Story Brendon vs Callum vs Jono - A Worcestershire Battle

[Aditya]

AB? Brendon, you sure it's AB DE VILLIERS?

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire
Twenty Over Cup - group match
25th June 2010​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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

Northamptonshire

1. Mal Loye
2. Niall O'Brien†
3. Ashwell Prince
4. T... Wingfield
5. David Sales
6. Andrew Hall*
7. Elton Chigumbura
8. Vishal Tripathi
9. David Lucas
10. Lee Daggett
11. Jack Brooks

Toss:

Northamptonshire won the toss, and chose to bowl first.

Match:

Worcestershire - 172 for 5 (20 overs)

Vikram Solanki 55 (31)
Jeff Ingram 37* (24)
Daryl Mitchell 31 (30)

David Lucas 4-29 (4)

Northamptonshire - 165 for 9 (20 overs)

David Sales 48 (34)
Ashwell Prince 33 (16)

Imran Arif 4-33 (4)
Dan Christian 2-47 (4)

Result:

Worcestershire win by 7 runs

Points:

Worcestershire 2
Northamptonshire 0

MOTM:

Imran Arif (4 for 33 off four overs)

Reaction:

Finally my batsmen do something worthwhile, while my bowlers almost find a way to 'F' it up.

We're still five points outside the top four, and have a massive NRR deferential, so it's getting to the point where we can probably only afford to drop one of our remaining seven matches.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Derbyshire
Twenty Over Cup - group match
27th June 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Jeet Raval
2. Daryl Mitchell*
3. Vikram Solanki
4. Alan Darbon
5. Jeff Ingram?
6. Luke Wright
7. Dan Christian
8. Imran Arif
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. Lee Goddard?
7. Jonathan Clare
8. Graham Wagg
9. Tim Groenewald
10. Morne Morkel
11. Charl Langeveldt

Toss:

Derbyshire won the toss, and chose to bat first.

Match:

Derbyshire - 164 for 9 (20 overs)

John Sadler 37 (35)
Wayne Madsen 33 (21)

Mark Davies 2-26 (4)
Dan Christian 2-31 (4)
Imran Arif 2-37 (4)
Dewald Nel 2-43 (4)

Worcestershire - 158 for 1 (20 overs)

Jeet Raval 85* (62)
Daryl Mitchell 47 (39)

Result:

Derbyshire win by 6 runs

Points:

Derbyshire 2
Worcestershire 0

MOTM:

Jeet Raval (85 not out 62 balls)

Reaction:

What a cricketen joke...

There's not much nothing I can do when I stick them on max aggression the whole innings, and they come up short with nine wickets still in the shed.

That all but ends our T20 campaign, barring a miracle. I think if I win my final six matches I still should make it, but lets not kid ourselves, we all know that's not going to happen, with the amount of BS I've been receiving this season.

 

[Chewie]

25th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire
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. Imran Arif
8. Alan Richardson
9. Chanaka Komasaru
10. Anthony Ireland
11. Boyd Rankin


Northamptonshire

1. Mal Loye
2. David Mower
3. Younis Khan
4. David Sales
5. Andrew Hall
6. Ben Howgego
7. Paul Harrison
8. James Middlebrook
9. Andre Adams
10. David Wigley
11. Lee Daggett

Worcestershire win by 5 wickets
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The bowling effort wasn't the greatest but we did enough initially to restrict them, with Ireland and Rankin bowling pretty well at the start. Richardson and Arif bowled tight lines, but Komasaru was pretty expensive for once. At the end though, the bowlers strayed slightly from their plans, with Ireland and Rankin being smacked in their last over by Howgego and Harrison, with Northamptonshire ending up on 175/5. Mitchell and O'Brien did well at the start, but couldn't continue their good form, as Aimson and Ali came to the crease. Both kept the scoreboard ticking over, but the RRR was starting to get higher and higher. Kelly came and went, but Kervezee and Arif were the perfect finishers, both scoring at faster than two runs a ball, to take us home with a couple of overs remaining. We are now in fifth position, behind Durham who have a match in hand. It's going to be a close finish for the semi finals.

