Story The Falcons::A Journey in Battrick

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This is one of the most comprehensive and enjoyable Battrick stories on PlanetCricket.
Well done and keep it up Pak_cricketer.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

The Falcons VS Allstarz

Tonight is the match between, The Falcons and Allstarz. If the Falcons manage to win this they will sucure their 1st spot in the League. The Allstarz have played 12 games in which they have won 5 and lost 7, and in total have 20 points. The Falcons on the other hand have 48 leading the Fredagsboys by 8 points. The Falcons look to finish the season in great form, the greatest the Manager has seen in years.

Problable line-up for today's match.

1)Meer Ansari
Average: 91.44
2)Shakeel Masood
Average: 537.00
Average: 11.63
3)Dale Key+
Average: 104.89
4)Keith Lister
Average: 41.70
5)Karamat Mohibullah
Average: DEBUT
6)Saad Doshi
Average: 88.50
7)Jannisar Chanderpaul
Average: 66.33
8)Wajatullah Raeesudin
Average: 84.50
Average: 9.44
9)Aariz Rafiullah
Average: 22.28
10)Toby Henshaw
Average: 35.80
11)Younes Wajihullah
Average: 8.43

Green= Bowling Average
Red= Batting Average

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Welcome to ZCG for the match between The Falcons and AllStarz.

We can tell you that The Falcons won the toss and elected to field. The pitch is looking a touch on the green side. All the seam bowlers have been out there rubbing their hands..

The Falcons have selected Ansari, Masood, Key, Lister, Mohibullah, Doshi, Chanderpaul, Raeesuddin, Rafiullah, Henshaw, Wajihullah.

AllStarz have picked Kadir, Misbahuddin, Matin, Ul-zaman, Quddus, Hayat, Matin, Salehuddin, E-akbar, Hameedullah, Afridi.

Lets join our team for ball-by-ball commentary.

First Blood For The Falcons

0.6 W Henshaw to Kadir
Thick edge from Kadir and it's hit Chanderpaul in the leg at slip! It's in the air, it must be. Yes, Key caught it! OUT!

Valueable Runs for Allstarz

3.4 4 Raeesuddin to Misbahuddin
An exquisite shot. He leaned on the ball and flicked it away to the square leg boundary.

Matin Hits! And it is Huge!

5.4 6 Raeesuddin to Matin
Going...going...gone! Six runs! And to top it off, the ball will land on a passing train!

But the Breakthrew comes in the 9th over!

9.5 W Raeesuddin to Misbahuddin
Misbahuddin struck that well, but Henshaw standing close in caught it between his thighs. A little higher and he wouldn't be celebrating, neither would his partner i'd wager.

Allstarz struggle but good shot were seen.

13.5 4 Raeesuddin to Ul-zaman
full delivery, advanced, smacked to wide deep mid wicket for another boundary

Pressure end the innings for Ul-Zaman

20.6 W Masood to Ul-zaman
Must be LBW. Must be LBW! MUST BE LBW! It's carnival time for Masood

Great bowling from Masood!

26.2 W Masood to Matin
Big inswinger, massive inside edge though. But he's given him!! Matin can't believe it, what a bad call from the umpire.

Finnaly runs come!

28.2 4 Masood to Quddus
pitched up, drives it on the front foot, down the ground for four

But the Falcons just kept coming!

29.3 W Rafiullah to Quddus
Doshi collects that one at full stretch! OUT! Oh and a celebratory roll for the crowd too - this kid's all about the entertainment!

The Falcons bowled superbly!

30.6 W Wajihullah to Hayat
Got him he's gone!

Then two wickets came in one over.

32.5 W Wajihullah to Salehuddin
Acrobatic catch from Key there!
32.6 W Wajihullah to E-akbar
Unlucky! The ball goes flying but hits a bird on the way, sending the ball down Rafiullah's throat.

It was all over! A wicket from Henshaw and then Wajihullah finished the innings!

