GCF World Trophy VI: RP/squads/scores thread

by **A non-descript puppet nation** » Wed Sep 16, 2026 10:55 pm

Classified NPN Bug Report

Submitted By:
Guy Tech

Robotic Units Affected:

NPN#77992/Mk2.20 NDNc ABFTA-V1
NPN#77994/Mk2.22 NDNc ABFTA-V2
NPN#92217/Mk0.15P BioR Cybo-interceptron
NPN#37802/Mk4.02Md eT Pneumatic-Hammertron
NPN#82711/Mk0.17P AAS Automanipulatrix

Please State Issue:
'Kill switch' de-activation required

Please Detail Issue Experienced:
@GCF World Trophy in Liventia; First Match
Opponent: Sylestone

Issue found with Units des#1~5 that run-limiter software still present and activated for initial match. Units des#1~5 each acquired a run score of fifty at which point they deactivated allowing opposition:Sylestone to dismiss them. Had this bug not been present, there was a considerable chance that the team could've acquired the necessary three hundred and thirty runs in the allotted over count to secure victory.

Please State Future Course Of Action:
Run-limiting software now purged from systems of Units des#1~5 and network hub. Issue not present in subsequent tests.

Software installed on bowling units (Units not designated in this report) to subtly improve randomness of deliveries as high total of opponent:Sylestone believed to be due to predictable bowling attack

by **Paradystopia** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 1:48 am

When even the drunken raindancers mute their usual tomfoolery to a reverent hush, you know that something big is afoot. That, or in some ironic miracle, a divine entity incensed by their blasphemous revelry transmuted all their alcohol into water and filled their hearts with sadness.

In this case however, it was the former.

The Kytlerian run chase of a rather paltry 246 by Paradystopia had come down to a thrilling conclusion. One final over for Spencer Merriweather to either be a hero in restricting the batters to four runs or less, or fail to do so and have to suffer a sulky Ogden Locke whose captain's innings of 81 was a major factor in how the Kytlerians hadn't won already. Spencer had taken his third wicket on the final ball of his previous over; a brutal yorker that had clipped the outside of the off stump on its flight past the batter, and he was keen to continue this momentum.

Adjudging that their opposition would want to wrap things up sharpish, his first was a teasing delivery on the cusp being wide, not towards the stumps as they might be expecting from him. A touch of pace taken off, and pleading for the batter to take a chance and set up a slip for a catch. It was shrewdly allowed to bounce through to Buckley-Greaves unimpeded. Maybe the hat-trick was off the table, but in this situation, a dot was a dot.

The second was similar to the first, but with pace back on. A bat was stuck out at it this time, but no contact made. Four required from four balls.

Not wanting to risk a third out to the side, Spencer resorted to the same yorker he'd taken a wicket for three bowls back. Not such luck this time as the ball was flicked around the leg, past a diving Paradystopi wicket-keeper and gathered at the boundary by Fnodd de Bolo. Annoyingly, not before two runs had been added to the scorecard pushing the Kytler Peninsulae on to 245-6. Two required from three balls.

At this point, Ogden Locke brought the fielders in closer. A single would square the game now, and it was all hands to the pump to prevent this from happening. As the field reset into an aggressive formation, the Paradystopi captain passed on his choice words of advice to the bowler; 'Fuckin' get the fucker out, you fucker!' leaving Spencer to sarcastically wonder whether the depth of wisdom of Oggy knew any bounds.

Spencer's length was over-short for his fourth delivery. Thankfully not too high for a no-ball, and mercifully not pummelled to the boundary by a batter caught off-guard by the bouncer. Paradystopia one run ahead, two deliveries remaining.

As the fifth delivery of the over came whistling in, the batting team knew their time was running out, and took their chance at a cut to the off-side. The tall frame of Prospero Bacon-Bitz launched into the air and whilst he couldn't hold on for the catch, the Kytlerians were able to steal an all-important run before the ball was successfully retrieved. Had Prospero's throw from the floor to the keeper's end hit the stumps first time, it may had been a very different final ball but as it happened, the dive was safely in time, and the scores were tied with a single delivery left.

Ogden drew the fielders in closer still. A draw would be better than a loss even if a win had now slipped through their fingers much like the catch attempt at extra cover moments earlier. Spencer's eyes met those of his captain who slowly, and obviously mouthed 'Don't fuck this up!'.

One final ball. Low, hard, and right at the stumps. Something they can't get any power behind. Low, hard, low, hard ... Spencer began his one final run-up.

Trying to put every ounce of strength into the delivery, he pulled it again short. The ball lurched up towards the batter's chin, and with a deft 'crack', was pulled deep out to fine leg. Soaring above the fingertips of Paradystopi fielders, it made a single bounce before thudding into the hoardings beyond the boundary. The silence of the crowd shattered with an almighty roar for a last second Kytlerian victory.

It would take many days, and many drinks before Spencer would be able to forget the look of pure disgust he received from Oggy as the umpire rippled his fingers in a wave to signify the four that just cost Paradystopia their opening match.

by **Saint Margaret and the Aurelles** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 3:18 am

Margaretian One Day Cricket Team

No.	Name			Age	Bat	Bowl	Role			
18	Branxton Worlingworth	28	RHB	WK	Wicketkeeper batter, captain
1	Jaden Baptiste		30	RHB	OB	Opening batter
2	Reuel Robinson		32	RHB	RM	Batting allrounder
6	Martel Craddock		26	RHB	RFM	Bowling allrounder
12	Colby St. Romain	26	LHB	RF	Bowler
21	Rowan Cumberbatch	33	RHB	RMF	Middle order batter
24	Rasputin Babylon	28	RHB	RF	Bowling allrounder
33	Keshav Persaud		28	RHB	OB	Batting allrounder
43	Ryan Samaroo		23	LHB	WK	Wicketkeeper batter
45	Samiel Yorke		27	RHB	OB	Bowler
52	Shamere Phillips	26	RHB	RFM	Bowler
59	Dhanraj Roopnarine	23	RHB	LBG	Bowler
80	Jacob Saint-Cyr		27	LHB	-	Middle order batter
85	Kaynard Oldwinter	32	LHB	OB	Opening batter
95	TreKell John		24	LHB	-	Top order batter

Just six players remain from the T20 squad that won Olympic gold four years ago: Babylon, Baptiste, Cumberbatch, Persaud, St. Romain, and Yorke; everyone else is making their international debut.

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Godmod match events: N
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod injuries to my players: N
Godmod how my players were dismissed: N
Create a full scorecard for my team: Y (please try to base it on my roster though)
Change the number of wickets that fell: Maybe - send a TG to discuss if possible?

by **Hanalia** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 5:43 am

World Trophy Underway

Having participated in the Test Challenge and World Cup the Hanalian cricketers are making their debut in the third GCF competition, the World Trophy. The 50 over competition will utilise the comprehensive cricketing facilities of Liventia. The prolific hosts once again bringing together nations from across the multiverse in a sporting spectacle that will crown the sixth world trophy champion.

The first match for the Hanalians was against The Northern Willows. Serdtgyu are fresh faces to the GCF world and just about managed to assemble a team for this tournament at the last minute. The inexperience of Ærüs and their teammates showed as Hall and Romero each clocked up a century before their dismissal. Both the first innings wickets' fell in a wonderous over for The Northern Willows. Hall losing hers just after reaching 101 runs. Sanders was shortly dismissed for four with an lbw given on her second ball. Duran came on to see out the match alongside Romero, posting the target of 325. The opponents' inexperience showed a little in the second innings but they persevered until the final ball even as the chances of the comeback diminished to vanishingly small proportions.

Looking ahead, the team move onto the Bede Conservative Social and Cricket Club to take on Lisander and Alice Bay. It's surely an interesting match up but only a starter in comparison to the following contest against the Liventian hosts. The Plough Islanders are as prolific champions as Liventia are hosts and the Foxes will conclude their group matches against Hanalia in the penultimate round. The tournament format sees six of the seven teams progressing from the groups so the win over fellow debutants Serdtgyu is an important marker in avoiding the ignominy of being sent home early.

