Commentary Thread

[voldemort]

Wijenayake got out in the second over after hitting a 13 off 7... SO its Murphy and Dharmasena in...

End of Over 3: 26-1, runrate=8.67, reqrunrate=1.83 (111-10)
Wijesinghe 2-0-15-0
Dharmasena* 8 (7 balls)
Murphy 5 (4 balls)

 

[surendar]

Well, till now goin on the right track,

End of Over 7: 44-0, runrate=6.29, reqrunrate=2.81 (164-10)
Alshaun 4-0-23-0
Rampaul* 28 (25 balls)
Folds 14 (17 balls)

 

[handsome]

3.3 W Ghandi to Padayachie
More spin than a party political broadcast. Ghandi has made a monkey of Padayachie with that one!
3.2 1 Ghandi to Salahuddin
Played back down the track. Long off running in to field.
3.1 . Ghandi to Salahuddin
Salahuddin wants to hit out, but fails to read the spin. Paki can't gather in time to trouble him. Was that a genuine stumping chance?

End of Over 3: 24-0, runrate=8.00, reqrunrate=4.85 (251-7)
Hamed 2-0-12-0
Salahuddin* 3 (6 balls)
Padayachie 16 (12 balls)

There goes my best batsman. Now the debutants take the crease.

 

[aussie1st]

That's a good start handsome.

I see you put Murphy at 3, Voldy

 

[surendar]

You need partnership handy... and voldy,it shd be over soon as just 80+ is needed

And some smashings,

7.4 	[B]4	[/B]Govender to Folds
 	 	Wonderful shot! It was a length delivery, just outside the off stump. With little room to work in, Folds opens the blade, waits for the ball to arrive, and late cuts it past Ali's gloves!
8.3 	[B]3	[/B]Alshaun to Folds
 	 	Folds works that nicely off his legs for two....oh dear, wild throw to the non-striker's end by Govender, and one overthrow is the result.
8.2 	[B]4[/B]	Alshaun to Folds
 	 	He's hit that cleanly. That didn't seem to be anything more than a push down the ground.
8.6 	[B]4[/B]	Alshaun to Rampaul
 	 	Alshaun overpitches on the leg, nonchalantly clipped away through vacant square leg, easy boundary.

And scorecard at the end of 9 Overs,

End of Over 9: 67-0, runrate=7.44, reqrunrate=2.39 (164-10)
Alshaun 5-0-37-0
Folds* 28 (23 balls)
Rampaul 37 (31 balls)

 

[voldemort]

6.2 W Wijesinghe to Dharmasena
Dharmasena hammers that one, but Manjula foils him and takes a great catch deep on the boundary.

Not looking good...

At least Naidoo and Murphy look to be in good touch...

End of Over 8: 54-2, runrate=6.75, reqrunrate=1.38 (111-10)
Rupusinghe 4-0-25-1
Naidoo* 10 (8 balls)
Murphy 17 (19 balls)

Murphy rules

8.5 4 Wijesinghe to Murphy
The fielder isn't stopping that one.

End of Over 9: 62-2, runrate=6.89, reqrunrate=1.22 (111-10)
Wijesinghe 5-0-37-1
Murphy* 23 (23 balls)
Naidoo 12 (10 balls)

 

[surendar]

And fifty for Rampaul...

12.1 3 Alshaun to Rampaul
Pitched up and driven nicely through extra cover. Long chase for Singh lali who just cuts the ball off inside the rope, but not before the batsmen have run three.
And that's his fifty! Well played.

So after 13 Overs,

End of Over 13: 95-0, runrate=7.31, reqrunrate=1.89 (164-10)
Alshaun 7-0-55-0
Rampaul* 51 (42 balls)
Folds 41 (37 balls)

 

[voldemort]

End of Over 10: 70-2, runrate=7.00, reqrunrate=1.05 (111-10)
Rupusinghe 5-0-33-1
Naidoo* 15 (13 balls)
Murphy 28 (26 balls)

steady, match should be over before i go to school...

11.2 4 Rangana to Murphy
Rangana bangs it in short outside off stump. At his pace the ball just sits up and begs to be hit, and Murphy obliges with an authoritative pull through mid on for four.

I believe he can play for all league and cup matches until he meets a better opponent...

 

[surendar]

And fifty for Folds too.... Also 100 runs partnership :happy

16.1 2 Islam to Folds
Folds tickles it to third man. They look like olympic sprinters there, two runs. Time for a dope test.
And that's his fifty! Well played.

Immediately a massive SIX!!!

16.2 6 Islam to Folds
My goodness, what a shot. The ball is pitched a lot shorter, Folds is on the backfoot and has lofted it over deep mid wicket. Fantastic scenes here!

Scorecard at the moment,

End of Over 17: 115-0, runrate=6.76, reqrunrate=1.52 (164-10)
Islam 2-0-14-0
Folds* 58 (52 balls)
Rampaul 53 (51 balls)

 

[voldemort]

End of Over 17: 107-2, runrate=6.29, reqrunrate=0.15 (111-10)

Almost there...

Did i forget to mention that they have an abysmal/worthless bowling attack?

17.1 4 Rangana to Murphy
Murphy opens his stance and drives over Rupusinghe standing in the covers. That's four!

1 run to win...

 

[surendar]

Rampaul goes...

20.3 W Islam to Rampaul
Rampaul attempts to steal a run from Moodley at point, but Moodley is too quick for him and throws down the stumps at the bowler's end. Rampaul is run out.

A good century partnership coming to an end,

End of Over 21: 126-1, runrate=6.00, reqrunrate=1.34 (164-10)
Islam 4-0-21-0
Malik* 1 (3 balls)
Folds 66 (65 balls)
Last Wicket: Rampaul Run Out 55 (FOW: 125/1)

 

[aussie1st]

You have a decent opening combo there, too bad you weren't able to win the toss and bat.

 

[surendar]

Yeah, i wanted to bat first this game!

Well, some smashings from Folds,

21.6 6 Singh lali to Folds
Singh lali bowls a half-tracker, and appropriately Folds dispatches it into outer space, anything less would've been an insult to the quality of the delivery.
23.1 4 Singh lali to Folds
When Folds hits them, they stay hit.

Then he got dismissed for 81

25.1 W Singh lali to Folds
Flicks a full pitched delivery straight to Islam at short midwicket. Lazy shot and a good catch!

And thats it... all over, Winning runs,

28.6 1 Islam to Malik
Angled in, on the back foot worked around to deep backward square leg.

So Hunting Tigers win by 8 wickets! :happy

And that's the end of the match. HuntingTigers won by 8 wickets.
Lucknow CC 164-10
HuntingTigers 165-2

Malik* 16 (24 balls)
Alshaun 8 (12 balls)

 

[handsome]

End of Over 34: 191-1, runrate=5.62, reqrunrate=3.81 (251-7)
Malik 7-0-31-0
Thorpe* 61 (78 balls)
Salahuddin 102 (114 balls)

Last Wicket: Padayachie b. Ghandi 16 (FOW: 25/1)


33.6 . Malik to Salahuddin
Shortish ball just outside off stump. It cuts back a mile and is just wide of the top of off stump. Through to Paki.
33.5 4 Malik to Salahuddin
Oh dear, Paki can't cut that off and the crowd are giving him some stick. Oh, now that's not fair! I happen to know he actually has big bones and there are plenty of pies left in the pavilion.
And that's a century for Salahuddin! Well played indeed Sir!

That was a great partnership upto now by by new players. We can have a win now . This is my first cup match. I'm a minnow almost.

 

[aussie1st]

It's pretty easy to chase 270 odd totals. The guy you are playing is probably another noob or a bot.