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[Aislabie]

A creditable performance from Ireland there; for a good while we roughly matched England and we learned a lot about the team

 

[X Factor]

Thats a draw! a satisfactory comeback after poor warmup match. hope our bowlers will get the wickets in next match.

 

[Akshay.]

That 9th wicket partnership was the turning point
Maybe the bowling could have been better

 

[El Loco]

No disrespect to Bangladesh but I expected no less from the team in this match. India in the next round is going to be the first proper test.

 

[VC the slogger]

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Round 2 fixtures

Rest of the World v Sri Lanka at Manheim (1900s)

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): James Aitchison, Ryan ten Doeschate, Jimmy Allan, Jack Laing, Percy Clark, Ole Mortensen, Aasif Karim ( ROTW); Angelo Mathews, Hashan Tillakaratne, Ashantha de Mel, Ravi Ratnayeke ( Sri Lanka)

@TekkogsSteve @PresidentEvil

Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare (2000s)

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Hamilton Masakadza, Guy Whittall, Kevin Curran, Paul Strang, Peter Rawson, Ray Price, John Traicos ( Zimbabwe); Graham Dowling, John Wright, Martin Donnelly, Shane Bond ( New Zealand)

@CerealKiller @Rohith.

Australia v South Africa at The SCG (1990s)

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Bob Simpson, Clem Hill, Warwick Armstrong, Dennis Lillee ( Australia); Bruce Mitchell, Dudley Nourse, Jimmy Sinclair, Gus Kempis ( South Africa)

@The Deadman @Sinister One

Ireland v Pakistan at College Park (1920s)

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Bob Lambert, Robert Poore, Tom Horan, Andre Botha, Kevin O'Brien, Trent Johnston, Bill Harrington ( Ireland); Javed Burki, Sarfraz Ahmed, Fazal Mahmood, Yasir Shah ( Pakistan)

@Aislabie @X Factor

Bangladesh v India at Chittagong (2010s)

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Akram Khan, Mominul Haque, Mohammad Ashraful, Khaled Mahmud, Khaled Mashud, Hasibul Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz ( Bangladesh); Vinoo Mankad, Polly Umrigar, Gundappa Viswanath, Mohammad Nissar ( India)

@Ashutosh. @Akshay.

England v West Indies at The Oval (1910s)

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): KS Ranjitsinhji, George Ulyett, Frank Woolley, Alec Bedser ( England); Viv Richards, Garry Sobers, Lance Gibbs, Sunil Narine ( West Indies)

@Quadralus @El Loco


Lineup rules

1) A proper wicket-keeper (//) in your XI.
2) A minimum of 5 players marked to bowl (up to 6 on very flat pitches where part-time options often need to share the workload).
3) Players ruled out due to injury cannot be selected.
4) The time limit for posting lineups is 72 hours. I will likely go with a random lineup if your lineup isn't posted within that time.
5) Teams with 15 squad members must give all their players a game over the course of the tournament (warm-ups don't count). For teams with 18 squad members, a minimum of 15 players must get a game.

Player rarities

- Elite/Legend. Used for the players that are undoubtedly the best of the lot.
- Ruby. Used for players that are extremely talented and can play in a way no one else can replicate.
- Gold. Used for players with a high level of consistency and ability to deliver during key moments.
- Silver. Used for players that aren't as talented as their Gold/Ruby/Legend contemporaries, but still capable of holding their own against the best in business.
- Bronze. Used for players that are a level below Silver. They are more likely to put in good performances than players from the Sapphire/Crystal category.
- Sapphire/Crystal. Used for players that are inexperienced or with a lower skill set compared to those from a higher category. They could either put in good performances or fail miserably.

In other words: > / ( marginally better than ) > > >

Also, the squads selected thus far are sorted in the following order:

Opening batsman (1-2)
Top-order (3-4)
Middle-order (4-7)
Lower-order (7-8)
Tailenders pace (9-11)
Tailanders spin (9-11)

Statistics

To be updated after 3 rounds.