 Match Schedule & Results                                                
 MD1 v Serdtgyu                 @ NCE Academy 2 Ground     W by 102 runs
 MD2 v Lisander and Alice Bay   @ Sawyer Memorial Ground
 MD3 v Liventia                 @ The Bastion
 MD4 v Natkr                    @ Folenisa Cricket Ground
 MD5   bye
 MD6 v The Plough Islands       @ Island Cricket Arena
 MD7 v Aryavarna                @ NCE Oval

by **Ko-oren** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 6:36 am

The Dragonflies have touched down in Liventia, beat Vaishnavaria

Interestingly, the entire group scored between 242 and 265, and with one exception, those were all the highest scores those teams were going to achieve. Only Sharktail had something left in the tank and could've scored somewhere in the 300s with ease. But Ko-oren set a target of 266 that Vaishnavaria didn't get to (they probably would have needed about three overs to get there), and the Kytler Peninsulae vs Paradystopia went down to the wire. No collapses in round one: all six teams showed up well-prepared.

So about that comfortable win. A win by 23 is decently comfortable: it's about 10% of Vaishnavaria's score that they would have had to fit in during their innings. Or in other words, had they scored one extra run every two overs, they would've also been there. That makes it sound tiny in comparison, but scoring 23 runs really is about a 3-or-so over effort, with the speed they were going at.
The Greenblues had the luck of not losing a single wicket in powerplay - overs 1-10 - so Twaddle and Firembee took full advantage. After that, the team had a rough spell with Khan bowling to near-perfection, something that four Ko-orenite batsmen had no answer to in a spell of about 7 overs. Twaddle pulled a ball to square leg - caught - and Buhvithen was out first ball cleanly bowled. Firembee pushed the ball to cover - caught as well, beautifully fielded. The flurry of wickets stopped for a bit, then Bercier was also deceived by Khan, LBW.

From then on, yAraidd righted the ship with Wakin, the longest partnership of the innings, taking Ko-oren from 4-77 to 5-201, when Wakin was finally caught behind. yAraidd then partnered with Wolslager to take the final score to 5-265, with yAraidd scoring 113 off 125.

The schedule has the Greenblues play in the National Centre of Excellence Oval once, in the Park Central Oval twice, and in the Bastion Dover Cricket Ground three times. There's good and bad news: it's good that the team gets to play in the same location multiple times so the conditions will reveal themselves over time and hopefully that means the team's results improve there as well, and bad in the sense that these are three very different grounds. The NCE Oval and the Park Central Oval are both batsmen's grounds, something that our team isn't geared towards all that well, and the BDCG is the reverse - it's all ball no bat - but this still might not do us well because it's a spinners' ground, not a pacers' paradise.

So we might have to wait for the knockouts to play in the venues that fit our style more (if anyone from the organisation is listening, we would prefer the Mauroren-like Island Cricket Arena, if at all possible) and otherwise we're going to have to adapt to the conditions and see what we can do there. Flat tracks can offer something to our pacers, Gledhwiladen and Ahbihlhohdhen, and it's not unlike conditions in Garihnkatar where the latter plays, too.

Best under 23

6. Mary Igawuthen. Her batting career - she's just 20! - has stopped and started twice already. First heralded as the big new batting talent at Greencaster, she couldn't convince the selectors in an early national team match, and her performance at Greencaster simultaneously tanked as well. Then she found a second wind before stalling out halfway through the last season. At this point, she's an outside shot for one of the replacement members on the national team, but please let her find her form in a few stable years in the Regions' Trophy first.

5. Huhgen Wihdhuhshen. New to the list, she burst onto the scene by helping Greencaster in the bowling department. At 19, she still played in second-tier cricket in the Greencaster region (though with her name mentioned in potential Selpernim T20 selections), and at 21, she's a pillar of Greencaster's team in the Regions' Trophy. That said, she feels more like a limited overs player, but she needs a lot of playing time to make up for a few years that others have already had in the 'majors'.

4. Riso Rizahden. At 19, an unproven bats(wo)man for Willowbourne, but one with a bright future. Maybe it's another case like Igawuthen's, but for now, she seems to rise through the ranks even quicker than the Greencastrian. No selector is ready to select a 19-year old, but from what we've seen, she'll be a force in next season's Willowbourne team. Slow to score, but disciplined, she plays to stay on the pitch as long as possible, excelling at shot selection coupled with fine footwork and positioning. Not as 'light' on her feet as some of the biggest names in Ko-oren but she has time - she can learn.

3. Idhuhdhane Buhvithen. Already starting in the ODI national team in Liventia, though slightly unsure of a starting position because if anything goes wrong, it won't help her decision-making one bit. Where yAraidd can be an anchor, you're not looking for this Willowburnian to carry the team just yet. That's not how she plays: she's looking for boundaries first and foremost, which works on a successful ODI (and T20) team but you can't always go out guns blazing.

2. Seymour Hastuthen. Has been in the system for about 5 years, scouted early, and now is one of East Surbourneshire's best. The spin bowler is crafty and a good communicator - a potential captain, even? - and already helps to shape the fielding around his next delivery. The main downside is his speed, that is, sometimes his deliveries sit in the air for long enough that a batsman can determine where it's going and do some millimetre adjustment, but otherwise, he should be a longterm contributor.

1. Slunijarari Hanabahlgun. A fast bowler, a little better than Hastuthen from the stats at the moment. Not as deadly in setting fields - she looks for a captain for advice almost every time - but she's absolutely unbeatable for pace. Her deliveries clock in a little faster than Gledhwiladen and Ahbihlhohdhen, even. She's also got the physique: she's one of the taller West Surbourneshirians and that helps her generate pace even more. All we need is a tad more control and she'll be lethal.

by **Sylestone** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 8:17 am

SYLESTONE NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM

GCF ODI WORLD TROPHY VI

OVERVIEW

Sylestone is a tropical island nation located in far-western Esportiva, located to the east of Cyborg Holland and north of the S.U.S (Star United States) Islands and Quebecois Acadiana. The nation is inhabited by roughly 30 million citizens (the exact number is unknown), and includes roughly 60,000 Sentient Objects from the city of Kirkham in the southeast. Famous for its multiverse-class beaches and rainforests, Sylestone has a thriving tourism industry, and despite financial fallouts meaning that professional association football is currently on a hiatus, it is widely acknowledged to be a rising sporting power, particularly in cricket and handball. On the ODI scene, the nation have established themselves as a competitive side, finishing fourth in the second edition of the tournament in Gruenberg eight years ago, before being knocked out in the quarterfinals after a five game streak of victories three years ago in Ko-oren and Brookstation. However, despite the format’s relative lack of traditional love in the country, it’s Sylestone’s T20 team that have brought the most success. Alongside three (or was it four? We’ve lost count) EspoT20 trophies, Luke Tiati’s men and women held their first GCF trophy aloft a couple of years ago back at their home away from home in Gruenberg, defeating Ko-oren in the final to cement themselves as one of the teams to beat in modern cricket.

In One-Day cricket, Sylestone have also shone… apart from when they play the Plough Islands in the final, apparently. In both the fourth and fifth editions of the tournament, the Hawthorns have come up short against their foes in the final and alas, were well beaten both times. Now, with an ageing squad and on the back of a simply woeful EspoT20 performance two years ago, their time might well have come and gone. But under the new leadership of former captain Daniel Fomleya, it could well be the beginning of a new era.

STAFF

Coach: Daniel Fomleya [SYL] (M) - Age 44
Batting Coach: Sandra Morton [SYL] (F) - Age 43
Bowling Coach: George Byron [SYL] (M) - Age 61
Fielding Coach: Daniel Michael [SYL] (M) - Age 52

SQUAD

FIRSTNAME	LASTNAME	BAT	BOW	AGE	ROLE
Luke		TIATI (c, +)	LHB		38	BAT/WKP
Brian		GOLMAN (vc)	RHB	ROS	24	BAT
Samuel		ASASKIA		RHB	RFM	33	BAT/BWL
Ethan		CARVOSSO	RHB	RFM 	21	BAT/BWL
Lachlan 	COCRINE		RHB	   	34	BAT
Samuel 		CROSS		RHB	RFM	30	BAT/BWL
Brianna 	EASTWOOD	RHB	ROS	29	BAT
Caitlyn		FREEHILL	LHB	RMF	31	BAT/BWL
Angus		HACKETT		LHB	RF 	25	BWL
Broughton 	HALL		RHB	ROS	30	BWL
Alexandra	JENNINGS (+)	LHB		22	BAT/WKP
Tristan		GALLAGHER	RHB	ROS	20	BAT
Jack		MARTIN		LHB	LOS	30	BAT/BWL
Jesse		MCMILLAN	RHB	LFM	27	BWL
Samuel		SCRON		RHB	RF 	32	BWL
Kate		SONNEL		RHB	RLS	25	BWL

Luke Tiati: Far and away Sylestone’s best ever all-round batter, the stylish left-handed opener is expected to continue to prove that age doesn’t define him and push on, coming out of the blocks with cautious intent with elegant drives and cuts. Like in tests, he averages above fifty in the format, with age no barrier to him. And yet, Tiati has announced this will be his final ODI tournament, and will likely retire for good following next year’s World Test Challenge.

