Story Three Lions on the Shirt? - Match Day: Northamptonshire fight back!!!

[Biggy]

Cheers mate, I wouldn't know about a 100 though, lol :laugh

Oh you are too modest Tom, 150?

 

[Highlander999]

Try a double century Sehwag eat your heart out

 

[Ollie_H]

Try a double century Sehwag eat your heart out

Maybe if you had a nicer bat, what is that thing? :o

 

[Pakistani Army]

Thats a great knock under pressure from you so far Tom. You have scored at near a run a ball and ensured the run rate does not drop any further.

However, the two wickets that fell in quick sucession means that you will have to bat with the lower-order to ensure Glamorgan post a challenging target (200+) I am fully certain that if you keep your head then you may end up getting another century. However, time will tell.

Just like to say, the stump cam is absoloutly fantastic! :banana2

 

[bladescape]

Ahh,sorry Tom,but I've had no time to post here!

I'm betting on you to dig your team out of a hole here and then get out on 99!:laugh

 

[mattfb]

Fair effort so far from you Tom. Shame your team mates are tweaked in the head though

 

[Gaurav_7]

This is one huge thread.Just wanna know,are all updates on page 1?Seems like a good read.

 

[Highlander999]

Wickets continue to tumble

The famous Roman philosopher, Anus Shiteus once said, "A piece of wood, no matter how hard, can only be used for so long." I'd like to think that sometime in my life I could use that analogy as piece's of wood are very important to me. It appeared though, that the rest of the Glamorgan boys today had forgotten why they were carrting pieces of wood in their hand and instead were letting the 3 sticks behind them get into the action far too much.

At 120/5 off 23 overs, we needed some people to hang around with me. Unfortunately, the skip who had talked a good talk was not able to walk a good walk, more of waddle back to the changing rooms in my opinion. He managed to contribute the grand total of...........drumroll please.......0!!!! An attempted leg glance back fired when all he ended up doing was spooning it to square leg. All I can say is I ain't spooning anything for a while to come after seeing that (well maybe if it has breasts...)

That brought young Tango Tom to the crease. The lad has potential (like I could see potential if it was dancing naked in front of me with a pink tiger next to it!) and so we buckled down to the job. Tom would survive and I would score the runs. This did seem to work quite well. Tom was scoring the occassional runs and I was just throwing the bat at anything with half a bit of room to it.

We managed to put 31 on, before Collingwood managed to trap him LBW It was a shame as we had looked to be going along pretty nicely, but it now left us in a bit of a pickle at 153/7. Still it had been a useful partnership.

This now left me at the crease with the old war veteran, Robert Croft. Whilst he did have a few scores from his England days, I personally think that the Durham pace attack was slightly better then those hacks back then Also, he was a sheep shagger, so clinically on the same brain pattern as a Thompson Gazelle or George Bush.


"We look to be in a bit of trouble here Tom."

"Aye, seems so. Think we just gotta try and bat out as many overs we can and try get up to around 225. If we can do that, we have some runs to work with when we bowl."

"Sounds like the sort of idea I was thinking of as well. Let's do it."


I will add that at this stage this plan did not mean I could stop slogging. Indeed, if anything it meant I could go after the ball even harder, as not only did I have one eye on the overs and wickets left, I was getting quite close to only my second one day hundred :o I have to admit, my reverse sweep of Blackwell, was pretty orgasmic. I have never even played it in a match before, but decided to give it a go and it paid off with it flying past short third man for 4 runs. Such a show off However, with Crofty at the crease now, I knew I would have to be careful...

Robert was pretty impressed with that reverse sweep which I had played earlier, however, he didn't get too long to watch me out in the middle :doh Paul Collongwood was appearing to be a right pain in the back-side and once again he thwarted any attempts of me establishing another partnership. Crofty looked to run him down to third man. Unfortunately, Collingwood had other ideas, and managed to get a bit of extra bounce out of the pitch, so Croft ended up just nicking it to first slip

I couldn't believe it down at the other end. I was getting pretty fed up of this, no one was trying to stay around, what was I meant to be? A one man show? :sarcasm

So I was now left with Dizzy at the other end and Cooky still in the hutch. To give credit to both of them, they are more then capable with the bat as tail-enders go, but I would have preffered to be batting with the batsmen, which is what they are paid to do, not to look pretty in the field and rest their feet when they are meant to be batting! Still I couldn't grumble, I decided to listen to some music in my head. No I'm not crazy, just a bit mad, cuckoo....cuckoo....cuckoo


I BE BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Highlander999 added 3 Minutes and 48 Seconds later...

This is one huge thread.Just wanna know,are all updates on page 1?Seems like a good read.

The links on the first page are only the main stand out points so far. For the full experience, you should read every page AND COMMENT

 

[mattfb]

Going great Tom, but Colly is tearing though the other hacks.

Good update, nice read. kiu!

 

[Pakistani Army]

Collingwood's cutters have proven to be costly as he has claimed to say "cheap" wickets. I see that you are already hitting out aswell as playing some innovative strokes. I would suggest that you hit out now before Dizzy or Cook get out.

Best of luck mate!

 

[Highlander999]

Poor total posted by Glamorgan

With the Dizzmesiter at the crease, it was time for some big hitting. I like to think that whilst I try and pretend I am a cool cucumber, in reality I am known to sudden emotional outbursts. Stress is another thing I ain't good with. So this was not only going to be a test of physical abilities, but also my mental abilities. I needed to keep my head and bat sensibly with the tail.

