Post Line-ups Legends At Battle XII | Round 1 - What happens when you hide the new ball from Sydney Frickin' Barnes..

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But I guess we had more points i.e. we were second placed.

Yup you are. I probably was half asleep when I said England will go through if its a draw . Thanks for pointing out. Correction made.

 

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Note to managers
The Qualifying Match 2 is taking place in Adelaide where 5 out of 7 matches have been drawn. If the match ends in a draw, the team with higher points in table i.e South Africa shall proceed to the final.

 

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QUALIFYING MATCH 2(QM 2)

VS

ENGLAND vs SOUTH AFRICA
at The Adelaide Oval, North Adelaide

Pitch Condition: Excellent

Toss: South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

SOUTH AFRICA 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Gary Kirsten[B]*[/B]       c. Verity      b. Barnes       20    26    4    0   76.9%
Graeme Smith        c. Verity      b. Flintoff     35    46    7    0   76.1%
Dudley Nourse                      b. Trueman      44    61   10    0   72.1%
Graeme Pollock                     b. Verity       41    79    9    0   51.9%
Jacques Kallis      c. Hutton      b. Verity       72   113   14    0   63.7%
AB de Villiers[B]?[/B]                    b. Verity       96   175   19    0   54.9%
Barry Richards                     b. Botham       59   114   11    0   51.8%
Mike Procter        run out (Barnes)               20    71    3    0   28.2%
Shaun Pollock       c. Sutcliffe   b. Verity        0     6    0    0    0.0%
Neil Adcock         c. ?Ames       b. Flintoff      9    30    1    0   30.0%
Allan Donald        not out                         2     9    0    0   22.2%
 
 Total:  410/10       Overs:  121.4        Run Rate:  3.37     Extras:  12 
   
                             Day 2  12:39 PM
   
  
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SOUTH AFRICA Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
G Kirsten     G Smith      ??????????                                36 (41)
D Nourse      G Smith      ?????????????                             46 (63)
D Nourse      G Pollock    ??????                                    23 (62)
J Kallis      G Pollock    ??????????????????                        64 (91)
J Kallis      A Villiers   ???????????????????????                   81 (118)
B Richards    A Villiers   ???????????????????????????????????      123 (233)
M Procter     A Villiers   ??                                         4 (10)
M Procter     S Pollock                                               0 (12)
M Procter     N Adcock     ???????                                   26 (75)
M Procter     A Donald     ?                                          7 (25)


     Fall of Wickets    36/1      82/2      105/3     169/4     250/5
                        373/6     377/7     377/8     403/9     410/10    

 Total:  410/10      Overs:  121.4         Run Rate:  3.37    Extras:  12   
  
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ENGLAND Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Sydney Barnes        20.0      4      89      1      4.45     0      0 
Fred Trueman         23.4      5      84      1      3.55     0      0 
Andrew Flintoff      18.0      6      37      2      2.06     0      1 
Ian Botham           14.0      3      56      1      4.00     0      1 
Hedley Verity        25.0      7      64      4      2.56     0      1 
Billy Bates          21.0      5      71      0      3.38     0      0 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 0      No Balls: 3      Leg Byes: 7      Byes: 2 

 Total:  410/10       Overs:  121.4        Run Rate:  3.37    Extras:  12   
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ENGLAND 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Len Hutton                         b. Adcock      104   148   20    0   70.3%
Wally Hammond       c. Donald      b. Adcock      129   180   27    0   71.7%
Herbert Sutcliffe   lbw            b. Adcock       98   104   20    0   94.2%
Billy Bates                        b. Procter      39    89    8    0   43.8%
Ian Botham          c. ?Villiers   b. Adcock       14    43    2    0   32.6%
WG Grace[B]*[/B]           c. Kirsten     b. Procter      75   101   15    0   74.3%
Les Ames[B]?[/B]           lbw            b. Kallis       92   149   20    0   61.7%
Andrew Flintoff     lbw            b. Adcock        3    21    0    0   14.3%
Hedley Verity       c. Kirsten     b. Kallis        2    14    0    0   14.3%
Fred Trueman        not out                        28    63    5    0   44.4%
Sydney Barnes       not out                         9     9    2    0  100.0%
 
