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Major Grand Final, Match 1
May-Z v Keatoboy
After winning the toss and batting, it wasn't the best of starts for May-Z when Victor Trumper stood on his stumps when he was on 27. Even worse, that ended up being the highest score of the innings, as Sydney Barnes tore through the top-order to end with figures of 4/35. Dale Steyn was also amongst the wickets with three as May-Z was limited to just 151.
AB de Villiers fell early in Keatoboy's reply but that brought Don Bradman to the crease. Wickets fell around him and at 4/73 they were in some strife. But Bradman put on two critical partnerships with Adam Voges (31) and Tony Greig (32) on his way to 108. This boosted the team's score to 245 all out, a lead of 94. George Lohmann demolished the lower-order to finish with 4/11.
In need of a large total to set Bradman and co. a big chase, wickets fell early again to hinder May-Z. Geoffrey Boycott and Clyde Walcott made 40 and 57 respectively but of the bottom six only Wilfred Rhodes scored more than 20, and the ultimate total of 216, leaving Keatoboy a chase of 123, seemed inadequate.
When de Villiers was dismissed cheaply again there was a glimmer of hope for May-Z, but Brian Lara and Bradman quickly extinguished it with an unbeaten 115-run stand to lock in a comfortable nine-wicket win and go 1-0 up in the Grand Final series.
May-Z 151 (Barnes 4/35) & 216 (Walcott 57, Barnes 3/43, Muralitharan 3/83) defeated by Keatoboy 245 (Bradman 108, Lohmann 4/11) & 1/124 (Lara 59*, Bradman 54*) by nine wickets.
May-Z v Keatoboy
After winning the toss and batting, it wasn't the best of starts for May-Z when Victor Trumper stood on his stumps when he was on 27. Even worse, that ended up being the highest score of the innings, as Sydney Barnes tore through the top-order to end with figures of 4/35. Dale Steyn was also amongst the wickets with three as May-Z was limited to just 151.
AB de Villiers fell early in Keatoboy's reply but that brought Don Bradman to the crease. Wickets fell around him and at 4/73 they were in some strife. But Bradman put on two critical partnerships with Adam Voges (31) and Tony Greig (32) on his way to 108. This boosted the team's score to 245 all out, a lead of 94. George Lohmann demolished the lower-order to finish with 4/11.
In need of a large total to set Bradman and co. a big chase, wickets fell early again to hinder May-Z. Geoffrey Boycott and Clyde Walcott made 40 and 57 respectively but of the bottom six only Wilfred Rhodes scored more than 20, and the ultimate total of 216, leaving Keatoboy a chase of 123, seemed inadequate.
When de Villiers was dismissed cheaply again there was a glimmer of hope for May-Z, but Brian Lara and Bradman quickly extinguished it with an unbeaten 115-run stand to lock in a comfortable nine-wicket win and go 1-0 up in the Grand Final series.
May-Z 151 (Barnes 4/35) & 216 (Walcott 57, Barnes 3/43, Muralitharan 3/83) defeated by Keatoboy 245 (Bradman 108, Lohmann 4/11) & 1/124 (Lara 59*, Bradman 54*) by nine wickets.
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May-Z's XI versus Keatoboy's XI
May-Z's XI
VT Trumper hit wkt b DW Steyn 27 (32)
G Boycott c V Kohli b SF Barnes 26 (75)
GA Headley c AC Voges b SF Barnes 14 (42)
ED Weekes lbw b SF Barnes 14 (12)
CL Walcott c SF Barnes b M Muralitharan 1 (9)
MJ Procter c BC Lara b SF Barnes 0 (2)
APE Knott c BC Lara b IT Botham 23 (74)
W Rhodes b DW Steyn 19 (79)
JC Laker lbw b DW Steyn 5 (20)
FS Trueman not out 2 (5)
GA Lohmann c V Kohli b AW Greig 4 (2)
Extras ( w3 nb3 b2 lb8 ) 16
Total (from 59 overs) 151 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-35 2-65 3-87 4-88 5-88 6-89 7-125 8-141 9-143 10-151
Bowling Figures for Keatoboy's XI
O M R W
DW Steyn 12 5 25 3
AA Donald 8 4 17 0
SF Barnes 14 3 35 4
M Muralitharan 13 6 33 1
IT Botham 7 3 17 1
AW Greig 4 1 14 1
Keatoboy's XI
BC Lara c GA Headley b MJ Procter 18 (51)
AB de Villiers lbw b FS Trueman 8 (23)
DG Bradman lbw b W Rhodes 108 (196)
V Kohli lbw b JC Laker 4 (8)
IT Botham b W Rhodes 8 (19)
AC Voges lbw b MJ Procter 31 (63)
AW Greig c GA Headley b GA Lohmann 32 (79)
AA Donald c APE Knott b GA Lohmann 7 (36)
DW Steyn b GA Lohmann 0 (2)
SF Barnes not out 4 (4)
M Muralitharan c APE Knott b GA Lohmann 0 (2)
Extras ( w4 nb1 b8 lb12 ) 25
Total (from 81 overs) 245 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-31 2-40 3-49 4-73 5-136 6-218 7-241 8-241 9-245 10-245
Bowling Figures for May-Z's XI
O M R W
FS Trueman 14 2 54 1
GA Lohmann 13 6 11 4
MJ Procter 19 6 56 2
JC Laker 25 7 64 1
W Rhodes 9 1 40 2
May-Z's XI
VT Trumper c AB de Villiers b AA Donald 11 (22)
G Boycott c AA Donald b IT Botham 40 (90)
GA Headley c AB de Villiers b AA Donald 0 (2)
ED Weekes b M Muralitharan 13 (27)
CL Walcott lbw b M Muralitharan 57 (76)
MJ Procter hit wkt b M Muralitharan 19 (51)
APE Knott lbw b IT Botham 0 (9)
W Rhodes not out 32 (71)
JC Laker c DG Bradman b SF Barnes 10 (21)
FS Trueman lbw b SF Barnes 6 (28)
GA Lohmann c BC Lara b SF Barnes 9 (19)
Extras ( w3 nb3 b7 lb6 ) 19
Total (from 70 overs) 216 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-25 2-31 3-67 4-106 5-153 6-154 7-160 8-184 9-202 10-216
Bowling Figures for Keatoboy's XI
O M R W
DW Steyn 5 1 15 0
AA Donald 15 7 37 2
SF Barnes 17 4 43 3
M Muralitharan 19 2 83 3
IT Botham 13 5 25 2
Keatoboy's XI
BC Lara not out 59 (108)
AB de Villiers c APE Knott b FS Trueman 7 (12)
DG Bradman not out 54 (94)
Extras ( w4 ) 4
Total (from 36 overs) 124 - 1
Fall of wickets:
1-9
Bowling Figures for May-Z's XI
O M R W
FS Trueman 13 2 47 1
GA Lohmann 11 4 30 0
MJ Procter 6 0 34 0
JC Laker 5 2 13 0
Keatoboy's XI won by 9 wickets
Man of the match is SF Barnes