Brian Golman: Having made his test debut at 22, one of Sylestone’s most exciting young prospects has aged like fine wine. Facing his first major setback in a wildly unsuccessful captaincy stint in the recent EspoT20, the selectors are maintaining faith in Golman’s potential and have labelled him vice captain for the ODI World Trophy. It’s not yet confirmed where Golman will bat - he can open and bat down the order - but wherever he is, his elegant strokeplay will no doubt play a major role.

Samuel Asaskia: It’s amazing how Asaskia is already 33 - it seems only yesterday he was 25 and ready to become Luke Tiati’s successor. And now, with Brian Golman coming through the ranks, it appears that his duties are complete. A handy all-rounder, though - a natural hard hitter with a calm head on his shoulders that can cause him to shelve this in pressure situations, whilst his nippy fast-mediums make him an absolute handful to deal with.

Ethan Carvosso: Better with the ball than he is with the bat, Carvosso’s lanky frame has seen him gain likeness to Samuel Scron who is, frankly, quite the player to be compared to. Isn’t quite as fast or quite as well rounded as the veteran quick, Carvosso has plenty of talent and importantly, can also bat fairly well, batting as high as five in the domestic competition and not looking out of place. Has a few issues with his technique, though, that may well get found out here.

Lachlan Cocrine: A hard hitter who can terrorise a bowling attack even out of form, you never quite know when he might just flick that switch and turn into a monster. A bit more consistent in ODIs and is more willing to build an innings, but is still that guy who can really take the game away from you in the middle overs. A vital part of Sylestone’s middle order.

Samuel Cross: Another all rounder, Cross a fiery middle order batter who can pack a punch despite his short stature and while he’s very good with the ball, his variations make him more suitable for the shorter formats. Can bat anywhere from 3 down, which is necessary versatility to this squad, but is best in the middle order where he can put bowling attacks to the sword. Especially good against spin.

Brianna Eastwood: Like Tiati and Golman to some extent, Eastwood is a more stylish batter with remarkable consistency and the uncanny ability to keep the score ticking along, even through periods of extremely good bowling. Is capable of opening if necessary and is especially good on tricky surfaces, such as the dust bowls that we may often see in Sylestone on the final days of a test match. Can also bowl very handy part time off spin.

Caitlyn Freehill: A proper pinch hitter at the top of the order able to get an innings off to an ominous start, Freehill is likely to open with Tiati and complement him well, despite both being left handers. Realistically, though, she can bat anywhere in the order and also bowl handy left arm swing that, on her day, is nigh on impossible to deal with.

Tristan Gallagher: A bit of a shock selection over the more experienced likes of Nicholas Lovia, Gallagher impressed everyone with his stroke play in his sole innings in the EspoT20, falling just short of a fifty in Sylestone’s final group stage clash. On the back of that and a good domestic season, the selectors have thrown Gallagher straight in the deep end and all round, he does really pack a punch. Definitely one to keep an eye on.

Broughton Hall: The dictionary definition of a mystery spinner, Broughton Hall has it all. One part of Sylestone’s deadly spin duo, Hall tends to get a bit less flight than his counterpart, Kate Sonnel, and instead beats the batter off the pitch with his variations and unnerving accuracy. A batter not adept against spin will find him very tough to get away, and will often give their wicket away playing a reckless shot out of anger.

Angus Hackett: Sylestone’s fast bowler, Hackett’s relative inability to be consistent with the ball means that he’s prone to an off day. Can be truly terrifying when he’s on, though, regularly clocking speeds upwards of 150 km/h. Has a yorker that can be truly impossible to play… sometimes. Other times it could end up closer to the batters’ head.

Alexandra Jennings: Finally, Sylestone has a suitable Tiati replacement. Meet Alexandra Jennings. A feisty middle order batter with supreme pace (yeah, not sure why she decided to be a keeper either) and with lightning fast reflexes. As of right now, she’s probably better with the gloves than Tiati, but Tiati is just that good with the bat and, well, he’s also captain.

Jack Martin: There are times that Martin can show what he is truly capable of, but his inconsistency throughout his entire international career in all formats apart from T20 means that he’s been in and out of the side for quite a few years now. A hard hitting batter and a metronomic spinner on his best days, Martin often just doesn’t lack the mental skills to take his game to the next step. Some thought that it would come with age but at 28 now, will it ever come?

Jesse McMillan: Sylestone’s best left arm quick, McMillan has broken into the team over the past few years by displacing some very good players and made a spot in the XI his own. Bowls with some good heat and has a searing yorker. Also gets a fair amount of swing. Not known for his batting prowess, although he can certainly wield it just fine.

Samuel Scron: One of the best fast bowlers in the world, at nearly 200 cm tall, Scron is every opening batter’s nightmare. Gets plenty of bounce, has plenty of pace and with unnerving accuracy, can be so difficult to get away at any stage throughout the innings. Gets a bit of away swing and also has a very dangerous inswinger that if you can’t pick, will almost always clean you up.

Kate Sonnel: A classic leg spinner - prone to loop it up and give herself the best chance of taking wickets and on her day is unplayable, but only on her day. Off days do happen but rather rarely, so batters will have to be on their toes. Can turn them square and also has a devilish wrong’un that can be quite hard to pick. Absolutely hopeless with the bat.

ROLEPLAY PERMISSIONS

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Select my XI: Please check previous RPs. If it’s not there, go ham.
Godmod match events: Please ask first.
RP injuries to my players: Yes, but I decide the length.
Godmod injuries to my players: Please ask first.
Godmod how my players were dismissed: Yes.
Create a full scorecard for my team: Yes.
Change wicket counts: It would be greatly appreciated in the case of an unrealistic result, just hit me up beforehand so I can adjust my scorecard/RP. For any other reason, feel free to hit me up too.

by **The Plough Islands** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 9:45 am

on the 16th September 2026, the Plough Islands Gazette wrote:
WORLD TROPHY: FOXES TAKEN DOWN BY ARYAVARNAN PACE BOWLING IN OPENING DEFEAT
by Denis Wormwood, Sporting Correspondent, in City Centre