Standings

Group A

Q||| Team || P || W || L || D || NR || Bat || Bwl || Pts
- | | | South Africa | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | 2 | | 3 | | 21
- | | | Australia | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | 1 | | 3 | | 20
- | | | New Zealand | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | 3 | | 19
- | | | Rest of the World | | 1 | | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 1 | | 3 | | 4
- | | | Sri Lanka | | 1 | | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 1 | | 3 | | 4
- | | | Zimbabwe | | 1 | | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | 3 | | 3

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Group B

Q|||Team||P||W||L||D||NR||Bat||Bwl||Pts
- | | | West Indies | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | 4 | | 3 | | 23
- | | | England | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | 2 | | 3 | | 21
- | | | India | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | | 4 | | 2 | | 11
- | | | Pakistan | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | | 2 | | 2 | | 9
- | | | Ireland | | 1 | | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | 3 | | 3
- | | | Bangladesh | | 1 | | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 1 | | 1 | | 2

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Explanation on pitch types

Damp/Sticky - Massively in favor of bowlers and an absolute nightmare to bat on, unless you're Victor Trumper.
Dusty - Plenty of turn on offer for spinners and a good place to bat for spin-savvy batsmen. Good pace bowlers are still likely to thrive.
Evenly balanced - Provides an evenly balanced contest for all disciplines.
Flat - A batsman-friendly pitch which provides little or no assistance to bowlers. Expect big totals.
Green - A lot of movement on offer early on, which makes it ideal for bowlers capable of swinging the ball. Batting expected to become easier as the match progresses.
Hard - Ideal conditions for batting. Good deal of bounce on offer for fast bowlers as well. Could go either way
Dry/Slow - Ideal for slow and spin bowlers as the name suggests. Sometimes quite difficult to bat on.
Poor - Uneven bounce and a huge amount of turn on offer for spinners. Expect a slow hard grind where most batsmen rarely score at above 2 an over.

 

[El Loco]

No disrespect to Bangladesh but I expected no less from the team in this match. India in the next round is going to be the first proper test.

My mistake, England rather.

1. Conrad Hunte
2. Clyde Walcott
3. George Headley
4. Brian Lara
5. Viv Richards
6. Garry Sobers
7. Everton Weekes
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Joel Garner
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Courtney Walsh

 

[X Factor]

Pakistan are going same against Ireland. The Prime Minister is very hopeful to win 1st match against Irish team.

 

[CerealKiller]

Strang in for Jarvis.

 

[Aislabie]

Frederick Fane
Ed Joyce
Robert Poore
Lucius Gwynn
Eoin Morgan
Niall O'Brien
Tom Horan
Alec O'Riordan
Dermot Monteith
Jimmy Boucher
Tim Murtagh

A couple of changes to the playing XI which should hopefully strengthen it

 

[Master Bates]

Same except Gus Kempis comes in place of Dale Steyn.

 

[Akshay.]

Vinoo Mankad (1950s)
Sunil Gavaskar (1970s)
Rahul Dravid (2000s)
Sachin Tendulkar (1990s)
Virat Kohli (2010s)
MS Dhoni (2010s)
Kapil Dev (1980s)
Anil Kumble (1990s)
Zaheer Khan (2000s)
Mohammad Nissar (1930s)
Erapalli Prasanna (1960s)

Trying out Mankad at top
Unfortunate for Hazare to miss out, but we are playing 2010s, so retaining Kohli in the lineup

 

[Morphed]

Lineup against West Indies:-

WG Grace
Sir Jack Hobbs
Graham Gooch
Ken Barrington
David Gower
Allan Knott+
Alec Bedser
Wally Hammond
Graeme Swann
Sydney Barnes
James Anderson

 

[Rohith.]

