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STANDINGS AFTER FINAL ROUND

Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Points | Batting | Bowling England |7|7|0|0|36|12|41
Australia |7|4|2|1|23|9|33
West Indies |7|4|3|0|21|10|36
Pakistan |7|3|3|1|18|5|39
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New Zealand |7|2|3|2|14|5|28
South Africa |7|2|4|1|12|10|32
Sri Lanka |7|1|4|2|9|9|23
India |7|1|5|1|7|8|25

SEMI FINALS
England v Pakistan at The Oval
Australia v West Indies at Old Trafford

 

[Fenil]

A narrow loss. Result could have been better had we batted well in the first innings. Nevermind, we will be looking forward to settling the scores in the semis.


Well played Sir Leonard Hutton. Well played England.

 

[Fenil]

Excellent wicket, eh? Get ready to face the chin music, Britishers!

Saeed Anwar
Zaheer Abbas
Saleem Malik
Inzamam ul Haq
Javed Miandad
Imran Khan^
Moin Khan+
Wasim Akram^
Abdul Qadir^
Shoaib Akhtar^
Waqar Younis^​

 

[Champagnepapi]

i am going with same lineups for semi's please

 

[Villain]

We couldn't qualify for the semi's

 

[Champagnepapi]

could this be the first league i win

 

[VC the slogger]

We couldn't qualify for the semi's

How could you expect that lineup to beat 'proper' legends.Your team's legends Allan Donald & Shaun Pollock didn't play a single match.Your team may have played much better.Squad selection was also a bit surprising.No Graeme Pollock who was probably the best batsman South Africa produced,neither any Barry Richards or the amazing all-rounder Mike Procter.
These players:Albie Morkel,Colin Ingram,JP Duminy,Richard Levi etc were never good enough to play this league.
The squad selected by you was more of an ODI specialist squad.But still players like Philander and Gibbs were impressive.

 

[sos]

A narrow loss. Result could have been better had we batted well in the first innings. Nevermind, we will be looking forward to settling the scores in the semis.


Well played Sir Leonard Hutton. Well played England.

Get ready to be defeated once more in the semis!!
Will go unchanged for the very first time as we gonna face the same team again but thats not the reason.
@Fenil: Chin music eh? Cool we enjoy spoiling it's tracks

 

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SEMI-FINAL 1

VS

ENGLAND vs PAKISTAN
at The Kennington Oval,London

Pitch Condition:Excellent

Toss:England won the toss and chose to bat

ENGLAND 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Graham Gooch        c. Inzam'-Haq  b. Younis       40    26    9    0  153.8%
Len Hutton          c. M Khan      b. Younis       24    71    2    1   33.8%
WG Grace            c. I Khan      b. Qadir         2    13    0    0   15.4%
Kevin Pietersen                    b. Akram        22    42    5    0   52.4%
Ian Botham                         b. Akram        12    16    2    0   75.0%
Paul Collingwood    c. Inzam'-Haq  b. I Khan       12    22    2    0   54.5%
Bob Woolmer                        b. Qadir        47   132    9    0   35.6%
Alec Stewart        c. Miandad     b. Malik        47   146   10    0   32.2%
Hedley Verity       run out (Abbas)                 8    15    2    0   53.3%
Graeme Swann        not out                        17    16    4    0  106.3%
Sydney Barnes       c. M Khan      b. Akhtar        0     2    0    0    0.0%
 
 Total:  239/10       Overs:  83.2         Run Rate:  2.87     Extras:  8 
   
                             Day 1  4:35 PM
   
  
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ENGLAND Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
G Gooch       L Hutton     ??????????????????                        43 (54)
W Grace       L Hutton     ????????????                              28 (39)
Pietersen     L Hutton     ????                                      10 (30)
Pietersen     I Botham     ???????                                   16 (26)
Pietersen     Colli'wood   ??????                                    15 (34)
B Woolmer     Colli'wood   ???                                        9 (10)
B Woolmer     A Stewart    ???????????????????????????????????       80 (254)
H Verity      A Stewart    ???????                                   17 (28)
G Swann       A Stewart    ?????                                     13 (17)
G Swann       S Barnes     ???                                        8 (8)


     Fall of Wickets    43/1      71/2      81/3      97/4      112/5
                        121/6     201/7     218/8     231/9     239/10    

 Total:  239/10      Overs:  83.2          Run Rate:  2.87    Extras:  8   
  
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PAKISTAN Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Waqar Younis         16.0      6      53      2      3.31     1      1 
Imran Khan           11.0      5      23      1      2.09     0      0 
Shoaib Akhtar        15.2      2      56      1      3.65     0      0 
Wasim Akram          16.0      4      43      2      2.69     0      1 
Abdul Qadir          20.0      6      46      2      2.30     0      0 
Saleem Malik          5.0      1      13      1      2.60     0      0 


