Commentary Thread

[aussie1st]

Good to see Clayden starting to take more wickets.

14.4 W Clayden to Dangasela
OUT! A full slow ball wide outside leg stump, Dangasela comes down the track and mistimes the drive in the air straight back to Clayden, who takes the catch.

End of Over 18: 93-1, runrate=5.17
Mampe 4-0-26-0
Moodley* 13 (11 balls)
Bhutia 33 (56 balls)
Last Wicket: Dangasela c & b. Clayden 44 (FOW: 69/1)

 

[aussie1st]

Wasn't looking good after 36 overs only 1 wicket down.

End of Over 36: 150-1, runrate=4.17
Mampe 8-1-38-0
Bhutia* 55 (105 balls)
Moodley 39 (71 balls)
Last Wicket: Dangasela c & b. Clayden 44 (FOW: 69/1)

But then Sawyer started the collapse.

36.2 W Sawyer to Bhutia
Gave himself some room, went for the pull, beats the bat and the stumps are rearranged.
41.3 W Sawyer to Sagren
That one's coming down with snow on it, and held magnificently by Quintus. Sawyer is delighted with that catch and mobs Quintus.
41.5 W Sawyer to Moodley
Moodley slams that back towards Sawyer who kicks it up with his toe, juggles it and...got him!
41.6 W Sawyer to Malik
He's tried to flick that one off his legs but has got a leading edge straight back to Sawyer for a simple catch.

And then Hitish for the clean up.

End of Over 47: 203-10, runrate=4.32
Hitish 9-0-50-5
Harley* 18 (20 balls)

 

[viral1991]

End of Over 17: 100-1, runrate=5.88, reqrunrate=3.15 (203-10)
Moodley	2-0-8-0
Chavhanga*	63 (59 balls)
Masibulele	34 (41 balls)
Last Wicket: Sawyer c. Harley b. Fordham 2 (FOW: 8/1)

Good performance by your team so far, Syl. This partnership is very crucial now. It should be interesting to see what happens now.

 

[aussie1st]

Sure is, once again can't find that opening partner for Masi what more it's weakened my middle order. After these two only Germon would give me any confidence. The rest have shown they love the duck.

Chav is really on fire almost double Masi score very similar to what Gilly did against SL

End of Over 22: 127-1, runrate=5.77, reqrunrate=2.75 (203-10)
Hindle 1-0-2-0
Masibulele* 43 (48 balls)
Chavhanga 80 (83 balls)
Last Wicket: Sawyer c. Harley b. Fordham 2 (FOW: 8/1)

 

[Highlander999]

Kind of struggling here. Need a wicket soon

End of Over 26: 119-1, runrate=4.58
Swanepoel: 1-0-2-0
Baalen: 44 (63 balls)
Coombs: 43 (59 balls)
Last Wicket: Corniel: Run Out 21 (FOW: 42/1)

 

[aussie1st]

Chav brings up the 100 in style.

31.6 4 Govender to Chavhanga
That should help the run rate.
And that's a century for Chavhanga! Well played indeed Sir!

End of Over 32: 176-1, runrate=5.50, reqrunrate=1.56 (203-10)
Govender 6-0-39-0
Masibulele* 68 (75 balls)
Chavhanga 103 (117 balls)
Last Wicket: Sawyer c. Harley b. Fordham 2 (FOW: 8/1)

 

[viral1991]

That's a terrific performance by Chav! The match is definitely going your way now. I think that a wicket is just round the corner.

 

[aussie1st]

I too thought a wicket would fall but not today
Chav is starting to bat longer while Masi still wasn't near his limit.

Another great way to bring up the win

38.5 4 Hindle to Masibulele
Masibulele executes the paddle sweep perfectly and picks up four behind square.

And that's the end of the match. Baggy Blues won by 9 wickets.
Sri Krishna Team 203-10
Baggy Blues 206-1

Got a shock when I saw the summary.
Forgot I was no longer carrying a 2nd spinner. Big shock was Hitish being MOTM, thought the usual 100 would get Chav it.

Sri Krishna Team Baggy Blues
Top Order: strong strong
Middle Order: feeble mediocre
Lower Order: worthless worthless
Seam Bowling: respectable respectable
Spin Bowling: competent superb
Fielding: mediocre woeful
MOTM: Hitish

 

[viral1991]

That's a good win! The batting performances by Chav & Masi were excellent. Superb spin bowling is very nice. I am happy that my Top order batting has reached strong! :happy

 

[voldemort]

Playing WC today, not hoping to win, but a good performance will be good

my best lineup ever, no batsman is worse than med, 1 prof, 1 resp, 3 comps bowling, flat pitch, batting till 8, 4 seamers, 1 spinner, and the spinner will open...

http://www.battrick.org/nl/matchInfo.asp?matchID=2257388

starts at 15:30 BT time

End of Over 5: 27-1, runrate=5.40
Rogan 3-1-5-1
Karthikeyan* 5 (9 balls)
Mcgoldrick 14 (12 balls)
Last Wicket: Mccafferty c & b. Rogan 7 (FOW: 18/1)

Decent start for both

 

[Hooper]

Unlucky Effine, WC is a beast compared to you.

 

[voldemort]

yup... he seems to ahve resp/resp batting and resp/resp bowling on a GFI

 

[Griffo]

He believes that wasnt his top side

 

[voldemort]

he said to me he has compiled the best team he can

 

[Hooper]

0.4 W Knight to Holdsworth
He's out! That was a disgraceful shot. It was a wide ball and he's had a little dabble and gifted Scarlett a catch.

1.6 W Otoole to Aubrey
Aubrey is trapped in front. A lightning fast finger from the umpire sends him back to the pavilion, but Hawk-eye is showing the ball might have gone over middle stump.

2.1 W Knight to Ndungane
OUT! Ndungane completely missed it. Great bowling by Knight, he really drove it through the gap and out goes middle stump.

What a start! Not a bot either.

End of Over 3 (Maiden). Jaguars: 1-3, runrate=0.33
Knight 2-2-0-2
Traynor* 0 (0 balls)
Ellis 0 (5 balls)
Last Wicket: Ndungane b. Knight 0 (FOW: 1/3)