Commentary Thread

[Gilly Fan]

End of Over 17: 94-3, runrate=5.53, reqrunrate=2.76 (184-10)
Meechan 9-1-52-1
Saich* 34 (38 balls)
Myall 51 (45 balls)
Last Wicket: Bridges b. Meechan 6 (FOW: 12/3)

I've slowed down alot lately.

 

[aussie1st]

Wickets is the key for you.

Masi hits a 4 and Ray says you're not out doing me!

17.1 4 Faulkner to Masibulele
That is the sort of shot empires are built on. A fabulously well timed cover drive on the up which raced to the boundary like a rocket.
17.3 4 Faulkner to Ray
Oh dear! That was the longest of long hops from Faulkner and it got the treatment it deserved from Ray.

Star bowler is proving difficult to get away but wickets is what he needs.

End of Over 19: 109-0, runrate=5.74, reqrunrate=3.58 (219-10)
Hadland 3-1-5-0
Masibulele* 47 (57 balls)
Ray 61 (58 balls)

 

[Gilly Fan]

End of Over 24: 120-4, runrate=5.00, reqrunrate=2.50 (184-10)
Alshaun 2-0-8-0
Myall* 70 (61 balls)
Vusi 5 (14 balls)
Last Wicket: Saich b. Coleman 35 (FOW: 104/4)

Not a dead certainty yet.

End of Over 25: 125-4, runrate=5.00, reqrunrate=2.40 (184-10)
Dulay m 3-0-9-0
Myall* 71 (65 balls)
Vusi 6 (16 balls)
Last Wicket: Saich b. Coleman 35 (FOW: 104/4)

I'm going very slow. But oh well. As long as I win.

 

[aussie1st]

60 more you can do it.

Finally Masi gets his 50

20.2 4 Hadland to Masibulele
If that were timed any better they'd start making watches out of it.
And that's his fifty! Well played.

22.1 4 Hadland to Masibulele
Biffed through the covers! Full and wide and Masibulele drills it through the off side ring.

End of Over 23: 132-0, runrate=5.74, reqrunrate=3.26 (219-10)
Hadland 5-1-22-0
Ray* 69 (69 balls)
Masibulele 62 (70 balls)

 

[Gilly Fan]

Oh crap.

26.5 W Dulay m to Vusi
Vusi edges a ball on a good line and is given out.

End of Over 27: 127-5, runrate=4.70, reqrunrate=2.52 (184-10)
Dulay m 4-1-9-1
Myall* 72 (70 balls)
Handbury 0 (1 balls)
Last Wicket: Vusi c. Karthikeyan b. Dulay m 7 (FOW: 127/5)

Game over.

27.3 W Alshaun to Handbury
Great throw by Coleman, but it looks like Handbury's home. No! The umpire has ruled that he failed to ground his bat!

Bloody Battrick collapses

 

[Brett_Lee]

End of Over 23: 111-3, runrate=4.83, reqrunrate=5.81 (267-8)
Ryno 5-0-25-0
Thorp* 31 (42 balls)
Adams 23 (30 balls)

Last Wicket: Howard c. Maughan b. Shaka 27 (FOW: 61/3)

I am bowling

Here we go another wicket

23.3 W Fowler to Thorp
Thorp hasn't quite got all of this one. Hanson takes a comfortable catch in the deep. Fowler gets a breakthrough!

 

[Gilly Fan]

****!****!****!****!****!****!****!****!****!****!

28.2 W Dulay m to Myall
Launched high into the leg side where Luvoyo waits patiently a yard inside the rope at deep mid wicket. He pouches the ball with nonchalant ease.

Cya match.

End of Over 29: 128-7, runrate=4.41, reqrunrate=2.71 (184-10)
Dulay m 5-2-9-2
Lisbie* 0 (3 balls)
Caskey 0 (4 balls)
Last Wicket: Myall c. Luvoyo b. Dulay m 73 (FOW: 128/7)

Those 3 early wickets cost me.

 

[Gilly Fan]

29.4 W Alshaun to Caskey
Short pitched delivery, Caskey attempts to pull, thick top edge sends the ball straight up. Coleman stands under it and takes a comfortable catch.

