Welcome back to The Pope's Backyard where DD chase a target of 158 on a green pitch with a reversed lineup.
The second innings begins now
0.1 Vince van der Bijl to age of the fall, And the camera pans to show a hot chick in Row C. Rumours have it that she is either Shalins's date for the night, or an assasin out to kill him. I guess we'll find out one way or another by tommorrow...oh, right. No run. (0)
0.2 Vince van der Bijl to age of the fall, Good ball, he goes for the cut, it's too close to cut, he's inside edged it, and it misses the stumps by a whisker! The keeper tidies up and there is no run. Phew that was close. (0)
0.3 Vince van der Bijl to age of the fall, Oooh! Good ball, yorker length delivery on the legstump. The batsman just barely gets his bat down on time, and the non striker urges him through for a quick single. (1)
0.4 Vince van der Bijl to tassietiger, Splendid shot for four! (4)
0.5 Vince van der Bijl to tassietiger, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
0.6 Vince van der Bijl to tassietiger, ......what? Why are you looking at me like that? Oh right! The commentary! Umm...looks like that was a dot ball! No run. Now leave me alone. (0)
End of over 1
Dublin Destroyers 7/0 (RR : 7) Required RR(7.95)
tassietiger 6 (3b)
age of the fall 1 (3b)
Vince van der Bijl 1-0-7-0
1.1 Kapil Dev to age of the fall, The bowlers runs in, the batsman taps his bat, and...oooohhhh! An aeroplane! Huh, what? Oh right, no run it seems. (0)
1.2 Kapil Dev to age of the fall, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
1.3 Kapil Dev to tassietiger, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
1.4 Kapil Dev to tassietiger, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
1.5 Kapil Dev to tassietiger, And the batsman pulls out the sweep shot! Takes a lot of skill to play that, and he has enough to place it for two. (2)
1.6 Kapil Dev to tassietiger, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry but my eyes have rather become small like Zorax's. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
End of over 2
Dublin Destroyers 14/0 (RR : 7) Required RR(8)
tassietiger 12 (7b)
age of the fall 2 (5b)
Kapil Dev 1-0-7-0
2.1 Vince van der Bijl to age of the fall, I'd like to thank the lady in Seat 27 Row D for the fabulous cake she's sent us! Triple Chocolate Fudge with Mint, my favourite! Oh, and no run. (0)
2.2 Vince van der Bijl to age of the fall, sings the bat high up in the air the ball nowhere close to the bat and thats a dot ball (0)
2.3 Vince van der Bijl to age of the fall, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
2.4 Vince van der Bijl to age of the fall, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
2.5 Vince van der Bijl to tassietiger, That's a single. (1)
2.6 Vince van der Bijl to age of the fall, He walks across his stumps trying to paddle it away, but misses it. And the keeper's appealing! There was a sound as the ball passed the batsman, and the umpire is unmoved. Replays show it was off the pad. Good call. (0)
End of over 3
Dublin Destroyers 16/0 (RR : 5.33) Required RR(8.35)
age of the fall 3 (10b)
tassietiger 13 (8b)
Vince van der Bijl 2-0-9-0
3.1 Kapil Dev to tassietiger, The batsman calls for a single, but hesitates and nearly gets his partner run out! An effort that would make Owais Shah proud! No run. (0)
3.2 Kapil Dev to tassietiger, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
3.3 Kapil Dev to tassietiger, Reverse sweep, and it's four! What an outrageous shot! The batsman is all smiles after pulling that one off! (4)
