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Round 6, Match 24

BLOWN8 v Wookiedragon

BLOWN8 won the toss once again and would have hoped for a much-improved showing when choosing to bat again. It was improved, but not by all that much. Steve Waugh showed some fight in scoring 70, but a lack of support around him meant they put up 222 before being bowled out. Imran Khan had a good outing with the bowl, claiming 4/52.

Wookiedragon had the chance to grab the ascendency, and an even batting effort meant they did, but perhaps not to the extent they could have had one batsman made a big score. As it was, Javed Miandad's 71 not out was the top score, but most of the batsmen chipped in to contribute to an 82-run lead after a total of 304. Waqar Younis was the pick of the bowlers with 5/55.

Could BLOWN8 set a competitive total this match? That was the question at the halfway mark but another weak batting performance didn't help their cause. Another innings without a fifty led to a total of just 171, as this time it was Curtly Ambrose's turn to bag some wickets with 5/47.

This left Wookiedragon chasing just 90, and once again BLOWN8's bowlers were left with far too much to do. They could pick up just two of the ten wickets required and Wookiedragon claimed a simple victory that kept him in the top-four race.

BLOWN8 222 (Waugh 70, Imran Khan 4/52) & 171 (Ambrose 5/47) defeated by Wookiedragon 304 (Javed Miandad 71*, Taylor 56, Waqar Younis 5/55) & 2/91 (Taylor 32, Chappell 30*) by eight wickets.

Code:
BLOWN8's XI versus Wookiedragon's XI

BLOWN8's XI
 ML Hayden                         c & b Imran Khan            12 (55)
 GC Smith                              b CA Walsh              32 (65)
 SR Tendulkar      c Javed Miandad     b CA Walsh              4 (3)
 SR Waugh          c WR Hammond        b CV Grimmett           70 (101)
 MEK Hussey        c KC Sangakkara     b Imran Khan            1 (11)
 N Kapil Dev       c KC Sangakkara     b Imran Khan            17 (26)
 MV Boucher        c KC Sangakkara     b Imran Khan            19 (9)
 SK Warne          c KC Sangakkara     b FR Spofforth          22 (48)
 JM Anderson                    not out                    9 (26)
 DK Lillee         c WR Hammond        b CV Grimmett           0 (12)
 Waqar Younis      c KC Sangakkara     b CEL Ambrose           3 (8)
 Extras        ( w4 nb2 b6 lb21 )        33

    Total (from 61 overs)    222 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-60  2-64  3-64  4-70  5-101  6-128  7-184  8-214  9-219  10-222 

Bowling Figures for Wookiedragon's XI

                  O    M    R    W
FR Spofforth      15    4    52    1   
CEL Ambrose       6    0    12    1   
CA Walsh          11    1    46    2   
Imran Khan        14    3    52    4   
CV Grimmett       14    6    33    2   

Wookiedragon's XI
 MA Taylor         c SR Waugh          b JM Anderson           56 (114)
 WR Hammond                            b JM Anderson           28 (41)
 GS Chappell       c JM Anderson       b Waqar Younis          1 (4)
 SPD Smith                      run out                    23 (43)
 Javed Miandad                  not out                    71 (173)
 Imran Khan        c MV Boucher        b N Kapil Dev           37 (56)
 KC Sangakkara     c MV Boucher        b DK Lillee             37 (40)
 CV Grimmett       c SR Tendulkar      b Waqar Younis          12 (33)
 CEL Ambrose                  lbw      b Waqar Younis          6 (33)
 FR Spofforth      c GC Smith          b Waqar Younis          8 (14)
 CA Walsh                              b Waqar Younis          0 (9)
 Extras        ( w5 nb2 b2 lb16 )        25

    Total (from 94 overs)    304 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-60  2-61  3-125  4-129  5-194  6-258  7-276  8-288  9-302  10-304 

Bowling Figures for BLOWN8's XI

                  O    M    R    W
DK Lillee         25    5    82    1   
Waqar Younis      21    3    55    5   
JM Anderson       19    6    65    2   
SK Warne          17    5    35    0   
N Kapil Dev       11    1    49    1   

