Story Brendon vs Callum vs Jono - A Worcestershire Battle

[Chewie]

11th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Nottinghamshire
Twenty Over Cup - Group Match​

Playing XI’s

Worcestershire

1. Daryl Mitchell
2. Niall O'Brien
3. Vikram Solanki
4. Anthony Aimson
5. Moeen Ali
6. Alex Kervezee
7. Tony Stack
8. Alan Richardson
9. Chanaka Komasaru
10. Anthony Ireland
11. Boyd Rankin


Northamptonshire

1. Mal Loye
2. David Mower
3. David Sales
4. Jacob Oram
5. Lou Vincent
6. Andrew Hall
7. Robert White
8. Paul Harrison
9. James Middlebrook
10. Andre Adams
11. lee Daggett

Worcestershire win by 6 wickets

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I thought we had no chance of winning this match when they managed to pile on 206 due to my lack of a fifth bowling option, but we smashed their bowling to submission in winning our first T20 game of the season. Rankin started off beautifully with 3 early wickets, but Oram was very stubborn, and with support from the lower middle order, he was able to smash the part time bowlers around, as well as take quite a few runs off Ireland and Rankin. Mitchell and O'Brien were up to the challenge however, and looked in great form as they scored half centuries at a strike rate of 200 or more. Mitchell's 88 came off just 44 balls, while O'Brien's 61 came off a scarcely believable 26 balls. Solanki, Aimson and Kervezee were able to keep the momentum up, with none of the Northamptonshire bowlers spared, as they all went for over 10 an over. Aimson finished the match off with a 6 to emphasise how effective our batting was in this match. This win moves us up one place to 8th, but the 9th placed team has played a match less than us and have a far greater NRR. Still a great match and hopefully we can keep up this momentum.
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[hedger_14]

Ok, we've learnt that Northamptonshire can't defend huge totals. Mitchell's innings was nearly as good as AB's in my match

 

[CG123]

Mitchell tweaked my match up against Northamptonshire, he scored like 28 off 30 on very aggressive IIRC.

 

[hedger_14]

haha, it's funny now that they've changed f**k to cricket so now it says cricketed which doesn't make much sense.

 

[Chewie]

hahahaha when did they do that??

 

[hedger_14]

not sure, i only found out yesterday.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Yorkshire
Twenty Over Cup - group match
12th June 2010​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Jeet Raval
2. Daryl Mitchell*
3. Vikram Solanki
4. Alex Kervezee
5. Alan Darbon
6. Jeff Ingram?
7. David Wheeldon
8. Dan Christian
9. Mark Davies
10. Dewald Nel
11. Monty Panesar

Yorkshire

1. Jacques Rudolph
2. Andrew Gale*
3. Jonathan Bairstow?
4. Anthony McGrath
5. David Wainwright
6. R... Henley
7. Adil Rashid
8. Tim Bresnan
9. Ben Cutting
10. Clint McKay
11. James Lee

Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss, and chose to bowl first.

Match:

Yorkshire - 135 all out (19.4 overs)

David Wainwright 36 (31)

Mark Davies 3-15 (3.4)
Dan Christian 3-28 (4)
Dewald Nel 2-40 (4)

Worcestershire - 99 all out (19.3 overs)

Alan Darbon 39 (43)

Ben Cutting 4-12 (4)
Adil Rashid 3-23 (4)
Clint McKay 2-16 (3.3)

Result:

Yorkshire win by 36 runs

Points:

Yorkshire 2
Worcestershire 0

MOTM:

Ben Cutting (17* off 17 balls and 4 for 12 off four overs)

Reaction:

Wow, I didn't think we could get any worse.

 

[hedger_14]

12th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Yorkshire
Twenty Over Cup - Group Match​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Moeen Ali
2. Daryl Mitchell
3. AB de Villiers†
4. Vikram Solanki
5. Julian Stafford
6. Stephen Moore
7. Daniel Vettori*
8. David Wheeldon
9. Joe Leach
10. Imran Arif
11. Boyd Rankin


Yorkshire

1. Nathan Schofield
2. Adam Lyth
3. VVS Laxman
4. Jonathan Bairstow†
5. Andy Leith
6. David Wainwright
7. Anthony McGrath
8. Ajmal Shahzad
9. Adil Rashid
10. Tim Bresnan
11. Clint McKay


Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat first


Worcestershire - 180/4

AB de Villiers 111 (66)
Vikram Solanki 34* (23)

Clint McKay 3/27 (4)


Yorkshire - 181/2

Nathan Schofield 77 (49)
Adam Lyth 58 (34)
VVS Laxman 38* (24)

Daryl Mitchell 1/14 (1)


Yorkshire won by 8 wickets with 9 balls remaining


MOTM:

AB de Villiers (111 off 66 balls and 1 catch)


Points:

Yorkshire 2
Worcestershire 0


Comments:

Bloody hell, our bowlers are ████. This is what we do without Flowers. I brought Vettori in for his extra batting but he hasn't had to bat the whole T20 tournament. AB has been in lethal form though with his second century in 2 games and now has scores of 55, 66*, 101* and 111 in his 4 matches. Bowling is nothing to talk about though. Stafford was again the pick of the bowlers as he was the only one going at less than 9 an over, bowling 3 overs for 24 runs.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Nottinghamshire
Twenty Over Cup - group match
13th June 2010​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Jeet Raval
2. Jeff Ingram?
3. Eric Matthews
4. Alex Kervezee
5. Moeen Ali
6. Luke Wright
7. David Wheeldon
8. Dan Christian
9. Mark Davies
10. Monty Panesar
11. Alan Richardson*

Nottinghamshire

1. Neil Edwards
2. Bilal Shafayat
3. David Hussey
4. Samit Patel
5. N... Swanton
6. Chris Read*?
7. Graeme Swann
8. Stuart Broad
9. Paul Franks
10. Andre Adams
11. Dirk Nannes

Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss, and chose to bat first.

