Story Brendon vs Callum vs Jono - A Worcestershire Battle

[Chewie]

Worcestershire's Twenty Over Cup Statistics for 2010

MVP - Steven Smith​

Batting:

Steven Smith (Including Int. Matches): 18 matches, 575 runs @ 33.82 (S/R 137)
Sanath Jayasuriya (Including IPL): 18 matches, 301 runs @ 16.72 (S/R 132)
Moeen Ali: 16 matches, 286 runs @ 22.00 (S/R 143)
Alex Kervezee: 16 matches, 280 runs @ 20.00 (S/R 120)
Vikram Solanki: 16 matches, 251 runs @ 15.69 (S/R 127)
Imran Arif: 16 matches, 240 runs @ 18.46 (S/R 120)
Daryl Mitchell: 8 matches, 180 runs @ 36.00 (S/R 144)
Jack Manuel: 13 matches, 136 runs @ 22.67 (S/R 130)
Phil Jaques (Including Int. Matches): 4 matches, 85 runs @ 28.33 (S/R 121)
Matthew Mason: 16 matches, 35 runs @ 5.83 (S/R 97)
Joe Leach: 2 matches, 29 runs @ 14.50 (S/R 91)
Matthew Pardoe: 5 matches, 28 runs @ 14.00 (S/R 112)
David Wheeldon: 11 matches, 26 runs @ 8.67 (S/R 63)
Ben Smith: 2 matches, 19 runs @ 9.50 (S/R 106)
Shakib Al Hasan: 3 matches, 17 runs @ 5.67 (S/R 100)
Chris Russell:14 matches, 15 runs @ 15.00 (S/R 100)
Shaaiq Choudhry: 2 matches, 14 runs @ 7.00 (S/R 74)
Alan Richardson: 5 matches, 12 runs @ 12.00 (S/R 97)
Ben Cox: 1 match, 10 runs @ 10.00 (S/R 34)
Neil Pinner: 1 match, 0 runs @ 0.00 (S/R 0)
Chris Whelan: 1 match, DNB

Bowling:

Steven Smith: 56 overs, 20 wickets @ 21.60 (E/R 7.7)
Matthew Mason: 53 overs, 16 wickets @ 25.25 (E/R 7.6)
Imran Arif: 54 overs, 15 wickets @ 26.87 (E/R 7.4)
Chris Russell: 49 overs, 15 wickets @ 26.13 (E/R 7.9)
David Wheeldon: 27 overs, 8 wickets @ 30.75 (E/R 9.1)
Sanath Jayasuriya: 21 overs, 7 wickets @ 26.57 (E/R 8.9)
Daryl Mitchell: 4 overs, 2 wickets @ 16.00 (E/R 8.0)
Alex Kervezee: 1 overs, 1 wicket @ 12.00 (E/R 12.0)
Alan Richardson: 12 overs, 0 wickets (E/R 9.0)
Shakib Al Hasan: 6 overs, 0 wickets (E/R 9.8)
Moeen Ali: 6 overs, 0 wickets (E/R 7.0)
Chris Whelan: 3 overs, 0 wickets (E/R 11.7)
Joe Leach: 4 overs, 0 wickets (E/R 8.8)

DNP:

Nicholas Cleese
Andy Mirren
Tony Stack
James Cameron
Jack Shantry
Gareth Andrew

 

[CG123]

Lol, Steven Smith owned up in both batting and bowling. :laugh

 

[Chewie]

19th July 2010
Worcestershire vs Sussex
Challenge Troph - Group Match​

Playing XI’s

Worcestershire

1. Daryl Mitchell
2. Vikram Solanki*
3. Moeen Ali
4. Alex Kervezee
5. Shakib Al Hasan
6. Jack Manuel
7. Tony Stack†
8. Imran Arif
9. Matthew Mason
10. Alan Richardson
11. Chris Russell

New wicket-keeper Stack comes into the team, but apart from that it is a similar lineup to previous OD games.

Sussex

1. Christopher Nash
2. Joe Gatting
3. Ed Joyce
4. Murray Goodwin
5. Luke Wright
6. Matt Prior
7. Gary Holroyd
8. Murtaza Hussein
9. James Kirtley
10. Chad Keegan
11. Corey Collymore

A bad game for us there, we made early inroads, but big partnerships between Nash and Goodwin, and then some big shots from Wright and Holroyd at the end of their innings got them to a very good total, which we couldn't hope of chasing. Mason and Shakib were good with the ball, but everyone else was expensive, and they got smashed in the batting powerplay. Mitchell and Ali batted well early on in the chase, but Keegan ripped out the middle order with a hattrick. Some good aggressive batting from Arif got us a bit closer, but we still fell 54 runs behind in the end.​

Sussex win by 54 runs
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[CG123]

Good batting from Ali and Arif, but by the looks of things no one else really done what was required.
BTW your title is wrong.

CG123 added 1 Minutes and 31 Seconds later...

After how Mitchell's bowling went in the my T20 games, I may take a bit of a gamble and play him as my fifth bowling option, that will allow me to play my new WK down at eight, and have all specialist batsmen plus Shakib in my top seven.

 

[Chewie]

Good batting from Ali and Arif, but by the looks of things no one else really done what was required.
BTW your title is wrong.

CG123 added 1 Minutes and 31 Seconds later...

After how Mitchell's bowling went in the my T20 games, I may take a bit of a gamble and play him as my fifth bowling option, that will allow me to play my new WK down at eight, and have all specialist batsmen plus Shakib in my top seven.

woops lol

Mitchell got smashed in my match (I bowled him as a part timer). Not sure how good it'll be to play him as a bowler.

