Story FTP: A Team Diary

[Tarzan]

I will be very nice to organize 5ODI series or T20 or Youth. But now I am in friendly competition. I will let you know when I will have free weeks.

And I am also very eager to organize with you... Thanks You.

 

[hedger_14]

Remember that there are friendlies are on both Thursday's and Sunday's.

 

[Tarzan]

I know it, I am playing FTP from the 1st season...

 

[hedger_14]

Hedger's Team and Western Wanderers organize series​

Yesterday, it was heard that Hedger's Team and Western Wanderers have organized a series consisting of 5 OD matches, 1 Youth and 1 T20 match. The fixtures for this tournament are as follows.

20th Sep T20 Western Wanderers vs Hedger's Team @ New Wanderers Stadium

24th Sep YOD Hedger's Team vs Western Wanderers @ Hedger's Team CG

27th Sep 1st OD Hedger's Team vs Western Wanderers @ Hedger's Team CG

01st Oct 2nd OD Western Wanderers vs Hedger's Team @ New Wanderers Stadium

04th Oct 3rd OD Hedger's Team vs Western Wanderers @ Hedger's Team CG

08th Oct 4th OD Western Wanderers vs Hedger's Team @ New Wanderers Stadium

11th Oct 5th OD Hedger's Team vs Western Wanderers @ Hedger's Team CG

 

[Tarzan]

Teams have 11days to prepare for this Series. Manager and captain will be in press conference very soon and report will be posted here by me...

Ok, Hedger ?

 

[hedger_14]

ok then fair enough. Did you want to make it so that we have to name a 15 man Senior Squad for the T20 and 5 OD matches (Can include Youth) and a 12 man Youth Squad for the 1 Youth match. Also request a friendly for the T20 match, your home and you decide the pitch type and weather.

 

[Tarzan]

It's now your time to challenge me for T20 challenge to me. 24th Sep slot is not active now. So you do challenge.

I will do very soon...

 

[hedger_14]

Sorry, I meant post it for the T20 match. Anyway, this is another part of story

Scott Arthur argues with Hedger​

31 year old, Scott Arthur got into an argument with coach, Brendon Hedger about why he was not playing and was heard to say this, "Listen here coach. I want some game time here and now and I want to be picked for this series!" Hedger took this the wrong way by getting angry and replying, "Sorry, You are getting near the end of your career and you don't have the talent to play here anymore. If you don't like this, get out of here, we don't need you!". Scott Arthur stormed out and has said that he has had enough of the club and will never come back. Hedger has not commented on this much but has stated that it will not make any difference to the club.

Scott Arthur in his career has played 55 OD matches with 235 runs @ 9.79 with a high score of 45. A poor career saw him take 52 wickets @ 52.13 but had best figures of 6/8. His T20 career also wasn't the greatest taking 49 wickets @ 30.41 in 52 matches.

 

[hedger_14]

Squads Named for Hedger's Team/Western Wanderers Series​

Hedger's Team:

OD and T20 Series: (15 man squad)
1. Stephen Byrne
2. Ernest Clay
3. Thomas Taaffe
4. Jake Miller
5. Dion Tribe (?)
6. James Fiebig
7. David Dumaresq (C)
8. Gilbert Black
9. Farrukh Naeem
10. Fred Tindall (VC)
11. Bob Kwistel
12. Jack Lane
13. Rene Butler
14. Murray Oldroyd (?)
15. Gavin Hele

Youth Match: (12 man squad)
1. Murray Oldroyd (?) (C)
2. Bilal Khaleel
3. Huntley Preen
4. Gavin Hele
5. Joshua Boyle
6. Coamas Chinamasa
7. Donald Ellis
8. George Fitzpatrick
9. Peter Desmazeures
10. Kalhana Priyanka (VC)
11. Sean Pyke
12. Arjune Mohammed (?)


Western Wanderers:

OD and T20 Series: (15 man squad)
1. Aharbandhava Yogesh
2. Gautam Gambhir
3. Rudra Pratap Singh
4. Kumar Sangakkara (?)
5. Yuvvraaj Singh
6. Aniel Kumble
7. Shakti Makwana (C)
8. Dayavira Sreevijayan
9. Shaney Warne
10. Agnibha Virasana
11. Virendera Sehwag (VC)
12. Todd Logan
13. Aidan O'Leary
14. Andrew Dugan (?)
15. Remco van der Sloot

Youth Match: (12 man squad)
1. Todd Logan
2. Aidan O'Leary
3. Andrew Dugan (?)
4. Remco van der Sloot (C)
5. Andrew O`Rielly
6. Michael Sutherland
7. Alok Abedin
8. Andrew Anderson (VC)
9. Kai Eaton
10. Jayakrishna Sohal
11. Owen Casey
12. Enamul Huq

 

[hedger_14]

Come on. Request a T20 friendly at your home stadium and pitch conditions etc.

Senior Training:

Pops:
David Dumaresq (32) - Experience - Reasonable to Capable
Jack Lane (22) - Experience - Dreadful to Poor

Mid-Week Update:​

The week started with what would have been a tough T20 match, 2nd playing 3rd. BanglaCricketRifat (who is also top of the Youth league which both these teams are in) won the toss and elected to bat on a nice green pitch for bowling where 7,000 people turned up. In 1.3 over's, they had lost both opening batsman. Other than Alexander, everyone made some runs the captain Blewett making 67 off 46. They finished with 166/5 from their 20 over's. Feibig was the best bowler with 2/13 from 2 over's. It went down to the last ball with an exciting last over. 4th ball, Fiebig ran 3 and came back for the fourth but got run out and they needed 5 to win with Naeem coming to the crease, 6 wickets down. Naeem then hit a 4 first ball and the scores were tied up and he scored a single of the last over. Ernest Clay top scored with 78 earning man of the match. Miller also made 43.