Match:

Worcestershire - 156 for 3 (20 overs)

Jeet Raval 75* (58)
Jeff Ingram 38 (32)

Nottinghamshire - 156 for 6 (20 overs)

Neil Edwards 51 (28)
N... Swanton 30 (26)

Dan Christian 2-31 (4)
Monty Panesar 2-31 (4)

Result:

Match Tied

Points:

Worcestershire 1
Nottinghamshire 1

MOTM:

Jeet Raval (75 not out off 58 balls)

Reaction:

No BS this time Nottinghamshire!

They needed four to win off the last over, after three singles when the scores were tied I brought the field up, Swann was facing Davies:

Fourth ball - LBW appeal, not out
Fifth ball - LBW appeal, not out
Sixth ball - LBW appeal, OUT!

We're on the board mothercricketers, all be it only with a tie.

 

[hedger_14]

mothercricketers

lol, like I said, now it's funny when it changes it.

 

[Chewie]

12th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Yorkshire
Twenty Over Cup - Group Match​

Playing XI’s

Worcestershire

1. Daryl Mitchell
2. Niall O'Brien
3. Vikram Solanki
4. Anthony Aimson
5. Moeen Ali
6. Alex Kervezee
7. Tony Stack
8. Alan Richardson
9. Chanaka Komasaru
10. Chris Russell
11. Boyd Rankin


Yorkshire

1. Jacques Rudolph
2. Herschelle Gibbs
3. Jonathan Bairstow
4. Andrew Gale
5. Anthony McGrath
6. David Wainwright
7. Ajmal Shahzad
8. Adil Rashid
9. Adam Lyth
10. Tim Bresnsn
11. Clinton McKay

Yorkshire win by 7 runs
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A close match that we could have won but the RRR got too far ahead of us and we couldn't catch up. I think this shows that we are better at chasing though, as we have scored quite well batting second in these last two matches. Komasaru was the best of the bowlers as usual, while the rest were pretty expensive. We got off to a pretty good start, with Mitchell and O'Brien continuing their good work from the previous match. it wasn't fast enough however, and Solanki slowed us down. Aimson made a good effort at the end but it wasn't enough for us to win. We are now back on the bottom of the table

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[Chewie]

13th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Nottinghamshire
Twenty Over Cup - Group Match​

Playing XI’s

Worcestershire

1. Daryl Mitchell
2. Niall O'Brien
3. Anthony Aimson
4. Vikram Solanki
5. Moeen Ali
6. Alex Kervezee
7. Tony Stack
8. Alan Richardson
9. Chanaka Komasaru
10. Anthony Ireland
11. Boyd Rankin


Nottinghamshire

1. Alex Hales
2. Neil Edwards
3. David Hussey
4. Luke Pomersbach
5. Samit Patel
6. Chris Read
7. Graeme Swann
8. Stuart Broad
9. Paul Franks
10. Ryan Sidebottom
11. Luke Fletcher

Worcestershire win by 9 wickets
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For once this season, it was me doing the owning, rather than being owned. Nottinghamshire got off to a very slow start, with Ireland and Rankin bowling tight lines which didn't allow the Nottinghamshire batsman any room to hit the ball. Richardson was a bit wayward, but Komasaru was his usual economical self. Patel targeted Mitchell when he came on to bowl and was able to take a decent amount of runs of the last few overes, but 152 was still only a par score. The opening partnership of Mitchell and O'Brien has been awesome this season however. Mitchell continued his consistent run of form with a 39 ball 50, while O'Brien smacked 90 off only 53 balls to take us to victory with plenty of time remaining. We are now 6th on the table That match was a bit nerve wracking though because half way through the second innings the game froze for a minute, but thankfully it unfroze and I was able to storm to victory!

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[CG123]

What aggression do you guys start you're opening batsmen on?

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IIRC this is the first time Hedger's been behind this season.

 

[Chewie]

I just leave it as it is. If someone gets out I move the new batsman down one.

 

[hedger_14]

13th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Nottinghamshire
Twenty Over Cup - Group Match​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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


Nottinghamshire

1. Alex Hales
2. Neil Edwards
3. Samit Patel
4. Mark Wagh
5. Matthew Wood
6. Bilal Shafayat?
7. Graeme Swann
8. Stuart Broad
9. Paul Franks
10. Andre Fletcher
11. Ryan Sidebottom


Toss:

Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat first


Nottinghamshire - 181/5

Samit Patel 49 (39)
Mark Wagh 40 (25)

Imran Arif 2/22 (4)
Calvin Flowers 2/30 (4)


Worcestershire - 184/3

Moeen Ali 70 (44)
AB de Villiers 66* (44)
Julian Stafford 35* (20)

Graeme Swann 2/36 (4)


Worcestershire won by 7 wickets with 5 balls remaining


MOTM:

Moeen Ali (70 off 44 balls)


Points:

Worcestershire 2
Nottinghamshire 0


Comments:

Moeen Ali made Nottinghamshire pay. After being dropped in the first over of our innings on 1, he then smashed 9 fours and a six on his way to a 44 ball 70 as we won comfortably always in control, with de Villiers in lethal touch again with 66* off 44 balls although at one stage looked like getting a century but got none of the strike in the back part of the innings, on 45 with 95 runs to win. Our bowling wasn't very good apart from Arif and Flowers who prevented them from scoring over 200.