Commentary Thread

[aussie1st]

First 10 overs poor start from my new bowler Hitish

End of Over 10: 55-0, runrate=5.50, reqrunrate=6.23 (303-5)
Sam 5-0-28-0
Pollard* 26 (29 balls)
Bromby 27 (32 balls)

[Hitish 6-0-39-0]

Shorey is in awesome form

11.3 W Shorey to Pollard
That's a rocket! But it's hit right at Mohammed, he juggles it and makes the catch. Outstanding fielding!

Hitish is in business

12.4 W Hitish to Pedro
That's an absolute peach of a delivery, finds the edge, and Masibulele takes it at the second attempt.

After 20 overs

End of Over 20: 111-2, runrate=5.55, reqrunrate=6.43 (303-5)
Shorey 5-0-25-1
Sawyer* 15 (19 balls)
Bromby 50 (60 balls)
Last Wicket: Pedro c. Masibulele b. Hitish 5 (FOW: 75/2)

Mohammed is in business

20.2 W Mohammed to Bromby
He tries to paddle it onto the leg side, but he's bowled around his legs!

In again

24.3 W Mohammed to Bailey
Bailey pulls out the 1 wood and goes for the big drive. Unfortunately for him he hasn't made the ladies' tee and is caught at mid off by Shorey. Out.

Roberts showing he deserved his spot

25.3 W Roberts to Geldenhuys
Thin edge and gone. Great take by Masibulele, diving to his left!

Currently, nervous times game could go either way.

End of Over 37: 194-5, runrate=5.24, reqrunrate=8.46 (303-5)
Roberts 7-0-38-1
Sawyer* 68 (74 balls)
Reed 21 (32 balls)
Last Wicket: Geldenhuys c. Masibulele b. Roberts 0 (FOW: 130/5)

 

[surendar]

Really, it was 20-25 overs, which brought u right back to the victory path Syl.. You will win it

And in my game, Hamed strikes once again,

23.2 W Hamed to Chanderpaul
Folds with a brilliant save, I mean catch! Well saved... err... caught, my son, well caught indeed.

And Kadir has been bowling well too with 7-1-16-0 Scorecard,

End of Over 27: 81-6, runrate=3.00
Abdul kadir 7-1-16-0
Chanderpaul* 17 (27 balls)
Sagren 6 (19 balls)
Last Wicket: Chanderpaul c. Folds b. Hamed 7 (FOW: 71/6)

 

[aussie1st]

Very nice Suren

Disappointing end from Shorey and Roberts is proving very expensive.

38.3 6 Roberts to Reed
WOW! Charges down the wicket and smacks the ball so hard that it nearly takes the umpire's head off and travels straight to the fence without bouncing! SIX!

End of Over 40: 217-5, runrate=5.43, reqrunrate=8.70 (303-5)
Shorey 10-0-63-1
Sawyer* 80 (85 balls)
Reed 31 (39 balls)
Last Wicket: Geldenhuys c. Masibulele b. Roberts 0 (FOW: 130/5)

Will be a big test of how good my bowlers are.

 

[surendar]

Suprise to see Reed who was 21 from 32 to 31 from 39. One wicket now will do the trick.. Hope you get it Syl!

And in my match, Clarke striked for first time,

29.4 W Clarke to Chanderpaul
Chanderpaul shuffles across his stumps to a ball of fullish length from Clarke. Trapped plumb in front.

Scorecard atm,

End of Over 32: 101-7, runrate=3.16
Clarke 4-1-6-1
Dangasela* 9 (9 balls)
Sagren 7 (27 balls)
Last Wicket: Chanderpaul lbw b. Clarke 25 (FOW: 89/7)

 

[aussie1st]

Wickets are just tumbling now

41.5 W Roberts to Reed
Absolutely plumb! By the time the bowler looked back to the umpire, the finger was already up.

Mr Death in with 2

42.6 W Sam to Benamar
Plumb in front of middle peg. Benamar has to walk.

44.3 W Sam to Sutton
Gave himself some room, went for the pull, beats the bat and the stumps are rearranged.

End of Over 45: 242-8, runrate=5.38, reqrunrate=12.40 (303-5)
Sam 8-0-41-2
Elam* 1 (3 balls)
Sawyer 89 (96 balls)
Last Wicket: Sutton b. Sam 5 (FOW: 241/8)

 

[surendar]

Nice Syl... Thats what you needed exactly

And another run out,

33.6 W Clarke to Dangasela
As the batsman's outstretched bat tries to reach the line, the clatter of the bails signals he is dismissed.

