Commentary Thread

[Gilly Fan]

Well Done mate. You deserve it. I really under estimated you. I should've done some research. I hope this is the start of bigger and better things in this tournament for you.

And that's the end of the match. Kloof XI won by 8 wickets.
Gillys Demolition Team 136-10
Kloof XI 137-2


End of Over 30: 137-2, runrate=4.57
Caskey 4-1-19-0
Saxby* 81 (93 balls)
27 (46 balls)

Kloof XI v Gillys Demolition Team (1200229)
Date: 	29/07/2007 	Ground: 	Kloof XI CG
Pitch: 	Green 	Weather: 	[partially cloud]
Kloof XI won the toss and elected to field.
First Innings of: Gillys Demolition Team (play as normal)
Name 			Runs 	Balls 	4s 	6s
Bridges (+) 		b. Cudworth 	9 	13 	1 	0
Myall (*) 	st. Lawlor 	b. Cudworth 	4 	7 	0 	0
Barraclough 		b. Cudworth 	0 	2 	0 	0
Riley 	c. Lawlor 	b. Gibson 	38 	59 	1 	0
Saich 	c. Kanelo 	b. Gibson 	29 	46 	1 	0
Vusi 	c. & 	b. Van niekerk 	21 	30 	1 	0
Handbury 	lbw 	b. Van niekerk 	1 	8 	0 	0
Lisbie 		b. Cudworth 	13 	36 	1 	1
Caskey 	not 	out 	9 	19 	0 	0
Longrigg 	lbw 	b. Lawrence 	3 	4 	0 	0
Tahir 		b. Cudworth 	2 	6 	0 	0
Extras (2b, 0lb, 2w, 3nb) 	7 	
Total (37.5 overs, 10 wickets) 	136 	
FOW 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10
Total 	13 	13 	14 	62 	90 	94 	107 	126 	132 	136
Batsman Out 	1 	3 	2 	5 	4 	7 	6 	8 	10 	11
Name 	O 	M 	R 	W 	nb 	wd
Lawrence 	9 	0 	42 	1 	1 	0
Cudworth 	8.5 	0 	34 	5 	1 	0
Heath 	10 	0 	32 	0 	0 	1
Gibson 	5 	0 	13 	2 	0 	0
Van niekerk 	5 	2 	13 	2 	1 	1

First Innings of: Kloof XI
Name 			Runs 	Balls 	4s 	6s
Saxby 	not 	out 	81 	93 	6 	1
Branch (*) 	lbw 	b. Tahir 	25 	33 	0 	1
Kanelo 	c. Bridges 	b. Handbury 	2 	7 	0 	0
Taggart 	not 	out 	27 	46 	1 	1
Walker 						
Lawlor (+) 						
Van niekerk 						
Heath 						
Gibson 						
Lawrence 						
Cudworth 						
Extras (1b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 	2 	
Total (29.4 overs, 2 wickets) 	137 	
FOW 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10
Total 	58 	61 								
Batsman Out 	2 	3 								
Name 	O 	M 	R 	W 	nb 	wd
Tahir 	7 	0 	38 	1 	1 	0
Lisbie 	5 	0 	18 	0 	0 	0
Handbury 	5 	0 	24 	1 	0 	0
Longrigg 	8 	0 	37 	0 	0 	0
Caskey 	4.4 	1 	19 	0 	0 	0

Reporter's Summary
	Kloof XI 	Gillys Demolition Team
Top Order: 	feeble 	feeble
Middle Order: 	woeful 	woeful
Lower Order: 	worthless 	worthless
Seam Bowling: 	woeful 	feeble
Spin Bowling: 	abysmal 	useless
Fielding: 	feeble 	woeful
MOTM: Cudworth

 

[voldemort]

End of Over 26: 109-6, runrate=4.19
Walters 3-0-8-2
Marasinghe* 57 (73 balls)
John 0 (1 balls)

I am off to a wonderful loss, marasinghe still in there surprisingly... tail exposed as well

 

[Wildwil]

Kloof XI won the toss and elected to field.
Pitch: Green
And that's the end of the match. Kloof XI won by 8 wickets.
Gillys Demolition Team 136-10
Kloof XI 137-2

Thanks Gilly. Good game mate. Hopefully I can come back in the tournament now.