35.6 W Henshaw to Hameedullah
Hameedullah advances down the ground and wallops it towards the long-on boundary. Great take by Doshi though!
36.2 W Wajihullah to Matin
A doosra. Pitched in line with the stumps and turning away, Matin on the back-foot defends, ball takes the edge to Key, Matin fails to read the ball. Wajihullah strikes

That puts an end to the 1st Innings.

The second innings started with a bang!

1.1 4 Hameedullah to Masood
Short and picked up early. Four through mid wicket.

But then Masood's innings came to an end.

1.4 W Hameedullah to Masood
Anyone would think he doesn't feel like batting today, pathetic effort from Masood off what was an average delivery. That won't matter to Hameedullah though, a wicket's a wicket.

But then Key and Ansari played Beutifully to get the victory, and put The Falcons in a unbeatable postion.

5.1 4 Hameedullah to Ansari
An exquisite shot. He leaned on the ball and flicked it away to the square leg boundary.
5.2 1 Hameedullah to Ansari
Turned around to backward leg.
5.3 4 Hameedullah to Key
slower delivery, picked up over mid on for the boundary
5.4 3 Hameedullah to Key
He?s dropped him in the deep. That could haunt them later.
5.5 . Hameedullah to Ansari
He played that well as it stayed very low.
5.6 4 Hameedullah to Ansari
Ansari uses his feet well and lofts the ball into the vacant extra cover region. Afridi chases in vain as the ball skips over the rope.

9.1 4 Hameedullah to Ansari
Shot of the day for me; an exquisite cover drive, races all the way to the boundary. Ansari doesn't even think about running and holds the pose for the photographers, nice.
9.2 4 Hameedullah to Ansari
Splits the off-side field with a delicious square cut. He will enjoy seeing that one again later.
9.3 2 Hameedullah to Ansari
Pretty good improvisation from Ansari there. You'd have thought he'd have driven that but he's worked it away behind point.
9.4 1 Hameedullah to Ansari
nicely flicked around to deep mid wicket for the single
9.5 4 Hameedullah to Key
Big inside edge and that will run all the way down the hill for 4. Hameedullah is pretty unlucky there
9.6 . Hameedullah to Key
bit of lift, on the front foot, defends to the off

13.1 . E-akbar to Ansari
Tight shortish ball cutting back in on off stump, chops it down to midwicket in defence
13.2 . E-akbar to Ansari
on the front foot, solid stroke to mid off
13.3 4 E-akbar to Ansari
A very, very hard drive to extra cover. Fantastic timing.
13.4 1 E-akbar to Ansari
Short ball cut away to the man on the boundary.
13.5 1 E-akbar to Key
An easy single played off the back foot.
13.6 4 E-akbar to Ansari
Salehuddin has tripped and taken nasty tumble trying to stop the ball and it's gone for four! Salehuddin is up now, he's alright, only his pride is injured.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Going...going...gone! Six runs! And to top it off, the ball will land on a passing train!

I added this line!

 

[Pak_cricketer]

The ZCG HONOUR BOARD

The best Partnerships at the ZCG


Wicket No. Batsmen Partnership Match
1 Ansari & Masood 299 For The Falcons v Kotri CC
2 Masood & Piper 268 For The Falcons v Peshawar CC
3 Zaheeuddin & Zeeshan 133 For PEM ZEE v The Falcons
4 Ansari & Asmatullah 127 For The Falcons v Gujrat CC
5 Razzaq & Shahab 19 For Gujrat CC v The Falcons
6 Shahab & Doshi 25 For Gujrat CC v The Falcons
7 Raisani & Fiaz 80 For Kotri CC v The Falcons
8 Fiaz & Tamton 59 For Kotri CC v The Falcons
9 Tamton & Ud-din 84 For Kotri CC v The Falcons
10 Chanderpaul & Ansari 49 For The Falcons v abcd

