Story Brendon vs Callum vs Jono - A Worcestershire Battle

[hedger_14]

Ok then. It was so long ago I forgot

 

[Chewie]

29th July 2011
Worcestershire vs Somerset
County Championship -D2​

Playing XI?s

Worcestershire

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


Somerset

1. Arul Suppiah
2. Chris Jones
3. Kevin Ripley
4. Nick Compton
5. Scott Leathers
6. Adam London
7. Alfonso Thomas
8. Jos Buttler
9. Marcus Lynch
10. Michael Munday
11. Charl Willoughby

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Somerset win by 2 wickets

An incredibly close match which we lost in the end. Batting first, Rush scored his second century in as many matches to skyrocket his average towards 100. Mitchell played a decent knock, while Kelly showed some form down the order as the Vics took us close to 400. In their first innings, Ireland made early breakthroughs, but Ripley and Compton made a formidable team, and we were not able to remove them easily. Eventually Ripley was dismissed, and we just began attacking that end, to leave Compton unbeaten at the other end. Rush departed early, but Mitchell and Ali put on an aggressive partnership, with Ali showing signs of his earlier form in his century. The lower order crumbled however, and we were dismissed late in the first session of the fourth day. They therefore had 2 sessions to chase 260. They started out very aggressively, but quick wickets slowed them down. This rapid beginning meant that they could relax a bit over the latter half of the chase, and despite a number of wickets falling, Compton and later London showed patience at the crease to guide Somerset home with 2 wickets and a few overs remaining.

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[hedger_14]

This Vic Rush kid looks pretty good. Very close match though, unlucky to lose there.

 

[Chewie]

Yea both of his first innings he's scored a century, and then failed in the second innings. And Aimson's been called up for international duty again annoyingly.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Lancashire
County Championship - D2
29th July 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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

Lancashire

1. Paul Horton
2. A... Drinkell
3. Stephen Moore
4. Mark Chilton
5. A... Rush
6. Andrew Flintoff
7. Adrian Shankar
8. Tom Smith
9. Luke Sutton†
10. Sajid Mahmood
11. Oliver Newby

Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss, and chose to bat first.

Match:

Worcestershire - 412 all out

Jeet Raval 56
Eric Matthews 81
Alan Darbon 105

Tom Smith 3-62
Stephen Moore 2-43
Oliver Newby 2-101

Lancashire - 274 all out

Adrian Shankar 40

Dewald Nel 4-51
Imran Arif 3-82

Worcestershire - 183 for 5 declared

Daryl Mitchell 76

Paul Horton 2-2
Andrew Flintoff 2-42

Lancashire - 131 all out

Stephen Moore 102
Paul Horton 47

Monty Panesar 4-47
Dewald Nel 2-23
Mark Davies 2-26

Result:

Worcestershire win by 190 runs

Points:

Worcestershire 22
Lancashire 3

MOTM:

Alan Darbon (105, 0-2, 0 and 1 catch)

Reaction:

They only played two specialist bowlers, so it would have been a joke if we didn't win.

We've now jumped up from 8th place to 4th place, but only four points separate those five places.

Also in his second team debut, Vikram Solanki got injured for four weeks.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Yorkshire
Challenge Trophy - group match
2nd August 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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

Yorkshire

1. Jacques Rudolph
2. Andrew Gale*
3. Jonathan Bairstow?
4. T... Cooper
5. A... Pearce
6. Anthony McGrath
7. David Wainwright
8. Adil Rashid
9. Ajmal Shahzad
10. Tim Bresnan
11. Ben Cutting

Toss:

Yorkshire won the toss, and chose to bowl first.

Match:

Worcestershire - 158 for 9 (40 overs)

Eric Matthews 45 (77)

Ben Cutting 4-30 (8)
David Wainwright 2-17 (8)

Yorkshire - 159 for 5 (35.1 overs)

A... Pearce 61* (62)

Imran Arif 3-30 (8)

Result:

Yorkshire win by 5 wickets, with 29 balls remaining

Points:

Yorkshire 2
Worcestershire 0

MOTM:

Ben Cutting (4 for 30 off eight overs)

Reaction:

There's not much you can do when you're 47 for five and you're playing four specialist bowlers. The game was already lost at that point, but some lower order fight and some alright bowling meant out NRR didn't get hurt that much.

