Story Mental Blank - What was meant to go here?

[Ollie_H]

Nice Works mate, 3rd is a respectable position hopefully you can keep your top spot in the OD League

 

[gutterman]

unlucky bout 3rd Mental Blank looked good all season

 

[Left_Hander]

Loss On The Last Day Means Mental Blank Drop Down To Second​

28/12/07

It was the big day - the last day of the season and I was playing my long time rivals, Carlton Hounds at my ground. I told the boys to leave nothing in the tank and I suspected that they would do the same. Carlton Hounds won the toss and elected to bat first.

Dixon was the only bowler getting any joy taking a wicket in the first over. Lewins and Matten then combined for a 262 run partnership. Both batsmen getting hundreds, Lewins (125*) and Matten (135) batted their team into a good position. Hadland bowled well without much luck ending with figures of 0/37 off 10 overs. Carlton Hounds completed their innings on 2/271.

Unfortunately Mental Blank were never in the game. Dodds was the only serious contribution with 66, the next highest scorer was Pearse with 16. Their most destructive bowler was Hildred taking 3/28 off 10 overs. Mental Blank were rolled for 116 in the 31st over, this meant that Carlton Hounds won the game by 155 runs.

"That was absoultely rubbish! I expect better from my boys. The bowling was good with the exception of Faulkner but the batting was woeful. Dodds was the only decent one out their. Credit to the Hounds they played a great brand of cricket".

My dissapointing post game speech.

Let's take a look at the League Averages and the Final Table of V.203:

Batting Averages (Qualification - 7 innings)
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No Name M I NO R HS Ave SR 50 100 Ct St
1. Lewins (Carlton Hounds) 14 14 3 1714 196 155.82 101.4 1 12 33 2
2. Pearson (Western Eagles) 8 8 5 458 134 152.67 101.3 1 2 2 0
3. Leonard (Oneoffthewrist) 14 9 7 237 99 118.50 105.3 1 0 42 3
4. Matten (Carlton Hounds) 14 12 4 873 135 109.13 120.6 4 4 0 0
5. Kidd (Western Eagles) 14 9 6 317 87 105.67 111.6 2 0 5 0
6. Sayce (Mental Blank) 13 7 4 281 97 93.67 100.0 2 0 1 0
7. Keil (Carlton Hounds) 14 14 2 1051 181 87.58 99.2 5 5 3 0
8. Dunn (Mental Blank) 10 9 1 678 140 84.75 103.4 1 4 18 0
9. Mason (Carlton Hounds) 13 7 4 224 80 74.67 152.4 2 0 1 0
10. Sinclair (The New Boonies) 14 13 6 474 87 67.71 96.1 5 0 1 0
11. Richardson (Mental Blank) 7 7 2 325 149 65.00 90.8 1 1 1 0
12. Bexfield (Australian Champs) 14 14 7 420 78 60.00 83.8 5 0 0 0
13. Henry (Mental Blank) 11 8 3 294 91 58.80 86.0 1 0 3 0
14. Lampard (Mental Blank) 13 9 2 401 112 57.29 97.1 4 1 2 0
15. Ryan (Oneoffthewrist) 14 10 2 458 121 57.25 101.1 4 1 1 0
16. Rheams (Oneoffthewrist) 14 14 4 480 65 48.00 85.1 3 0 0 0
17. Miller (Pitch Invaders) 14 14 0 669 163 47.79 87.1 1 3 1 0
18. Wheeler (Carlton Hounds) 14 12 6 261 51 43.50 129.2 2 0 1 0
19. Wotton (The New Boonies) 11 10 1 377 88 41.89 75.7 3 0 1 0
20. Matthews (Oneoffthewrist) 14 11 2 341 113 37.89 93.2 1 1 1 0

