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Round 2, Match 7

BLOWN8 v Matty76

Matty76 batted first but was immediately in trouble, losing both Sehwag and Neil Harvey for ducks. Barrington scored 44 to calm things down before Richard Hadlee made a vital contribution at number eight, putting on 50 for the tenth wicket with Derek Underwood and scoring 63* to lift his team to 216. Jimmy Anderson was slightly expensive but managed to pick up four wickets.

The first innings for BLOWN8's team was steady, as five of the top six batsmen passed 40, with Tendulkar (88) top-scoring. Indeed, BLOWN8 had a 145-run lead with five wickets remaining, but Hadlee continued his good work by ripping through the tail on his way to a six-wicket haul. The lead was limited to 155.

Matty76's openers had not been in great form but went a way to rectifying this by putting on 97 for the first wicket. Hobbs fell one short of a fifty but Sehwag went on to make 64. Barrington hit 75 but none of the middle or lower order could extend the lead significantly.

BLOWN8 faced what seemed like a simple target of 140. Even at 4/109, it still seemed like the game was firmly in BLOWN8's grasp, but Joel Garner had other ideas. He demolished the middle and lower order, leaving nine runs to get with one wicket in hand. In the end they could add only four, meaning Matty76 won an incredible match by four runs.

BLOWN8 371 (Tendulkar 88, Hadlee 6/89) & 135 (Garner 5/27) defeated by Matty76 216 (Hadlee 63*, Anderson 4/67) & 294 (Barrington 75, Sehwag 64) by 4 runs.

Code:
Matty76's XI versus BLOWN8's XI

Matty76's XI
 V Sehwag          c ML Hayden         b DK Lillee             0 (7)
 JB Hobbs          c MV Boucher        b JM Anderson           22 (63)
 RN Harvey         c GC Smith          b DK Lillee             0 (3)
 KF Barrington     c MV Boucher        b DK Lillee             44 (77)
 RG Pollock                   lbw      b SK Warne              12 (27)
 JH Kallis         c GC Smith          b JM Anderson           38 (61)
 IA Healy                          c & b SK Warne              2 (4)
 RJ Hadlee                      not out                    63 (134)
 RR Lindwall                           b JM Anderson           5 (6)
 J Garner                     lbw      b JM Anderson           0 (1)
 DL Underwood                 lbw      b Waqar Younis          18 (71)
 Extras        ( w9 nb3 )        12

    Total (from 76 overs)    216 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-0  2-0  3-66  4-66  5-88  6-96  7-148  8-162  9-166  10-216 

Bowling Figures for BLOWN8's XI

                  O    M    R    W
DK Lillee         15    5    33    3   
Waqar Younis      21    7    46    1   
JM Anderson       19    3    67    4   
SK Warne          10    0    36    2   
N Kapil Dev       10    2    34    0   

BLOWN8's XI
 ML Hayden                    lbw      b RJ Hadlee             17 (56)
 GC Smith                          c & b DL Underwood          44 (91)
 SR Tendulkar      c JB Hobbs          b JH Kallis             88 (199)
 SR Waugh          c IA Healy          b RJ Hadlee             47 (118)
 MEK Hussey                   lbw      b JH Kallis             64 (165)
 N Kapil Dev                  lbw      b RR Lindwall           51 (93)
 MV Boucher        c RG Pollock        b RJ Hadlee             22 (56)
 SK Warne                     lbw      b RJ Hadlee             0 (1)
 JM Anderson       c RG Pollock        b RJ Hadlee             2 (11)
 DK Lillee                      not out                    4 (9)
 Waqar Younis      c V Sehwag          b RJ Hadlee             0 (4)
 Extras        ( w8 nb5 b5 lb14 )        32

    Total (from 134 overs)    371 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-41  2-91  3-200  4-212  5-298  6-361  7-361  8-361  9-371  10-371 

Bowling Figures for Matty76's XI

                  O    M    R    W
RR Lindwall       34    6    108    1   
RJ Hadlee         35    12    89    6   
J Garner          27    8    71    0   
DL Underwood      22    9    32    1   
JH Kallis         15    4    52    2   

Matty76's XI
 V Sehwag          c N Kapil Dev       b DK Lillee             64 (137)
 JB Hobbs          c GC Smith          b SK Warne              49 (90)
 RN Harvey                             b SK Warne              42 (157)
 KF Barrington     c SR Waugh          b Waqar Younis          75 (198)
 RG Pollock        c MV Boucher        b N Kapil Dev           2 (8)
 JH Kallis         c MV Boucher        b JM Anderson           10 (23)
 IA Healy                              b JM Anderson           12 (22)
 RJ Hadlee         c SR Waugh          b SK Warne              14 (32)
 RR Lindwall                    not out                    1 (11)
 J Garner          c SR Tendulkar      b Waqar Younis          0 (2)
 DL Underwood      c SR Waugh          b Waqar Younis          5 (9)
 Extras        ( w4 nb2 b4 lb10 )        20

    Total (from 115 overs)    294 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-97  2-134  3-209  4-218  5-239  6-259  7-282  8-288  9-288  10-294 

Bowling Figures for BLOWN8's XI

                  O    M    R    W
DK Lillee         30    10    73    1   
Waqar Younis      16    3    49    3   
JM Anderson       20    2    59    2   
SK Warne          25    10    55    3   
N Kapil Dev       23    10    44    1   

