Commentary Thread

[Ollie_H]

End of Over 49: 253-9, runrate=5.16, reqrunrate=2.00 (254-5)
Doughty 10-0-42-6
Payton* 11 (11 balls)
Stols 2 (2 balls)
Last Wicket: Schulman b. Doughty 0 (FOW: 240/9)

What a nail biter this is!

EDIT: Won the game off the first two balls of the last over, win was set up by a hundred from Huplow and a nice 80 from Crowhurst. Good game!

 

[surendar]

Very great game, Tom. Your team has put up a massive scare, but HT have done it in the end.

Hunting Tigers
Total (50.0 overs, 3 wickets) 332
G.Singh : 155* Not Out

Livingston Lions
Total (50.0 overs, 9 wickets) 276
Mcbean : 109

Good game, Tommy! Better luck next time

 

[Highlander999]

If only I could have had Ingham and Manders play, still had Pretorius and had Abbot at proper PFL I reckon I could have given you more then just a scare

Good game though, your guys batted well

 

[voldemort]

Very great game, Tom. Your team has put up a massive scare, but HT have done it in the end.



Good game, Tommy! Better luck next time

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Look who is here
to defeat U

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Look who is here
to defeat U

You and your overconfidence you really need some lessons now

 

[angryangy]

There were some concerns over Sunday's game, with a couple of tired trainees, I wasn't quite sure if not resting bowlers would be indulgent.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, Holloway and Sephake piled on 124 for the second wicket. All seemed good, until those concerns came to realisation. Once those two batsmen were gone, the final seven wickets tumbled for just seven runs.

Fighting Mongooses 178 (42.2)
Sephake 68 (73)
Holloway 60 (92)
Killen 3/39 (8.2)

Would it be enough? Good thing we didn't rest those bowlers. The first six overs were a little tense, as Figjam mounted a platform, but two wickets in quick succession set them back to start over. However, the run rate blossomed again. At this rate, the game wouldn't last long. Two more wickets pegged them back, but after 20 overs, they were 4/100. Then another wicket came, but with Hickes rocketing through the 40s, who was closer to the end?

Finally, the moment came. Wharrad returned for his second spell and instantly dismissed Hickes for 48. The runs stopped coming and even though they only needed a couple per over, time was the issue. They just weren't going to bat for long enough.

Figjam 146 (36.4)
Hickes 48 (43)
Townley 4/36 (10.0)

 

[aussie1st]

Geez I play my best side and I'm still getting hammered.

End of Over 71 (4 runs). Nowra Ninjas: 230-4, runrate=3.24
Overs left today: 39
Sawyer 8-1-25-0
Mckinlay* 44 (106 balls)
Hitish 131 (191 balls)
Last Wicket: Jennings c. Branch b. Allen 9 (FOW: 109/4)

 

[aussie1st]

After the early breakthrough, he developed a partnership which might have killed the game off. But Chambers has sparked a bit of life with 2 wickets. Still need a miracle to win it from here.

End of Over 34 (Maiden). Nowra Ninjas: 84-4, runrate=2.47 (1st Inn: 361-10)
Trail by 56 runs. (Baggy Blues 501-5 dec)
Overs left today: 27
Chambers 4-2-8-2
Jennings* 0 (10 balls)
Mckinlay 0 (0 balls)
Last Wicket: Scholtz c. Masibulele b. Chambers 32 (FOW: 84/4)

 

[Highlander999]

F***!!! End of day 2 I had a 70 run lead and had lost 2 wickets. Wake up to find I was skittled out for 130 and he chased it down. I did get 4 wickets but it wasn't quite enough. Should still avoid relegation but I doubt I'll get 3rd

 

[aussie1st]

Not good so far, Allen has been expensive and Mampe following suit.

End of Over 24: 104-1, runrate=4.33
Mampe 7-0-35-0
Wire* 64 (65 balls)
Jenny 37 (70 balls)
Last Wicket: Hadley c. Sawyer b. Fernandes 2 (FOW: 3/1)

 

[Maxkarter]

End of Over 14: 112-0, runrate=8.00
Finch 2-0-17-0
Porter* 55 (44 balls)
Gore 46 (40 balls)

Destroying Bushwackers who are playing a pretty weakened side, the only player of note is a Aussie bat with 200k p/w wage and he's low down in the order.

 

[surendar]

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Look who is here
to defeat U

Yes, I was waiting. Then, why didn't you accept the challenge sir? :sarcasm

 

[Maxkarter]

This is too easy...

End of Over 7: 9-6, runrate=1.29, reqrunrate=8.14 (358-4)
Samuel 4-1-6-2
Ramsey* 1 (1 balls)
Worsnop 0 (0 balls)
Last Wicket: Drury b. Samuel 0 (FOW: 9/6)

 

[aussie1st]

Terrible over by Fernades, I'm struggling to replace Woods so far.

End of Over 41: 202-3, runrate=4.93
Fernandes 6-0-44-0
Retief* 85 (101 balls)
Bramall 50 (51 balls)
Last Wicket: Vusi b. Chambers 15 (FOW: 111/3)
40.6 4 Fernandes to Bramall
Glory be. That's a cover drive so perfect that it's restored my faith in humanity.
And that's his fifty! Well played.
40.5 4 Fernandes to Bramall
It's blood and thunder time again from Bramall who hooks that perfectly decent delivery from Fernandes to the square leg boundary.
40.4 4 Fernandes to Bramall
Bramall rocks onto the back foot and gloriously drives Fernandes through extra cover for a boundary.
40.3 1 Fernandes to Retief
I think that came off the splice. Rolls past a lazy looking gully, easy single there for Retief.
40.2 1 Fernandes to Bramall
Angled in, played around to midwicket.
40.1 6 Fernandes to Bramall
Too short, much too short from Fernandes and he's hooked that a mile into the stands. Good catch from that elderly fellow in the stands. He watched that all the way and never took his eyes off it. Six runs for Bramall nonetheless.

aussie1st added 15 Minutes and 26 Seconds later...

And once again Fernades does the business after going for runs, got 4 fer last week and now a 5 fer.

End of Over 49: 251-10, runrate=5.12
Fernandes 9-0-61-5
Bramall* 65 (65 balls)

Tough total, my batsmen are all over the place these days.

 

[aussie1st]

FFS useless Chav and Masi did nothing. Crouch with 85 and Branch 51 were the best of my batters.