 

[voldemort]

John is a woelf/comp

End of Over 33: 145-6, runrate=4.39
Lescott 10-1-54-0
Marasinghe* 69 (93 balls)
John 20 (26 balls)

 

[surendar]

Well, in the match against Jaz, his team was going well till the 42nd over,

End of Over 42: 160-1, runrate=3.81
Clarke 6-1-22-0
Nokwe* 49 (72 balls)
Watson 65 (122 balls)
Last Wicket: Moxey c & b. Hamed 30 (FOW: 58/1)

After that, wicket after wicket which includes 4 wickets in 6 balls

42.5 	[B]W[/B]	Hamed to Watson
 	 	Good work from Hamed. Caught and bowled.
44.4 	[B]W	[/B]Hamed to Nokwe
 	 	Bizarre catch by Rampaul! The slip fielder thought he had taken it but, as it dropped out of his hand, Rampaul made a fantastic dive to take the catch.
45.2 	[B]W	[/B]Clarke to Mckoy
 	 	Well that's a suicidal piece of running between the wickets. Mckoy really had no chance of making that run.
46.3 	[B]W[/B]	Hamed to Austin
 	 	Austin drives at that one and Field takes a simple catch at waist height. Great decision by the captain to place a fielder there.
48.5 	[B]W[/B]	Hamed to Lucas
 	 	Hamed manages to pitch it in the rough outside off stump. Oh and that's out ? clean bowled. An absoutely astonishing amount of turn there, pitching ouside off and coming back a very long way to dislodge leg.
49.1 	[B]W	[/B]Clarke to Lekgwathi
 	 	What a catch! Hamed plucked that one-handed from in front of a spectator.
49.3 	[B]W[/B]	Clarke to Wylie
 	 	He's gone for the big heave, but it's gone way up in the air. Baloch gets himself underneath it and pockets the chance with glee. Out!
49.4 	[B]W[/B]	Clarke to Hirst
 	 	That?s close, the umpire has signalled for the third umpire?? ooh, short by a whisker.

Hamed has finished with the figures of 10-1-40-5

So, scorecard...

End of Over 50: 210-9, runrate=4.20
Clarke 10-1-48-2
Sotho* 1 (2 balls)
Crabb 1 (1 balls)
Last Wicket: Hirst Run Out 0 (FOW: 209/9)

Lets see how this chasing goes on with 210 to get! My team failed to get 203 last time.. so have to be careful.. anything can happen

 

[Jaztheman]

It's a tight game Suren.

End of Over 1: 0-0, runrate=0.00, reqrunrate=4.31 (210-9)
Lekgwathi 1-1-0-0
Rampaul* 0 (0 balls)
Bartlett 0 (6 balls)

 

[voldemort]

End of Over 11: 39-1, runrate=3.55, reqrunrate=3.67 (181-10)
Aziz 6-2-20-1
Watling* 15 (19 balls)
Marsden 8 (10 balls)

connor still winning it...

11.2 4 John to Watling
Battered like a piece of fish. And Watling's scorecard goes +4.

arrgh...

 

[Jaztheman]

End of Over 9: 33-1, runrate=3.67, reqrunrate=4.34 (210-9)
Lekgwathi 5-1-8-0
Malik* 3 (4 balls)
Bartlett 13 (25 balls)
Last Wicket: Rampaul b. Sotho 16 (FOW: 28/1)

Great bowling so far.

 

[surendar]

Very crucial wicket of Rampaul, Jazz The openers are the one who set the game for my team in general... Now loads of pressure on Malik and Alshaun. Lets see...

11.1 6 Crabb to Malik
Malik shows no respect for Crabb and charges down the track and absolutely smashes it out of the ground. I don't think Crabb will be to happy with that delivery.

Brilliant SIX!!!

End of Over 12: 54-1, runrate=4.50, reqrunrate=4.13 (210-9)
Crabb 1-0-8-0
Malik* 13 (11 balls)
Bartlett 23 (36 balls)
Last Wicket: Rampaul b. Sotho 16 (FOW: 28/1)

 

[Jaztheman]

End of Over 14: 75-1, runrate=5.36, reqrunrate=3.78 (210-9)
Crabb 2-0-19-0
Bartlett* 30 (38 balls)
Malik 25 (21 balls)
Last Wicket: Rampaul b. Sotho 16 (FOW: 28/1)

if I can get htese two and then Alshaun I have a chance.

