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Very pleased with the first quarter. Thus far, best season ever.
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*Official* Season XII Results and Discussion Thread
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roseboy64
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Very tight.
BlackCap_Fan
State Vice-Captain
Good competition on both fronts!
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I like how this season has been structured. It is more realistic with the international players away for longer periods.
Good to see the Colts on top of both tables. But, it's only a quarter of the job complete. We need to keep it up.
Good to see the Colts on top of both tables. But, it's only a quarter of the job complete. We need to keep it up.
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May 7
Cricket Web Red v Cricket Web Colts
Fardin Qayyumi Stadium
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
The Cricket Web Colts continued their dominance in the chase of a maiden first-class title, as they overcame a spirited fightback by Cricket Web Red to secure their fourth win in five matches this season. For the second time in as many games, Will Kerr and Mike Wilson forged a formidable partnership to guide the Colts home to a 5-wicket win.
Taking first strike at the Fardin Qayyumi Stadium, CW Red mounted a total of 281 when they were all out early on day two. The top and middle order suffered primarily at the hands of Nick Hancock. The allrounder boasted another exceptional spell and was rewarded with the wickets of Dobson, Sharma and Kearsley, all of whom got off to pleasant starts. Tarick Weber chipped in with the wicket of Chris Dwyer for 13, and the score read 132-6. The burden fell on Jamee Gray an Callum Thompson to revive fortunes. Gray was content to play the anchor role in a partnership of 124, scoring 62, while Thompson was typically restless in his innings of 90 from 69 balls. For the second consecutive match, however, he fell short of a deserved hundred.
The pitch looked at its best for batting when the Colts took strike. Openers Fitzsimmons and Malthus eased into stride with a partnership of 46. The veteran qualities of Fitzsimmons could not save him from a lovely legcutter from Thompson, that accounted for his wicket. Malthus was then run out for an easy 30 and things looked somewhat uneasy at 70-2. For the next three hours in the middle, everything paled in the shadow of Mark Hopgood. Bharat and Jasotharan came and went, but the focus remained squarely on the brilliant knock of Hopgood. The young man raised his hundred just before tea, flicking Kearsley for 2 runs, and carried on to 123 in the final session. He was finally undone by a sharp lifting delivery from Amir, the fast bowlers lone wicket in a harsh spell.
The tail-end of the innings belonged to Wilson. His explosive strokeplay marshalled the score to 381 all out, and a lead of exactly 100 runs. To wrap a thoroughly impressive day's play, Kyle Wright bowled Luff for a duck for the second time in the game, and Kennett came out and took guard as nigh****chman before the umpires decided to call stumps. Therefore Kennett did not face his first delivery until the third morning, and he and captain Mørk treated the crowd to a long, slow, 37-run morning session. Kennett was finally out for a painstaking 4, but the frustration that he had inflicted upon the Colts attack paid off nicely.
Dobson and Mørk breezed through the afternoon session, though they only added 71 runs, and set up a final session where CW Red added a further 105 runs for the loss of just one wicket. Dobson was caught behind for 59, pushing at Wright. It was the only casualty of the evening. CW Red entered day four in fighting position, leading by 114 runs with 7 wickets still intact. Aseem Sharma had shone late on day three, and cashed in with a half-century in clattering Wright to the point boundary. Mørk lost momentum in the 80s, then glanced Wright into the gloves of the diving Jasotharan when on 90.
The partnership of Kearsley and Sharma yielded 52 runs. Sharma looked set for a belated maiden hundred, then dramatically played on to the bowling of Thomas. The fast bowler was rewarded again for his persistence, dismissing Gray in identical fashion for 14. After lunch he beat Kearsley for pace and collected a fourth wicket. Suddenly the Reds looked in danger of throwing away their advantage. The score was essentially then 224-7. Dwyer, Thompson and Bennett played handily enough for their wickets to ensure the total improved past 400, and CW Colts needed a demanding 311 runs for victory.
Whatever confidence the Reds took from their batting revival slipped slowly away by the resilient play of Fitzsimmons and Malthus. Kennett finally broke through at 98-1, searching the edge of Malthus' bat and having him caught at second slip for 43. The hero of the first innings, Hopgood could muster no more than 7 when he was yorked by Thompson. Some 111 runs on the board, the Colts needed exactly 200 more for the price of their 8 wickets. Dobson dropped Bharat on 12 off Kennett, then the bowler took matters into his own hands in bowling her for 13. And CW Red clawed right back into contention when Bennett bowled Fitzsimmons for 78. The score of 177-4 demanded 134 more runs, with Kerr taking guard on the back of his macthwinning heroics against the Blues.