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27th 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. Stuart Adler?
7. David Wheeldon
8. Calvin Flowers
9. Imran Arif
10. Boyd Rankin
11. Alan Richardson


Derbyshire

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


Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat first


Worcestershire - 201/4

AB de Villiers 81 (47)
Daryl Mitchell 48 (38)
Stuart Adler 21* (9)

Graham Wagg 2/33 (4)


Derbyshire - 203/8

Wayne Madsen 49 (26)
Greg Smith 37 (18)

David Wheeldon 3/32 (4)
Calvin Flowers 3/40 (4)


Derbyshire won by 2 wickets with 6 balls remaining


MOTM:

AB de Villiers (81 off 47 balls, 0/51 off 4 overs and 1 catch)


Points:

Derbyshire 2
Worcestershire 0


Comments:

What a load of BS. Boyd Rankin went for 35 runs in 2 overs but the biggest BS was Jake Needham, their #10 batsman scoring 15* off 4 balls to finish the game. Sitting right on the line at the moment in 4th place but have a great NRR.

 

[CG123]

Now you know how I've been feeling through most of my T20 matches.

 

[Chewie]

27th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Derbyshire
Twenty Over Cup - Group Match​

Playing XI’s

Worcestershire

1. Daryl Mitchell
2. Niall O'Brien
3. Virender Sehwag
4. Anthony Aimson
5. Moeen Ali
6. Alex Kervezee
7. Imran Arif
8. Alan Richardson
9. Chanaka Komasaru
10. Anthony Ireland
11. Boyd Rankin


Derbyshire

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

Worcestershire win by 5 wickets
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What a match! My fast bowlers were getting the smack everywhere, with Hughes and Durston scoring hard and fast at the top. Their half centuries were both at a S/R of greater than 150, and it looked like we were gonna chase something really massive. Komasaru struck however, and despite some aggressive batting from Sadler and Clare at the end, they didn't score too much... considering what they were threatening. Mitchell and O'Brien got us off to an aggressive start, but they both fell early, leaving the newly fit Sehwag, and Aimson at the crese. Initially, Aimson was the aggressor, reaching his half century first, but when he was gone, Sehwag began hitting out. His 79 came off 47 balls and were a large reason why we won the match. It was getting a bit close getting to the final few overs, with Ali batting surprisingly slowly, and Kervezee getting a golden duck, but Arif was able to squeeze a four off the last ball of the match to win (last over bug). We are still in fifth place however, and with a rather poor NRR which we will need to fix in the upcoming matches.
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[hedger_14]

28th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Lancashire
County Championship - D2​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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


Lancashire

1. Paul Horton
2. Luke Sutton?
3. Hamish Marshall
4. Robert White
5. Andrew Flintoff
6. Steve Croft
7. Michael Benton
8. Tom Smith
9. Glen Chapple
10. Sajid Mahmood
11. James Anderson


Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat first


Worcestershire - 476/6 dec

Stuart Adler 168* (316)
Calvin Flowers 110* (252)
Moeen Ali 88 (142)
Daryl Mitchell 62 (163)

Glen Chapple 3/76 (29)
James Anderson 2/108 (33)


Lancashire - 277 all out

Andrew Flintoff 116 (190)

Calvin Flowers 6/82 (30.1)


Lancashire - 309 all out

Hamish Marshall 74 (117)
Luke Sutton 63 (108)
Paul Horton 53 (93)

Calvin Flowers 4/100 (29)
Chris Russell 3/48 (18)
Boyd Rankin 3/65 (14.3)


Worcestershire - 113/2

Daryl Mitchell 51 (82)

James Anderson 2/46 (11)


Worcestershire won by 8 wickets


MOTM:

Calvin Flowers (110*, 6/82 and 4/100)


Points:

Worcestershire 22
Lancashire 4


Comments:

Well I didn't think we'd get a win as it was a batsman's paradise. In the end we chased down their total with about an hour and a half left.

