Story Young Leading Light - England Win ODIs 2-1. Next Up: ICC WT20!

[Biggy]

Good stuff, love the story. I guess Northeast made a tough decision, but it payed off.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Really very nice presentation. Northeast took how many? The scorecard does not seem to be descriptive

 

[Dutchmen]

Northeast took how many?

You need to read the article

losing Northeast for only one run

 

[Dutch]

Ha ha! Love the line-up! Thorpe has certainly taken the garden shears to the England line-up. And what a interesting call-up for Northeast. Hope it doesn't turn into Northeast by Northwest...."Dogger, calm at first deteriorating quickly. Visibility poor!"

 

[Gorro_124]

Great risk taken by Northeast worked for English!! And Strauss was the key factor there

 

[Highlander999]

Who needs Flintoff when we have Colly Thought it was a type when you said he took six quick wickets lol. WAG!!!!

Good read mate, good start to the story

 

[Dragon Fire]

Home / News / International / Honeymoon Over as England Are Comprehensively Thrashed

Honeymoon Over as England Are Comprehensively Thrashed

England's new captain/coach duo have had their first taste of a resounding defeat, and it could not have been heavier. Sam Northeast's batting will come under scrutiny, and so will his captaincy which lacked the spark when things were going against his side.

After losing the toss and fielding again, Chris Tremlett (replacing the troubled Broad) took a while to find his line and length, and Englan's first three seamers were un penetrating. Northeast then turned to the magic man from the first test: Paul Collingwood. He wiped out the West Indies top three, but was overbowled and became predictable. Tremlett, Woakes and Bopara took the remaining wickets, and the West Indies were bowled out for a non-threatening 295.

The captain reached double figures for the first time and lasted until the sixth over. Bopara fell quickly, and it was left to Strauss and Bell to rally. Then came two fifty partnerships between Bell and Strauss and Bell and Collingwood. After that, only Chris Tremlett reached double figures and England were dismissed 126 short of the West Indies mediocre total.

England's bowling attack was shown to be lacklustre when there was obviouslly life in the pitch. Tremlett and Onions tok an early wicket each, but that was all England saw of success until well after Devon Smith and Shiv Chanderpaul had both hit centures. Smith was dismissed, only to be replaced by Narsingh Deonarine who also hit a hundred, the West Indies eventually declaring at 533/6.

Northeast moved himself down the order and sent in a lower order batsman to see off the eight overs until lunch... after which England were four wickets down. Collingwood and Bell managed to stop the rot before both were dismissed, and then it was down to the tail. It wagged, taking England past 200, but they still lost the test. It is worth remembering, though, that despite the circumstances, England still retained the Wisden Trophy, Thorpe and Northeast's first taste of silverware. If there is one thing for sure, though, it is that there is serious rebuilding to so before the ashes.

West Indies 295 and 533/6 dec (Chanderpaul 171, Smith 127, Deonarine 111) beat England 169 (Taylor 5/35) and 226 by 433 runs.

MoM: Shiv Chanderpaul (86 & 171)

Squad Released for ODIs

After the drubbing handed out by a weak West Indies, coach Graham Thorpe stated that, "It is important to look forwards, not back, and looking forwards we are in pretty serious trouble for the Ashes. These three ODIs will be trials for the test squad, and the World Twenty20."

This is the squad he has named:

S Northeast, A Strauss, R Bopara, I Bell, E Morgan, J Hildreth, J Foster, S Patel, G Swann, A Flintoff, P Collingwood, C Woakes, C Tremlett, G Onions, J Anderson

Andrew Flintoff comes back from injury to replace Stuart Broad who is resting his back, and Samit Patel, Eoin Morgan, and James Anderson come in on the back of strong domestic performance. James Hildreth looks doubtful for the big tournaments, having struggled against the Windies.

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[Biggy]

You know your bowling is bad when Devon Smith scores a century against you! Northwast is under some real scrutiny. Does he have what it takes to play at the top level, let along captain a Test side?

