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[Gruenberg]

(Provisional) match details as posted on the GruenCric website.

Liventian Tigers 130 all out (51.3 overs)
                                                    R    B   4/6
AF Williams             lbw b Telliflikkiflarknon   0   (1)  -/-
PW Jamieson     c Gezzalqin b Rampleponxy          23  (49)  3/-
LP Cartwright               b Uglaxx               35  (67)  3/-
APC Gignac      c Naroadnig b Bant                 22  (38)  4/-
JS Millbank     c Deisler   b Uglaxx               19  (56)  2/-
MQ Sarrin+      c Hrrrg     b Uglaxx                1   (4)  -/-
WZ Owen         c Hrrrg     b Uglaxx                0  (11)  -/-
PR Smallville           lbw b Uglaxx                4   (6)  1/-
TD Walker-Smith c Juffwump  b Telliflikkiflarknon   2  (22)  -/-
SG Millard      c Likkilai  b Rampleponxy           8  (26)  1/-
SV Finney       NOT OUT                             9  (31)  -/-
EXTRAS (3b, 1lb, 1wb, 2nb)                          7

FoW: 1: 0 (Williams, 0.1 overs); 2: 58 (Jamieson, 15.5 overs); 3: 76 (Cartwright, 22.4 overs); 4: 86 (Gignac, 28.2 overs); 5: 94 (Sarrin, 30.5 overs); 6: 102 (Owen, 34.6 overs); 7: 110 (Smallville, 36.5 overs); 8: 111 (Millbank, 40.2 overs); 9: 118 (Walker-Smith, 44.1 overs); 10: 130 (Millard, 51.3 overs)

                      O    M    R    W
Telliflikkiflarknon   6    0   18    2
Uglaxx               14    2   39    5
Rampleponxy          11.3  2   31    2
Juffwump              4    1    5    0
Bant                 16    6   33    1

Gruenberg XI 455 all out (120.3 overs)
                                                      R    B   4/6
PA Deisler              c Gignac     b Cartwright    21  (29)  2/-
PEE Hrrrg               c Sarrin+    b Cartwright    44 (101)  6/-
YTQQZK Naroadnig                 c & b Millard       49 (122)  5/-
NWWUM Likkilai          c Sarrin+    b Smallville   125 (227) 12/-
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon              b Walker-Smith 103 (137) 16/- 
K Gezzalqin             c Sarrin+    b Williams       7  (14)  1/-
ST Juffwump*            c Millbank   b Finney        16  (23)  3/-
SBP Turvuaednes+        c Jamieson   b Walker-Smith   6  (15)  -/-
PTS Bant                c Williams   b Millard       13  (14)  3/-
CG Rampleponxy          NOT OUT                      17  (22)  3/-
PPPPPP Uglaxx                        b Millard       33  (19)  4/2
EXTRAS (3b, 5lb, 13wb)                               21

FoW: 1: 29 (Deisler, 9.5 overs); 2: 102 (Hrrrg, 36.5 overs); 3: 143 (Naroadnig, 46.4 overs); 4: 318 (Telliflikkiflarknon, 92.5 overs); 5: 329 (Gezzalqin, 97.4 overs); 6: 365 (Juffwump, 105.1 overs); 7: 376 (Turvuaednes, 108.5 overs); 8: 400 (Likkilai, 113.1 overs); 9: 404 (Bant, 114.3 overs); 10: 455 (Uglaxx, 120.3 overs)


               O    M    R    W
Finney        22    5   64    1
Cartwright    19    7   73    2
Williams      19    3   67    1
Smallville    21    4   73    1
Walker-Smith  23    0  106    2
Millard       16.3  1   64    3

Liventian Tigers 229 all out (94.4 overs)
                                                       R    B   4/6
AF Williams     c Turvuaednes+ b Uglaxx                3   (6)  -/-
PW Jamieson     c Turvuaednes+ b Rampleponxy          12  (53)  1/-
LP Cartwright              lbw b Bant                  8  (25)  2/-
APC Gignac                 lbw b Telliflikkiflarknon  55 (152)  6/-
JS Millbank     NOT OUT                              105 (250) 12/-
MQ Sarrin+                 lbw b Uglaxx               10  (51)  2/-
WZ Owen                    lbw b Uglaxx                4   (9)  1/-
PR Smallville              lbw b Uglaxx                0   (9)  -/-
TD Walker-Smith c Turvuaednes+ b Telliflikkiflarknon   0  (10)  -/-
SG Millard      c Turvuaednes+ b Telliflikkiflarknon   4  (10)  1/-
SV Finney       c Turvuaednes+ b Rampleponxy           4   (4)  1/-
EXTRAS (10b, 3lb, 11nb)                               24

FoW: 1: 7 (Williams, 1.5 overs); 2: 16 (Cartwright, 8.6 overs); 3: 26 (Jamieson, 17.4 overs); 4: 177 (Gignac, 63.2 overs); 5: 202 (Sarrin, 80.3 overs); 6: 206 (Owen, 82.6 overs); 7: 209 (Smallville, 86.2 overs); 8: 213 (Walker-Smith, 89.5 overs); 9: 219 (Millard, 93.3 overs); 10: 229 (94.4 overs)

                      O    M    R    W
Telliflikkiflarknon  23    9   53    3
Uglaxx               20    4   45    4
Bant                 13    6   20    1
Rampleponxy          13.4  3   47    2
Naroadnig            11    6   15    0
Juffwump             14    3   36    0

Day 1
2nd wicket: 50 in 85 balls (Cartwright 26, Jamieson 20)
Lunch: Liventian Tigers 86-4 (Millbank 0)
Tea: Gruenberg XI 20-0, 5 overs (Deisler 14, Hrrrg 6)
2nd wicket: 50 in 109 balls (Hrrrg 30, Naroadnig 13)
Close of play: Gruenberg XI 101-1, 34 overs (Hrrrg 44, Naroadnig 28)
Day 2
4th wicket: 50 in 55 balls (Likkilai 25, Telliflikkiflarknon 25)
Lunch: Gruenberg XI 221-3, 60 overs (Likkilai 48, Telliflikkiflarknon 45)
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon: 50 in 38 balls, 8x4
4th wicket: 100 in 103 balls (Telliflikkiflarknon 65, Likkilai 34)
NWWUM Likkilai: 50 in 82 balls, 5x4 (Gruenberg XI 244-3)
4th wicket: 150 in 194 balls (Telliflikkiflarknon 91, Likkilai 59)
New ball taken at 80.0 overs (Gruenberg XI 297-3)
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon: 100 in 113 balls, 16x4 (Gruenberg XI 308-3)
Tea: Gruenberg XI 311-3, 90 overs (Telliflikkiflarknon 102, Likkilai 80)
NWWUM Likkilai: 100 in 193 balls, 10x4 (Gruenberg XI 346-5)
Close of play: Gruenberg XI 404-9, 114.3 overs (Rampleponxy 4)
Day 3
10th wicket: 50 in 33 balls (PPPPPP Uglaxx 33, Rampleponxy 13)
Lunch: Liventian Tigers 33-3, 20 overs (Millbank 6, Gignac 3)
4th wicket: 50 in 99 balls (Millbank 29, Gignac 18)
JS Millank: 50 in 79 balls, 7x4 (Liventian Tigers 107-3)
Tea: Liventian Tigers 123-3, 47 overs (Millbank 57, Gignac 32)
4th wicket: 100 in 185 balls (Millbank 57, Gignac 36)
AP Gignac: 50 in 130 balls, 6x4 (Liventian Tigers 155-3)
4th wicket: 150 in 274 balls (Millbank 85, Gignac 55)
Close of play: Liventian Tigers 193-4, 75 overs (Millbank 92, Sarrin 5)
Day 4:
New ball taken at 80.0 overs (Liventian Tigers 202-4)
JS Millbank: 100 in 232 balls, 11x4 (Liventian Tigers 212-7)

Match result: Gruenberg XI win by an innings and 96 runs

[Gruenberg]

Match report posted on the GruenCric website.

Telliflikkiflarknon, Millbank impress in warm-up game

Sprantothan Juffwump was left to sweat comments he made on the first day of Gruenberg's warm-up game against the "Liventian Tigers" reserve side that he expected to win inside three days and spend the extra day at the beach as John Millbank defied his bowlers on a quick, bouncy pitch for 250 deliveries to take the game into the fourth day. Supporters on the fourth morning waved inflatable beach toys and plastic sand shovels at Juffwump, but he was saved from embarrassment by iiPriyuff Uglaxx, whose bounce and seam movement proved too much for the Tigers' middle order.

Juffwump, standing in for Zambuimmi Hengtridan as the GCB rested him and star batsman Benny Enchante for the game - photographs of Enchante visiting a Liventian nightclub made minor headlines while his teammates endured a barrage of fierce bowling from Max Sean Finney made minor headlines - had hoped to gain valuable captaincy experience, but not everyone who saw him marshalling his team was impressed by his decision making. He was reluctant to bowl himself, a problem for all bowler-captains, while his field settings were unimaginative: Tigers keeper Mike Sarrin was especially unsettled by Uglaxx, yet three times he fended looping chances to a short leg position that remained vacant.

The match was never competitive after Azzawozzawoowizzbitz Telliflikkiflarknon struck with his first ball; although Leo Cartwright and Paul Jamieson had put on 58 for the second wicket, Uglaxx returned for a second spell that ran through the Tigers lineup to rout them for 130 before tea. Dervin Yeg - nursing an elbow injury but expected to be cleared for the first Test - was absent, leaving Juffwump to call on reserve pacemen o'Po'o'To'o'So Bant and Cygogetty Rampleponxy. The collapse permitted Gruenberg time to bat, with questions about their lineup looming after a poor series against Darmen for Plopples Hrrrg, Yeepers Naroadnig and Nernoiks Likkilai.

They faced a Tigers bowling lineup with quality seam options, but whose spinners struggled against the capable Gruenberger batsmen. Finney's figures of 1-64 in no way reflected how well he bowled, flustering Pitkin Deisler, who then flashed rashly to reward the arguably less impressive Leo Cartwright at the other end. Hrrrg and Naroadnig both batted with extreme caution, but managed to survive through to the close and on into the next morning. Neither reached fifty, but both demonstrated an ability to deal with the swinging ball, and Naroadnig, whose home vs. away average splits are among the most drastic in world cricket, much improved technique while Hrrrg looked better against the short ball - though he still got out hooking, gloving a leg-side bouncer round to Sarrin.

Thereafter Likkilai and Telliflikkiflarknon took over. While Likkilai was all patient accumulation, knowing he needed to spend significant time in the middle after his failure to take his chances in the Fourth Test against Darmen, Telliflikkiflarknon - promoted to 5 in the absence of the senior middle order - raced to a dazzling 113 ball century. Just his seventh first class century in as many years, it nonetheless proved a reminder of his serious potential to become the all-rounder Gruenberg crave, though as a bowler his five wickets flattered him.

Likkilai's was the less attractive hundred, but for the selectors, the more important one. With Kakuwat Gezzalqin failing and concerns remaining about Spintmhitz Turvuaednes's decline in batting form, Likkilai had to find runs to avoid a middle order chasm. He did so in a vigil of 227 balls, taking Gruenberg from 143-3 to 400-7. While he was tentative against the seamers, he did not get out; by contrast, he was confident in his footwork against the spinners, already cowed by Telliflikkiflarknon's aggressive treatment. He was finally dismissed, edging a tired drive behind, but his 125 was enough to assure his selection for the First Test, meaning an unchanged side will be named.

The Gruenberger innings began the third day nine down, but it was not quite over: the Tigers bowlers were treated to the humiliation of a 50 run tenth wicket stand as notoriously poor batsman Uglaxx swished his way to 33 off 19, hitting the only sixes off the bat. His highest career first class score, it heaped misery on a tired bowling lineup and took the lead past 300 - though as he survived a plumb LBW shout first ball and was dropped twice, he is unlikely to be challenging for the No. 10 spot yet.

The seamers then reduced the Tigers to 26-3, Juffwump's grin growing ever wide: 171 runs later, it was a firmly set frown. AP Gignac and Millbank, loudly cheered on by a group of travelling Moroschwegen fans who had enjoyed his exploits during the GPL, blunted everything Juffwump threw at them. Millbank was initially the aggressor, taking on the left arm seamers while playing Uglaxx cautiously; later on, the slow scoring Gignac began to get moving once the spinners were brought on. They threatened embarrassment for Gruenberg - but Telliflikkiflarknon had Gignac given out LBW, off an inside edge, to a ball that pitched outside off and would have missed leg, and then Uglaxx took the new ball. The rest was over in a blink, leaving only Millbank time to notch his century, warmly applauded by all but a sullen Juffwump.

The match, if anything, simply served to solidify the first XI, and hint at a lack of depth. Gezzalqin failed, neither Bant nor Rampleponxy looked Test standard, and even Juffwump's captaincy was a pale shadow of Hengtridan's. Moreover, the batting lineup without Enchante had little spark, Telliflikkiflarknon's offering having to be tempered by an acknowledgement of his extreme inconsistency and frequent injuries. They will head into the first Test knowing their strongest side - but having learned little about what to do should failures recur.

Correction: An earlier version of this web article identified the Liventian seamer as "Max Finney", not "Sean Finney". The mistake has been changed, and the subeditor exiled to a death camp in the Gelzien Nub along with his entire family.

[Chelta]

Chelta vow to defend number two spot ahead of Wray series

The Cheltish Test squad, coming off the back of a close 1-0 series win against The Nihilistic View, have arrived in Wray for a three-match series against the latter.

What will make this series, the first ever contest between the two, particularly interesting and likely more keenly-fought is the two competitors' contest over the second-ranked spot in the GCF Test rankings. Wray recently fell from their number two spot after a 2-1 series loss to Liventia, letting the Cheltish pip them from number three. Wray will probably be looking to retake their second ranking, but Chelta have no intention of giving it up.

"The lads have fought hard to work our way up to number two," said Percy Waight. "Our rise through the rankings is testament to strides we've made as a team in recent times. I think we definitely deserve to be ranked second, and this will be clear for all to see when we play Wray. Our goal is to be ranked number one, so we have every intention of defending this title."