Yeah...

 

[aussie1st]

Bowling just too good for you in the end

No batting for Chav again it seems.

End of Over 26: 137-0, runrate=5.27, reqrunrate=3.46 (219-10)
Shackell 3-0-6-0
Masibulele* 63 (72 balls)
Ray 72 (86 balls)

 

[Gilly Fan]

Why though? I've played bowling that is competent on green pitches and I've done better than this.

29.5 W Alshaun to Longrigg
Slower delivery and he went for the pull. Devins gets in under it at mid wicket, and out.

There we go...

31.6 W Coleman to Lisbie
A bit more pace on that one and it's hit Lisbie on his boot. An enormous shout for LB as Coleman, Karthikeyan and all the fielders go up in synch. The umpire is quick to nod whilst raising his finger.

Mmmm.

And that's the end of the match. Raiders Eleven won by 49 runs.
Raiders Eleven 184-10
Gillys Demolition Team 135-10


End of Over 32: 135-10, runrate=4.22
Coleman 6-1-20-2
Tahir* 3 (9 balls)

 

[aussie1st]

Quite a massive collapse there.

26.3 W Hadland to Ray
Ray gets hit right in front on the back foot. Hadland appeals and the finger goes up in an instant.

Nothing amazing from Chav yet.

End of Over 30: 144-1, runrate=4.80, reqrunrate=3.80 (219-10)
Shackell 5-0-9-0
Chavhanga* 4 (6 balls)
Masibulele 66 (89 balls)
Last Wicket: Ray lbw b. Hadland 72 (FOW: 138/1)

 

[Gilly Fan]

Gillys Demolition Team v Raiders Eleven (1201836)
Date: 	05/08/2007 	Ground: 	Gilly's Demolition Ground
Pitch: 	Cracked 	Weather: 	[sunny]
Gillys Demolition Team won the toss and elected to field.
First Innings of: Raiders Eleven
Name 			Runs 	Balls 	4s 	6s
Paki 	c. Tahir 	b. Lisbie 	2 	4 	0 	0
Tredgett 		b. Caskey 	45 	64 	1 	2
Devins 	c. Saich 	b. Lisbie 	17 	27 	1 	0
Mceverley 	lbw 	b. Tahir 	3 	11 	0 	0
Karthikeyan (+) 		b. Tahir 	34 	66 	1 	0
Luvoyo 	not 	out 	49 	68 	1 	0
Alshaun 	lbw 	b. Caskey 	22 	32 	2 	0
Coleman 		b. Longrigg 	4 	3 	0 	0
Gore 	c. Vusi 	b. Longrigg 	0 	1 	0 	0
Dulay m (*) 		b. Longrigg 	0 	2 	0 	0
Meechan 	lbw 	b. Caskey 	0 	4 	0 	0
Extras (0b, 2lb, 3w, 3nb) 	8 	
Total (46.3 overs, 10 wickets) 	184 	
FOW 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10
Total 	10 	47 	52 	93 	138 	178 	183 	183 	183 	184
Batsman Out 	1 	3 	4 	2 	5 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11
Name 	O 	M 	R 	W 	nb 	wd
Handbury 	10 	0 	39 	0 	0 	1
Lisbie 	10 	1 	39 	2 	2 	0
Longrigg 	8 	4 	24 	3 	1 	1
Tahir 	10 	0 	42 	2 	0 	1
Caskey 	8.3 	0 	38 	3 	0 	0