BLOWN8's XI
 ML Hayden                             b CA Walsh              26 (48)
 GC Smith          c GS Chappell       b Imran Khan            17 (45)
 SR Tendulkar      c KC Sangakkara     b CA Walsh              10 (15)
 SR Waugh                          c & b Imran Khan            12 (32)
 MEK Hussey                        c & b CEL Ambrose           15 (59)
 N Kapil Dev                  lbw      b CEL Ambrose           40 (91)
 MV Boucher        c Javed Miandad     b CV Grimmett           10 (27)
 SK Warne                              b CEL Ambrose           4 (18)
 JM Anderson       c KC Sangakkara     b CEL Ambrose           7 (9)
 DK Lillee                      not out                    3 (11)
 Waqar Younis                          b CEL Ambrose           9 (6)
 Extras        ( w5 nb3 b6 lb4 )        18

    Total (from 61 overs)    171 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-43  2-55  3-57  4-73  5-114  6-135  7-145  8-157  9-161  10-171 

Bowling Figures for Wookiedragon's XI

                  O    M    R    W
FR Spofforth      8    1    29    0   
CEL Ambrose       14    3    47    5   
CA Walsh          9    2    22    2   
Imran Khan        12    3    27    2   
CV Grimmett       17    6    36    1   

Wookiedragon's XI
 MA Taylor         c GC Smith          b JM Anderson           32 (53)
 WR Hammond        c SR Tendulkar      b SK Warne              18 (71)
 GS Chappell                    not out                    30 (46)
 SPD Smith                      not out                    7 (10)
 Extras        ( lb4 )        4

    Total (from 30 overs)    91 - 2
Fall of wickets:
1-39  2-79 

Bowling Figures for BLOWN8's XI

                  O    M    R    W
DK Lillee         10    1    29    0   
Waqar Younis      5    0    13    0   
JM Anderson       5    1    17    1   
SK Warne          5    2    6    1   
N Kapil Dev       5    0    22    0   

Wookiedragon's XI won by 8 wickets
Man of the match is Imran Khan
 
After Round 6:

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Ladder Permutations

Firstly in the event of two or more teams finishing on the same number of points on the ladder, I was thinking of splitting them as follows:

1. Team with more wins finishes higher (if team A finishes with 4 wins and 0 draws for 8 points and team B finishes with 3 wins and 2 draws for 8 points, team A finishes higher)
2. If equal on wins, head-to-head results against other teams on the same number of points (if team A and team B finished on the same number of points but team A beat team B when they played against each other, team A finishes higher)

If we have teams still equal after this then we can work something out then.

May-Z

Will finish 1st regardless of results in Round 7

Keatoboy

Will finish either 2nd or 3rd:

- 2nd if Scotty_WCE does not win his last two matches
- 3rd if Scotty_WCE does win his last two matches

Scotty_WCE

Could finish anywhere from 2nd to 5th:

- 2nd if win each of last two matches
- 3rd, 4th or 5th otherwise, with many possible permutations

Any draw or win from the last two matches would lock in a top-four finish.

Matty76

Could finish anywhere from 3rd to 6th:

- 3rd if wins last match and mounteverest gets no more than 2 points from his last two matches
- 4th, 5th or 6th otherwise, with many possible permutations

A win in his last match would lock in a top-four finish.

mounteverest

Could finish anywhere from 3rd to 7th:

- 7th if lose each of last two matches and Eels Guru wins his last two matches
- 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th otherwise, with many possible permutations

A win and a draw from the last two matches would lock in a top-four finish.

Wookiedragon

Could finish anywhere from 4th to 7th:

- 4th if wins last match, Matty76 loses his last match and gets no more than 1 point from his last two matches
- 7th if loses last match and Eels Guru wins his last two matches
- 5th or 6th otherwise, with many possible permutations

BLOWN8

Could finish 7th or 8th:

- 7th if Eels Guru gets 2 points or fewer from his last two matches
- 8th if Eels Guru gets more than 2 points from his last two matches

Eels Guru

Could finish anywhere from 5th to 8th:

- 5th if wins each of last two matches and mounteverest loses his last two matches
- 8th if gets 2 points or fewer from last two matches
- 6th or 7th otherwise, with many possible permutations
 
Round 7 Fixtures
Wookiedragon v Eels Guru
Eels Guru v mounteverest
mounteverest v Scotty_WCE
Scotty_WCE v Matty76
 
Round 7, Match 25

Wookiedragon v Eels Guru

Wookiedragon needed a win to have any chance of making the top four but got a less than ideal start when sent in by Eels Guru. But it turned out they had little to worry about Steve Smith (119), Greg Chappell (98) and Javed Miandad (73) combined for a very strong middle-order showing. The innings lasted 134 overs as they amassed 450.