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

 Total:  239/10       Overs:  83.2         Run Rate:  2.87    Extras:  8   
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PAKISTAN 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Saeed Anwar         lbw            b. Botham        5     6    1    0   83.3%
Zaheer Abbas        c. Pietersen   b. Woolmer      15    17    3    0   88.2%
Saleem Malik        c. Stewart     b. Botham       70   150   13    1   46.7%
Inzamam-ul-Haq                     b. Verity      107   116   17    2   92.2%
Javed Miandad                      b. Woolmer      74   101   14    0   73.3%
Imran Khan          lbw            b. Verity       42    93    6    0   45.2%
Moin Khan           lbw            b. Verity        3    30    0    0   10.0%
Wasim Akram         not out                        50    79   10    0   63.3%
Abdul Qadir                        b. Verity       19    29    4    0   65.5%
Shoaib Akhtar       c. Pietersen   b. Botham       14    37    3    0   37.8%
Waqar Younis        c. Gooch       b. Woolmer       3    23    0    0   13.0%
 
 Total:  410/10       Overs:  113.2        Run Rate:  3.62     Extras:  8 
   
                             Day 3  11:09 AM
   
  
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PAKISTAN Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
S Anwar       Z Abbas      ?                                          7 (11)
S Malik       Z Abbas      ??                                        13 (13)
S Malik       Inzam'-Haq   ???????????????????????????????????      164 (250)
J Miandad     Inzam'-Haq   ?????                                     27 (26)
J Miandad     I Khan       ??????????????????????                   106 (169)
M Khan        I Khan       ?                                          3 (29)
M Khan        W Akram      ??                                        10 (25)
A Qadir       W Akram      ??????                                    30 (48)
S Akhtar      W Akram      ????????                                  42 (72)
W Younis      W Akram      ?                                          8 (37)


     Fall of Wickets    7/1       20/2      184/3     211/4     317/5
                        320/6     330/7     360/8     402/9     410/10    

 Total:  410/10      Overs:  113.2         Run Rate:  3.62    Extras:  8   
  
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ENGLAND Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Sydney Barnes        18.0      0      64      0      3.56     0      0 
Ian Botham           18.0      5      33      3      1.83     0      0 
Bob Woolmer          19.2      1      66      3      3.41     0      0 
WG Grace              7.0      1      33      0      4.71     0      0 
Paul Collingwood      8.0      0      38      0      4.75     0      0 
Graeme Swann         22.0      4      90      0      4.09     1      0 
Hedley Verity        17.0      6      41      4      2.41     0      0 
Kevin Pietersen       4.0      0      38      0      9.50     0      0 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 1      No Balls: 0      Leg Byes: 5      Byes: 2 

 Total:  410/10       Overs:  113.2        Run Rate:  3.62    Extras:  8   
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ENGLAND 2nd innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Graham Gooch        c. Inzam'-Haq  b. Akhtar       13    24    3    0   54.2%
Len Hutton          lbw            b. Akram        33    56    5    1   58.9%
WG Grace            c. Anwar       b. Younis       51    83    9    1   61.4%
Kevin Pietersen     c. M Khan      b. Akram         2     7    0    0   28.6%
Ian Botham          c. M Khan      b. Akram       108   179   20    0   60.3%
Paul Collingwood    c. Miandad     b. Younis       40    89    7    0   44.9%
Bob Woolmer                        b. Younis       69   207   12    0   33.3%
Alec Stewart                       b. Qadir        32    66    7    0   48.5%
Hedley Verity       c. M Khan      b. Younis        3    27    0    0   11.1%
Graeme Swann        lbw            b. Akhtar        6    25    1    0   24.0%
Sydney Barnes       not out                        10    22    1    0   45.5%
 
 Total:  380/10       Overs:  130.4        Run Rate:  2.91     Extras:  13 
   
                             Day 4  2:21 PM
   
  
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ENGLAND Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
G Gooch       L Hutton     ????????                                  19 (44)
W Grace       L Hutton     ????????????????????                      49 (71)
W Grace       Pietersen    ?                                          2 (12)
W Grace       I Botham     ???????????????????????????????????       83 (109)
Colli'wood    I Botham     ????????????????????????????????          78 (155)
B Woolmer     I Botham     ????????????                              30 (89)
B Woolmer     A Stewart    ??????????????????????                    54 (132)
B Woolmer     H Verity     ?????????                                 23 (66)
B Woolmer     G Swann      ????????????                              29 (61)
B Woolmer     S Barnes     ?????                                     13 (45)


     Fall of Wickets    19/1      68/2      70/3      153/4     231/5
                        261/6     315/7     338/8     367/9     380/10    