Grant Mason, the Cheltish team coach, said about the upcoming series, "Never mind what Percy said, Wray are a quality team and we will have a tough fight on our hands playing them and successfully defending the second ranked spot. Our top order will be essential to our success against Wray. All our batsmen have been looking good in recent times; I think we have established a solid, well-sculpted top order.

"In the bowling department, Stuart Werren, Harry Donoghue and Alistair May, as always, will be upon whom this side lives or dies. Unfortunately, they've been falling short of their capability recently. Twice in the last series they failed to bowl TNV out and let them take a draw. They can't do that against Wray, and so, rightly, they've been training extra-hard to prepare for this. We have a nuanced and high-quality bowling attack who I have every belief can lead Chelta to victory in this series."

The First Test will be at Cartersburg Oval, supposedly a more batting-friendly wicket. Chelta are expected to play the unchanged lineup they retained throughout the TNV series, although Rupert Madison's place may be in doubt for future Tests unless he begins to consistently deliver.

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Chelta XI for First Test v Wray: Walters, Blainey, Macnair, Waight, Sullivan, Madison, Goss, Donoghue, Birt, May, Werren.

Bowling order: Birt, Werren, Donoghue, May, Madison, Sullivan (p/t), Waight (p/t).

[Darmen]

Darmen Looks to Turn Things Around at Home

-Veit Samuel

SCOTT CITY - Matthew Johnson was powerless to stop Darmen's massive loss to Gruenberg in the final match of the four match series between the two nations. Darmen would lose the series overall 3-1, and will now need to turn things around in a two match series against Nexxus Drako.

Match One vs. Nexxus Drako @ Capital Oval
Capacity: 15,000 | Club: Scott City CC | Modifier: +1

Match Two vs. Nexxus Drako @ Sterling City Cricket Ground
Capacity: 8,000 | Club: Sterling City | Modifier: -6

Match One vs. Ingla Terra @ Colosus Romanopolis Oval
Capacity: 8,000 | Club: Romanopolis | Modifier: +2

Match Two vs. Ingla Terra @ Vogler City Cricket Ground
Capacity: 7,000 | Club: Vogler City | Modifier: +1

Match Three vs. Ingla Terra @ Capital Oval
Capacity: 15,000 | Club: Scott City CC | Modifier: +1

Not only will Darmen be returning home, but Iudocus Snyder and Bysshe Marino will also be returning to the Starting XI, taking the place of Benaiah West and Nicolaus Mac Pharlain. Dominique Apperlo will also take over Siorus Riese's role of wicket-keeper. Snyder was average in his only match against Gruenberg, while Marino performed extremely poor, taking only one wicket and allowing 160 runs over two innings. After that, the two were replaced by West and Mac Pharlain, who both performed at an average level. West was the better of the two, taking seven wickets over three matches.

While Riese played extremely well, scoring the third most runs for Darmen batting, Apperlo will be given his test debut at home, and it is hoped that he could also spark Darmen's batting performance after some poor showings in Gruenberg.

Gruenberg Series Statistical Leaders
Batting
Most Runs:           Matthew Johnson 426
Most Balls:          Urs Méndez      934
Most Fours:          Matthew Johnson  54
Most Sixes:          Matthew Johnson   8
Highest Strike Rate: Matthew Johnson  56.88
Highest Avgerage:    Matthew Johnson  71.00
Highest Boundary %:  Matthew Johnson   8.28%
High Score:          Matthew Johnson 111
                     Siorus Riese    111
Most Half Centuries: Matthew Johnson   4
Most Centuries:      Urs Méndez        2

Bowling
Most Overs:   Matthew Johnson  140.3
Most Maidens: Cory Hanegan      25
Least Runs:   Iudocus Snyder   122
Most Wickets: Matthew Johnson   19
Lowest Econ.: Ofydd Descoteaux   3.23
Lowest Avg.:  Matthew Johnson   29.58
Lowest SR:    Matthew Johnson   44.37
Best Best:    Matthew Johnson  6/64

Johnson will be looking for a more inclusive team effort against both Nexxus Drako and Ingla Terra. Johnson led Darmen in just about every statistical category, and only Cory Hanegan could come close to matching Johnson's performance bowling, being slightly more economical while taking less wickets. On the batting side, only opener Urs Méndez came close, claiming two centuries and 368 runs overall.

Batting Lineup vs. Gruenberg
1-Mandelbaum
2-Méndez
3-Bradley
4-Hébert
5-van Pey
6-Apperlo (wk)
7-Johnson (c)
8-Descoteaux
9-Snyder
10-Marino
11-Hanegan

Darmen will play the first and final match of its two home series at the 15,000 seat Capital Oval in Scott City. Darmen will finish its series against Nexxus Drako at the very bowler friendly Sterling City Cricket Ground, which seats 8,000. Both Romanopolis and Vogler City will host their first ever test matches to start the series against Ingla Terra, the Colosus Romanopolis Oval hosting the first match and the Vogler City Cricket Ground the second. With the exception of Sterling City, most of the grounds will be slightly batsman friendly, and higher scores may prove to be the norm.

[Liventia]

Results, Matchweek Five

Match Report: Gruenberg in Liventia
Gruenberg bat first
Gruenberg 256 (56.4 overs), 524 (160.1 overs)
Liventia 418 (130.0 overs), 246/6 (78.4 overs)
Drawn

Match Report: The Glorious Commune in The Licentian Isles
The Licentian Isles bat first
The Licentian Isles 250 (66.0 overs), 252 (91.5 overs)
The Glorious Commune 211 (56.1 overs), 296/3 (96.2 overs)
The Glorious Commune win by 7 wickets
Series: Drawn 1–1

Match Report: Chelta in Wray
Wray bat first
Wray 426 (127.2 overs), 240/4 (88.4 overs)
Chelta 635 (187.0 overs)
Drawn

Match Report: The Nihilistic view in Ingla Terra
Ingla Terra bat first
Ingla Terra 214 (58.3 overs), 537/4d (155.2 overs)
The Nihilistic view 284 (134.0 overs), 183/5 (48.4 overs)
Drawn

Match Report: Nexxus Drako in Darmen
Nexxus Drako bat first
Nexxus Drako 219 (65.0 overs), 190 (83.0 overs)
Darmen 267 (76.4 overs), 144/2 (45.2 overs)
Darmen win by 8 wickets

Updated rankings
Only completed series and one-off Tests accounted for.

Full Members
Liventia                  FM  124 (5244/42)
Chelta                    FM  116 (3251/28)
Wray                      FM  113 (1705/15)
Barunia                   FM  113 (1593/14)
Apox                      FM  111 (3553/32)
Ingla Terra               FM   98 (1554/16)
Cyborg Holland            FM   90 (2229/25)
The Licentian Isles       FM   86 (3408/40)
Eura                      FM   83 (1908/23)
Darmen                    FM   83 (3540/43)

Associate Members
Gruenberg		  AS  107 (570/5)
Welsh Cowboy              AS  106 (1022/9)
Jeckland		  AS  106 (450/4)
The Kytler Peninsulae     AS  105 (442/4)
Schiavonia		  AS  105 (441/4)
The Nihilistic view       AS  103 (969/9)
The Glorious Communes	  AS   92 (252/3)
Tasrailia                 AS   92 (664/8)
Gloriax			  AS   84 (200/3)

Candidates
Nexxus Drako		  CA  100 (97/1)

After MW6:
The Nihilistic view becomes a full member.
Nexxus Drako becomes an associate member.
Rank updates for Ingla Terra and Darmen.

Note: Shadowbourne removed for CTE. If he returns this season he will regain FM status.

*I'm out of the country on the 29th but will have my laptop with me. I will attempt to scorinate, but in the event that I do not have Internet access, scores will be delayed till the night of the 30th (UK time).

[Commune-PDTv2]

Match Report: The Glorious Commune in The Licentian Isles
The Licentian Isles bat first
The Licentian Isles 250 (66.0 overs), 252 (91.5 overs)
The Glorious Commune 211 (56.1 overs), 296/3 (96.2 overs)
The Glorious Commune win by 7 wickets
The Licentian Isles Batting - First Innings
Name                                          Runs Balls       SR
R.Hughes     c. Lhuumkhent b. Hsalkys           93   130   71.538
M.Clark      lbw b. Sigismundovik               14    19   73.684
R.Anderson   c. Zdhurko b. Sigismundovik        37    51   72.549
J.Docherty   b. Sigismundovik                    2     6   33.333
N.Marshall   c. Qepaesqorrhiae b. Lhuumkhent    12    29   41.379
C.Maclean    b. Sigismundovik                    5    16   31.250
E.Aitken     c. X.Kiđyk b. Sigismundovik        32    59   54.237
C.Watt       lbw b. O.Kiđyk                     19    37   51.351
S.Gibson     lbw b. Psiqi                       13    25   52.000
C.Reilly     c. Zdhurko b. O.Kiđyk               5    16   31.250
F.Reid       NOT OUT                             2     8   25.000
             (Extras - 6b, 8w, 2nb)             16

The Glorious Commune Bowling - First Innings
Name              Overs Runs Wickets Economy
O.Hsalkys            18   69       1   3.833
D.Sigismundovik      18   79       5   4.389
O.Kiđyk              16   46       2   2.875
E.Lhuumkhent         10   39       1   3.900
D.Psiqi               4   17       1   4.250


The Glorious Commune Batting - First Innings
Name                                       Runs Balls      SR
L.Xadaghi          c&b. Reid                 40    54  74.074
G.Toqestae         st. Maclean b. Reid       35    46  76.087
M.Qepaesqorrhiae   c. Maclean b. Watt        70    99  70.707
I.Zdhurko          run out (Hughes)           4     7  57.143
X.Kiđyk            lbw b. Watt               19    33  57.576
L.Vriqrae          c. Marshall b. Reid        3     6  50.000
D.Psiqi            c. Anderson b. Reilly     21    41  51.220
O.Kiđyk            b. Reid                    1     5  20.000
E.Lhuumkhent       st. Maclean b. Reid       14    32  43.750
O.Hsalkys          b. Reilly                  0     9  00.000
D.Sigismundovik    NOT OUT                    1     5  20.000
                   (Extras - 3w)              3  

The Licentian Isles Bowling - First Innings
Name        Overs Runs Wickets Economy
C.Watt         14   59       2   4.214
F.Reid         12   40       5   3.333
S.Gibson        8   28       0   3.500
M.Clark         8   33       0   4.125
C.Reilly      7.1   25       2   3.505
N.Marshall      5   19       0   3.800
E.Aitken        2    7       0   3.500

The Licentian Isles Batting - Second Innings
Name                                     Runs Balls       SR
R.Hughes     c. Vriqrae b. O.Kiđyk         55    98   56.122
M.Clark      c. Vriqrae b. Hsalkys         49    94   52.128
R.Anderson   lbw b. Sigismundovik          62   118   52.542
J.Docherty   c. X.Kiđyk b. O.Kiđyk         40    92   44.444
N.Marshall   b. Hsalkys                     1     4   25.000
C.Maclean    lbw b. Hsalkys                 0     1   00.000
E.Aitken     b. Sigismundovik               2    10   20.000
C.Watt       lbw b. Qepaesqorrhiae          7    27   25.926
S.Gibson     c. Zdhurko b. Sigismundovik   11    41   26.829
C.Reilly     NOT OUT                        8    34   23.529
F.Reid       c&b. Sigismundovik             6    32   18.750
             (Extras - 4b, 5w, 2nb)        11

The Glorious Commune Bowling - Second Innings
Name              Overs Runs Wickets Economy
O.Hsalkys            22   57       2   2.591
O.Kiđyk              20   49       2   2.450
D.Sigismundovik    16.5   55       4   3.267
E.Lhuumkhent         16   39       0   2.438
D.Psiqi              10   29       0   2.900
M.Qepaesqorrhiae      5   17       1   3.400
L.Vriqrae             2    6       0   3.000


The Glorious Commune Batting - Second Innings
Name                                       Runs Balls       SR
L.Xadaghi          b. Watt                    9    11   81.818
G.Toqestae         run out (Maclean)          0     0   00.000
M.Qepaesqorrhiae   NOT OUT                  169   336   50.298
I.Zdhurko          c. Gibson b. Watt         25    59   42.373
X.Kiđyk            NOT OUT                   87   172   50.581
L.Vriqrae          did not bat 
D.Psiqi            did not bat
O.Kiđyk            did not bat
E.Lhuumkhent       did not bat
O.Hsalkys          did not bat
D.Sigismundovik    did not bat
                   (Extras - 4b, 2w)          6

The Licentian Isles Bowling - Second Innings
Name        Overs Runs Wickets Economy
C.Watt         26   73       2   2.808
S.Gibson       20   66       0   3.300
F.Reid         16   45       0   2.813
C.Reilly       12   38       0   3.167
M.Clark      10.2   34       0   3.290
N.Marshall      8   25       0   3.125
E.Aitken        4   15       0   3.750

[Liventia]

Gruenberg in Liventia Test series — First Test (Test no. 373)
Played at Island Cricket Arena, Schimpol
Liventia v Gruenberg
Liventia won the toss and elected to field first
Match drawn
Man of the match: YTQQZK Naroadnig (Gruenberg)

Gruenberg 1st innings
Batsman								 R   B  4s  6s   SR
PA Deisler		lbw b Adams				 5  12   1   0   41.67
PEE Hrrrg		c Geach b Adams				70  78  10   0   89.74
YTQQZK Naroadnig	c †Finney b Sinclair			 8  15   1   0   53.33
BL Enchante		c †Finney b Sinclair			 0   2   0   0    0.00
ZGK Hengtridan*		c Kerr b Adams				19  28   4   0   67.85
NWWUM Likkilai		b DM Quinn				15  43   2   0   34.89
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon	c †Finney b DM Quinn			49  72   8   0   68.05
ST Juffwump		b Geach					 9  25   1   0   36.00
SBP Turvuaednes†	b Lewis					27  23   3   1  117.39
DB Yeg			c Stewart b DM Quinn			34  24   6   1  141.67
PPPPPP Uglaxx		not out					13  19   1   0   68.42
  EXTRAS		(4lb, 2wd, 1nb)				 7
  TOTAL			all out				       256 (56.4 ov; 4.52 rpo)