Typically Jasotharan smashed a half-century from practically nothing, but threw his wicket away for an even 50. Wilson was tantalizingly put down by Kennett when he had just 1, and from there there would be no more chances. No half-chances. No wickets. Kerr and Wilson were composed even in their aggression. Unlike past seasons, the Colts showed that they are equiped to close out games and that too with authority. The sixth wicket stand was unbroken in yielding 82 runs against a Red attack that looked utterly deflated by match end.
Cricket Web Red 1st 281 all out (91.3 overs)
CP Thompson 90, JR Gray 62, H Mørk 36
NR Hancock 3-51, KS Wright 3-61
Cricket Web Colts 1st 381 all out (85 overs)
M Hopgood 123, MW Wilson 63, S Jasotharan 38
CP Thompson 4-91, DM Kennett 2-67
Cricket Web Red 2nd 410 all out (143.2 overs)
H Mørk 90, A Sharma 88, GKK Dobson 59, DA Kearsley 43
GM Thomas 4-102, KS Wright 3-103
Cricket Web Colts 2nd 312-5 (89 overs)
SG Fitzsimmons 78, WA Kerr 61*, JB Malthus 43, MW Wilson 40*
DM Kennett 2-53
Cricket Web Colts won by 5 wickets.
Man of the Match: MW Wilson
Cricket Web Black v Cricket Web Blue
PDV Dome
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
Even at their lowest this season, Cricket Web Black has never been a team short of spirit and heart. At the PDV Dome they opened up their second quarter with a famous win over their rivals, Cricket Web Blue, mustered from nothing and nothing short of miraculous. After being dominated for most of the first innings, the Blacks clawed and then surged back and eventually completed a thorough 6-wicket victory.
There were no signs of the things to come when CW Blue totaled a commanding 461 all out in their first innings. Again Robert Cribb showed his maturity, and scored his second first-class hundred of the season, and the fourth of his career. His 104 was central, though Pete Young and Sean Fuller played well for their half-centuries and Rob Bowen sparkled in scoring 81 from 70 balls. The shuffling of the batting order, so hyped in the press, appeared to have worked dreamlike magic for the Blues and they looked confident when they took the ball late on day two.
Smith and Arnold met that confidence with aggressive expressiveness, racking up 70 runs in 16 overs. Captain Fuller came to the rescue when he trapped Arnold in front of his stumps for 35, and Collins then closed off a good day for CW Blue by bowling Gerard Armstrong for a duck. CW Black resumed on day three trailing by 385 runs and on the back foot. Demeza set about with an incisive opening spell, and 76-2 quickly became 84-4 at the fall of the captain. Gelman was bowled for 13, and when Blake Donald skied May-Quinlan straight up in the air, Black hearts sunk further. Had Ullungura caught the ball, they may never have recovered. The simplest of chances was put down, and though Donald only went on to score 24, the missed chance had disrupted the momentum of CW Blue.
But as Ash Chaulk was run out by Wilshere's direct hit, the Blacks were still struggling at 161-7, still needing 101 runs to make the Blues bat again. Dave Richards and Nick Borcich realized the responsibility after they'd so struggled with the ball, playing risky but inspired cricket in turn. The partnership blossomed past the 100-run mark. Finally May-Quinlan found the edge of Borcich's bat, ending a 122-run stand for the eight wicket, and one that had avoided the follow-on. Patrick and Kexing Su did not match the batting prowess of Borcich, but it allowed Richards to go in with 75 not out, a stunning innings.
Still, the Blues were confident with 149 runs already to their name. Young and Mamesh played chancy cricket to supply 56 runs for the first wicket. On the fourth morning they fell within 19 runs of each other, with Ullungura out for 5 in between. It was a devastating slide, and CW Blue lost 10 wickets for 141 runs on the day. At the core of the carnage was Nick Borcich. His first innings bowling was horribly ineffective, but he took heart from his fighting half-century. That heart was booming with the ball, as evidenced by a 4-wicket haul that rocked the CW Blue top order. In turn the middle order fell away, with only Bowen standing up for his team. He scored 67 from 110 balls, aided by a cameo of 17 from May-Quinlan. CW Blue were 187 all out, setting a still challenging total of 337 for the Blacks to chase.
There was no turning back as far as CW Black were concerned. Just one more chapter remained to be written and then executed in their dramatic revival. Again Smith and Arnold set a firm platform, grounded on attacking cricket and oozing confidence. Armstrong and Stedman took up the challenge and carried the score to the close at 174-2.