 

[surendar]

Some fireworks,

12.5 	[B]4[/B]	Lekgwathi to Malik
 	 	Yorker length and quick from Lekgwathi. Malik clips it past square leg and falls over in doing so, but still gets enough bat on it for four.
12.4 	[B]4[/B]	Lekgwathi to Malik
 	 	You don't always need a heavy bat to get four. Malik just opens the face and runs it down to third man.
13.1 	[B]6[/B]	Crabb to Bartlett
 	 	Onto the back foot, hoisted effortlessly over mid wicket into the stands and straight into the hands of Bartlett's dad. Great catch, sir!
13.3 	[B]4[/B]	Crabb to Malik
 	 	He's cantered down the pitch to that like a mad giraffe - unorthodox but it's certainly done the trick and keeps the scorers busy.

15.4 	[B]6[/B]	Crabb to Bartlett
 	 	Bartlett could be a hero if he keeps batting like this.

At the end of 16 overs,

End of Over 16: 92-1, runrate=5.75, reqrunrate=3.50 (210-9)
Crabb 3-0-32-0
Malik* 29 (26 balls)
Bartlett 43 (45 balls)
Last Wicket: Rampaul b. Sotho 16 (FOW: 28/1)

Brilliant fifty,

20.5 2 Austin to Bartlett
Short of a length on the stumps, Bartlett plays to the vacant mid wicket region, two runs taken.
And that's his fifty! Well played.

Malik responding with a SIX.. fantastic shot :happy

21.1 nb6 Hirst to Malik
no ball, Six runs. That almost hit us here in the commentary box!

Soon, Malik reaching his fifty in style with a boundary,

22.4 4 Austin to Malik
Pitched outside off stump, Malik opens the face of the bat and runs it down to the third man fence, well executed.
And that's his fifty! Well played.

At the moment,

End of Over 23: 124-1, runrate=5.39, reqrunrate=3.22 (210-9)
Austin 5-0-20-0
Bartlett* 52 (66 balls)
Malik 50 (49 balls)
Last Wicket: Rampaul b. Sotho 16 (FOW: 28/1)

 

[voldemort]

End of Over 32: 108-3, runrate=3.38, reqrunrate=4.11 (181-10)
Ilanganage 4-0-12-1
Foot* 0 (0 balls)
Watling 61 (105 balls)

either way...

End of Over 36: 123-3, runrate=3.42, reqrunrate=4.21 (181-10)
John 8-0-29-0
Watling* 70 (114 balls)
Foot 5 (15 balls)

The game is still in Connors court...

 

[surendar]

Everything on track for my team.. Bartlett do have very bad habbit of slowing down after a wonderful fifty,

End of Over 29: 151-1, runrate=5.21, reqrunrate=2.86 (210-9)
Austin 8-0-35-0
Bartlett* 61 (86 balls)
Malik 63 (66 balls)
Last Wicket: Rampaul b. Sotho 16 (FOW: 28/1)

 

[voldemort]

37.4 nb. John to Watling
no ball, Played and missed. Watling is looking about as comfortable as a man who has sat on a porcupine.
37.4 4 John to Watling
Driven beautifully down the ground for four.

Just what i need now...

Come one Aziz, its your last over, pull it all out now...

 

[surendar]

Malik departed which is what i wasn't expecting,

29.2 W Hirst to Malik
A bit of extra flight from Hirst has beaten Malik, which has given Watson an easy stumping.

Great innings coming to an end.. Well played Malik :hpraise Immediately, Alshaun explodes the bowlers right from the first ball

29.3 4 Hirst to Alshaun
Full ball on off stump which is driven away on the up for four.
29.6 4 Hirst to Alshaun
Hirst strays to the leg side and is punished, glanced very fine, too fine for Lekgwathi to stop from long leg.
30.2 6 Austin to Alshaun
Tries the yorker but instead serves up a knee-high full toss which is dispatched over the ropes on the off side. Dreadful bowling.
30.4 3 Austin to Alshaun
Alshaun has tried to hit over the top but didn?t middle it. He will still pick up a three though.

And scorecard at the moment,

End of Over 31: 170-2, runrate=5.48, reqrunrate=2.16 (210-9)
Austin 9-0-45-0
Alshaun* 17 (7 balls)
Bartlett 62 (90 balls)
Last Wicket: Malik st. Watson b. Hirst 63 (FOW: 152/2)

Well, now batsmen seems to be relaxing too much and playing.

Bartlett* 67 (112 balls)

The scorecard at the moment,

End of Over 36: 184-2, runrate=5.11, reqrunrate=1.93 (210-9)
Crabb 8-0-44-0
Bartlett* 67 (112 balls)
Alshaun 26 (15 balls)
Last Wicket: Malik st. Watson b. Hirst 63 (FOW: 152/2)

I would prefer to see this finishing off quickly rather than spending more time and relaxing