Scorecard,

End of Over 34: 104-8, runrate=3.06
Clarke 5-2-6-1
Sagren* 8 (28 balls)
Chanderpaul 0 (0 balls)
Last Wicket: Dangasela Run Out 11 (FOW: 104/8)

 

[viral1991]

Robson played really well on debut! I am expecting something around 270 runs! Sagren should go on for a century!

End of Over 36: 166-3, runrate=4.61
Hitish	8-0-27-1
Sagren*	43 (44 balls)
Haishen	0 (0 balls)
Last Wicket: Robson c. Bhutia b. Hitish 54 (FOW: 166/3)

@Syl: You should win it now! That was a thrilling contest!
@Surendar : That should be a very easy win for you!

 

[surendar]

And one more wicket,

36.4 W Macdonald to Sagren
Sagren was mystified as the ball shot at him, he didn't have enough time to react and the ball strikes the middle of his pads, great bowling!

Just one more left

@ Viral : you might get even close to 300 i feel

 

[aussie1st]

Another wicket just can't get that last one which is disappointing.

45.4 W Hitish to Elam
Elam shuffles across his stumps to a ball of fullish length from Hitish. Trapped plumb in front.

End of Over 48: 260-9, runrate=5.42, reqrunrate=22.00 (303-5)
Hitish 9-0-54-2
Sawyer* 100 (105 balls)
Basham 6 (7 balls)
Last Wicket: Elam lbw b. Hitish 2 (FOW: 244/9)

And there it is, the Baggy Blues win their first ever league game.

48.3 W Sam to Basham
Thick edge and... taken by Masibulele. That was a great catch, Basham just looks on in disbelief.

And that's the end of the match. Baggy Blues won by 42 runs.
Baggy Blues 303-5
Yip Cabbage 261-10


End of Over 49: 261-10, runrate=5.33
Sam 9-0-49-3
Sawyer* 101 (106 balls)

 

[surendar]

Syl, you know something, you have won the game few mins back itself.. I think your server there is slow Congrads for the win

And thats it, Love finished it off :happy

37.6 W Love to Chanderpaul
Acrobatic catch from Folds there!

Yeah very acrobatic catch And their scorecard,

End of Over 38: 115-10, runrate=3.03
Love 9-0-34-3
Rampaul* 1 (3 balls)

So Hunting Tigers need 116 to win now :cool:

 

[Gilly Fan]

How good is this! I won my first match!
Last season I lost to the same team by 9 wickets. Today, I've returned the favor and wooped their backside!
They won the toss and elected to bat. After 32 overs they were 2-3/177.
They ended up on 8/280.
Caskey took 5/60. Longrigg chipped in as always with 2/46. I won by 6 wickets. In 43.3 overs!!!! Imagine what would have happened if I batted first! I could've made 350!

Here is the scorecard.