It was an outstanding measure of character the way in which CW Black dismantled and deflated the CW Blue attack. Equally it was a frustrating and disappointing showing for the waves of Blue support at the PDV Dome. The Blues seemed to submit to the increasingly inevitable, as their bowlers looked powerless against the Black-structured fate. By the time Fuller dismissed Stedman for 65, just 75 runs were needed. And though Demeza robbed Armstrong of a hundred, dismissing him for 98, the damage was done at 304-4. Chaulk was dropped twice in an unbeaten charge, though both were half-chances and certainly not easy. He celebrated the second miss by crunching four consecutive boundaries off the bowling of Collins. With the fourth he raised his bat for a half-century, and smacked Collins back overhead two overs later, winning the game with a seventh boundary.
It took five games, but Cricket Web Black are off the mark in the first-class competition, while Cricket Web Blue will reflect on a second consecutive game that has slipped away in the second innings.
Cricket Web Blue 1st 461 all out (161.1 overs)
RGEWS Cribb 104, RF Bowen 81, PE Young 66, SE Fuller 64
BC Donald 4-50, NL Patrick 2-71
Cricket Web Black 1st 312 all out (96 overs)
DP Richards 75*, NA Borcich 61, DP Smith 41, AP Chaulk 40
TJ Demeza 4-83, AAA Collins 4-45
Cricket Web Blue 2nd 187 all out (53.2 overs)
RF Bowen 67, PE Young 31, T Mamesh 30
NA Borcich 4-73, ZE Gelman 2-16, DP Richards 2-20
Cricket Web Black 2nd 340-4 (81.4 overs)
GAJ Armstrong 98, JE Stedman 65, AP Chaulk 56*, DP Smith 52, AR Arnold 44
SE Fuller 2-43
Cricket Web Black won by 6 wickets.
Man of the Match: NA Borcich
Cricket Web Red v Cricket Web Colts
Fardin Qayyumi Stadium
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
The Cricket Web Colts continued their dominance in the chase of a maiden first-class title, as they overcame a spirited fightback by Cricket Web Red to secure their fourth win in five matches this season. For the second time in as many games, Will Kerr and Mike Wilson forged a formidable partnership to guide the Colts home to a 5-wicket win.
Taking first strike at the Fardin Qayyumi Stadium, CW Red mounted a total of 281 when they were all out early on day two. The top and middle order suffered primarily at the hands of Nick Hancock. The allrounder boasted another exceptional spell and was rewarded with the wickets of Dobson, Sharma and Kearsley, all of whom got off to pleasant starts. Tarick Weber chipped in with the wicket of Chris Dwyer for 13, and the score read 132-6. The burden fell on Jamee Gray an Callum Thompson to revive fortunes. Gray was content to play the anchor role in a partnership of 124, scoring 62, while Thompson was typically restless in his innings of 90 from 69 balls. For the second consecutive match, however, he fell short of a deserved hundred.
The pitch looked at its best for batting when the Colts took strike. Openers Fitzsimmons and Malthus eased into stride with a partnership of 46. The veteran qualities of Fitzsimmons could not save him from a lovely legcutter from Thompson, that accounted for his wicket. Malthus was then run out for an easy 30 and things looked somewhat uneasy at 70-2. For the next three hours in the middle, everything paled in the shadow of Mark Hopgood. Bharat and Jasotharan came and went, but the focus remained squarely on the brilliant knock of Hopgood. The young man raised his hundred just before tea, flicking Kearsley for 2 runs, and carried on to 123 in the final session. He was finally undone by a sharp lifting delivery from Amir, the fast bowlers lone wicket in a harsh spell.
The tail-end of the innings belonged to Wilson. His explosive strokeplay marshalled the score to 381 all out, and a lead of exactly 100 runs. To wrap a thoroughly impressive day's play, Kyle Wright bowled Luff for a duck for the second time in the game, and Kennett came out and took guard as nigh****chman before the umpires decided to call stumps. Therefore Kennett did not face his first delivery until the third morning, and he and captain Mørk treated the crowd to a long, slow, 37-run morning session. Kennett was finally out for a painstaking 4, but the frustration that he had inflicted upon the Colts attack paid off nicely.
Dobson and Mørk breezed through the afternoon session, though they only added 71 runs, and set up a final session where CW Red added a further 105 runs for the loss of just one wicket. Dobson was caught behind for 59, pushing at Wright. It was the only casualty of the evening. CW Red entered day four in fighting position, leading by 114 runs with 7 wickets still intact. Aseem Sharma had shone late on day three, and cashed in with a half-century in clattering Wright to the point boundary. Mørk lost momentum in the 80s, then glanced Wright into the gloves of the diving Jasotharan when on 90.
