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New season, new cup... who wants to play?

1) bongo
2) Wardonkey
3) booder
4) ramshire
5) amcgrath1uk
6) ironside
7) newportlad
8) sheriff
9) Shepherd
10) Nakor
11) KeithyB
12) bustler
13)
14) vegaslover
15) kingjon
16) diva

go on then

ramshire but still in cup till sunday :)

amended first post, doesn't matter if you're in the cup, will just wait for people to get knocked out.

I'm obviously available!

I'll give it a go

PS what is it ????

i am in for it

Count me in.

Yes please, and I've no doubt my mate Shepherd will participate again if we need players.

Yep i'm free for it, butterpaws on battrick

Will play, but away till Monday week after today.  Happy to take a loss first week and play for the plate.

Must be raining outside . . . . . .

It's an online cricket management game, see this thread:
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=19503.0

You're welcome to play in the cup if you're still interested!

It will probably be a few weeks away at least.

 ;indestructable;    Yay!, due to no FC pressure this season, not to mention now having a squad the size of a small country Athletico Foxy would love to be back in the Blonde Cup!   ;cheerleader;

Yeah i'm up 4 it do i need to reg now or just wait till you start the cup

Are we capping entries at 16 like last time or can we go for more if there's numbers?

Just thinking about Matt being away currently and potentially missing out if it fills before he's back as I'm sure he'll want to play.

Wouldn't want those little monkeys to miss out!   :D

Sign up now... most of us have been members for ages (and thus will have far better teams!)

There's also from the pavilion which is also fun.

I'm sure we can fit everyone in who wants to play.

Cheers Bongo    :)up

This is true but they have just changed the rules so that you get a much better starting squad as well as some extra cash so that you won't be as far behind than if you'd been starting up previously.

But yes, sign up now, sooner the better...you won't regret it.  Loads of fun

Grolsch Guerillas would like to be involved.

Cheers, Bustler

ahem

Count me in B.

all updated (i think ;ashamed;) 

I'm offline now until 19 July, so I'll pass :-(

I imagine you'd miss 1 week at most, in which case we'd probably wait for you ;)

Get your name down!

Just registered there put for england obv, email recvd saying checking if team is available for you will get email in next 48hrs.Have i done it correct ?

Sounds about right.

I've finally managed to get this sorted,there looks quite a lot to this will have a proper look tmoro.

My team name is mondatoes

Lol I suggest having a look tonight. Training 10am tomorrow!! You definitely don't want to miss any net sessions!

Problem with that is i haven't got a clue what i'm doing and am pretty wrecked to be messing on with this.

best thing to do is to go to your squad page and copy and paste it onto here somewhere, we can then get you pointed in the right direction!

Squad Details (18 Players)Christopher Ashdown - 30 yo, BT Rating=3,862 
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, proficient batting form, proficient bowling form, sublime fitness.
A cautious player with proficient leadership skills and competent experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: mediocre Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: feeble     

Derek Chase - 30 yo, BT Rating=3,682 
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, proficient batting form, proficient bowling form, energetic fitness.
A steady player with respectable leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: woeful     

Roland Clinton - 26 yo, BT Rating=7,918 
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, strong batting form, strong bowling form, energetic fitness.
A defensive player with strong leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: competent
Bowling: woeful Consistency: competent
Fielding: respectable     

Stuart Coker - 23 yo, BT Rating=1,392 
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, strong batting form, strong bowling form, energetic fitness.
A steady player with strong leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: feeble Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: woeful
Fielding: woeful     

Craig Dobie - 30 yo, BT Rating=6,598 
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, proficient batting form, proficient bowling form, sublime fitness.
A steady player with woeful leadership skills and mediocre experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: mediocre Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: competent
Fielding: feeble     

Owen Garner - 30 yo, BT Rating=3,796 
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, sublime fitness.
A destructive player with proficient leadership skills and competent experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: mediocre Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful     

Philip Gaskin - 30 yo, BT Rating=4,147 
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, strong bowling form, energetic fitness.
A steady player with competent leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: woeful
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: feeble     

Stephen Haines - 21 yo, BT Rating=2,297 
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, strong batting form, strong bowling form, energetic fitness.
A steady player with abysmal leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: woeful Concentration: feeble
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: woeful
Fielding: mediocre     

Jonathon Huddlestone - 25 yo, BT Rating=3,841 
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, proficient batting form, proficient bowling form, energetic fitness.
A defensive player with respectable leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: woeful Concentration: respectable
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: feeble
Fielding: feeble     