BLOWN8's XI
 ML Hayden                             b RJ Hadlee             23 (33)
 GC Smith                     lbw      b RR Lindwall           4 (34)
 SR Tendulkar      c KF Barrington     b DL Underwood          51 (75)
 SR Waugh                     lbw      b J Garner              9 (40)
 MEK Hussey                   lbw      b RJ Hadlee             4 (11)
 N Kapil Dev                  lbw      b J Garner              18 (80)
 MV Boucher                   lbw      b J Garner              1 (4)
 SK Warne                     lbw      b J Garner              0 (18)
 JM Anderson       c V Sehwag          b RR Lindwall           11 (23)
 DK Lillee         c IA Healy          b J Garner              2 (12)
 Waqar Younis                   not out                    2 (3)
 Extras        ( nb1 b3 lb6 )        10

    Total (from 56 overs)    135 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-31  2-31  3-53  4-62  5-109  6-110  7-112  8-127  9-131  10-135 

Bowling Figures for Matty76's XI

                  O    M    R    W
RR Lindwall       14    3    42    2   
RJ Hadlee         15    6    34    2   
J Garner          14    6    27    5   
DL Underwood      11    2    23    1   
JH Kallis         1    1    0    0   

Matty76's XI won by 4 runs
Man of the match is RJ Hadlee
 
Round 2, Match 8

Keatoboy v Wookiedragon

Keatoboy sent Wookiedragon in, and at 1/119 it wasn't looking like such a great call. Enter Murali, who dismissed both set batsmen - Wally Hammond for 56 and Greg Chappell for 37 - to get his team back in the game. Imran Khan smacked a quick 74* as Wookiedragon's team posted 265. Botham took four for Keatoboy's XI.

That total seemed to be under par but Fred Spofforth and Courtney Walsh ensured that wasn't the case. No Keatoboy batsman could pass fifty as the two quicks took four wickets a piece to restrict them to 193, which meant Wookiedragon had a lead of 72 on the first innings.

Hammond stole the show in the third innings, facing almost 300 balls in scoring 142. Steve Smith and Sangakkara provided support as they made a total of 294 to set Keatoboy's team a target of 367.

It was by no means an impossibility, but it would take some committed batting. The score reached 3/243 as all of the top five made a 30+ score but yet again no one could go on with it. The lower order then perished rapidly as Wookiedragon secured an important 69-run win.

Keatoboy 193 (Walsh 4/48, Spofforth 4/68) & 297 (de Villiers 64, Grimmett 4/69) defeated by Wookiedragon 265 (Imran Khan 74*, Botham 4/52) & 294 (Hammond 142, Muralitharan 4/57) by 69 runs.

Code:
Wookiedragon's XI versus Keatoboy's XI

Wookiedragon's XI
 MA Taylor         c AB de Villiers    b DW Steyn              15 (37)
 WR Hammond                        c & b M Muralitharan        56 (113)
 GS Chappell                  lbw      b M Muralitharan        37 (94)
 SPD Smith                    lbw      b IT Botham             28 (43)
 Javed Miandad     c AB de Villiers    b IT Botham             1 (14)
 Imran Khan                     not out                    74 (103)
 KC Sangakkara     c DW Steyn          b SF Barnes             6 (16)
 CV Grimmett                       c & b IT Botham             14 (33)
 CEL Ambrose                  lbw      b IT Botham             0 (3)
 FR Spofforth      c AB de Villiers    b AA Donald             15 (41)
 CA Walsh                     lbw      b SF Barnes             0 (7)
 Extras        ( w10 nb1 b2 lb6 )        19

    Total (from 84 overs)    265 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-32  2-119  3-126  4-129  5-160  6-175  7-210  8-211  9-263  10-265 

Bowling Figures for Keatoboy's XI

                  O    M    R    W
DW Steyn          12    3    34    1   
AA Donald         14    3    40    1   
SF Barnes         25    5    79    2   
M Muralitharan    18    5    52    2   
IT Botham         15    3    52    4   

Keatoboy's XI
 BC Lara           c SPD Smith         b Imran Khan            41 (98)
 AB de Villiers    c FR Spofforth      b CEL Ambrose           7 (34)
 DG Bradman                            b CA Walsh              8 (10)
 V Kohli           c Javed Miandad     b FR Spofforth          22 (72)
 IT Botham         c KC Sangakkara     b CA Walsh              32 (74)
 AC Voges          c SPD Smith         b FR Spofforth          40 (76)
 AW Greig          c MA Taylor         b CA Walsh              6 (24)
 AA Donald                    lbw      b FR Spofforth          10 (22)
 DW Steyn                              b CA Walsh              8 (8)
 SF Barnes                    lbw      b FR Spofforth          0 (2)
 M Muralitharan                 not out                    0 (1)
 Extras        ( w5 nb1 b7 lb6 )        19

    Total (from 71 overs)    193 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-20  2-31  3-65  4-119  5-130  6-150  7-184  8-193  9-193  10-193 

Bowling Figures for Wookiedragon's XI

                  O    M    R    W
FR Spofforth      22    5    68    4   
CEL Ambrose       9    5    12    1   
CA Walsh          18    5    48    4   
Imran Khan        12    5    19    1   
CV Grimmett       9    1    33    0   

Wookiedragon's XI
 MA Taylor                    lbw      b SF Barnes             18 (56)
 WR Hammond        c V Kohli           b IT Botham             142 (298)
 GS Chappell       c DG Bradman        b SF Barnes             0 (4)
 SPD Smith                             b SF Barnes             43 (85)
 Javed Miandad     c AB de Villiers    b AA Donald             11 (20)
 Imran Khan                   lbw      b DW Steyn              17 (74)
 KC Sangakkara     c V Kohli           b M Muralitharan        41 (75)
 CV Grimmett       c IT Botham         b M Muralitharan        0 (8)
 CEL Ambrose       c DW Steyn          b M Muralitharan        0 (6)
 FR Spofforth                   not out                    2 (10)
 CA Walsh          c AB de Villiers    b M Muralitharan        0 (2)
 Extras        ( w5 nb1 b5 lb9 )        20

