Steve Moore
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Story The Life and Times of Me [ICC2005]
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S_Harmison
International Cricketer
Next update comming soon!
S_Harmison
International Cricketer
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17th April 2005
Totesport National League Division 1
Old Trafford
Lancashire Vs Glamorgan
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After a cracking opening match of the season we embark upon the Totesport National League, we are up against the defending champions to its not going to be an easy ride but with the firepower we have in the squad it should be a good match, we know our wicket well and i think we have a pretty good chance of another win here. With people like Freddie in your squad for a one dayer you always have the upper hand and if he is on song again with bat and ball today then Glamorgan are in for a real battle. The squad is unchanged from the Frizzel Championship, it will probrably stay that way with a few expections outside of my control, England duty or injuries etc.
(These stats show last seasons performance, after this match they will show the current seasons)
The wheather forecast for the day is cloudy in the morning and then fine for the rest of the day, thats why the option was taken to bowl after we won the toss, we have a top draw fontline seam attack and if we can skittle there top order it makes the task a lot easier, Jimmy can swing the ball in any conditions and when there clouds then hes lethal, even if we dont make good use of the conitions we have a great spinner in the ranks too who can work in the one dayers, i dont need to say anything about or batting lineup, some big averages considering the amount of matches played, well thats all i need to say, heres to a good game and another win!!
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17th April 2005
Totesport National League Division 1
Old Trafford
Lancashire Vs Glamorgan
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After a cracking opening match of the season we embark upon the Totesport National League, we are up against the defending champions to its not going to be an easy ride but with the firepower we have in the squad it should be a good match, we know our wicket well and i think we have a pretty good chance of another win here. With people like Freddie in your squad for a one dayer you always have the upper hand and if he is on song again with bat and ball today then Glamorgan are in for a real battle. The squad is unchanged from the Frizzel Championship, it will probrably stay that way with a few expections outside of my control, England duty or injuries etc.
(These stats show last seasons performance, after this match they will show the current seasons)
The wheather forecast for the day is cloudy in the morning and then fine for the rest of the day, thats why the option was taken to bowl after we won the toss, we have a top draw fontline seam attack and if we can skittle there top order it makes the task a lot easier, Jimmy can swing the ball in any conditions and when there clouds then hes lethal, even if we dont make good use of the conitions we have a great spinner in the ranks too who can work in the one dayers, i dont need to say anything about or batting lineup, some big averages considering the amount of matches played, well thats all i need to say, heres to a good game and another win!!
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Liam Williams
Club Cricketer
- Joined
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Good luck.Should be a good match.You did well in your first match but the Totesport League is very different.Great story and keep it up!
S_Harmison
International Cricketer
Yea, in my other season for fun i have found these matches very hit and miss, you can skittle a team out one match and then the next you will only pick up 1 or 2 wickets, very difficult!
jhnnyby000
Club Cricketer
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2005
- Online Cricket Games Owned
whens the next update
S_Harmison
International Cricketer
Ive uploaded all the pics, im just writing it out now, its a whole innings update so its gonna take abot 15-20 mins
S_Harmison
International Cricketer
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17th April 2005
Totesport National League Division 1
Old Trafford
Lancashire Lightning Vs Glamorgan Dragons
Not a bad bowling performance to kick start our one day capaign here, my main aim was to keep them under 5 and over which was achieved, the second aim was to get them all out which, unfortunately wasnt. Oh well, you cant have it all. Another great performance by Murali who skittled the Glamorgan middle order single handedly saw us through, the rest of the bowlers werent lethal enough with the ball though and didnt take wickets, Chapple, Cork and Flintoff claimed one a piece while Jimmys bad start to the season continued as he came out wicketless. We have a good chance of chasing the total down, i was looking to keep them under 200 if we didnt bowl them out and they only passed that mark with a singular boundary in the last over so we did well in that respect. It is very getable with the talent in our batting order but wickets in hand is the main thing.