Richard Matthews - 30 yo, BT Rating=3,725 
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, proficient batting form, proficient bowling form, sublime fitness.
An attacking player with respectable leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: feeble Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: woeful Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: mediocre     

Leighton Mcgregor - 18 yo, BT Rating=2,322 
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, proficient batting form, proficient bowling form, energetic fitness.
A cautious player with competent leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: woeful Concentration: worthless
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: woeful     

Thomas Suttonwood - 20 yo, BT Rating=1,614 
LH Batsman, RM Bowler, proficient batting form, proficient bowling form, energetic fitness.
A cautious player with proficient leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: worthless
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: feeble
Fielding: mediocre     

Sean Tiny - 17 yo, BT Rating=4,847 
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, strong bowling form, energetic fitness.
An attacking player with mediocre leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: woeful
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: mediocre     

Julian Tuckett - 30 yo, BT Rating=4,822 
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, proficient batting form, proficient bowling form, sublime fitness.
A cautious player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: feeble     

Sam Vanat - 30 yo, BT Rating=7,052 
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, strong batting form, competent bowling form, sublime fitness.
A steady player with woeful leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: mediocre Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: competent     

Asif Wilde - 30 yo, BT Rating=4,348 
RH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, strong batting form, proficient bowling form, energetic fitness.
A defensive player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: abysmal     

Sean Willis - 17 yo, BT Rating=4,130 
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, competent bowling form, sublime fitness.
A destructive player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: mediocre Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: worthless Consistency: feeble
Fielding: woeful     

Kelly Woollard - 21 yo, BT Rating=1,355 
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, proficient batting form, respectable bowling form, energetic fitness.
An attacking player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: woeful Concentration: feeble
Bowling: woeful Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful     

Cheers Bongo & Whoever else can help

Crikey, I don't know what anyone else thinks but if this is an example of a new "improved" Battrick squad for beginners then they need to have a rethink!   :dontask:

I think you've been a little unlucky there Mondatoo as I'd expect you to have a couple of competents or respectables in there to begin with.

But to deal with the hand you've been dealt.  I'd split your squad into 3 sections......

1. Tiny & Willis are trainable 17 year olds so get some nets on them immediately.

2. You have 8 other players who have medium bat/bowl, medium conc/cons and medium stamina. Bit of a shame they're all 30 though! However they can form the basis of your team, certainly for now, although I'd be looking even to phase these guys out as your squad builds in quality.  Their stats are absolute minimum for competitive team plus 30 is knocking on a bit

3. Rest of squad.....fire them immediately!!

I'd then get into transfer market and try to pick up some "competent" batsmen/bowlers (still with med cons/conc  stamina though if possible)  to fill up your squad.  Hopefully they shouldn't be setting you back more than £10k each and I'd aim to build up a squad of around 20 players. 

Try to buy a couple of 17 year olds to train too, you do get ITS credits to develop your own youth picks but this is hit and miss so I'd say it's best to hold these back for when you have a better academy.

Note it is very important not to go into debt so plan your finances carefully!

If you can pick up a couple of "respectables" so much the better too but finances may be tight to begin with.

You look to have a good sprinkling of bots (unmanaged teams) in both your leagues who you should be able to beat and keep morale of squad/fans up. 

I'd look to get established this season and then go for promotion next season!!!

Good luck!   :)up
 

Thats what I was thinking Keith, if thats improved???

Just noticed that you are in same league as another team with exactly the same name as yours!   How coincidental and confusing is that!!!   rotflmfao

I think you've been unlucky with the random bit, think the 30yos and 17yos are pretty much fixed.

Second Mondatoes looks to be a bug to me.

LOL Somehow i regd twice ??? Doubt anyone else would pick such a daft name.I thought we were all in the same league, oh well all give it a go and see what happens cheers for help all  :)up

I think it's a bug rather than you reging twice, the other team isn't quite set up properly.

I see we add diva in as the 16th team, then kick off when he gets back.

4 groups of 4, home and away games (6), top half into one knockout, bottom half into another.

Total of 9 weeks, so plenty of time to fit it all in.

Anyone still in the BT cup?

Ashdown, Dobie and Garner may make ok openers for now as they have good experience.
I have a med opener who scores runs no matter who he plays due to his experience level.
Go and find a few 17 year olds you'll be able to pick em up for 1 or 2k this time of the season.

