Story The Super Duper Series [C2005]

[tassietiger]

Kallis gets prized wicket

Pollock ripped through the top order, claiming the scalps of Hayden, Tendulkar and Dravid, but Kallis was the ODI XI's hero, claiming the much-needed wicket of Glenn McGrath for 20.

Just as he was preparing to really step on the accelerator, a lofted leg-side shot went horribly wrong when he decided to aim it in the air. Theoretically it was still a safe shot, as there was no fieldsman where he was aiming it - the main problem being that he missed the ball and it hit the stumps.

The team is 5/47 after 6 overs, and chasing a total of 88, will need over 10 an over from here on in. To make matters worse, it will be up to the weak Australian number 6 and 7 batsmen to do the job (Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist)

Screenshots:
1) For some reason Shaun Pollock decided that he needed to do a few more stretches while preparing to bowl the 3rd last ball of his allotted spell
2) The ODI Glenn McGrath is just as attention-seeking as the Test one. Deciding to steal the ball off Murali and bowl several of the balls in his over was rather selfish, but he made up for it by not being on the replay.
3) No, that thing in the top-right corner of the picture is not the ball, and yes, that blue thing at the bottom of the picture is a bail.

 

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Match evenly poised in action BONANZA!!!

:whip anyone ever seen this guy? how awesome

Anyway, this game has reached new heights, with wickets falling from all angles (all not out by the way, the umpire is about as fair as elvis' hair colour). After a massive collapse featuring a bit of stability from Ricky Ponting, the Test XI were faced with the problem of needing about 30 runs in the last two overs, with their last-wicket partnership of Gillespie and Muralitharan needing to do the work.

It all looked over when 22 runs were needed off 8 balls, but this is where the story took another twist. Muralitharan hit a massive six (that cleared the rope by about a centimetre) and followed it up with an elegant top edge for four. 12 runs are needed off the last over, and believe me, my seat is getting very wet and smelly as we speak.

Screenshots:
1) The umpire does the aeroplane celebration after picking up the wicket of Adam Gilchrist, who was quite easily in his crease (dirty insert expletive here cheat)
2) When Gillespie was thrown into bat the game's state was absolute CHAOS! Meaning he forgot what bat was his and picked up the wrong one. Sadly, the one that he picked up happened to be a yellow plastic one with a green grip.
3) Muralitharan's elegant lob over the keeper's head.

 

[tassietiger]

Read on to find out the winner

Just to build the tension, I've decided to leave which team won until last, so you'll have to wait until you find out that the ODI XI won by 7 runs.

First ball to Gillespie: Big shot to mid-on, but because of some AI patch I chose to download, the ball stops before reaching the fence...regret that decision now. Two runs. 10 needed from 5.

Second ball to Gillespie: Full yorker. What can you do to that? Ridiculous bowling, no sense of adventure. Dot ball. 10 needed from 4.

Third ball to Gillespie: An exact replica of the first ball, and two runs taken again. 8 off 3.

Fourth ball to Gillespie: Another yorker, impossible to play. But it's times like these that great players stand tall. They invent something, make something up that suits the situation perfectly. Where the cool head prevails, and 'duds' become heroes. This is where the cream of the crop come to the fore. Jason Gillespie, without a doubt, is one of the greatest players to play in the last decade. You would think that he would count as the cream of the crop. A true hero. A legend of the game. If you want to know whether Gillespie could win a game on his own or not, let me clue you in, he could. Not only would it mean a lot to him, it would also mean a lot to the starving children in third world countries that would be sitting around thinking "What is this sport, and he needs a haircut". This was Gillespie's day to shine. Everyone at the ground sensed that something magical was going to come off his bat. Shame he is a bowler. Clean bowled going the tonk.

Screenshots:
1) Gillespie plays the shot that was replicated two balls later that only gives two runs, not enough for this hungry mulleted man.
2) Gillespie is mildly disappointed with his dismissal, umpire's fault again though, was definitely not out.
3) Murali was similarly disappointed with the scorecard, a meagre 88 runs away from his first international class century. Still a handy 12 off 3 balls though.

 

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Results so far

Game One: ODI XI win by 2 wickets
Game Two: Test XI win by 13 runs
Game Three: Test XI win by 23.64333333333 runs (Duckworth/Lewis Method)
Game Four: ODI XI win by 7 runs

At the halfway mark of this tournament, I planned to discuss a very important matter with all of you fans about the event of a drawn series. I forgot.

So at the two-thirds mark of this tournament, I have always been planning to discuss the matter of what would happen in the event of a drawn series. I've send m_vaughan and MWaugh a PM to see if they can put up a poll, but basically I want to decide how the tiebreaker will work on the off-chance that there is a draw.

I think these are the options I told them to put up, hope so
a) Another Ten10 match is played to decide the winner
b) A Test match is played to decide the winner
c) The players all have a shot at the stumps each and the team with the most hits is the winner
d) All 22 players go bowling

To be perfectly honest, I like option d the best, and even if you don't vote for it, I may end up doing it anyway. Option A is too predictable, option B is too much work, and option C is just a plain stupid rule.

 

[langerrox]

Lol go the milo bats!

 

[Bala]

Decide the winner by a drink-as-much-as-you-can-before-you-puke-on-your-shirt-and-****-in-your-pant competition.

By the way, did I ever tell you your signature is a masterpiece?

Reps on your way.

 

[tassietiger]

Arrogant World Players get into scuffle

The best players in the world are at loggerheads over who is faster out of certain players. Kallis was seen arguing with Pollock as to who the faster bowler of the two were, and this escalated into all of the players arguing that their opposing player was not as fast as the other (McGrath and Gillespie were seen on various occasions to be arguing with themselves...and losing)

This all resulted in each player showing the arrogance to think that they could face the other team without wearing a helmet. Although they are probably the greatest concept to come into cricket in the last 50 years, the helmet has officially been ditched by the world's best.

This has disgusted some cricket followers, but has definitely pleased Matthew Hayden, who said this:

"The lack of helmets will be a great asset to myself in particular. Despite the danger it may pose to me on the off chance the ball hits me in the head, at least it opens up some space for a backup copy of the Bible and three spare fishing lines."

Gilchrist hits out, his vision clearly much improved.

 

[ashu2411]

Gilly looks good without helmet.

 

[Bala]

Now I really wonder why this story hasn't even earned a nomination!

 

[moza1]

Great story, well done.

 

[sid_19840]

Really good sense of humour and well done on getting the transparent images working.Btw congrats as well on the posts reaching a century.

 

[langerrox]

: no fair, i discovered this before you http://www.planetcricket.org/forums/showpost.php?p=184894&postcount=264

 

[tassietiger]

Nah, they're helmetless Australian batsmen...HUGE difference

Ok, you win, you got there first... (sobs)

 

[langerrox]

I call for this to be closed lol jokes,

 

[smssia0112]

This is funny!