Story Brendon vs Callum vs Jono - A Worcestershire Battle

[Chewie]

18th July 2011
Worcestershire vs Lancashire
Twenty Over Cup - Group Match​

Playing XI?s

Worcestershire

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


Lancashire

1. Simon Katich
2. Paul Horton
3. Len Whitehead
4. Shiv Chanderpaul
5. Andrew Harrington
6. Andrew Flintoff
7. Tom Smith
8. Gareth Cross
9. Kyle Hogg
10. Sajid Mahmood
11. Oliver Newby

Lancashire win by 18 runs
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It was just not meant to be. Katich just smashed the bowlers everywhere and we had no answer to him, as he formed a defining partnership with Whitehead. We didn't start too well, with O'Brien and Sehwag playing pretty slowly which led to us being behind the NRR. Aimson and Rush tried as hard as they could, but they couldn't catch up to the required score, and we fell 18 runs short. As it happens, it wouldn't have made a difference because both Warwickshire and Durham won, leaving us four points adrift in sixth place.


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[CG123]

Can you guys both post your T20 team results, so just the one line of the table that's Worcestershire, so I can post a T20 table of us on the first post.

So for me:

P 16, W 8, L 7, T 1, NR 0, Pts 17, NetRR -0.14

 

[hedger_14]

P 16, W 10, L 6, T 0, NR 0, Pts 20, NRR +13.9

 

[CG123]

NRR +13.9

+1.39?

 

[hedger_14]

No, lol. +13.9. When I won most games, I won pretty dominantly.

 

[Chewie]

P 16 W7 L 9 Pts 14 NRR -3.81

 

[CG123]

Both your NRR's are more or less impossible.

A NRR of +13.9 implies that on average every match your NRR is +13.9 ahead of your opposition. That requires you to score 278 every match, and then get the other team all out for nothing.

Also -3.81 is incredibly low, that means on average you're losing by like 75 runs a match.

ICC did have a problem with how it's worked out, but I told them and they fixed it in one of the patches, have you guys got all of the patches?

They used to add the NRR from each match on top of each other, instead of averaging it out, but that's fixed in my ICC at least.

 

[hedger_14]

No, I've got the second latest patch, sorry.

 

[CG123]

Twenty Over Cup

| . P . | . W . | . L . | . T . | . NR . | . Pts . Brendon. |

16​

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10​

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6​

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0​

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0​

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20​

Callum |

16​

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8​

|

7​

|

1​

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0​

|

17​

Jono |

16​

|

7​

|

9​

|

0​

|

0​

|

14​

 

[Chewie]

Yea we both don't have the last patch so we can edit

 

[hedger_14]

21st July 2011
Worcestershire vs Sussex
County Championship - D2​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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


Sussex

1. Steve Hume
2. Christopher Nash
3. Ed Joyce
4. Luke Wright
5. Dan Wilkinson
6. Joe Gatting
7. Michael Thornely
8. Kurt Carolyne?
9. Ragheb Aga
10. Monty Panesar
11. Billy Taylor


Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat first


Worcestershire - 461/7 dec.

Moeen Ali 153 (198)
Stephen Moore 100 (189)
Jeff Norris 47 (126)
Julian Stafford 45 (83)
Alex Kervezee 40 (124)

Luke Wright 2/73 (21)
Ragheb Aga 2/93 (41)


Sussex - 181 all out

Christopher Nash 61 (152)
Ed Joyce 48 (92)

Calvin Flowers 8/63 (20.2)
Christopher Pears 2/46 (17)


Sussex - 90 all out

Calvin Flowers 5/11 (13.4)
Imran Arif 3/13 (5)


Worcestershire won by an innings and 190 runs


MOTM:

Calvin Flowers (8/63, 5/11 and 25*)


Points:

Worcestershire 22
Sussex 1


Comments:

Back to our winning ways. Flowers played superbly yet again. Ali played very well with the bat and got a deserved 150. Moore hit his second FC century of the season while debutant, Norris played well in his 47 before getting bowled by Panesar, and he looked solid, only playing and missing at 2 balls. Meanwhile, our other debutant, Christopher Pears looked on form early as he took the wicket of Hume in his first over, a quick ball that skidded a bit along the surface to trap him in front and he took the wicket of Gatting later in the innings to take 2/46 in the first innings. In the second innings, he only managed one wicket, dismissing Luke Wright and taking figures of 1/31 for the innings so he has 3 wickets @ 25.67 in his one match so far. What a talent this guy is.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Middlesex
County Championship - D2
20th July 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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

Middlesex

1. Sam Robson
2. Scott Newman
3. Neil Dexter
4. Dawid Malan
5. Owais Shah
6. I... Hasting
7. Ben Scott?
8. Tim Murtagh
9. Robbie Williams
10. Iain O'Brien
11. Steven Finn

Toss:

Middlesex won the toss, and chose to bat first.

