Story Brendon vs Callum vs Jono - A Worcestershire Battle

[CG123]

In the end Davies was actually better than Flowers.

Mark Davies - 65 overs, 29 wickets @ 15.3 (E/R 6.8)
Calvin Flowers - 58 overs, 27 wickets @ 16.48 (E/R 7.56)

It was only really AB that was the difference between our T20 teams.

Looking at Wheeldon's stats, it seems like you wasted a playing XI position with him.

David Wheeldon - 12 matches, 5 runs @ 2.5 (S/R 55.54) and 26 overs, 6 wickets @ 40.5 (E/R 9.35)

 

[hedger_14]

20th August 2011
Worcestershire vs Leicestershire
County Championship - D2​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Stephen Moore
2. Jeff Norris
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. Jack Shantry


Leicestershire

1. James Benning
2. Jacques Du Toit
3. Andrew McDonald
4. Tom New
5. Ken Cullin?
6. Wayne Hardwick
7. Will Jefferson
8. Jigar Naik
9. Nadeem Malik
10. Chris Whelan
11. Daniel Masters


Toss:

Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bowl first


Worcestershire - 264/7

Shaaiq Choudhry 67 (55)
Julian Stafford 53 (60)
Stuart Adler 44* (31)

Andrew McDonald 3/41 (8)
Jagir Naik 2/47 (8)


Leicestershire - 153 all out

Andrew McDonald 59 (52)

Calvin Flowers 4/30 (4)
Christopher Pears 3/37 (5)


Worcestershire won by 111 runs


MOTM:

Calvin Flowers (4/30 off 4 overs)


Points:

Worcestershire 2
Leicestershire 0


Comments:

Good comfortable win there. Choudhry, Stafford and Adler were excellent with the bat with a nice start to Moore as well backing up from his century. Our bowling was good as we bowled them out pretty cheaply, Flowers and Pears doing the damage with 7 wickets between them and Shantry, Wheeldon and Arif taking 1 wicket a piece.

 

[Chewie]

Why are you two so good at ODs

 

[CG123]

I only do good when one of my openers (or Darbon) get going.

If you look at all of my OD matches, the common denominator in most of my wins is either Mitchell or Raval scoring runs.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Sussex
County Championship - D2
9th August 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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

Sussex

1. Chris Nash
2. Michael Thornely
3. Ed Joyce
4. Dominic Telo
5. Murray Goodwin
6. Robin Martin-Jenkins
7. Luke Wells
8. D... Hannon
9. Ragheb Aga
10. James Anyon
11. Corey Collymore

Toss:

Sussex won the toss, and chose to bowl first.

Match:

Worcestershire - 134 all out

Robin Martin-Jenkins 5-28
Corey Collymore 2-21
James Anyon 2-40

Sussex - 201 all out

Chris Nash 45
Ed Joyce 41

Monty Panesar 7-41
Mark Davies 2-60

Worcestershire - 362 for 8 declared

Daryl Mitchell 133
Alan Darbon 151

Ragheb Aga 5-127
Robin Martin-Jenkins 2-43

Sussex - 296 for 2

Michael Thornely 125 rtrd ht
Chris Nash 99

Monty Panesar 2-68

Result:

Sussex win by 8 wickets

Points:

Sussex 20
Worcestershire 3

MOTM:

Alan Darbon (27, 151 and 1 catch)

Reaction:

Get cricketed!

That's about the fourth time this season that the other team has chased down a BS total on day four. How the fearsome tweak do the manage to chase down 300 in two and a bit sessions?

 

[Gaurav_7]

Ha ha, carry on!

 

[hedger_14]

Yeah, Flowers wasn't that great in the T20 competition.

And yeah, I realise I wasted Wheeldon but I used him as a 5th bowler most of the bowler, but he kept getting smashed most of the time.

 

[hedger_14]

22nd August 2011
Worcestershire vs Surrey
Challenge Trophy - Group Match​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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


Surrey

1. Steve Davies?
2. James Yates
3. Fawad Alam
4. Usman Afzaal
5. Nick Poole
6. Rory Hamilton-Brown
7. Laurie Evans
8. Chris Schofield
9. Gareth Batty
10. Jade Dernbach
11. Andre Nel


Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bowl first


Surrey - 269/6

Steve Davies 103 (99)
Fawad Alam 65* (46)
James Yates 53 (63)

Daryl Mitchell 2/40 (8)
Christopher Pears 2/50 (8)
Jack Shantry 2/55 (8)


Worcestershire - 268/4

Stephen Moore 73 (72)
Julian Stafford 64 (51)
Moeen Ali 41* (32)
Shaaiq Choudhry 37 (28)

Gareth Batty 2/44 (8)


Surrey won by 1 run


MOTM:

Steve Davies (103 off 99 and 1 catch)


Points:

Surrey 2
Worcestershire 0


Comments:

fearsome tweak, so close. We needed 6 runs off the last over but only scored 4. They batted first and our bowling was pretty ████ as they started with a 138 run partnership before we finally made some breakthroughs but they still ended up making a huge total, Mitchell being our best bowler, taking the huge wickets of both openers.

Only Mitchell failed with the bat and we should have won but fell agonizingly short. Adler was probably the player to cost us the game as he scored 34* off 50. We now sit in 2nd place although we have a match in hand over first and a better NRR. It would be nice to qualify for the finals after doing so in the T20 and we are very likely going to win the FC competition, as we still haven't lost a game.

 

[Aditya]

A good match there, Hedger. I played a similar match yesterday (India vs New Zealand). New Zealand needed 3 runs off the last over with 2 wickets in hand, they made 1 run and lost both the remaining wickets, lol. Anyways, keep up the good work guys.

 

[CG123]

BTW I didn't mention before that Darbon's got called up again for England again.