The partnership of Kearsley and Sharma yielded 52 runs. Sharma looked set for a belated maiden hundred, then dramatically played on to the bowling of Thomas. The fast bowler was rewarded again for his persistence, dismissing Gray in identical fashion for 14. After lunch he beat Kearsley for pace and collected a fourth wicket. Suddenly the Reds looked in danger of throwing away their advantage. The score was essentially then 224-7. Dwyer, Thompson and Bennett played handily enough for their wickets to ensure the total improved past 400, and CW Colts needed a demanding 311 runs for victory.
Whatever confidence the Reds took from their batting revival slipped slowly away by the resilient play of Fitzsimmons and Malthus. Kennett finally broke through at 98-1, searching the edge of Malthus' bat and having him caught at second slip for 43. The hero of the first innings, Hopgood could muster no more than 7 when he was yorked by Thompson. Some 111 runs on the board, the Colts needed exactly 200 more for the price of their 8 wickets. Dobson dropped Bharat on 12 off Kennett, then the bowler took matters into his own hands in bowling her for 13. And CW Red clawed right back into contention when Bennett bowled Fitzsimmons for 78. The score of 177-4 demanded 134 more runs, with Kerr taking guard on the back of his macthwinning heroics against the Blues.
Typically Jasotharan smashed a half-century from practically nothing, but threw his wicket away for an even 50. Wilson was tantalizingly put down by Kennett when he had just 1, and from there there would be no more chances. No half-chances. No wickets. Kerr and Wilson were composed even in their aggression. Unlike past seasons, the Colts showed that they are equiped to close out games and that too with authority. The sixth wicket stand was unbroken in yielding 82 runs against a Red attack that looked utterly deflated by match end.
Cricket Web Red 1st 281 all out (91.3 overs)
CP Thompson 90, JR Gray 62, H Mørk 36
NR Hancock 3-51, KS Wright 3-61
Cricket Web Colts 1st 381 all out (85 overs)
M Hopgood 123, MW Wilson 63, S Jasotharan 38
CP Thompson 4-91, DM Kennett 2-67
Cricket Web Red 2nd 410 all out (143.2 overs)
H Mørk 90, A Sharma 88, GKK Dobson 59, DA Kearsley 43
GM Thomas 4-102, KS Wright 3-103
Cricket Web Colts 2nd 312-5 (89 overs)
SG Fitzsimmons 78, WA Kerr 61*, JB Malthus 43, MW Wilson 40*
DM Kennett 2-53
Cricket Web Colts won by 5 wickets.
Man of the Match: MW Wilson
Cricket Web Black v Cricket Web Blue
PDV Dome
Scorecard
Ball by Ball
Even at their lowest this season, Cricket Web Black has never been a team short of spirit and heart. At the PDV Dome they opened up their second quarter with a famous win over their rivals, Cricket Web Blue, mustered from nothing and nothing short of miraculous. After being dominated for most of the first innings, the Blacks clawed and then surged back and eventually completed a thorough 6-wicket victory.
There were no signs of the things to come when CW Blue totaled a commanding 461 all out in their first innings. Again Robert Cribb showed his maturity, and scored his second first-class hundred of the season, and the fourth of his career. His 104 was central, though Pete Young and Sean Fuller played well for their half-centuries and Rob Bowen sparkled in scoring 81 from 70 balls. The shuffling of the batting order, so hyped in the press, appeared to have worked dreamlike magic for the Blues and they looked confident when they took the ball late on day two.
Smith and Arnold met that confidence with aggressive expressiveness, racking up 70 runs in 16 overs. Captain Fuller came to the rescue when he trapped Arnold in front of his stumps for 35, and Collins then closed off a good day for CW Blue by bowling Gerard Armstrong for a duck. CW Black resumed on day three trailing by 385 runs and on the back foot. Demeza set about with an incisive opening spell, and 76-2 quickly became 84-4 at the fall of the captain. Gelman was bowled for 13, and when Blake Donald skied May-Quinlan straight up in the air, Black hearts sunk further. Had Ullungura caught the ball, they may never have recovered. The simplest of chances was put down, and though Donald only went on to score 24, the missed chance had disrupted the momentum of CW Blue.
But as Ash Chaulk was run out by Wilshere's direct hit, the Blacks were still struggling at 161-7, still needing 101 runs to make the Blues bat again. Dave Richards and Nick Borcich realized the responsibility after they'd so struggled with the ball, playing risky but inspired cricket in turn. The partnership blossomed past the 100-run mark. Finally May-Quinlan found the edge of Borcich's bat, ending a 122-run stand for the eight wicket, and one that had avoided the follow-on. Patrick and Kexing Su did not match the batting prowess of Borcich, but it allowed Richards to go in with 75 not out, a stunning innings.
