Matches Posted First Class World Series S2 | AB de Villiers makes Melbourne rock!

[zwarrior]

Round 1

Melbourne Thunder vs Victoria Bushrangers at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lahore Qalandars at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Kolkata Knight Riders vs London Lions at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Multiply Titans vs T&T Red Steel at Supersport Park, Centurion

Line Up Rules

• You must have a wicket-keeper and at least 4 bowling options.
• Your captain (as said at the time on the drafts) cannot be dropeed.
• All players must play at least 1 match before playoffs.
• Home teams also have to choose from the pitches available at their respective grounds.

Spoiler: Pitches

Melbourne Cricket Ground :- Flat / Hard / Sporting
Chinnaswamy Stadium :- Flat / Dusty / Sporting
Eden Gardens :- Flat / Dusty / Dry
Supersport Park :- Green / Hard / Sporting

Spoiler: Pitch Types

Flat pitches are a heaven for batsmen and nightmare for bowlers (especially spinners).
Hard pitches are beneficial for faster bowlers who hit the deck hard. Batsmen who can play the short ball well are also benefitted.
Sporting pitches are a complete average of all the pitch types.
Dusty pitches are good for batsmen who can play spin well as well as for spinners who can turn the ball well.
Green pitches are a fast bowler's heaven. Great swing and seam is available to the pacers.
Dry pitches are rank turners and are a batsman's nightmare. All spinners work well here.

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@Sodium @Akshay291 @The Punisher @Umair2000 @Naman Thakur @Gravity. @MrNginator @CerealKiller (Your team is Lahore) @Saroj padhy @zwarrior​

I feel you should also mention in LINE UP rules that minimum of 4 bronze players should play

 

[Akshay.]

Multiply Titans:

David Warner
Martin Guptill
Alaistar Cook
Ajinkya Rahane
Dinesh Chandimal
Ravichandran Ashwin
Wriddhiman Saha
Jayant Yadav
Chris Woakes
Kyle Abbott
Matt Henry

Pitch: Sporting pitches are a complete average of all the pitch types.

 

[zwarrior]

Melbourne Thunder

Choosing Hard pitch.


Murali Vijay
Jeet Raval
Cheteshwar Pujara
AB de Villiers
Angelo Mathews ^
James Neesham
Mitchell Santner ^
Mohommad Amir ^
Neil Wagner ^
Mohommad Shami ^
James Anderson ^

Players marked beside ^ will bowl.

@MrNginator to confirm

@Hydron Jeet Raval is NZ. Please change that in first post.

 

[RUDI]

Hashim Amla
Usman Khawaja
Imrul Kayes
Craig Ervine
BJ Watling
Moeen Ali
Chris Morris
Kagiso Rabada
Peter Siddle
Varun Aaron
Doug Bracewell ​

 

[Neo 7]

Spoiler: LINEUP

Stephen Cook
Dimuth Katuratne
Asad Shafiq
Gary Ballance
Suresh Raina
Naman Ojha
Ben Stokes
Ravinder Jadeja
Yasir Shah
T. Kaushal
Zulfiqur Babar

Spoiler: PITCH

Dusty

Jackson Bird

He plays for @Hydron

 

[Saroj padhy]

We will go same.
Pitch = Flat

 

[CerealKiller]

Sami Aslam
Haseeb Hameed
Azhar Ali
Kane Williamson
Jonny Bairstow
Shakib al Hasan
Mahmudullah Riyad
Mehedi Hasan
Morne Morkel
Mark Wood
Rahat Ali

@Hydron i feel 4 bronzes is too much. Please consider reducing it to 3 or 2

 

[MrNginator]

Melbourne Thunder

Choosing Hard pitch.


Murali Vijay
Jeet Raval
Cheteshwar Pujara
AB de Villiers
Angelo Mathews ^
James Neesham
Mitchell Santner ^
Mohommad Amir ^
Neil Wagner ^
Mohommad Shami ^
James Anderson ^

Players marked beside ^ will bowl.

Confirmed, hoping to continue our form.

 

[Yash.]