We're still on-top of our group on NRR despite back-to-back loses, but Yorkshire are breathing right down our neck on equal points.

 

[hedger_14]

3rd August 2011
Worcestershire vs Derbyshire
County Championship - D2​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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


Derbyshire

1. Wayne Madsen
2. Eric Evans
3. Garry Park
4. Wes Durston
5. Greg Smith
6. John Sadler
7. Lee Goddard?
8. Jonathan Clare
9. Jake Needham
10. Mark Footitt
11. Tom Lungley


Toss:

Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat first


Derbyshire - 215 all out

Eric Evans 42 (70)
Garry Park 41 (78)

Calvin Flowers 9/67 (23.1)


Worcestershire - 333 all out

Moeen Ali 61 (56)
Jeff Norris 60 (128)
Alex Kervezee 47 (132)
Stuart Adler 45* (89)

Jonathan Clare 3/58 (21)
Mark Footitt 3/83 (24)
Jake Needham 2/98 (28)


Derbyshire - 225 all out

Wayne Madsen 39 (82)
Eric Evans 29 (62)

Calvin Flowers 7/93 (37)
Christopher Pears 3/61 (25.2)


Worcestershire - 108/2

Stephen Moore 50* (84)
Daryl Mitchell 30 (41)

Tom Lungley 1/20 (5)


Worcestershire won by 8 wickets


MOTM:

Calvin Flowers (9/67, 7/93 and 6)


Points:

Worcestershire 22
Derbyshire 4


Comments:

Calvin Flowers, the man who has become the most feared spinner in the world, or England at least. Not that his World Cup campaign wasn't impressive with 14 wickets @ 14.07. He now takes his FC wicket tally to 136 wickets at an average of 13.75, with 18 5wi and 9 10wm. Our first batting innings was characterised by a number of starts but noone went on to make a high score. Norris and Ali scored 60, Kervezee and Adler scored in the 40's, Kervezee now with 4 consecutive scores in the 40's (not counting the 2* he made in the second innings). Mitchell also made 36 and Pears made a handy 26 down the order, his first contribution with the bat for the club. Clarkson's debut was unimpressive though, scoring only 1. He won't likely be retained at the end of the season unless he can prove himself in a couple of matches that he may play later in the season.

 

[CG123]

Lol, in real life Calvin Flowers hasn't even played in the top tier of domestic cricket in South Africa, what a joke...

 

[hedger_14]

They just haven't noticed his true ability yet

 

[Chewie]

2nd August 2011
Worcestershire vs Yorkshire
Challenge Trophy - Group Match​

Playing XI?s

Worcestershire

1. Daryl Mitchell
2. Vic Kelly
3. Vic Rush
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


Yorkshire

1. Jacques Rudolph
2. Andrew Gale
3. Ian Currie
4. Jonathan Bairstow
5. Joe Sayers
6. Anthony McGrath
7. David Wainwright
8. Adil Rashid
9. Ajmal Shahzad
10. Tim Bresnan
11. Peter Read

Worcestershire win by 33 runs
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Two wins in a row! Our batting clicked almost perfectly as we wracked up 263, and despite a small scare, we won by 33 runs. Kelly at the top was given license to swing and this came off perfectly, as he scored 58 from 38 to give our innings momentum. Mitchell played pretty well for his 40, but Ali was amazing in his 83 from just 59 balls. O'Brien had some fun with 48 from 37, but we couldn't capitalise at the end, with the last 6 all getting single digit scores. Still, we had a pretty formidable total. Rankin and Finn make some early breakthroughs, but Wainwright and Rashid but on a century partnership for the seventh wicket that caused some worries. Shahzad got in on the hitting, but Finn was able to wrap up the tail despite being extremely expensive in his 7 overs.

