LVCC | Grand Finale | Day Five | Our Champions!

Standings



Semifinal

Manchester Thunder v London Scorpions @ Old Trafford, Manchester.
Pitch Type: Normal
No injuries.

Please post your lineups for the semi-final in the thread asap @Aggz @swirler
 
*Sigh* After such a promising start to the season we succumb at the end. Our strike bowlers simply failed to deliver and cost us dearly. Props to Compton and Root who have been bright sparks in our batting line-up, and Herath who delivered in nearly every game I played him in. Hey, at least we made it off the bottom :D
 
Dipak you were right about big victories we have a better record than Bucks and Sharks but still we are 6th :(
 
Dipak you were right about big victories we have a better record than Bucks and Sharks but still we are 6th :(

Does make a big difference, see? If Lon/Man would have got a negative point, then the Sharks would have qualified also with a 40% winning ratio.
 
*Sigh* After such a promising start to the season we succumb at the end. Our strike bowlers simply failed to deliver and cost us dearly. Props to Compton and Root who have been bright sparks in our batting line-up, and Herath who delivered in nearly every game I played him in. Hey, at least we made it off the bottom :D

It's because almost all your wins were "13 point wins" leaving the one against Durham.
 
Manchester Thunder v London Scorpions

Michael Carberry
Sam Robson
Jonathan Trott
Ben Stokes :bwl:
Michael Clarke :c:
Andrew Hall :bwl:
Chris Woakes :bwl:
Tim Ambrose :wk:
Scott Borthwick :bwl:
Mitchell Johnson :bwl:
Steve Magoffin :bwl:

Not overly confident about the match. Hopefully Clarke can score some runs, and Stokes take some wickets. :)
 
What a way to enter the semi! Great stuff by Sanga and Bopara, Bopara in particular as he came into the side after a dissapointing first-half. Good to see Briggs amongst the wickets as well. Just one change, Glen Chapple comes in for Thomas.
 
500px-County_Championship_logosvg.png


Semi-final

Manchester Thunder v London Scorpions
at Old Trafford, Manchester

Manchester.png


Pitch type: Normal
Toss: Manchester elected to bat

Code:
MANCHESTER THUNDER 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Alastair Cook                      b. Magoffin     69    71   13    1   97.2%
Moeen Ali           c. Carberry    b. Hall          5     9    1    0   55.6%
Cheteshwar Pujara   c. Ambrose     b. Magoffin     34    45    8    0   75.6%
Kumar Sangakkara    c. Hall        b. Woakes      123   154   28    0   79.9%
Ravi Bopara                        b. Woakes       29    77    6    0   37.7%
Azhar Mahmood       lbw            b. Borthwick    23    55    4    0   41.8%
Tim Bresnan                        b. Borthwick    11    64    2    0   17.2%
Graham Napier                      b. Magoffin     18    36    4    0   50.0%
Glen Chapple                       b. Borthwick    15    69    1    1   21.7%
Danny Briggs        not out                        33    82    4    1   40.2%
Chris Tremlett                     b. Hall         14    49    3    0   28.6%
 
 Total:  389/10       Overs:  118.0        Run Rate:  3.30     Extras:  15 
   
                             Day 2  11:54 AM
   
  
                                     -X-
 
MANCHESTER THUNDER Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
A Cook        M Ali        ??                                         8 (12)
A Cook        C Pujara     ???????????????????????????????????      101 (112)
A Cook        Sangakkara   ?                                          1 (2)
R Bopara      Sangakkara   ?????????????????????????????????         97 (153)
A Mahmood     Sangakkara   ????????????????                          49 (93)
T Bresnan     Sangakkara   ?????????????                             38 (63)
T Bresnan     G Napier     ???????                                   22 (57)
G Chapple     G Napier     ???                                        9 (24)
G Chapple     D Briggs     ???????????????                           44 (105)
C Tremlett    D Briggs     ??????                                    20 (87)


     Fall of Wickets    8/1       109/2     110/3     207/4     256/5
                        294/6     316/7     325/8     369/9     389/10    

 Total:  389/10      Overs:  118.0         Run Rate:  3.30    Extras:  15   
  
                                     -X-

LONDON SCORPIONS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Mitchell Johnson     19.0      5      55      0      2.89     1      1 
Andrew Hall          21.0      9      48      2      2.29     0      0 
Steve Magoffin       23.0      2      85      3      3.70     0      2 
Chris Woakes         14.0      4      44      2      3.14     1      0 
Scott Borthwick      23.0      6      89      3      3.87     1      1 
Ben Stokes           18.0      7      61      0      3.39     0      1 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 3      No Balls: 5      Leg Byes: 6      Byes: 1 

 Total:  389/10       Overs:  118.0        Run Rate:  3.30    Extras:  15

Kumar+Sangakkara+AxnGL06L9ECm.jpg

Kumar Sangakkara picked up from where he left in the last round.