New Zealand

Graham Dowling (1960s)
Glenn Turner (1970s)
Brendon McCullum (2010s)
Bert Sutcliffe (1950s)
John Wright (1980s)
John R Reid (1960s)
Martin Donnelly (1940s)
Richard Hadlee (1980s)
Daniel Vettori (2000s)
Richard Collinge (1970s)
Jack Cowie (1930s)

 

[Ashutosh.]

Same.

 

[VC the slogger]

Legends At Battle Season X
Round 2, Match 7

at Harare Sports Club, Harare, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe (2000s)

Toss: New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

NEW ZEALAND 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Graham Dowling      c. Campbell    b. Streak       43   134    5    2   32.1%
Glenn Turner        c. †Houghton   b. Olonga        9    18    1    0   50.0%
Brendon McCullum*†  lbw            b. Streak       18    76    2    1   23.7%
Bert Sutcliffe      c. Taylor      b. Strang       19    29    4    0   65.5%
John Wright         lbw            b. Strang       16    64    3    0   25.0%
John Reid           c. Taylor      b. Olonga       95   157   14    3   60.5%
Martin Donnelly     lbw            b. Raza         33   113    6    1   29.2%
Richard Hadlee      lbw            b. Strang       34    73    6    0   46.6%
Daniel Vettori                     b. Raza         47    64   10    0   73.4%
Richard Collinge    not out                        27    74    5    0   36.5%
Jack Cowie          c. A Flower    b. Cremer       13    12    1    1  108.3%
 
 Total:  367/10       Overs:  134.5        Run Rate:  2.72     Extras:  13
 
                             Day 2  1:31 PM
 
 
                                     -X-
 
NEW ZEALAND Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
G Dowling     G Turner     þþþþþþþþ                                  20 (83)
G Dowling     B McCullum   þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                     50 (117)
Sutcliffe     B McCullum   þþþþþþþþþþ                                25 (53)
J Wright      B McCullum                                              0 (6)
J Wright      J Reid       þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                    51 (106)
M Donnelly    J Reid       þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ       81 (178)
M Donnelly    R Hadlee     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                        42 (103)
D Vettori     R Hadlee     þþþþþ                                     13 (22)
D Vettori     R Collinge   þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ              67 (113)
J Cowie       R Collinge   þþþþþþþ                                   18 (28)


     Fall of Wickets    20/1      70/2      95/3      95/4      146/5
                        227/6     269/7     282/8     349/9     367/10  

 Total:  367/10      Overs:  134.5         Run Rate:  2.72    Extras:  13  
 
                                     -X-

ZIMBABWE Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Heath Streak         27.0      8      53      2      1.96     1      0
Henry Olonga         15.0      0      59      2      3.93     0      0
Paul Strang          32.0     10      89      3      2.78     0      0
Sikandar Raza        18.0      5      49      2      2.72     3      0
Graeme Cremer        37.5     12      85      1      2.25     1      0
Grant Flower          5.0      1      24      0      4.80     0      0


 EXTRAS          Wides: 5      No Balls: 0      Leg Byes: 7      Byes: 1

 Total:  367/10       Overs:  134.5        Run Rate:  2.72    Extras:  13  
                                     -X-

New Zealand posted an impressive first innings total of 367 in testing conditions with Heath Streak and Paul Strang's strikes reducing them to 146/5 at one stage. They couldn't have made it past 300 if it hadn't been for John Reid's counter-attacking 95 from No 6 and some valuable contributions from the lower-order.

ZIMBABWE 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Alistair Campbell   c. †McCullum   b. Collinge     22    46    5    0   47.8%
Grant Flower        lbw            b. Vettori      15    34    3    0   44.1%
Andy Flower         lbw            b. Hadlee       80   158   15    0   50.6%
Murray Goodwin      c. Dowling     b. Cowie        15    27    3    0   55.6%
Dave Houghton†      lbw            b. Vettori      41    88    6    0   46.6%
Brendan Taylor                     b. Reid         44   120    9    0   36.7%
Sikandar Raza       c. Vettori     b. Hadlee       10    43    2    0   23.3%
Heath Streak*       c. Donnelly    b. Reid         31    50    5    1   62.0%
Paul Strang                        b. Hadlee       22    64    3    0   34.4%
Graeme Cremer       c. Turner      b. Reid          1     2    0    0   50.0%
Henry Olonga        not out                        10    18    2    0   55.6%
 