    Total (from 107 overs)    294 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-39  2-41  3-121  4-146  5-194  6-286  7-292  8-292  9-294  10-294 

Bowling Figures for Keatoboy's XI

                  O    M    R    W
DW Steyn          11    1    43    1   
AA Donald         19    5    57    1   
SF Barnes         27    7    66    3   
M Muralitharan    27    10    57    4   
IT Botham         17    6    37    1   
AW Greig          5    1    20    0   

Keatoboy's XI
 BC Lara           stKC Sangakkara     b CV Grimmett           44 (110)
 AB de Villiers    c KC Sangakkara     b CV Grimmett           64 (138)
 DG Bradman        c CV Grimmett       b Imran Khan            50 (138)
 V Kohli                           c & b FR Spofforth          36 (78)
 IT Botham         c WR Hammond        b Imran Khan            30 (62)
 AC Voges                     lbw      b CA Walsh              3 (21)
 AW Greig          c KC Sangakkara     b CEL Ambrose           15 (54)
 AA Donald         stKC Sangakkara     b CV Grimmett           9 (33)
 DW Steyn          c MA Taylor         b CV Grimmett           0 (1)
 SF Barnes         c KC Sangakkara     b CEL Ambrose           10 (10)
 M Muralitharan                 not out                    8 (10)
 Extras        ( w7 nb3 b5 lb13 )        28

    Total (from 110 overs)    297 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-107  2-121  3-188  4-243  5-250  6-250  7-276  8-276  9-288  10-297 

Bowling Figures for Wookiedragon's XI

                  O    M    R    W
FR Spofforth      23    7    53    1   
CEL Ambrose       15    6    38    2   
CA Walsh          27    6    69    1   
Imran Khan        22    7    50    2   
CV Grimmett       22    6    69    4   

Wookiedragon's XI won by 69 runs
Man of the match is WR Hammond
 
After Round 2:

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Round 2, Match 7

BLOWN8 v Matty76

Matty76 batted first but was immediately in trouble, losing both Sehwag and Neil Harvey for ducks. Barrington scored 44 to calm things down before Richard Hadlee made a vital contribution at number eight, putting on 50 for the tenth wicket with Derek Underwood and scoring 63* to lift his team to 216. Jimmy Anderson was slightly expensive but managed to pick up four wickets.

The first innings for BLOWN8's team was steady, as five of the top six batsmen passed 40, with Tendulkar (88) top-scoring. Indeed, BLOWN8 had a 145-run lead with five wickets remaining, but Hadlee continued his good work by ripping through the tail on his way to a six-wicket haul. The lead was limited to 155.

Matty76's openers had not been in great form but went a way to rectifying this by putting on 97 for the first wicket. Hobbs fell one short of a fifty but Sehwag went on to make 64. Barrington hit 75 but none of the middle or lower order could extend the lead significantly.

BLOWN8 faced what seemed like a simple target of 140. Even at 4/109, it still seemed like the game was firmly in BLOWN8's grasp, but Joel Garner had other ideas. He demolished the middle and lower order, leaving nine runs to get with one wicket in hand. In the end they could add only four, meaning Matty76 won an incredible match by four runs.

BLOWN8 371 (Tendulkar 88, Hadlee 6/89) & 135 (Garner 5/27) defeated by Matty76 216 (Hadlee 63*, Anderson 4/67) & 294 (Barrington 75, Sehwag 64) by 4 runs.

Code:
Matty76's XI versus BLOWN8's XI

Matty76's XI
V Sehwag          c ML Hayden         b DK Lillee             0 (7)
JB Hobbs          c MV Boucher        b JM Anderson           22 (63)
RN Harvey         c GC Smith          b DK Lillee             0 (3)
KF Barrington     c MV Boucher        b DK Lillee             44 (77)
RG Pollock                   lbw      b SK Warne              12 (27)
JH Kallis         c GC Smith          b JM Anderson           38 (61)
IA Healy                          c & b SK Warne              2 (4)
RJ Hadlee                      not out                    63 (134)
RR Lindwall                           b JM Anderson           5 (6)
J Garner                     lbw      b JM Anderson           0 (1)
DL Underwood                 lbw      b Waqar Younis          18 (71)
Extras        ( w9 nb3 )        12

    Total (from 76 overs)    216 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-0  2-0  3-66  4-66  5-88  6-96  7-148  8-162  9-166  10-216

Bowling Figures for BLOWN8's XI

                  O    M    R    W
DK Lillee         15    5    33    3  
Waqar Younis      21    7    46    1  
JM Anderson       19    3    67    4  
SK Warne          10    0    36    2  
N Kapil Dev       10    2    34    0  

BLOWN8's XI
ML Hayden                    lbw      b RJ Hadlee             17 (56)
GC Smith                          c & b DL Underwood          44 (91)
SR Tendulkar      c JB Hobbs          b JH Kallis             88 (199)
SR Waugh          c IA Healy          b RJ Hadlee             47 (118)
MEK Hussey                   lbw      b JH Kallis             64 (165)
N Kapil Dev                  lbw      b RR Lindwall           51 (93)
MV Boucher        c RG Pollock        b RJ Hadlee             22 (56)
SK Warne                     lbw      b RJ Hadlee             0 (1)
JM Anderson       c RG Pollock        b RJ Hadlee             2 (11)
DK Lillee                      not out                    4 (9)
Waqar Younis      c V Sehwag          b RJ Hadlee             0 (4)
Extras        ( w8 nb5 b5 lb14 )        32