Bowling Averages (Qualification - 18 wickets)
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No Name M O M R W Ave Best 5w SR Econ
1. Draadkar (Carlton Hounds) 14 86.1 12 325 47 6.91 7-6 3 11.00 3.77
2. Peterose (Western Eagles) 10 42.0 4 187 23 8.13 7-3 2 10.96 4.45
3. Hildred (Carlton Hounds) 14 86.1 14 343 34 10.09 6-8 3 15.21 3.98
4. Hadland (Mental Blank) 8 58.2 4 222 21 10.57 8-36 2 16.67 3.81
5. Dixon (Mental Blank) 10 79.3 6 358 25 14.32 6-17 1 19.08 4.50
6. Chatterton (Western Eagles) 9 64.1 6 317 22 14.41 7-6 1 17.50 4.94
7. Mcguire (Western Eagles) 13 91.1 8 333 21 15.86 7-4 1 26.05 3.65
8. Hurren (Oneoffthewrist) 12 99.1 13 385 24 16.04 4-3 0 24.79 3.88
9. Andries (Oneoffthewrist) 14 95.1 12 364 22 16.55 4-3 0 25.95 3.82
10. Perkins (Pitch Invaders) 14 82.4 7 364 21 17.33 5-28 1 23.62 4.40
11. Alsop (Oneoffthewrist) 14 88.3 3 382 20 19.10 5-17 1 26.55 4.32
12. Ferguson (Aussie UnSeeN Team) 14 96.1 5 468 21 22.29 7-16 1 27.48 4.87
13. Wills (Oneoffthewrist) 14 100.1 3 554 21 26.38 4-52 0 28.62 5.53

Team Pld Won Tie Lost Points Net RR
1. Western Eagles 14 12 0 2 48 54.35

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2. Mental Blank 14 12 0 2 48 29.98
3. Carlton Hounds 14 11 0 3 44 61.90
4. Oneoffthewrist 14 9 0 5 36 22.67

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5. The New Boonies 14 4 0 10 16 -29.02
6. Aussie UnSeeN Team 14 3 0 11 12 -44.61

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7. Australian Champs 14 3 0 11 12 -51.67
8. Pitch Invaders 14 2 0 12 8 -43.60

So a pleasing season in all formats of the game though not getting promoted in OD was dissapointing.

 

[Shevchenko]

Second and third not too bad but I'm sure you feel bad about the OD, but it was a good season it wasn't what you probably would have hoped for but three cheers to Mental Blank!

 

[gutterman]

keep the chin up there is always next season

 

[Highlander999]

That is gutting man. Shame you couldn't finish top. Good luck next season.

 

[Left_Hander]

Training Update​

Monday was training and two little, but nice pops occured. Here they are:

Robert Dodds - 19 yo, BT Rating=7,139
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, proficient bowling form, energetic
A destructive player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: respectable Concentration: competent
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: mediocre

My reaction: A nice pop here for Dodds. I was hoping he would get a stamina pop before the end of the season and he has :happy

Roland Hadland - 19 yo, BT Rating=32,195
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
An attacking player with strong leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: feeble
Bowling: remarkable Consistency: respectable
Fielding: competent

My reaction: This pop doesn't really matter but it might increase his batting ability slightly.

 

[surendar]

Did you play Hadland when we played last time? He is growing to be a monster.

 

[Highlander999]

You should include our little challenge mate. I expect you'll steam-roller my young guns

 

[Left_Hander]

Did you play Hadland when we played last time? He is growing to be a monster.

I am pretty sure I did.

You should include our little challenge mate. I expect you'll steam-roller my young guns

Well we can't play now which is bad but if we do have a game together I would rest most if not all of my stars, which is my whole squad

Training Update should be soon :happy

 

[Left_Hander]

Training Update​

Monday is training day and today we recieved one pop, but it was a good one"

Robert Dodds - 19 yo, BT Rating=7,690
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, strong bowling form, energetic
A destructive player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: proficientConcentration: competent
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: mediocre

My reaction: Wow! Wasn't expecting this. A nice pop. Dodds just keeps on getting better. Takes pressure off the other batsmen. Very happy about this one.

 

[ivanvdm15]

well great to see him do so well
and great to see this story do so well

 

[Cricketman]

Aww, shucks about 3rd, mate.
Youll pwn next season.

 

[Highlander999]

Nice to see your guys are still doing well, LH

 

[gamerkid22]

Another useful pop with the bat for you