Only the most delusional, or least informed, of Plough Islanders could realistically have expected the unqualified cricketing success of the Foxes in One Day Internationals to have continued indefinitely, but on their return to Liventia the reckoning came perhaps a little sooner than some may have expected or hoped for. Playing their opening match of Group 1, the Plough Islands were contained in their attempts to set a benchmark in their World Trophy title defence before being battered all around the boundary by an inspired Aryavarnan side, with Rohan Deshmukh's unbeaten 96 seeing his team through to a result that will galvanise the victors and give Shauna Weaver and her comrades considerable pause for thought.
The day dawned with a cool, lingering haze blanketing the trees by the entrance to the National Centre of Excellence, and there was enough of a chill in the air that Weaver and Harshid Patil came out for the toss in thick trousers and windbreakers - in possibly a foreshadowing of what was to come, Patil called correctly, and put the world champions in to bat on a hard and unforgiving pitch, one that would likely favour the Aryavarnan seam attack. And it was a barrage of quick, short bowling that initially faced Andrew Weaver and Matthew Davy as they came out to begin the Foxes' innings; Imran Ansari and Zahid Khan were hitting their marks and finding their rhythm very quickly, and it was the third over before Weaver was able to time his shot correctly and put Khan away for the first boundary of the day.
Though it took some time, the Plough Islander openers did settle eventually; the ball seemed to move a little more in the crisp, dense morning air, particularly in the hands of Ansari, but Davy was able to pick and choose his moments carefully, cautiously leaving the ball as it thudded through to the gloves of Vikram Joshi more often than not and keeping his wicket safe. By contrast, Weaver was looking to open up earlier and test the limits of the Aryavarnan fielding, and soon the scoreboard began to tick over as he reverse swept Kunal Basra down through cow corner in consecutive balls of the ninth over. It was attacking cricket, but it was dangerous cricket, and the other edge of the sword came back in the next over as Weaver attempted the same from Khan and only made partial contact, swatting the ball tamely to Aarav Singh to leave the opener down on bended knee, sighing, and wondering where he had gone wrong.
Patil had already planned to deploy the part time spin of Aarav once the fielding restrictions had eased, and kept the slow left armer on for Shauna Weaver as she came out to replace her brother. Traditionally, this would be where the Foxes' captain was at her strongest, leading her team out of the mire and setting them on firmer ground, and so it was a shock when Singh's third ball took a heavy deflection off the top of a mistimed cut and span high into the air, with Joshi backpedaling with his gloves held out before taking the catch close to his chest and drawing the start of a song of triumph from the "Swami Army" occupying an orange and black swathe of the stands by the Academy End, and a rueful Weaver had to trudge back for naught. When the incoming Arnold Tyrie followed her back next over - having clipped an Ansari top edge that Deshmukh ran in from the slip cordon to take on his knees - they were in ecstasy while the Foxes were in agony; as the drumming and harmonising drifted across the City Centre square, the Plough Islands were flailing at 40-3 and hearing only the groans of pain.
It made for a surreal stage for Charlotte McCulloch to make her One Day International debut, and an early short ball from Ansari that glanced off the side of her helmet would have done little to calm any nerves, but she steeled herself and soon brought her first runs up with a one-handed flick through midwicket. By now, the mist that had blown in from the Altimarus Sea had cleared a little, and the air had begun to warm enough to contemplate removing jumpers when drinks were taken. The break seemed to refresh Davy and McCulloch, and when they resumed they seemed that little bit sharper and better coordinated, with McCulloch in particular taking the initiative on more quick singles and looking increasingly fluent as she settled in the glare of the crowd. She eventually ran out of road as the sun hit its zenith; trying to thread Ansari through to fine leg, she overstretched going for the ball, and while umpire Rhett Teufel initially turned down Ansari and Joshi's appeals over a perceived edge, Patil asked for a video review and the lack of a shadow as the inswinger passed McCulloch's bat was decisive on the projection screen. The right hander had no choice but to depart, but her 33 had been a good, positive account of herself, and she could have had few regrets in all the circumstances.
Peter Hodgeson was next in, but the momentum of the innings was by now firmly with the Aryavarnans, and the New Hibernian found himself struggling to settle against their pace attack; had Joshi been able to hold on to a chance that spilled his way but kept rising to the wicketkeeper's right, the Plough Islands would have been five down for 138 and deeply in trouble with no pure batters left. As it was, the left hander finally got going off his eighth ball faced, and made steady progress thereafter, but it was all rather too steady for where the Foxes would have wanted to be in the game, and Aryavarna held a firm brake to their opponents' scoring as the middle overs progressed.
There was a ripple of deserved applause for Davy's half century - technically, as Ian Goswell observed on Plough Radio, his second in two matches, even though the previous one had come against Krytenia six years ago - but the feeling within the Plough Islanders in the stands that the pair were leaving too many balls, and struggling against the headwinds of the pacers - Hodgeson in particular was struggling to pick Ansari's length, and was only scoring in occasional singles against Naranjan Singh at the other end. Davy was starting to open his wrists up and find the City Centre boundary more reliably, but on 72 he shuffled across to scoop Basra into the leg side and was caught plumb in front, and Weaver could be seen chin on palm on the dressing room balcony as her side found themselves back to square one.
Eventually, just as he had finally started to settle, Hodgeson gloved another one behind from Prithviraj Borkar, and this time Joshi was able to hold on, kissing the ball as he hit the turf and sending Hodgeson back up the stairs for a painstaking 43. In truth, this was a bit of an adrenaline shot for those in green, and the Foxes' final ten overs were given a boost by some frantic lower order batting - Ilya Lebed blazed a quick fire 17 before an inside edge on to his stumps gave Ansari his third wicket, and Naomi Salisbury came out swinging at the end for a helmetless four ball cameo that inexplicably went four, four, dot, and four, for her joint highest international score. The bulk of the rescue mission, though, fell upon Dimitry Andreyev; the Redcliff right-hander harvested the strike well and was rewarded with his third One Day International half century, diving and drilling his way to 58 off 39 deliveries and ekeing out as much room as he could for the Plough Islands to work with.
From where they had been, 275 was an achievement and gave the Foxes something to bowl at, but Patil and his opening partner Avneet Sojani had the notional advantage of batting second and, possibly more tellingly, more recent experience at City Centre, and when Patil drove Andreyev back over his head for six from the second ball, it was clear that Aryavarna were less intending to make early inroads into the target than they were interested in erecting a superhighway. Andreyev was able to adjust his line to try and take back the upper hand, but this only resulted in the openers targeting Salisbury and Terry Gibbs at the other end, instead, and the first ten overs were a Herculean effort just to restrict Patil and Sojani to 71 within the fielding restrictions.
Weaver tried almost every option she had to stem the flow of runs, and when the breakthrough came it was through Hodgeson; for all his struggles with the bat, his confidence had at least remained intact, and it was a delivery that turned sharply across the left-handed Patil that broke the stand, taking a thin top edge that forced Lebed into a one handed fingertip lunge to hold on to the ball. The Aryavarna captain departed three runs short of what would have been a deserved half century, and his partner went on to achieve the milestone, Sojani turning Hodgeson into the leg side and raising his bat to general acclaim. By now, he was joined by his erstwhile captain, Deshmukh, whose brief appeared to be to finish what the openers had started, and the fielders in green increasingly found themselves on forlorn chases to retrieve the ball from beyond the rope.
Hodgeson would, at least, have the last laugh against Sojani - inducing a bottom edge from the Aryavarnan opener that Lebed took low to his right - but the Deshmukh train had a full head of steam, and though the Foxes could chip away at the other end, Weaver had no real answer to the swashbuckling right hander. Gibbs, to general regret, had been pulled from the attack after being hit back towards the Pavilion End for six, but Lauren Geddes had better luck; while the mystery spinner had little success in trying to deceive the batters completely, her straight finger-spin brought some joy as she found the gap beneath an agricultural swing from Saad Mirza through to his middle stump, and then tempted the hitherto restrained Joshi out of his crease for a stumping that, under the circumstances, Lebed was probably entitled to celebrate a little more exuberantly than he did.
However, unless the Foxes could dislodge or deprive Deshmukh of partners, it became obvious that this was merely delaying the inevitable, and after the former captain flicked Salisbury over the covers to bring up his fifty, Weaver appeared to see the writing on the ground and threw the ball to Andreyev, implicitly acknowledging that - win or lose - there would be no death overs that would require his presence. The Redcliff pacer was no more successful against an increasingly imperious Deshmukh than his comrades, but stuck to his line and length to at least make Aryavarna work for their victory, and Andreyev was successful in dislodging Naranjan Singh after the left-hander briefly threatened to replicate the threat at the other end, trapping him plumb in front for 28.
There was a final glimmer of hope for the Plough Islands when Aarav Singh lashed out at an entirely innocuous Salisbury delivery and skied it into the icy blue, with McCulloch, at midwicket, having all the time she wanted to get underneath the ball with her good hand, and with only the bowlers left it remained possible for the Foxes to isolate Deshmukh and try to go through the Aryavarnan tail. Borkar, though, successfully held the line, running a succession of quick singles to keep the target man on strike as the required run rate dwindled to almost nothing, and as the sun slipped behind the clouds Deshmukh turned Andreyev down to deep midwicket, dashing through with his bat in the air for the winning single and completing the Plough Islands' first defeat in a One Day International in seventeen months.
Understandably, it was a lethargic and rueful Weaver that tried to break the result down, but the Foxes captain was keen to stress that, above all else, the Plough Islands had simply been outplayed. "They fully deserved the victory, they read the conditions far better than we thought we had, and I congratulate them for it - we were probably around thirty or forty runs short, but after how their openers and Deshmukh went in the opening few overs I honestly question if that would have been enough." Davy, who alongside Dimitry Andreyev had been the only bright spots in the Foxes' performance, was a little more upbeat personally, saying that "it was good to get runs back on the board, and feel even a little like how I used to feel", but he admitted to this author that being in the eye of the storm had been difficult. "It was a struggle out there - the constant quick bowling took its toll on your mental readiness and it was easy to lose your concentration entirely, and you saw what kept happening when you did. Their bowling attack was a machine. It was a little bit of an eye opener in terms of what we should have prepared for. I would not be surprised if we see them again if we make it to the knock out stage.". It was a prediction Davy's captain echoed ruefully. "My gut instinct is that Aryavarna will probably be waiting for us should we make it that far. They are more than capable of getting that far..."
Above all, though, Weaver tried to remain philosophical and focus on what could be learned for the trip to face Serdtgyu across the water at Schimpol on Thursday. "The upshot of this is that we need to sit down and look at our bowling options, especially given the weather forecast and the ground, and see what we need to change. I do not believe we lacked effort, and I hope nobody would think that we were outfought mentally, but with hindsight more quick bowling would have been a good thing, and we do need to perhaps play a little smarter going forward.". And, if the Plough Islands had to lose any one match in this labyrinthine competition, the tournament opener was the least damaging place to have that happen. "We are fortunate, I suppose, that we have time enough to ask ourselves some tough questions, and work out where we go from here without it jeopardising us too badly.".
Friends and fellow travellers of the Foxes will be hoping that Weaver is right, and that yesterday's result is just one small bump in the road and not the frayed edges of an abyss. But the Plough Islands will need to lick their wounds from their first limited overs loss since our old friends Ko-oren won by two wickets in Montebello, and keep their eyes on the rising sun at the horizon rather than the shadows beneath.