When are we starting this?

I'd imagine possibly next week... depends if anyone is still in the cup

BONGOOOOO!!!!

I'm pretty sure we're all out of the cup now.. meaning this can go ahead... shall we look to get it for this Sunday coming  ( 20th) or the 27th??

Been away all weekend... when's Diva back?

true... u have fun??

pretty sure Diva will be back in time for a week on Sunday

yeah he's online from the 19th it seems so week on Sunday it is..

Was being abit conservative. I is back, bring it on!!!

Week on Sunday sounds good to me... Sunday 27th.

Will draw groups shortly.

need a game for this sunday any takers?

challenge sent.

Any news on the draw yet Bongo?

Best to give as much time as possible for challenges to be issued and accepted in time for Sunday.

+1

will do now

good man

Sequence from random.org

4 - ramshire
13 - mondatoo
11 - keithyB
2 - wardonkey

12 - bustler
1 - bongo
9 - Shepherd
7 - newportlad

10 - Nakor
16 - diva
15 - kingjon
14 - vegaslover

6 - ironside
3 - booder
5 - amcgrath
8 - sheriff

Couple of notes - wardonkey has arranged a friendly against KBOTW this week.
KBOTW haven't entered (I just noticed)
Mondatoo hasn't logged in for 2 weeks.

I will ask Mondatoo if he still wants to play, if not will invited bazza, suggest order of first group be changed to allow prearranged match to stand.

Fixtures (minus group A for now)

bustler v bongo
Shepherd v newportlad

Nakor v diva
kingjon v vegaslover

ironside v booder
amcgrath v sheriff

Any probs with challenges let me know!

Good man!

Challenge already sent!!

Think group D is going to be soooo close!

Accepted.

hi bongo m8 will u let me know if i need to get a friendly this week or i am playing cheers m8.

Play KeithyB at home... will figure out the rest when I know what's happening!

can I be sent the spoon now please?

lol.....I'm getting sinking feelings about the cup as well now!

No offence Bazza but here's hoping Mondatoo emerges from hibernation in time, as at least I have a chance against him!

Otherwise it's six thrashings in my group!    :'(

hi keithy am i playing you at home if so ill challenge whats ur team

http://www.battrick.org/nl/office.asp?userID=16538

what's your team name?

His team name is butterpaws

tx bongo challenge made against athletico

Thanks... challenge made!

Any problems with fixtures?

Whats your team name Mr Diva?

Its the Gorseybrigg old boys if memory serves

Hi kingjon, as soon as the battrick site decides to work properly, an extreme rarity this season, I will accept your challenge!!

Bazza/KBOTW will be taking the spare place in group A.

That's handy!

Thanks Bongo.

yup, Gorseybrigg Old Boys - where's my challenge!

group a getting like a group of death

Yep as in three teams killing me!    ::)

booder hasnt accepted yet

Finally ;-)

Apologies Booder and I got lost at a Beer Festival - Moonshine for the win.

its ok he has accepted now

GG Diva, a bit closer, I might be good enough next year maybe.

gg Iron.  thought my team of crap players would be good enough to beat you.
after your 5th wicket went down i actually ran round the garden shouting "i am a magician,fk his wheels",although my confidence was sadly misplaced.   fk my life

Week 2 fixtures

keithyB v wardonkey
bazzaboy v ramshire

bongo v Shepherd
newportlad v bustler

diva v kingjon
vegaslover v Nakor

booder v amcgrath
sheriff v ironside

Managed to sneak a win vs the Sheriff Stars ( think he was still busy celebrating his win) by 28 runs. Century for Goodhead and 5 wickets for Doyle, and 3 ( THREE!!) respectable ratings!!

It was a good game.  I set off like a train on the chase to start with and then your 2nd set of bowlers put the stoppers on and eventually rattled out my lads quite comfortably.

nh wp gg, etc

Was quite surprised tbh. Pickering is FINALLY performing and thats as well as Downes has performed in a long time..

Sweet looks decent and it was good to see my old skipper Hunter bag a few - slowly! I've got some big div IV relegation battles coming up so you'll have a good chance the return leg.

Destroyed Booder today

Bowled them for 94, won by 10 wickets.

Shame I have a BOT coming up in FC and OD this week meaning I needed to play my 1st XI to help keep their form up

gg keithy b he got 8wkt win with 5 balls to spare

I won a blonde cup game, just.

