Story Famous XI?s six6 World Tour, NZ game complete - VOTE AND YOU'LL HAVE MORE FRIENDS
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smssia0112
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Good to see Simpson in, I'm sure he will laze around in the field and fail to do much at all.
My vote for a new player in (if you're doing another elimination next game) would be either Dexter Morgan or Detective John Munch (because he's been in 8 different shows as the same character so a cricket match makes sense).
My vote for a new player in (if you're doing another elimination next game) would be either Dexter Morgan or Detective John Munch (because he's been in 8 different shows as the same character so a cricket match makes sense).
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We need Ghandi in there maaaaaaaayyne.
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I'm sure crowds will flock to see Obama. I think the whole world will suddenly take interest in these cricket games 
tassietiger
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STEROIDS CONTROVERSY DOGS FAMOUS XI
DRUG BUST HAS POTENTIAL TO SAVE SERIES
Honest new recruit into the Famous XI team (now known as official team sook) Barack Obama has spoken up about the dark secret behind how the Famous XI managed to topple one of the best cricketing nations in the world. The entire team was on anabolic steroids, and that explains the relative ease which they had in hitting six after six, and hitting the 160km/h mark in the cases of Bruce Willis and Clark Kent.
The most amusing part of the story is that Bruce Willis was still a terrible, terrible bowler despite the assistance of illegal drugs. Pretty unbelievable really.
To be honest, I've been very annoyed at how easy BLIC has been, and I flogged New Zealand in the next game and decided I'd probably give up - until I had the brainwave of making our team extraordinary fielders. Now we have all of the skill points on fielding, the batting and bowling have suffered hugely and the games should be more even. I just had a quick practice game and lost, so hopefully this series will improve from here on.
Revised schedule due to me getting lazy.
vs. New Zealand, 27th Jan
vs. Sri Lanka, 29th Jan
vs. Pakistan, 31st Jan
vs. England, 2nd Feb
vs. West Indies, 4th Feb
vs. India, 6th Feb
vs. Bangladesh, 8th Feb
vs. Australia, 10th Feb
vs. South Africa (if they complain about the drug assistance), 12th Feb
Days in between will be taken up by voting periods. Hopefully I can stick to this.
DRUG BUST HAS POTENTIAL TO SAVE SERIES
Honest new recruit into the Famous XI team (now known as official team sook) Barack Obama has spoken up about the dark secret behind how the Famous XI managed to topple one of the best cricketing nations in the world. The entire team was on anabolic steroids, and that explains the relative ease which they had in hitting six after six, and hitting the 160km/h mark in the cases of Bruce Willis and Clark Kent.
The most amusing part of the story is that Bruce Willis was still a terrible, terrible bowler despite the assistance of illegal drugs. Pretty unbelievable really.
To be honest, I've been very annoyed at how easy BLIC has been, and I flogged New Zealand in the next game and decided I'd probably give up - until I had the brainwave of making our team extraordinary fielders. Now we have all of the skill points on fielding, the batting and bowling have suffered hugely and the games should be more even. I just had a quick practice game and lost, so hopefully this series will improve from here on.
Revised schedule due to me getting lazy.
vs. New Zealand, 27th Jan
vs. Sri Lanka, 29th Jan
vs. Pakistan, 31st Jan
vs. England, 2nd Feb
vs. West Indies, 4th Feb
vs. India, 6th Feb
vs. Bangladesh, 8th Feb
vs. Australia, 10th Feb
vs. South Africa (if they complain about the drug assistance), 12th Feb
Days in between will be taken up by voting periods. Hopefully I can stick to this.
mattfb
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Good to see it will be more competitive. Can't wait to watch Homer! 
tassietiger
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NEW ZEALAND v. FAMOUS XI @ AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
The Famous XI entered this match with their undefeated status under huge threat, thanks to the tale-telling Barack Obama exposing their drug use and making winning a lot more difficult. Despite this, Obama has been left in the team, mainly because Kachra had already flown back to India and nobody wanted Mark Nicholas back in the team.
Another record that was under threat is Charlie Sheen?s tossing record. It?s well known that celebrities are great tossers, so if he was to lose this one his captaincy would be under threat. Despite this, Charlie?s form in New Zealand is fantastic, finding that the New Zealanders? fetishes for sheep to be an excellent reason for the women to have a go at him instead of the locals. It is rumoured his form has actually improved since South Africa, a fair effort considering he went through at least 20% of the women in South Africa.