It was a one-man show in reply as Arthur Morris achieved the rare feat of carrying his bat, making 131 in the process. But the next-best score was just 20 by Brendon McCullum as they fell two runs short of avoiding the follow-on by being dismissed for 249.

Wookiedragon duly did enforce it, but they wouldn't have expected what happened next. Led by 121 by Bill Ponsford and a gargantuan 205 by Richie Richardson, Eels Guru put up a huge total of 598. This effectively sealed a draw, as there were only 37 overs remaining and Wookiedragon was now almost 400 runs in arrears.

They safely batted out the remaining overs, losing only two wickets but Eels Guru had successfully dashed Wookiedragon's finals hopes.

Wookiedragon 450 (Smith 119, Chappell 98, Javed Miandad 73) & 2/151 (Chappell 57*, Smith 50*) drew Eels Guru 249 (Morris 131*, Spofforth 3/33, Imran Khan 3/51) & 598 (Richardson 205, Ponsford 121, Spofforth 4/122, Grimmett 4/142).

Code:
Wookiedragon's XI versus Eels Guru's XI

Wookiedragon's XI
 MA Taylor                    lbw      b AME Roberts           6 (21)
 WR Hammond        c RB Richardson     b JR Thomson            31 (54)
 GS Chappell       c RB Richardson     b AK Davidson           98 (194)
 SPD Smith         c AR Morris         b AK Davidson           119 (231)
 Javed Miandad     c ME Waugh          b KR Miller             73 (124)
 Imran Khan        c BB McCullum       b AK Davidson           0 (4)
 KC Sangakkara     c WH Ponsford       b KR Miller             35 (75)
 CV Grimmett                           b KR Miller             37 (68)
 CEL Ambrose                  lbw      b SCG MacGill           5 (10)
 FR Spofforth      c BB McCullum       b SCG MacGill           14 (12)
 CA Walsh                       not out                    8 (7)
 Extras        ( w10 nb1 b7 lb6 )        24

    Total (from 134 overs)    450 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-13  2-70  3-235  4-327  5-327  6-360  7-419  8-428  9-428  10-450 

Bowling Figures for Eels Guru's XI

                  O    M    R    W
AK Davidson       35    4    108    3   
AME Roberts       20    5    67    1   
JR Thomson        23    6    78    1   
KR Miller         24    4    87    3   
SCG MacGill       31    3    97    2   

Eels Guru's XI
 WH Ponsford       c CV Grimmett       b FR Spofforth          3 (24)
 AR Morris                      not out                    131 (284)
 RB Richardson     c KC Sangakkara     b CA Walsh              2 (20)
 IM Chappell       c MA Taylor         b FR Spofforth          3 (10)
 ME Waugh          c KC Sangakkara     b Imran Khan            8 (20)
 BB McCullum       c Javed Miandad     b CV Grimmett           20 (92)
 KR Miller         c Javed Miandad     b CV Grimmett           13 (23)
 AK Davidson       c GS Chappell       b Imran Khan            3 (7)
 JR Thomson        c KC Sangakkara     b Imran Khan            0 (1)
 SCG MacGill                  lbw      b CEL Ambrose           16 (37)
 AME Roberts                           b FR Spofforth          9 (27)
 Extras        ( w5 nb1 b11 lb24 )        41

    Total (from 91 overs)    249 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-20  2-29  3-32  4-56  5-151  6-177  7-188  8-188  9-230  10-249 

Bowling Figures for Wookiedragon's XI

                  O    M    R    W
FR Spofforth      18    9    33    3   
CEL Ambrose       15    6    29    1   
CA Walsh          11    2    25    1   
Imran Khan        20    3    51    3   
CV Grimmett       26    6    76    2   

Eels Guru's XI (Following on)
 WH Ponsford                  lbw      b Imran Khan            121 (203)
 AR Morris                    lbw      b CV Grimmett           68 (180)
 RB Richardson     c CEL Ambrose       b CV Grimmett           205 (381)
 IM Chappell       c KC Sangakkara     b FR Spofforth          0 (10)
 ME Waugh          c KC Sangakkara     b FR Spofforth          67 (136)
 BB McCullum       c SPD Smith         b FR Spofforth          42 (82)
 KR Miller         c KC Sangakkara     b FR Spofforth          0 (5)
 AK Davidson                           b CA Walsh              38 (72)
 JR Thomson        c SPD Smith         b CV Grimmett           5 (7)
 SCG MacGill       c MA Taylor         b CV Grimmett           11 (32)
 AME Roberts                    not out                    12 (16)
 Extras        ( w6 b12 lb11 )        29