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR WORLD TROPHY VS.   SERDTGYU

        PLAYER           BAT   BOW
#15 ANL Weaver           RHB      
#7  MG  Davy             RHB   RLB
#1  SLC Weaver (c)       RHB   RLB
#14 ADM Tyrie            RHB   RLB
#12 CAV McCulloch        RHB      
#4  WC  Barrett (w)      RHB      
#10 P   Hodgeson         LHB   SLW
#2  DV  Andreyev         RHB   RFM
#8  LNC Geddes           RHB   ROB
#13 NA  Salisbury        LHB   SLA
#5  A   Baxter           RHB   RFS

by **Darmen** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 9:51 am

Darmeni National Cricket Team
presented by the
Darmeni Cricket Board

The Selection Committee of the Darmeni Cricket Board has announced the fifteen player squad that will contest the 6th GCF World Trophy. Bud Bachmann continues in his role as captain. Winston van der Zee has retired from international cricket, he is replaced by the 27 year old Brady Horne.

Starting XI
Name                    Role                            Age  Region
Kynaston Kerr           Right-handed Opener             22   Esportivan Darmen
Torbjørn Maxwell        Right-handed Opener             25   Western Border
Rhys Breckinridge       Left-handed Middle Order        28   Metropolitan
Brady Horne             Right-handed Middle-order       27   South Central
Kenny O’Callaghan       Right-handed Middle Order       32   South Central
Eli English             Right-handed All-rounder (OS)   30   Tyger
Bud Bachmann            Right-handed All-rounder (RF)   34   South Central
Justin Beckett          Left-handed Wicket-keeper       34   Western Border
Gregor Bean             Left-handed Pace Bowler (LF)    32   Central
Kieran Rosenfeld        Right-handed Pace Bowler (RFM)  36   Western Border
Ilia Snelling           Left-handed Spin Bowler (SLU)   38   Western Border

Reserves
Name                    Role                            Age  Region
Jojo Daubney            Right-handed Opener             25   Central
Caerwyn Rodgers         Right-handed Wicket-keeper      33   Southwest
Munro Botterill         Left-handed Pace Bowler (LF)    26   Metropolitan
Jean-François Simonson  Right-handed Spin Bowler (OS)   31   Metropolitan

RP Permissions: No killing or other serious life altering events. If you make a scorecard for your team, please also make one for mine. Feel free to send me a TG if you have any questions.

by **Liventia** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 11:13 am

Liventia confirm Will Daniels as permanent ODI captain, uncapped Peters replaces De Cerci in side
FOLENISA— Matt Geach, the Liventian Cricketing Board of Authority's director of cricket, has confirmed interim one-day international (ODI) captain Will Daniels has been appointed Liventia's full-time ODI captain.

Daniels led Liventia to a repechage finish at the last World Trophy in Vielfaltig with what was effectively a brand-new ODI squad. Only one member of that side, vice-captain Ryan de Cerci, was older than 26 years old. "We believe Will is the perfect man to lead this young core of white-ball talent forward," said Geach, a former fast bowler for the national team who also served as limited-overs coach.

As part of the team's regeneration, de Cerci has been dropped from the squad for the sixth World Trophy, held on home soil, despite only being 29. No one on the team is older than 27, with new vice-captain PJ Trouvé and bowler Josh Huws the oldest in the side at that age.

In de Cerci's place is 20-year-old Harry Peters, a left-arm unorthodox bowler who is unlikely to make too many appearances, although he may be given a run-out against unranked teams in the group stage.

Liventia will make use of their DRS reviews only in the following circumstances:
- If it is an obvious error by the on-field umpire; or if it is not, the following apply:
- If the batsman involved has scored at least 50; or
- There are fewer than ten overs left; or
- If that batsman involved is a recognised batsman and only the tail (last two) are left.

FIRST NAMES (COMMONLY)			SCORECARD/LAST NAME	AGE	BATHAND	ROLE/BOWLING
Daiki Léon-Michel Tsuyoshi (Daiki)	Hasegawa DLMT		26	LEFT	OPENER
Ewan Conor Price (Ewan)			EC Price		21	RIGHT	OPENER/BAT ALL-ROUNDER/SLOW LEFT ARM ORTHODOX (SLA)
Percéval Jérôme (PJ)			PJ Trouvé**		27	LEFT	TOP ORDER
Pierre Guillaume Xavier (Guillaume)	PGX Bardet		25	RIGHT	MIDDLE ORDER/occasional SLOW LEFT ARM UNORTHODOX (SLU)
Éric Allen Alexander Hunt (AA)		EAA Hunt		23	LEFT	MIDDLE ORDER/PINCH HITTING FINISHER
Rhys Llewellyn (Rhys)			RL Quentin		26	RIGHT	BAT ALL-ROUNDER/RIGHT ARM MEDIUM (RM)
Yoann Michel (Yoann)			YM Lemoine		26	RIGHT	BAT ALL-ROUNDER/RIGHT ARM MEDIUM-FAST (RMF)
William Robert Dennis (Will)		WRD Daniels*		25	RIGHT	LOWER ORDER/primary WK
Gabriel Heath Steven Conor (Gabe)	GHSC Lloyd-Blackburn	26	RIGHT	LOWER ORDER/reserve WK
Leonard Riley Trevor (Riley)		LR Trevor		20	LEFT	BOWL ALL-ROUNDER/RIGHT ARM FAST-MEDIUM (RFM)
Devon Marco Fillon (Devon)		DM Fillon		22	LEFT	BOWL ALL-ROUNDER/LEFT ARM FAST (LF)
Juan James Andrew (JJ)			JJA Martínez-Jones	24	RIGHT	BOWLER/LEFT ARM MEDIUM-FAST (LMF)
Ryan Harrison William (Harry)		RHW Peters		20	RIGHT	BOWLER/SHOW LEFT ARM UNORTHODOX (SLU)
Gareth Joshua Daniel (Josh)		GJD Huws		27	RIGHT	BOWLER/RIGHT-ARM MEDIUM-FAST (RMF)
Quentin Corey Alfred Gouin (Quentin)	QCA Gouin		23	LEFT	BOWLER/LEGSPIN/occasional GOOGLY (rLSg)

*Captain
**Vice-captain

OOC permissions: No deaths, no serious injuries, please make a full scorecard if you choose to do a scorecard for your team and RP first. You may only change the number of wickets in an unsuccessful chase. I reserve the right to ignore the scorecard or wicket changes if I find it unrealistic. Liventian umpires are generally accurate, and will usually only miss some lbw calls. They are usually accurate on catch calls.

OOC note: if your country's media does not use the Japanese naming order [LAST first] as a style, Hasegawa Daiki should be referred to by his French given name, Léon-Michel Hasegawa, rather than his Japanese given names.

by **South Newlandia** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 1:43 pm

Elephants settle in at The Manor, open with win against Vunymonia

South Newlandia looked strong in all phases against their newcomer opponents, as the Ellies grabbed the opening game win in what is poised to be a difficult group. Vunomia opener Akchubey Agaev managed to score his way to 82 off 103, but never managed to put together a convincing partnership with any of his teammates. Rai-Guillaume was the standout bowler for South Newlandia, taking four wickets including crucial dismissals of Gondyr Tsyurak, Setym Kibyalev, who had the second-highest batting figures for Vunymonia, and Agaev. With their best batsman gone, the Vunymonian team was just about broken, and ultimately settled on 224/8 despite a spirited effort from the tail.

Faced with a score that felt manageable in City Centre, the pachyderm openers made quick work chopping down the score. Tia Saha, despite approaching her 40th birthday, turned in a vintage performance, just missing a century before getting bowled by Yazbike Oyoyev. By then, this was far too little, too late for the squad in black, and Gayakwad and Solanki had no issues crossing the T’s and dotting the I’s for an 8-wicket win with 63 balls remaining.