 Total:  310/10       Overs:  108.0        Run Rate:  2.87     Extras:  19
 
                             Day 3  3:13 PM
 
 
                                     -X-
 
ZIMBABWE Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
A Campbell    G Flower     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                            38 (77)
A Flower      G Flower                                                0 (4)
A Flower      M Goodwin    þþþþþþþþþþþþþ                             36 (59)
A Flower      D Houghton   þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ       94 (191)
A Flower      B Taylor     þþþþþ                                     15 (36)
S Raza        B Taylor     þþþþþþþþ                                  23 (70)
H Streak      B Taylor     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                         47 (86)
P Strang      B Taylor     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                            39 (90)
P Strang      G Cremer     þ                                          2 (3)
P Strang      H Olonga     þþþþþ                                     16 (32)


     Fall of Wickets    38/1      38/2      74/3      168/4     183/5
                        206/6     253/7     292/8     294/9     310/10  

 Total:  310/10      Overs:  108.0         Run Rate:  2.87    Extras:  19  
 
                                     -X-

NEW ZEALAND Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Richard Hadlee       30.0      8      65      3      2.17     0      2
Jack Cowie           17.0      1      55      1      3.24     0      0
Richard Collinge     22.0      5      80      1      3.64     0      0
John Reid            15.0      5      34      3      2.27     0      0
Daniel Vettori       24.0      7      62      2      2.58     2      1


 EXTRAS          Wides: 2      No Balls: 3      Leg Byes: 13     Byes: 1

 Total:  310/10       Overs:  108.0        Run Rate:  2.87    Extras:  19  
                                     -X-

Zimbabwe were not about to be dominated on their home turf and replied with 310, with Andy Flower scoring an impressive 80 off 158 balls. He was to be the only half-centurion in their lineup despite decent contributions from all batsmen down to No 11. New Zealand lead by 57 runs.

NEW ZEALAND 2nd innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Graham Dowling      lbw            b. Strang       49   152    6    0   32.2%
Glenn Turner                       b. Streak        0     1    0    0    0.0%
Brendon McCullum*†  c. Campbell    b. Streak       38    68    4    2   55.9%
Bert Sutcliffe      lbw            b. Cremer       56   183    9    0   30.6%
John Wright         c. †Houghton   b. Cremer       34    67    7    0   50.7%
John Reid                          b. Raza         48    67    8    1   71.6%
Martin Donnelly     not out                        26    41    5    0   63.4%
Richard Hadlee      c. Taylor      b. Streak       14    33    3    0   42.4%
Daniel Vettori      not out                         2     4    0    0   50.0%
Richard Collinge    
Jack Cowie          
 
 Total:  295/7        Overs:  102.0        Run Rate:  2.89     Extras:  28
 
                             Day 4  4:01 PM
 
                             INNINGS DECLARED
 
                                     -X-
 
NEW ZEALAND Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
G Dowling     G Turner     þ                                          1 (6)
G Dowling     B McCullum   þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                73 (158)
G Dowling     Sutcliffe    þþþþþþþþþ                                 26 (107)
J Wright      Sutcliffe    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                        49 (105)
J Reid        Sutcliffe    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ       95 (153)
M Donnelly    Sutcliffe    þþþ                                        9 (13)
M Donnelly    R Hadlee     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                            38 (58)
M Donnelly    D Vettori    þ                                          4 (12)


     Fall of Wickets    1/1       74/2      100/3     149/4     244/5
                        253/6     291/7                                  