    Total (from 134 overs)    371 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-41  2-91  3-200  4-212  5-298  6-361  7-361  8-361  9-371  10-371

Bowling Figures for Matty76's XI

                  O    M    R    W
RR Lindwall       34    6    108    1  
RJ Hadlee         35    12    89    6  
J Garner          27    8    71    0  
DL Underwood      22    9    32    1  
JH Kallis         15    4    52    2  

Matty76's XI
V Sehwag          c N Kapil Dev       b DK Lillee             64 (137)
JB Hobbs          c GC Smith          b SK Warne              49 (90)
RN Harvey                             b SK Warne              42 (157)
KF Barrington     c SR Waugh          b Waqar Younis          75 (198)
RG Pollock        c MV Boucher        b N Kapil Dev           2 (8)
JH Kallis         c MV Boucher        b JM Anderson           10 (23)
IA Healy                              b JM Anderson           12 (22)
RJ Hadlee         c SR Waugh          b SK Warne              14 (32)
RR Lindwall                    not out                    1 (11)
J Garner          c SR Tendulkar      b Waqar Younis          0 (2)
DL Underwood      c SR Waugh          b Waqar Younis          5 (9)
Extras        ( w4 nb2 b4 lb10 )        20

    Total (from 115 overs)    294 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-97  2-134  3-209  4-218  5-239  6-259  7-282  8-288  9-288  10-294

Bowling Figures for BLOWN8's XI

                  O    M    R    W
DK Lillee         30    10    73    1  
Waqar Younis      16    3    49    3  
JM Anderson       20    2    59    2  
SK Warne          25    10    55    3  
N Kapil Dev       23    10    44    1  

BLOWN8's XI
ML Hayden                             b RJ Hadlee             23 (33)
GC Smith                     lbw      b RR Lindwall           4 (34)
SR Tendulkar      c KF Barrington     b DL Underwood          51 (75)
SR Waugh                     lbw      b J Garner              9 (40)
MEK Hussey                   lbw      b RJ Hadlee             4 (11)
N Kapil Dev                  lbw      b J Garner              18 (80)
MV Boucher                   lbw      b J Garner              1 (4)
SK Warne                     lbw      b J Garner              0 (18)
JM Anderson       c V Sehwag          b RR Lindwall           11 (23)
DK Lillee         c IA Healy          b J Garner              2 (12)
Waqar Younis                   not out                    2 (3)
Extras        ( nb1 b3 lb6 )        10

    Total (from 56 overs)    135 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-31  2-31  3-53  4-62  5-109  6-110  7-112  8-127  9-131  10-135

Bowling Figures for Matty76's XI

                  O    M    R    W
RR Lindwall       14    3    42    2  
RJ Hadlee         15    6    34    2  
J Garner          14    6    27    5  
DL Underwood      11    2    23    1  
JH Kallis         1    1    0    0  

Matty76's XI won by 4 runs
Man of the match is RJ Hadlee

Totally rigged, are you sure my guys couldn’t chase down 140? Recount perhaps? 😭😭😭

Well done Matty, the beneficiary of my teams monumental choke 😂
 
I'll get simulating now while I'm watching the AFL draft. Round 3 coming soon :)
Have a look at you go, you multi-tasker :) PS amazing effort with this too mate, I try to picture some of the dismissals, like Fred Trueman bowling Viv Richards in one of the simulated games. I’ll guess that he missed an attempted loft over mid wicket!
 
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Have a look at you go, you multi-tasker :) PS amazing effort with this too mate, I try to picture some of the dismissals, like Warne bowling Viv Richards in one of the simulated games. I’ll guess that he missed an attempted loft over mid wicket 😜
I had to stop breathing to be able to do two other things at once but that's alright!

How fascinating is it imagining some of the battles we never got to see. Richards v Warne is a ripper, you'd just about give anything to watch that.
 
Round 3, Match 9

May-Z v Eels Guru

It was the battle of the two teams of "leftovers" but there was certainly no shortage of quality players. Eels Guru won the toss and chose to bat but would have regretted that pretty soon after being knocked over for 149. Keith Miller's 36* wasn't enough to lift his team to a decent total, and Jeff Thomson being dismissed hit wicket didn't help the cause. Fred Trueman ended with four wickets for May-Z.

The match was set-up nicely for May-Z to take control, but instead his team was only able to take a moderate advantage. Victor Trumper was the most comfortable batsman as he made 79, and Clyde Walcott hit 48. The tail scrapped together enough runs to push the lead just over 100, as Eels Guru's bowlers shared the wickets quite evenly.

Eels Guru needed a much-improved batting performance but sadly it wasn't to be. Keith Miller again was the only batsman who could hold his head high, making a quick 55* as only four of his teammates made double-figures. A team total of 164 meant May-Z's team would be chasing just 57.

They did so quite comfortably despite the loss of Geoffrey Boycott early. Trumper hit 32* to guide his team to an eight-wicket victory.

May-Z 257 (Trumper 79, Thomson 3/64) & 2/59 (Trumper 32*, Davidson 2/28) defeated Eels Guru 149 (Trueman 4/60) & 164 (Miller 55*, Laker 3/49) by eight wickets.