    Total (from 188 overs)    598 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-165  2-229  3-234  4-374  5-476  6-476  7-564  8-569  9-574  10-598 

Bowling Figures for Wookiedragon's XI

                  O    M    R    W
FR Spofforth      37    6    122    4   
CEL Ambrose       33    11    110    0   
CA Walsh          39    9    106    1   
Imran Khan        28    7    95    1   
CV Grimmett       50    14    142    4   

Wookiedragon's XI
 MA Taylor         c BB McCullum       b JR Thomson            25 (53)
 WR Hammond                   lbw      b AME Roberts           9 (26)
 GS Chappell                    not out                    57 (86)
 SPD Smith                      not out                    50 (57)
 Extras        ( w6 lb4 )        10

    Total (from 37 overs)    151 - 2
Fall of wickets:
1-18  2-64 

Bowling Figures for Eels Guru's XI

                  O    M    R    W
AK Davidson       10    3    23    0   
AME Roberts       10    2    44    1   
JR Thomson        7    0    36    1   
KR Miller         4    0    17    0   
SCG MacGill       6    0    27    0   

Match Drawn
Man of the match is RB Richardson
 
Round 7, Match 26

Eels Guru v mounteverest

mounteverest, still in the finals hunt, needed a good start, and was perfectly poised to get one by winning the toss and batting first. But Eels Guru was intent on spoiling another team's chances, and certainly put a dent in mounteverest's by dismissing them for just 164 despite 72 from Doug Walters. Stuart MacGill took four lower-order wickets to wrap up the innings.

Eels Guru then proceeded to put up the sort of innings that they would have liked while they were still in the finals hunt; their total of 430 was chiefly thanks to Arthur Morris (123) and his sidekicks Ian Chappell (87) and Richie Richardson (66). This time it was Mitchell Johnson's turn to claim four scalps.

It was looking dire for mounteverest, and they needed someone to step up. In the end it was actually two someones, as Desmond Haynes (150) and Ricky Ponting (134) put on a massive 256 for the second wicket to lead the team to 590 all out. All of a sudden they had their noses in front, as Eels Guru was set 325 to win from 112 overs. It was anybody's game.

In the end it was a bridge too far for Eels Guru, as the Aussie trio of McGrath, Johnson and Benaud combined to take all ten wickets and complete a remarkable, and vital, victory for mounteverest. The margin was 85 runs, with Eels Guru ending on 239 with Ian Chappell the only batsman to make fifty.

Eels Guru 430 (Morris 123, Chappell 87, Johnson 4/78) & 239 (Chappell 50, Benaud 4/58, McGrath 4/59) defeated by mounteverest 164 (Walters 72, MacGill 4/43) & 590 (Haynes 150, Ponting 134, Benaud 75) by 85 runs.

Code:
mounteverest's XI versus Eels Guru's XI

mounteverest's XI
 CG Greenidge                   run out                    4 (30)
 DL Haynes                    lbw      b AME Roberts           0 (5)
 RT Ponting                        c & b AK Davidson           6 (28)
 MD Crowe          c SCG MacGill       b AK Davidson           12 (11)
 BA Richards                           b KR Miller             5 (31)
 KD Walters                   lbw      b AK Davidson           72 (138)
 AC Gilchrist      c KR Miller         b SCG MacGill           6 (4)
 R Benaud          c BB McCullum       b SCG MacGill           19 (59)
 MG Johnson        c BB McCullum       b SCG MacGill           4 (11)
 MA Holding        c BB McCullum       b SCG MacGill           0 (7)
 GD McGrath                     not out                    15 (20)
 Extras        ( w1 nb1 b7 lb12 )        21

    Total (from 58 overs)    164 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-6  2-20  3-23  4-36  5-58  6-65  7-112  8-128  9-128  10-164 

