Academy series 1 day round 5 results

[The Argonaut]

Bradman XI v Border XI
Bradman XI 216 (H Wilkins 49, M Cleary 3/39, O Cole 3/53)
Border XI 149 (R Porter 3/22, V Procter 4/66)
Bradman XI won by 67 runs

Flower XI v Botham XI
Botham XI 227/8 (U Haylett 57, P Laker 3/57)
Flower XI 228/2 (M Beerala 54, S Friend 122*)
Flower XI won by 8 wickets

Pollock XI v Gavaskar XI
Pollock XI 139 (D Sales 58, G Burns 4/24, C Evans 4/30)
Gavaskar XI 144/6 (D Cherry 77*)
Gavaskar XI won by 4 wickets

Sobers XI v Imran Khan XI
Imran Khan XI 254/5 (F Hammett 65, D Meier 51, Z Halsted 73)
Sobers XI 255/2 (D Currie 109*, L Yapp 65, Z Roberts 59*)
Sobers XI won by 8 wickets

Ranatunga XI v Hadlee XI
Hadlee XI 240/7 (H Bentall 54*)
Ranatunga XI 242/4 (W Denny 93*, N Carloyne 77, E Clarkson 3/48)
Ranatunga XI won by 6 wickets

Points table:
Flower XI, Pollock XI, Botham XI, Border XI, Gavaskar XI 6
Hadlee XI, Ranatunga XI, Imran Khan XI, Bradman XI, Sobers XI 4

 

[AUST_HiTMaN]

Border XI

Dissapointing loss from our huge win in the 4D comp.

Bradman XI were to bat and we got off to a flyer, Cleary and Truscott got both their openers out for ducks. However that was the last of our good luck, with the middle order settling in and scoring big. Cleary finished up with superb figures of 3/39 off 9 overs, and Cole kicking in with a more expensive 3/53 off 10 overs.

We were left to chase a very gettable 217 for victory. Our long batting order crumbled. Mc Grath settled one end scoring a respectable 32(61). While his opening partner Ward was dismissed for 5. Cole and Underwood went out trying to revive the run chase with agressive scoring, but threw their wickets away cheaply. Underwood scoring a dismal 16(9) and Cole a even poorer 10 off 6 balls. That brought Gratrix to the crease, who top scored with a lovley 38 off 24 balls, however this was not enough as the rest of the batting lineup failed around him.

After 34 overs we were all out for a dissapointing 149. Losing by 67 runs.

A good bowling effort left us in with a chance, however it just wasnt our day with the bat. We can only look ahead to the coming games and leave this behind us.

 

[Ferd]

Good win by the boys although I am yet to recieve the scorecard...

 

[DJellett]

We love it when Zimbabwean stuff wins!

The Flower's XI have produced another fantastic win for me.
S. Friend was named man of the match with an incredible 122* off only 118 balls. He, along with Beerala, carried the side to an 8 wicket win. Earlier, Laker, whilst expensive, picked up three important wickets. Pointer, one of the academy's best spinners, also claimed two scalps.

Full Scorecard

BOTHAM XI
V Solanki run out 4 (19)
S Roth c P Marsden b O Rai Singh 16 (31)
H Head c S Reuben Paul b P Laker 9 (28)
U Haylett c M Beerala b P Laker 57 (62)
V Chandrasekh lbw b P Laker 4 (2)
H Twentyman b O Rai Singh 30 (50)
R Hancock stS Reuben Paul b W Pointer 27 (27)
P Worthington not out 47 (50)
D Tuffey lbw b W Pointer 16 (27)
H Lacey not out 4 (4)
Extras ( w3 nb2 b3 lb5 ) 13

Total (from 50 overs) 227 - 8
Fall of wickets:
1-9 2-34 3-40 4-44 5-126 6-130 7-171 8-207

Bowling Figures for FLOWER XI

O M R W
J Srinath 10 3 46 0
A Adams 10 2 40 0
O Rai Singh 10 3 40 2
P Laker 10 0 57 3
W Pointer 10 3 36 2

FLOWER XI
C Rogers b H Lacey 8 (5)
M Beerala c H Head b V Prasad 54 (63)
S Friend not out 122 (118)
P Marsden not out 38 (44)
Extras ( w3 lb3 ) 6

Total (from 39 overs) 228 - 2
Fall of wickets:
1-8 2-131

Bowling Figures for BOTHAM XI

O M R W
H Lacey 6 0 44 1
D Tuffey 8 2 54 0
V Prasad 8 2 27 1
H Twentyman 10 0 65 0
S Roth 6 0 35 0

FLOWER XI won by 8 wickets
Man of the match is S Friend

Captain P. Marsden also made a handy 38* with the bat.
I would like to welcome all new managers to the comp.
Dark_Hunter etc. WELCOME GUYS!