Code:
Eels Guru's XI versus May-Z's XI

Eels Guru's XI
 WH Ponsford       c JC Laker          b MJ Procter            28 (74)
 AR Morris         c APE Knott         b GA Lohmann            16 (38)
 RB Richardson     c APE Knott         b GA Lohmann            6 (10)
 IM Chappell       c APE Knott         b MJ Procter            14 (36)
 ME Waugh                     lbw      b FS Trueman            11 (19)
 BB McCullum       c G Boycott         b MJ Procter            2 (11)
 KR Miller                      not out                    36 (67)
 AK Davidson       c JC Laker          b FS Trueman            6 (7)
 JR Thomson                hit wkt     b FS Trueman            6 (11)
 SCG MacGill                  lbw      b JC Laker              2 (11)
 AME Roberts       c W Rhodes          b FS Trueman            12 (36)
 Extras        ( w4 nb2 lb4 )        10

    Total (from 54 overs)    149 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-29  2-38  3-62  4-71  5-79  6-79  7-87  8-100  9-109  10-149

Bowling Figures for May-Z's XI

                  O    M    R    W
FS Trueman        19    5    60    4   
GA Lohmann        11    3    28    2   
MJ Procter        12    3    33    3   
JC Laker          11    3    24    1   

May-Z's XI
 VT Trumper                   lbw      b AK Davidson           79 (167)
 G Boycott                    lbw      b AK Davidson           25 (56)
 GA Headley                        c & b KR Miller             10 (30)
 ED Weekes                         c & b AME Roberts           21 (68)
 CL Walcott        c BB McCullum       b JR Thomson            48 (84)
 MJ Procter        c BB McCullum       b JR Thomson            12 (43)
 APE Knott         c IM Chappell       b JR Thomson            1 (4)
 W Rhodes          c BB McCullum       b KR Miller             30 (58)
 JC Laker          c BB McCullum       b SCG MacGill           0 (9)
 FS Trueman                     not out                    5 (16)
 GA Lohmann                            b SCG MacGill           0 (2)
 Extras        ( w6 nb1 b5 lb14 )        26

    Total (from 90 overs)    257 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-47  2-81  3-146  4-154  5-190  6-196  7-231  8-248  9-256  10-257

Bowling Figures for Eels Guru's XI

                  O    M    R    W
AK Davidson       23    9    42    2   
AME Roberts       20    4    53    1   
JR Thomson        22    3    64    3   
KR Miller         8    1    34    2   
SCG MacGill       16    4    45    2   

Eels Guru's XI
 WH Ponsford                    run out                    21 (41)
 AR Morris                    lbw      b FS Trueman            28 (41)
 RB Richardson                     c & b MJ Procter            3 (25)
 IM Chappell       c MJ Procter        b FS Trueman            1 (3)
 ME Waugh          c CL Walcott        b MJ Procter            4 (20)
 BB McCullum                           b JC Laker              17 (31)
 KR Miller                      not out                    55 (66)
 AK Davidson                  lbw      b GA Lohmann            22 (27)
 JR Thomson        c JC Laker          b GA Lohmann            0 (3)
 SCG MacGill                           b JC Laker              0 (6)
 AME Roberts       c APE Knott         b JC Laker              6 (7)
 Extras        ( lb7 )        7

    Total (from 45 overs)    164 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-49  2-49  3-50  4-56  5-65  6-99  7-147  8-147  9-154  10-164

Bowling Figures for May-Z's XI

                  O    M    R    W
FS Trueman        12    1    40    2   
GA Lohmann        10    3    29    2   
MJ Procter        12    3    39    2   
JC Laker          11    2    49    3   

May-Z's XI
 VT Trumper                     not out                    32 (75)
 G Boycott         c ME Waugh          b AK Davidson           4 (15)
 GA Headley        c ME Waugh          b AK Davidson           16 (46)
 ED Weekes                      not out                    0 (11)
 Extras        ( w1 nb1 b4 lb1 )        7

    Total (from 25 overs)    59 - 2
Fall of wickets:
1-9  2-44

Bowling Figures for Eels Guru's XI

                  O    M    R    W
AK Davidson       12    4    28    2   
AME Roberts       9    3    15    0   
JR Thomson        3    1    11    0   

May-Z's XI won by 8 wickets
Man of the match is VT Trumper
 
Round 3, Match 10

BLOWN8 v mounteverest

mounteverest sent BLOWN8 in and was looking for early wickets. Graeme Smith and Matthew Hayden got off to a quick start before Richie Benaud dismissed both. Sachin Tendulkar and Mike Hussey then ground out a long 78-run partnership, but neither could convert their 40s to 50s. In the end it was a reasonable total of 249 as Benaud ended with four wickets.

The difference between the two first-innings ended up being that two of mounteverest's batsman did convert their starts to decent scores, although Barry Richards and Doug Walters would have been frustrated to get out in the 70s. Walters was the second of what turned out to be six victims for Waqar Younis, who had to make up for a poor outing from Dennis Lillee who ended with 0/119 off 22 overs. A total of 333 meant the lead then was 84.

Again BLOWN8's top-order did pretty well, with an opening partnership of 129 between Hayden (90) and Smith (70) complemented by 53 from Tendulkar. It was slim pickings after that however, as 17 from Shane Warne was the best of the rest. However by making 308 they at least had set mounteverest a tricky target of 225. Benaud took 5/71 to end with nine wickets for the match.

Ultimately the chase was anything but tricky, as the West Indian duo of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes knocked the runs off with ease. Unfortunately Greenidge was stranded four short of his ton but Haynes made 117* to ensure they came up trumps by ten wickets.

BLOWN8 249 (Benaud 4/48) & 308 (Hayden 90, Smith 70, Benaud 5/71) defeated by mounteverest 333 (Richards 77, Walters 72, Waqar Younis 6/77) & 0/226 (Haynes 117*, Greenidge 96*) by ten wickets.