Corky was the first to strike in his first over after the bowling change, Sourav Ganguly, the Indian captain and former Lancashire player was the batsman on the recieving end, he started promisingly and scored at a decent rate but a cracking ball got the better of him in the end, Dom got one to nip back in when it pitched on off stump, completely done by the seam movement Ganguly went for the square cut and was made to look like a fool. A good time to strike as both openers were getting comfy.
Freddie didnt make an impact in his first little spell really, i only bowled him for four overs, then i introduced Murali who bowled in tandem with Corky for a few overs, he really made an impact, his first wicket was that of Thomas who was scoring at nearly a run a ball, Murlai changed his line from over the wicket and the subtle change really disorintated the batsman, the ball was flatter and didnt spin, it was a good delivery and deserved a wicket, so far all of the batsmen had gotten starts but couldnt build upon them.
Elliot fell in Murali's next over after passing his half century, a good little knock from him, he played some wonderful shots, some that went for boundaries and some that didnt quite get there, he manouvered the ball around well from the seamers but seemed to struggle againt the Off Spin. An almost identical delivery to the one that got Thomas the previous over, it didnt turn and was very flat and fast, it was on to him in a hurry and he panicked, this was the first ball of the over so Murali had another 5 balls at the new batsman to unsettle him.
It turned out that he only needed two of those five. Just when we needed a quick spell of wickets the magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat. Powell tried to clip him to the leg side but the ball took a leading edge after it spunmore than expected and Stuey Law took a simple catch to pull the roses back into the match, it was easy to see why this man is such an influence, not just on the plyers but on me, he really instilled confidence that you could call on him and he would get you a wicket, thats the sort of player you need in the squad and i hope to bring in a few more of those when the season ends.
By this time all the major seamers had, had one spell and we were going back round again, Jimmy didnt really bowl that well so i decided that to put some more pressure on the batters i would bring Glenn mack into the attack and bowl Murali through because he was going so well. The bowling changes seemed to be confusing the batsmen because Chapps grabbed a wicket in the first ball of his new spell, pitching outside off stump and nipping back in, Crofty was caught in the crease and missed the ball, it struck him in front and the finger went up, he will be dissapointed in himself but who cares, we had got another wicket.
Matthew Maynard started slowly but realised that he was running out of partners, he decided to target Murali which was a bad idea considering his form. The first ball of his 9th over was smacked hard into the legside by the right hander, the spectators were all looking to the boundary expecting to see the ball cross it sometime soon, they werent expecting to see Murali jumping for joy and Stuey Law with the ball in his hand! After viewing the replay i can confirm that it got stuck under his arm after he crouched away from it but at the time i thought it was one hell of catch!
Once again Andrew Flintoff is never left out, although, he didnt do as well as i was expecting, i set him a target of three wickets from the overs that he bowled. He turned out to be the most expensive out of all the bowlers and also bowled one less than the seamers, it was him and Bradley Hodge bowling the last three over, Hodgey but in a good maiden over in the crucial 44th, he beat the bat three times and was whiskers away from the stumps once. The wicket that he did claim came in the 43rd, he had Wallace LBW after a ball similair to the one that got Corky his wicket, only this time it hit the pads and not the stumps, the umpire had an easy job...
Once again, a decent performance overall with the expection of one or two overs that went for big runs, we did the job, kept them to under 5 an over and have given ourselves a chance, i would back us to chase this target comfortably but i dont want to jinx it, a 100% record would be nice but like i said before, you cant have eveything, i will be happy if we turn in a good performance, even if we lose, we have to give 110% each time we go out if we are to win this league and get promotion from the County Championship, i think we have the capabilities to do both...
Scorecard:
Bowling Statistics:
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17th April 2005
Totesport National League Division 1
Old Trafford
Lancashire Lightning Vs Glamorgan Dragons
Not a bad bowling performance to kick start our one day capaign here, my main aim was to keep them under 5 and over which was achieved, the second aim was to get them all out which, unfortunately wasnt. Oh well, you cant have it all. Another great performance by Murali who skittled the Glamorgan middle order single handedly saw us through, the rest of the bowlers werent lethal enough with the ball though and didnt take wickets, Chapple, Cork and Flintoff claimed one a piece while Jimmys bad start to the season continued as he came out wicketless. We have a good chance of chasing the total down, i was looking to keep them under 200 if we didnt bowl them out and they only passed that mark with a singular boundary in the last over so we did well in that respect. It is very getable with the talent in our batting order but wickets in hand is the main thing.