 Total:  612/9        Overs:  153.2        Run Rate:  3.99     Extras:  19 
   
                             Day 4  10:21 AM
   
                             INNINGS DECLARED
  
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ENGLAND Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
L Hutton      W Hammond    ???????????????????????????????????      217 (281)
Sutcliffe     W Hammond    ???????                                   45 (72)
Sutcliffe     B Bates      ??????????????????                       116 (165)
I Botham      B Bates                                                 0 (7)
I Botham      W Grace      ?????????                                 60 (80)
L Ames        W Grace      ????????????                              75 (131)
L Ames        A Flintoff   ??                                        16 (34)
L Ames        H Verity     ?                                         12 (35)
L Ames        F Trueman    ?????????                                 57 (94)
S Barnes      F Trueman    ??                                        14 (21)


     Fall of Wickets    217/1     262/2     378/3     378/4     438/5
                        513/6     529/7     541/8     598/9               

 Total:  612/9       Overs:  153.2         Run Rate:  3.99    Extras:  19   
  
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SOUTH AFRICA Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Allan Donald         25.0      6     106      0      4.24     0      0 
Mike Procter         26.2      4     120      2      4.56     0      1 
Neil Adcock          28.0      6     101      5      3.61     1      0 
Jacques Kallis       27.0      7     104      2      3.85     0      1 
Shaun Pollock        28.0      5      91      0      3.25     0      1 
Barry Richards       19.0      3      76      0      4.00     0      1 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 1      No Balls: 4      Leg Byes: 11     Byes: 3 

 Total:  612/9        Overs:  153.2        Run Rate:  3.99    Extras:  19   
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SOUTH AFRICA 2nd innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Gary Kirsten[B]*[/B]                  c & b. Trueman     129   173   26    1   74.6%
Graeme Smith                       b. Flintoff     25    53    5    0   47.2%
Dudley Nourse       run out (Hutton)               13    11    3    0  118.2%
Graeme Pollock                     b. Barnes       27    53    6    0   50.9%
Jacques Kallis      c. Flintoff    b. Bates        12     8    3    0  150.0%
AB de Villiers[B]?[/B]     c. Grace       b. Verity       26    36    6    0   72.2%
Barry Richards                     b. Botham        4     6    1    0   66.7%
Mike Procter        c. Barnes      b. Bates        16    52    3    0   30.8%
Shaun Pollock       not out                        37    74    8    0   50.0%
Neil Adcock                        b. Bates         7    22    1    0   31.8%
Allan Donald        c. ?Ames       b. Barnes        0     8    0    0    0.0%
 
 Total:  311/10       Overs:  82.2         Run Rate:  3.78     Extras:  15 
   
                             Day 4  4:51 PM
   
  
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SOUTH AFRICA Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
G Kirsten     G Smith      ????????????????????????                  64 (101)
G Kirsten     D Nourse     ???????                                   19 (27)
G Kirsten     G Pollock    ???????????????????????????????????       93 (125)
G Kirsten     J Kallis     ????                                      13 (9)
G Kirsten     A Villiers   ??????????????????                        49 (60)
B Richards    A Villiers   ?                                          4 (12)
M Procter     A Villiers   ???                                        9 (12)
M Procter     S Pollock    ????????????                              32 (82)
N Adcock      S Pollock    ??????????                                27 (53)
A Donald      S Pollock    ?                                          1 (13)


     Fall of Wickets    64/1      83/2      176/3     189/4     238/5
                        242/6     251/7     283/8     310/9     311/10    

 Total:  311/10      Overs:  82.2          Run Rate:  3.78    Extras:  15   
  
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ENGLAND Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Sydney Barnes        19.2      3      82      2      4.24     1      1 
Fred Trueman         12.0      4      33      1      2.75     0      1 
Ian Botham           13.0      3      30      1      2.31     0      0 
Andrew Flintoff      12.0      2      47      1      3.92     0      1 
Billy Bates          17.0      3      64      3      3.76     1      0 
Hedley Verity         9.0      0      45      1      5.00     0      0 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 2      No Balls: 3      Leg Byes: 6      Byes: 4 

 Total:  311/10       Overs:  82.2         Run Rate:  3.78    Extras:  15   
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ENGLAND 2nd innings (Target: 110)

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Len Hutton          c. Procter     b. Adcock       59    70   10    1   84.3%
Wally Hammond       run out (Kirsten)              39    54    9    0   72.2%
Herbert Sutcliffe   not out                        10    15    2    0   66.7%
Billy Bates         not out                         4     3    1    0  133.3%
Ian Botham           
WG Grace[B]*[/B]            
Les Ames[B]?[/B]            
Andrew Flintoff      
Hedley Verity        
Fred Trueman         
Sydney Barnes        
 