Code:
BLOWN8's XI versus mounteverest's XI

BLOWN8's XI
 ML Hayden         stAC Gilchrist      b R Benaud              45 (70)
 GC Smith          c KD Walters        b R Benaud              20 (26)
 SR Tendulkar                      c & b MA Holding            49 (152)
 SR Waugh          c BA Richards       b GD McGrath            3 (21)
 MEK Hussey                   lbw      b GD McGrath            43 (118)
 N Kapil Dev       c AC Gilchrist      b R Benaud              30 (56)
 MV Boucher                   lbw      b MG Johnson            22 (78)
 SK Warne                     lbw      b R Benaud              0 (2)
 JM Anderson       c AC Gilchrist      b MG Johnson            7 (19)
 DK Lillee         c BA Richards       b MG Johnson            6 (9)
 Waqar Younis                   not out                    2 (8)
 Extras        ( w8 nb3 b7 lb4 )        22

    Total (from 94 overs)    249 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-45  2-81  3-94  4-172  5-183  6-224  7-224  8-238  9-244  10-249

Bowling Figures for mounteverest's XI

                  O    M    R    W
GD McGrath        21    2    64    2   
MA Holding        24    5    62    1   
MG Johnson        20    6    64    3   
R Benaud          28    10    48    4   

mounteverest's XI
 CG Greenidge              hit wkt     b SK Warne              49 (79)
 DL Haynes         c SK Warne          b Waqar Younis          19 (34)
 RT Ponting                   lbw      b SK Warne              26 (25)
 MD Crowe                              b JM Anderson           6 (23)
 BA Richards       c MV Boucher        b N Kapil Dev           77 (116)
 KD Walters        c DK Lillee         b Waqar Younis          72 (133)
 AC Gilchrist      c MV Boucher        b Waqar Younis          30 (55)
 R Benaud          c GC Smith          b Waqar Younis          6 (29)
 MG Johnson                     not out                    3 (28)
 MA Holding                   lbw      b Waqar Younis          10 (14)
 GD McGrath        c SR Tendulkar      b Waqar Younis          7 (19)
 Extras        ( w8 nb1 lb19 )        28

    Total (from 93 overs)    333 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-40  2-96  3-99  4-108  5-247  6-274  7-305  8-306  9-316  10-333

Bowling Figures for BLOWN8's XI

                  O    M    R    W
DK Lillee         22    0    119    0   
Waqar Younis      19    4    77    6   
JM Anderson       13    3    46    1   
SK Warne          20    8    27    2   
N Kapil Dev       18    5    45    1   

BLOWN8's XI
 ML Hayden         c AC Gilchrist      b MG Johnson            90 (155)
 GC Smith                     lbw      b MA Holding            70 (123)
 SR Tendulkar      c DL Haynes         b R Benaud              53 (108)
 SR Waugh                          c & b R Benaud              13 (48)
 MEK Hussey        c DL Haynes         b R Benaud              5 (17)
 N Kapil Dev                           b GD McGrath            9 (20)
 MV Boucher                            b GD McGrath            1 (5)
 SK Warne          c MD Crowe          b GD McGrath            17 (39)
 JM Anderson       c MA Holding        b R Benaud              1 (11)
 DK Lillee         c RT Ponting        b R Benaud              0 (1)
 Waqar Younis                   not out                    15 (31)
 Extras        ( w8 nb1 b15 lb10 )        34

    Total (from 93 overs)    308 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-129  2-202  3-247  4-250  5-267  6-268  7-273  8-279  9-279  10-308

Bowling Figures for mounteverest's XI

                  O    M    R    W
GD McGrath        29    5    93    3   
MA Holding        25    8    70    1   
MG Johnson        12    2    49    1   
R Benaud          27    6    71    5   

mounteverest's XI
 CG Greenidge                   not out                    96 (172)
 DL Haynes                      not out                    117 (175)
 Extras        ( w7 nb1 b2 lb3 )        13

    Total (from 58 overs)    226 - 0
Fall of wickets:


Bowling Figures for BLOWN8's XI

                  O    M    R    W
DK Lillee         12    1    43    0   
Waqar Younis      16    3    75    0   
JM Anderson       12    2    32    0   
SK Warne          8    1    31    0   
N Kapil Dev       9    2    40    0   

mounteverest's XI won by 10 wickets
Man of the match is R Benaud
 
Round 3, Match 11

Wookiedragon v Scotty_WCE

Wookiedragon's XI was sent in after losing the toss, but didn't seem too unhappy at being able to bat first. Four fifties from the top six batsmen ensured they posted a strong first-innings total of 404. Wally Hammond (87) and Javed Miandad (83) led the way before Imran Khan struck 74* with the tail.

It was a disappointing reply on a seemingly good pitch from Scotty_WCE's batsmen. Opener Sunil Gavaskar made 56 before being run out, and keeper Andy Flower hit 51 to at least give his team a sniff, however they surrendered a 143-run lead to Wookiedragon by making 261. By cleaning up the tail Fred Spofforth claimed a 5fa.

Greg Chappell was the chief run-scorer as Wookiedragon's men went about setting a target. However he was the second batsman dismissed on 87 in the match, and the other (Hammond) was his only support in scoring 41. Still, the team total of 241 - which would have been much higher if not for Shaun Pollock and Bill O'Reilly who each took four wickets - meant Scotty_WCE faced a big chase of 385.

All of the top five batsmen made starts to provide some hope, but all fell for less than 60 as multiple promising starts were dashed. They needed someone to stay in and make a big score if they were to have any chance, and that was provided by Garry Sobers. He formed partnerships with the middle and lower order but they still needed 47 with three wickets left, and then 19 with two in hand. It was getting tense, but Malcolm Marshall stayed with Sobers as they completed the chase to claim an unlikely two-wicket win.