3.4 Kapil Dev to tassietiger, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
3.5 Kapil Dev to tassietiger, Struck in front, All fielders appealing, and Got him!
tassietiger lbw Kapil Dev
Runs : 21 Balls : 13 S/R : 161.5
(0)
3.6 Kapil Dev to barmyarmy, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
End of over 4
Dublin Destroyers 26/1 (RR : 6.5) Required RR(8.25)
barmyarmy 2 (1b)
age of the fall 3 (10b)
Kapil Dev 2-0-17-1
4.1 Vince van der Bijl to age of the fall, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
4.2 Vince van der Bijl to barmyarmy, He walks across his stumps trying to paddle it away, but misses it. And the keeper's appealing! There was a sound as the ball passed the batsman, and the umpire is unmoved. Replays show it was off the pad. Good call. (0)
4.3 Vince van der Bijl to barmyarmy, One, Two, Three more added to the total. Well run! (3)
4.4 Vince van der Bijl to age of the fall, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Deary me. The batsmen steal a single while laughing, the bowler has his hands on his head... (1)
4.5 Vince van der Bijl to barmyarmy, The batsman looks surprised that that ball wasn't called a wide. The bowler's grinning as he makes his way back to his mark. (0)
4.6 Vince van der Bijl to barmyarmy, The batsman calls for a single, but hesitates and nearly gets his partner run out! An effort that would make Owais Shah proud! No run. (0)
End of over 5
Dublin Destroyers 31/1 (RR : 6.2) Required RR(8.47)
barmyarmy 5 (5b)
age of the fall 5 (12b)
Vince van der Bijl 3-0-14-0
5.1 Kapil Dev to age of the fall, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
5.2 Kapil Dev to age of the fall, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
5.3 Kapil Dev to barmyarmy, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
5.4 Kapil Dev to barmyarmy, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
5.5 Kapil Dev to barmyarmy, The batsman calls for a single, but hesitates and nearly gets his partner run out! An effort that would make Owais Shah proud! No run. (0)
5.6 Kapil Dev to barmyarmy, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
End of over 6
Dublin Destroyers 35/1 (RR : 5.83) Required RR(8.79)
age of the fall 8 (14b)
barmyarmy 6 (9b)
Kapil Dev 3-0-21-1
6.1 Abhas Gupta to barmyarmy, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
6.2 Abhas Gupta to age of the fall, Easy single. (1)
6.3 Abhas Gupta to barmyarmy, Slower ball, made the batsman look like a giant moronical half-brained dim wit. No run. (0)
6.4 Abhas Gupta to barmyarmy, Easy single. (1)
6.5 Abhas Gupta to age of the fall, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
6.6 Abhas Gupta to barmyarmy, He's slogged that down to cow corner. Long on runs in to field, and the batsmen get two. The captain is clearly not very happy with his fielder's effort there. (2)
End of over 7
Dublin Destroyers 41/1 (RR : 5.86) Required RR(9)
barmyarmy 10 (13b)
age of the fall 10 (16b)
Abhas Gupta 1-0-6-0
7.1 Bob Massie to age of the fall, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
7.2 Bob Massie to age of the fall, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
7.3 Bob Massie to barmyarmy, He walks across his stumps trying to paddle it away, but misses it. And the keeper's appealing! There was a sound as the ball passed the batsman, and the umpire is unmoved. Replays show it was off the pad. Good call. (0)
7.4 Bob Massie to barmyarmy, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
7.5 Bob Massie to barmyarmy, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
7.6 Bob Massie to barmyarmy, One more to the total. (1)
End of over 8
Dublin Destroyers 47/1 (RR : 5.88) Required RR(9.25)
age of the fall 13 (18b)
barmyarmy 13 (17b)
Bob Massie 1-0-6-0
8.1 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
8.2 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Easy single. (1)
8.3 w3lshrugby to age of the fall, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
8.4 w3lshrugby to age of the fall, That's a single. (1)
8.5 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
8.6 w3lshrugby to age of the fall, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry but my eyes have rather become small like Zorax's. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
End of over 9
Dublin Destroyers 54/1 (RR : 6) Required RR(9.45)
age of the fall 16 (21b)
barmyarmy 17 (20b)
w3lshrugby 1-0-7-0
9.1 treva to barmyarmy, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
9.2 treva to barmyarmy, I'd like to thank the lady in Seat 27 Row D for the fabulous cake she's sent us! Triple Chocolate Fudge with Mint, my favourite! Oh, and no run. (0)
9.3 treva to barmyarmy, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
9.4 treva to barmyarmy, One more to the total. (1)
9.5 treva to age of the fall, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
9.6 treva to age of the fall, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
End of over 10
Dublin Destroyers 61/1 (RR : 6.1) Required RR(9.7)
age of the fall 20 (23b)
barmyarmy 20 (24b)
treva 1-0-7-0
10.1 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
10.2 w3lshrugby to age of the fall, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
10.3 w3lshrugby to age of the fall, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
10.4 w3lshrugby to age of the fall, Edged and through the vacant gully region for four! And just after the captained had removed a man from there! Don't you just hate it when that happens? (4)
