FTP: From the Pavilion general chat

[Tarzan]

Now your players will start to hit boundaries and more runs... This happens often in FTP...

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Happiness...

That is 50 runs for Omara (51 runs, 84b 4x4 0x6) SR:60.71
32.2 2 U. Khan to Omara : Played wide of mid-wicket and they'll come back for 2.

& sorrow for you...

31.3 W Nadeeka to Mijnke : He shuffled across his stumps looking to work to leg and was struck in front by Nadeeka.
P. Mijnke lbw b. B. Nadeeka 52 (80b 3x4 0x6) SR:65.00

 

[hedger_14]

A better over. That wicket was a wake up call for us.

End of over 33 (7 runs) - Hedger's Team(148-3). 30 runs required from 7 overs. RR 4.48 RRR 4.29
V. Omara 53 (86b) , M. Young 6 (6b) , U. Khan 5-0-24-0

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Well now there are wickets falling, runs being scored and who knows how this is going to finish. I should get home from here though.

End of over 37 (7 runs) - Hedger's Team(170-5). 8 runs required from 3 overs. RR 4.59 RRR 2.67
L. van der Hoeven 1 (2b) , A. Moxly 14 (12b) , U. Khan 7-0-35-1

 

[Tarzan]

Hedger's Team won by 5 wickets & 13 balls remaining...

End of over 37.5 (9 runs) - Hedger's Team(179-5) RR 4.71
L. van der Hoeven 8 (5b) , A. Moxly 16 (14b) , J. Stuckey 6.5-0-38-1

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End of over 34 (2 runs) - Saurashtra Lions(139-7) RR 4.09
H. Shalabh 1 (2b) , A. Neeraj 1 (1b) , D. Vivek 5-1-15-3

33.5 W Vivek to Tarang : [catch] Tarang was drawn into a poor shot by an excellent piece of bowling by Vivek. A simple catch for L. Palshikar and Tarang's innings comes to an end.
A. Tarang c L. Palshikar b. D. Vivek 46 (64b 4x4 1x6) SR:71.88

33.2 W Vivek to Vattikota : Gurinder and Vivek are vigorously appealing for a bat pad catch. The finger goes up, and Vattikota is walking.
D. Vattikota c H. Gurinder b. D. Vivek 32 (43b 3x4 0x6) SR:74.42

Two last well settled batsmen got out and now this might be the end... No more runs expecting...

 

[hedger_14]

Awesome, that wins means Slazenger Sharks are no longer on top of the ladder. Now I should finish 3rd or 4th as I have the easiest back end to the season, playing last and second last place, who haven't beaten any of the top 5 teams. The problem is that the team on the same amount of points as me now also plays 2 of the bottom 3 teams. And actually, 3rd place have one match against the team I just beat and a game against 6th so now it's all going to come down to NRR. The table:

Gulitrons - 40 points
Slazenger Sharks - 40 points
Mighty Mice - 32 points - Should win one of their last 2
jfaz515's guns - 28 points - Should win both of their last games
Hedger's Team - 28 points - I should win both of my last games

And Gulitrons and Slazenger Sharks pretty much are playing for the Championship next week when they face each other.

So really, the table will look like this at the end, NRR not taken into consideration.

1. Gulitrons/Slazenger Sharks - 48 points
2. Gulitrons/Slazenger Sharks - 44 points
3. Mighty Mice - 36 points
4. jfzaz515's guns - 36 points
5. Hedger's Team - 36 points

Curse my unlucky start to the season, losing to Gulitrons with a ball to spare, losing my second game with 3 balls to spare and losing my third game by 19 runs in a very high scoring affair, although we got beaten by one player, who scored 163 off 121 balls.

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And my rating was also 9k lower than theirs

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Well actually, it was only 5k lower but still, a nice upset. Although most of the rating difference was in the fielding and their tail rating. My bowling was also a fair bit better than theirs.