Arif has batted really well this season for some reason :/

 

[CG123]

Arif is way overrated as a batsman, he's been doing a decent job for me down the order as well.

Mitchell's bowling was stunning for me in my T20 campaign, remember I only won one game, and these were his stats; 24 overs, 6 wickets @ 27.3 (E/R 6.7).
Easily my most economical bowler, and he usually bowled in the middle-later overs.

 

[hedger_14]

19th July 2010
Worcestershire vs Sussex
Challenge Trophy - Group Match​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Daryl Mitchell
2. Vikram Solanki*
3. Jack Manuel
4. Shakib Al Hasan
5. Alex Kervezee
6. Stuart Adler?
7. David Wheeldon
8. Imran Arif
9. Gareth Andrew
10. Matthew Mason
11. Richard Jones


Sussex

1. Christopher Nash
2. Joe Gatting
3. Ed Joyce
4. Murray Goodwin
5. Matt Prior?
6. Michael Yardy*
7. Robin Martin-Jenkins
8. James Kirtley
9. Chad Keegan
10. Billy Taylor
11. Corey Collymore


Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bowl first


Sussex - 271/6

Murray Goodwin 90 (66)
Matt Prior 66 (63)

Matthew Mason 3/48 (8)


Worcestershire - 273/4

Daryl Mitchell 104 (78)
Shakib Al Hasan 64 (67)
Stuart Adler 33* (19)

Corey Collymore 1/39 (6)


Worcestershire won by 6 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)


Points:

Worcestershire 2
Sussex 0


MOTM:

Daryl Mitchell (104 off 78)


Comments:

What an unbelievable batting performance. We didn't bowl very well, having to chase down 272 to win. Solanki got out for 2 which wasn't a great start but Manuel and Mitchell got things back on track. Manuel finally went for a run a ball 29 but Mitchell and Al Hasan fired scoring 104 and 64 respectively. It wasn't settled just yet, Adler hitting a 19 ball unbeaten 33 along with Kervezee's 32 off 36 balls to get the team over the line. Mitchell has already scored 280 runs @ 70 in 5 matches with 2 centuries along with his 590 runs @ 49.17 in FC cricket.

 

[CG123]

Great run chase there!
Mitchell seems to be our best domestic player ATM.

 

[Chewie]

Wow that was a great chase by your team! I wish my batsmen could stick around that long

 

[hedger_14]

Mitchell bats well for me, he bowls well for you.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Sussex
Challenge Trophy - group match
19th July 2010​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Vikram Solanki*
2. Daryl Mitchell
3. Alex Kervezee
4. Shaaiq Choudhry
5. Moeen Ali
6. Shakib Al Hasan
7. Alan Darbon
8. Jeff Ingram?
9. Imran Arif
10. Matthew Mason
11. Alan Richardson

Sussex

1. Chris Nash
2. Joe Gatting
3. Ed Joyce
4. Murray Goodwin
5. Matt Prior?
6. Michael Yardy*
7. Robin Martin-Jenkins
8. James Kirtley
9. Chad Keegan
10. Monty Panesar
11. Corey Collymore

Toss:

Sussex won the toss, and chose to bat first.

Match:

Sussex - 135 all out (39.1 overs)

Matt Prior 31 (51)

Daryl Mitchell 4-22 (7.1)
Shakib Al Hasan 2-19 (8)
Imran Arif 2-23 (8)
Alan Richardson 2-27 (8)

Worcestershire - 139 for 2 (38.1 overs)

Daryl Mitchell 55* (101)
Shaaiq Choudhry 53* (63)

Chad Keegan 1-14 (8)
James Kirtley 1-28 (8)

Result:

Worcestershire win by 8 wickets, with 11 balls remaining

Points:

Worcestershire 2
Sussex 0

MOTM:

Daryl Mitchell (55* off 101 and 4 for 22 from 7.1 overs)

Reaction:

Daryl Mitchell again!

Our bowlers were amazing, which was what set up the win. Up top Arif and Richardson both picked up two early wickets in the powerplay overs, which immediately put them on the back foot. Shakib and Mitchell came on in the middle overs, and plugged their middle order batsmen. A surprise batting powerplay meant I had to change my bowling tactics, meaning Mitchell would have to bowl at the death. This proved to be a massive positive, as he picked up the last four Sussex bowlers wickets, finishing with great figures.

We started off quietly, as we lost two early wickets. I completely stuffed up the run chase, meaning me needed 40 runs off the last five overs. Choudhry however took apart the Sussex death bowlers, taking 13 runs off the 36th over, 12 runs off the 37th over, and another 13 runs off the 38th over all but taking us to the win.

What an emphatic performance in our first 40 over match for almost two months, Mitchell picked up his second MOTM performance in a row, as we moved off the bottom of the Challenge Trophy table for the first time this season.

 

[hedger_14]

Great win there. Did we want to play another game today or have a rest?

 

[CG123]

Great win there. Did we want to play another game today or have a rest?

Na, we'll just go one match a day from here on in, as there's no more T20 matches.

Only 16 more matches to go (maybe 17 as I think we verse Pakistan), and we've already played 31.

ATM everyone's coming first in one table, second in one table, and third in one table.

 

[hedger_14]

Ok then. That sounds good. And yeah, I've actually won 4 out of 6 in One Day cricket.

 

[CG123]

Ok then. That sounds good. And yeah, I've actually won 4 out of 6 in One Day cricket.

Yeah I saw that, nice work.
If you continue that from, you'll have an outside chance of getting into the top two, and maybe make it into the semis.

My main goal's now set on the County Championship, as I feel I've found the right playing XI to make a mid-table finish.

BTW my playing XI's now three stars, what about you guys?