Corky was the first to strike in his first over after the bowling change, Sourav Ganguly, the Indian captain and former Lancashire player was the batsman on the recieving end, he started promisingly and scored at a decent rate but a cracking ball got the better of him in the end, Dom got one to nip back in when it pitched on off stump, completely done by the seam movement Ganguly went for the square cut and was made to look like a fool. A good time to strike as both openers were getting comfy.
Freddie didnt make an impact in his first little spell really, i only bowled him for four overs, then i introduced Murali who bowled in tandem with Corky for a few overs, he really made an impact, his first wicket was that of Thomas who was scoring at nearly a run a ball, Murlai changed his line from over the wicket and the subtle change really disorintated the batsman, the ball was flatter and didnt spin, it was a good delivery and deserved a wicket, so far all of the batsmen had gotten starts but couldnt build upon them.
Elliot fell in Murali's next over after passing his half century, a good little knock from him, he played some wonderful shots, some that went for boundaries and some that didnt quite get there, he manouvered the ball around well from the seamers but seemed to struggle againt the Off Spin. An almost identical delivery to the one that got Thomas the previous over, it didnt turn and was very flat and fast, it was on to him in a hurry and he panicked, this was the first ball of the over so Murali had another 5 balls at the new batsman to unsettle him.
It turned out that he only needed two of those five. Just when we needed a quick spell of wickets the magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat. Powell tried to clip him to the leg side but the ball took a leading edge after it spunmore than expected and Stuey Law took a simple catch to pull the roses back into the match, it was easy to see why this man is such an influence, not just on the plyers but on me, he really instilled confidence that you could call on him and he would get you a wicket, thats the sort of player you need in the squad and i hope to bring in a few more of those when the season ends.
By this time all the major seamers had, had one spell and we were going back round again, Jimmy didnt really bowl that well so i decided that to put some more pressure on the batters i would bring Glenn mack into the attack and bowl Murali through because he was going so well. The bowling changes seemed to be confusing the batsmen because Chapps grabbed a wicket in the first ball of his new spell, pitching outside off stump and nipping back in, Crofty was caught in the crease and missed the ball, it struck him in front and the finger went up, he will be dissapointed in himself but who cares, we had got another wicket.
Matthew Maynard started slowly but realised that he was running out of partners, he decided to target Murali which was a bad idea considering his form. The first ball of his 9th over was smacked hard into the legside by the right hander, the spectators were all looking to the boundary expecting to see the ball cross it sometime soon, they werent expecting to see Murali jumping for joy and Stuey Law with the ball in his hand! After viewing the replay i can confirm that it got stuck under his arm after he crouched away from it but at the time i thought it was one hell of catch!
Once again Andrew Flintoff is never left out, although, he didnt do as well as i was expecting, i set him a target of three wickets from the overs that he bowled. He turned out to be the most expensive out of all the bowlers and also bowled one less than the seamers, it was him and Bradley Hodge bowling the last three over, Hodgey but in a good maiden over in the crucial 44th, he beat the bat three times and was whiskers away from the stumps once. The wicket that he did claim came in the 43rd, he had Wallace LBW after a ball similair to the one that got Corky his wicket, only this time it hit the pads and not the stumps, the umpire had an easy job...
Once again, a decent performance overall with the expection of one or two overs that went for big runs, we did the job, kept them to under 5 an over and have given ourselves a chance, i would back us to chase this target comfortably but i dont want to jinx it, a 100% record would be nice but like i said before, you cant have eveything, i will be happy if we turn in a good performance, even if we lose, we have to give 110% each time we go out if we are to win this league and get promotion from the County Championship, i think we have the capabilities to do both...
Scorecard:
Bowling Statistics:
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Briggsey
International Coach
Ahh Murali the spin maestro! Not quite up to my Kumble standards yet though This total may seem small but these are always the tricky ones to chase! Good luck mate!