Wookiedragon 404 (Hammond 87, Imran Khan 74*) & 241 (Chappell 87, Pollock 4/51, O'Reilly 4/73) defeated by Scotty_WCE 261 (Gavaskar 56, Spofforth 5/56) & 8/386 (Sobers 94*) by two wickets.

Code:
Wookiedragon's XI versus Scotty_WCE's XI

Wookiedragon's XI
 MA Taylor                    lbw      b GS Sobers             36 (80)
 WR Hammond        c GS Sobers         b WJ O'Reilly           87 (215)
 GS Chappell                       c & b Wasim Akram           63 (175)
 SPD Smith         c A Flower          b SM Pollock            4 (17)
 Javed Miandad     c L Hutton          b SM Pollock            83 (138)
 Imran Khan                     not out                    74 (137)
 KC Sangakkara     c IVA Richards      b SM Pollock            0 (2)
 CV Grimmett       c A Flower          b GS Sobers             7 (13)
 CEL Ambrose                  lbw      b GS Sobers             11 (20)
 FR Spofforth                 lbw      b MD Marshall           7 (25)
 CA Walsh          c IVA Richards      b MD Marshall           0 (3)
 Extras        ( nb1 b1 lb30 )        32

    Total (from 138 overs)    404 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-79  2-182  3-195  4-246  5-341  6-341  7-356  8-378  9-404  10-404

Bowling Figures for Scotty_WCE's XI

                  O    M    R    W
Wasim Akram       21    4    73    1   
MD Marshall       22    7    44    2   
SM Pollock        28    12    62    3   
WJ O'Reilly       31    10    85    1   
GS Sobers         35    10    109    3   

Scotty_WCE's XI
 L Hutton                              b FR Spofforth          3 (26)
 SM Gavaskar                    run out                    56 (99)
 IVA Richards      c Javed Miandad     b Imran Khan            39 (83)
 RS Dravid                    lbw      b CV Grimmett           48 (127)
 AR Border                         c & b Imran Khan            0 (3)
 GS Sobers         c FR Spofforth      b CV Grimmett           23 (39)
 A Flower          c CV Grimmett       b FR Spofforth          51 (90)
 SM Pollock        c SPD Smith         b FR Spofforth          5 (18)
 Wasim Akram                           b FR Spofforth          10 (38)
 MD Marshall       c KC Sangakkara     b FR Spofforth          0 (5)
 WJ O'Reilly                    not out                    13 (16)
 Extras        ( w3 nb1 b8 lb1 )        13

    Total (from 91 overs)    261 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-18  2-98  3-98  4-100  5-131  6-227  7-227  8-238  9-238  10-261

Bowling Figures for Wookiedragon's XI

                  O    M    R    W
FR Spofforth      20    4    56    5   
CEL Ambrose       19    3    56    0   
CA Walsh          9    2    32    0   
Imran Khan        12    2    34    2   
CV Grimmett       30    7    74    2   

Wookiedragon's XI
 MA Taylor         c SM Pollock        b Wasim Akram           8 (12)
 WR Hammond                   lbw      b WJ O'Reilly           41 (96)
 GS Chappell                           b WJ O'Reilly           87 (168)
 SPD Smith                    lbw      b MD Marshall           6 (16)
 Javed Miandad     c SM Gavaskar       b WJ O'Reilly           23 (59)
 Imran Khan        c A Flower          b WJ O'Reilly           21 (71)
 KC Sangakkara                         b SM Pollock            20 (55)
 CV Grimmett       c AR Border         b SM Pollock            4 (7)
 CEL Ambrose       c AR Border         b SM Pollock            5 (14)
 FR Spofforth                   not out                    12 (17)
 CA Walsh          c L Hutton          b SM Pollock            0 (4)
 Extras        ( w1 nb2 b2 lb9 )        14

    Total (from 87 overs)    241 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-10  2-80  3-103  4-154  5-195  6-217  7-217  8-221  9-234  10-241

Bowling Figures for Scotty_WCE's XI

                  O    M    R    W
Wasim Akram       14    5    39    1   
MD Marshall       16    5    35    1   
SM Pollock        18    4    51    4   
WJ O'Reilly       28    6    73    4   
GS Sobers         10    3    32    0   

Scotty_WCE's XI
 L Hutton          c CEL Ambrose       b CA Walsh              33 (83)
 SM Gavaskar       c MA Taylor         b Imran Khan            56 (83)
 IVA Richards      c KC Sangakkara     b FR Spofforth          34 (52)
 RS Dravid         c MA Taylor         b FR Spofforth          38 (81)
 AR Border         c GS Chappell       b CEL Ambrose           51 (90)
 GS Sobers                      not out                    94 (181)
 A Flower          c FR Spofforth      b CA Walsh              12 (34)
 SM Pollock        c Javed Miandad     b Imran Khan            5 (26)
 Wasim Akram       c KC Sangakkara     b Imran Khan            16 (14)
 MD Marshall                    not out                    11 (16)
 Extras        ( w12 nb4 b11 lb9 )        36

    Total (from 110 overs)    386 - 8
Fall of wickets:
1-94  2-94  3-165  4-174  5-277  6-314  7-338  8-366

Bowling Figures for Wookiedragon's XI

                  O    M    R    W
FR Spofforth      29    6    100    2   
CEL Ambrose       22    2    74    1   
CA Walsh          16    4    22    2   
Imran Khan        16    4    70    3   
CV Grimmett       23    6    78    0   
WR Hammond        4    0    22    0   

Scotty_WCE's XI won by 2 wickets
Man of the match is GS Sobers
 
Round 3, Match 12

Eels Guru v Matty76

Batting first, Eels Guru's opener Bill Ponsford did what many batsmen have struggled to do in this competition so far and that is convert a start into a ton. He made 110 before Joel Garner claimed him as another lbw victim. Brendon McCullum made a placid 56 off more than 200 balls as his team made 331.