FoW 1/7 Deisler 3.3, 2/41 Naroadnig 9.1, 3/41 Enchante 9.3, 4/81 Hengtridan 17.2,
5/120 Hrrrg 29.3, 6/128 Likkilai 30.1, 7/168 Juffwump 40.5, 8/205 Turvuaednes 49.2,
9/209 Telliflikkiflarknon 50.2, 10/256 Yeg 56.4

Liventia bowling
Bowler			Ov   M   R   W   Econ  Ext
MC Geach		13   3  65   1   5.00
JPK Adams		13   0  68   3   5.23
DM Quinn		16.4 0  63   3   3.78  (1nb, 1wd)
BC Sinclair		 9   2  32   2   3.56
DM Lewis		 5   0  24   1   4.80

Liventia 1st innings
Batsman								 R   B  4s  6s   SR
JCA Quinn		c Enchante b Telliflikkiflarknon	19  38   2   0   50.00
MA Finney*†		c & b Uglaxx				29  58   1   0   50.00
DA Hennessey		c Juffwump b Telliflikkiflarknon	50  96   9   0   52.08
DM Lewis		c †Turvuaednes b Uglaxx			92 234   8   0   39.31
OH Kerr			c †Turvuaednes b Naroadnig	       143 240  17   1   59.58
FJW Stewart		c Telliflikkiflarknon b Naroadnig	35  63   3   1   55.56
MJ Westley		c Uglaxx b Yeg				17  18   3   0   94.45
BC Sinclair		c Enchante b Naroadnig			 6  12   1   0   50.00
MC Geach		lbw b Naroadnig				 0   1   0   0    0.00
DM Quinn		c Telliflikkiflarknon b Naroadnig	19  19   1   1  100.00
JPK Adams		not out					 0   2   0   0    0.00
  EXTRAS		(2b, 5lb, 1nb)				 8
  TOTAL			all out				       418 (130.0 ov; 3.22 rpo)

FoW 1/34 JCA Quinn 10.2, 2/75 Finney 23.2, 3/115 Hennessey 40.4, 4/295 Lewis 99.5,
5/367 Stewart 117.2, 6/389 Westley 122.5, 7/396 Sinclair 125.1, 8/396 Geach 125.2,
9/415 Kerr 129.2, 10/418 DM Quinn 129.6

Gruenberg bowling
Bowler			Ov   M   R   W   Econ  Ext
DB Yeg			24   3  81   1   3.38
PPPPPP Uglaxx		22   4  73   2   3.32
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon	40  12 104   2   2.60  (1nb)
ST Juffwump		21   7  56   0   2.67
YTQQZK Naroadnig	20   3  80   5   4.00
BL Enchante		 3   1  17   0   5.67

Gruenberg 2nd innings
Batsman								 R   B  4s  6s   SR
PA Deisler		c & b DM Quinn				27  44   3   0   61.36
PEE Hrrrg		c JCA Quinn b DM Quinn			47  41   6   0  114.63
YTQQZK Naroadnig	c Geach b DM Quinn		       230 438  23   1   52.51
BL Enchante		c †Finney b DM Quinn			 1   6   0   0   16.67
ZGK Hengtridan*		run out (Adams/Sinclair/†Finney)	 2   7   0   0   28.57
NWWUM Likkilai		c †Finney b DM Quinn		       148 282  18   0   52.48
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon	c Hennessey b Lewis			31  52   6   0   59.61
ST Juffwump		c Sinclair b Lewis			11  30   1   0   36.67
SBP Turvuaednes†	lbw b Sinclair				12  44   1   0   27.27
DB Yeg			c & b Sinclair				 1  13   0   0    7.69
PPPPPP Uglaxx		not out					 4   6   1   0   66.67
  EXTRAS		(4b, 2lb, 2wd, 2nb)			10
  TOTAL			all out				       524 (160.1 ov; 3.27 rpo)

FoW 1/66 Deisler 11.6, 2/81 Hrrrg 15.4, 3/83 Enchante 19.1, 4/85 Hengtridan 20.3,
5/388 Likkilai 114.2, 6/447 Telliflikkiflarknon 129.3, 7/469 Juffwump 137.5, 8/510 Turvuaednes 151.5,
9/518 Yeg 157.5, 10/524 Naroadnig 160.1

Liventia bowling
Bowler			Ov   M   R   W   Econ  Ext
MC Geach		40  13 106   0   2.65  (1nb, 1wd)
JPK Adams		23   7  72   0   3.13
DM Quinn		27.1 3 115   5   4.23  (1nb, 1wd)
BC Sinclair		44   8 147   2   3.34
DM Lewis		16   3  59   2   3.69
OH Kerr			 9   2  15   0   1.67
FJW Stewart		 1   0   4   0   4.00

Liventia 2nd innings (target 363 runs)
Batsman								 R   B  4s  6s   SR
JCA Quinn		not out					92 245   4   0   37.55
MA Finney*†		run out (Naroadnig)			17  17   2   0  100.00
DA Hennessey		b Uglaxx				 0  19   0   0    0.00
DM Lewis		c Juffwump b Yeg			 5  22   1   0   22.72
OH Kerr			run out (Enchante/†Turvuaednes)		15  49   2   0   30.61
FJW Stewart		run out (Naroadnig)			86  93   6   4   92.47
MJ Westley		c & b Naroadnig				 0   2   0   0    0.00
BC Sinclair		not out					 5  22   1   0   22.73
  EXTRAS		(10b, 8lb, 5wd, 3nb)			26
  TOTAL			for 6 wickets			       246 (78.4 ov; 3.13 rpo)
Did not bat MC Geach, DM Quinn, JPK Adams

FoW 1/22 Finney 5.5, 2/28 Hennessey 11.6, 3/36 Lewis 19.4, 4/72 Kerr 38.1, 5/225 Stewart 67.5,
6/233 Westley 69.1

Gruenberg bowling
Bowler			Ov   M   R   W   Econ  Ext
DB Yeg			19   9  43   1   2.26
PPPPPP Uglaxx		14   2  50   1   3.57  (3wd)
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon	13   1  39   0   3.00  (3nb, 1wd)
ST Juffwump		19   4  50   0   2.63
YTQQZK Naroadnig	12.4 2  46   1   3.63

Series Four-match series level at 0–0 (1 drawn)

Player		 M  I NO Runs   HS    Avrg  100  50  4s  6s  Ct/S	Overs  Mdn  Runs   W  Avrg   BBI    BBM    Econ  4w 5w 10m
JPK Adams	 5  6  4   16   10*   8.00            0   0   2		143.5   27   500  14  35.71  5/32   7/81   3.48      1
LM Bérard	 1  1  0    0    0    0.00            0   0   0		 40.0    8    87   2  43.50  2/86   2/86   2.18
AJ Cunningham	 4  6  1  495  254   99.00    2   1  55   1   1
MA Finney	 5  9  1  357  103*  44.63    1   3  40   0  22/2
MC Geach	 5  7  1   57   22*   9.50            4   0   2		209.2   52   617  19  32.47  4/27   6/57   2.95   1
DA Hennessey	 5  8  0  434  143   54.25    1   3  49   1   2
DM Lewis	 4  6  1  158   92   31.60        1  15   0   0		 75.4    9   248   9  27.56  3/93   4/105  3.28
TD Jonsson	 3  5  0  132   54   26.40        1  18   2   1
OH Kerr		 4  7  2  367  143   73.40    1   1  48   3   3		 54.0    9   181   2  90.50  1/79   1/79   3.35
DM Quinn	 5  6  1   58   19   11.60            4   1   3		228.1   46   709  31  22.87  6/87   9/223  3.11      3
JCA Quinn	 5  9  1  425  155   53.13    1   3  32   0   7
DR Ryan		 1  2  0    8    8    4.00            2   0   0		 29.0    4    95   1  95.00  1/47   1/95   3.28
BC Sinclair	 1  2  1   11    6   11.00            2   0   2		 53.0   10   179   4  44.75  2/32   4/179  3.38
FJW Stewart	 2  3  0  210   89   70.00        2  18   7   1		  1.0    0     4   0                       4.00
STS Watting	 2  3  1   65   51*  32.50        1   8   0   1		 11.0    4    25   0                       2.27
MJ Westley	 3  5  0  117   64   23.40        1  16   0   3
WWR Ashworth
BR Broome
KSM Christensen
GP Goudreau

[Gruenberg]

Article posted on the GruenCric website.

Naroadnig wins match award

Yeepratturthatturammurhammurhelion "Yeepers" Naroadnig won the match award in the First Test between Gruenberg and Liventia at the scenic Island Cricket Arena in Schimpol, perhaps for having the best beard. Naroadnig's magnificent, coal black, chest-length beard has frequently won praise and adulation, with a minor cult of heterodox Wenaist thought ascribing it with religious significance. Even a helmet worn while batting or squatting at short leg could not constrain the imperious flow of the majestic cascade of facial hair, luxuriant and soft, yet with a hint of dark, untamed virility and vigour to it. A true all-rounder, Naroadnig's beard was accompanied by long, carefully groomed whiskers.

Senior officials blamed Gruenberg's defeat in the Third Test against Darmen in large part to the absence of all-rounder Willan Pinnex, and more particularly his impressive beard, which frequently inspired the team to victory. Now, though, it appears Naroadnig is ready to take on the mantle of the team's beardmaster-general, his locks blowing lightly in the cross-breeze that provided attractive drift for the spinners in a draw that see-sawed back and forth, but was ultimately settled with the shake of hands late on the fifth day.

Captain Zambuimmi Hentridan was full of praise. "Yeepers's beard is really special. There were times, when Liventia's lead was moving past three figures, when I didn't know what to do. But then I would just turn, and see that beard." Hengtridan broke off for several minutes, staring into the middle-distance in awed silence, before concluding in hushed tones: "It was like divine inspiration." Seam bowler iiPriyuff Uglaxx, who is expected to become the first Gruenberg seamer to take 100 wickets during the Second Test, was critical of star batsman Benny Enchante's performance: "Benny has that sort of 'designer stubble' look, you know? It's stupid. Compare that to Yeepers's full-bodied beard. Now that's what you want to see when you're running in with the second new ball."

Unrelatedly, Naroadnig also scored a double century and took six wickets.

[Darmen]

Match Report: Nexxus Drako in Darmen
Nexxus Drako bat first
Nexxus Drako 219 (65.0 overs), 190 (83.0 overs)
Darmen 267 (76.4 overs), 144/2 (45.2 overs)
Darmen win by 8 wickets

Nexxus Drako First Innings
                                    Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
J. Janvey    lbw b Hanegan          34   52    3   1    65.38
H. Bradmen   b Johnson              30   56    2   0    53.57
D. War       st Apperlo b Johnson    6    5    1   0   120.00
Y. Lee       b Marino               67   99    7   1    67.67
S. Gillkrest c Méndez b Snyder      27   65    3   0    41.53
J. Tymplr    b Johnson              19   55    3   0    34.54
E. Jakob     c Bradley b Descoteaux  4    6    1   0    66.66
S. MacGrah   lbw b Marino           10   17    1   0    58.82
L. Dunken    lbw b Johnson           5   18    0   0    27.77
N. Sumnar    c van Pey b Descoteaux 12   10    2   0   120.00
P. Jones     Not Out                 3    7    0   0    42.85
Extras       (nb 2)                  2

           Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Johnson    15    3       50   4
Hanegan    12    1       48   1
Snyder     13    3       46   1
Marino     15    1       52   2
Descoteaux 10    2       23   2

Darmen First Innings
                                    Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
G. Mandelbaum c Jones b Jakob       122  236   13  1    51.69
U. Méndez     c War b MacGrah        29   57    3  1    50.87
F. Bradley    lbw b Jones             0    1    0  0     0.00
R. Hébert     c Janvey b Dunken      15   35    2  0    42.85
H. van Pey    c Bradmen b Dunken      9   23    2  0    39.13
D. Apperlo    c Janvey b Jones       26   42    3  1    61.90
M. Johnson    run out (Lee)          30   20    3  1   150.00
O. Descoteaux c Gillkrist b Sumnar   16   25    2  0    64.00
I. Snyder     Not Out                 3    8    0  0    37.50
B. Marino     lbw b Sumnar            7    9    0  1    77.77
C. Hanegan    c War b Dunken          3    3    0  0   100.00
Extras        (b 4, nb 2, w 1)        7

        Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Jones   16.4  1       57   2
Sumnar  18    1       44   2
Dunken  18    1       61   3
MacGrah 13    0       49   1
Jakob   11    0       52   1

Nexxus Drako Second Innings
                                    Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
J. Janvey    c Descoteaux b Johnson 54   142   6   0   38.02
H. Bradmen   c Bradley b Marino      9    25   0   0   36.00
D. War       c van Pey b Johnson    14    38   1   0   36.84
Y. Lee       c van Pey b Hanegan    22    62   0   1   35.48
S. Gillkrest c Mandelbaum b Johnson  6    19   0   0   31.57
J. Tymplr    c van Pey b Marino     13    28   2   0   46.42
E. Jakob     lbw b Johnson           7    26   0   0   26.92
S. MacGrah   c Méndez b Marino      20    43   2   0   46.51
L. Dunken    c Hébert b Hanegan     11    36   0   0   30.55
N. Sumnar    Not Out                13    35   0   1   37.14
P. Jones     lbw b Johnson          10    41   0   0   24.39
Extras       (w 6, lb 3)             9

           Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Johnson    20    3       51   5
Hanegan    18    1       33   2
Snyder     16    0       30   0
Marino     16    2       42   3
Descoteaux 13    0       31   0

Darmen Second Innings
                                    Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
G. Mandelbaum Not Out               67   129   3   2   51.93
U. Méndez     lbw b Dunken          23    48   2   0   47.91
F. Bradley    c War b Sumnar        13    35   0   1   37.14
R. Hébert     Not Out               40    60   4   1   66.66
H. van Pey    Did Not Bat
D. Apperlo    Did Not Bat
M. Johnson    Did Not Bat
O. Descoteaux Did Not Bat
I. Snyder     Did Not Bat
B. Marino     Did Not Bat
C. Hanegan    Did Not Bat
Extras        (w 1)                  1

        Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Jones   10    1       34   0
Sumnar  12    0       42   1
Dunken  12    0       31   1
MacGrah  6    1       25   0
Jakob    5.2  2       12   0

[Nexxus Drako]

The Nexxus Drako Age

Test Cricket Update
Author: Sports Chief Kent Joseph

Test Cricket, not the most popular sport in Nexxus Drako, but still quite popular nonetheless. Although to the casual observer, Jym Tymplr seems to be our great and esteemed leader but alas, the leader and the cricketer are not related.