Bowling Figures for Eels Guru's XI

                  O    M    R    W
AK Davidson       13    4    26    3   
AME Roberts       10    4    18    1   
JR Thomson        10    2    35    0   
KR Miller         7    3    23    1   
SCG MacGill       17    4    43    4   

Eels Guru's XI
 WH Ponsford       c DL Haynes         b R Benaud              21 (58)
 AR Morris         c KD Walters        b MG Johnson            123 (234)
 RB Richardson                lbw      b GD McGrath            66 (122)
 IM Chappell       c R Benaud          b GD McGrath            87 (214)
 ME Waugh          c DL Haynes         b MA Holding            34 (72)
 BB McCullum                  lbw      b MA Holding            19 (35)
 KR Miller         c MA Holding        b MG Johnson            20 (53)
 AK Davidson       c CG Greenidge      b MG Johnson            1 (5)
 JR Thomson        c RT Ponting        b MG Johnson            9 (19)
 SCG MacGill                  lbw      b GD McGrath            8 (11)
 AME Roberts                    not out                    0 (0)
 Extras        ( w10 nb2 b4 lb26 )        42

    Total (from 138 overs)    430 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-56  2-198  3-258  4-333  5-371  6-404  7-405  8-417  9-430  10-430 

Bowling Figures for mounteverest's XI

                  O    M    R    W
GD McGrath        36    11    85    3   
MA Holding        34    5    112    2   
MG Johnson        24    5    78    4   
R Benaud          39    12    113    1   
KD Walters        4    0    12    0   

mounteverest's XI
 CG Greenidge      c RB Richardson     b JR Thomson            53 (98)
 DL Haynes         c IM Chappell       b KR Miller             150 (244)
 RT Ponting                        c & b AME Roberts           134 (176)
 MD Crowe                     lbw      b AME Roberts           26 (52)
 BA Richards       c IM Chappell       b JR Thomson            15 (19)
 KD Walters        c RB Richardson     b AME Roberts           15 (13)
 AC Gilchrist                 lbw      b KR Miller             35 (46)
 R Benaud          c IM Chappell       b AK Davidson           75 (114)
 MG Johnson                            b SCG MacGill           0 (9)
 MA Holding        c IM Chappell       b SCG MacGill           32 (74)
 GD McGrath                     not out                    4 (2)
 Extras        ( w19 nb2 b7 lb23 )        51

    Total (from 142 overs)    590 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-108  2-364  3-386  4-417  5-421  6-437  7-484  8-485  9-586  10-590 

Bowling Figures for Eels Guru's XI

                  O    M    R    W
AK Davidson       36    7    124    1   
AME Roberts       26    4    105    3   
JR Thomson        23    2    105    2   
KR Miller         24    8    72    2   
SCG MacGill       32    2    154    2   

Eels Guru's XI
 WH Ponsford                           b GD McGrath            8 (10)
 AR Morris                             b GD McGrath            23 (81)
 RB Richardson     c DL Haynes         b GD McGrath            9 (16)
 IM Chappell       c AC Gilchrist      b R Benaud              50 (58)
 ME Waugh                     lbw      b MG Johnson            37 (105)
 BB McCullum       c CG Greenidge      b R Benaud              29 (65)
 KR Miller                             b R Benaud              10 (28)
 AK Davidson                  lbw      b R Benaud              17 (15)
 JR Thomson                            b MG Johnson            4 (3)
 SCG MacGill       c DL Haynes         b GD McGrath            17 (36)
 AME Roberts                    not out                    13 (21)
 Extras        ( nb3 b7 lb12 )        22

    Total (from 73 overs)    239 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-10  2-23  3-84  4-102  5-165  6-178  7-202  8-207  9-207  10-239 

Bowling Figures for mounteverest's XI

                  O    M    R    W
GD McGrath        17    4    59    4   
MA Holding        17    5    34    0   
MG Johnson        15    1    69    2   
R Benaud          24    8    58    4   

mounteverest's XI won by 85 runs
Man of the match is R Benaud
 
Round 7, Match 27

mounteverest v Scotty_WCE

Once again mounteverest batted first, but again it was a hit-or-miss first innings as only three batsmen passed 13. It would have been considerably worse but for Ponting's 88 and Barry Richards' 64, as they made 251. Malcolm Marshall and Shaun Pollock each picked up four wickets.

In contrast, Scotty_WCE's batsmen all got starts, with each of the top nine scoring 16+. But it only lead to a 297-run total and a lead of 46, as only Andy Flower converted his start into a fifty. Mitchell Johnson continued his good form with figures of 5/46.