Well we won the toss and on a flat pitch on a hot day, we elected to bat first. Although the batsman made it look like a bowlers paradise with some stupid shots as we fell to 3/57. Ali and Mitchell put on a handy partnership though before Mitchell finally fell for 62. Ali and Adler put on a 97 run partnership then before Ali fell short of what would have been a great century, out for 88. Wheeldon only managed one but Flowers joined Adler at the crease and hit a stunning hundred in a record 254 run partnership, Adler finishing 168* with Flowers on 110* before we declared.

The bowling wasn't that great but Flowers did well in both innings and got some support from Rankin and Russell in the second innings to bowl them out and set 110 for victory with a session and a half left, I let Moore and Mitchell go for it and they did, Moore scoring 22 off 29 while Mitchell scored 51 off 92 as rain now threatened the match. Kervezee and Stafford got us over the line though without any interference from rain. Regarding the 254* run partnership between Adler and Flowers, if I had let them score 3 more runs, they would have broken the 7th wicket partnership record for Worcestershire.

 

[Chewie]

28th June 2011
Worcestershire vs Yorkshire
County Championship -D2​

Playing XI’s

Worcestershire

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


Yorkshire

1. Jacques Rudolph
2. Joe Sayers
3. Jonathan Bairstow
4. David Wainwright
5. Adil Rashid
6. Andrew Gale
7. Gerard Brophy
8. Ajmal Shahzad
9. Tim Bresnan
10. Steven Patterson
11. Oliver Hannon-Dalby

Match Drawn
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A match we really should have won ended in a draw thanks to some poor bowling in their second innings. Solanki showed why he should be in the side more often, with 90 at the top, while Mitchell and Aimson failed. Ali was in imperious form though, scoring 175 off 255 balls, and he was ably supported by O'Brien who also got a half century, and Kervezee. This ensured that we got the maximum batting points. Our bowling was pretty good as well, except for a slight stutter in getting their tail out. Finn found some form, with a five wicket haul, while Rankin and Ireland were tidy. Following on, Bairstow and Wainwright but up a good resistance and no matter what we did, we couldn't get them out. Finn got injured in trying, and once Komasaru finally removed them, Rashid and Gale set in for the long haul, and we were prevented from winning a match that we had in the bag at one point. We are now still second from the bottom, well clear of Somerset.
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[hedger_14]

haha, Ali's also in great form for me.

And also, Mitchell got himself injured for a few weeks so it's unlikely he will play in any more of the T20s.

 

[CG123]

Ali's my third reserve batsman.

I think he's only played two matches for me this season.

 

[hedger_14]

2nd July 2011
Worcestershire vs Lancashire
Twenty Over Cup - Group Match​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Moeen Ali
2. Stephen Moore
3. AB de Villiers*
4. Vikram Solanki
5. Julian Stafford
6. Stuart Adler†
7. David Wheeldon
8. Calvin Flowers
9. Imran Arif
10. Boyd Rankin
11. Alan Richardson


Lancashire

1. Simon Katich
2. Paul Horton
3. Mark Chilton
4. Hamish Marshall
5. Steve Croft
6. Andrew Flintoff
7. Tom Smith
8. Gareth Cross†
9. Kyle Hogg
10. Glen Chapple
11. James Anderson


Toss:

Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat first


Lancashire - 152/8

Andrew Flintoff 35* (33)

Boyd Rankin 2/23 (4)
Alan Richardson 2/33 (4)
AB de Villiers 2/36 (4)


Worcestershire - 157/4

Julian Stafford 75* (35)
Stephen Moore 37 (23)
AB de Villiers 29 (14)

Kyle Hogg 2/37 (4)


Worcestershire won by 6 wickets with 32 balls remaining


MOTM:

Julian Stafford (75* off 35 balls)


Points:

Worcestershire 2
Lancashire 0


Comments:

What an easy win. The bowlers did really well to restrict them to only 150 and we chased it down easily with handy contributions from Moore and AB at the top of the order before Stafford blasted a quickfire 75* to get us over the line easily with just over 5 overs to spare.