 Total:  380/10      Overs:  130.4         Run Rate:  2.91    Extras:  13   
  
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PAKISTAN Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Waqar Younis         28.4     10      65      4      2.27     0      1 
Imran Khan           19.0      4      77      0      4.05     0      2 
Shoaib Akhtar        20.0      5      72      2      3.60     0      0 
Wasim Akram          21.0      7      40      3      1.90     0      2 
Saleem Malik         15.0      4      49      0      3.27     1      0 
Abdul Qadir          27.0      9      70      1      2.59     0      0 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 1      No Balls: 5      Leg Byes: 3      Byes: 4 

 Total:  380/10       Overs:  130.4        Run Rate:  2.91    Extras:  13   
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PAKISTAN 2nd innings (Target: 210)

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Saeed Anwar         not out                       105   121   23    0   86.8%
Zaheer Abbas        c. Verity      b. Grace        51    56   10    0   91.1%
Saleem Malik        lbw            b. Barnes       22    47    5    0   46.8%
Inzamam-ul-Haq      not out                        27    34    6    0   79.4%
Javed Miandad        
Imran Khan           
Moin Khan            
Wasim Akram          
Abdul Qadir          
Shoaib Akhtar        
Waqar Younis         
 
 Total:  212/2        Overs:  42.5         Run Rate:  4.95     Extras:  7 
   
                             Day 5  10:43 AM
   
  
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PAKISTAN Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
S Anwar       Z Abbas      ???????????????????????????????????       95 (112)
S Anwar       S Malik      ?????????????????????                     59 (78)
S Anwar       Inzam'-Haq   ?????????????????????                     58 (67)


     Fall of Wickets    95/1      154/2                         
                                                                          

 Total:  212/2       Overs:  42.5          Run Rate:  4.95    Extras:  7   
  
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ENGLAND Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Sydney Barnes        10.0      0      45      1      4.50     1      1 
Ian Botham            7.0      0      32      0      4.57     0      0 
WG Grace              8.0      2      34      1      4.25     0      0 
Bob Woolmer           5.0      0      27      0      5.40     0      0 
Hedley Verity         6.5      0      35      0      5.12     0      1 
Paul Collingwood      3.0      0      17      0      5.67     0      0 
Graeme Swann          3.0      0      18      0      6.00     0      0 


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

 Total:  212/2        Overs:  42.5         Run Rate:  4.95    Extras:  7   
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MATCH SUMMARY

England             239 & 380
Pakistan            410 & 212/2              
   
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
  
Man of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq

Inzamam-ul-Haq's aggressive century in Pakistan's first innings,some brilliant bowling from the Pakistani pacers and a century from opener Saeed Anwar in the second innings helped Pakistan beat England and qualify for the final.

England,who had completely dominated all teams in the tournament were outplayed in all departments by Pakistan as their batting and bowling didn't deliver like in the matches before.​

 

[Villain]

How could you expect that lineup to beat 'proper' legends.Your team's legends Allan Donald & Shaun Pollock didn't play a single match.Your team may have played much better.Squad selection was also a bit surprising.No Graeme Pollock who was probably the best batsman South Africa produced,neither any Barry Richards or the amazing all-rounder Mike Procter.
These players:Albie Morkel,Colin Ingram,JP Duminy,Richard Levi etc were never good enough to play this league.
The squad selected by you was more of an ODI specialist squad.But still players like Philander and Gibbs were impressive.

Yeah,actually it's my mistake indeed.Could have made changes in the lineup.Thought,making big changes can prove wrong.Tbh:My more concentration was on the batting order.Though anyway congrats those who qualified for the semi's.Will buck up in the next season!

 

[sos]

Oh no!! Nearly got a heart attack!! The hell best team of the league stage is out! That too by losing to a team who reached top 4 due to other teams!Quite unlucky at leagues I am never won any even wwith the hell best team

 

[Champagnepapi]

Match fixing

 

[sos]

I would suggest to have play offs from next seas?n as its really heart breaking. I a, still not able to accept my defeat

 

[Fenil]

Pure brilliance! Fantastic display of aggressive bowling throughout the match and solid batting against a quality attack to seal an emphatic win. Full credit to the bowlers who showed some effervescent bowling on a pata wicket.

 

[Fenil]

Match fixing

Too bad I'm not the owner of a team and owner of the league at the same time.

I would suggest to have play offs from next seas?n as its really heart breaking. I a, still not able to accept my defeat

I wonder if you had been of the same opinion had your team made it to the final. I kind of support you though as one loss at a knockout stage shouldn't be lethal for the losing team. May be something like what Benjamin (swirler) did in ZPL could be a great remedy for it.