I'm playing a Big Bash League competition as the Perth Scorchers on amateur/pro difficulty
Game 1 - Vs Hobart Hurricanes - Scorchers won the toss and elected to bowl
-Bowling-
Jason Behrendorff to bowl the first over. It only takes Alex Hales 2 balls before he dispatches a loose bouncer over point for 4. 2 balls later, it's another over mid wicket. 0/8
Nathan Coulter-Nile to bowl the second over. Travis Birt's first ball is smashed over gully for 4. Birt hits it fine but it's a good stop on the boundary, 1 run. 1 more added from Hales, driving towards mid off. 0/15
Jason Behrendorff to bowl the third over. 1 run to Birt through mid wicket. A HUGE six over square leg from Hales. 0/22
Nathan Coulter-Nile to bowl the fourth over. A big cover drive from Birt lands just short of the rope, 4 runs. Birt hits it square but it's a good save on the boundary, 1 run. 0/27
Brad Hogg to bowl the fifth over. BOWLED! First ball, lovely flighted delivery knocks Birt over for 12 (13). Ben Dunk is off the mark with a single. Hales gets a tight single. A mistimed straight drive from Dunk lands short of Deep Mid Off, lucky 1 run. LBW! Plum in front, hitting middle and off, Hales goes for 16 (14). Bailey runs a tight first ball single. 2/31
Nathan Coulter-Nile to bowl the last over of the power play. Nicely played by Bailey, through the covers for 4. BOWLED! Bailey's middle stump is sent into orbit, he goes for 5 (3). Paine is off the mark with a single. LBW! Swinging from outside off and hitting Dunk in front off his off peg, out for 2 (3). Sammy comes in and takes a single, off the mark. 4/37 after the power play
Brad Hogg to bowl the seventh over. 4 runs to sammy, lifting it over short fine leg. Sammy advances down the pitch and hits a HUGE six over square leg. 4/47
Nathan Coulter-Nile's last over, the eighth. 1 run to Paine. BOWLED! Sammy's off stump has nearly been knocked over the boundary with that ball, he goes for 11 (8). Van Der Gugten hits a single. Coulter-Nile finishing with an impressive 3-20. 5/49
Brad Hogg to bowl the ninth over. Van Der Gugten advances but it is mistimed, popping in the air and landing short of the fielder, 1 run. BOWLED! Tim Paine pays the price for advancing to early on that ball, it crashes into his leg stump, he goes for 2 (5). 6/50
James Muirhead to bowl the tenth over. 4 runs to Van Der Gugten, beating mid off. Another 4 past mid wicket the very next ball. 6/58
Brad Hogg's last over, the eleventh. 1 run to Mennie. A tidy over for Hogg to end his spell, he finishes 3-16. 6/59
James Muirhead to bowl the twelfth over. NO BALL, bouncing twice. 4 runs down the ground to Mennie. NO BALL, almost stumped but it has bounced twice. 1 run to mennie. 6/66
Ashton Turner to bowl the thirteenth over. 1 run to Van Der Gugten. 104m six from Van Der Gugten, massive advancing shot. 6/73
James Muirhead to bowl the fourteenth over. BOWLED! Hits the off stump with a well flighted ball, Mennie goes for 7 (20) slow scoring. WIDE. CAUGHT! Arafat takes the catch at mid off, a mistimed advancing shot popped up in the air for an easy catch, Doherty goes for nought 0 (2). 8/74
Ashton Turner to bowl the fifteenth over. BOWLED! A golden duck for Ben Hilfenhaus, chasing a wider ball and edging it on to his own stumps, he goes for 0 (1). CAUGHT BEHIND! Cameron Boyce edges it straight into the waiting gloves of Sam Whiteman, he goes for 0 (4)
Final Score: 10/74
The Hobart Hurricanes are all out for 74, a disaster collapse in the tail end saw batsmen 9,10 and 11 each getting a duck.
-Innings Performers-
A. Hales- 16 (14)
T. Van Der Gugten 16* (18)
B. Hogg- 3-16 (4)
N. Coulter-Nile 3-20 (4)
The Perth Scorchers will be looking to chase this total down very quickly to put them on top of the table.
-batting-
Michael Klinger on strike for the first over. A lovely cut shot for 2 runs. BOWLED! Ben Hilfenhaus puts this one full and on the stumps, Klinger did the rest for him by edging it back on to the off stump, he goes for 2 (2). Shaun Marsh cuts his first ball away for 4. 1 run to Marsh. Michael Carberry is off the mark with a late cut for 4. 1/11
Shaun Marsh is on strike for the second over. SIX! massive 102m advancing drive. 1 more run. SIX! 95m shot from Carberry, replicating Shaun Marsh's shot from earlier in the over. 1/24
Shaun Marsh is on strike for the third over. 1 run to Marsh. Nicely played by Carberry, hits it square for 4. 1 run. 1/30
Michael Carberry is on strike for the fourth over. RUN OUT! A bad call for a run, Carberry tried hard to return to safety but not before Hilfenhaus got a direct hit at the keeper's end, he goes for 15 (8). 1 run to Sam Whiteman, a cheeky scoop shot off Doherty. LBW! Shaun Marsh advances and is hit on the toe in line, he goes off unhappy with the decision for 13 (9). Adam Voges is off the mark with 1. 3/32
Adam Voges is on strike for the fifth over. He hits it square for a 4. A one bounce 4 over the covers off the very next ball. WIDE. 1 run. LBW! Hits Whiteman dead in front, the less said about it the better, he goes for 1 (4). 4/42 (33 to win, 6 wickets in hand)
Adam Voges is on strike for the final over of the power play. SIX! 103m over mid off from Voges. And 4 more. 4/52 (23 to win, 6 wickets in hand)
Ashton Turner on strike for the seventh over. 4 runs, he's off the mark. And another 4. That's three fours in a row for Turner. Make that four in a row. And a 75m six to tie the game. 4/74
Adam voges is on strike for the eighth over. CAUGHT! Voges hits it up in the air trying to finish the game and it's a comfortable catch for Ben Hilfenhaus, he goes for 20 (13). AND WHAT A FINISH FROM TURNER! a big six hitting the sight screen, advancing Joe Mennie and belting the winning 6 runs.
-Innings Performers-
A. Turner 28* (8)
A. Voges 20 (13)
J. Mennie 1-6 (0.3)
B. Hilfenhaus 1-17 (2) 1 catch, 1 run out
A comprehensive 5 wicket victory to the Scorchers, putting them on top of the BBL|04 table
-OTHER MATCHES-
Adelaide Strikers def by Sydney Thunder by 8 wickets
Brisbane Heat def by Sydney Sixers by 6 runs
Melbourne Renegades def Melbourne Stars by 30 runs
-BBL|04 table-
1.
PERTH S
2.
MELBOURNE R
3.
SYDNEY T
4.
SYDNEY S
5.
BRISBANE H
6.
ADELAIDE S
7.
MELBOURNE S
8.
HOBART H
I hope you enjoyed reading this more than I enjoyed writing it
