the tour to go ahead, and the production on the Aces armored buses needed for them to travel around in has been delayed.
The tour is expected to being on Friday next week.
P.S. I have exams over the next week and a half.
Prithvi
10 years at Planetcricket
Hehe. Great update
:laugh.
:laugh.