The Totals made at the ZCG

Highest Score batting first: 408-2 By The Falcons v Peshawar CC
Lowest Score batting first: 120-10 By AllStarz v The Falcons
Highest Score batting second: 267-10 By Kotri CC v The Falcons
Lowest Score batting second: 55-10 By Peshawar CC v The Falcons

Highest Individual score by a batsman

Masood 198*
Masood 182*
Ansari 147
Piper 142
Ansari 132
Masood 119*
Zeeshan 106

Best Bowling Figures

Wajihullah 8-25
Wajihullah 6-33
Wajihullah 6-42
Raeesuddin 6-44

 

[Pak_cricketer]

The Falcons vs Briggs XI

The match started out pretty ordinarly but Briggs XI went right on top! They struck early to get Masood out. The Falcons were in mighty troble as they lost countless wickets and needed a big partnership to pull them toghter. The only batsman that looked to make the partnership was Key, one of the 3 transfers from England. He scored a mighty 111. He got help from Ansari, Chanderpaul and Raeesudin to get to the final score of 257/6.


Briggs XI got off to a tremendous start with Ainsworth scoring very quickly, The Flacons needed wickets and quickly too. Wajihullah got Stramp and Hildred. But the match was far from over. Ifthikar, the man who was traded to Briggs Xi by the Falcons made a valuable 50. Rafiullah got Mcdonagh and Henman and Ifthikar was run-out. But with 4 wickets in hand and 5 runs needed, Briggs XI looked well on top. Until Masood bowled his last over. Masood managed to get a hattrick and then gave three runs. Now with 2 runs left to spare Briggs XI looked well on there way, but then a bad call from the batsman brought their last man down.


IN THE END THE FALCONS WON BY 1 RUN.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

You have it mixed up!

You had a Run Out, Bowled, Bowled, Three, Bowled.

So no Hattrick

 

[Pak_cricketer]

I believe it's close enough..

 

[Cricketman]

what a game!!

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Good or Bad:: Man of the Match


The Falcons won a tremendous game today. With Key making 111* and helping The Falcons get to 257/6, which was just enough to win. Then there was Shakeel Masood, who failed to impress with the bat, but got 4 wickets in his final over, in which one was a run-out. He had changed the match. Shakeel Masood, the 5th bowler for The Falcons, usually keeps it tight and picks up 1 or 2 wickets in a match, but today he changed the whole match. Thats why he had gotten the Man of the Match.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

The Falcons "B" vs Lightning "B"

An interesting competition for the youngsters who aren't getting chances, they will be tested out in this Friendly game between The Falcons "B" and Lightning "B". Lightning who are a strong team in Pakistan and are also leading there league. This match is to be held next Sunday, and the team will be announced soon. This is going to be a good contest between 2 "B" teams.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

The Falcons sucure the 1st spot

By winning the League game on Friday againest the Allstarz, the Falcons sucured their spot in the 1st spot in the National league. They are leading the Fredagsboys by 8 points, and with only 1 game remaining the Falcons can try out their youngsters. Zohaib the head coach said that the likes of Karamat Mohibullah would play in this game and it will give them more choices at the end of the season in which important changes will occur.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Wajahatullah Raeesuddin

Raeesuddin is a 17 year old, left handed all-rounder. He bowls at the start of the innings and then comes in to bat at the end! He is the current big thing! Averaging 84.50 in batting and a 11.53 in bowling, he has shown that he could go any where in the line-up and preform! He has 17 wickets and a best of 6/44. Other than that he is also part of the Pakistan U-19 team.

Plays For: The Falcons
Nationality: Pakistan
Age:17 Years Old
Battrick Rating:11,147
Wages: ?2,563 p/w

Stamina: abysmal
Wicket Keeping:feeble
Batting: proficient
Concentration:abysmal
Bowling: proficient
Consistency:feeble
Fielding: abysmal

 

[Cricketman]

man your team is strong, and i thought mine was!!! geeze! I thought my player, chanderpaul was good with an bat average of 314 but compared to masood he's nothin but dirt!