We recently played against Darmen on their turf, in which we lost by 8 wickets after posting quite low scores compared to them. We are technically still Candidates, but a good performance against Darmen in the second test will cement our status as Associate Members.

We have some preliminary statistics coming out of Darmen, but our copy has a slight error where the score for our second innings doesn't match up to our batting stats. This should be fixed either soon, or as I write this.

Anyway, we are losing the series 1-0, and we'll be looking to avoid a whitewash. Meanwhile, plans are already moving ahead to bring Associate Member Jeckland to our home turf, but at the moment, said plans are in their infancy.

[Chelta]

Match Report: Chelta in Wray
Wray bat first
Wray 426 (127.2 overs), 240/4 (88.4 overs)
Chelta 635 (187.0 overs)
Drawn

Wray 1st Innings
Batsman           Out          Bowler        Runs  Balls
McCaughey                      b Donoghue      51    100
Colt              c †Goss      b Werren        25     40
Sterne            lbw          b Donoghue     128    220
Mitchell          lbw          b Madison       28     76
Macallister       not out                     132    226      
Keillher                       b Donoghue       0      1                   
Stacey†           c Sullivan   b Werren         9     24                                                            
Storm             c †Goss      b May           25     49                                 
Matthews          lbw          b May            6     15
Bennett                        b Donoghue       4     12
Aguando           c Waight     b Donoghue       0      1
EXTRAS: 19 (10b, 4lb, 3nb, 1wd)
TOTAL: 426 (127.2)

Fall of wickets: 1/42 (Colt 12.3), 2/98 (McCaughey 29.1), 3/175 (Mitchell 58.3), 4/309 (Sterne 90.4), 
5/309 (Keillher 90.5), 6/334 (Stacey 100.1), 7/388 (Storm 116.3), 8/402 (Matthews 121.0), 
9/426 (Bennett 127.1), 10/426 (Aguando 127.2)

Bowler        O    M     R    W    Econ
Birt       26.0    5    89    0    3.42
Donoghue   22.2    5    67    5    3.00
Werren     24.0    6    69    2    2.88
May        32.0    8    98    2    3.06      
Madison    13.0    6    42    1    3.23
Sullivan    6.0    0    25    0    4.17
Waight      6.0    0    24    0    4.00

Chelta 1st innings
Batsman           Out          Bowler        Runs  Balls
Walters           c †Stacey    b Storm          8      9
Blainey           c Colt       b Storm         12     26
Macnair                        b Bennett       12     25     
Waight            not out                     308    534
Sullivan          c Sterne     b Matthews     135    234 
Madison           lbw          b Aguando       54     93
Goss†             c †Stacey    b Storm          8     10                        
Donoghue                       b Matthews      70    169
Birt              c Sterne     b Bennett        4     10
May               c &          b Matthews       0     10                   
Werren                         b Matthews       0      2                       
EXTRAS: 24 (12b, 7lb, 2nb, 3wd)
TOTAL: 635 (187.0)

Fall of wickets: 1/12 (Walters 3.1), 2/29 (Blainey 8.4), 3/37 (Macnair 11.1), 4/317 (Sullivan 89.0), 
5/425 (Madison 119.5), 6/439 (Goss 125.1), 7/601 (Donoghue 178.3), 8/620 (Birt 183.2), 
9/635 (May 186.4), 10/635 (Werren 187.0)

Bowler          O    M     R    W    Econ
Storm        28.0    6    82    3    2.93
Bennett      27.0    5    85    2    3.15      
Matthews     35.0    9   113    4    3.23
Keillher     24.0    3    85    0    3.54
Aguando      40.0    9   131    1    3.28
Macallister  20.0    2    71    0    3.55
Colt          8.0    0    30    0    3.75
McCaughey     5.0    0    19    0    3.80

Wray 2nd Innings
Batsman           Out          Bowler        Runs  Balls
McCaughey         c †Goss      b May           55    130
Colt              c †Goss      b Werren       103    176
Sterne            not out                      42    120
Mitchell          lbw          b May           20     73
Macallister       c Waight     b May            0      1      
Keillher          not out                       9     32                   
Stacey†           dnb                                                            
Storm             dnb                                 
Matthews          dnb
Bennett           dnb
Aguando           dnb
EXTRAS: 11 (1nb, 6b, 2lb, 1wd)
TOTAL: 4/240 (88.4)

Fall of wickets: 1/148 (McCaughey 45.4), 2/176 (Colt 55.2), 3/222 (Mitchell 79.1), 4/222 (Macallister 79.2)

Bowler        O    M     R    W    Econ
Birt       14.0    3    45    0    3.21
Donoghue   21.0    7    67    0    3.19
Werren     19.0    7    47    1    2.47
May        22.4   12    21    3    0.93      
Madison     6.0    0    18    0    3.00
Sullivan    8.0    0    26    0    3.25
Waight      3.0    0     9    0    3.00

[Gruenberg]

The Gruenberger Chronicle
Part of the Polar Picayune Media Group

Both teams may have considered themselves fortunate to escape with a draw from the First Test at the Island Cricket Arena after a blorr-blorring* match saw Gruenberg conceding a 162 run first innings deficit, before coming back thanks to record triple century partnership for the fifth wicket of their second innings between Yeepers Naroadnig, who made his Test score of 230, and maiden Test centurion Nernoiks Likkilai, who made 148. 363 on the final day of a difficult pitch was never a realistic proposition for Liventia and some chaotic running between the wickets briefly threatened something extraordinary when Gruenberg reduced Liventia to 72-4, but James Quinn and Will Stewart took the hosts impassively to safety.

Max Finney's decision to bowl first on a pitch likely to break up was surprising, but his seamers justified it magnificently, while Gruenberg contributed to their own demise by batting with an unneeded haste: despite scoring at over 4.5 runs per over, they made only 256 as they were bowled out before tea. Plopples Hrrrg, with an out-of-character 70 off 78, was the beneficiary of the Liventian short ball tactics, presumably aimed at dislodging Benny Enchante and Pitkin Deisler. Both batsmen failed twice in the match, Enchante in particularly appalling fashion in the second innings, tamely edging spinner Daniel Quinn off a horrible swipe after being struck on the body twice by the pacy Jonathan Adams in the previous over.

But that same length fed Hrrrg's natural strengths of the cut and pull while avoiding testing him on the front foot, and a man with a career strike rate of under 40 ended up leading the team attacking counterthrust. His failure to convert his starts, however, leaves questions over his place lingering. The remainder of the runs came from Azzawozzawoowizzbitz Telliflikkiflarknon, with an edgy and fortunate 49, backing away to the seamers and slashing across the line needlessly in sight of his half-century, and a last wicket stand of 45 in 6 overs of entertaining tail end slogging from Dervin Yeg and iiPriyuff Uglaxx.

In response, Gruenberg's seamers were unable to find the same seam movement and pace off the pitch, while Liventia's batsmen showed more solidity. Most worryingly, they played Sprantothan Juffwump with ease: he looked a much tamer proposition outside of the Gruenberger subcontinent and finished the match wicketless from 40 overs. Uglaxx missed much of the second day after hurting his knee fielding, and Telliflikkiflarknon was bowled into the ground with a career high 40 overs, his return of 2-104 underwhelming. Naroadnig, called on to bowl to the Liventian right handers while Juffwump struggled, claimed a maiden career five for. For Liventia, the star was Ollie Kerr, a familiar sight to the Gruenberger players after his GPL stint, who put in 180 with Duncan Lewis: Lewis fell for 92, but Kerr went on to make a dominating 143 that looked to have set up a winning position.

Hrrrg then propelled another flying start, the scoreboard briefly crediting his innings to Deisler as confusion reigned, but his aggression got the better of him once Daniel Quinn entered the fray, the seamers having been hit out of the attack. Quinn, one of the players of the season in the GPL, vastly outbowled Juffwump through the match, and threw into question the traditional assumption that spin posed no threat to Gruenberger batsmen. Deisler chipped a return catch to him, brother James took an excellent slip catch to deny Hrrrg a half-century, a panicked Enchante flapped an edge, and then Hengtridan's needless run-out spelled doom, at 85-4.

The recovery from there was remarkable, Naroadnig and Likkilai batting virtually an entire day. Both survived chances early in their innings - Naroadnig dropped at second slip, Likkilai top-edging a sweep that landed between three fielders none of whom appeared interested in catching it - but both put those reprieves behind them to bat with an application that put the more high profile batsmen to shame. For Naroadnig, long considered a home track bully, the innings was important, pushing his career average back past 50 and meaning he now has more Test centuries than even Enchante; for Likkilai, it was absolutely career-defining, having kept his place only by his fingernails for this match. Both eventually fell to Quinn, but only having long since made the game safe for Gruenberg.

Chastened by 160 overs in the field, Liventia appeared intent only on surviving for a draw, with no hope of chasing 363 on a deteriorating pitch. Gruenberg bowled poorly, but shambolic running gifted them a hint of a chance, Finney caught short from point and Kerr smartly run out by Enchante, flicking the ball back to Turvuaednes from slip as Kerr attempted to regain his ground to Juffwump. Uglaxx accounted for Hennessey after a torturous 19 ball duck, clearly struggling to contain his natural attacking instinct, and Lewis hit a stinging chance straight to cover. Will Stewart then briefly revived hopes of something improbably with a breezy 86, but James Quinn at the other end looked set on resolute defence, and a poorly judged single for another run-out ended any chance of a result as the game petered out to the scene of Naroadnig bowling darts outside Quinn's legs.

An unchanged side is expected for the next Test, but Gruenberg will want to put in a more consistent performance. In particular, Deisler and Enchante have to find a way of dealing with the short ball, whether through attack like Hrrrg or robust defence like Naroadnig; and Juffwump, bowling on pitches that don't offer the turn of his home surfaces, produce more attacking variation if he is to trouble Liventian batsmen who have now played a number of matches against him.
* A blorr-blorr is a traditional Gruenberger child's toy, similar to a see-saw, but usually used for balancing toy goats of different sizes.

[Darmen]

Darmen win first Test, could win series with victory or draw
Johnson takes 9 wickets, Mandelbaum scores 189

In front of a capacity crowd on all four days of action, Darmen defeated Nexxus Drako in their first ever meeting by eight wickets. The 15,000 or so fans at the Capital Oval went wild early on in the fourth day when Robbe Hébert sent an Etwrd Jakob delivery into the stands for six and a Darmeni victory at home.

After winning the toss, Darmen chose to field first, a decision which appeared to be the wrong one until Matthew Johnson took the first wicket of the day 13.5 overs into the match. The rest of the innings passed uneventfully for Nexxus Drako, with the sole exception of Yvette Lee's half century of 67 off 99. In terms of Darmen's bowling however, the innings was filled with excitement, as Johnson would take three more wickets, and both Bysshe Marino and Ofydd Descoteaux took two of their own.

Darmen would then take their turn batting, and things started off very well. Mandelbaum and Méndez combined for 65 before Méndez hit a high towering shot that Donald War caught easily. Mandelbaum would remain in the middle for the entire innings, scoring 122 off of 236, evenually having to leave after a scoop shot went straight to Peta Jones in the outfield.

With a lead of 48 runs heading into Nexxus Drako's second innings, victory was far from assured. But after Johnson forced Jake Janvey into a bad shot that Dexcoteaux was able to collect, Nexxus Drako was unable to recover, and Darmen would only need 142 runs, and would have over two days to get there. Darmen didn't even need more than a day, as Darmen raked in 144 in just 45.2 overs, at a rate of 3.18 runs per over. Mandelbaum would score 67 runs not out in his second innings, adding a half century to his first innings century.

Fionntan Bradley struggled batting, recording a duck in his first innings and scoring only 13 off of 35 in his second. Bradley will be replaced by Austyn Kimberly for the final match against Nexxus Drako. The only other change for that match will be in the bowling attack, as Iudocus Snyder will be replaced by Alger Díaz, as Snyder has been complaining of tightness in his hand.

[Wray]

State of Play
A man. Sports. Booze.

Day 1

OK, back home. Liventia had been a bit of a misadventure, sure, we won a game, but we got routed in two tests and were generally poor. But now we were back on our home track, against a new side we hadn't played before, Chelta. They'd come off a 1-0 victory of The Nihilistic View, so were about in as good as touch as we were, but had the 'momentum' of a series victory.

Sterne and the selectors had decided not to make any changes, and yeah, it seemed like a reasonable idea. The 12th man in the squad was untested tweaker Jonathan Perry, so it seemed logical to keep everything in place. Sterne won the toss and decided to bat. A perfectly reasonable choice, it was sunny, not too green and the weather looked great for the foreseeable future. I love Wrayian Summers: never too hot, but always sunny. Not like the winters when the wind and rain howls in off the Holander sea and it's genuinely s**t.

Ed McCaughey and Jackson Colt did the usual thing: play themselves in, except for once it seemed like Colt wasn't going to drive uppishly to extra-cover for just 6. But instead he did it for 25. And it was an edge, not a drive. And the keeper took it, not the extra-cover fielder. McCaughey passed his 4th Test Fifty just before lunch, and we went on 98/1, pretty decent considering our starts before hadn't been pretty good.

Amy wasn't with me, she had stayed on in Liventia to work after we hit all four Test Matches, so I caught up with some old cricket and school friends: Matt Lewis, who was the young plucky Lower Six leggie who almost usurped me after I got carted about in a game against Belford School, who had gone on to play club cricket at South Cartersburg, where I regularly frequent the bar (and occasionally the wicket for the 5th XI) & Chris Teller, who wrote cricket for the National Reporter, which was pretty much the biggest sporting journalism spot in the entire country. We spent the lunch break (and truth be told, a part of the Afternoon session) in the Media Centre Free Room (a place where journos can drink without having to mix with 20,000 spectators). There was plenty of catching up, and plenty of beer flowing, and as a result, I was less pissed off when Ed McCaughey lost his wicket, victim to a sneaky in-shuffler from Harry Donoghue. Mitchell fell midway through the session, lbw to Rupert Madison, a pretty controversial decision as I'm convinced he nicked it before it hit his pad.