Despite the result not being especially close in the end, the debutants from Vunymonia looked on par with the Elephants for much of the game, and frequently suffered from coming up empty in close, decisive moments; such as when Bekta Harifullin lost her wicket. He was run out thanks to a perfect throw from Markus Patil, who isn’t exactly known as a brilliant defender, by mere inches. Likewise, Setym Kibyalev was caught by a brilliant dive in which wicketkeeper Isha Gayakwad somehow made a one-handed catch, holding on with her fingertips, to completely derail a promising partnership.

On the other side, South Newlandia frequently benefitted from good fortune, with two notable dropped catches that could have made the chase more interesting. South Newlandia will get to stay at The Manor for some time in what some have already dubbed the Esporti-Group, with three other teams from the region: TJUN-ia, co-favourites Sylestone, and the Ellies’ next opponents, Tumbra. After that, South Newlandia will take a bye, followed by a match with a third rookie side, A non-descript puppet nation. Both of these matchups will also take place at The Manor, after which the Elephants will have to travel the rest of Liventia to take on the ranked teams, starting with Milchama, in pursuit of a spot in the Winners’ Round of 16.

by **Serdtgyu** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 2:04 pm

Bowling: (all bowled exactly 5 overs)
Våh Hyster: 2/25
Lok Jeæ: 0/28
Xunħ Żyrv: 0/30
Ture Khus: 0/30
Amuc Sohn: 0/31
Uhnlum Fyrn: 0/33
Freyr Vuryl: 0/33
Welł Ærüs: 0/34
Onucuyj Aqonsk: 0/38
Wargun Vur: 0/42

In their first ever competitive match, Serdtgyu gave up a massive run total of 324, setting them up poorly for the run chase. Their two wickets taken came from an lbw from Hyster, preceded by one bowled by Hyster and caught by Fyrn.

Batting:
1. Welł Ærüs: 20 (24)
2. Våh Hyster: 31 (50)
3. Wargun Vur: 101 (84)
4. Onucuyj Aqonsk: 4 (12)
5. Eylim Saerd: 45 (70)*
6. Uhnlum Fyrn: 10 (21)
7. Lok Jëæ: 11 (39)*

The only batter that looked in form in this one was Wargun Vur, who notched Serdtgyu’s first ever century before being caught off of an awkward bit of contact with the willow. However, Serdtgyu remain hopeful despite this brutality of a defeat.

by **Liventia** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 2:56 pm

Matchday 2
OOC note: RP from Vunymonia below counted for MD2

Group 1
Serdtgyu 189/7 (50 overs)
The Plough Islands 190/8 (33 overs)
The Plough Islands win by 2* wickets

Lisander and Alice Bay 229/7 (50 overs)
Hanalia 252/7 (50 overs)
Hanalia win by 23 runs

Liventia 243/8 (50 overs)
Natkr 259/5 (50 overs)
Natkr win by 16 runs
Scorinated by South Newlandia


  Group 1                            Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Hanalia                              2   2  0  0    4
  Natkr                                2   2  0  0    4
3 Aryavarna                            1   1  0  0    2
4 The Plough Islands                   2   1  0  1    2
5 Lisander and Alice Bay               2   0  0  2    0
  Liventia                             1   0  0  1    0
  Serdtgyu                             2   0  0  2    0

Group 2
Darmen 208/6 (50 overs)
Kimi-Suomi 290/5 (50 overs)
Kimi-Suomi win by 82 runs

Crpostran 304/6 (50 overs)
Quebec and Shingoryeo 269/8 (50 overs)
Crpostran win by 35 runs

Saint Margaret and the Aurelies 263/2 (50 overs)
Jack and Ruby 267/6 (47.1 overs)
Jack and Ruby win by 4* wickets


  Group 2                            Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Crpostran                            2   2  0  0    4
  Kimi-Suomi                           2   2  0  0    4
3 Darmen                               2   1  0  1    2
  Jack and Ruby                        2   1  0  1    2
5 Austroguinea                         1   0  0  1    0
  Quebec and Shingoryeo                2   0  0  2    0
  Saint Margaret and the Aurelies      1   0  0  1    0

Group 3
Warkus 263/7 (50 overs)
Ko-oren 328/6 (50 overs)
Ko-oren win by 65 runs

Paradystopia 247/6 (39 overs)
Sharktail 246 (49.2 overs)
Paradystopia win by 4* wickets

Indusse 240/6 (38.1 overs)
The Kytler Peninsulae 236/8 (50 overs)
Indusse win by 4* wickets


  Group 3                            Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Ko-oren                              2   2  0  0    4
2 Indusse                              1   1  0  0    2
3 The Kytler Peninsulae                2   1  0  1    2
4 Paradystopia                         2   1  0  1    2
5 Sharktail                            2   1  0  1    2
6 Vaishnavaria                         1   0  0  1    0
  Warkus                               2   0  0  2    0

Group 4
Sylestone 263/8 (50 overs)
Milchama 261/7 (50 overs)
Sylestone win by 2* wickets or 2 runs

Vunymonia 269/2 (50 overs)
A non-descript puppet nation 276/6 (50 overs)
A non-descript puppet nation win by 7 runs

Tumbra 243/7 (50 overs)
South Newlandia 246/3 (44.5 overs)
South Newlandia win by 7* wickets


  Group 4                            Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 South Newlandia                      2   2  0  0    4
  Sylestone                            2   2  0  0    4
3 A non-descript puppet nation         2   1  0  1    2
  Milchama                             2   1  0  1    2
5 TJUN-ia                              1   0  0  1    0
  Tumbra                               1   0  0  1    0
  Vunymonia                            2   0  0  2    0

by **Vunymonia** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 3:05 pm

Novelty shows as Vunymonia lose by 8 wickets to South Newlandia

It was an altogether mediocre performance for the debuting Team Lacking An Official Nickname As Of Yet, as the players' disparate origins showed in an eight-wicket loss to South Newlandia with 63 balls remaining. It would start well enough, with the opening partnership of Agaev and Tsyurak lasting the first ten overs (albeit with a strike rate a bit lower than was desired), but Noam-Nivan Rai-Guillaume would end that almost immediately, bowling out Tsyurak on Rai-Guillaume's fourth ball. Sheremet would soon follow, the captain only managing 8 off of 13 balls, and Agaev didn't last too much longer, ending on 82 off 103. This would bring up Setym Kibyalev, whose partnership with Garifullin was surprisingly successful for her, though the man from the southeast himself would only end up on 29 from 41, run out thanks to a display of accuracy from Markus Patil that came as a pleasant surprise to Elephants faithful. Kibyalev's 52, ended with a one-handed catch from wicket-keeper Isha Gayakawad, would prove to be the last major scoring performance for Vunymonia, as although Yurchyk would put up a fight, finishing on 28 not out, it was too little, too late.

224 was the third-lowest any team would achieve on Matchday 1, with only Serdtgyu and Jack and Ruby achieving less in 50 overs, so it was not exactly a monumental feat to chase it down. After Tia Saha managed 98 from 109, with Pakus exhausted and Oyoyev nearly at her quota, the victory was all but certain for South Newlandia, and Gayakawad finishing with a strike rate over 110 didn't help Vunymonia's cause either, the debuting team conceding the required number of runs with more than ten overs left.

Significant change is needed if Vunymonia wishes to even make the knockouts at all, much less the winners' bracket, especially in terms of batting. A lot of pressure, as such, is on Sheremet, who was unimpressive both offensively and defensively, and the middle of the order is expected to step up against a non-descript puppet nation.

A bit about Vunymon names
Vunymonia, from the outside, appears to be a relatively homogenous nation. This is mostly true - however, there are a few minor regional differences. Most of Vunymonia is inhabited by the Ludmort people, who live in the flatter western and central areas, and make up just under seventy percent of the nation by population. Their surnames often, but not always, end in -ev; notably, although other cultures where surnames ending in -ev are common often distinguish between -ev and -eva based on gender, this does not occur in Vunymonia. Cricket is relatively unpopular in Ludmort-inhabited regions, with only Setym Kibyalev from western Vunymonia and Keldyk Avanteyev & Balyan Polukh from central Vunymonia in the starting XI with traditional Vunymon surnames - Sezyai Yurchyk is also from central Vunymonia, but his father is from lands past the country's western border.