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Phoenix v The Falcons "B"

The match got underway with Phoenix winning the tos and electing to Bat first. There openers Mahmood and Abbas were ready to bat, and Henshaw was ready to get it underway.

Abbas Played some lovely shots!

1.1 4 Gregory to Abbas
cover drive whistles away for four

1.5 4 Gregory to Abbas
short, picked up to deep mid wicket for yet another boundary

5.5 4 Gregory to Abbas
Shot of the day for me; an exquisite cover drive, races all the way to the boundary. Abbas doesn't even think about running and holds the pose for the photographers, nice.

6.2 4 Henshaw to Abbas
Glance down leg side chased by Goodall. Can he save the four? DIves, did he touch the rope? 3rd umpire says yes four runs

The opening bowlers really stuggled as the openers put on a huge Partership with lovely shots all across the field.

7.5 4 Gregory to Abbas
Abbas rocks onto the back foot and punches that through cover-point for four.

9.4 4 Gregory to Abbas
Lovely straight drive, he didn't seem to have much trouble reading that one! 4 bits!

11.5 6 Gregory to Mahmood
There's a souvenir for one lucky fan!

Finnaly a wicket came to Henshaw, as Abbas fell!

37.5 W Henshaw to Abbas
Abbas has mistimed his shot and Henshaw and Key are appealing! The umpire seems to be nodding, and he's out - leg before wicket!

But the new batsmen just kept on going!

45.1 4 Ansari to Nawaz
Mamma-mia! Thick edge from Nawaz carries all the way to the third man boundary. Ansari can't believe it

Another wicket came fo The young "B" team as Mahmood fell for 137!

45.3 W Ansari to Mahmood
Mahmood flicks a ball to backward square leg, well that's what I think he was doing. Mahmood misjudges the ball from Ansari and is caught by backward point. The umpire's finger was up the second it landed in the safe hands of Hafeez.

Quick Success again as Ansari Strikes!


The Falcons "B" started with a bang as both openers took full advantage of the Field restrictions!

0.6 4 Mahmood to Lister
That shot's as ugly as an ugly thing that fell from the top of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. Mind you, it was highly effective and he'll get four through midwicket

1.5 4 Abbas to Goodall
That's come right off the middle of the bat. A magnificent shot for four.

3.4 4 Abbas to Lister
Shot, what a shot! Any youngsters out there that want to learn how to play a shot like that, just study the one that's just gone.

4.2 4 Mahmood to Lister
Superb slide on the boundary to prevent that four?..but the third umpire says his knee touched the rope! Four runs!

5.4 4 Abbas to Lister
Well, that's just a slog across the line by Lister, but he has got the result he was after.

Lister was taking the opposition to the cleaners with his stroke play!

6.4 6 Mahmood to Lister
Mahmood has taken to throwing pies. Lister gobbled that one up. Six runs.
6.5 4 Mahmood to Lister
Straight drive for four.

But Goodall wasn't bad either!

8.4 4 Mahmood to Goodall
Goodall has hooked that for four.

Soon Lister reached his fifty only in 34 deliveries!

11.6 1 Abbas to Lister
stroked to the on, long on running in from the boundary
And that's his fifty! Well played.

Soon Goodall reached his 50 in 40 deliveries!

13.2 4 Abbas to Goodall
Lofted drive away for four on the onside
And that's his fifty! Well played.

The stoke play continued but Goodall innings came to an end!

23.1 W Zaheeuddin to Goodall
Brilliant bowling. Clean through and out.

The "B" team were looking strong! :cool:

End of Over 35: 272-1, runrate=7.77, reqrunrate=2.60 (310-3)
Mahmood 8-0-70-0
Lister* 135 (104 balls)
Chanderpaul 36 (37 balls)

And in the End It was a win! just in the 40th over!




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