Ashton Macallister joined Simon Sterne at the crease, and began to build arguably the greatest partnership in Wray's brief test history. Sterne's innings was practically faultless, with his bat seemingly all middle, and his footwork was perfect. He made Cheltan Leg-Spinner like a pie-chucker, and his cover drive off Stuart Werren was probably the best cricket shot I'd ever seen (except for maybe my leg-side flick in 5th (Ages 13-14 in Senior School)). He passed his century shortly before the close to rapturous applause from the Oval faithful. He'd been a bit out of sorts recently, but this innings reconfirmed him as one of the world's best batting talents. Meanwhile Ashton was quietly accumulating a decent knock of his own, passing fifty before Sterne's landmark, and in a reasonably quick time too, just 67 balls. Wray closed on

After the day's play, I retreated to a personal favourite local drinking establishment, where I conversed with fans on the pros and cons of playing Ashton Macallister as the fifth seamer and whether the current treatment of wickets in the Regional Competition was positive to the game. Yes, it wasn't the big city glamour of Orean or Dover in Liventia, the raw cricket passion of Gruenberg (which, by the way, I am super looking for to going to with Amy) or even the grandeur of the ACG, but it was my home. And it was bloody good.

Day 2

Day 2 was much the same as Day 1 weather wise, sunny, with just a hint of a southerly breeze blowing off the mountains: perfect cricketing weather. Sterne and Macallister came back in unbeaten, the captain on 103* and Macallister on 52*, and Wray on 266/3. The pair were cautious at first, playing out three maidens, which included a pretty solid LBW shout from Werren against Sterne, but the umpires denied it, I honestly thought it was out; I couldn't see what was wrong with it.

Sterne did fall shortly afterwards however, and it was LBW, except this time it was Harry Donoghue who got one to scoot on low past his bat and into his pad. It was 100% plumb and Sterne was on his way back for 128. 309/4, and a pretty

Jason Keillher came out.

And promptly went back again.

Argh.

He inexplicably tried to launch his first ball over extra-cover, and totally misread the line of the ball, swashing at thin air whilst the ball crashed into the top of off stump. He turned around, clueless, as the Cheltans celebrated around him. He lumbered back to the pavilion, helmet off, and promptly deposited his bat into an unoccupied area of seating right by the steps to the dressing rooms, where an alert steward managed to get to it before a bunch of teenage cricket fanatics could jump on it.

Stacey's lean run continued after starting well: stroking a beautiful back-foot cut off May and generally looking comfortable at the crease. That was until he played a quite un-Stacey-like shot, a slog-pull shot thing which picked out Ernie Sullivan at midwicket for just 9. Distinctly disappointing, but no-one dared mention the D word* as he went back for yet another poor score. Jackson Storm came out and did the usual thing: play some good strokes but keep that aura that he didn't really know what he was doing. He trundled his way to 25, before being beaten by the leg-spinner's googly and nicked through to keeper Donald Goss. May quickly dealt with Blake Matthews, whilst Donoguhe bowled a ripper to get rid of every single one of Craig Bennett's stumps. Literally, every single one. Off, middle and leg. Aguando fell the very next ball, wrapping up Wray fora handy 426.

*Dropped

[Would do a big one, but I wanna get it in for tomorrow, and I won't have a lot of internet access then]

[Liventia]

Results, Matchweek Six

Match Report: Gruenberg in Liventia
Gruenberg bat first
Gruenberg 434 (144.1 overs), 256 (68.4 overs)
Liventia 612 (183.0 overs), 55/2 (13.0 overs)
Drawn

Match Report: Chelta in Wray
Wray bat first
Wray 284 (76.3 overs), 289 (82.0 overs)
Chelta 261 (97.0 overs), 255 (83.0 overs)
Chelta lose by 57 runs

Match Report: The Nihilistic view in Ingla Terra
Ingla Terra bat first
Ingla Terra 161 (57.0 overs), 335 (88.2 overs)
The Nihilistic view 210 (70.4 overs), 287/3 (93.3 overs)
The Nihilistic view win by 7 wickets
Series: The Nihilistic view win 2–0 (1 drawn)

Match Report: Nexxus Drako in Darmen
Nexxus Drako bat first
Nexxus Drako 126 (54.2 overs), 256 (141.1 overs)
Darmen 177 (42.2 overs), 207/4 (80.2 overs)
Darmen win by 6 wickets
Series: Darmen win 2–0

Updated rankings
Only completed series and one-off Tests accounted for.

Full Members
Liventia                  FM  124 (5244/42)
The Nihilistic view       FM  116 (1511/13)
Chelta                    FM  116 (3251/28)
Wray                      FM  113 (1705/15)
Barunia                   FM  113 (1593/14)
Apox                      FM  111 (3553/32)
Ingla Terra               FM   91 (1816/20)
Cyborg Holland            FM   90 (2229/25)
The Licentian Isles       FM   86 (3408/40)
Darmen                    FM   85 (3990/47)
Eura                      FM   83 (1908/23)

Associate Members
Gruenberg		  AS  107 (570/5)
Welsh Cowboy              AS  106 (1022/9)
Jeckland		  AS  106 (450/4)
The Kytler Peninsulae     AS  105 (442/4)
Schiavonia		  AS  105 (441/4)
The Glorious Communes	  AS   92 (252/3)
Tasrailia                 AS   92 (664/8)
Gloriax			  AS   84 (200/3)
Nexxus Drako		  AS   75 (196/4)

After MW7:
Rank updates for The Glorious Commune, Apox, Chelta, Wray.

[Gruenberg]

(Provisional) match details as posted on the GruenCric website.

Gruenberg 434 all out (144.1 overs)
                                                 R    B   4/6
PA Deisler              c Westley   b D Quinn   66 (118)  9/-
PEE Hrrrg                           b Adams      4   (3)  1/-
YTQQZK Naroadnig                    b Adams     47 (127)  5/-
BL Enchante                     lbw b D Quinn   33  (78)  4/-
ZGK Hengtridan*                     b D Quinn    6  (21)  1/-
NWWUM Likkilai                  lbw b Lewis     96 (168) 13/1
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon             b Sinclair  13  (24)  2/-
SBP Turvuaednes+        c Hennessey b Lewis     95 (191) 14/1
ST Juffwump             NOT OUT                 39  (77)  7/-
DB Yeg                          c & b Adams     20  (54)  3/-
PPPPPP Uglaxx           c Finney+   b Lewis      4   (6)  1/-
EXTRAS (5b, 2lb, 2wb, 2nb)                      11

FoW: 1: 6 (Hrrrg, 1.3 overs); 2: 113 (Deisler, 35.5 overs) ; 3: 135 (Naroadnig, 46.3 overs); 4: 156 (Hengtridan, 55.3 overs); 5: 165 (Enchante, 59.1 overs); 6: 184 (Telliflikkiflarknon, 66.6 overs); 7: 345 (Likkilai, 113.1 overs); 8: 396 (Turvuaednes, 127.2 overs); 9: 434 (Yeg, 142.1 overs); 10: 434 (Uglaxx, 144.1 overs)

               O    M    R    W
Geach         24    6   74    0
Adams         26    6   97    3
Sinclair      20    9   47    1
Kerr          14    4   57    0
Stewart        3    2    4    0
D Quinn       35   12   80    3
Lewis         22.1  6   68    3

Liventia 612 all out (183 overs)
                                                    R    B   4/6
JCA Quinn    c Turvuaednes+ b Enchante            100 (206) 13/-
MA Finney*+  c Naroadnig    b Juffwump             44 (109)  5/-
DA Hennessey c Naroadnig    b Juffwump             23  (55)  4/-
DM Lewis     c Enchante     b Juffwump             41  (81)  4/-
OH Kerr      c Hrrrg        b Naroadnig            62 (109)  5/-
FJW Stewart  c Turvuaednes+ b Telliflikkiflarknon 164 (276) 24/-
MJ Westley   c Turvuaednes+ b Uglaxx              108 (188) 12/-
BC Sinclair  c Turvuaednes+ b Uglaxx               20  (35)  1/-
MC Geach     c Naroadnig    b Uglaxx               26  (34)  4/-
DM Quinn     NOT OUT                                1   (4)  -/-
JPK Adams                   b Uglaxx                1   (3)  -/-
EXTRAS (8b, 4lb, 2nb)                              14

FoW: 1: 86 (Finney, 32.3 overs); 2: 132 (Hennessey, 50.5 overs); 3: 199 (J Quinn, 70.4 overs); 4: 240 (Lewis, 78.3 overs); 5: 366 (Kerr, 112.3 overs); 6: 521 (Stewart, 161.6 overs); 7: 555 (Sinclair, 171.3 overs); 8: 605 (Westley, 180.4 overs); 9: 610 (Geach, 182.1 overs); 10: 612 (Adams, 182.6 overs)

                      O    M    R    W
Uglaxx               25    1   92    4
Telliflikkiflarknon  22    4   74    1
Naroadnig            38    8  100    1
Yeg                  15    4   53    0
Juffwump             62    7  197    3
Enchante             21    2   84    1

Gruenberg 256 all out (68.4 overs)
                                                     R    B   4/6
PA Deisler              c J Quinn   b Geach         60 (111)  9/-
PEE Hrrrg                       lbw b Geach          1  (13)  -/-
YTQQZK Naroadnig                lbw b Geach         22  (40)  3/-
BL Enchante             c Hennessey b Adams          5  (11)  1/-
ZGK Hengtridan*                 lbw b Geach          1  (15)  -/-
NWWUM Likkilai                  c & b Sinclair      13  (23)  2/-
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon c Hennessey b Kerr          97 (123) 14/-
SBP Turvuaednes+        c J Quinn   b Kerr          34  (49)  4/-
ST Juffwump             c Finney+   b Adams          4  (13)  -/-
DB Yeg                  c Lewis     b Quinn          9  (14)  1/-
PPPPPP Uglaxx           NOT OUT                      0   (0)  -/-
EXTRAS (2b, 5lb, 3wb)                               10

FoW: 1: 6 (Hrrrg, 4.1 overs); 2: 48 (Naroadnig, 17.3 overs); 3: 55 (Enchante, 21.2 overs); 4: 63 (Hengtridan, 23.6 overs); 5: 83 (Likkilai, 29.2 overs); 6: 119 (Deisler, 42.3 overs); 7: 218 (Turvuaednes, 59.4 overs); 8: 231 (Juffwump, 63.4 overs); 9: 252 (Telliflikkiflarknon, 67.6 overs); 10: 256 (Yeg, 68.4 overs)

               O    M    R    W
Geach         21    3   65    4
Adams         21    6   66    2
Sinclair      18    1   73    1
D Quinn        4.4  0   20    1
Lewis          1    0    8    0
Kerr           3    0   17    2

Liventia 55-2 (13 overs)
                                                    R    B   4/6
JCA Quinn                   b Uglaxx                6  (15)  1/-
MA Finney*+  c Turvuaednes+ b Telliflikkiflarknon   7  (22)  1/-
DA Hennessey NOT OUT                               24  (17)  2/1
DM Lewis     NOT OUT                               18  (24)  3/-
Did not bat: OH Kerr, FJW Stewart, MJ Westley, BC Sinclair, MC Geach, DM Quinn, JPK Adams
EXTRAS                                              0

FoW: 1: 9 (J Quinn, 5.1 overs); 2: 17 (Finney, 6.6 overs)

                      O    M    R    W
Uglaxx                7    2   28    1
Telliflikkiflarknon   5    0   15    1
Juffwump              1    0   12    0

Day 1
2nd wicket: 50 in 98 balls (Deisler 34, Naroadnig 12)
PA Deisler: 50 in 88 balls, 8x4 (Gruenberg 88-1)
Lunch: Gruenberg 93-1, 29 overs (Deisler 57, Naroadnig 25)
2nd wicket: 100 in 197 balls (Deisler 62, Naroadnig 34)
Tea: Gruenberg 165-5, 59.1 overs (Likkilai 2)
7th wicket: 50 in 72 balls (Likkilai 26, Turvuaednes 24)
New ball taken after 80.0 overs (Gruenberg 235-6)
Close of play: Gruenberg 263-6, 90 overs (Likkilai 46, Turvuaednes 41)
Day 2
NWWUM Likkilai: 50 in 96 balls, 6x4 1x6 (Gruenberg 267-6)
7th wicket: 100 in 175 balls (Likkilai 55, Turvuaednes 45)
SBP Turvuaednes: 50 in 106 balls, 9x4 (Gruenberg 292-6)
7th wicket: 150 in 263 balls (Likkilai 83, Turvuaednes 66)
Lunch: Gruenberg 353-7, 118 overs (Turvuaednes 71, Juffwump 7)
8th wicket: 50 in 83 balls (Juffwump 26, Turvuaednes 25)
Tea taken at change of innings
1st wicket: 50 in 107 balls (Finney 25, J Quinn 24)
Close of play: Liventia 84-0, 30 overs (Finney 43, J Quinn 40)
Day 3
JCA Quinn: 50 in 123 balls, 6x4 (Liventia 107-1)
Lunch: Liventia 159-2, 60 overs (J Quinn 74, Lewis 11)
3rd wicket: 50 in 101 balls (J Quinn 28, Lewis 20)
JCA Quinn: 100 in 205 balls, 13x4 (Liventia 196-2)
New ball taken at 84.0 overs (Liventia 256-4)
Tea: Liventia 275-4, 90 overs (Kerr 39, Stewart 21)
5th wicket: 50 in 95 balls (Stewart 32, Kerr 18)
FJW Stewart: 50 in 66 balls, 9x4 (Liventia 318-4)
OH Kerr: 50 in 86 balls, 5x4 (Liventia 319-4)
5th wicket: 100 in 168 balls (Stewart 67, Kerr 30)
Close of play: Liventia 387-5, 118 overs (Stewart 89, Westley 17)
in 5)
Day 4
FJW Stewart: 100 in 166 balls, 16x4 (Liventia 411-5)
6th wicket: 50 in 95 balls (Westley 34, Stewart 18)
MJ Westley: 50 in 73 balls, 6x4 (Liventia 447-5)
6th wicket: 100 in 176 balls (Westley 56, Stewart 42)
Lunch: Liventia 479-5, 147 overs (Stewart 131, Westley 64)
FJW Stewart: 150 in 250 balls, 21x4 (Liventia 503-5)
6th wicket: 150 in 291 balls (Stewart 75, Westley 72)
Tea: Liventia 584-7, 177 overs (Westley 97, Geach 19)
MJ Westley: 100 in 181 balls, 11x4 (Liventia 593-7)
8th wicket: 50 in 51 balls (Geach 29, Westley 21)
New ball taken at 180.4 overs (Liventia 605-8)
Close of play: Gruenberg 26-1, 13 overs (Deisler 13, Naroadnig 8)
Day 5
Rain stopped play: Gruenberg 79-4, 27.2 overs (Deisler 34, Likkilai 13)
Lunch taken during rain delay
PA Deisler: 50 in 95 balls, 7x4 (Gruenberg 109-5)
Rain stopped play: Gruenberg 139-6, 48.5 overs (Telliflikkiflarknon 21, Turvuaednes 11)
7th wicket: 50 in 65 balls (Telliflikkiflarknon 25, Turvuaednes 21)
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon: 50 in 84 balls, 6x4 (Gruenberg 191-6)
Rain stopped play: Gruenberg 252-9, 68 overs (Yeg 5)
Tea taken during rain delay
Rain stopped play: Liventia 30-2, 10.2 overs (Hennessey 10, Lewis 8)
Rain stopped play: Liventia 55-2, 13 overs (Hennessey 24, Lewis 18)

Match result: Match drawn
Match award: TBA

[Gruenberg]

Articles posted on the GruenCric website.