As you approach the Chultu Mountains whose foothills are in the east of the nation, however, the country grows more diverse, and cricket grows more popular. The Kisimen, who live in the driest area of northwestern Vunymonia, make up less than five percent of the population, yet they are often found on top-level cricket rosters, here represented by Yazbike Oyoyev - they are more recognizable by first names than last. More populous than them are the Takurt, found in the eastern mountain valleys and known for their lack of assimilation into broader Vunymon culture. Their names almost always end in -ullin, with Bekta Garifullin standing for them here. However, most notable are the Jaavas, who make up almost twenty percent of Vunymonia - Pakus, Polukh, and captain Kurbanay Sheremet are all Jaavas, and the group has played a major role in Vunymon history. It's quite difficult to tell apart a Jaavas from a Ludmort, and especially from someone like Tsyurak or Nuriyev who is a Ludmort from eastern Vunymonia, but there are a few notable differences - for one, their languages are quite different, and for another, you'd almost never find a Jaavas wearing black, while it's not taboo to the Ludmort. Finally, and perhaps most importantly for tourists, the Jaavas brew beer that will not make you spit it out.

by **A non-descript puppet nation** » Fri Sep 18, 2026 1:25 am

OOC: Wickets conceded by non-descript puppet nation adjusted from 6 to 9

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(O.O) · by **TJUN-ia** » Fri Sep 18, 2026 4:30 am

ODI. The long slog towards a day-long goal. After our successes at T20 level, the still new-feeling Bowlin' Jaguars of TJUN-ia return to the List A format looking to prove our worth as the #10 ODI side in the GCF. The fact that Kimi-Suomi, the one who joined this sport later, is currently ranked ahead of Virat Indushapa's side is seen as almost unacceptable by the top brass of the TBC, so the aim for this World Trophy in Liventia is to try and change that in the best way we can - winning cricket matches. That's a lot to put on ODI Captain Chase Helton's shoulders, but that's the situation, and so that's what we're dealing with.

This mission began, where else, but the home of cricket in this land - Park Central Oval in Orean. Our opponent? #8 Milchama, a tough test indeed for the opener, and when we won the toss, we opted to bat first. Logan McGarra and Wille Mutombodzi were hoping to put up a good score against the world #8, and we thought that we did that in the moment. 292/6, on its own, sounds pretty good, all things considered, and Chase Helton's 78 felt like it was going to be good enough. We all thought that getting this close to 300 would be enough to get the win here...but in the end, it wasn't even close. We could only manage 3 wickets in the reply as Milchama managed to chase it down with over 7 overs to spare. Seven Overs!. As it turned out, we should've pushed for 340 or something like that...but we didn't know.

Now, we have the bye to think about what we could do better...because #2 Sylestone are next up, and they will show no mercy.

GO BOWLIN' JAGS!

SCHEDULE (Group 4)
MD1: vs Milchama (8) - Park Central Oval, Orean L by 7 Wickets (T-4th)
MD2: BYE
MD3: vs Sylestone (2) - National Centre of Excellence Oval, City Centre
MD4: vs Vunymonia (UR) - Sawyer Memorial Ground, Bede
MD5: vs Tumbra (UR) - Dawston Ground, Orean
MD6: vs South Newlandia (20) - Park Central Oval, Orean
MD7: vs A non-descript puppet nation (UR) - The Manor, City Centre

by **Kimi-Suomi** » Fri Sep 18, 2026 8:26 am

After their opener, the Karhut felt...alright. Sure, they won against Etelä-Guinea in what felt like a comfortable win in the end, but they knew that they were going to be challenged later on, and they had to be ready for anything that could come up during our adventures in Liventinen. Lorcán Ua Tuathail knew that things were going to get tougher as this campaign went on, but he also knew that he had the players and the skills in order to succeed at this level. With JYK-inen posturing about trying to unseat us as the best of the two of us, we knew we couldn't just rest on our laurels. We just had to keep fighting.

Game 2 was always going to be big because we were facing #2 Darmen at The Bastion Dover Cricket Ground, and everyone knew that a Top 10 matchup was always going to produce fireworks. We ended up batting first after Darmen won the toss, looking to try and avoid the drama of the spin...and to be fair, we did well in that regard. We had to be more methodical in our methods, but 290/5 wasn't a bad showing at all vs a Top 5 team. Hector Smälts got 89, Mika Linnankoski got 87, and while Gregor Bean got 3-65, we still pressed forward and set the Green and White a target of 291 on this pitch.

That would end up being what won us this game. The target was so out of reach that our bowlers simply made their lives a living hell, and that was all it took to thump them. Not beat them, thump them. Darmen were, in Suomen terms, miekalle lyöty by way of some expert bowling from Saima Eskola, Finn Levi Olthuis, Anna-Leena Härkönen and Signe Hyppia. Those four made Darmen crumble on the crease and in the end...it wasn't even close. Darmen could only manage 208/6 in the face of our bowling pressure. That meant that, when the dust settled, we ended up beating #4 by 82 runs. Eighty-Two. Kahdeksankymmentäkaksi. To beat a team that highly-regarded by that scoreline is just...insane. But we did it.

Now, we have to wonder what that means, while also recognising that we still have four more games left to play...and the next one is a big one. Out of everyone in Group 2, we are one of two teams to win both games. The other team to do that is Crpostran, whom we will face at Lewes Park next time. Winner gets to sit at the top of the tree for now...a big game indeed.

NOSTA KUIN KARHUT!

SCHEDULE/AJOITTAA (Group 2)
MD1: vs Etelä-Guinea [Austroguinea] (UR) - Folenisa Cricket Ground, Folenisa V 5 wicketillä (T-1st)
MD2: vs Darmen (4) - The Bastion Dover Cricket Ground, Dover V 82 juoksulla (T-1st)
MD3: vs Crpostran (22) - Lewes Park, Neverend
MD4: vs Pyhä Margareta ja Aureliet [Saint Margaret and the Aurelies] (UR) - National Centre of Excellence Oval, City Centre
MD5: vs Jack ja Ruby [Jack and Ruby] (UR) - Sawyer Memorial Ground, Bede
MD6: vs Quebec ja Shingoryeo [Quebec and Shingoryeo] (16) - Folenisa Cricket Ground, Folenisa
MD7: BYE

by **Paradystopia** » Sat Sep 19, 2026 2:26 am

Promising Futures for Paradystopi Cricket
By Olaf av Stump
Nobody tell the raindancers, but the forecast is bright for Paradystopi cricket if their recent win over Sharktail in the sixth GCF World Trophy is anything to go by. It took just thirty-nine overs for the team to complete an impressive victory by four wickets at Orean's Dawson Ground in a performance which clearly highlighted two upcoming members of the international squad. Whilst Bobby Jangletrousers may have already made his mark in Paradystopia's cricketing consciousness since his impromptu call-up for a test match in the Plough Islands, recent debutante Varsha Chalakibharyu also gave a rounded performance with both bat and ball to signal that there's more talent out there in the Paradystopi youth system.

Youth cricket in Paradystopia has long been criticised for it's passive approach to the development of young cricketing talent, and has often been accused of acting more as a social club for parents than any meaningful attempt at growth of a popular Paradystopi sport. Many I'm sure will remember at least one of the myriad scandals associated with Paradystopi youth cricket over the last few years. There was of course Greystonesgate, when father of Abertynkle's Greystones Academy wicket-keeper, and prominent local politician was discovered in flagrante delicto in a kit storage room with the mother of the opposing team's captain after sharing a bottle or two of white wine over the course of an important youth fixture. There was also the Tragedy of Twyttlington where six mums, lead by the club secretary, abandoned their children mid-game to embark upon 'an epic bar crawl'. When they eventually returned four days later, one of the eight-year-olds had sadly perished due to lacking their asthma medication, and a further two had wandered off into a forest to seek help and were never seen nor heard from again. On top of this, who could forget the frequent escapades of the 'Mad Dads' movement with it's culture of competitive drinking and fist-fighting? Needless to say, youth cricket has suffered in the face of these incidents. Now, an outside observer may look at these incidences and state that Paradystopi youth cricket's problems would seem to stem more from a unique concentration of toxic parenting than anything else. This would be true were it not for the fact that in a recent audit it was found that nearly 60% of the youth cricketing budget was spent on 'the procurement of libations' for the most recent year for which data is available, and that in the three of the five seasons to date of the Paradystopi youth cricket system, no-one actual took the time to collect and collate the various results meaning these seasons had to be voided.

Nevertheless, these woes to one side, some young talent is somehow managing to break through this mire of disrepute and rise to the heights of international cricket acclaim. Young Bobby Jangletrousers showed experience far beyond his years to hit an excellent 111 not out, and helped by Varsha Chalakibharyu and their partnership of over a hundred they almost single-handedly pulled Paradystopia to their ever first win in ODI competition. Hopefully, the team's old guard can take inspiration from this ahead of their biggest challenge of the group, the powerhouse of Ko-oren, and with any luck, the youth system will also see that there's more at stake than an excuse for parents to get drunk, namely the future of Paradystopi cricket.

