Commentary Thread

[voldemort]

I lost by 18 runs, but had a few pops in reporters summaries

Sneaky Penguins Berkshire CCC
Top Order: woeful woeful
Middle Order: woeful feeble
Lower Order: worthless worthless
Seam Bowling: woeful woeful
Spin Bowling: woeful woeful
Fielding: feeble abysmal

Berkshire CCC - 332/3
Sneaky Penguins - 314/7

 

[angryangy]

Lucked out on a cunning ploy, last minute pitch change from cracked to hard and my opponent has sent me in.

Fighting Mongooses 2/157 (30.0)
Barton 93*
Browne 49*

 

[aussie1st]

The BB has been brought back down to earth.

Lost 4 wickets including the big gun in Chavhanga.

Was going so smoothly

End of Over 16 (2 runs). Baggy Blues: 54-0, runrate=3.38
Taggart 1-0-2-0
Ray* 29 (51 balls)
Steele 23 (45 balls)

Then

16.1 W Griffiths to Ray
What a catch by Paster. He seemed to fly there.

17.4 W Taggart to Steele
Great reflex catch by Manchester.

18.4 W Griffiths to Chavhanga
Chavhanga nicked the one that pitched perfectly in the corridor, caught by Manchester.

28.4 W Lefu to Quintus
Catches win matches, but that clearly only came off the pad. Unlucky.

End of Over 32 (3 runs). Baggy Blues: 105-4, runrate=3.28
Taggart 9-1-32-1
Masibulele* 29 (51 balls)
Germon 4 (7 balls)
Last Wicket: Quintus c. Manchester b. Lefu 10 (FOW: 90/4)

 

[angryangy]

Hey your guys went to lunch before mine!

Fighting Mongooses 2/178 (35.0)
Barton 102*
Browne 61*

 

[aussie1st]

Hehe I had a maiden last over so not much chasing for the fielding team

End of Over 35 (Maiden). Baggy Blues: 111-4, runrate=3.17
Lefu 7-3-12-1
Germon* 7 (15 balls)
Masibulele 32 (61 balls)
Last Wicket: Quintus c. Manchester b. Lefu 10 (FOW: 90/4)

No batting left after these two so hopefully they stay in.

Seems like putting Masibulele at 5 didn't work, might have to try him as opener again.

40.2 W Paster to Masibulele
Well, that's straight up in the air! The fielders are converging but Robinson has waved them all off - and it's caught! Very well taken!

 

[angryangy]

I think you've just fallen victim to voodoo medium pace.

Fighting Mongooses 2/274 (60.0)
Barton 161*
Browne 91*

 

[aussie1st]

Your guys are going really well another bot?

Don't know how he rolled my side out for just over 150, the report summary sure didn't suggest that.

The fightback begins, I too had a solid start before wickets started to tumble hopefully the same happens to him.

6.4 W Borrowdale to Ayres
Ayres tries something special, but is made to look foolish as the wickets spread like butter.

7.4 W Hitish to Hilton
He didn't just find the gate, he blew it apart. GONE!

End of Over 8 (5 runs). Hillside: 30-2, runrate=3.75
Trail by 124 runs. (Baggy Blues 154-10)
Hitish 4-0-12-1
Robinson* 5 (2 balls)
Lancaster 0 (2 balls)
Last Wicket: Hilton b. Hitish 11 (FOW: 25/2)

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

The players are off the field for the change of innings.

End of Over 45 (9 runs). Raiders Eleven: 364-0, runrate=8.09
Hitish 12-0-92-0
Shipp* 179 (143 balls)
Bunt 171 (133 balls)

Why did i set a score on 361 to declare i will not be surprised if it ends by today Cmon bowlers dont take any wickets

 

[aussie1st]

You do know you get a bonus point for scoring 400 in the 1st inns right?

New star bowler Barrowdale has got the BB back into the match. The slow Robinson top scorer with 34 from 138 balls one of Barrows wickets.

Hillside 5-121 (Barrowdale 3-35)

 

[angryangy]

I know I've come to see even 400 as no where near enough on a good surface.

Fighting Mongooses 3/404 dec. (88.0)
Barton 228 n.o.
Browne 94
Whaley 50 n.o.
Graves 2/68 (18.0)

Ball Droppers 0/103 (22.0)
Pearse 62 n.o.
Forbes 34 n.o.

On the other hand, it seems like I need to drop Barton down the order so other guys get a bat.

 

[viral1991]

I am playing against a team that has very similar ratings to my team!

 	End of Over 58 . Sri Krishna Team: 211-6, runrate=3.64
Lead by 159 runs. (Montys 11 52-10)
Alexis	18-6-43-2
Dangasela*	54 (101 balls)
Moodley	0 (21 balls)

Bowling them out for 52 was a big achievement! And the current score is very good on this cracked pitch!

 

[surendar]

@ Viral : Thats great effort Viral...

@ And Syl, very tough day for Baggy Blues it seems.

Well, my match is going towards the end of day1,

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

The opponents were 124/1 but bowlers came back very well to restrict them for 198 runs.

End of Over 31 (4 runs). HuntingTigers: 120-2, runrate=3.87
Trail by 78 runs. (Mann 198-10)

Abdul kadir 7-1-23-0
Bishop* 47 (92 balls)
Alshaun 42 (59 balls)
Last Wicket: Malik c. Hitish b. Ali 19 (FOW: 40/2)

Malik was once again so disappointing with his FC failure. I really wonder what is wrong with him these days. Anyways, some good understanding between Alshaun and Bishop.

Just came to know that my team bowlers have given away too many extras,

Extras (4b, 19lb, 2w, 6nb) 31

: Typical Indian team bowling. :

 

[Gilly Fan]

Smashed today.

Miraculous top order of opposition made 0/404 from 60 overs before declaring.

I'm now 8/164 with spinner Horton taking 7 wickets for 5 runs from 12 overs on an uneven pitch. Bridges top scoring with 87 not out, and tail ender Caskey making a good 37.

I was resting Myall and lisbie today.

 

[Briggsey]

End of Over 27 (Maiden). Tyrone Terrors: 40-10, runrate=1.48
Burdett 7-4-7-3
Unsworth* 0 (11 balls)

Why didnt I bat first!! Good job I set a high decleration total, gives me a chance of getting 2 days income anyway.

 

[w3lshrugby]

I'm smashing my bot opposition. I was 96/6 at one point, but a huge partnership took me to 409/6 declared, with Marsh and Herd getting 150's. I then bowled them out for 7, and they're currently 11/7.