Story Brendon vs Callum vs Jono - A Worcestershire Battle

[Chewie]

24th May 2011
Worcestershire vs Glamorgan
County Championship -D2​

Playing XI?s

Worcestershire

1. Vic Kelly
2. Daryl Mitchell
3. Vikram Solanki
4. Moeen Ali
5. Anthony Aimson
6. Alex Kervezee
7. Niall O'Brien
8. Chanaka Komasaru
9. Steven Finn
10. Anthony Ireland
11. Boyd Rankin


Glamorgan

1. Gareth Rees
2. Will Bragg
3. Jamie Dalrymple
4. Paul Bickerton
5. Mike Powell
6. Harry Bannister
7. Jim Allenby
8. Tom Maynard
9. Adam Shantry
10. Huw Waters
11. David Harrison

Worcestershire win by 104 runs
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Yay another FC win A decent team batting effort in the first innings got us to a pretty good score, though the collapsed as it is prone to do. Mitchell took 234 balls for his 57, dropping anchor to prevent a collapse. Ali and Aimson played very well though. In their first innings it was good to see Ireland getting some wickets, which should hopefully get him into some sort of decent form. Lots of starts in our second innings, but no high scores as we made it to 325 reasonably quickly. They had 399 to chase in one day, but some good bowling from Finn and Rankin this time had them dismissed for 294, though the last wicket did provide a bit of resistance, lasting for 86 runs. We got 22 points from this win, and are in 8th position on the table, but with a game in hand.

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[CG123]

Ok, we're all back even now.

I just played my next match, so I'll post it later tonight.

 

[Chewie]

29th May 2011
Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire
County Championship -D2​

Playing XI’s

Worcestershire

1. Vikram Solanki
2. Daryl Mitchell
3. Moeen Ali
4. Anthony Aimson
5. Niall O'Brien
6. Alex Kervezee
7. Vic Kelly
8. Chanaka Komasaru
9. Steven Finn
10. Anthony Ireland
11. Boyd Rankin


Northamptonshire

1. Mal Loye
2. David Mower
3. David Sales
4. Jacob Oram
5. Stephen Peters
6. Andrew Hall
7. Vishal Tripathi
8. David Murphy
9. James Middlebrook
10. Andre Adams
11. Lee Daggett

Northamptonshire win by 6 wickets

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We seem to be very inconsistent, and not just between each match, but within a match as well. In the first innings we just collapsed, and it would have been worse had it not been for a partnership between Kelly and Kervezee. In return, we struggled to bowl them out, with their number 9 managing to score 91 which was rather embarrassing. The scene was set for a typically aggressive counter-attack which we managed to pull off to an extent. The top 6 all made at least 40, but only Aimson and O'Brien continued onwards. We should have been able to save the match, but the tail collapsed to leave them with only 150odd to chase in the fourth innings in two sessions - a pretty simple task.

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[hedger_14]

4th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Gloucestershire
County Championship - D2​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Stephen Moore
2. Daryl Mitchell
3. Alex Kervezee*
4. Shaaiq Choudhry
5. Julian Stafford
6. David Wheeldon
7. Stuart Adler?
8. Calvin Flowers
9. Imran Arif
10. Chris Russell
11. Boyd Rankin


Gloucestershire

1. William Porterfield
2. Kadeer Ali
3. David Hussey
4. Alex Gidman
5. Steve Snell?
6. Chris Taylor
7. Brian Ezard
8. Brian Snow
9. Jon Lewis
10. Steven Kirby
11. Anthony Ireland


Toss:

Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat first


Gloucestershire - 127 all out

Kadeer Ali 25 (44)

Calvin Flowers 4/28 (10.5)
Boyd Rankin 3/28 (9)
Imran Arif 2/19 (5)


Worcestershire - 483/7 dec.

David Wheeldon 101* (265)
Daryl Mitchell 83 (190)
Stephen Moore 65 (128)
Stuart Adler 54 (70)

Steven Kirby 3/126 (43)


Gloucestershire - 284 all out

David Hussey 117 (209)
Steve Snell 65 (160)

Imran Arif 4/43 (18.2)
Boyd Rankin 2/55 (20)
Chris Russell 2/62 (23)


Worcestershire won by an innings and 72 runs


MOTM:

Imran Arif (2/19, 4/43 and 43*)


Points:

Worcestershire 22
Gloucestershire 1


Comments:

Calvin Flowers, what a ████ player. 4/28 and 1/66, doesn't get much shitter than that. Was outbowled by both Arif and Rankin and he only scored 37 with the bat as well. Because of his ████ second innings bowling performance, they ended up scoring nearly 300 but good batting from Wheeldon, Mitchell, Moore, Adler and Arif gave us the chance to put in another innings win. Mitchell is in great form with not one low score this season. In all innings (recent first) this season, he has scored 83 (FC), 100 (FC), 80 (FC), 41 (OD), 48 (OD), 47 (FC), 38* (FC), 34 (FC), 59 (OD), 33 (OD). Stephen Moore has been completely the opposite meanwhile as his partner, very inconsistent as he's scored a huge century, 6 fifties in total this season, most around 70 runs, a few starts with scores around 30 and some very low scores. But he's averaging over 40 in both FC and OD cricket so I don't need to worry too much. Our current starting XI top 7 batsman are all averaging over 40 with the bat, with 4 over 50 and then Flowers and Arif are both averaging around 30 with the bat as well. Bowling wise, Flowers has taken 91 wickets @ 13.4, Arif is averaging 26.59 with the ball, Rankin and Russell average around 33 and Richardson and Shantry are both averaging over 40 with the ball.

Anyway, now onto the T20's and time to play some of the reserve batsman so my first team players don't lose form in the inconsistent format.