The game was in the balance and needed someone to take charge. Wasim Akram turned out to be that man, dismissing mounteverest's top three for scores of 0, 0 and 4 leaving them reeling at 3/20. The middle order rallied but only enough to post a score of 222, as the rest of the wickets were shared around evenly. This left Scotty_WCE facing a chase of 177.

It had the potential to be tricky, but Viv Richards took control and despite the loss of four wickets, guided his team with a 68* to a quite comfortable victory.

mounteverest 251 (Ponting 88, B Richards 64, Pollock 4/43, Marshall 4/60) & 222 (B Richards 58, Wasim Akram 4/58) defeated by Scotty_WCE 297 (Flower 53, Johnson 5/46) & 4/179 (V Richards 68*) by six wickets.

Code:
mounteverest's XI versus Scotty_WCE's XI

mounteverest's XI
 CG Greenidge      c AR Border         b MD Marshall           4 (13)
 DL Haynes                    lbw      b MD Marshall           13 (24)
 RT Ponting        c MD Marshall       b SM Pollock            88 (198)
 MD Crowe                     lbw      b MD Marshall           5 (14)
 BA Richards       c A Flower          b Wasim Akram           64 (135)
 KD Walters                            b Wasim Akram           1 (5)
 AC Gilchrist                          b MD Marshall           36 (94)
 R Benaud          c MD Marshall       b SM Pollock            2 (11)
 MG Johnson        c Wasim Akram       b SM Pollock            0 (13)
 MA Holding                            b SM Pollock            11 (17)
 GD McGrath                     not out                    0 (3)
 Extras        ( w14 nb1 b1 lb11 )        27

    Total (from 88 overs)    251 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-12  2-35  3-43  4-168  5-170  6-211  7-217  8-230  9-247  10-251 

Bowling Figures for Scotty_WCE's XI

                  O    M    R    W
Wasim Akram       17    4    50    2   
MD Marshall       25    7    60    4   
SM Pollock        17    5    43    4   
WJ O'Reilly       18    3    49    0   
GS Sobers         10    2    37    0   

Scotty_WCE's XI
 L Hutton          c AC Gilchrist      b MG Johnson            19 (41)
 SM Gavaskar       c DL Haynes         b MA Holding            27 (28)
 IVA Richards      c AC Gilchrist      b MG Johnson            38 (58)
 RS Dravid         c RT Ponting        b MA Holding            41 (81)
 AR Border         c CG Greenidge      b MA Holding            19 (36)
 GS Sobers         c MG Johnson        b GD McGrath            16 (37)
 A Flower          c MG Johnson        b R Benaud              53 (90)
 SM Pollock        c R Benaud          b MG Johnson            27 (50)
 Wasim Akram                    not out                    21 (36)
 MD Marshall       c KD Walters        b MG Johnson            8 (9)
 WJ O'Reilly                  lbw      b MG Johnson            0 (2)
 Extras        ( w8 nb4 b7 lb9 )        28

    Total (from 78 overs)    297 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-49  2-77  3-114  4-169  5-172  6-202  7-252  8-280  9-297  10-297 

Bowling Figures for mounteverest's XI

                  O    M    R    W
GD McGrath        21    8    73    1   
MA Holding        23    2    94    3   
MG Johnson        16    2    46    5   
R Benaud          18    2    68    1   

mounteverest's XI
 CG Greenidge                          b Wasim Akram           0 (4)
 DL Haynes                    lbw      b Wasim Akram           0 (19)
 RT Ponting                            b Wasim Akram           4 (2)
 MD Crowe                              b SM Pollock            36 (56)
 BA Richards       c A Flower          b Wasim Akram           58 (111)
 KD Walters        c IVA Richards      b SM Pollock            43 (141)
 AC Gilchrist                   run out                    29 (74)
 R Benaud          c A Flower          b WJ O'Reilly           10 (17)
 MG Johnson        stA Flower          b WJ O'Reilly           8 (35)
 MA Holding        c A Flower          b MD Marshall           10 (28)
 GD McGrath                     not out                    0 (3)
 Extras        ( w17 nb1 b4 lb2 )        24

    Total (from 82 overs)    222 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-1  2-5  3-20  4-75  5-136  6-189  7-202  8-202  9-221  10-222 