GG Vegas.

lol...not me mate...I was getting thrashed by Wardonkey's reserve team bowlers!    rotflmfao

So last week I lost by 150+ runs to ramshire .....who lost today to KBOTW.....who I play next week.....wow...can't wait for that one!   ::)

Nah mate u won it easy, I had a supposed good team out too, my best players have been awful all season

fixtures prob won't be up unless Bongo survives Moss Side ;)

3 of my top 5 batsmen out first ball.  6 in total out for ducks.

Unsurprisingly I didn't chase down a seemingly modest total by Ironside.

Well, Kingjon got the best part of 300 and I got one more than that with one ball to spare. Quite exciting really.

Yeah, was a good game - i knew i shouldn't have put a bunch of crap bowlers out to play!! Well done on the win.

wakey wakey fixtures please Bongo :)

ramshire v wardonkey
keithyB v kbotw

bustler v Shepherd
bongo v newportlad

Nakor v kingjon
diva v vegaslover

ironside v amcgrath
booder v sheriff

Hope these are right!

Erm, Bazza?

Err yeah, forgot I'd switched the order and players in the first group ;ashamed;


better now?

challenge made Nakor...

Yup, ta.

The spin wizard kids are resting and will be ready for an education on Sunday.
Bring it on . . . . .

Alas the spinners didn't even get to bowl as 5 overs from the quicks was enough for Jon to get too his target.

GG WP.

Sneaked through by 6 wickets with 9 balls remaining vs Ironshire, thanks to Birchall hitting 104no

robbed

Yep!

i am still looking at the stats staring in disbelief


robbed

Week 4
Group a - not listed, it's ramshire v keithyb and wardonkey v bazza - opposite of last game for home away please!

bongo v bustler
newportlad v Shepherd

diva v Nakor
vegaslover v kingjon

booder v ironside
sheriff v amcgrath

Week 5

wardonkey v keithyB
ramshire v bazzaboy

Shepherd v bongo
bustler v newportlad

kingjon v diva
Nakor v vegaslover

amcgrath v booder
ironside v sheriff

Week 6

wardonkey v ramshire
kbotw v keithyB

Shepherd v bustler
newportlad v bongo

kingjon v Nakor
vegaslover v diva

amcgrath v ironside
sheriff v booder

keithyb not accepted yet

vegas already has a friendly arranged for this week....

And I think Bongo is in Spain.. looks like there's been a few errors made about the place..

Feck, sorry kingjon I thought it was u I challenged ;djinn;

End of Over 50: 313-3, runrate=6.26
Darby   10-0-75-0
Birchall*   128 (114 balls)
Duke   19 (11 balls)
Last Wicket: Goodhead b. Abrahams 119 (FOW: 272/3)

Think thats a decent score on a green :)

Forgot to pick my team - could be very bad.

Bowled for 213, Diva making short order of the reply.

sigh...got Ironsided               again.

End of Over 21: 113-1, runrate=5.38, reqrunrate=6.93 (313-3)
Pickering   4-1-20-0
Tenius*   25 (34 balls)
Giggs   58 (59 balls)
Last Wicket: Lekgwathi c. Birchall b. Downes 23 (FOW: 42/1)

Think I need to get Giggs out!!

Sqeezed past the Sherriffs Stars

313-3 v 296AO

waiting for Booder to accept my challenge

And still waiting..

Playing booder.. with 5 worthless bowlers..



End of Over 37: 278-0, runrate=7.51
Ludlam   7-0-42-0
Schofield*   138 (110 balls)
Carter   127 (114 balls)

oops

My game vs booder turned into a bit of a thriller

I played 5 worthless bowlers and he scored 398-1

In reply we scored 369-2

Was much fun :)

good win by kbotw wp m8

Foxy have moved on to five out of five.................defeats that is!   ;)

To be expected against 3 more established teams, but at least looking competitive especially considering I've faced pretty much first choice lineups for four of the games.

Worth it though for several encouraging moments such as smashing 108 off the last ten yesterday!

Congrats to wardonkey for running away with our group....  quality!    ;applause;

Ok Asa....have to ask   ;D   ...........  you did this because ?

errr to be honest its cos my lot have got their hardest games of the season in the next week or 2 so wanted to give them a rest

Also cos I wanted to see how close my lot would be to chasing it down..

Still need Booder to accept my challenge.