As it turned out, Charlie is in trouble. Being a bad tosser can ruin a celebrity?s career, and there is sure to be an assessment after the game as to whether Charlie deserves to keep his captaincy. Stephen Flameng won the toss and chose to bat, which will put the roid-less Famous XI bowling attack under pressure immediately.
The first over, despite being no good, was better than last time for Bruce Willis. Four boundaries, one off a no-ball, and a general tendency to charge down the pitch and hit a nice shot got the celebrities a little concerned. Although there was an edge or two early, by the end of the over the batsmen had decided to charge down the wicket and put away Willis? rubbish. At the end of the over, the sheep-shaggers were at 0/18 off 1 over.
Charlie Sheen brought himself on to arrest the soaring run rate in the New Zealand innings, and he did so brilliantly. Lou Vancant played two pretty average sweep shots that went curiously to mid-on for no run, before realising he was rubbish and holing out to an excellent catch from Bruce Willis in the deep. The next ball was hit away by Peter Fletcher for four, but Charlie responded quickly, slowing the pace of the ball and having Fletcher spoon a catch to debutante Barack Obama, who redeemed himself slightly after the ?we do drugs? debacle by catching Fletcher out. The next ball was yet another dot ball, showing that Charlie doesn?t need steroids, he has serious skills. New Zealand move to 2/23 off 2 overs.
With the losing of drugs in the team affecting all players in different ways, there were bound to be some very adverse side effects in some cases. Clark Kent?s was losing everything except for his pace, he was still faster than a speeding bullet. You would think that he wouldn?t be affected at all, as he is pretty strong without steroids, but you would be wrong, it affects him a lot. With this loss of pace, he was hit to all parts of the ground, the batsmen willing to take him on despite him bowling well over 150 km/h. Despite it all, his over was still better than the over of one Bruce Willis. It never ceases to amaze me how bad that guy is. New Zealand at 2/38 off 3 overs.
Tiger Woods came on to bowl the next over, and using swing, kept it all quite tidy. The first ball went out to Bruce Willis who took a fantastic diving catch, it?s interesting how excellent our fielding has been this game, it?s as if our skills have been boosted in that department. Only conceding 9 runs off the over is quite an achievement given the lack of performance enhancers, and Tiger can?t complain too much about his over. 3/47 off 4 overs.
Barack Obama?s over was quite rubbish. Considering they only scored off two balls, you would think he?d done alright, but 10 runs were scored off them, and I?m beginning to wonder whether he really deserves his place. I won?t try and influence the votes as I did last time, because that would be unethical. He picked up one wicket due to yet another one-handed catch, this time Isaac Newton on the end of it. The over also contained possibly the most useless reverse sweep I?ve seen, going as far as first slip. New Zealand move along to 4/57 off 5 overs.
Homer Simpson turned out to be quite the bowler, when he came on to bowl the final over in this innings. Using defensive fields and lines, he managed to keep the batsmen from hitting any boundaries, and kept them to only 5 runs from the over. On his last ball, he could have taken a wicket to cap off the over, but it was dropped on the boundary. Despite this, Tony Greig decided to point out that ?Catches win Matches?, a comment which, in this case, could be considered one of the dumbest possible things to say. I have to commend Codemasters on getting Tony Greig?s commentary style down perfectly. I could imagine him actually saying that sort of thing. New Zealand?s final score was 4/62.
How would Famous XI go about chasing these runs, considering they don?t have their power, timing, precision or control that they used to have? Nobody really knows. There?s only one way to find out, and that?s by waiting for the next innings. That?s unless, of course you PM me and ask for the result. If you do that, I?ll actually give the result to you. Honest. I dare you.
The Famous XI entered this match with their undefeated status under huge threat, thanks to the tale-telling Barack Obama exposing their drug use and making winning a lot more difficult. Despite this, Obama has been left in the team, mainly because Kachra had already flown back to India and nobody wanted Mark Nicholas back in the team.
Another record that was under threat is Charlie Sheen?s tossing record. It?s well known that celebrities are great tossers, so if he was to lose this one his captaincy would be under threat. Despite this, Charlie?s form in New Zealand is fantastic, finding that the New Zealanders? fetishes for sheep to be an excellent reason for the women to have a go at him instead of the locals. It is rumoured his form has actually improved since South Africa, a fair effort considering he went through at least 20% of the women in South Africa.
As it turned out, Charlie is in trouble. Being a bad tosser can ruin a celebrity?s career, and there is sure to be an assessment after the game as to whether Charlie deserves to keep his captaincy. Stephen Flameng won the toss and chose to bat, which will put the roid-less Famous XI bowling attack under pressure immediately.