This total may seem small but these are always the tricky ones to chase! Good luck mate!jhnnyby000
Club Cricketer
- Joined
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- Online Cricket Games Owned
decent total to chase hopefully the batsmen will do it
S_Harmison
International Cricketer
Hopefully, i will play thsi innings later.
S_Harmison
International Cricketer
Ive finished the innings now, update in about 20 minutes!
S_Harmison
International Cricketer
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17th April 2005
Totesport National League Division 1
Old Trafford
Lancashire Lightning Vs Glamorgan Dragons
We claimed out first 4 points of the Totesport season after an extremely competent batting performance once again from Mark Chilton, he notched up his third century in as many innings and has made 337 runs so far in three innings with two not outs meaning he has an average of 232 in the County Championship and 105 in the one day format, i cant remember anyone having a better start to the season, he also beat his highest career score with 127* in the match against Somerset. A nine wicket win is good at any stage in the season but in the first match and against such a good one day outfit is very pleasing. I just told Chilts and Ian to go out and enjoy themsleves and they did.
Unfortunately Sutty got out cheaper that i would have expected, although he scored a pretty good rate, He hasnt had a bad start to the season, i might have a little chat with him, i feel that he thinks he has to score big runs to keep up with Mark which isnt the case, he just needs to play his own game. There wasnt much he could do about his dismissal, a ball that was the right length to cut jumped out a of a crvice and came back in a bit, he ended up top edging down to fine leg, Captain Croft took a good catch comming in from the boundary and under pressure with the score at 60-0.
Onwards and Upwards! You can probrably get some good odds on Chilly getting another century in his next innings but i wouldnt bet on it, simply because your luck has to run out somewhere. A cracking two games for him and hes set himself up nicely for the 1000 run mark, his actual totals that i set him were 1300 in the County Championship and 1000 runs in he Totesport one dayers, maybee a bit ambitious but we will see how we go. Back to training again, at least we wont have to change our mindset, another one dayer comming up next i think, another potential four points to keep out unbeaten streak alive!
Scorecard:
Bowling Statistics:
Mark Chilton:
Stuart Law:
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17th April 2005
Totesport National League Division 1
Old Trafford
Lancashire Lightning Vs Glamorgan Dragons
We claimed out first 4 points of the Totesport season after an extremely competent batting performance once again from Mark Chilton, he notched up his third century in as many innings and has made 337 runs so far in three innings with two not outs meaning he has an average of 232 in the County Championship and 105 in the one day format, i cant remember anyone having a better start to the season, he also beat his highest career score with 127* in the match against Somerset. A nine wicket win is good at any stage in the season but in the first match and against such a good one day outfit is very pleasing. I just told Chilts and Ian to go out and enjoy themsleves and they did.
Unfortunately Sutty got out cheaper that i would have expected, although he scored a pretty good rate, He hasnt had a bad start to the season, i might have a little chat with him, i feel that he thinks he has to score big runs to keep up with Mark which isnt the case, he just needs to play his own game. There wasnt much he could do about his dismissal, a ball that was the right length to cut jumped out a of a crvice and came back in a bit, he ended up top edging down to fine leg, Captain Croft took a good catch comming in from the boundary and under pressure with the score at 60-0.
Onwards and Upwards! You can probrably get some good odds on Chilly getting another century in his next innings but i wouldnt bet on it, simply because your luck has to run out somewhere. A cracking two games for him and hes set himself up nicely for the 1000 run mark, his actual totals that i set him were 1300 in the County Championship and 1000 runs in he Totesport one dayers, maybee a bit ambitious but we will see how we go. Back to training again, at least we wont have to change our mindset, another one dayer comming up next i think, another potential four points to keep out unbeaten streak alive!
Scorecard:
Bowling Statistics:
Mark Chilton:
Stuart Law:
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Briggsey
International Coach
Is that an "Easy, Easy" chant I hear from the stands!
S_Harmison
International Cricketer
Why i do believe it is! It wasnt as easy as it looked, it got pretty close towards the end but we powered home, update later maybee!