Gruenberg saved by late downpour

After four days of glorious sunshine that had baked the WT Stadium pitch flatter than a kuptino*, two storms shook a dull Test to life and briefly threatened Gruenberg with a dispiriting defeat: the first storm, in the form of Matt Geach, underfiring thus far in the series, ripped out their top order on a featherbed pitch where their own seamers had struggled to pose any sort of threat; the second, in the form of the rain that had earlier in the week washed out Liventia's planned warm-up match against their Tigers reserve team, ultimately proved decisive, denying Liventia an astonishing victory and saving, briefly, Gruenberg's blushes.

The final scenes of the fifth day saw Dylan Hennessey and Duncan Lewis hitting iiPriyuff Uglaxx and Sprantothan Juffwump to all parts as they tried to chase down the 79 needed for victory before the rain returned, only to be hauled off for a fourth time by the umpires on a rain-interrupted day. Gruenberg's players watched their salvation pouring from the skies in a deluge that spared them, but did little to hide how poor they had been for much of the Test.

The match saw six 95+ scores, three converted to centuries: that all three were by Liventians, while all three Gruenbergers fell short, summed up the overall tone of the match. Gruenberg failed to take advantage of a favourable toss: after a century stand for the second wicket took them to 113-1, they collapsed to 184-6, losing their only batsmen to make peace with the flat, but slow, surface, Pitkin Deisler, for 66, chipping to short-leg; Benny Enchante missed a sweep to spinner Daniel Quinn after another roughing up by the seamers, and Zambuimmi Hengtridan's leave of a straight ball typified an increasingly difficult tour for the captain.

Nernoiks Likkilai, fresh from his debut hundred, and Spintmhitz Turvuaednes, badly in need of runs, staged a recovery to take them to a reasonable score on the second day, but neither really dominated the bowling, nor managed to reach their hundreds, Likkilai caught on the back foot prodding and Turvuaednes brilliantly caught by a tumbling Hennessey at short midwicket. Even with contributions from Sprantothan Juffwump and Dervin Yeg, Gruenberg were well short of the 500 that would have been assumed on such a wicket: by contrast, Liventia finished the day on 84 without loss, and looking well set to make their innings count.

Gruenberg had difficulty stringing wickets together, with all of the Liventian batsmen getting starts: James Quinn, Will Stewart and Michael Westley converted those starts into contrasting hundreds, Quinn's 206-ball epic all patient accumulation, Stewart's brilliant 164 showing utter mastery of Juffwump's variations as the off-spinner sent down a national record 62 overs - and owed all three of his wickets to sharp catches from ordinary deliveries - and Westley's confident 108 compounding the humiliation as the score passed 600 for an eventual lead of 178. Enchante bowled more overs than Yeg, while Juffwump's helplessness as Stewart hit him straight down the ground and Westley reverse swept him was almost tragicomic.

Still, the game should have finished in a leaden draw, beginning the fifth day on 26-1 with rain approaching and Matt Geach having taken just two wickets in the series thus far. Instead, he used the cloud cover to conjure swing married to his pace that utterly beguiled the Gruenberger top order, while another top-edged hook from Enchante meant whispers about his ability to play the short ball were growing ever louder. Deisler's attempts at counterattack induced a lot of edges, several for boundaries, the final for a simple catch, and only Azzawozzawoowizzbitz Telliflikkiflarknon, with a flashing 97, saved them from an innings defeat as he hauled the total past parity, but fell short of his own century at a time when his bowling place is under question.

That left Liventia needing only 79, and they began sedately enough, James Quinn and Max Finney seeing off a tough opening spell before falling in successive overs. But more rain breaks began to seriously erode the time left in the game, and when an extremely reluctant Hengtridan led his team back onto the field after some cajoling from the seventeenth umpire, Hennessey and Lewis had to attack. Juffwump went for 12 and Uglaxx 13 runs in four balls, but he managed to recover long enough for another cloudburst. The players would not return again: an almost great finish had not quite materialised, and Liventia were left to rue - and Gruenberg to wallow in - what might have been.

Changes expected ahead of Third Test

Plopples Hrrrg and Dervin Yeg are the players most likely to lose their places for the third Test at The Bastion Dover, with middle order batsman Kakuwat Gezzalqin and leg-spinner Spanglepants Croffnuppet in line for Test debuts. Both have previously played for Gruenberg in ODIs and faced Liventian players such as Finney, Hennessey and Quinn, but neither were expected to play in Tests at the start of this tour. However, the need to shake up the Gruenberger top order is constrained by the retention of Benny Enchante, effectively undroppable, captain Zambuimmi Hengtridan and all-rounder Yeepers Naroadnig. With Pitkin Deisler scoring two fifties in the second Test while Hrrrg failed, and being considered the superior player of spin, Hrrrg looks likely to make way, meaning Naroadnig would return to opening and Hengtridan to 3.

Less certain is that Yeg will make way for Croffnuppet. While the Dover pitch is known for spin, Gruenberg already have a passable second spinner in Naroadnig, who took six wickets in the first Test; additionally, omitting Yeg would test Telliflikkiflarknon's unreliable fitness record, with no back-up seam option in the team. What is assured is that Gruenberg's tame performances are just adding to the reputation as home-track bullies that their limited over triumphs in Liventia had done much to negate, and the same team cannot continue to produce weak showings.

* Traditional Gruenberger pancake, normally eaten with fruit or sweet syrup.

[Wray]

Batsman					    R   B   4s   6s   SR[/b]
EM McCaughey	lbw Birt		   23  63    2    0   36.50
JWO Colt	c & b Donoghue		   19  45    2    0   42.22
SLM Sterne*	lbw May			   74 113    9    0   65.48
GPRJ Mitchell	c. †Goss b. Donoghue	    8  15    1    0   53.33
AMA Macallister	c. Waight b. Madison       22  51    1    0   43.13
JFA Stacey†	st. †Goss b. Waight	  112  89    8    4  125.84
JMA Keillher	Run Out (Birt)		   13  40    1    0   32.50
JS Storm	c. Walters b. Birt          5  21    1    0   23.80
BR Matthews     c. †Goss b. Werren	    0  12    0    0   00.00
C Bennett	st.†Goss b. May	            2   5    0    0   40.00
SG Aguando	not out			    0   1    0    0   00.00
  EXTRAS	(1lb, 2wd, 3nb)	   6
  TOTAL		for 10 wickets		  284 (76.3 overs; 3.73 rpo)

Batsman					    R   B   4s   6s   SR
G Walters	c. †Stacey b. Storm	   80 153    9    0   52.28
A Blainey	b. Storm		   48 106    5    1   45.28
J Macnair	c. Sterne b.Matthews	   48  92    2    2   52.17
P Waight*	b. Aguando		    1  18    0    0    5.55
E Sullivan	b. Aguando	            5  28    0    0   17.85
R Madison	c & b Aguando		    0   1    0    0    0.00
D Goss†  	st. †Stacey b. Aguando	   17  61    2    0   27.86
H Donoghue	c. McCaughey b. Bennett    29  79    2    0   36.70
I Birt          lbw Aguando		   15  26    3    0   57.69
A May		b. Storm	            4   5    1    0   80.00
S Werren	not out			    7  13    1    0   53.84
  EXTRAS	(5wd, 2b)	   7
  TOTAL		for 10 wickets		  261 (97.0 overs; 2.69 rpo)


Batsman					    R   B   4s   6s   SR
EM McCaughey	c. Madison b. Donoghue	   36  76    4    0   47.36
JWO Colt	b. Birt 		   28  54    3    0   51.85
SLM Sterne*	b. Werren		   12  39    1    0   30.76
GPRJ Mitchell	lbw Donoghue   		   80 144    6    2   55.56
AMA Macallister	c. Sullivan b. Werren      31  28    4    1  110.71
JFA Stacey†	not out			   61  95    6    0   64.21
JMA Keillher	st. †Goss b. May	    6  10    0    0   60.00
JS Storm	b. May 		            9  22    0    0   40.90
BR Matthews     c. †Goss b. Birt	   10  15    1    0   66.67
C Bennett	b. Birt 	            1   4    0    0   25.00
SG Aguando	not out			    7   5    1    0  140.00
  EXTRAS	(3b, 3wd, 2nb)	   8
  TOTAL		for 10 wickets		  289 (82 overs; 3.52 rpo)


Batsman					    R   B   4s   6s   SR
G Walters	c. Sterne b. Storm	   23  54    3    0   42.59
A Blainey	c. †Stacey b. Matthews	   39  79    5    0   49.36
J Macnair	b. Aguando 		   50 103    4    1   48.54
P Waight*	c. Colt b. Aguando	   76  94    4    2   80.85
E Sullivan	b. Mitchell	           26  57    2    0   45.61
R Madison	c. Storm b. Macallister	    2  12    0    0   16.67
D Goss†  	b. Macallister 		   11  32    1    0   34.37
H Donoghue	lbw Macallister		   10  39    1    0   25.64
I Birt          b. Storm		    6   9    0    0   66.67
A May		c. Aguando b. Storm         3  10    0    0   30.00
S Werren	not out			    2   9    0    0   22.22
  EXTRAS	(3wd, 2nb, 2b)	   7
  TOTAL		for 10 wickets		  255 (83.0 overs; 3.07 rpo)

Series: Wray 1-0 up (2 Tests of 3)
Man of the Match: SG Aguando (Wray)

[Darmen]

Match Report: Nexxus Drako in Darmen
Nexxus Drako bat first
Nexxus Drako 126 (54.2 overs), 256 (141.1 overs)
Darmen 177 (42.2 overs), 207/4 (80.2 overs)
Darmen win by 6 wickets

Nexxus Drako First Innings
                                    Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
J. Janvey    c van Pey b Díaz        3   14    0   0   21.42
H. Bradmen   b Johnson               4    8    1   0   50.00
D. War       lbw b Marino           26   57    2   1   45.61
Y. Lee       c Apperlo b Marino     17   46    1   1   36.95
S. Gillkrest c Mandelbaum b Hanegan  0    6    0   0    0.00
J. Tymplr    lbw b Hanegan           9   26    1   0   34.61
E. Jakob     c Johnson b Marino     45   97    4   1   46.39
S. MacGrah   c Kimberly b Díaz       0    7    0   0    0.00
L. Dunken    Not Out                18   47    2   0   38.29
N. Sumnar    c Johnson b Hanegan     0    2    0   0    0.00
P. Jones     c Marino b Descoteaux   4   16    0   0   25.00
Extras       ()                      0

           Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Johnson    12    1       39   1
Hanegan    11    3       17   3
Díaz       11    2       25   2
Marino     10    1       17   3
Descoteaux 10.2  2       28   1

Darmen First Innings
                                 Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
G. Mandelbaum b MacGrah          17    28   3   0    60.71
U. Méndez     lbw b Jones         5    12   0   0    41.66
A. Kimberly   run out (War)      13    21   1   0    61.90
R. Hébert     c War b Jones       9    11   2   0    81.81
H. van Pey    Not Out            66   105   6   2    62.85
D. Apperlo    lbw b Dunken        3     7   0   0    42.85
M. Johnson    c Janvey  b Jakob  20    34   3   0    58.82
O. Descoteaux c MacGrah b Jones  12    12   2   0   100.00
A. Díaz       c Lee b Sumnar      7    10   0   1    70.00
B. Marino     c Lee b Sumnar      5    13   0   0    38.46
C. Hanegan    lbw b Sumnar        4     9   0   0    44.44
Extras        (w 8)               8

        Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Jones   11    0       54   3
Sumnar  12    1       46   3
Dunken  10    0       37   1
MacGrah  6    0       25   1
Jakob    3.2  0       15   1

Nexxus Drako Second Innings
                                   Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
J. Janvey    lbw b Marino          34   115   0   0   29.56
H. Bradmen   b Marino              46   132   1   0   34.84
D. War       lbw b Hanegan         23    81   0   0   28.39
Y. Lee       c Apperlo b Díaz      12    45   0   0   26.66
S. Gillkrest b Marino              41   132   1   0   31.06
J. Tymplr    c & b Johnson          0    14   0   0    0.00
E. Jakob     c Mandelbaum b Marino 59   177   2   0   33.33
S. MacGrah   b Descoteaux          12    54   0   0   22.22
L. Dunken    c Hébert b Marino      3    22   0   0   13.63
N. Sumnar    b Johnson             17    55   0   1   30.90
P. Jones     Not Out                3    19   0   0   15.78
Extras       (lb 4 , w 2)           6

           Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Johnson    35.1  3       66   2
Hanegan    30    2       52   1
Díaz       26    1       44   1
Marino     30    4       54   5
Descoteaux 20    3       36   1

Darmen Second Innings
                                    Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
G. Mandelbaum Not Out               89   165   4   2   53.93
U. Méndez     lbw b Jakob           12    43   1   0   27.90
A. Kimberly   c Tymplr b Jones       9    35   0   0   25.71
R. Hébert     b Jakob               41    98   3   1   41.83
H. van Pey    c Gillkrest b MacGrah  4    18   0   0   22.22
D. Apperlo    Not Out               50   123   2   0   40.65
M. Johnson    Did Not Bat
O. Descoteaux Did Not Bat
A. Díaz       Did Not Bat
B. Marino     Did Not Bat
C. Hanegan    Did Not Bat
Extras        (w 2)                  2

        Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Jones   17    2       65   1
Sumnar  15    1       38   0
Dunken  20    1       45   0
MacGrah 15    2       43   1
Jakob   13.2  4       16   2

[Chelta]

Bowlers come good but batsmen let team down

Typical. Our bowlers finally learn how to bowl a side out for less than 400 twice in a row, and our batsmen go and decide it’s their turn to be complete plonkers.

