Commentary Thread

[handsome]

End of Over 27: 120-1, runrate=4.44
Brookfield 4-0-11-0
Brooks* 14 (29 balls)
Pitcher 57 (72 balls)

Last Wicket: Crossley c. Collis b. Green 40 (FOW: 92/1)

Waiting anxiously for a wicket.

 

[Gilly Fan]

Just what Syl wanted. But I got it! 5 dot balls and then 4 off the last ball.

40.6 4 Poole to Saich
Beautiful cover drive races to the fence. That's four runs for Saich. You won't see a better shot today.

End of Over 41: 214-3, runrate=5.22, reqrunrate=5.00 (258-10)
Poole 6-0-41-0
Cohen* 37 (45 balls)
Saich 33 (43 balls)

Last Wicket: Barraclough c & b. Dangasela 36 (FOW: 144/3)

 

[aussie1st]

Also Syl, why did you bring Steele down the order? Isn't he a opener for you if i had remembered correct!

Just not good enough against these better teams. If anything I should have played Germon as opener as hes in better form.

39.1 4 Shaka to Quintus
Cracking shot for four by Quintus, Ashdown had barely moved by the time the ball slammed into the fence.
39.6 4 Shaka to Shorey
Overpitched and Shorey walks into that one with an exceptionally elegant straight drive which cuts between the men at mid off and mid on.

End of Over 40: 210-5, runrate=5.25, reqrunrate=8.70 (296-1)
Shaka 10-1-43-3
Quintus* 77 (89 balls)
Shorey 6 (12 balls)
Last Wicket: Steele b. Shaka 0 (FOW: 198/5)

 

[Gilly Fan]

And 9 runs off the next over.

End of Over 42: 223-3, runrate=5.31, reqrunrate=4.50 (258-10)
Dangasela 9-0-36-1
Cohen* 44 (49 balls)
Saich 35 (45 balls)

Last Wicket: Barraclough c & b. Dangasela 36 (FOW: 144/3)

Game over, red rover, Syl. 2 more wickets.
Bad luck.

 

[aussie1st]

Should have it now Sean.

There goes my faint hope last remaining batter leaves.

40.3 W Holland to Shorey
'HOWZAT!' as the dull thud of the batsman's pad is heard.

40.5 W Holland to Sam
On his toes and off he goes! Holland delivers a perfect yorker and Sam is back in the pavilion!

End of Over 41: 213-7, runrate=5.20, reqrunrate=9.33 (296-1)
Holland 6-0-25-2
Quintus* 80 (91 balls)
Clayden 0 (1 balls)
Last Wicket: Sam b. Holland 0 (FOW: 213/7)

 

[Gilly Fan]

And another for you Syl. A BT collapse for you.

End of Over 43: 227-3, runrate=5.28, reqrunrate=4.57 (258-10)
Poole 7-0-45-0
Saich* 37 (49 balls)
Cohen 46 (51 balls)

Last Wicket: Barraclough c & b. Dangasela 36 (FOW: 144/3)

I think I'm in the box seat now.

 

[aussie1st]

Yep knew this was going to happen when I lost those 2 early wickets.

43.2 W Fowler to Hamed
Charges the delivery, struck in the air but not very far, Hanson takes the catch at mid wicket a few metres inside the circle.

 

[Gilly Fan]

43.4 4 Dangasela to Cohen
Short and on his hips. Flicked away for four.
And that's his fifty! Well played.

And 11 from that over.

End of Over 44: 238-3, runrate=5.41, reqrunrate=3.50 (258-10)
Dangasela 10-0-46-1
Saich* 41 (52 balls)
Cohen 52 (54 balls)

Last Wicket: Barraclough c & b. Dangasela 36 (FOW: 144/3)

And 9 runs from the next over.

44.3 4 Poole to Saich
That one is short down off and Saich has chipped it over second slip for four. If you're going to bowl there you need a third man.

End of Over 45: 247-3, runrate=5.49, reqrunrate=2.40 (258-10)
Poole 8-0-54-0
Saich* 48 (56 balls)
Cohen 54 (56 balls)

Last Wicket: Barraclough c & b. Dangasela 36 (FOW: 144/3)

 

[aussie1st]

Good win for Brett.

44.1 W Holland to Hitish
Defensive shot by Hitish goes terribly wrong. The ball flicks the outside edge and goes through to Dudgeon for an easy catch.

And that's the end of the match. Aussie Beltas won by 72 runs.
Aussie Beltas 296-1
Baggy Blues 224-10


End of Over 45: 224-10, runrate=4.98
Holland 7-0-31-3
Quintus* 84 (96 balls)

 

[angryangy]

Well my PC league match started a long time back. We won the toss and elected to field.

In one stage, they were, End of Over 45: 198-3, runrate=4.40.

Then a hattrick by Clarke,

45.4     W    Clarke to Sheppard
          In the air .... and out!
45.3     W    Clarke to Glasser
          Goes for the big shot but doesn't connect well. Good catch by Malik running round from square leg.
45.2     W    Clarke to Hamed
          Wicket! Hamed hammers the ball to mid off, but he hasn't got on top of it, and it's an easy catch for Love. He didn't have to move for that one.

In very next over, Hamed got another hattrick,

46.5     W    Hamed to Cable
          Cable has a backlift like an octopus falling out of a tree; all over the place. No wonder it's gone straight through him. Clean bowled.
46.4     W    Hamed to Miah
          Goodness me! The batsmen have collided while taking the single, what a simple run out for the fielding side.
46.3     W    Hamed to Mametsa
          What an excellent shot! No, Clarke has salmoned him at short extra cover!