Still, the Blues were confident with 149 runs already to their name. Young and Mamesh played chancy cricket to supply 56 runs for the first wicket. On the fourth morning they fell within 19 runs of each other, with Ullungura out for 5 in between. It was a devastating slide, and CW Blue lost 10 wickets for 141 runs on the day. At the core of the carnage was Nick Borcich. His first innings bowling was horribly ineffective, but he took heart from his fighting half-century. That heart was booming with the ball, as evidenced by a 4-wicket haul that rocked the CW Blue top order. In turn the middle order fell away, with only Bowen standing up for his team. He scored 67 from 110 balls, aided by a cameo of 17 from May-Quinlan. CW Blue were 187 all out, setting a still challenging total of 337 for the Blacks to chase.
There was no turning back as far as CW Black were concerned. Just one more chapter remained to be written and then executed in their dramatic revival. Again Smith and Arnold set a firm platform, grounded on attacking cricket and oozing confidence. Armstrong and Stedman took up the challenge and carried the score to the close at 174-2.
It was an outstanding measure of character the way in which CW Black dismantled and deflated the CW Blue attack. Equally it was a frustrating and disappointing showing for the waves of Blue support at the PDV Dome. The Blues seemed to submit to the increasingly inevitable, as their bowlers looked powerless against the Black-structured fate. By the time Fuller dismissed Stedman for 65, just 75 runs were needed. And though Demeza robbed Armstrong of a hundred, dismissing him for 98, the damage was done at 304-4. Chaulk was dropped twice in an unbeaten charge, though both were half-chances and certainly not easy. He celebrated the second miss by crunching four consecutive boundaries off the bowling of Collins. With the fourth he raised his bat for a half-century, and smacked Collins back overhead two overs later, winning the game with a seventh boundary.
It took five games, but Cricket Web Black are off the mark in the first-class competition, while Cricket Web Blue will reflect on a second consecutive game that has slipped away in the second innings.
Cricket Web Blue 1st 461 all out (161.1 overs)
RGEWS Cribb 104, RF Bowen 81, PE Young 66, SE Fuller 64
BC Donald 4-50, NL Patrick 2-71
Cricket Web Black 1st 312 all out (96 overs)
DP Richards 75*, NA Borcich 61, DP Smith 41, AP Chaulk 40
TJ Demeza 4-83, AAA Collins 4-45
Cricket Web Blue 2nd 187 all out (53.2 overs)
RF Bowen 67, PE Young 31, T Mamesh 30
NA Borcich 4-73, ZE Gelman 2-16, DP Richards 2-20
Cricket Web Black 2nd 340-4 (81.4 overs)
GAJ Armstrong 98, JE Stedman 65, AP Chaulk 56*, DP Smith 52, AR Arnold 44
SE Fuller 2-43
Cricket Web Black won by 6 wickets.
Man of the Match: NA Borcich
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Fair return from Borcich, it has to be said.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Colts - gun. Must be because I was gone 
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Argh 
another loss 
Mork needs to think about a strategy for us to win 2 or more games in a row.
another loss Mork needs to think about a strategy for us to win 2 or more games in a row.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Was under the impression he was middle of the range.
In other news, it's about time and it feels good too. It's also great to see blokes like Armstrong and Stedman making runs, and Donald finally making a significant contribution with the ball. All good signs. Patrick and Borcich look to be a decent new ball combo, though Su seemed to miss it. Ah well, we'll see how it goes.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Fantastic win for the Colts. Wow, that was impressive. Great to start the 2nd quarter the same way we finished the first.
Travis_Teh
International Regular
Not happy, Jan. We can't seem to finish opponents. Not good.
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Right now we've lost two in a row.Argh
Mork needs to think about a strategy for us to win 2 or more games in a row.
Absolutely shocking effort from the bowlers not to be able to defend 300. Yeah, they have some good batsmen, but come on.
Props to Thompson, Aseem, Jamee and Kenny. Possibly Sean too for getting Si out with a beauty of a ball. Apart from that...*shake head*
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Quite sad indeed. We should have defended that.Right now we've lost two in a row.
Absolutely shocking effort from the bowlers not to be able to defend 300. Yeah, they have some good batsmen, but come on.
Props to Thompson, Aseem, Jamee and Kenny. Possibly Sean too for getting Si out with a beauty of a ball. Apart from that...*shake head*