Slazenger Sharks Hedger's Team
Batting - Top Order: 5,984 5,894
Batting - Middle Order: 4,688 4,530
Batting - Tail: 3,501 2,954
Bowling - Seam: 5,470 (8) 5,500 (8)
Bowling - Spin: 4,830 (2) 5,034 (2)
Fielding/Keeping: 5,498 4,428

 

[Tarzan]

End of over 10 (3 runs) - Thorinus United(24-4). 166 runs required from 30 overs. RR 2.40 RRR 5.53
L. Palshikar 0 (2b) , H. Gurinder 4 (11b) , R. Talbot 1-0-1-1

9.4 W Talbot to Mitra : [catch] Short down the leg side, it was close to the body. Mitra looks to pull, gets a glove to it, and it goes straight into the gloves of Rohila, who takes it gleefully.
A. Mitra c A. Rohila b. R. Talbot 10 (25b 0x4 0x6) SR:40.00

 

[Tarzan]

Saurashtra Lions won by 125 runs...

End of over 23.2 (maiden) - Thorinus United(64-10). 126 runs required from 16.4 overs. RR 2.67 RRR 7.88
C. Vadher 18 (31b) , A. Neeraj 7.2-2-20-4

 

[hedger_14]

O'Leary scored 80 today but the rest of the team failed as we were bowled out for 169, chasing down 314. Phillips took 3/60 and Watkin took 1/29.

 

[Tarzan]

At one stage they looked to win easily...

End of over 36 (5 runs) - WomBats(128-4). 35 runs required from 14 overs. RR 3.56 RRR 2.50
A. Ramanathan 1 (6b) , M. Arunasiri 50 (103b) , V. Kapini 8-1-17-1

But slipped to

End of over 39.3 (maiden) - WomBats(137-10). 26 runs required from 10.3 overs. RR 3.42 RRR 2.60
J. van der Bilt 0 (0b) , V. Kapini 9.3-1-18-4

And Lions register their win...

Saurashtra Lions won by 25 runs...

 

[AkshayS]

From the Pavilion - Free Online Cricket Management Game

Big win there, by 443 runs. Loved it.
French and Bos were exceptional with the bat.

 

[Iridium]

From the Pavilion - Free Online Cricket Management Game

Big win there, by 443 runs. Loved it.
French and Bos were exceptional with the bat.

Poor guy. Hasn't been playing long and thrashings start coming his way. That would be enough to make him quit.

 

[Chewie]

Currently playing Iridium in a SOD friendly. I'm 193/5 after 38.4 overs on a sunny day and uneven pitch. I think if I get 250 it'll be too much for him, and 200 on an uneven pitch is quite a bit as well. I have 1 RF bowler and two FM bowlers to exploit the pitch so hopefully they go well.

So I think I'm on top at the moment and should get some payback for the last match where he beat me

 

[Iridium]

Not playing my strongest lineup. I have my RF bowler van Dalen in there. Despite being only reli/reli bowler, he took 2/47 from his 10. Also included Lindsay to try make sure of his Seam Specialist talent.

Now with Khan gone, that's the end of my batsmen

 

[Chewie]

Yay i won Slightly out-rated you.

I played my LFM all-rounder (cap/reli/reli) instead of my LM all-rounder (accom/exp/accom) (bat/bowl/tech) because of the pitch. Paid off, he took 3 wickets

 

[Iridium]

Heck, I thought my match rating would plummet with the changes I made. But still not bad. Disappointed I lost but oh well.

 

[Iridium]

Just doing the FTP Stats for Division 2 and saw this:

20 Jan 2011 00:00 One Day Friendly Saurashtra Lions v Gunpot United Saurashtra Lions won by 406 runs
23 Jan 2011 08:00 One Day Friendly New York Yankees v Highveld Leopards New York Yankees won by 365 runs
27 Jan 2011 00:00 One Day Friendly Saurashtra Lions v Highveld Leopards Saurashtra Lions won by 373 runs
30 Jan 2011 05:30 One Day Friendly Highveld Leopards v Iridium XI Iridium XI won by 166 runs
03 Feb 2011 02:00 One Day Friendly Saurashtra Lions v Highveld Leopards Saurashtra Lions won by 418 runs
06 Feb 2011 00:00 One Day Friendly Winners or losers v Highveld Leopards Highveld Leopards won by 6 wickets
27 Feb 2011 04:30 One Day Friendly Saurashtra Lions v Highveld Leopards Saurashtra Lions won by 392 runs
06 Mar 2011 02:00 One Day Friendly Saurashtra Lions v Highveld Leopards underway...

Really? Poor guy. After two 350+ run thrashings I'd just decline a friendly with Tarzan. What's the point?