The first over, despite being no good, was better than last time for Bruce Willis. Four boundaries, one off a no-ball, and a general tendency to charge down the pitch and hit a nice shot got the celebrities a little concerned. Although there was an edge or two early, by the end of the over the batsmen had decided to charge down the wicket and put away Willis? rubbish. At the end of the over, the sheep-shaggers were at 0/18 off 1 over.
Charlie Sheen brought himself on to arrest the soaring run rate in the New Zealand innings, and he did so brilliantly. Lou Vancant played two pretty average sweep shots that went curiously to mid-on for no run, before realising he was rubbish and holing out to an excellent catch from Bruce Willis in the deep. The next ball was hit away by Peter Fletcher for four, but Charlie responded quickly, slowing the pace of the ball and having Fletcher spoon a catch to debutante Barack Obama, who redeemed himself slightly after the ?we do drugs? debacle by catching Fletcher out. The next ball was yet another dot ball, showing that Charlie doesn?t need steroids, he has serious skills. New Zealand move to 2/23 off 2 overs.
With the losing of drugs in the team affecting all players in different ways, there were bound to be some very adverse side effects in some cases. Clark Kent?s was losing everything except for his pace, he was still faster than a speeding bullet. You would think that he wouldn?t be affected at all, as he is pretty strong without steroids, but you would be wrong, it affects him a lot. With this loss of pace, he was hit to all parts of the ground, the batsmen willing to take him on despite him bowling well over 150 km/h. Despite it all, his over was still better than the over of one Bruce Willis. It never ceases to amaze me how bad that guy is. New Zealand at 2/38 off 3 overs.
Tiger Woods came on to bowl the next over, and using swing, kept it all quite tidy. The first ball went out to Bruce Willis who took a fantastic diving catch, it?s interesting how excellent our fielding has been this game, it?s as if our skills have been boosted in that department. Only conceding 9 runs off the over is quite an achievement given the lack of performance enhancers, and Tiger can?t complain too much about his over. 3/47 off 4 overs.
Barack Obama?s over was quite rubbish. Considering they only scored off two balls, you would think he?d done alright, but 10 runs were scored off them, and I?m beginning to wonder whether he really deserves his place. I won?t try and influence the votes as I did last time, because that would be unethical. He picked up one wicket due to yet another one-handed catch, this time Isaac Newton on the end of it. The over also contained possibly the most useless reverse sweep I?ve seen, going as far as first slip. New Zealand move along to 4/57 off 5 overs.
Homer Simpson turned out to be quite the bowler, when he came on to bowl the final over in this innings. Using defensive fields and lines, he managed to keep the batsmen from hitting any boundaries, and kept them to only 5 runs from the over. On his last ball, he could have taken a wicket to cap off the over, but it was dropped on the boundary. Despite this, Tony Greig decided to point out that ?Catches win Matches?, a comment which, in this case, could be considered one of the dumbest possible things to say. I have to commend Codemasters on getting Tony Greig?s commentary style down perfectly. I could imagine him actually saying that sort of thing. New Zealand?s final score was 4/62.
How would Famous XI go about chasing these runs, considering they don?t have their power, timing, precision or control that they used to have? Nobody really knows. There?s only one way to find out, and that?s by waiting for the next innings. That?s unless, of course you PM me and ask for the result. If you do that, I?ll actually give the result to you. Honest. I dare you.
Code:
New Zealand Innings
L. Vancant c Bush b Kent 1 (5)
S. Flameng c Willis b Woods 31 (12)
P. Fletcher c Obama b Sheen 4 (2)
R. Tally not out 15 (11)
C. McMollen c Newton b Obama 5 (3)
J. Oron not out 4 (5)
Extras 2
Overs 6
Total 62 / 4
Bowler Overs Runs Wickets
H. Simpson 1 5 0
T. Woods 1 9 1
B. Obama 1 10 1
C. Sheen 1 5 2
C. Kent 1 15 0
B. Willis 1 18 0mattfb
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Awesome update. Great writing their tassie! Willis as useless as ever!
keep up the good work!
keep up the good work!
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Lol. I am loving the story. I want to see 'kachra' bowling his brilliant spin. Keep it up.
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tassietiger
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The first over of the Famous XI’s innings started very differently to the way they left off in the last match. John Lennon was picking the gaps with precision, until he decided that he was back to his best. He attempted two sixes down the ground, one of them off a no-ball and being edged for four, and the next one seeing his off stump cartwheeling behind him. Just another day in the life for Lennon. As his innings ended for 9, another interesting difference between the last game and this game arose. This time, the Famous XI looked better for it. Mark Nicholas was no longer striding to the crease at first drop, instead William Shakespeare, who had been promoted from his number four position. The Famous XI continued to pick gaps, as they moved on to 1/14 off 1.