Code:
LONDON SCORPIONS 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Michael Carberry                   b. Bresnan       0     3    0    0    0.0%
Sam Robson                         b. Briggs       65   129   13    0   50.4%
Jonathan Trott      c. Cook        b. Mahmood      31    53    7    0   58.5%
Ben Stokes          c. Cook        b. Tremlett     55    75   10    0   73.3%
Michael Clarke      lbw            b. Chapple      54    71   12    0   76.1%
Andrew Hall                        b. Chapple      31   117    7    0   26.5%
Chris Woakes        c. Ali         b. Bresnan      37    87    7    0   42.5%
Tim Ambrose                        b. Chapple       8    19    1    0   42.1%
Scott Borthwick     c. Sangakkara  b. Tremlett     17    34    4    0   50.0%
Mitchell Johnson    c. Chapple     b. Bresnan      19    46    4    0   41.3%
Steve Magoffin      not out                         1     6    0    0   16.7%
 
 Total:  337/10       Overs:  106.2        Run Rate:  3.17     Extras:  19 
   
                             Day 3  1:28 PM
   
  
                                     -X-
 
LONDON SCORPIONS Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
M Carberry    S Robson                                                0 (3)
J Trott       S Robson     ???????????????????????                   61 (111)
B Stokes      S Robson     ???????????????????????????????????       91 (134)
B Stokes      M Clarke     ?????                                     13 (16)
A Hall        M Clarke     ????????????????????????                  63 (130)
A Hall        C Woakes     ??????????????????                        49 (108)
T Ambrose     C Woakes     ????????                                  22 (43)
Borthwick     C Woakes     ?                                          5 (15)
Borthwick     M Johnson    ????????                                  23 (59)
S Magoffin    M Johnson    ???                                       10 (19)


     Fall of Wickets    0/1       61/2      152/3     165/4     228/5
                        277/6     299/7     304/8     327/9     337/10    

 Total:  337/10      Overs:  106.2         Run Rate:  3.17    Extras:  19   
  
                                     -X-

MANCHESTER THUNDER Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Tim Bresnan          17.2      5      36      3      2.08     0      1 
Chris Tremlett       19.0      6      67      2      3.53     0      1 
Glen Chapple         15.0      5      40      3      2.67     0      0 
Azhar Mahmood        22.0      5      58      1      2.64     1      1 
Graham Napier        14.0      3      45      0      3.21     0      0 
Danny Briggs         19.0      5      80      1      4.21     1      3 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 2      No Balls: 6      Leg Byes: 2      Byes: 9 

 Total:  337/10       Overs:  106.2        Run Rate:  3.17    Extras:  19
Code:
MANCHESTER THUNDER 2nd innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Alastair Cook       lbw            b. Stokes      136   190   28    2   71.6%
Moeen Ali           lbw            b. Johnson      13    23    3    0   56.5%
Cheteshwar Pujara   lbw            b. Magoffin      8    21    1    0   38.1%
Kumar Sangakkara    lbw            b. Borthwick     0     5    0    0    0.0%
Ravi Bopara         c. Robson      b. Borthwick    61    92   11    0   66.3%
Azhar Mahmood       lbw            b. Johnson      19    34    4    0   55.9%
Tim Bresnan                        b. Borthwick    25    57    4    0   43.9%
Graham Napier       c. Carberry    b. Johnson      24    54    5    0   44.4%
Glen Chapple        c. Woakes      b. Stokes        1    29    0    0    3.4%
Danny Briggs        not out                         0     5    0    0    0.0%
Chris Tremlett      c. Carberry    b. Hall          3     8    0    0   37.5%
 
 Total:  296/10       Overs:  86.0         Run Rate:  3.44     Extras:  6 
   
                             Day 4  3:39 PM
   
  
                                     -X-
 
MANCHESTER THUNDER Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
A Cook        M Ali        ???????                                   26 (40)
A Cook        C Pujara     ??????                                    22 (36)
A Cook        Sangakkara   ?                                          1 (6)
A Cook        R Bopara     ???????????????????????????????????      120 (169)
A Cook        A Mahmood    ??????????                                36 (64)
A Cook        T Bresnan    ??????????????                            51 (87)
G Napier      T Bresnan    ???????                                   25 (44)
G Napier      G Chapple    ???                                       12 (55)
G Napier      D Briggs                                                0 (5)
C Tremlett    D Briggs     ?                                          3 (10)