Gonna PM him aswell, in case he doesn't see this.

just accepted Curtis

my challenge wasn't accepted :(

Getting mullered by Ironshire at the mo


End of Over 22: 103-6, runrate=4.68
Hinds   1-1-0-0
Cousins*   0 (5 balls)
Duke   10 (19 balls)
Last Wicket: Pickering c. Worthington b. Lea 10 (FOW: 102/6)

6.1    W   Southall to Purches
        Defensive shot by Purches goes terribly wrong. The ball flicks the outside edge and goes through to Birchall for an easy catch.

End of Over 6: 19-3, runrate=3.17, reqrunrate=3.27 (162-10)
Doyle   3-1-6-2
Purches*   2 (4 balls)
Lund   0 (0 balls)
Last Wicket: Snowdon c. Birchall b. Doyle 8 (FOW: 19/3)
5.6    W   Doyle to Snowdon
        Big appeal from behind the wicket... and the umpire's finger slowly but surely goes up! Nice bowling there, Snowdon drawn into a false shot and getting a thin edge through to Birchall.

This is a humdinger!!

dont think i can chase that totally down

the bowling attacks are too strong i think

u were spot on!

crushed by 30 runs by the ponies gg m8

Crushed is an overstatement. It was going to be very close until a late flurry of wickets.

WIP

Group A
wardonkey 6/6
kbotw 4/6
ramshire 2/6
keithyB 0/6

Group B
bongo 6/6
newportlad 4/6
Bustler 1/6
shepherd 1/6

Group C
Nakor 2/6
kingjon 6/6
diva 4/6
vegaslover 0/6

Group D

Group D??

Staples 5/6
Iron 4/6
riff 2/6
booder 1/6

who do i play sunday?

+1

Err

I guess this will work

cup
wardonkey v diva
kingjon v kbotw
bongo v Iron
Staples v newportlad

plate
ramshire v vegaslover
Nakor v keithyB
shepherd v booder
riff v Bustler

coin toss used instead of NRR due to laziness.

Erm, I did beat Jon you know. Unlikely as it sounds. Happy to concede top spot to him though as he won the return by a wider margin.

Ks

[ ] I can read

   Staples015    St Woolos Old Boys
Top Order:    competent    superb
Middle Order:    proficient    feeble
Lower Order:    abysmal    worthless
Seam Bowling:    respectable    competent
Spin Bowling:    useless    useless
Fielding:    woeful    feeble

Staples win by 5 wickets  :o

wardonkey v diva Wardonkey win
kingjon v kbotw Kingjon win
bongo v Iron Bongo win
Staples v newportlad  Staples win

plate
ramshire v vegaslover  Rams win
Nakor v keithyB KeithyB win
shepherd v booder shepherd win
riff v Bustler Sheriff wins

Think that means it's

wardonkey v me
kingjon v staples

ramshire v shepherd
keithyb v sheriff

With a coin toss to decide home advantage.

First to post here gets to call.

Heads!

heads! neverends...

 ;yippee;

I fear that might be my last and smallest victory in the blonde cup this season....

sigh

Thats me out then

tails

I'll call tails for my game, and heads on behalf of Shepherd for his.

tails

can you let me know shepherds team pls when toss decided

tails

heads


Think I have a psychic coin!  :dontask:

http://www.battrick.org/nl/office.asp?userID=4603

South Nutfield XI

lol fix more like:)

cheers m8

double sigh. Challenged him at his.. oh well.. not like I had much of a chance anyway!!

challenge sent gl all

Yay.....actually won one last weekend after seven attempts!   ;woohoo;

Sheriff game all set up, so expecting normal service to be resumed this Sunday!

Good luck all !   ;goodluck;

End of Over 5: 37-0, runrate=7.40
Mellor   3-0-28-0
Ashieq*   18 (15 balls)
Barlow   17 (15 balls)

Thats an unexpected good start!

21.4    W   Hicks to Birchall
        Goes back to a full ball and gets absolutely done. Hits him on the toe and the umpire had no choice but to give that one out! A bit of poor judgment from Birchall there.
21.3    W   Hicks to Ashieq
        Ashieq has edged the ball to Carew and the umpire's given it!
21.2    4   Hicks to Ashieq
        That's as good a cut shot as you'll ever see. Four all the way.
21.1    6   Hicks to Ashieq
        A dreadful ball from Hicks and Ashieq wallops that one for a maximum.

Thats my chance of winning disappearing...