 

[hedger_14]

lol, I'm still the only one not to have a player called up for England and I'm doing the best

 

[Chewie]

9th August 2011
Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire
County Championship -D2​

Playing XI?s

Worcestershire

1. Daryl Mitchell
2. Vic Rush
3. Vikram Solanki
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


Northamptonshire

1. Mal Loye
2. David Mower
3. Younis Khan
4. David Sales
5. Stephen Peters
6. Andrew Hall
7. Jack Hayward
8. Richard Lappin
9. Andre Adams
10. David Wigley
11. Jack Brooks

Match Drawn

A game that could have come to a close conclusion was spoiled by rain. Bowling first, they didn't make any big partnerships but got a number of starts, as we bowled them out for 353. Komasaru was the pick of the bowlers, with Finn and Rankin being reasonably expensive. In reply, Rush scored his usual century, while Mitchell also contributed. After those two however, only Kervezee hit more than 16, as the middle and lower orders crumbled to 381 all out. In their second innings we bowled much better, with Finn and Rankin making early breakthroughs, as well as injuring Mal Loye. If we had managed to get Sales out earlier, we could have had something decent to chase, but rain spoiled our chances or bowling them out, before they declared. We had no chance of making the total, and so the match ended in a draw. Rush's FC career has been rather interesting so far. He's scored 121 and 13 on debut, then 139 and 9, 7 and 105, and 179 and 17. A century each match, and a low score as well. Meanwhile, Aimson remains on international duty, and has played 3 tests for 186 runs at an average of 37.2

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[hedger_14]

lol, Vic Rush is playing a lot like Isar is in my Bangladesh save, scores so many centuries but barely ever scores a 50.

Well he's averaging 73.75 so far so that's not too bad

When is one of my players going to play for England

I'm guessing Adler and Stafford are pretty close and Pears will probably make it next season or the season after.

 

[hedger_14]

24th August 2011
Worcestershire vs Gloucestershire
County Championship - D2​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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


Gloucestershire

1. William Porterfield
2. Kadeer Ali
3. David Hussey
4. Alex Gidman
5. Steve Snell?
6. Nick Collyner
7. Ben Jansen
8. Brian Snow
9. Richard Dawson
10. Steven Kirby
11. Anthony Ireland


Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat first


Worcestershire - 422/8 dec.

Jeff Norris 167 (196)
Stuart Adler 79 (99)
Stephen Moore 74 (144)

Anthony Ireland 3/90 (17)
Richard Dawson 3/93 (24)


Gloucestershire - 354 all out

Steve Snell 74 (100)
Kadeer Ali 66 (119)
Ben Jansen 48 (92)
Nick Collyner 47 (60)

Calvin Flowers 7/74 (25.4)
Jeff Norris 1/31 (9)


Worcestershire - 202 all out

Daryl Mitchell 90 (188)
Stuart Adler 40 (60)

Anthony Ireland 4/46 (13)
Brian Snow 2/40 (19)
Steven Kirby 2/44 (18)


Gloucestershire - 271/7

Alex Gidman 106* (179)
Steve Snell 74 (109)

Boyd Rankin 5/76 (20)
David Wheeldon 2/46 (8)


Gloucestershire won by 3 wickets


MOTM:

Jeff Norris (167, 19, 1/31, 0/36 and 1 catch)


Points:

Gloucestershire 22
Worcestershire 8


Comments:

████, they chased down 270 in only 72 overs, what I wouldn't think they'd be able to do. Flowers bowled like ████, not taking a wicket in 13 overs. Norris played one of the best knocks you'll ever see though. He struggled to get going early on but then started to move along nicely before he finally got to his first century, coming off about 135 balls. He then fired away hitting some lovely drives and pull shots as he scored 167 off only 196 balls, his last 60 odd runs coming at that run a ball rate, a stunning knock from the young batsman. He also hit 23 fours and 3 sixes in that huge innings, and only played and missed at one ball before he edged Anthony Ireland to Jansen at slip who would have been kicking himself if he hadn't caugth it after letting him get going going for 37 runs in his 3 overs and that sparked Norris's innings.

Adler continues his great form meanwhile, having got a start in 11 off his last 12 innings (all formats), and a lowest score of 40 in his last 7 FC innings. He's now scored 1656 FC runs @ 61.33 in his career.

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Unicorns
Challenge Trophy - group match
20th August 2011​

Teams:

Worcestershire

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

Unicorns

1. Michael O'Shea
2. Duncan Snell
3. Zoheb Sharif
4. Chris Murtagh
5. Josh Knappett?
6. Jackson Thompson
7. Arfan Akram
8. Tom Mees
9. Dave Burton
10. Chris Peploe
11. Carl Greenidge

Toss:

Unicorns won the toss, and chose to bowl first.

Match:

Worcestershire - 252 for 3 (40 overs)

Daryl Mitchell 69 (89)
Jeet Raval 56 (62)
Moeen Ali 44* (27)
Eric Matthews 44* (32)

Unicorns - 151 all out (24.2 overs)

Luke Wright 3-14 (3)
Imran Arif 2-33 (3)

Result:

Worcestershire win by 101 runs

Points:

Worcestershire 2
Unicorns 0

MOTM:

Daryl Mitchell (69 off 89 and 1 for 6 from 1 over)

Reaction:

Another good OD performance again takes the sourness away from our horrid FC form.

I decided to mix the batting up a bit without two first team regulars in Darbon (International duty) and Solanki (Injured). These changes more or less worked, with decent contributions from everyone who batted.

Richardson's now gone down with injury, and like Solanki it was from playing in the highly intense second team competition.

In T20 international news, Darbon's quickfire 21 off 16 balls batting at six has helped England sneak home against India by three runs.