Real Payne United CC v Gillys Demolition Team (1134450)
Date: 	25/05/2007 	Ground: 	Real Payne United CG
Pitch: 	Green 	Weather: 	[sunny]
Real Payne United CC won the toss and elected to bat.
First Innings of: Real Payne United CC
Name 			Runs 	Balls 	4s 	6s
Burton m 	c. Bridges 	b. Lisbie 	51 	79 	3 	1
Warlow 	lbw 	b. Caskey 	1 	2 	0 	0
Blenkinsopp (*)(+) 	st. Bridges 	b. Longrigg 	101 	95 	4 	3
Fieldhouse 		b. Caskey 	40 	55 	1 	3
Lakhani 	c. Bridges 	b. Longrigg 	1 	4 	0 	0
Thackeray 	not 	out 	41 	38 	2 	1
Muralitharan 		b. Caskey 	20 	18 	1 	0
Habens 	lbw 	b. Caskey 	7 	6 	1 	0
Walton 	c. Saich 	b. Caskey 	0 	1 	0 	0
Walton 	not 	out 	7 	4 	0 	1
Oconnor 						
Extras (2b, 6lb, 1w, 2nb) 	11 	
Total (50.0 overs, 8 wickets) 	280 	
FOW 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10
Total 	8 	112 	185 	187 	211 	247 	257 	257 		
Batsman Out 	2 	1 	3 	5 	4 	7 	8 	9 		
Name 	O 	M 	R 	W 	nb 	wd
Handbury 	10 	0 	45 	0 	0 	0
Caskey 	10 	0 	60 	5 	0 	0
Longrigg 	10 	1 	46 	2 	2 	0
Lisbie 	10 	0 	80 	1 	0 	1
Tahir 	10 	1 	41 	0 	0 	0

First Innings of: Gillys Demolition Team (play as normal)
Name 			Runs 	Balls 	4s 	6s
Saich 		b. Thackeray 	93 	105 	9 	0
Myall 		b. Thackeray 	43 	43 	4 	1
Qadir (*) 		b. Thackeray 	61 	63 	5 	1
Cohen 	not 	out 	28 	25 	2 	0
Black 	st. Blenkinsopp 	b. Walton 	32 	25 	5 	0
Bridges (+) 	not 	out 	6 	4 	1 	0
Handbury 						
Caskey 						
Longrigg 						
Lisbie 						
Tahir 						
Extras (6b, 6lb, 2w, 4nb) 	18 	
Total (43.3 overs, 4 wickets) 	281 	
FOW 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10
Total 	84 	202 	217 	275 						
Batsman Out 	2 	1 	3 	5 						
Name 	O 	M 	R 	W 	nb 	wd
Walton 	7 	0 	52 	1 	1 	0
Habens 	10 	0 	67 	0 	0 	1
Muralitharan 	10 	0 	59 	0 	1 	0
Thackeray 	10 	1 	57 	3 	1 	0
Walton 	6.3 	0 	34 	0 	1 	1

 

[aussie1st]

Your bowlers do the job again Suren, hopefully you can get a 10 wicket win.

 

[viral1991]

 End of Over 41: 183-3, runrate=4.46
Abdul kadir	6-0-34-0
Sagren*	56 (59 balls)
Haishen	3 (15 balls)

Haishen seems to be in some problem here! But Sagren is going very well!


Thats a dominating performance, Suren! It should be very very easy win for you!

@Syl : That was a good win as well! Well done!

 

[surendar]

Yeah Viral, Haishen seems to have something distracting to stay calm in cruical last 10 overs Hope you cross 250-260!

And a promising start to the chase for my team,

0.1 4 Rampaul to Rampaul
You beauty, he has timed the pants off that delivery.
0.2 4 Rampaul to Rampaul
Beautiful shot. Just steered it past the cover fielder and the outfield did the rest. Four.
0.6 4 Rampaul to Folds
Slower delivery, picked up over mid on for the boundary.
1.2 4 Chanderpaul to Rampaul
Highly unorthodox and highly effective. Rampaul just carved that over backward point with no foot movement at all.

First two balls.... Two boundaries :happy Hope they continue

 

[aussie1st]

We both popped in top order

Reporter's Summary
	Baggy Blues 	Yip Cabbage
Top Order: 	mediocre mediocre
Middle Order: 	feeble 	feeble
Lower Order: 	abysmal worthless
Seam Bowling: 	feeble 	feeble
Spin Bowling: 	feeble 	feeble
Fielding: 	woeful 	feeble
MOTM: Chavhanga

I got his best 2 players out for a duck and 5 runs both were about 14000 in BT rating so quite happy with that

Awesome start Suren.
Hope you can defend your 250+ total, I have seen how hard they can be.