End of Over 33: 206-3, runrate=6.24
Lias   10-0-74-0
Wilks*   28 (30 balls)
Goodhead   75 (85 balls)
Last Wicket: Birchall lbw b. Hicks 0 (FOW: 140/3)

The training on Wilks is finally taking effect!!!

With his top order batting, think I need 300+

End of Over 45: 288-3, runrate=6.40
Higginbotham   8-0-63-1
Goodhead*   102 (123 balls)
Wilks   80 (65 balls)
Last Wicket: Birchall lbw b. Hicks 0 (FOW: 140/3)

awesome going by my guys... unexpected!

End of Over 50: 327-5, runrate=6.54
Mellor   10-0-74-1
Mpho*   10 (9 balls)
Wilks   99 (78 balls)
Last Wicket: Pickering lbw b. Mellor 2 (FOW: 306/5)

happy with that score... Wilks 99no tho sigh


End of Over 50: 305-2, runrate=6.10
Bissell   10-0-65-0
Clarke*   132 (110 balls)
Glazier   134 (138 balls)
Last Wicket: Disley lbw b. Benedict 1 (FOW: 62/2)

thats Bongo's score on a dry..

End of Over 12: 75-1, runrate=6.25, reqrunrate=6.66 (327-5)
Pickering   1-1-0-0
Leigh*   54 (34 balls)
Davis   21 (35 balls)
Last Wicket: Katleho b. Wilks 0 (FOW: 0/1)

back to reality after a 1st over wicket!!

End of Over 29: 195-2, runrate=6.72, reqrunrate=6.33 (327-5)
Southall   8-0-53-0
Davis*   61 (74 balls)
Watkins   32 (33 balls)
Last Wicket: Leigh b. Pickering 96 (FOW: 137/2)

don't think I scored enough lol

End of Over 37: 229-2, runrate=6.19, reqrunrate=7.62 (327-5)
Downes   7-0-37-0
Davis*   83 (99 balls)
Watkins   44 (56 balls)
Last Wicket: Leigh b. Pickering 96 (FOW: 137/2)

going to be a close one...

Bongo won by 204 runs..

End of Over 49: 323-3, runrate=6.59, reqrunrate=5.00 (327-5)
Doyle   10-0-69-1
Davis*   123 (135 balls)
Weight   27 (17 balls)
Last Wicket: Watkins st. Birchall b. Doyle 71 (FOW: 285/3)

sigh

FML.......

and 5 singles wraps things up..

Bloody good game tho!!


And that's the end of the match. Kamikaze Kricket won by 7 wickets.
Staples015   327-5
Kamikaze Kricket   328-3
 

what a fantastic game that was - i wasn't around to watch it, but i've just checked the scoresheet and that was incredibly tight! maybe i should've played a slightly stronger team to make sure, but i really needed to rest my guys for tuesday's game.

Indeed. i've got nowt to play for till Friday so gave it a shot..

Thought I had it with 5 overs to go as well lol

Do we need to flip for home advantage for the finals?

If so, I call tails in my game (plate final) vs ramshire.

hi sheriff you can flip coin if u want i trust u

It landed tails after 13 attempts.

Challenge sent.  Good luck!

:) gl m8

Sounds good to me!

Jon and I are delaying our final for a week so we can both GFI our last league games and not worry about fitness. Also means I might have a chance of remembering to set the team ;ashamed;

gg sheriff

Well done to ramshire on the plate win.  Only just checked the result but it looks like I never quite managed to keep up with the required run-rate and eventually ran out of wickets trying to do so.

Sigh, neverends!

We had the final today.

Predictably Jon bowled me out for 116.

Then I bowled him out for 100!  ;gobsmacked;

;yippee; ;yippee; ;yippee;

such a chuffing luckbox

It didn't feel that way when I lost a 500BB pot AIPF with AA last night.

ouch...

was thinking bout your FTP win too....

The guy ran like god, was so sick... first hand he raises, I flop a set, he has a straight. Few hands later, I have top 2 v his flopped straight (and he got very little from me).

Him and another guy managed to build a huge pot, it was 5 bet preflop and he 4 bet shoved on the flop and made the guy pass and showed K7o on a K high board  :dontask:

So obv I get AA and he 4bet shoves pre and draws out.

FTP... now that was lucky! Barstow is a dreadful bat too!

Wish I'd read the rules about ties beforehand, would have meant I didn't need to sweat the last run!