Sami Aslam
Haseeb Hameed
Azhar Ali
Kane Williamson
Jonny Bairstow
Shakib al Hasan
Mahmudullah Riyad
Mehedi Hasan
Morne Morkel
Mark Wood
Rahat Ali

@Hydron i feel 4 bronzes is too much. Please consider reducing it to 3 or 2

It is fair, I think... Last season we had the same squad compositions and the same lineup rules....

 

[Saroj padhy]

It is fair, I think... Last season we had the same squad compositions and the same lineup rules....

Yeah that seems fair, but the only thing is you should have informed us before the draft. I am not the part of the previous session. So I didn't give much importance to the bronze section earlier.
But that's fine now.

 

[Yash.]

Yeah that seems fair, but the only thing is you should have informed us before the draft. I am not the part of the previous session. So I didn't give much importance to the bronze section earlier.
But that's fine now.

The lineup rules were on the first page since the start of the second season

 

[Yash.]

Round 1

Melbourne Thunder vs Victoria Bushrangers at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lahore Qalandars at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Kolkata Knight Riders vs London Lions at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Multiply Titans vs T&T Red Steel at Supersport Park, Centurion

Line Up Rules

• You must have a wicket-keeper and at least 4 bowling options.
• Your captain (as said at the time on the drafts) cannot be dropeed.
• All players must play at least 1 match before playoffs.
• Home teams also have to choose from the pitches available at their respective grounds.
• Minimum of 4 bronze players must play in the lineup

Spoiler: Pitches

Melbourne Cricket Ground :- Flat / Hard / Sporting
Chinnaswamy Stadium :- Flat / Dusty / Sporting
Eden Gardens :- Flat / Dusty / Dry
Supersport Park :- Green / Hard / Sporting

Spoiler: Pitch Types

Flat pitches are a heaven for batsmen and nightmare for bowlers (especially spinners).
Hard pitches are beneficial for faster bowlers who hit the deck hard. Batsmen who can play the short ball well are also benefitted.
Sporting pitches are a complete average of all the pitch types.
Dusty pitches are good for batsmen who can play spin well as well as for spinners who can turn the ball well.
Green pitches are a fast bowler's heaven. Great swing and seam is available to the pacers.
Dry pitches are rank turners and are a batsman's nightmare. All spinners work well here.

​

@Sodium @Akshay291 @The Punisher @Umair2000 @Naman Thakur @Gravity. @MrNginator @CerealKiller (Your team is Lahore) @Saroj padhy @zwarrior​

@Sodium @Umair2000

 

[Umair7]

Matt Renshaw
Shikhar Dhawan
Ian Bell
Steven Smith
Quinton de Kock
Peter Handscomb
Dale Steyn
Vernon Philander
James Pattinson
Dilruwan Perera
Imran Khan

 

[Yash.]

_______________________________________________________________________________

Murali Vijay
Jeet Raval
Cheteshwar Pujara
AB de Villiers
Angelo Mathews
James Neesham
Mitchell Santner
Mohommad Amir
Neil Wagner
Mohommad Shami
James Anderson
_________________________

Hashim Amla
Usman Khawaja
Imrul Kayes
Craig Ervine
BJ Watling
Moeen Ali
Chris Morris
Kagiso Rabada
Peter Siddle
Varun Aaron
Doug Bracewell
_____________________________________________________________________

Ground - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
This pitch is beneficial for faster bowlers who hit the deck hard. Batsmen who can play the short ball well are also benefitted.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
​

Date: 01-14-2017
MELBOURNE THUNDER VS VICTORIA BUSHRANGERS at Melbourne Cricket Ground
6 day match
Pitch Condition: Normal

MELBOURNE THUNDER WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BAT FIRST

Melbourne Thunder :- 1st Innings

MELBOURNE THUNDER 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Murali Vijay        lbw            b. Ali          29    41    7    0   70.7%
Jeet Raval                         b. Bracewell    17    33    4    0   51.5%
Cheteshwar Pujara   c. Amla        b. Bracewell   112   161   22    1   69.6%
AB de Villiers      c. Morris      b. Rabada      108   170   19    2   63.5%
Angelo Mathews      c. Amla        b. Ali          52    72   11    1   72.2%
James Neesham                      b. Bracewell    16    51    3    0   31.4%
Mitchell Santner                   b. Siddle        8    13    1    0   61.5%
Mohommad Amir       c. Amla        b. Siddle        0     4    0    0    0.0%
Neil Wagner         c. Morris      b. Bracewell     5    13    1    0   38.5%
Mohommad Shami      not out                         2    20    0    0   10.0%
James Anderson      c. Amla        b. Ali          22    22    5    0  100.0%