PFFT, being sensible is so last year

UV KinG Of SIxerS was my style now. I could tell that we were not going to last 50 overs so I decided I might as well reach my century and get as many runs for Glamorgan in the process. A lofted cover drive, a switch hit off Blackwell and eventually I came down the wicket to cream a four past Harmison at mid-on and make my 100 off 99 balls :happy I was over the moon and gave it the real fist punch, before nearly falling flat on my face. I didn't care though, this was my best ever knock, and I was going to enjoy every second of it

Me and Dizzy had actually begun to form quite a nice wee partnership, already as I reached my century we had put on 20 runs since Crofty had edged it.


"We're going pretty solid Tom."

"Indeed we are. Look for the easy single at square leg and third man, I reckon we keep this up we could still make it to 250. Never trust a batsman aye? :sarcasm"

"Totally. They're all for show, we're the real cogs and screws of the team "


Unfortunately, we were not able to capatalise on our brief counter-charge against the Durham bowlers. Dizzy was meant to be keeping the ball on the ground, but his eyes lit up when Collingwood bowled him a full toss. However, his attempted shot to put it somewhere near the moon didn't quite work, instead it found Liam Plunkett at mid-on

Still I couldn't be too harsh on him. He hadn't needed to play the shot, but him and me had put on enough runs to get us towards a semi-decent total. And Cooky was now in, and we was always fair game for a few runs.

Now of course I had said Cooky would be useful for a few runs. I was assuming there that he would bat sensibly and not suddenly think he had been blessed with the ability to hit a ball like Kevin Pietersen.

Naturally though, he lived up to his usual quirkes and decided that it would be a good idea to try and reverse sweep Ian Blackwell (who is hardly a chump when it comes to bowling) He managed to top edge it, into his helmet, where it made a rather lovely ping noise and raised gracefully in the air where Mustard took an easy catch behind the stumps.

I was trying not to crack up at the other end, as he did look bloody ridiculous.


"Simon mate. You do realise that was one of the stupidest shots I have ever seen played."

"Bah, it nearly paid off, and if it had, you would have said it was a cracking shot."

"Maybe so, but at the moment I get to slap you silly in the ice bath later"

"That is some kinky stuff right there!"


Too gay for me there

So were all out for 192 Not good. Not good at all.

It was a pretty disappointing total to be honest. 192 all out on a pretty good batting track was very disappointing. What was even worse, was that only myself and Jamie had made it to double figures, the next main contribution was extras :doh Some of the batsmen really needed to stick their hands up and be counted, otherwise this was going to keep on happening.

Mark soon stood up:


"Right guys. I'm not gonna mince my words. That was bollocks. Apart from Tom and Jamie, everyone, including myself was shite. The fact that extras was third highest scorer for us shows us we really need to work on our batting. However, we can't change that now, we're stuck with a total of 192 to defend. I want all you bowlers to keep things tight as in this situation every run is crucial. This is going to be a very difficult task, but I believe in you 10 guys here and if there is one thing I know, it is that you all have a great spirit for fighting, so we make sure we put on a bloody good show out there and shock everyone. Got it?"


Someone give Marky Wallace a position in PR. Inspiring stuff that was!!!

With Mark Wallace a.k.a Braveheart done with his passionate speeches, it was time to tuck into some food and drink. I was starving and thirsty. I had been out there, basically the whole innings and then would have to bowl 10 overs of high pressure, intense stuff. No wonder all-rounders burn out so easily. Oh well, could be worse. I could be living in Switzerland and have no genitals.

Fantasy Cricket Time


Fantasy Cricket time :happy To win 30,000 vCash, who do you think is A) Gonna top score in the Durham innings and to win another 30,000 vCash who will get the most wickets for Glamorgan?


Top Scorer in Durham Innings

1) P. Mustard
2) M. Di Venuto
3) W. Smith
4) S. Chanderpaul
5) P. Collingwood
6) I. Blackwell
7) K. Coetzer
8) L. Plunkett
9) Other


Most wickets for Glamorgan

A) J. Gillespie
B) S. Cook
C). T. Baker
D) R. Croft
E) T. Maynard
F) J. Dalrymple
G) Other


Good luck

 

[Gaurav_7]

A-Collingwood
B-S.Cook
Need some vcash.Nice update there mate.Though the total is pretty low,I feel you guys gonna win this one.

 

[Pakistani Army]

Well that was a shambles. It has to be said that your innings was the stand out one. It was only you and Dalrymple for a short while who actually looked to take the attack to Durham. It has to be said that the run rate at which Glamorgan scored at was fantastic (5.50+ rpo). With Collingwood being the suprise package with his medium-paced cutters, I feel that Cook or maybe yourself will do well to get pace off the ball. I feel by looking at the Glamorgan Innings, pace off the ball will be key. With this, I insist you use variations in your bowling and do not try to bowl at express pace.

It will be difficult, but a couple of quick wickets aswell as disciplined bowling could see a different result.

My fantasy cricket picks are as follows:
A) M Di Venuto
B) S Cook

 

[hedger_14]

A) S. Chanderpaul
B) J. Gillespie

 

[Aoun13]

6) I. Blackwell
C). J. Gillespie