When our bowlers each (for once) pulled their weight and managed to dismiss Wray for 284 within the first day, I was certain we were about to see Chelta end their drawing streak. Our bats would come through for us, I assumed naively. Walters would have a bash around the ground, make a quick-fire fifty and get out, his job done. No fear though, Blainey and Macnair, a more sensible pair, would steward Chelta safely and masterfully into clear waters. If not, the impenetrable Waight-Sullivan partnership would steer Chelta into a position of unassailable command (it was ever thus). We would scupper the Enemy once more, and contemptuously chase down its pathetic lead. We would win.

Why don’t things ever work out the way they’re supposed to? True, Walters and Blainey put on a decent opening partnership; but that’s where my prophesying skills ended. Walters made an honest, battling half century, but edged the irrepressible Storm through to the keeper Stacey on 80. Blainey had already fallen to the same assailant short of a half-century of 48.

It all went balls up after Walters fell. Waight made an ugly one (rather an anticlimax, coming straight off the back of a career-best unbeaten triple hundred) off 18 balls. Sullivan made five for his twenty-eight ball stay at the crease. Rupert Madison paddled the spinner Aguando back into his hands the very next ball. The in-form batsman Macnair edged Matthews behind the next over.

So what happened there? I blame Waight. He’s the nucleus of Chelta’s top order, and he needs to be more responsible. He’s the save-the-innings man at the save-the-innings position, and he didn’t perform his role. The mid order collapse started by his dismissal sealed Chelta’s fate.

Finishing only 23 runs behind Wray, though, I still had hope for a Cheltish fightback. And, indeed, our bowlers came through again, dismissing the Wrayians for 289. Birt bowled uncharacteristically well, given his run of bad form, taking advantage of both new balls to put his swing to effective use, taking three wickets. With more than two days’ play remaining, a lead of 312 was certainly gettable.

You’d think so, anyway. I heard my next-door neighbour swear violently at her television set when Walters capitulated on 23, edging through to the Wrayian captain feeling sillily for the ball away from his body. Jaime Macnair made a hard-fought fifty—before immediately getting clean bowled by Aguando, uncharacteristically trying (and failing) to slog him over his head. Percy Waight looked like his old, fluent self, making a rapid-fire 76 with Macnair at his side. It looked almost, for a brief period, as if Chelta might actually chase down this total. But the usually adroit player of spin top-edged the left-arm wrist spinner Aguando into the outstretched hands of Colt at short leg. Ernie Sullivan put up a last, valiant fight with the tail, desperately chasing a lead that looked increasingly beyond reach, before he, too, fell soon after. The last four wickets were cleared up for 37 runs.

Chelta, O, Chelta...

Percy Waight said a lot of guff at the press conference after the match about “failing to win the big moments”. He’s right – but it was the batsmen specifically who let the side down. The bowlers bowled consistently well, for once, but were given nothing to bowl to. One positive to take out of this match is that the bowlers are all starting to pull their weight. It is good, in any case, to see that Ian Birt has broken out of his recent rut of bad form. Too bad he’ll likely be shuffled out for Hugo Murray for the final Test at TM Parker Bayside Stadium, supposedly a much more spin-friendly wicket where Birt’s swing will not be of great use.

Eric Praline describes himself as "Chelta's most p***ed off cricket journalist". He is the author of 'Cheltish Cricket in the Twenty-First Century', a history of Cheltish cricket in the twenty-first century. He refuses to make a Twitter account.

[Liventia]

(OOC: This match takes place ICly before the second Test took place)
Sean Finney shines in rain-hit friendly
Dover— Max Finney may be the more recognisable name and face, but in the most recent battle of the Finneys, younger brother Sean won out.

The younger Finney starred in a rain-affected three-day match between a Liventia XI and the reserve Liventia Tigers 'A' side at the Bastion, which will also hold the third Test of the ongoing series against Gruenberg.

Max captained the senior side but turned the gloves over to Garland Goudreau, who was playing in his first first-class match of the Test season.

Rain was to play a part on all three days and limited the match to Liventia XI's first innings and just 9.3 overs of the Tigers' first innings, but it was enough time for Goudreau to top-score with 42 on a difficult surface to stake his claim for a first Test call-up of the summer at this very ground in a few matches' time.

And Sean Finney can possibly have done his own national team chances no harm with four wickets for 37 runs at a stingy economy rate of 1.37 runs per over.

Gruenberg in Liventia Test Series — First-class match
Played at The Bastion Dover Cricket Ground, Dover (three-day match)
Liventia XI v Liventia Tigers
Liventia XI won the toss and elected to bat first
Match drawn
Man of the match: SV Finney (Liventia Tigers)

Liventia XI 1st innings
Batsman					 R   B  4s  6s   SR
WWR Ashworth	b Millard		34  94   4   0   36.17
MA Finney*	lbw b Smallville	 9  18   2   0   50.00
STS Watting	lbw b Cartwright	24  98   3   0   24.48
GP Goudreau†	c Millbank b Cartwright	42  64   7   0   65.62
OH Kerr		run out (Millbank)	35  79   5   0   44.30
TD Jonsson	lbw b SV Finney		11  43   1   0   25.58
KSM Christensen	c Parker b SV Finney	16  60   1   0   26.67
DR Ryan		c Gignac b SV Finney	14  46   1   0   30.43
LM Bérard	c Sanderson b SV Finney	17  54   3   0   31.48
BR Broome	c Fifnac b Smallville	 9  27   0   0   24.32
JPK Adams	not out			 0   3   0   0    0.00
  EXTRAS	(9lb, 3nb)		12
  TOTAL		all out		       223 (99.0 ov; 2.25 rpo)

Liventia Tigers bowling
Bowler		Ov   M   R   W   Econ  Ext
SV Finney	27  14	37   4   1.37
PR Smallville	18   5	55   2   3.05
JTE Sanderson	11   4	20   0   1.81  (3nb)
AF Williams	 5   3	 8   0   1.60
SG Millard	17   2	46   1   2.70
LP Cartwright	21   5	48   2   2.28


Liventia Tigers 1st innings
Batsman					 R   B  4s  6s   SR
AF Williams	not out		        12  31   2   0   38.71
PW Jamieson	not out			10  26   1   0   38.46
  EXTRAS	(2lb)			 2
  TOTAL		all out		        24 (9.3 ov; 2.53 rpo)
Did not bat APC Gignac, LP Cartwright, JS Millbank, MQ Sarrin†, MD Parker, PR Smallville, JTE Sanderson, SG Millard, SV Finney

Liventia bowling
Bowler		Ov   M   R   W   Econ  Ext
KSM Christensen  5   2  12   0   2.40
DR Ryan		 4.3 1  10   0   2.22

Close of play scorecards
Day 1 Liventia XI 1st innings 159/5 (64.4 ov)
Day 2 Liventia Tigers 1st innings 2/0 (1.0 ov)
Day 3 Liventia Tigers 1st innings 24/0 (9.3 ov; end of match)

Liventia squad to play Gruenberg, third Test at the Bastion: JCA Quinn, MA Finney*†, DA Hennessey, OH Kerr, GP Goudreau, FJW Stewart, MJ Westley, DM Lewis, MC Geach, DM Quinn, JPK Adams; 12th man BC Sinclair, 13th man WWR Ashworth (bowling: Adams/Geach/Kerr for pace, D Quinn/Lewis for spin, Westley/Goudreau part-time pace and Hennessey/Finney part-time spin)

Player		 M  I NO Runs   HS    Avrg  100  50  4s  6s  Ct/S	Overs  Mdn  Runs   W  Avrg   BBI    BBM    Econ  4w 5w 10m
JPK Adams	 6  7  4   17   10*   5.67            0   0   3		190.5   39   663  19  34.89  5/32   7/81   3.47      1
LM Bérard	 1  1  0    0    0    0.00            0   0   0		 40.0    8    87   2  43.50  2/86   2/86   2.18
AJ Cunningham	 4  6  1  495  254   99.00    2   1  55   1   1
MA Finney	 6 11  1  408  103*  40.80    1   3  46   0  24/2
MC Geach	 6  8  1   83   26   11.86            8   0   2		254.2   61   756  23  32.87  4/27   6/57   2.97   2
DA Hennessey	 6 10  1  481  143   53.44    1   3  55   2   5
DM Lewis	 5  8  2  217   92   36.17        1  22   0   1		 98.5   15   324  12  27.00  3/68   4/105  3.28
TD Jonsson	 3  5  0  132   54   26.40        1  18   2   1
OH Kerr		 5  8  2  429  143   71.50    1   2  53   3   3		 71.0   13   255   4  63.75  2/17   2/74   3.59
DM Quinn	 6  7  2   59   19   11.80            4   1   3		267.5   58   809  35  23.11  6/87   9/223  3.02      3
JCA Quinn	 6 11  1  531  155   53.10    2   3  46   0   9
DR Ryan		 1  2  0    8    8    4.00            2   0   0		 29.0    4    95   1  95.00  1/47   1/95   3.28
BC Sinclair	 2  3  1   31   20   15.50            3   0   3		 91.0   20   299   6  49.83  2/32   4/179  3.29
FJW Stewart	 3  4  0  374  164   93.50    1   2  42   7   1		  4.0    2     8   0                       2.00
STS Watting	 2  3  1   65   51*  32.50        1   8   0   1		 11.0    4    25   0                       2.27
MJ Westley	 4  6  0  225  108   37.50    1   1  28   0   4
WWR Ashworth
BR Broome
KSM Christensen
GP Goudreau

[Liventia]

Results, Matchweek Seven

Match Report: Ingla Terra in Darmen
Darmen bat first
Darmen 450/8d (144.5 overs), 83/4 (21.3 overs)
Ingla Terra 160 (42.2 overs), follow-on 368 (103.3 overs)
Darmen win by 6 wickets

Match Report: Gruenberg in Liventia
Gruenberg bat first
Gruenberg 227 (79.2 overs), 108 (46.1 overs)
Liventia 189 (97.4 overs), 147/5 (43.0 overs)
Liventia win by 5 wickets

Match Report: The Glorious Commune in Apox (one-off match)
Apox bat first
Apox 134 (55.4 overs), 295 (98.5 overs)
The Glorious Commune 326 (113.0 overs), 105/1 (32.4 overs)
The Glorious Commune win by 9 wickets

Match Report: Chelta in Wray
Chelta bat first
Chelta 239 (71.3 overs), 204 (71.1 overs)
Wray 306 (91.0 overs), 141/1 (39.1 overs)
Wray win by 9 wickets
Series: Wray win 2–0 (1 drawn)

Match Report: The Licentian Isles in The Nihilistic view
The Nihilistic view bat first
The Nihilistic view 188 (52.1 overs), 293 (125.2 overs)
The Licentian Isles 323 (155.4 overs), 159/9 (56.4 overs)
The Licentian Isles win by 1 wicket

Updated rankings
Only completed series and one-off Tests accounted for.

Full Members
Liventia                  FM  124 (5244/42)
Wray                      FM  122 (2319/19)
The Nihilistic view       FM  116 (1511/13)
Barunia                   FM  113 (1593/14)
Chelta                    FM  111 (3553/32)
Apox                      FM  108 (3595/33)
Ingla Terra               FM   91 (1816/20)
Cyborg Holland            FM   90 (2229/25)
The Licentian Isles       FM   86 (3408/40)
Darmen                    FM   85 (3990/47)
Eura                      FM   83 (1908/23)

Associate Members
Gruenberg		  AS  107 (570/5)
Welsh Cowboy              AS  106 (1022/9)
Jeckland		  AS  106 (450/4)
The Kytler Peninsulae     AS  105 (442/4)
Schiavonia		  AS  105 (441/4)
The Glorious Commune	  AS  101 (413/4)
Tasrailia                 AS   92 (664/8)
Gloriax			  AS   84 (200/3)
Nexxus Drako		  AS   75 (196/4)

After MW8:
Rank updates for Gruenberg, Liventia, Gloriax, Chelta.
Gruenberg becomes a Full Member.

[Gruenberg]

(Provisional) match details as posted on the GruenCric website.