Great update, cheers.

 

[Dragon Fire]

Home / News / International / Thrilling Run Chase Goes Right Down to the Wire

Thrilling Run Chase Goes Right Down to the Wire

Before the game, Graham Thorpe declared that this was to be a trial for the two upcoming series, and if that is the case, then all eleven players have impressed with their temprement and determination today. Northeast lost his third successive toss, and was sent into the field. Wickets fell regularly, but Devon Smith kept the runs going to set a difficult total. England chased that total down in the last over.

Chris Gayle was Andrew Flintoff's first victim early on for just five. Sarwan and Chanderpaul both fell soon afterwards, and the West Indies were reeling. Devon Smith and Narsingh Deonarine, after batting so well in the second test then coupled for a hugely important partnership. Smith hit his first ODI hundred and Deonarine played the supporting role perfectly. Northeast brought back Flintoff who troubled both batsmen and took Smith's wicket. The captain then brought back Swann and Woakes who took six wickets in quick succession to curtail the West Indian batting sooner that expected.

With a tough target to chase, Strauss, Notheast and Bell all fell in quick succession. Eoin Morgan batted well at a run a ball, and Bopara too, but both were out trying to push the scoring up. Collingwood struggled for a slow twenty, and it was left to Foster, Swann and Woakes to score at eight an over for the last ten. Swann scored at over 150% strike rate, but when he was out with five overs left it looked all over... that was not the case. Foster and Woakes scored in mostly even numbers to win the game with four balls to spare.

England 270/8 (Sammy 4/60) beat West Indies 269 (Smith 123, Swann 4/64) by eight wickets.

MoM: James Foster (Matchwinning 50* and no byes)

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[Highlander999]

Fantastic presentation pal, and awesome win in the last match, your writing is superb and I love seeing such an interesting England side. KUTGW

 

[Viral Shah]

Really nice presentation and Writing.

 

[Dutchmen]

Few quick upgrades. Northeast is like a tool in this series. I don't know why England looking for him. Just a run spare win for English.

Presentation is preeminent.

 

[Dragon Fire]

Home / News / International / England Left to Rue Naive Batting

England Left to Rue Naive Batting

This trial series for the big tournaments coming up has definitely reflected well on England's bowling, while their batsmen have been shown to be ill-disciplined and naive. No batsman reached fifty, and after a good West Indian start, the game seemed to be in the bag. However, Northeast's aggressive captaincy almost bore fruit as the Windies lost quick wickets, but they snuck home with eleven balls to spare.

England started excellently, racing to seventy without loss. Strauss hit an aggressive forty-eight while Northeast played a mature and supportive innings at the other end. Bopara and Morgan put on fifty together before both they and Hildreth fell in a couple of overs. Samit Patel and Andrew Flintoff put on fifty more before being the fourth and fifth batsmen to lose their wickets in the twenties. A quick flurry of runs from James Foster and Chris Tremlett boosted the England total to 228/9.

The West Indies were quickly out of the blocks, Chris Gayle's run-a-ball eighty guiding the visitors to 117/1 and then 150/2. On came England's spinners who really turned the game, taking three economical wickets in an economical ten over period. Flintoff also took two wickets, but with ten overs left, the Caribbean side were still in the driving seat. Enter Chris Tremlett, the tall Hampshire quick, who took three wickets for as many runs to leave them reeling. With one to win, Anderson took another wicket, but had both an LBW and a caught behind turned down, both of which could have been different if we were using the DRS. Kieron Pollard scampered a quick single to Samit Patel to finish the game from the next ball.

West Indies 229/9 (Gayle 80) beat England 228/9 (Bravo 4/47) by 1 wicket.

MoM: Chris Gayle (80 off 80)

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[Aussie Team]

why did you post the upgrade twice?

 

[Dragon Fire]

That was a mistake. I took the code into a word doc, tweaked it and pasted it in the wrong place! I've fixed it now - I was half way through fixing it when you posted.