MVP Points Standings: Ernest Clay (3 points) [78 off 61], David Mailer (2) [3/28 off 4], Francis Livingston (1) [29* off 18 and 1/15 off 2].

Hedger's Team fell to defeat against the explosive XI in their Youth match. The Explosive XI made 288/4 from their 40 over's, a strong position to be in. Carson made 167* off 124 deliveries, a great batting knock. There were no real stand out bowlers. There were 3 run outs in Hedger's Team's innings which shows something they need to work on. They fell 13 runs short of their target finishing 275/6 in their 40 over's. Murray Oldroyd, one of the best Youth players this year made 103 off 84 balls and Bilal Khaleel made 83 off 69 to get them close. Ellis also made 43 before being run out at a run a ball.

MVP Points Standings: William Carson (3 points) [167* off 124], Murray Oldroyd (2) [103 off 84], Bilal Khaleel (1) [83 off 69].

hedger_14 added 8 Minutes and 58 Seconds later...

Club Champion​

Over half way through the season, the current club champion points are as follows:

OD
1. Fred Tindall - 11 matches - 1282 fantasy points - 3 MOTM awards
2. Jack Lane - 11 matches - 1259 fantasy points - 1 MOTM award
3. Farrukh Naeem - 11 matches - 1105 fantasy points - 2 MOTM awards

T20
1. Stephen Byrne - 10 matches - 1255 fantasy points - 5 MOTM awards
2. Ernest Clay - 10 matches - 705 fantasy points - 1 MOTM award
3. James Fiebig - 10 matches - 569 fantasy points - 1 MOTM award

Youth
1. Gavin Hele - 10 matches - 1014 fantasy points - 1 MOTM award
2. Murray Oldroyd - 10 matches - 760 fantasy points - 1 MOTM award
3. Huntley Preen - 10 matches - 609 fantasy points - 1 MOTM award

 

[hedger_14]

Good Start for Hedger's Team in OD match​

After winning the toss and electing to bat on a dry surface good for spinners despite home team, Hedger's Team only playing one spinner but maybe it was that their opponents Flying Cows was playing no spinners and had no good spinners in their team, Flying Cows lost a wicket in the first over, Bulinya getting a leading edge straight back up to Black taking a simple caught and bowled for a duck and Flying Cows at 1/1. No wickets were coming in the next 7 over's even though the Flying Cows weren't making any progress at 14/1 off 8. However, in the 9th over, Black took the wicket of Rubia plumb in front of the wicket to finish his opening spell of 5 over's with 2/11. The end of the 15th and Naeem's third over, Mau hit it to Kwistel fielding at short mid wicket and Mau was gone for 17. Tindall got his first wicket in his fifth over, 19.1 over's in, Souza hitting it straight back to Kwistel at mid on. So after 20 over's, Flying Cows are 53/4, Tindall with 1/12 from 5, Naeem with 1/16 from 5, Kwistel being economical with 0/9 from his 5 and Gilbert Black the pick of the bowlers with 2/11 from his 5. It will be tough for Flying Cows to make a decent total.

 

[hedger_14]

Tindall takes 5 as Flying Cows make small total​

After being 53/4 after 20 over's, Hele didn't have the best start dropping a catch which should have been caught and Dumaresq wasn't impressed. Suji and Karim survived a while before Kwistel got the wicket of Suji for 20 off 45 balls in the 28th over. 30 over's gone and Flying Cows were in trouble even after only losing 1 wicket between over's 20 and 30. Hele was given the ball after 30 over's in his first OD competitive match and conceded 5 runs off his first over. Tindall was brought back on after taking 1/12 off 5 over's and was on a hattrick at the end of his 6th with the wickets of Karim for 20 and Karanja for a duck. Hele got his first wicket in the next over, Gama Pinto edging behind to Oldroyd the other youth player. Tindall took his 4th wicket in the next over to have figures of 4/17 from 7 over's. The last 2 batsman survived a while but Tindall got his fifth wicket to finish things off, Flying Cows all out for 114. Tindall finished with figures of 5/20, his first OD five wicket haul, Hele on debut took 1/16 with all bowlers taking wickets with the exception of Dumaresq. Suji and Karim top scored with 20 each and it should be an easy win for Hedger's Team.

 

[Tarzan]

Nice work... You team doing well. I am waiting for the Series...

 

[hedger_14]

It will be a lot harder in OD next season. I don't look like promoting in T20 or Youth though. Anyway, the match summary.

Hedger's Team has no trouble as they easily chase down their target​

Only needing 115 for victory, Hedger's Team were always likely to win and they did that with 31.4 overs to spare. Hele was given the chance to open the batting and managed to make 33 off 35 before getting out to Karanja. Byrne then came in with Miller and they easily chased down their target, Miller making 52* while Byrne made 28* at a run a ball. No players bowled well from the Flying Cows other than Karanja who took 1/24 off 4 over's. A 9 wicket win in the end and keeps Hedger's Team on top of the OD league, still undefeated.

MVP Points Standings: Fred Tindall (3 points) [5/20 off 9.1], Gilbert Black (2) [2/11 off 5], Bob Kwistel (1) [1/23 off 10]

OD Club Champion Update​

1. Fred Tindall - 12 matches - 1499 fantasy points - 4 MOTM awards
2. Jack Lane - 12 matches - 1269 fantasy points - 1 MOTM award
3. Farrukh Naeem - 12 matches - 1160 fantasy points - 2 MOTM awards

 

[Tarzan]

My real name is "Shakti Makwana", captain of the team.