 Total:  113/2        Overs:  23.4         Run Rate:  4.77     Extras:  1 
   
                             Day 5  11:26 AM
   
  
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ENGLAND Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
L Hutton      W Hammond    ???????????????????????????????????       97 (112)
L Hutton      Sutcliffe    ??                                         6 (20)
B Bates       Sutcliffe    ???                                       10 (10)


     Fall of Wickets    97/1      103/2                         
                                                                          

 Total:  113/2       Overs:  23.4          Run Rate:  4.77    Extras:  1   
  
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SOUTH AFRICA Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Allan Donald          5.0      0      32      0      6.40     0      0 
Mike Procter          4.0      0      18      0      4.50     0      0 
Shaun Pollock         5.0      1      23      0      4.60     0      0 
Jacques Kallis        3.0      0      12      0      4.00     0      0 
Barry Richards        2.4      1      15      0      5.63     0      0 
Neil Adcock           4.0      2      12      1      3.00     0      0 


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

 Total:  113/2        Overs:  23.4         Run Rate:  4.77    Extras:  1   
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MATCH SUMMARY

South Africa        410 & 311
England             612/9d & 113/2              
   
England won by 8 wickets
  
Man of the match: Wally Hammond

After winning the toss, South Africa chose to bat on a good surface and posted a good total of 410 in the first innings with AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis starring with the bat.

English spinner Hedley Verity did particularly well with the ball picking 4 wickets on a pitch that didn't suit spinners much. In reply to South Africa's 410, England posted a stellar 612/9 declaring with a lead of above 200 as the South African bowlers apart from Neil Adcock struggled and bowled many loose balls on an unresponsive pitch.

Len Hutton and Wally Hammond made the job for the batsmen to come easier by putting up a swashbuckling 217-run opening stand in just 281 deliveries.

Trailing by 202 runs, the South Africans were in total shambles in their second innings as no one other than centurion Gary Kirsten could even score more than 37.

They were bowled out for 311 leaving England a mediocre 110 to chase which they did in style. Thus England qualified for their first LAB final by knocking out the Season 2 defending champions and removing their chokers tag which they were given in Season 1.

The move to promote Wally Hammond to opening worked wonders as he scored 129 in the first innings scoring majority of the runs in the epic 217-run stand with Hutton. He also made an aggressive 39 during England's run-chase only to be unluckily run out after backing up too far.​

 

[Sulaiman7]

OMG ! 612/9 England great innings , brilliant batting and as well as bowling , really enormous score on the board .

 

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MOST RUNS(Top 5)

MOST WICKETS(Top 5)

 

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[Dipak]

We never deserved to be winners the way we played the last to games.

 

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We never deserved to be winners the way we played the last to games.

In the playoffs Donald just took 2 wickets at 136.00. This explains the slump.

 

[Gaurav_7]

Good luck to the finalists. Gun league! One of the most enjoyable ones.

 

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"We came, we played and we got what we deserved right from season 1"

After claiming a huge win over SAF in 2nd qualifier WG Grace arranged a press conference to greet the fans and announce the lineup for the final just one day prior to final. The legendary 'soul' claimed that his side was one which deserved to be in finals right from season one and said that he is quite happy to lead the side to finals. He accepted that it wont be easy and in fact quite like chewing iron balls to defeat the in form Ausies but he said that "we are ready and I hope so is the barmyarmy as their support in the match against Africa was vital". The playing XI announced by him for finals is as follows:

LINEUP​

Len Hutton
Wally Hammond
Herbert Sutcliffe
WG Grace (c)
Ian Botham ^
Les Ames +
Andrew Flintoff ^
Hedley Verity ^
Jim Laker ^
Fred Trueman ^
Sydny Barnes ^ ​

 

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Nice to read pal. Much appreciated .

 

[Sulaiman7]

The league name is quite intresting I'll support both the teams ,but the legendary Australia is one of my favourite teams so I'll support them .

@hariom , good writting .
@Varun978 , great league .

 

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The league name is quite intresting I'll support both the teams ,but the legendary Australia is one of my favourite teams so I'll support them .

@hariom , good writting .
@Varun978 , great league .

Glad that you like the league even though your team isn't in the final. Thanks .

 

[Sulaiman7]

Glad that you like the league even though your team isn't in the final. Thanks .

Well its my mistake

 

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The league name is quite intresting

Most leagues here have suffixes like 'Premier League' or 'Championship' etc so I wanted to try something different and 'At Battle' came to my mind.