Total:  385/10       Overs:  100.0        Run Rate:  3.85     Extras:  14
  
                             Day 2  10:42 AM
  
                                     -X-

MELBOURNE THUNDER Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
M Vijay       J Raval      þþþþþþþþ                                  44 (67)
M Vijay       C Pujara     þþþþ                                      24 (22)
A Villiers    C Pujara     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ      185 (287)
A Villiers    A Mathews    þþþþþþþþþþþ                               60 (67)
J Neesham     A Mathews    þþþþ                                      24 (61)
J Neesham     M Santner    þþ                                        13 (21)
J Neesham     M Amir                                                  0 (10)
J Neesham     N Wagner     þþ                                        11 (19)
J Neesham     M Shami      þ                                          1 (12)
J Anderson    M Shami      þþþþ                                      23 (34)


     Fall of Wickets    44/1      68/2      253/3     313/4     337/5
                        350/6     350/7     361/8     362/9     385/10   

Total:  385/10      Overs:  100.0         Run Rate:  3.85    Extras:  14 
                                     -X-

VICTORIA BUSHRANGERS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Peter Siddle         15.0      7      50      2      3.33     0      1
Kagiso Rabada        25.0      3     114      1      4.56     0      1
Varun Aaron          11.0      3      27      0      2.45     0      0
Doug Bracewell       18.0      8      41      4      2.28     0      0
Chris Morris         10.0      2      27      0      2.70     0      1
Moeen Ali            21.0      4     116      3      5.52     0      1


EXTRAS          Wides: 0      No Balls: 4      Leg Byes: 4      Byes: 6

Total:  385/10       Overs:  100.0        Run Rate:  3.85    Extras:  14 
                                     -X-

The Melbourne Thunders' openers' stay at the crease was quite short as Murali Vijay and Jeet Raval were both sent back by the score of 68. Then Cheteshwar Pujara and AB de Villiers got together and stitched a 185 run partnership. Pujara was the main scorer, as he made the first century of the First Class World Series S2. After his wicket, AB de Villiers continued and also made a century. After their wickets, Angelo Mathews made a fifty, but no one else could score big. Melbourne were bundled out for 385.

Doug Bracewell took 4 wickets and was the best bowler for Victoria. Peter Siddle and Moeen Ali took 3 wickets each.
​

Victoria Bushrangers :- 1st Innings (Trail by 385 runs)

VICTORIA BUSHRANGERS 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Hashim Amla         c. Pujara      b. Anderson     52    78   10    1   66.7%
Usman Khawaja       c. Shami       b. Mathews      19    12    4    0  158.3%
Imrul Kayes                        b. Shami         8    20    2    0   40.0%
Craig Ervine                       b. Mathews      62   163   10    1   38.0%
BJ Watling          lbw            b. Santner      49    79    8    1   62.0%
Moeen Ali           c. Vijay       b. Anderson     19    60    3    1   31.7%
Chris Morris                       b. Santner      37    96    7    0   38.5%
Kagiso Rabada       c. Villiers    b. Wagner       50   122    9    0   41.0%
Peter Siddle        c. Villiers    b. Wagner       20    80    3    0   25.0%
Varun Aaron         c. Villiers    b. Anderson      1    24    0    0    4.2%
Doug Bracewell      not out                         2    17    0    0   11.8%

Total:  330/10       Overs:  124.3        Run Rate:  2.65     Extras:  11
  
                             Day 3  1:30 PM
  
                                     -X-

VICTORIA BUSHRANGERS Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
H Amla        U Khawaja    þþþþþþþþþþ                                26 (21)
H Amla        I Kayes      þþþþþþ                                    16 (38)
H Amla        C Ervine     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                  61 (104)
B Watling     C Ervine     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ       87 (181)
M Ali         C Ervine     þþ                                         5 (18)
M Ali         C Morris     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                            36 (107)
K Rabada      C Morris     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                          42 (91)
K Rabada      P Siddle     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                      52 (139)
V Aaron       P Siddle                                                0 (17)
V Aaron       Bracewell    þþ                                         5 (31)