 Total:  295/7       Overs:  102.0         Run Rate:  2.89    Extras:  28  
 
                                     -X-

ZIMBABWE Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Heath Streak         29.0      6      74      3      2.55     2      3
Henry Olonga          8.0      2      20      0      2.50     1      1
Graeme Cremer        29.0     10      89      2      3.07     1      2
Paul Strang          24.0      5      69      1      2.88     0      0
Sikandar Raza        12.0      2      27      1      2.25     0      2


 EXTRAS          Wides: 4      No Balls: 8      Leg Byes: 4      Byes: 12

 Total:  295/7        Overs:  102.0        Run Rate:  2.89    Extras:  28  
                                     -X-

Graham Dowling fell in the 40s for the second time in the match after having successfully negotiated a testing early spell from Heath Streak. The solid foundations laid by him alongside Bert Sutcliffe allowed the likes of John Reid, John Wright and Martin Donnelly to bat with freedom and set Zimbabwe a daunting target of 353 with a little more than a day remaining in the match.

ZIMBABWE 2nd innings (Target: 353)

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Alistair Campbell   c. †McCullum   b. Hadlee        5    10    1    0   50.0%
Grant Flower                       b. Cowie         0     5    0    0    0.0%
Andy Flower                        b. Hadlee       76    84   13    1   90.5%
Murray Goodwin      c. †McCullum   b. Cowie        43   104    8    1   41.3%
Dave Houghton†                     b. Hadlee       14    22    3    0   63.6%
Brendan Taylor      c. Dowling     b. Vettori      42   123    8    0   34.1%
Sikandar Raza       lbw            b. Vettori       1    29    0    0    3.4%
Heath Streak*       c. Hadlee      b. Vettori       5    44    0    0   11.4%
Paul Strang         lbw            b. Cowie         1     5    0    0   20.0%
Graeme Cremer       lbw            b. Cowie        16    30    1    0   53.3%
Henry Olonga        not out                         0     3    0    0    0.0%
 
 Total:  225/10       Overs:  76.0         Run Rate:  2.96     Extras:  22
 
                             Day 5  2:35 PM
 
 
                                     -X-
 
ZIMBABWE Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
A Campbell    G Flower     þþ                                         4 (11)
A Campbell    A Flower     þ                                          6 (6)
M Goodwin     A Flower     þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ      123 (183)
M Goodwin     D Houghton   þþ                                         9 (11)
B Taylor      D Houghton   þþ                                        10 (31)
B Taylor      S Raza       þþþþþþ                                    24 (63)
B Taylor      H Streak     þþþþþ                                     18 (80)
B Taylor      P Strang     þþ                                         4 (8)
B Taylor      G Cremer     þþþþþþþ                                   26 (54)
H Olonga      G Cremer     þ                                          1 (9)


     Fall of Wickets    4/1       10/2      133/3     142/4     152/5
                        176/6     194/7     198/8     224/9     225/10  

 Total:  225/10      Overs:  76.0          Run Rate:  2.96    Extras:  22  
 
                                     -X-

NEW ZEALAND Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Richard Hadlee       24.0      3      72      3      3.00     0      1
Jack Cowie           16.0      5      47      4      2.94     0      2
Richard Collinge     10.0      1      45      0      4.50     0      1
Daniel Vettori       17.0      6      28      3      1.65     2      3
John Reid             9.0      1      24      0      2.67     1      3


 EXTRAS          Wides: 3      No Balls: 10     Leg Byes: 8      Byes: 1

 Total:  225/10       Overs:  76.0         Run Rate:  2.96    Extras:  22  
                                     -X-

Andy Flower decided to play his shots rather than block almost everything like the rest of his team-mates. It helped reduce Zimbabwe's margin of defeat to under 150 runs.

New Zealand         367 & 295/7d
Zimbabwe            310 & 225
 
New Zealand won by 127 runs
 
Man of the match: John Reid (New Zealand)

Points

New Zealand - 21 (Win - 16, Batting - 2, Bowling - 3)
Zimbabwe - 5 (Loss - 0, Batting - 3, Bowling - 2)

@CerealKiller @Rohith.​