In reply it was looking bad for Matty76 at 5/80, before Jacques Kallis took control. He hit a brilliant 168, and was well-supported by Ian Healy (61) with whom he had a 154-run partnership. Number 11 Derek Underwood was then involved in a 79-run stand for the last wicket, lifting Matty76's team to 379 and a 48-run first innings lead.

But Ponsford must have been unhappy that Kallis took his limelight. He was determined to get it back and he did so by making an incredible 202*, the competition's first double-century. This enabled Eels Guru to declare at 4/384, leaving Matty76 with 83 overs to chase 337.

The runs continued to flow but the target was just a little too high for Matty76's batsmen in the allotted time, and despite an even 100* from Neil Harvey they ended on 3/289 - 48 runs short of victory.

Eels Guru 331 (Ponsford 110, Underwood 4/57) & 4d/384 (Ponsford 202*) drew Matty76 379 (Kallis 168, Davidson 4/90) & 3/289 (Harvey 100*).

Code:
Eels Guru's XI versus Matty76's XI

Eels Guru's XI
 WH Ponsford                  lbw      b J Garner              110 (260)
 AR Morris         c J Garner          b RJ Hadlee             28 (69)
 RB Richardson                lbw      b J Garner              1 (7)
 IM Chappell       c IA Healy          b JH Kallis             25 (55)
 ME Waugh          c V Sehwag          b RR Lindwall           21 (43)
 BB McCullum       stIA Healy          b DL Underwood          56 (204)
 KR Miller                             b RR Lindwall           26 (59)
 AK Davidson                    not out                    33 (65)
 JR Thomson                   lbw      b DL Underwood          0 (1)
 SCG MacGill                           b DL Underwood          0 (10)
 AME Roberts       c RR Lindwall       b DL Underwood          2 (14)
 Extras        ( w4 nb1 b9 lb15 )        29

    Total (from 132 overs)    331 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-71  2-74  3-129  4-172  5-248  6-283  7-311  8-311  9-315  10-331

Bowling Figures for Matty76's XI

                  O    M    R    W
RR Lindwall       31    13    70    2   
RJ Hadlee         30    5    78    1   
J Garner          24    5    60    2   
DL Underwood      30    8    57    4   
JH Kallis         16    3    42    1   

Matty76's XI
 V Sehwag          c IM Chappell       b AK Davidson           30 (43)
 JB Hobbs          c WH Ponsford       b AK Davidson           21 (25)
 RN Harvey         c SCG MacGill       b AK Davidson           0 (6)
 KF Barrington     c BB McCullum       b AME Roberts           5 (18)
 RG Pollock                            b KR Miller             13 (31)
 JH Kallis         c AR Morris         b AK Davidson           168 (301)
 IA Healy          c RB Richardson     b AME Roberts           61 (149)
 RJ Hadlee                    lbw      b KR Miller             18 (39)
 RR Lindwall       c AK Davidson       b JR Thomson            3 (12)
 J Garner                     lbw      b JR Thomson            3 (9)
 DL Underwood                   not out                    33 (69)
 Extras        ( w9 b5 lb10 )        24

    Total (from 117 overs)    379 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-41  2-46  3-57  4-60  5-80  6-234  7-285  8-288  9-300  10-379

Bowling Figures for Eels Guru's XI

                  O    M    R    W
AK Davidson       35    10    90    4   
AME Roberts       22    5    76    2   
JR Thomson        20    1    100    2   
KR Miller         19    8    28    2   
SCG MacGill       21    3    70    0   

Eels Guru's XI
 WH Ponsford                    not out                    202 (376)
 AR Morris         c KF Barrington     b DL Underwood          40 (86)
 RB Richardson     c V Sehwag          b J Garner              2 (18)
 IM Chappell                  lbw      b RJ Hadlee             51 (110)
 ME Waugh          c V Sehwag          b J Garner              38 (76)
 BB McCullum                    not out                    18 (42)
 Extras        ( w1 nb3 b7 lb22 )        33

    Total (from 118 overs)    384 - 4 declared
Fall of wickets:
1-94  2-114  3-218  4-338

Bowling Figures for Matty76's XI

                  O    M    R    W
RR Lindwall       27    4    82    0   
RJ Hadlee         27    6    82    1   
J Garner          29    7    81    2   
DL Underwood      29    9    94    1   
JH Kallis         6    2    16    0   

Matty76's XI
 V Sehwag                     lbw      b AK Davidson           40 (50)
 JB Hobbs                     lbw      b JR Thomson            30 (68)
 RN Harvey                      not out                    100 (198)
 KF Barrington     c BB McCullum       b AME Roberts           41 (82)
 RG Pollock                     not out                    59 (100)
 Extras        ( nb2 b4 lb13 )        19

    Total (from 83 overs)    289 - 3
Fall of wickets:
1-83  2-83  3-181

Bowling Figures for Eels Guru's XI

                  O    M    R    W
AK Davidson       17    5    53    1   
AME Roberts       17    4    52    1   
JR Thomson        23    2    96    1   
KR Miller         10    5    17    0   
SCG MacGill       16    1    54    0   

Match Drawn
Man of the match is WH Ponsford
 
Breaking news

The WDXI board has launched an investigation into the wookiedragon XI after suspicions were raised after giving up a first innings lead of 143 runs and then failing to bowl the opposition out on day five on a turning pitch conceding and almost world record 386 runs in the fourth innings.
 
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