Story Brendon vs Callum vs Jono - A Worcestershire Battle

[Chewie]

lol our batsmen are in great form Brendon Too bad for Callum

 

[hedger_14]

Yeah. Ali and AB have been dominating for me.

 

[CG123]

Most of my batsmen are just in average form (2 - 4 stars), the problem is only one of them seems to fire every match, so I can't build any worthwhile partnerships.

I'll probably post my next couple of matches tomorrow.

 

[hedger_14]

I'm going back to school next week so it will be maximum one game a day for me. And I've got cricket on tomorrow afternoon but I'll post one or two games in the morning.

 

[Chewie]

lol school.

 

[Chewie]

18th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Warwickshire
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. David Wheeldon
8. Alan Richardson
9. Chanaka Komasaru
10. Anthony Ireland
11. Boyd Rankin


Warwickshire

1. Darren Maddy
2. Ian Westwood
3. Jonathan Trott
4. Naved Yasin
5. Ian Bell
6. Rikki Clarke
7. Tim Ambrose
8. Chris Woakes
9. Neil Carter
10. Naqaash Tahir
11. Steffan Piolet

Worcestershire win by 5 wickets
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While not quite as emphatic as the last few matches, we strolled home in this match with 28 balls remaining. Rankin and Richardson were pretty amazing with the ball, while Komasaru was his usual self, and Wheeldon was economical for once. Once we got the first breakthrough, they came thick and fast, as none of the lower order barring Rikki Clarke were able to provide any resistance, leaving us a pretty easy total to chase down. O'Brien fell in the first over, but Mitchell was aggressive from the get go, making this chase even easier. When he fell, Aimson steadied the innings, and despite Clarke getting both Solanki and Ali out for not much, Kervezee and Wheeldon were able to finish off the chase clinically. We are now sitting fifth on the table, but we have the same number of points as Yorkshire who are in third. Out net run rate is positive now as well, so hopefully we can continue this good form and make it through to the next round.

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[CG123]

Sorry then...

 

[Chewie]

I'm in great T20 form at the moment

 

[hedger_14]

18th 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. Chris Russell
11. Boyd Rankin


Warwickshire

1. Darren Maddy
2. Varun Chopra
3. Jonathan Trott
4. Ian Bell
5. Robert Barrie
6. Rikki Clarke
7. Tim Ambrose?
8. Chris Woakes
9. Andre Botha
10. Naqaash Tahir
11. Dale Steyn


Toss:

Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bowl first


Worcestershire - 167/4

AB de Villiers 82* (47)
Shaaiq Choudhry 29* (29)

Chris Woakes 2/22 (4)


Warwickshire - 64 all out

Imran Arif 3/20 (3)
Chris Russel 3/25 (4)
Calvin Flowers 2/7 (2.5)


Worcestershire won by 103 runs


MOTM:

AB de Villiers (82* off 47 balls and 3 catches)


Points:

Worcestershire 2
Warwickshire 0


Comments:

Doesn't get more easy than that. de Villiers gave us a reasonable total but the first over for them set the tone, Arif taking 3 wickets, and they were 2/3 after 1 over. Russell took a wicket in his first over and went on to take another 2 while Flowers found some T20 form with the ball taking 2 wickets.

 

[CG123]

My computer's really tweaked up, so I'm not sure when I'll be able to post my next match.

Everytime I try to load fraps or ICC, it freezes then restarts.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Warwickshire
Twenty Over Cup - group match
18th June 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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

Warwickshire

1. Darren Maddy
2. Ian Westwood*
3. Jonathan Trott
4. Ross Taylor
5. Ian Bell
6. N... Skillbeck†
7. Rikki Clarke
8. Chris Woakes
9. Ant Botha
10. Naqaash Tahir
11. Billy Taylor

Toss:

Warwickshire won the toss, and chose to bat first.