10.5 w3lshrugby to age of the fall, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
10.6 w3lshrugby to age of the fall, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
End of over 11
Dublin Destroyers 70/1 (RR : 6.36) Required RR(9.78)
age of the fall 28 (28b)
barmyarmy 21 (25b)
w3lshrugby 2-0-16-0
11.1 treva to barmyarmy, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
11.2 treva to barmyarmy, Oooh! Good ball, yorker length delivery on the legstump. The batsman just barely gets his bat down on time, and the non striker urges him through for a quick single. (1)
11.3 treva to age of the fall, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
11.4 treva to age of the fall, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
11.5 treva to barmyarmy, Tries to work it off his legs, misses, and the fielders go up in appeal! It has to be out, it HAS to be out! NOOOOO! The umpire is unmoved! Gosh that must have been close. (0)
11.6 treva to barmyarmy, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
End of over 12
Dublin Destroyers 76/1 (RR : 6.33) Required RR(10.3)
barmyarmy 26 (29b)
age of the fall 29 (30b)
treva 2-0-13-0
12.1 w3lshrugby to age of the fall, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
12.2 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
12.3 w3lshrugby to age of the fall, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
12.4 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
12.5 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
12.6 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
End of over 13
Dublin Destroyers 82/1 (RR : 6.31) Required RR(10.9)
age of the fall 31 (32b)
barmyarmy 30 (33b)
w3lshrugby 3-0-22-0
13.1 treva to barmyarmy, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
13.2 treva to barmyarmy, He walks across his stumps trying to paddle it away, but misses it. And the keeper's appealing! There was a sound as the ball passed the batsman, and the umpire is unmoved. Replays show it was off the pad. Good call. (0)
13.3 treva to barmyarmy, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
13.4 treva to barmyarmy, One more to the total. (1)
13.5 treva to age of the fall, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
13.6 treva to age of the fall, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
End of over 14
Dublin Destroyers 89/1 (RR : 6.36) Required RR(11.5)
age of the fall 37 (34b)
barmyarmy 31 (37b)
treva 3-0-20-0
14.1 Bob Massie to barmyarmy, One more to the total. (1)
14.2 Bob Massie to age of the fall, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
14.3 Bob Massie to age of the fall, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
14.4 Bob Massie to age of the fall, That was a very good delivery. (0)
14.5 Bob Massie to age of the fall, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
14.6 Bob Massie to barmyarmy, sings the bat high up in the air the ball nowhere close to the bat and thats a dot ball (0)
End of over 15
Dublin Destroyers 95/1 (RR : 6.33) Required RR(12.6)
barmyarmy 32 (39b)
age of the fall 42 (38b)
Bob Massie 2-0-12-0
15.1 Abhas Gupta to age of the fall, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
15.2 Abhas Gupta to age of the fall, That's gone high...really high...it's lost in the sky...will someone catch this? The fielders all come under it...someone has to take it...NOOOOOOO! It's been dropped! And the batsmen manage to come back for a third! (3)
15.3 Abhas Gupta to barmyarmy, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
15.4 Abhas Gupta to barmyarmy, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
15.5 Abhas Gupta to barmyarmy, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
15.6 Abhas Gupta to barmyarmy, One more to the total. (1)
End of over 16
Dublin Destroyers 107/1 (RR : 6.69) Required RR(12.8)
age of the fall 47 (40b)
barmyarmy 39 (43b)
Abhas Gupta 2-0-18-0
16.1 Bob Massie to barmyarmy, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
16.2 Bob Massie to barmyarmy, No shot offered. (0)
16.3 Bob Massie to barmyarmy, That's a single. (1)
16.4 Bob Massie to age of the fall, Good short ball, the batsman is caught off guard and top edges it high in the air! The keeper is after it...he's runs hard...and the ball lands just after him! He hurls the ball in to keep the batsman to a single. (1)
16.5 Bob Massie to barmyarmy, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
16.6 Bob Massie to barmyarmy, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
End of over 17
Dublin Destroyers 110/1 (RR : 6.47) Required RR(16)
age of the fall 48 (41b)
barmyarmy 41 (48b)
Bob Massie 3-0-15-0
17.1 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
17.2 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
17.3 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
17.4 w3lshrugby to age of the fall, I'd like to complement the gentleman in Seat 24 Row A for being so sharply dressed in that Armani Suit. Especially in this heat. Great show...huh? What's that? Oh right, the batsmen took a single, I think. (1)
17.5 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
17.6 w3lshrugby to barmyarmy, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
End of over 18
Dublin Destroyers 115/1 (RR : 6.39) Required RR(21.5)
age of the fall 49 (42b)
barmyarmy 45 (53b)
w3lshrugby 4-0-27-0
18.1 Kapil Dev to barmyarmy, He shuffles across the stumps, and paddles the ball straight into his legstump! Ouch, that's tough luck, but he has to go!