 

[Chewie]

You're complaining when you won by an innings

 

[hedger_14]

It could have been an innings and 200 runs...

 

[CG123]

Screw you Hedger.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Leicestershire
County Championship - D2
4th June 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Jeet Raval
2. Daryl Mitchell*
3. Vikram Solanki
4. Alex Kervezee
5. Eric Matthews
6. Luke Wright
7. Jeff Ingram†
8. Mark Davies
9. Dewald Nel
10. Monty Panesar
11. Alan Richardson

Leicestershire

1. Will Jefferson
2. Matthew Boyce
3. R... Court
4. Andrew McDonald
5. Tom New
6. Paul Nixon†
7. K... Lange
8. Wayne White
9. Nadeem Malik
10. Matthew Hoggard*
11. Daniel Masters

Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss, and chose to bowl first.

Match:

Leicestershire - 141 all out

Paul Nixon 42

Mark Davies 3-32
Dewald Nel 3-36
Monty Panesar 2-11
Alan Richardson 2-38

Worcestershire - 317 all out

Alex Kervezee 81
Daryl Mitchell 53
Eric Matthews 50

Matthew Hoggard 6-68
Daniel Masters 2-69

Leicestershire - 174 all out

Paul Nixon 60
Andrew McDonald 45

Dewald Nel 6-51
Mark Davies 2-42
Monty Panesar 2-44

Result:

Worcestershire win by an innings and 2 runs

Points:

Worcestershire 21
Leicestershire 2

MOTM:

Dewald Nel (3/36, 7 and 6/51)

Reaction:

A pretty comprehensive win there, which lifts us outside the bottom two for the first time in a while.

Our bowling's really starting to click, which is the most important aspect when you're looking to win FC matches, as you need to take 20 wickets.

Batting wise we're still yet to find that form we had a few games ago, but hopefully it's only one innings around the corner.

With the T20s coming up, hopefully we'll be able to convert our 5 out of 5 OD record into a good T20 campaign.

 

[Chewie]

4th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire
County Championship -D2​

Playing XI?s

Worcestershire

1. Vikram Solanki
2. Daryl Mitchell
3. Anthony Aimson
4. Niall O'Brien
5. Moeen Ali
6. Alex Kervezee
7. Vic Kelly
8. Alan Richardson
9. Chanaka Komasaru
10. Steven Finn
11. Anthony Ireland


Middlesex

1. Sam Robson
2. Scott Newman
3. Neil Dexter
4. Luke Wright
5. Dawid Malan
6. Owais Shah
7. Ben Scott
8. Timothy Murtagh
9. Iain O'Brien
10. Pedro Collins
11. Danny Evans

Match Drawn
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We performed pretty well with the bat like usual but with a pitch not suited for spinners, Komasaru was not able to take any wickets, which is most likely the reason why we couldn't push for victory. That and the intermittent rain which disrupted our first innings. In their new positions Aimson and Ali looked incredibly settled, scoring fine centuries. The pace bowlers did alright, but it was rather annoying not to get Dexter and Shah out earlier, because the rest of the batsman didn't really do too much. Komasaru wasn't threatening at all, and Richardson was containing rather than penetrating. Still, it was nice to get a first innings lead. Mitchell, O'Brien and Ali pushed onwards in the second innings as we tried to make a total that was challenging enough for Middlesex to try and attain it, leaving them 285 in two sessions. Once Ireland got both openers out early however, their thoughts turned more to saving the match, and the batsman played on the placid pitch with ease. We got 9 points from this match to leave us in 8th, though only 3 points behind Middlesex.

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[CG123]

For some reason you (Jono) have played an extra OD game, we must catch it up later.

 

[hedger_14]

Is Aimson just a normal bat? Or opening bat? I'll post my next match soon.

 

[Chewie]

Aimson's a normal batsman

Yea it's the way the season works for some reason. Got the T20s now

And as luck would have it my T20 player, Sehwag, is injured

 

[CG123]

Ok, we're just say we're even now, even though you (Jono) have played an extra OD match.

 

[Chewie]

Well you guys are looking like you'll get into the next round for the OD tournament so you'll probably have extra games later

 

[hedger_14]

8th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Durham
Twenty Over Cup - Group Match​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Stephen Moore
2. Daryl Mitchell*
3. AB de Villiers?
4. Vikram Solanki
5. Moeen Ali
6. Julian Stafford
7. David Wheeldon
8. Calvin Flowers
9. Imran Arif
10. Jack Shantry
11. Boyd Rankin


Durham

1. Michael Di Venuto
2. Kyle Coetzer
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Paul Collingwood
5. Philip Mustard?
6. Ian Blackwell
7. Gareth Breese
8. Murtaza Hussain
9. Callum Thorp
10. Steve Harmison
11. Mark Davies


Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bowl first


Durham - 182/9

Michael Di Venuto 83 (49)
Sachin Tendulkar 29 (15)

Daryl Mitchell 3/29 (4)
Imran Arif 2/22 (2)


Worcestershire - 162/6

AB de Villiers 55 (40)
Moeen Ali 51 (33)

Steve Harmison 2/23 (4)


Durham won by 20 runs


MOTM:

Michael Di Venuto (83 off 49)


Points:

Durham 2
Worcestershire 0


Comments:

Well everybody knows I hate T20's. Di Venuto scored 83 for them which gave them that huge total. Mitchell was the pick of the bowlers with a good ER and 3 wickets but the rest really failed to make much of an impact, Rankin and Flowers the 2 next best bowlers. Batting wise, we were always behind and even Ali's late surge, the last 30 odd runs coming off only about 13 balls wasn't enough to get us over the line. de Villiers was very good with his 50 and Mitchell and Stafford showed promise but none could play a match winning knock.