Bowling Figures for Scotty_WCE's XI

                  O    M    R    W
Wasim Akram       21    7    58    4   
MD Marshall       11    5    27    1   
SM Pollock        14    7    29    2   
WJ O'Reilly       25    10    62    2   
GS Sobers         10    2    40    0   

Scotty_WCE's XI
 L Hutton          c BA Richards       b MA Holding            23 (23)
 SM Gavaskar       c AC Gilchrist      b MG Johnson            30 (77)
 IVA Richards                   not out                    68 (134)
 RS Dravid                    lbw      b MG Johnson            12 (9)
 AR Border         stAC Gilchrist      b R Benaud              7 (18)
 GS Sobers                      not out                    15 (36)
 Extras        ( w3 nb1 b10 lb10 )        24

    Total (from 50 overs)    179 - 4
Fall of wickets:
1-30  2-118  3-134  4-149 

Bowling Figures for mounteverest's XI

                  O    M    R    W
GD McGrath        17    6    41    0   
MA Holding        13    1    55    1   
MG Johnson        8    2    29    2   
R Benaud          11    1    34    1   

Scotty_WCE's XI won by 6 wickets
Man of the match is Wasim Akram
 
Round 7, Match 28

Scotty_WCE v Matty76

In a critical match to determine final ladder positions, Scotty_WCE won the toss and elected to bat. Rahul Dravid made 72, and Shaun Pollock made some valuable late runs with 59*, as they ended on a reasonable score of 314. Matty76's bowlers shared the wickets around.

A solid platform was laid by the top three in reply, before Ken Barrington took control. He made a wonderful 207 as his team made a huge total of 590. This included four other batsmen passing fifty in a very strong batting effort.

But Scotty_WCE wouldn't go down without a fight. Again "The Wall" proved hard to conquer as Dravid this time went on to a century, making 129. Flower and Gavaskar were his main providers of support as they amassed 464 all out. Derek Underwood's 4/73 wasn't enough to give his team a chance, as Matty76 was left with an impossible target of 189 off 11 overs.

Of course the match ended without either team having a sniff, as a draw gave each team one last point on the ladder.

Scotty_WCE 314 (Dravid 72, S Pollock 59*) & 464 (Dravid 129, Underwood 4/73) drew Matty76 590 (Barrington 207, Sehwag 67, Healy 67) & 1/23 (Marshall 1/10).

Code:
Scotty_WCE's XI versus Matty76's XI

Scotty_WCE's XI
 L Hutton          c RR Lindwall       b RJ Hadlee             4 (13)
 SM Gavaskar       c RG Pollock        b RR Lindwall           13 (23)
 IVA Richards                 lbw      b RJ Hadlee             18 (22)
 RS Dravid                             b JH Kallis             72 (145)
 AR Border                             b RR Lindwall           13 (34)
 GS Sobers         c IA Healy          b JH Kallis             39 (106)
 A Flower                     lbw      b RR Lindwall           42 (67)
 SM Pollock                     not out                    59 (130)
 Wasim Akram                  lbw      b DL Underwood          5 (11)
 MD Marshall                           b DL Underwood          0 (3)
 WJ O'Reilly       c J Garner          b JH Kallis             17 (48)
 Extras        ( w7 b7 lb18 )        32

    Total (from 101 overs)    314 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-12  2-21  3-41  4-84  5-173  6-187  7-253  8-266  9-266  10-314 

Bowling Figures for Matty76's XI

                  O    M    R    W
RR Lindwall       22    7    71    3   
RJ Hadlee         23    6    75    2   
J Garner          21    5    46    0   
DL Underwood      18    5    44    2   
JH Kallis         16    3    53    3   

Matty76's XI
 V Sehwag                     lbw      b WJ O'Reilly           67 (109)
 JB Hobbs                     lbw      b Wasim Akram           13 (32)
 RN Harvey         c SM Gavaskar       b SM Pollock            34 (50)
 KF Barrington     c A Flower          b SM Pollock            207 (399)
 RG Pollock                        c & b SM Pollock            60 (118)
 JH Kallis         c A Flower          b Wasim Akram           21 (40)
 IA Healy          c RS Dravid         b GS Sobers             67 (104)
 RJ Hadlee         c A Flower          b MD Marshall           54 (128)
 RR Lindwall       c L Hutton          b Wasim Akram           6 (14)
 J Garner          c IVA Richards      b MD Marshall           7 (8)
 DL Underwood                   not out                    0 (2)
 Extras        ( w17 nb5 b3 lb29 )        54