barmyarmy b Kapil Dev
Runs : 45 Balls : 54 S/R : 83.33
(0)
18.2 Kapil Dev to Hmarka, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
18.3 Kapil Dev to age of the fall, I'd like to complement the gentleman in Seat 24 Row A for being so sharply dressed in that Armani Suit. Especially in this heat. Great show...huh? What's that? Oh right, the batsmen took a single, I think. (1)
18.4 Kapil Dev to Hmarka, sings the bat high up in the air the ball nowhere close to the bat and thats a dot ball (0)
18.5 Kapil Dev to Hmarka, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
18.6 Kapil Dev to Hmarka, Oh boy what a catch that was! Incredible reflexes, he caught it one handed diving to his left, the batsman can't believe it!
Hmarka c w3lshrugby b Kapil Dev
Runs : 1 Balls : 4 S/R : 25
(0)
End of over 19
Dublin Destroyers 117/3 (RR : 6.16) Required RR(41)
Leverocks 0 (0b)
age of the fall 50 (43b)
Kapil Dev 4-0-23-2
19.1 Vince van der Bijl to age of the fall, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
19.2 Vince van der Bijl to Leverocks, The batsman has a wild slog, and gets enough to send the ball to the fence for four! Not the best looking shot, but it certainly was effective. (4)
19.3 Vince van der Bijl to Leverocks, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
19.4 Vince van der Bijl to Leverocks, Slower ball, made the batsman look like a giant moronical half-brained dim wit. No run. (0)
19.5 Vince van der Bijl to Leverocks, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
19.6 Vince van der Bijl to Leverocks, No shot offered. (0)
End of over 20
Dublin Destroyers 124/3 (RR : 6.2) Required RR(1.#J)
Leverocks 6 (5b)
age of the fall 51 (44b)
Vince van der Bijl 4-0-21-0
The final scorecard for second innings was :
Score: 124
Wickets : 3
Overs : 20.0
Code:
Dublin Destroyers vs. Vatican Victors
Vatican Victors Innings
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Kshitiz_Indian c Highlander999 b Hmarka 16 6 3 0 266.7
Sohum lbw Biggy 2 2 0 0 100
gudduthemaster b Biggy 6 11 0 0 54.55
blake c tassietiger b Biggy 0 1 0 0 0
Kapil Dev c & b Hmarka 17 10 3 0 170
shan111 not out 57 46 5 0 123.9
treva c Highlander999 b barmyarmy 29 31 2 0 93.55
Bob Massie lbw Hmarka 10 6 0 1 166.7
w3lshrugby lbw Hmarka 6 2 0 1 300
Abhas Gupta b Biggy 8 4 1 0 200
Vince van der Bijl b Biggy 0 3 0 0 0
Total: 158 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 7.9
Extras : 7 No Balls : 3 Wides : 1 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 3
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Dublin Destroyers Bowling
Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
age of the fall 2.0 0 9 0 4.5
barmyarmy 4.0 0 32 1 8
Hmarka 4.0 0 46 3 11.5
Leverocks 3.0 0 23 0 7.67
Biggy 3.5 0 25 5 6.52
Hooper 3.0 0 20 0 6.67
Total: 158 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 7.9
Extras : 7 No Balls : 3 Wides : 1 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 3
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Dublin Destroyers Innings
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
age of the fall not out 51 44 2 0 115.9
tassietiger lbw Kapil Dev 21 13 2 0 161.5
barmyarmy b Kapil Dev 45 54 2 0 83.33
Hmarka c w3lshrugby b Kapil Dev 1 4 0 0 25
Leverocks not out 6 5 1 0 120
Biggy dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Hooper dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Offcutters dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Gary123 dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Highlander999 dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Simbazz dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 124 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 6.2
Extras : 0 No Balls : 0 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
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Vatican Victors Bowling
Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Kapil Dev 4.0 0 23 2 5.75
treva 3.0 0 20 0 6.67
Bob Massie 3.0 0 15 0 5
w3lshrugby 4.0 0 27 0 6.75
Abhas Gupta 2.0 0 18 0 9
Vince van der Bijl 4.0 0 21 0 5.25
Total: 124 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 6.2
Extras : 0 No Balls : 0 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
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Dublin Destroyers vs. Vatican Victors
Vatican Victors - 158/10 in 20.0 overs.
Dublin Destroyers - 124/3 in 20.0 overs.
Vatican Victors wins the match by 34 runs
And as expected Dublin have lost to Vatican thanks to them not posting a lineup on time.
MOTM-BIggy for taking a 5-fer