First Innings of: Gillys Demolition Team (play as normal)
Name 			Runs 	Balls 	4s 	6s
Robinson 		b. Gore 	0 	7 	0 	0
Myall (*) 	c. Luvoyo 	b. Dulay m 	73 	74 	8 	1
Riley (+) 	run 	out 	1 	6 	0 	0
Bridges 		b. Meechan 	6 	7 	1 	0
Saich 		b. Coleman 	35 	50 	2 	1
Vusi 	c. Karthikeyan 	b. Dulay m 	7 	22 	0 	0
Handbury 	run 	out 	0 	2 	0 	0
Lisbie 	lbw 	b. Coleman 	2 	8 	0 	0
Caskey 	c. Coleman 	b. Alshaun 	0 	7 	0 	0
Longrigg 	c. Devins 	b. Alshaun 	0 	1 	0 	0
Tahir 	not 	out 	3 	9 	0 	0
Extras (2b, 4lb, 1w, 1nb) 	8 	
Total (32.0 overs, 10 wickets) 	135 	
FOW 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10
Total 	5 	6 	12 	104 	127 	128 	128 	129 	129 	135
Batsman Out 	1 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	2 	9 	10 	8
Name 	O 	M 	R 	W 	nb 	wd
Meechan 	10 	2 	52 	1 	1 	0
Gore 	5 	0 	32 	1 	0 	0
Coleman 	6 	1 	20 	2 	0 	0
Dulay m 	6 	2 	13 	2 	0 	1
Alshaun 	5 	0 	12 	2 	0 	0

I kinda lost 6/8. My batting is crap

Reporter's Summary
Gillys Demolition Team Raiders Eleven
Top Order: mediocre feeble
Middle Order: woeful feeble
Lower Order: worthless worthless
Seam Bowling: feeble feeble
Spin Bowling: useless useless
Fielding: woeful woeful
MOTM: Luvoyo

Absolute bull. Luvoyo gets MOM when Myall scores nearly 30 more runs than him...

 

[handsome]

End of Over 24: 172-0, runrate=7.17
Gibson 5-0-35-0
Padayachie* 76 (63 balls)
Stride 83 (82 balls)

Happy with that start.

Well gilly WC was too good for you.

 

[aussie1st]

Ah finally

38.2 4 Shackell to Masibulele
That one's far too short and Masibulele pulls it easily to the square leg boundary for four.

38.4 4 Shackell to Chavhanga
The purists may not like it, but the reverse sweep certainly is an effective shot to play. Chavhanga played that one to perfection.

End of Over 39: 176-1, runrate=4.51, reqrunrate=4.00 (219-10)
Shackell 8-1-25-0
Chavhanga* 20 (25 balls)
Masibulele 80 (125 balls)
Last Wicket: Ray lbw b. Hadland 72 (FOW: 138/1)

Huge explosion by Chav.

40.4 4 Dixon to Chavhanga
He's had a go at that one, he's got a lot of edge on it and it's gone flying away to third man for four past the diving fielder.
40.5 4 Dixon to Chavhanga
FOUR! Short ball, pulled away handsomely by Chavhanga to the mid wicket fence.

41.3 4 Shackell to Chavhanga
Short outside the off stump and he cuts hard to the backward point fence. Good shot.

End of Over 42: 198-1, runrate=4.71, reqrunrate=2.75 (219-10)
Shackell 9-1-35-0
Masibulele* 83 (132 balls)
Chavhanga 39 (36 balls)
Last Wicket: Ray lbw b. Hadland 72 (FOW: 138/1)

 

[surendar]

Syl in commanding position to the victory


Also my match with Phil started..

We can tell you that HuntingTigers won the toss and elected to field.

Good.. this is what i also expected.. And managed to get 4 wickets in 30 overs,

7.6 	[B]W	[/B]Love to Gravey
 	 	Oh dear, that's poor! Gravey has swung his bat a bit too far and hit his own wicket! Maybe he needs to spend a bit less time practicing the swing, and a bit more knowing where he's positioned!
8.4 	[B]W[/B]	Macdonald to Collins
 	 	They?ve pushed for the quick single but not made it. Great work by Field.
15.1 	[B]W	[/B]Hamed to Jeffers
 	 	Jeffers's bat has got stuck in the turf, and a direct hit from Macdonald at point catches him well short of his ground.
28.5 	[B]W[/B]	Wotton to Crabb
 	 	The umpire raises his finger for LBW. Crabb is staring at the edge of his bat, he's obviously not pleased at that decision!

The thing is, 2 run outs from 4 wickets The scorecard at the moment,

End of Over 32: 128-4, runrate=4.00
Clarke 4-0-15-0
Fisher* 76 (107 balls)
Toney 13 (14 balls)
Last Wicket: Crabb lbw b. Wotton 12 (FOW: 110/4)