Match:

Middlesex - 180 all out

Ben Scott 56*

Mark Davies 5-42
Luke Wright 2-44

Worcestershire - 363 all out

Eric Matthews 129
Mark Davies 60
Vikram Solanki 46

Iain O'Brien 4-72
Steven Finn 3-99

Middlesex - 414 for 9 declared

Scott Newman 198
Neil Dexter 88
Owais Shah 53

Dewald Nel 4-78
Daryl Mitchell 2-55
Monty Panesar 2-88

Worcestershire - 73 for 1

Result:

Match Drawn

Points:

Worcestershire 8
Middlesex 5

MOTM:

Scott Newman (38, 198 and 1 catch)

Reaction:

What a bore these FC matches are.

No BS, Surrey have played 10 matches, and they've drawn eight of them.

Overall almost 50% of the matches in our division have been draws.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Essex
Challenge Trophy - group match
25th July 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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

Essex

1. Billy Godleman
2. John Maunders
3. Ravi Bopara
4. S... Hurst?
5. Zander de Bruyn
6. R... Ellsion
7. Graham Napier
8. David Masters
9. Tony Palladino
10. Timothy Phillips
11. Charlie Shreck

Toss:

Essex won the toss, and chose to bowl first.

Match:

Worcestershire - 207 for 5 (40 overs)

Eric Matthews 69* (85)
Daryl Mitchell 65 (97)

Graham Napier 2-48 (8)

Essex - 208 for 5 (39 overs)

R... Ellsion 52* (64)
Billy Godleman 42 (42)

Luke Wright 2-30 (8)

Result:

Essex win by 5 wickets, with 6 balls remaining

Points:

Essex 2
Worcestershire 0

MOTM:

R... Ellsion (52 not out off 64 balls)

Reaction:

The funny thing is we played so useless, but we somehow almost managed to win.

Our batting was a shambles, but we managed to post over 200, then our bowling was terrible, but we managed to take the game to the second to last over.

 

[hedger_14]

25th July 2011
Worcestershire vs Glamorgan
Challenge Trophy - Group Match​

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. Christopher Pears
11. Boyd Rankin


Glamorgan

1. Mark Cosgrove
2. Gareth Rees
3. Jamie Dalrymple
4. Jim Allenby
5. Mike Powell
6. Peter Jewell
7. Will Bragg†
8. James Harris
9. Adam Shantry
10. David Harrison
11. Dean Cosker


Toss:

Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bowl first


Worcestershire - 172 all out

Stephen Moore 39 (25)
Stuart Adler 34 (40)

Dean Cosker 2/28 (4)
James Harris 2/30 (5)
Jim Allenby 2/42 (6)


Glamorgan - 173/3

Gareth Rees 73 (61)
Mark Cosgrove 64 (70)

Christopher Pears 2/45 (8)
Imran Arif 1/22 (4)


Glamorgan won by 7 wickets with 66 balls remaining


MOTM:

Gareth Rees (73 off 61 balls)


Points:

Glamorgan 2
Worcestershire 0


Comments:

cricket, we got dominated. Moore got us off to a fiery start but Mitchell back from injury only made 6. Kervezee looked good for his 20 odd but then Ali ran him out. Ali tried to turn it around with a quickfire innings and got to 26 off 17 before he got himself out. Adler proved handy down the order and Flowers and Arif made starts but we were bowled out with still 12 overs left in the innings. None of the bowlers really bowled well, apart from Pear in his second spell who took the wickets of both openers to finish with 2/45 from his 8 overs but apart from that, we played ████. Now we're in third place but we have a game in hand over first place as well as fourth although Surrey has a game in hand also over us and are only 2 points behind and have a better NRR so if they win their 6th match, we will be behind them.

 

[Chewie]

20th July 2011
Worcestershire vs Glamorgan
County Championship -D2​

Playing XI?s

Worcestershire

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


Glamorgan

1. Gareth Rees
2. Will Bragg
3. Jamie Dalrymple
4. Mike Powell
5. Harry Bannister
6. Jim Allenby
7. Steve Fulcher
8. Shaaiq Choudhry
9. Adam Shantry
10. David Harrison
11. Paul Gratrix

Match Drawn

Another draw. Rush, on first class debut, showed no nerves at all as he scored a great century. There were no risks taken in his innings which held the innings together. He found support in Kervezee down the order, and couple with late hitting from Komasaru took us to a decent total. In reply, the Glamorgan batsmen were aggressive, with both openers scoring fast fifties, before Dalrymple came to the crease. Luckily, once the top three were dismissed, the rest of the batsmen didn't make too much, as we dismissed them for a reasonably small first innings lead. In reply, Aimson, Ali, Kervezee and Wheeldon scored quick half centuries. The total wasn't inviting enough for Glamorgan to chase however, and the game ended in a tame draw. Great initial signs from Rush however.


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