Match:

Warwickshire - 137 for 9 (20 overs)

Chris Woakes 49 (40)
Ian Bell 32* (24)

Luke Wright 3-30 (4)
Dewald Nel 3-32 (4)
Mark Davies 2-16 (4)

Worcestershire - 140 for 3 (19.4 overs)

Daryl Mitchell 53 (42)
Alan Darbon 48* (37)

Result:

Worcestershire win by 7 wickets, with 2 balls remaining

Points:

Worcestershire 2
Warwickshire 0

MOTM:

Daryl Mitchell (53 off 42 and 0 for 12 off 1 over)

Reaction:

Finally we secure our first T20 win of the season.

We're still sitting in last place, but somehow we're only three points off second place.

 

[Chewie]

Now you're getting in on the fun too

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Derbyshire
Twenty Over Cup - group match
21st June 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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

Derbyshire

1. Wayne Madsen
2. Garry Park
3. Wes Durston
4. Greg Smith
5. John Sadler
6. Jonathan Clare
7. Graham Wagg
8. Tom Poynton†
9. Tim Groenewald
10. Morne Morkel
11. Charl Langeveldt

Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss, and chose to bowl first.

Match:

Derbyshire - 188 for 6 (20 overs)

Wayne Madsen 52 (34)
Greg Smith 48 (32)
John Sadler 42* (30)
Jonathan Clare 42 (19)

Dewald Nel 3-27 (4)

Worcestershire - 160 for 6 (20 overs)

Daryl Mitchell 52 (46)
Vikram Solanki 38 (24)

Charl Langeveldt 2-35 (4)
Tim Groenewald 2-42 (4)

Result:

Derbyshire win by 28 runs

Points:

Derbyshire 2
Worcestershire 0

MOTM:

Wayne Madsen (52 runs off 34 balls)

Reaction:

We seem to be back to our usual T20 losing ways.

 

[Chewie]

21st June 2011
Worcestershire vs Derbyshire
Twenty Over Cup - Group Match​

Playing XI?s

Worcestershire

1. Daryl Mitchell
2. Niall O'Brien
3. Anthony Aimson
4. Moeen Ali
5. Vic Kelly
6. Alex Kervezee
7. David Wheeldon
8. Alan Richardson
9. Chanaka Komasaru
10. Anthony Ireland
11. Boyd Rankin


Derbyshire

1. Phil Hughes
2. Garry Park
3. Wes Durston
4. Greg Smith
5. Terry Edmonds
6. Paul Gunson
7. Jonathan Clare
8. Graham Wagg
9. Robin Peterson
10. Timothy Groenewald
11. Charl Langeveldt

Derbyshire win by 7 wickets
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My batsmen don't perform batting first.


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[hedger_14]

21st June 2011
Worcestershire vs Derbyshire
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. Chris Russell
11. Boyd Rankin


Derbyshire

1. Jeet Raval
2. Wayne Madsen
3. Eric Evans
4. Wes Durston
5. Greg Smith
6. Lee Goddard?
7. Graham Wagg
8. Tim Groenewald
9. Jake Needham
10. Tom Lungley
11. Charl Langeveldt


Toss:

Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat first


Derbyshire - 174 all out

Wayne Madsen 57 (25)
Graham Wagg 42 (30)

Chris Russell 4/25 (4)


Worcestershire - 156/6

Daryl Mitchell 48 (33)
AB de Villiers 44 (35)
Julian Stafford 43* (30)

Tom Lungley 3/29 (4)
Jake Needham 2/31 (4)


Derbyshire won by 18 runs


MOTM:

Chris Russell (4/25 off 4 overs)


Points:

Derbyshire 2
Worcestershire 0


Comments:

Well we managed to keep them to less than 200 somehow. They raced away to 85/1 after 7 overs but Russell was brought back on for his second over and took 3 wickets in the space of 4 balls to bring them back to 4/86. They still went at about 8 runs an over but wickets every few overs hurt them as they only made 174, bowled out. 8 bowlers were used, but apart from Russell, noone really bowled well apart from Ali who bowled 1 over for figures of 1/3.

The batting effort was pretty poor though and nobody really played an explosive innings apart from Mitchell who scored 48 off 33 balls. de Villiers was pretty poor with the bat, his first score under 50 for the club, and easily his slowest innings.