Story Brendon vs Callum vs Jono - A Worcestershire Battle

[hedger_14]

Aah, yes. Why do you think I got dominated in my last match. Imran Arif was injured so he couldn't repeat his great performance in the first OD match. I'll start playing my match now.

 

[CG123]

Out of my four CC matches, there's a 99% chance I would have won two of them if they had gone on for an extra day each. -_-

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Useless Shakib is now back as well...
He better make an impact this time round.

 

[Chewie]

Shakib's better than Jacques for me

 

[hedger_14]

4th May 2010
Worcestershire vs Leicestershire
County Championship -D2​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Phil Jaques
2. Daryl Mitchell
3. Vikram Solanki*
4. Alex Kervezee
5. Moeen Ali
6. David Wheeldon
7. Ben Cox?
8. Gareth Andrew
9. Matthew Mason
10. Alan Richardson
11. Jack Shantry


Leicestershire

1. James Benning
2. Jacques du Toit
3. James Taylor
4. Andrew McDonald
5. Tom New
6. William Jefferson
7. Matthew Boyce
8. Joel Pope?
9. Nadeem Malik
10. Matthew Hoggard
11. Andrew Harris


Imran Arif was again unable to play, stating he would be fit for the second day but I was not allowed to play him as I would have and just used him for Day 2 and beyond. No changes were made to the side. We really needed to beat Leicestershire but wouldn't be surprised at all if we got hammered.


Toss:

Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat first


Leicestershire - 336 all out

James Benning 92 (177)
Andrew McDonald 69 (116)

Matthew Mason 4/48 (25)
Alan Richardson 3/75 (23)


Worcestershire - 245 all out

Phil Jaques 64 (142)
Daryl Mitchell 49 (142)

Andrew McDonald 4/66 (27)
James Taylor 2/27 (7)


Leicestershire - 304/5 declared

James Taylor 110 (160)
Andrew McDonald 64 (104)

Jack Shantry 3/61 (18)
Gareth Andrew 2/60 (11)


Worcestershire - 234/4

Phil Jaques 107* (284)
Daryl Mitchell 37 (101)

Matthew Hoggard 2/35 (18)


Match Drawn


Points:

Leicestershire 9
Worcestershire 7


MOTM:

Andrew McDonald (69, 64, 4/66 and 1/59)


Comments:

A drawn match and I guess a fair result. Wasn't a bad batting effort at the top of the order although the rest of the batsman pretty much failed. We managed to bat out the entire final day to salvage a draw thanks to Jaques' century but the bowling performance was pretty poor and shows how much we need Arif.

 

[CG123]

Are one of us ever going to win a CC match?

County Championship

| . P . | . W . | . L . | . D . | . Bat . | . Bwl . | . Pts . Callum |

4​

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0​

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0​

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4​

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8​

|

9​

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29​

Jono |

4​

|

0​

|

2​

|

2​

|

9​

|

9​

|

24​

Brendon. |

4​

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0​

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3​

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1​

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3​

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8​

|

14​

Challenge Trophy

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

2​

|

1​

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1​

|

0​

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0​

|

2​

Callum |

2​

|

0​

|

2​

|

0​

|

0​

|

0​

Jono |

2​

|

0​

|

2​

|

0​

|

0​

|

0​

 

[TDTF]

Shakib's better than Jacques for me

100% agreement here, i highly rate Jacques but he never produced for me :doh

 

[hedger_14]

I tell you. The small mistakes irritate me the most. It is Jaques, not Jacques.

 

[Chewie]

Oh wow I've never realised that. I've been spelling it wrong for all these years

 

[TDTF]

I tell you. The small mistakes irritate me the most. It is Jaques, not Jacques.

Jaques plays even worse than Jacques !

TDTF added 3 Minutes and 36 Seconds later...