As the Famous XI had accidentally done with their bowling attack, New Zealand decided to give their off-spinner the second over of the innings. Daniel Vettori bowled tidily, but couldn’t do much about Newton’s spectacular diving in the running between wickets, that managed to sneak the celebrities two runs they wouldn’t have otherwise gotten. In the last two balls of the over, however, Vettori decided to be a terrible sport and bowl wides outside off stump and not have them paid as wides. The umpire, presumably asleep, may have been paid off. As a result, the over was tight, and the Famous XI ended it on 1/20 off 2.
The next over was an expensive one for New Zealand, as Shakespeare opened his shoulders and got back to his old smashing ways. A four through the covers and a six down the ground had the Kiwis not knowing what to do, so they just decided to go the safe option and get Shakespeare out. This brought Jimi Hendrix to the crease for the first time, and he looked at home immediately, piercing the off-side field for a boundary off his first ball. Famous XI 2/37 off 3 overs.
I suppose it makes sense that Shane Bonde is good in this game, but its still annoying. Consistently beating Newton and Hendrix for pace outside off was all it took to half the Famous XI’s assault, keeping the over to only one run. There was an LBW shout on the last ball of the over, but the umpire ignored it, assuming it was a signature Jimi “Yeah!” or “Hey!” Famous XI 2/38 off 4 overs.
The second-last over is where the plot thickened immensely. Firstly, Isaac Newton attempted a third run when it clearly wasn’t there, and got run out. This brought the new recruit from Springfield, Homer Simpson, to the crease. This introduction was most likely going to make the Famous XI’s job a bit tougher. Jimi then decided to launch a six off the last ball, pulling the Famous XI back from the brink. Famous XI 3/50 off 5 overs, needing 13 off the last over for victory.
As this is close, and I am a master of entertainment, I will do this ball-by-ball, strategically not using any CAPITALS as you will end up figuring out what is going to happen on the last ball if I write something like that in CAPITALS, as you will be drawn to them. Anyway.
Ball 1, Vancant to Simpson: Homer opens up his innings with a neat little clip to the leg side, stealing three runs, the last of which being very dicey, but at this stage of the game it was clearly worth it. 10 off 5 needed.
Ball 2, Vancant to Hendrix: Jimi straight drives the ball to the deep fieldsman for one run. 9 off 4 needed.
Ball 3, Vancant to Simpson: Homer attempts another one of his leg side shots, but it is edged through the slips cordon which has strategically placed itself somewhere else on the field, the ball running down to third man for another single. 8 off 3 needed.
Ball 4, Vancant to Hendrix: Basically, Vancant ****ed up here. Hendrix was clearly needing to hit a big one, and he decides to bowl a full-toss half-volley. Hendrix slapped it down the ground for four. 3 off 3 needed.
Ball 5, Vancant to Hendrix: Vancant recovers brilliantly, bowling wide outside off and Jimi can’t get any bat on it, somehow in the limited overs form of the game that sort of ball is not called a wide. 3 off 2 needed.
Ball 6, Vancant to Hendrix: The ball is put outside off perfectly for Jimi to smash it through the gap in the covers, but sadly it doesn’t come off for him and he edges it to third man, for yet another single. 2 off 1 now needed, and all of the pressure is put on the player on debut, Homer J. Simpson.
Ball 7, Vancant to Simpson: Vancant pitches the ball up to Homer, and with the mid-on and mid-off both up, there wasn’t a huge chance of sneaking a two in there. Homer, being a man who goes for glory, went the option of the lofted shot down the ground. The shot was spectacular, clearing the inner field and carrying to the boundary. If he had hit the ball. Unfortunately, the ball went straight through to the keeper, and that was the end of the Famous XI’s famous streak, New Zealand winners.
New Zealand win by 1 run. Although those of you who were impatient enough to PM me already knew that. How much did that ruin a tense finish for you?
As the Famous XI had accidentally done with their bowling attack, New Zealand decided to give their off-spinner the second over of the innings. Daniel Vettori bowled tidily, but couldn’t do much about Newton’s spectacular diving in the running between wickets, that managed to sneak the celebrities two runs they wouldn’t have otherwise gotten. In the last two balls of the over, however, Vettori decided to be a terrible sport and bowl wides outside off stump and not have them paid as wides. The umpire, presumably asleep, may have been paid off. As a result, the over was tight, and the Famous XI ended it on 1/20 off 2.