Gruenberg 227 all out (79.2 overs)
                                                 R    B   4/6
PA Deisler              c Goudreau  b Adams     16  (31)  3/-
YTQQZK Naroadnig                lbw b Lewis     19  (88)  1/-
ZGK Hengtridan*                 c & b D Quinn   18  (24)  2/-
BL Enchante             c Finney+   b Lewis    138 (181) 23/1
NWWUM Likkilai                  lbw b D Quinn   17  (67)  1/-
K Gezzalqin                         b D Quinn   16  (48)  2/-
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon         lbw b D Quinn    0  (20)  -/-
SBP Turvuaednes+                    b Lewis      2  (11)  -/-
ST Juffwump                     lbw b Lewis      0   (2)  -/-
SCCD Croffnuppet                lbw b Lewis      0   (2)  -/-
PPPPPP Uglaxx           NOT OUT                  0   (2)  -/-
EXTRAS (1b)                                      1

FoW: 1: 22 (Deisler, 12.6 overs); 2: 51 (Naroadnig, 22.4 overs); 3: 59 (Hengtridan, 25.2 overs); 4: 124 (Likkilai, 48.5 overs); 5: 187 (Gezzalqin, 68.2 overs); 6: 189 (Telliflikkilflarknon, 72.6 overs); 7: 214 (Turvuaednes, 77.1 overs); 8: 214 (Juffwump, 77.3 overs); 9: 214 (Croffnuppet, 77.5 overs); 10: 227 (Enchante, 79.2 overs)

               O    M    R    W
Adams         16    4   37    1
Geach         13    5   19    0
Kerr           3    0   18    0
D Quinn       28    8  100    4
Lewis         17.2  3   40    5
Hennessey      2    0   12    0

Liventia 189 all out (97.4 overs)
                                                     R    B   4/6
JCA Quinn    c Turvuaednes+  b Uglaxx               57 (152)  7/1
MA Finney*+              lbw b Uglaxx                2   (7)  -/-
MC Geach     c Naroadnig     b Telliflikkiflarknon  19  (87)  1/-
DA Hennessey c Naroadnig     b Juffwump             18  (70)  1/-
OH Kerr      st Turvuaednes+ b Croffnuppet          16  (51)  3/-
GP Goudreau  c Enchante      b Juffwump             14  (56)  2/1
FJW Stewart  c Enchante      b Juffwump              1  (12)  -/-
MJ Westley               lbw b Naroadnig            21  (44)  2/-
DM Lewis     c Turvuaednes   b Juffwump             17  (61)  2/-
DM Quinn     c Enchante      b Juffwump             14  (40)  1/-
JPK Adams    NOT OUT                                 3   (9)  -/-
EXTRAS (4lb, 1wb, 2nb)                               7

FoW: 1: 9 (Finney, 4.4 overs); 2: 65 (Geach, 35.5 overs); 3: 91 (J Quinn, 44.5 overs); 4: 111 (Hennessey, 55.6 overs); 5: 123 (Kerr, 64.6 overs); 6: 130 (Stewart, 69.4 overs); 7: 134 (Goudreau, 73.2 overs); 8: 162 (Westley, 84.2 overs); 9: 186 (Lewis, 95.3 overs); 10: 189 (D Quinn, 97.4 overs)

                      O    M    R    W
Uglaxx               13    1   32    2
Juffwump             38.4 22   50    5
Naroadnig            13    4   20    1
Croffnuppet          23    9   55    1
Telliflikkiflarknon  10    1   28    1

Gruenberg 108 all out (46.1 overs)
                                                     R    B   4/6
YTQQZK Naroadnig                lbw b D Quinn        8  (29)  1/-
PA Deisler              c Finney+   b Geach         17  (24)  3/-
ZGK Hengtridan*                 c & b D Quinn       11  (37)  2/-
BL Enchante                         b D Quinn        0   (1)  -/-
NWWUM Likkilai          c Finney+   b Lewis         19  (38)  3/-        
K Gezzalqin                     lbw b Geach          6  (13)  -/-
SBP Turvuaednes+                lbw b D Quinn        1  (12)  -/-
ALL Telliflikkiflarknon c Hennessey b Geach         16  (14)  4/-
ST Juffwump             c Westley   b Lewis          4  (47)  -/-
SCCD Croffnuppet        c Westley   b Lewis         13  (45)  -/-
PPPPPP Uglaxx           NOT OUT                     11  (17)  2/-
EXTRAS (1lb, 1wb)                                    2

FoW: 1: 18 (Deisler, 7.1 overs); 2: 27 (Naroadnig, 11.1 overs); 3: 27 (Enchante, 11.2 overs); 4: 53 (Hengtridan, 19.2 overs); 5: 61 (Likkilai, 22.3 overs); 6: 64 (Gezzalqin, 24.3 overs); 7: 80 (Turvuaednes, 27.1 overs); 8: 82 (Telliflikkiflarknon, 28.5 overs); 9: 94 (Juffwump, 41.3 overs); 10: 108 (Croffnuppet, 46.1 overs)

               O    M    R    W
Adams          9    3   27    0
Geach         10    5   34    3
D Quinn       17    4   32    4
Kerr           5    3    2    0
Lewis          5.1  0   12    3

Liventia 147-5 (43 overs)
                                                    R    B   4/6
JCA Quinn    st Turvuaednes+ b Juffwump             8  (25)  1/-
MA Finney*+  run out (Gezzalqin)                   18  (30)  3/-
DA Hennessey c Turvuaednes+  b Juffwump            54 (117)  9/-
OH Kerr      c Turvuaednes+  b Juffwump            23  (28)  4/-
GP Goudreau              lbw b Croffnuppet         12  (16)  2/-
FJW Stewart  NOT OUT                               18  (40)  2/-
MJ Westley   NOT OUT                                2   (3)  -/-
Did not bat: DM Lewis, MC Geach, DM Quinn, JPK Adams
EXTRAS (2b, 3lb, 6wb, 1nb)                         12

FoW: 1: 24 (Finney, 7.2 overs); 2: 31 (J Quinn, 12.2 overs); 3: 62 (Kerr, 20.5 overs); 4: 93 (Goudreau, 27.4 overs); 5: 145 (Hennessey, 42.3 overs)

                      O    M    R    W
Telliflikkiflarknon   8    0   44    0
Uglaxx                9    3   18    0
Juffwump             13    2   58    3
Croffnuppet           9    1   18    1
Naroadnig             4    1    5    0

Day 1
Lunch: Gruenberg 70-3, 28 overs (Enchante 11, Likkilai 6)
4th wicket: 50 in 106 balls (Enchante 37, Likkilai 13)
BL Enchante: 50 in 77 balls, 8x4 (Gruenberg 120-3)
Tea: Gruenberg 149-4, 58 overs (Enchante 75, Gezzalqin 4)
5th wicket: 50 in 85 balls (Enchante 39, Gezzalqin 12)
BL Enchante: 100 in 151 balls, 15x4 1x6 (Gruenberg 187-4)
Close of play: Liventia 11-1, 8 overs (J Quinn 8, Geach 1)
Day 2
2nd wicket: 50 in 181 balls (J Quinn 36, Geach 19)
Lunch: Liventia 80-2, 40 overs (J Quinn 49, Hennessey 9)
JCA Quinn: 50 in 146 balls, 6x4 1x6 (Liventia 87-2)
Tea: Liventia 130-6, 71 overs (Goudreau 10, Westley 0)
Day 3
Lunch: Gruenberg 83-7, 30 overs (Juffwump 3, Croffnuppet 0)
Tea: Liventia 31-2, 12.2 overs (Hennessey 1)
DA Hennessey: 50 in 113 balls, 9x4 (Liventia 142-4)
5th wicket: 50 in 74 balls (Hennessey 26, Stewart 17)

Match result: Liventia win by 5 wickets
Match award: TBA

[Wray]

Batsman					    R   B   4s   6s   SR
G Walters	c. †Stacey b. Bailey	   20  36    2    0   55.56
A Blainey	c. †Stacey b. Matthews	   46  86    5    0   53.48
J Macnair*	b. Storm		   22  29    4    0   75.86
P Waight	c. Mitchell b. Storm	    8  18    1    0   44.44
E Sullivan	lbw Storm	           43  93    6    0   46.23
R Madison	c. Colt b. Aguando	   45  67    4    1   67.16
D Goss  	c. Mitchell b. Storm	   20  53    2    0   37.73
H Donoghue	b. Aguando	            5  10    1    0   50.00
H Murray        c. †Stacey b. Storm	    6  14    1    0   42.85
A May		not out		           14  20    3    0   70.00
S Werren	b. Matthews		    2   3    0    0   66.67
  EXTRAS	(4wd, 1nb, 3lb)	   8
  TOTAL		for 10 wickets		  239 (71.3 overs; 3.36 rpo)

Batsman					    R   B   4s   6s   SR
EM McCaughey	c. †Goss b. Werren	   37  76    2    0   48.68
JWO Colt	c. Blainey b. Werren	    2   5    2    0   40.00
SLM Sterne*	c. †Goss b. Sullivan	   45  78    9    0   57.69
GPRJ Mitchell	c. Madison b. Murray	  100 176    1    0   56.81
AMA Macallister	lbw May		           21  47    1    0   44.68
JFA Stacey†	lbw Werren		   35  43    8    4   81.39
JMA Keillher	c. Waight b. Murray	   15  24    1    0   62.50
JS Storm	st. †Goss b. May           26  53    1    0   49.05
BR Matthews     not out			   18  28    0    0   64.28
CJ Bailey	lbw May		            2  12    0    0   16.67
SG Aguando	b. Donoghue		    2   4    0    0   50.00
  EXTRAS	(3lb)	   3
  TOTAL		for 10 wickets		  306 (91.0 overs; 3.36 rpo)


Batsman					    R   B   4s   6s   SR
G Walters	c. McCaughey b. Matthews   67 103    7    0   65.04
A Blainey	c. Sterne b. Storm	   31  51    4    0   60.78
J Macnair*	c. Sterne b. Matthews	   43 144    4    0   29.86
P Waight	c. Sterne b. Bailey	   15  16    2    1   93.75
E Sullivan	lbw Aguando	            7  13    1    0   53.84
R Madison	b. Aguando		    8  16    1    0   50.00
D Goss  	c. Colt b. Aguando	    2   3    0    0   66.67
H Donoghue	c. Bailey b. Aguando       13  29    0    1   44.82
H Murray        c. Mitchell b. Bailey	   11  34    0    0   32.35
A May		b. Aguando	            3   8    0    0   37.50
S Werren	not out			    1  10    0    0   10.00
  EXTRAS	(1wd, 5lb)	   6
  TOTAL		for 10 wickets		  204 (71.1 overs; 2.87 rpo)


Batsman					    R   B   4s   6s   SR
EM McCaughey	lbw Werren		   34 112    3    0   30.35
JWO Colt	not out 		  102 110   12    0   91.07
SLM Sterne*	not out			    4  13    0    0   30.76

DNB: GPRJ Mitchell, AMA Macallister, JFA Stacey, JMA Keillher, JS Storm, BR Matthews, CJ Bailey, SG Aguando
  EXTRAS	(1wd)	   1
  TOTAL		for 1 wickets		  141 (39.1 overs; 3.61 rpo)

[Liventia]

Spinners skittle Gruenberg to seal victory
Dover— Daniel Quinn and Duncan Lewis shared seven wickets between them to skittle Gruenberg for 108 in their second innings of the third Test at Dover, putting Liventia in the driving seat.

No Gruenberger batsman was able to post a substantial score on the board – the highest being Nernoiks Likkilai's 19 – as the spinners made the most of the dustbowl that Dover has come to be known for.

Benny Enchante, Gruenberg's first-innings centurion, fell for a golden duck to Quinn, who took match figures of 8/132. Lewis claimed 3/12 from just 5.1 overs to add to his maiden five-for in the first-innings for match figures of 8/52, the second-best match figures of the Test season for a Liventian bowler.

Liventia's chase was not without difficulty. Captain Max Finney continued his indifferent, and inconsistent, form by being run out for 18 to add to just two from the first innings. Captain or not, an season's average of under 36 is not sustainable in an age where Test cricketers are required to maintain 40-plus averages, and Finney might be in for a brief period out of the side when unfancied Schiavonia visit Liventia.

Garland Goudreau was unable to make the most of his chance in the Test side either, and whether he takes the gloves when Finney is dropped – or whether Mike Sarrin, or even the much-talked-about Brendon du Pont will do so – is questionable.

Will Stewart and Michael Westley added red ink to their averages as Liventia got home with five wickets to spare. But a Test match over inside nine sessions will leave the CBA wondering if it is time for Dover to produce better pitches that can provide five days' worth of play.

Not that they'll be too worried about that at the moment – a win's a win.

Liventia squad to play Gruenberg, fourth Test, FCG: JCA Quinn, MA Finney*†, DA Hennessey, DM Lewis, OH Kerr, TD Jonsson, FJW Stewart, KSM Christensen, MC Geach, DM Quinn, JPK Adams. 12th man: WWR Ashworth, 13th man: MJ Westley
(bowling: Adams/Geach to open; Quinn spin; Kerr/Jonsson/Christensen other pace; Lewis other spin)

Player		 M  I NO Runs   HS    Avrg  100  50  4s  6s  Ct/S	Overs  Mdn  Runs   W  Avrg   BBI    BBM    Econ  4w 5w 10m
JPK Adams	 7  8  5   20   10*   6.67            0   0   3		215.5   46   727  20  36.35  5/32   7/81   3.39      1
LM Bérard	 1  1  0    0    0    0.00            0   0   0		 40.0    8    87   2  43.50  2/86   2/86   2.18
AJ Cunningham	 4  6  1  495  254   99.00    2   1  55   1   1
MA Finney	 7 13  1  428  103*  35.67    1   3  49   0  27/2
MC Geach	 7  9  1  102   26   12.75            9   0   2		277.2   71   809  26  31.12  4/27   6/57   2.92   2
GP Goudreau	 1  2  0   26   14   13.00            4   1   1
DA Hennessey	 7 12  1  553  143   50.27    1   4  65   2   6		  2.0    0    12   0			   6.00
DM Lewis	 6  9  2  234   92   33.43        1  24   0   1		121.2   18   376  20  18.80  5/40   8/52   3.10      1
TD Jonsson	 3  5  0  132   54   26.40        1  18   2   1
OH Kerr		 6 10  2  468  143   58.50    1   2  60   3   3		 79.0   16   275   4  68.75  2/17   2/74   3.48
DM Quinn	 7  8  2   73   19   12.17            5   1   5		312.5   70   941  43  21.88  6/87   9/223  3.01   2  3
JCA Quinn	 7 13  1  596  155   49.67    2   4  54   1   9
DR Ryan		 1  2  0    8    8    4.00            2   0   0		 29.0    4    95   1  95.00  1/47   1/95   3.28
BC Sinclair	 2  3  1   31   20   15.50            3   0   3		 91.0   20   299   6  49.83  2/32   4/179  3.29
FJW Stewart	 4  6  1  393  164   78.60    1   2  44   7   1		  4.0    2     8   0                       2.00
STS Watting	 2  3  1   65   51*  32.50        1   8   0   1		 11.0    4    25   0                       2.27
MJ Westley	 5  8  1  248  108   35.43    1   1  30   0   6
WWR Ashworth
BR Broome
KSM Christensen