     Fall of Wickets    26/1      48/2      49/3      169/4     205/5
                        256/6     281/7     293/8     293/9     296/10    

 Total:  296/10      Overs:  86.0          Run Rate:  3.44    Extras:  6   
  
                                     -X-

LONDON SCORPIONS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Mitchell Johnson     16.0      4      43      3      2.69     0      0 
Andrew Hall          17.0      4      67      1      3.94     2      0 
Ben Stokes           15.0      5      54      2      3.60     0      0 
Chris Woakes          8.0      1      34      0      4.25     0      0 
Steve Magoffin       18.0      6      51      1      2.83     0      1 
Scott Borthwick      12.0      2      44      3      3.67     0      0 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 2      No Balls: 1      Leg Byes: 3      Byes: 0 

 Total:  296/10       Overs:  86.0         Run Rate:  3.44    Extras:  6

Tim+Ambrose+6DSu6jv159-m.jpg

Tim Ambrose guided London home in a semi-final that went down to the wire.

Code:
LONDON SCORPIONS 2nd innings  (Target: 349)

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Michael Carberry    c. Mahmood     b. Briggs       54    76   10    1   71.1%
Sam Robson                         b. Mahmood      23    47    4    0   48.9%
Jonathan Trott      c. Ali         b. Briggs       52    50   12    0  104.0%
Ben Stokes                         b. Briggs       43    53    9    0   81.1%
Michael Clarke                     b. Briggs        0     4    0    0    0.0%
Andrew Hall         c. Mahmood     b. Bresnan       0     4    0    0    0.0%
Chris Woakes        c. Bopara      b. Tremlett     26    42    6    0   61.9%
Tim Ambrose                        b. Napier       81   106   16    0   76.4%
Scott Borthwick     c. Briggs      b. Tremlett     24    51    4    0   47.1%
Mitchell Johnson    not out                        28    43    7    0   65.1%
Steve Magoffin      not out                        10    23    2    0   43.5%
 
 Total:  349/9        Overs:  82.5         Run Rate:  4.21     Extras:  8 
   
                             Day 5  3:41 PM
   
  
                                     -X-
 
LONDON SCORPIONS Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
M Carberry    S Robson     ???????????????????????????               63 (100)
M Carberry    J Trott      ???????????????                           35 (37)
B Stokes      J Trott      ????????????????????????                  56 (75)
B Stokes      M Clarke                                                0 (4)
B Stokes      A Hall       ??                                         6 (8)
B Stokes      C Woakes     ????????                                  20 (20)
T Ambrose     C Woakes     ??????????????????????????                60 (82)
T Ambrose     Borthwick    ???????????????????????????               63 (90)
T Ambrose     M Johnson    ??????????                                23 (37)
S Magoffin    M Johnson    ??????????                                23 (44)


     Fall of Wickets    63/1      98/2      154/3     154/4     160/5
                        180/6     240/7     303/8     326/9               

 Total:  349/9       Overs:  82.5          Run Rate:  4.21    Extras:  8   
  
                                     -X-

MANCHESTER THUNDER Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Tim Bresnan          15.0      0      86      1      5.73     0      0 
Chris Tremlett       13.0      2      46      2      3.54     1      0 
Azhar Mahmood        11.5      2      52      1      4.39     0      0 
Graham Napier        14.0      2      40      1      2.86     0      0 
Glen Chapple         11.0      2      41      0      3.73     0      0 
Danny Briggs         18.0      2      79      4      4.39     1      1 


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

 Total:  349/9        Overs:  82.5         Run Rate:  4.21    Extras:  8
Code:
Manchester Thunder  389 & 296
London Scorpions    337 & 349/9              
   
London Scorpions won by 1 wicket
  
[B]Man of the match:[/B] Scott Borthwick

London Scorpions qualify for the Grand Finale

@Aggz @swirler
 
Wow! I certainly wasn't expecting that from Ambrose. A very gutsy effort from him. The last two still needed to score 23 runs, which they did. Borthwick had his best match with the ball.

I got what I asked for to a certain extent, Clarke's batting and Stokes' bowling was better, but they will need to improve again in the final.

Will have a think, and then I'll post our line-up for the final soon. :thumbs
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Top