Match,Tour & Competition Experiences

[whiteninness]

What do you mean good stuff? I was all out for 130!!!

 

[Gamer Pradosh]

Wow!! The keeper has been really busy...Playing too much on the front foot??

 

[whiteninness]

Wow!! The keeper has been really busy...Playing too much on the front foot??

It would appear as such

 

[whiteninness]

So England go out to bat full of confidence, but the Aussie openers give them a little taste of their own medicine

Wall gets an early breakthrough, bye bye Sutcliffe

Then some stabilization from the poms, and this very close LBW shout

A miraculous catch and England lose their second wicket

But Wally Hammond, arguably the greatest pom to ever strap on the pads, keeps powering on

A couple of wickets and in walks the bastard

...and off he walks one delivery later... ya bastard. Australia sense a chance of rattling England for a chaseable score.

But alas, England's tail is deep. Even Voce at #11 has two first class centuries! Leyland bats well with them

Before he is ultimately out LBW and, despite being in the 80s, he chooses not to review.....

Ultimately the innings wraps up at a higher-than-expected 300, largely thanks to Leyland. Verity was also a stubborn tweaker. O'Reilly got the most wickets but Grimett probably bowled even better.

Needless to say, it's a big hour and a bit to end the day.... and this doesn't help in the second over. Middle stump out of the ground from Ponsford

...nor does this. Bradman falls AGAIN to his nemesis. As plum as you'll get

We ultimately finish the day three down. Starting the third day Ponsford and Richardson take the attack to the bowlers

But ultimately this mystery ball proves Ponsford's undoing (DRS was in its infancy in 1933)

Stan Stan he's our boy. If he can't do it, no one....will

Evidently, he can't

And thus we enter an incredibly long tail. England's number 9, the wicketkeeper Ames, averages over 40 in first class cricket with a few dozen centuries. Our keeper Oldfield, by comparison, bats at #7 with an average just over 20. Needless to say, he didn't last long, and it was left to Richardson to do what he could with the tail. He tonked a quick 41 off 27 but ultimately tried one too many times

England quickly wrapped a comprehensive innings victory.

The Adelaide crowd as bathing for blood, and as is tradition, caused a riot. However it wasn't directed at the Englishmen, who generally bowled full and at the stumps, but at the incompetent Aussies.

It also left David realising that he needs A LOT more practice if he is going to be able to make a decent score batting in veteran. And to imagine, I was 0-60 and subsequently lost 20-173.

 

[Biggs]

Your match tales are well crafted reads of bliss... Bravo, sir. Love the good stuff.

 

[whiteninness]

Your match tales are well crafted reads of bliss... Bravo, sir. Love the good stuff.

I almost didn't have the heart to write-up the end of the match given how embarrassing it was but gotta do it for the fans.

 

[Biggs]

I especially liked the DRS jab...

 

[whiteninness]

I especially liked the DRS jab...

Admittedly playing with DRS in the 1930s is a little unrealistic but it's fun as fearsome tweak.

Even when I had one of my wickets overturned with it

 

[SpitfiresKent]

2nd T20 and final match of this long series...

^What I really liked about this was the recovery from 36/5 to 155/7.

A fairly straightforward run chase.

Zimbabwe take the T20 series 2-0.

 

[SpitfiresKent]

Ok my next match is going to be a test match but it won't be your normal test match, here's what i've done:

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe
Delhi Park
15 man squads

4 day match
60 overs per day
20 over sessions
New ball available after every 50 overs
BARS reset after every 50 overs
Follow on = 100 runs.

I've reduced the overs and the number of days as it takes far too long to complete a full test match (especially when you're batting for both sides). So hopefully this will encourage quicker scoring and a more aggressive style of play.

I'll post up a report of day 1 once i've completed it

 

[SpitfiresKent]

Zimbabwe won the toss and bowled first

Spoiler: A selection of images I took during the match

Tamim Iqbal is struck on the pad

Imrul Kayes plays a reverse sweep

Mominul Haque plays a cut shot

Imrul Kayes is struck on the helmet

Imrul Kayes plays one through the leg side on his way to a half century

Graeme Cremer bowls his leg spin

Imrul Kayes & Mominul Haque put on 92 runs for 2nd wicket

Mushfiqur Rahim looks unhappy as he is given out LBW off the bowling of Brian Vitori

Nasir Hossain edges behind to Regis Chakabva off the bowling of Graeme Cremer

Liton Das plays through the off side

Mohammad Shahid is comprehensively bowled by Donald Tiripano

The Zimbabwean openers faced one over before the end of play with no issues

 

[Markkkkk]

Excellent stuff @SpitfiresKent !

 

[surendar]

Just playing quadrangular series(India, Australia, WI and Pakistan) in competition mode. Wanted to play on Aussie grounds a I am playing with mid/late 90s squad & wanted to relive those VB/World series moment but sadly I don't know how to choose the ground - it allows me to change settings of conditions but not the ground. It was also bit of fun for me as I grew up watching cricket of that era(since 1995). Playing as India by the way.

Some highlights of my first match - India Vs West Indies. Got completely owned in second innings, typical indian team batting display where only one of them bats while the rest just collapse like pack of cards. Really enjoyed playing/bowling every delivery of this game.

WI batting First :

India's chase :

With me being in career mode of 95% of the time since the release of this game, playing as team gives a separate feel altogether.

 

[surendar]

After loosing against WI, I am currently playing against Aussies. Once again we lost the toss & bowling first.

Loved bowling these deliveries, getting a slip catch from spin looked awesome!!

 

[Biggs]

Hah. Loved that he takes the catch, then throws it at the stumps! Everyone hates Ian Healy, even in computer games.