And it's that awesome time of year again, with new youths being promoted to the side. If you remember last season, we had Adler and Stafford who became key players already, Stafford averaging 40 in FC cricket and 87.8 in OD cricket and Adler already with 3 FC centuries, 1181 runs @ 56.24 and a decent OD average of 27. We have 3 new players though, 21 year old batsman, Vic Clarkson who has an average of 33.57 in the 2nd team, Jeff Norris, a solid opening batsman, at 23 years of age and averaging 45 in the 2nd team. Christopher Pears was the other youth coming through, a 19 year old right arm fast bowler, who looks to be a really gun quick and his second team bowling average of 20.49. He is definately the most promising of the 3 and will be looking for an explosive end to this season.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Somerset
County Championship - D2
28th June 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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

Somerset

1. Craig Kieswetter
2. Arul Suppiah
3. James Hildreth
4. J... Bucknall
5. T... Boseley?
6. Peter Trego
7. Nick Compton
8. Alfonso Thomas
9. Daren Powell
10. Mike Munday
11. Charl Willoughby

Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss, and chose to bat first.

Match:

Worcestershire - 244 all out

Jeet Raval 90
Luke Wright 42

Mike Munday 5-101
Charl Willoughby 3-52

Somerset - 410 all out

J... Bucknall 184
Arul Suppiah 56
Alfonso Thomas 50
Craig Kieswetter 43

Monty Panesar 4-89
Mark Davies 3-87
Dewald Nel 3-88

Worcestershire - 340 for 5 declared

Jeet Raval 101
Daryl Mitchell 98
Vikram Solanki 57
Alan Darbon 42*

Mike Munday 2-87
Alfonso Thomas 2-90

Somerset - 176 for 5

T... Boseley 67
James Hildreth 44

Dewald Nel 3-42

Result:

Somerset win by 5 wickets

Points:

Somerset 21
Worcestershire 3

MOTM:

J... Bucknall (184, 6 and 1 catch)

Reaction:

Wow, two times in one season, that's never happened to me before. I guess no matter when I declare they're going to win, considering the amount of BS that's happened to me this season.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Lancashire
Twenty Over Cup - group match
2nd July 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Jeet Raval
2. Vikram Solanki*
3. Eric Matthews
4. Moeen Ali
5. Jeff Ingram?
6. Luke Wright
7. Dan Christian
8. David Wheeldon
9. Imran Arif
10. Mark Davies
11. Dewald Nel

Lancashire

1. Simon Katich
2. A... Drinkell?
3. Paul Horton
4. Mark Chilton
5. Stephen Moore
6. Steven Croft
7. Tom Smith
8. Kyle Hogg
9. Glen Chapple*
10. Jerome Taylor
11. Gary Keedy

Toss:

Lancashire won the toss, and chose to bat first.

Match:

Lancashire - 185 for 4 (20 overs)

Simon Katich 130* (69)
Mark Chilton 30 (25)

Mark Davies 2-30 (4)

Worcestershire - 186 for 3 (19.1 overs)

Jeet Raval 85 (48)
Eric Matthews 50* (33)
Vikram Solanki 32 (27)

Gary Keedy 2-40 (4)

Result:

Worcestershire win by 7 wickets

Points:

Worcestershire 2
Lancashire 0

MOTM:

Simon Katich (130 not out off 69 balls)

Reaction:

Wow, how the cricket did we win that. Finally something goes my way.

At one stage Katich was 100 off 42, so off his last 27 balls he only scored 30 runs. In the first ten overs of their innings only one over went for under eight runs, while off the last ten overs in their innings no overs went for over eight runs.

Where the cricket has Eric Matthews been hiding? He failed in his first two T20 matches this season, then I only bring him back this match because I decided to rest Mitchell and Darbon, and he pulls off an absolute blinder. Raval continues to be unpredictable, playing a brilliant knock to get us in a position where we could win the match from.

Davies continues to be our unsung hero, this time only conceding 30 runs from his four overs, and taking two wickets for only one run in the final oer of their innings.

J Friend has joined us, he's a wicket-keeper with a second team average of 44, which is only one less than my current wicket-keeper Jeff Ingram. My second youth team player to join us is J Flynn who's a RMF bowler with a second team average of 22, which is one less than both Richardson and Arif.

 

[Chewie]

ooh new players! Mine are going to be terrible since I didn't put any money into the second team