Two hattricks in successive overs and they collapsed to 203 It reminds me the typical Windies collapse

But in chasing, my batsmen struggled to the top bowling opponents. Batsmen were completely clueless :


But very much happy with our bowling department to restrict them for 203 inspite of our poor batting!

Two hat tricks in two overs is just retarded. Just as well I didn't name a team as experimenting with the top could have been disaster.

 

[Gilly Fan]

45.5 W Binnion to Saich
Well stumped! Saich was just out of his ground, but a smart piece of glovework from Malik sends him back to the pavilion.

Saich falls.

45.6 4 Binnion to Bridges
Rocks back and pulls to deep backward square.

And Bridges hits a 4 first balls.

End of Over 46: 255-4, runrate=5.54, reqrunrate=1.00 (258-10)
Binnion 8-0-43-2
Cohen* 56 (58 balls)
Bridges 4 (1 balls)

Last Wicket: Saich st. Malik b. Binnion 50 (FOW: 251/4)

And then Bridges hits the winning 4.

46.2 4 Poole to Bridges
Full delivery, picked up over the umpire and long on chasing in vain.

And that's the end of the match. Gillys Demolition Team won by 6 wickets.
Gamer XI 258-10
Gillys Demolition Team 260-4


End of Over 47: 260-4, runrate=5.53
Poole 8-0-59-0
Cohen* 57 (59 balls)
8 (2 balls)

Howzat for a strike rate? 400!

Btw, bad luck Syl. Brett was too strong.

 

[handsome]

End of Over 33: 137-1, runrate=4.15
Willem 7-0-36-0
Brooks* 20 (55 balls)
Pitcher 63 (85 balls)

Last Wicket: Crossley c. Collis b. Green 40 (FOW: 92/1)

Need a wicket very badly now

 

[Gilly Fan]

Gillys Demolition Team v Gamer XI (1198375)Date: 22/07/2007 Ground: Gilly's Demolition Ground 
Pitch: Flat Weather:  
 
Gamer XI won the toss and elected to bat. 
First Innings of: Gamer XI  
Name   Runs Balls 4s 6s 
Burns   b. Alnwick 59 79 6 0 
Malik (+)  b. Longrigg 15 33 0 1 
Carruthers (*)  b. Tahir 1 9 0 0 
Singh lali  c. Bridges b. Charlton 93 102 11 1 
Gardner  lbw  b. Charlton 8 14 0 0 
Hamed  lbw  b. Caskey 46 37 5 1 
Poole  lbw  b. Caskey 0 2 0 0 
Binnion  lbw  b. Longrigg 1 7 0 0 
Schalk  c. Cohen b. Caskey 0 1 0 0 
Mohammed  not  out 1 2 0 0 
Dangasela  c. Alnwick b. Caskey 0 2 0 0 
Extras (17b, 8lb, 3w, 6nb) 34  
Total (47.0 overs, 10 wickets) 258  
 
FOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Total 34 43 140 173 247 252 257 257 258 258 
Batsman Out 2 3 1 5 4 7 8 6 9 11 
 
Name O M R W nb wd 
Longrigg 8 1 29 2 1 0 
Caskey 9 1 49 4 1 1 
Tahir 10 0 51 1 0 0 
Alnwick 10 0 47 1 3 2 
Charlton 10 0 57 2 1 0 

First Innings of: Gillys Demolition Team (play as normal)  
Name   Runs Balls 4s 6s 
Vusi  c. Malik b. Schalk 63 82 4 0 
Riley   b. Binnion 36 34 4 0 
Barraclough  c. &  b. Dangasela 36 47 4 0 
Cohen (*) not  out 57 59 2 1 
Saich  st. Malik b. Binnion 50 59 4 0 
Bridges (+) not  out 8 2 2 0 
Charlton        
Alnwick        
Caskey        
Longrigg        
Tahir        
Extras (1b, 2lb, 2w, 5nb) 10  
Total (46.2 overs, 4 wickets) 260  
 
FOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Total 78 138 144 251       
Batsman Out 2 1 3 5       
 
Name O M R W nb wd 
Binnion 8 0 43 2 1 0 
Poole 8.2 0 59 0 0 0 
Mohammed 10 0 53 0 2 1 
Schalk 10 0 56 1 0 0 
Dangasela 10 0 46 1 2 1

I'm very happy with the way Longrigg bowled.

Vusi batted well.

Reporter's Summary 
 Gillys Demolition Team Gamer XI 
Top Order: feeble woeful 
Middle Order: woeful woeful 
Lower Order: worthless worthless 
Seam Bowling: feeble woeful 
Spin Bowling: woeful woeful 
Fielding: woeful woeful 
 
MOTM: Vusi

 

[aussie1st]

Report summary shows not much in it but his bowling certainly was better by a fair bit.

Reporter's Summary
Aussie Beltas Baggy Blues
Top Order: respectable competent
Middle Order: feeble mediocre
Lower Order: worthless abysmal
Seam Bowling: competent mediocre
Spin Bowling: mediocre mediocre
Fielding: feeble woeful

 

[handsome]

End of Over 39: 159-1, runrate=4.08
Willem 10-1-39-0
Pitcher* 68 (103 balls)
Brooks 35 (74 balls)

Last Wicket: Crossley c. Collis b. Green 40 (FOW: 92/1)

Need a wicket now....