     Fall of Wickets    26/1      42/2      103/3     190/4     195/5
                        231/6     273/7     325/8     325/9     330/10   

Total:  330/10      Overs:  124.3         Run Rate:  2.65    Extras:  11 
                                     -X-

MELBOURNE THUNDER Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
James Anderson       19.3      4      47      3      2.41     3      0
Neil Wagner          23.0      6      79      2      3.43     1      1
Mohommad Amir        12.0      3      54      0      4.50     0      0
Angelo Mathews       19.0      6      56      2      2.95     0      0
Mohommad Shami       23.0     12      35      1      1.52     0      0
James Neesham        11.0      6      15      0      1.36     0      0
Mitchell Santner     17.0      8      39      2      2.29     0      1


EXTRAS          Wides: 4      No Balls: 2      Leg Byes: 4      Byes: 1

Total:  330/10       Overs:  124.3        Run Rate:  2.65    Extras:  11 
                                     -X-

Victoria started the innings in a great way with their captain, Hashim Amla scoring a fifty. He put together a great partnership with Craig Ervine. After his wicket, Craig Ervine stood there and made a well fought 62. BJ Watling also contirbuted with an innings of 49. A late fifty from Kagiso Rabada took the total to 330. James Anderson was the pick of the bowlers as he took 3 wickets.
​

Melbourne Thunder :- 1st Innings (Lead by 55 runs)

MELBOURNE THUNDER 2nd innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Murali Vijay        lbw            b. Aaron       106   152   16    3   69.7%
Jeet Raval          lbw            b. Ali           2    39    0    0    5.1%
Cheteshwar Pujara   lbw            b. Rabada       11    13    2    0   84.6%
AB de Villiers                     b. Rabada       35    49    8    0   71.4%
Angelo Mathews                     b. Morris       54    68   12    0   79.4%
James Neesham       c. Watling     b. Siddle       69   128   15    0   53.9%
Mitchell Santner    lbw            b. Aaron         0     1    0    0    0.0%
Mohommad Amir       c. Amla        b. Aaron        48   114    8    1   42.1%
Neil Wagner         c. Watling     b. Aaron        24    55    4    0   43.6%
Mohommad Shami      not out                        24    53    4    1   45.3%
James Anderson      c. Amla        b. Bracewell     1     9    0    0   11.1%

Total:  386/10       Overs:  113.1        Run Rate:  3.41     Extras:  12
  
                             Day 4  3:33 PM
  
                                     -X-

MELBOURNE THUNDER Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
M Vijay       J Raval      þþþþþþþþþþþþ                              33 (68)
M Vijay       C Pujara     þþþþþ                                     13 (29)
M Vijay       A Villiers   þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                        47 (71)
M Vijay       A Mathews    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ       90 (111)
M Vijay       J Neesham    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                67 (77)
M Santner     J Neesham                                               0 (1)
M Amir        J Neesham    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ           82 (182)
M Amir        N Wagner     þ                                          5 (43)
M Shami       N Wagner     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                            37 (73)
M Shami       J Anderson   þþþþ                                      12 (24)


     Fall of Wickets    33/1      46/2      93/3      183/4     250/5
                        250/6     332/7     337/8     374/9     386/10   

Total:  386/10      Overs:  113.1         Run Rate:  3.41    Extras:  12 
                                     -X-

VICTORIA BUSHRANGERS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Peter Siddle         20.0      4      67      1      3.35     0      0
Kagiso Rabada        21.0      6      64      2      3.05     0      0
Doug Bracewell       15.1      2      59      1      3.89     0      1
Chris Morris         15.0      3      53      1      3.53     0      1
Varun Aaron          20.0      4      57      4      2.85     1      2
Moeen Ali            22.0      7      80      1      3.64     1      0


EXTRAS          Wides: 2      No Balls: 4      Leg Byes: 4      Byes: 2

Total:  386/10       Overs:  113.1        Run Rate:  3.41    Extras:  12 
                                     -X-

The Melbourne Thunder was again at their best as their opening batsman, Murali Vijay made a century. Angelo Mathews and James Neesham contributed with fifties, while Mohommad Amir hit 48 runs and extended the lead to 441.