The next over was an expensive one for New Zealand, as Shakespeare opened his shoulders and got back to his old smashing ways. A four through the covers and a six down the ground had the Kiwis not knowing what to do, so they just decided to go the safe option and get Shakespeare out. This brought Jimi Hendrix to the crease for the first time, and he looked at home immediately, piercing the off-side field for a boundary off his first ball. Famous XI 2/37 off 3 overs.
I suppose it makes sense that Shane Bonde is good in this game, but its still annoying. Consistently beating Newton and Hendrix for pace outside off was all it took to half the Famous XI’s assault, keeping the over to only one run. There was an LBW shout on the last ball of the over, but the umpire ignored it, assuming it was a signature Jimi “Yeah!” or “Hey!” Famous XI 2/38 off 4 overs.
The second-last over is where the plot thickened immensely. Firstly, Isaac Newton attempted a third run when it clearly wasn’t there, and got run out. This brought the new recruit from Springfield, Homer Simpson, to the crease. This introduction was most likely going to make the Famous XI’s job a bit tougher. Jimi then decided to launch a six off the last ball, pulling the Famous XI back from the brink. Famous XI 3/50 off 5 overs, needing 13 off the last over for victory.
As this is close, and I am a master of entertainment, I will do this ball-by-ball, strategically not using any CAPITALS as you will end up figuring out what is going to happen on the last ball if I write something like that in CAPITALS, as you will be drawn to them. Anyway.
Ball 1, Vancant to Simpson: Homer opens up his innings with a neat little clip to the leg side, stealing three runs, the last of which being very dicey, but at this stage of the game it was clearly worth it. 10 off 5 needed.
Ball 2, Vancant to Hendrix: Jimi straight drives the ball to the deep fieldsman for one run. 9 off 4 needed.
Ball 3, Vancant to Simpson: Homer attempts another one of his leg side shots, but it is edged through the slips cordon which has strategically placed itself somewhere else on the field, the ball running down to third man for another single. 8 off 3 needed.
Ball 4, Vancant to Hendrix: Basically, Vancant ****ed up here. Hendrix was clearly needing to hit a big one, and he decides to bowl a full-toss half-volley. Hendrix slapped it down the ground for four. 3 off 3 needed.
Ball 5, Vancant to Hendrix: Vancant recovers brilliantly, bowling wide outside off and Jimi can’t get any bat on it, somehow in the limited overs form of the game that sort of ball is not called a wide. 3 off 2 needed.
Ball 6, Vancant to Hendrix: The ball is put outside off perfectly for Jimi to smash it through the gap in the covers, but sadly it doesn’t come off for him and he edges it to third man, for yet another single. 2 off 1 now needed, and all of the pressure is put on the player on debut, Homer J. Simpson.
Ball 7, Vancant to Simpson: Vancant pitches the ball up to Homer, and with the mid-on and mid-off both up, there wasn’t a huge chance of sneaking a two in there. Homer, being a man who goes for glory, went the option of the lofted shot down the ground. The shot was spectacular, clearing the inner field and carrying to the boundary. If he had hit the ball. Unfortunately, the ball went straight through to the keeper, and that was the end of the Famous XI’s famous streak, New Zealand winners.
New Zealand win by 1 run. Although those of you who were impatient enough to PM me already knew that. How much did that ruin a tense finish for you?
Code:
Famous XI Innings
J. Lennon b Gascoiogne 9 (4)
I. Newton run out 10 (9)
W. Shakespeare c Flameng b Oron 18 (10)
J. Hendrix not out 17 (11)
H. Simpson not out 4 (4)
Extras 3
Overs 6
Total 61 / 3
Bowler Overs Runs Wickets
L. Vancant 1 11 0
J. Oron 1 17 1
D. Vittare 1 6 0
M. Gascione 1 14 1
J. Frinkler 1 12 0
S. Binde 1 1 0Jaztheman
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Ha awesome update there Tassie, had me on the edge of the seat at the last ball when I thought Homer had hit the winning runs... but to no avail. If it wasn't for Shane Bond's immaculate over then you would of probably won, unlucky for Famous XI.
Brilliant stuff, Tassie, looking forward to the next match.
Brilliant stuff, Tassie, looking forward to the next match.
tassietiger
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It's time to vote people, we need to kick another two dud players out of the team, and feel free to suggest new players at the same time.
About time someone commented on my photoshopping skills. If you put in votes, they can count for double this time, due to that brilliant observation.
About time someone commented on my photoshopping skills. If you put in votes, they can count for double this time, due to that brilliant observation.
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