    Total (from 168 overs)    590 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-41  2-115  3-130  4-250  5-302  6-449  7-565  8-577  9-583  10-590 

Bowling Figures for Scotty_WCE's XI

                  O    M    R    W
Wasim Akram       32    6    118    3   
MD Marshall       39    9    129    2   
SM Pollock        27    6    83    3   
WJ O'Reilly       43    7    139    1   
GS Sobers         26    5    89    1   

Scotty_WCE's XI
 L Hutton                       run out                    14 (87)
 SM Gavaskar                    run out                    68 (131)
 IVA Richards      c V Sehwag          b RJ Hadlee             25 (58)
 RS Dravid         c RN Harvey         b J Garner              129 (304)
 AR Border         c IA Healy          b DL Underwood          4 (41)
 GS Sobers         c IA Healy          b RJ Hadlee             30 (90)
 A Flower          c J Garner          b DL Underwood          75 (177)
 SM Pollock        c V Sehwag          b JH Kallis             11 (28)
 Wasim Akram       c RR Lindwall       b DL Underwood          19 (35)
 MD Marshall                           b DL Underwood          23 (44)
 WJ O'Reilly                    not out                    9 (25)
 Extras        ( w12 nb8 b6 lb31 )        57

    Total (from 170 overs)    464 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-66  2-128  3-136  4-166  5-228  6-374  7-389  8-415  9-422  10-464 

Bowling Figures for Matty76's XI

                  O    M    R    W
RR Lindwall       33    9    95    0   
RJ Hadlee         47    16    108    2   
J Garner          35    11    100    1   
DL Underwood      35    8    73    4   
JH Kallis         20    7    51    1   

Matty76's XI
 V Sehwag          c IVA Richards      b MD Marshall           4 (13)
 JB Hobbs                       not out                    12 (35)
 RN Harvey                      not out                    6 (18)
 Extras        ( lb1 )        1

    Total (from 11 overs)    23 - 1
Fall of wickets:
1-7 

Bowling Figures for Scotty_WCE's XI

                  O    M    R    W
Wasim Akram       6    2    12    0   
MD Marshall       5    2    10    1   

Match Drawn
Man of the match is KF Barrington
 
After Round 7:

Table

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Final batting and bowling stats to come tomorrow, as well as further information regarding finals.
 
Finals Fixtures

Qualifying Final: May-Z v Scotty_WCE
- Winner advances to Grand Final
- Loser takes on winner of Elimination Final in Preliminary Final

Elimination Final: Keatoboy v mounteverest
- Winner advances to Preliminary Final to take on loser of Qualifying Final
- Loser is eliminated

In the event of a draw, since we are not restricted by physical fatigue, I propose we replay the game until we have a result.

I was also thinking of doing minor finals for the remaining teams, in the same format as above, just so that everyone gets at least one or two more games and it will give us final rankings of the eight teams.

Minor QF: Matty76 v Wookiedragon

Minor EF: BLOWN8 v Eels Guru

These four games will be posted tomorrow.
 
Surely a draw the highest ranked team should go through?
I promise I was going to propose that idea from the start, I didn't just think of it after I saw the final ladder :lol:

I'm open to negotiation but just thought that it might be a bit anticlimactic to, say, win it all with a draw? And thought since we don't have to worry about the logistics that come with physical tournaments we could just replay. But up to you guys, I don't mind. Any other opinions either way?
 
I promise I was going to propose that idea from the start, I didn't just think of it after I saw the final ladder :lol:

I'm open to negotiation but just thought that it might be a bit anticlimactic to, say, win it all with a draw? And thought since we don't have to worry about the logistics that come with physical tournaments we could just replay. But up to you guys, I don't mind. Any other opinions either way?

That gives the minor round matches more meaning though, now there is no difference between 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th
 
That gives the minor round matches more meaning though, now there is no difference between 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th
Yep that's a fair point. Could do something like higher on the ladder chooses whether they want to bat or bowl first (i.e. take the first simulated game which has the requested toss result) or something as a compromise. Or we can just stay with what you suggest. I'll see if anyone else wants to chime in with their thoughts and then we'll decide by before the games are simulated tomorrow.
 
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