Varun Aaron was the pick of the bowlers taking 4 scalps, including the wicket of Murali Vijay.​

Victoria Bushrangers need 442 runs to win.

VICTORIA BUSHRANGERS 2nd innings  (Target: 442)

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Hashim Amla         c. Vijay       b. Santner      67    73   14    0   91.8%
Usman Khawaja       c. Villiers    b. Anderson     51    67   11    0   76.1%
Imrul Kayes         c. Amir        b. Mathews      74   126   16    0   58.7%
Craig Ervine        lbw            b. Wagner       25    47    5    0   53.2%
BJ Watling                         b. Neesham      31    64    6    0   48.4%
Moeen Ali           c. Raval       b. Anderson      9    23    2    0   39.1%
Chris Morris                       b. Santner      30    44    7    0   68.2%
Kagiso Rabada       c. Santner     b. Wagner       13    37    2    0   35.1%
Peter Siddle        not out                        30    61    6    0   49.2%
Varun Aaron         lbw            b. Anderson     15    26    3    0   57.7%
Doug Bracewell                     b. Mathews      16    24    4    0   66.7%

Total:  381/10       Overs:  98.1         Run Rate:  3.88     Extras:  20
  
                             Day 5  4:04 PM
  
                                     -X-

VICTORIA BUSHRANGERS Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
H Amla        U Khawaja    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ      117 (129)
I Kayes       U Khawaja    þþþþ                                      14 (24)
I Kayes       C Ervine     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                            49 (81)
I Kayes       B Watling    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                   80 (135)
I Kayes       M Ali        þþ                                        10 (19)
C Morris      M Ali        þ                                          1 (12)
C Morris      K Rabada     þþþþþþþþþþþþþ                             46 (67)
P Siddle      K Rabada     þ                                          2 (26)
P Siddle      V Aaron      þþþþþþþþþ                                 33 (48)
P Siddle      Bracewell    þþþþþþþþ                                  29 (48)


     Fall of Wickets    117/1     131/2     180/3     260/4     270/5
                        271/6     317/7     319/8     352/9     381/10   

Total:  381/10      Overs:  98.1          Run Rate:  3.88    Extras:  20 
                                     -X-

MELBOURNE THUNDER Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
James Anderson       17.0      5      49      3      2.88     0      2
Neil Wagner          18.0      5      55      2      3.06     1      0
Mohommad Amir         9.0      2      30      0      3.33     1      0
Angelo Mathews       15.1      1      68      2      4.48     1      0
James Neesham        10.0      2      49      1      4.90     0      0
Mitchell Santner     17.0      4      72      2      4.24     0      3
Mohommad Shami       12.0      2      46      0      3.83     0      0


EXTRAS          Wides: 3      No Balls: 5      Leg Byes: 4      Byes: 8

Total:  381/10       Overs:  98.1         Run Rate:  3.88    Extras:  20 
                                     -X-

The top 3 of Victoria Bushrangers asserted their authority over the Melbourne bowlers as all three got fifties. Hashim Amla made a quick 67 while Usman Khawaja made 51. But it was Imrul Kayes in particular, who made 74 runs and showed some hope of a win. But after his wicket, no one made any big contribution. Chris Morris and Peter Siddle tried to draw the match. But batting for one and a half days against a bowling lineup containing James Anderson was almost impossible. Victoria lost by 81 runs.

Angelo Mathews was awarded the man of the match for his all-round contribution of 4 wickets and 106 runs.​

Melbourne Thunder   385 & 386
Victoria Bushrangers
                    330 & 381
  
Melbourne Thunder won by 60 runs

Man of the match: Angelo Mathews

@The Punisher @MrNginator @zwarrior

 

[zwarrior]

It was a good match. It was important to get the first innings lead and we did that. ABD and Pujara gave us runs on board and well supported by Matthews throught. Vijay led from the front in second innings. Contribution from Neesham and Amir in the lower order was the key factor. Shami and Wagner too added 44 runs. Anderson and Wagner were good with the ball and well supported by Santner. Good start for us !