Anyhow, Me and Chewie where talking about Jacques (Kallis) :sarcasm

 

[CG123]

Worcestershire vs Glamorgan
Challenge Trophy - group match
9th May 2010​

Teams:

Worcestershire

1. Vikram Solanki*
2. Daryl Mitchell
3. Moeen Ali
4. Alex Kervezee
5. Fail Al Hasan
6. Shaaiq Choudhry
7. Jack Manuel
8. Imran Arif
9. Ben Cox?
10. Matthew Mason
11. Alan Richardson

Glamorgan

1. Mark Cosgrove
2. Gareth Rees
3. Jamie Dalrymple*
4. Mike Powell
5. Jim Allenby
6. Tom Maynard
7. William Bragg?
8. James Harris
9. Adam Shantry
10. David Harrison
11. Dean Cosker

Toss:

Worcestershire won the toss, and chose to bowl first.

Match:

Glamorgan - 247 for 8 (40 overs)

Jamie Dalrymple 101 (84)
Mike Powell 44 (61)

Alan Richardson 2-39 (8)
Matthew Mason 2-44 (8)
Imran Arif 2-60 (8)

Worcestershire - 114 all out (29.4 overs)

Moeen Ali 33 (37)
That was about it...

James Harris 4-22 (8)
Dean Cosker 4-29 (6.4)

Result:

Glamorgan win by 133 runs

Points:

Glamorgan 2
Worcestershire 0

MOTM:

Jamie Dalrymple (101 runs off 84 balls)

Reaction:

Do you actually expect me to write something after that flingen ████ performance?

Guess what, "Fail Al Hasan" is now averaging five with the bat in six innings, and over 35 with the ball.

* Says "fling you" to all the Worcestershire players, and walks off. *

 

[Chewie]

:laugh He's in really bad form for you. That was quite a massive loss against one of the worst teams Hopefully I fare better

 

[CG123]

I think they're the third worst team, just above us and Leicestershire.

If he gets injured, will I be able to play Jaques?

CG123 added 0 Minutes and 18 Seconds later...

Also I just got another injury...

 

[Chewie]

I think so. You should just bowl him a lot and push him heaps

 

[CG123]

Our next match is a OD match against my favourite team, Lancashire.
If Anderson's playings, he's just going to rip us apart.

 

[Chewie]

9th May 2010
Worcestershire vs Glamorgan
Challenge Troph - Group Match​

Playing XI’s

Worcestershire

1. Daryl Mitchell
2. Vikram Solanki*†
3. Moeen Ali
4. Neil Pinner
5. Ben Smith
6. Alex Kervezee
7. Shakib Al Hasan
8. David Wheeldon
9. Imran Arif
10. Matthew Mason
11. Alan Richardson


Glamorgan

1. Mark Cosgrove
2. Gareth Rees
3. Jamie Dalrymple*
4. Jim Allenby
5. Tom Maynard
6. David Brown
7. Mark Wallace†
8. Robert Croft
9. James Harris
10. Adam Shantry
11. David Harrison
​

We went into this match with a shuffled batting lineup due to Jaques leaving and Shakib returning.

I won the toss and decided to chuck them onto the crease. After 7 dot balls in a row, they opened their scoring with an absolutely massive six to break the shackles. Boundaries were soon coming thick and fast with Richardson the only economical bowler. Even spin couldn't slow the run rate with both spinners going at over 10 an over. Eventually Cosgrove fell in the 21st over with the score on 136. The runs didn't stop flowing however, as Dalrymple continued from where Cosgrove stopped. Shakib came back for another spell which, while still expensive, managed to contain the wickets of Rees and Allenby. The ball after taking Allenby's wicket, Maynard was put down, in a drop that would prove costly. Richardson managed to take Dalrymple's wicket in the last over, but it was more consolationary than anything than anything, as they finished on 294/4, with Maynard unbeaten on 63(33).

If we wanted any chance to win, we would have to go out and play this almost as if it was a t20. Matters were not helped as despite a six being hit first ball, Solanki was out for a duck, and Mitchell followed him next ball. Smith and Ali put on a good partnership, before Smith fell during the bowling powerplay. Ali followed shortly after and it looked as if we were going to get beaten by more than a hundred runs easily. Arif and Mason had other ideas however, with Arif scoring an incredible 64 from 50 balls, and Mason hitting 46 from 21. 24 runs were needed from the last two overs with Arif and Richardson still in, but Arif fell to Allenby, as we lost by 23 runs. An amazing match, but one that we could have bowled much better in.

Glamorgan won by 23 runs​