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[hedger_14]

8th August 2011
Worcestershire vs Scotland CC
Challenge Trophy - Group Match​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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


Scotland CC

1. Fraser Watts
2. Navdeep Poonia
3. Qasim Sheikh
4. Neil McCallum
5. Ryan Watson
6. Moneeb Iqbal
7. Colin Smith?
8. Gordon Drummond
9. Majid Haq
10. Stuart Chalmers
11. Ross Lyons


Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat first


Worcestershire - 286/7

Stephen Moore 125 (88)
Shaaiq Choudhry 51* (42)
Julian Stafford 41 (35)

Stuart Chalmers 2/58 (8)
Majid Haq 2/60 (8)


Scotland CC - 85 all out

Fraser Watts 41 (30)

Calvin Flowers 5/12 (2.4)
Christopher Pears 5/43 (6)


Worcestershire won by 201 runs


MOTM:

Stephen Moore (125 off 88 balls)


Points:

Worcestershire 2
Scotland CC 0


Comments:

Well it was a match we should have won and did with ease. Moore fired with a stunning century, while Stafford and Choudhry also played well. Pears attacked the stumps, getting 4 of his 5 wickets either LBW or bowled while Flowers came on and just ripped through Scotland taking 5 wickets in 2.4 overs. Only 2 players on their team scored more than 10, although there was only one duck. 4 people scored 2 runs though.

 

[Chewie]

3rd August 2011
Worcestershire vs Gloucestershire
County Championship -D2​

Playing XI?s

Worcestershire

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


Gloucestershire

1. Kadeer Ali
2. Jonathan Batty
3. Horace Slade
4. Alex Gidman
5. Steve Snell
6. Hamish Marshall
7. Chris Taylor
8. James Harris
9. Jon Lewis
10. Steven Kirby
11. Gemaal Hussain

Match Drawn

We should really have won this match but I got a bit greedy and let O'Brien and Kervezee bat a tad too long in the second innings... In the first innings Mitchell was out first ball, and Rush followed soon afterwards. Ali and O'Brien played great counterattacking innings however, with Ali reaching 132 and O'Brien 94. Later, Wheeldon showed that he wasn't bad with the bat either, reaching his maiden century a ball before Rankin was out LBW to end the innings. Because of the speed at which Ali and O'Brien had batted we managed to get the full allotment of batting points. Their new batsman Slade but up a lot of resistance, but we just attacked the other end, with Rankin showing some form with 6 wickets. Komasaru was also pretty good, but Finn was expensive in his spell. The wicket seemed much better for batting in our second innings, with Rush scoring his obligatory century, before O'Brien came and smashed 176 off 197, with Kervezee hitting 81 off 105. After they had a bit of fun, we declared leaving them 500 to chase in a day, an impossible task. Still, with a day to bowl them out, we fancied our chances of winning this match, and it looked good from the start with Finn bowling Ali in the second over. After that it was tougher however, with Hamish Marshall putting up tough resistance and we were eventually held to a draw.


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[hedger_14]

Another century for Vic Rush but this time in the second innings.

 

[Chewie]

His figures look somewhat weird, averaging in the 60s after 6 innings with 3 centuries and no fifties.

 

[Chewie]

8th August 2011
Worcestershire vs Glamorgan
Challenge Trophy - Group Match​

Playing XI?s

Worcestershire

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


Glamorgan

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

Worcestershire win by 21 runs
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Another OD win makes this three in a row. Mitchell was really slow at the top of the order, but playing Kelly as an aggressive opener has worked once again, with him smashing a 43 ball 57 in the fielding restrictions. Rush then came out and showed some of his FC form with a run a ball 84, while Ali and O'Brien smashed the ball at the other end to take us to 252, which is a pretty decent score. Our bowling wasn't too flash, with Bragg and Bannister smashing Finn and Rankin around, but Wheeldon came on and despite being expensive took crucial wickets that took the fight out of them. We eventually won by 21 runs. This moves us up to second to last, but the last placed Gloucestershire have two games in hand.


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