"Are youu ... are youu readin' thish shhit? ... Bazza! Wake up you ... you ... you pisshhead! ... They shay that thersh too mush ... too much drinkin' in Prradysh ... Prad ... Paradyshtopi cricket ... Thadsh bullshhit ... right?"

"... Whhaaa ... ? ... Who'sh ... Who'sh shaid that, Oggsh?"

"The man ... the man in the ... in the newshpaper ..."

"Dirty newsh ... Dirty newshpaper bashtard! ... What doesh ... doesh he know about ... about cruck ... about cricket?"

"... Apparunt ... Apparently it'sh cupt ... it'sh corruptin' the youff ... the youff shyshtem ..."

"Nooo ... corrupti ... crupp ... we wouldn'sh coppupt the youffsh ... would'sh we, Bobby?"

"Guys, it's 3am. I think you've celebrated the win enough now. Can I please go to bed? I really want to get some time in the nets tomorrow morning."

"You hearsh thish, Ogg? Bobby wantsh ... wantsh hish beb ... hish bed ... Ogg? You awake?

" ... Whaash? ... "

by **Indusse** » Sat Sep 19, 2026 3:30 am

New Season, New Start!

Neverend: As another season of international cricket is live, Indusseans is already glued to their televisions. After reforms hit International Cricket in Indusse, this marks the first GCF World Trophy where the nation is represented. After two successful campaigns in T20 and Test Cricket, the nation hopes to make their return to ODI tremendous. During the last T20 World Cup, the Indussean squad ended up reaching the third place finals but lost to their opponents Darmen by eight runs. A memorable tournament as it could be called, the Blue Marauders are in hopes to write history in the ODI World Trophy.

In their first match in the tournament, they went on to face The Kytler Peninsulae ranked twelfth in the world at Lewes Park, Neverend. Bowling first, Indusse was able to make sure that The Kytler Peninsulae ended their run to a score of 236/8 with a disciplined and quality bowling line. Karthik Chand and Milind Bakhtayar set the tone early with focused bowling sprees, while Behrouz’s spin in the middle overs kept the game favourable to the Blue Marauders. The quality bowling partnerships made sure that no game-changing partnerships were born at the Kytlerian side.

With the not so great finish for The Kytler Peninsulae, they seem to have a tough chance to stop the Indusseans in chasing that score. After the break when it came time to chase the target of 237 runs, Indusse never looked panicked. Herman Bauman who was not able to make much noise in the Test and T20 trophies recently, turned out to be the changemaker with a solid fifty eight runs, and skipper Shankar Singh Patidar kept the scoreboard in momentum with a enchanting play of fourty five runs keeping the partnership alive. With a solid foundation already built, Indusse continued to chase the possibly easy target, but surprising everyone the Kytlerians were able to get some quick wickets in succession bringing panic to the Indussean camp.

But even with the quick wickets down, Indusse managed to chase the target and register their first win of the tournament. Nicholas Tyler went on in a quick finish of twenty four runs which included three 4s and one 6s to seal the victory for the Blue Marauders. With six wickets down, Indusse was now able to claim the victory against The Kytler Peninsulae. The Indussean squad is now off to Island Cricket Arena in Schimpol for their round three battle against Sharktail. A pitch known to be friendly to fast bowlers, the Indussean squad would be featuring some bowling changes as announced. Kunal Kapoor is set to have his debut in the next match, replacing Ashkan Behrouz. Behrouz is all set to return in the round four match since his performance has been excellent.

Indusse bowl first

Indusse Bowling
Bowler                      Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
Karthik Chand               10   1  42  2    4.2  
Rishwat Harshwardhan         9   0  48  2   5.33  
Milind Bakhtayar            10   1  38  1    3.8  
Nicholas Tyler               6   0  34  0   5.67  
Ashkan Behrouz              10   0  41  2    4.1  
Praveen Sisodia              5   0  26  1    5.2  

Indusse Batting   (Target: 237)
Batter                                                R   B  4s  6s   SR
Praveen Sisodia          c & b Unknown               34  41   4   1   82.93
Herman Bauman            c Unknown b Unknown         58  64   7   2   90.63
Shankar Singh Patidar    lbw b Unknown               45  42   5   1  107.14
Mahmud Farzhjan          c Unknown b Unknown         18  15   2   0  120
Arvind Pyarilal          b Unknown                   29  32   3   1   90.63
Sherlock Maxmuller       run out                     12  11   1   0  109.09
Nicholas Tyler           not out                     24  15   3   1  160
Ashkan Behrouz           not out                      8  10   1   0   80
          EXTRAS         (2 b, 4 lb, 5 wd, 1 nb)     12
          TOTAL          for 6 wickets              240   (38.1 ov; 6.29 RPO)
Did not bat:           Milind Bakhtayar, Karthik Chand, Rishwat Harshwardhan

Venue: Lewes Park, Neverend
Season: GCF World Trophy VI
Match Result: Indusse win by 4 wickets

Please Note: No data is available for the players of The Kytler Peninsulae. So only stats for Indussean players are released.

by **Sylestone** » Sat Sep 19, 2026 8:51 am

Milchama Batting
Batter                                              R   B  4s  6s   SR
D Ross             c Eastwood b Scron              62  87   8   0   71.26
P de Franches      c Eastwood b McMillan           10  19   1   0   52.63
H March (c)        c Tiati (+) b Hall              14  26   1   0   53.85
J Carney           b Hall                           5  13   0   0   38.46
Y Malliteen        c Cocrine b Asaskia             61  66   4   2   92.42
D Carpenter        not out                         81  70   6   4  115.71
B Guerin (+)       c Hall b Cross                   3   9   0   0   33.33
T Pehrson          b Cross                          3   5   0   0   60
K Prentice         not out                         10   5   0   1  200
       EXTRAS      (5 b, 5 lb, 2 wd)               12
       TOTAL       for 7 wickets                  261   (50 ov; 5.22 RPO)
Did not bat:     B Woods, B Hampton

FOW: 1-30 (P de Franches, 7.4 overs); 2-60 (H March (c), 15.1 overs); 3-69 (J Carney, 18.4 overs); 
     4-136 (D Ross, 29.3 overs); 5-208 (Y Malliteen, 41.2 overs); 6-230 (B Guerin (+), 45.2 overs); 
     7-243 (T Pehrson, 47.5 overs)

Sylestone Bowling
Bowler                Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
S Scron               10   1  48  2    4.8  
J McMillan             8   1  33  1   4.13  
C Freehill             3   0   9  0      3  (1 wd)
S Asaskia              8   0  43  1   5.38  
B Hall                10   0  44  2    4.4  
K Sonnel               6   0  39  0    6.5  
S Cross                5   0  35  2      7  (1 wd)

Sylestone Batting   (Target: 262)
Batter                                              R   B  4s  6s   SR
L Tiati (c) (+)    c Guerin (+) b Hampton          25  40   3   0   62.5
C Freehill         c Malliteen b Woods              8  15   0   0   53.33
B Eastwood         lbw b Woods                      1   8   0   0   12.5
L Cocrine          c&b Woods                       55  70   3   1   78.57
B Golman           st Guerin (+) b Hampton         46  52   4   0   88.46
S Cross            run out (Prentice, Woods)       22  20   3   0  110
S Asaskia          not out                         61  54   5   2  112.96
J McMillan         c Prentice b Hampton            19  21   1   1   90.48
B Hall             c March b Carpenter              9  12   1   0   75
S Scron            not out                          6   8   1   0   75
       EXTRAS      (3 lb, 8 wd)                    11
       TOTAL       for 8 wickets                  263   (50 ov; 5.26 RPO)
Did not bat:     K Sonnel

FOW: 1-21 (C Freehill, 5.4 overs); 2-23 (B Eastwood, 7.3 overs); 3-51 (L Tiati (c) (+), 14.4 overs); 
     4-132 (L Cocrine, 29.1 overs); 5-153 (B Golman, 32.6 overs); 6-173 (S Cross, 35.5 overs); 
     7-217 (J McMillan, 43.1 overs); 8-246 (B Hall, 47.3 overs)

Milchama Bowling
Bowler                Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
T Pehrson             10   1  52  0    5.2  (1 wd)
B Woods               10   0  50  3      5  (4 wd)
B Hampton             10   0  43  3    4.3  
D Carpenter           10   0  59  1    5.9  (2 wd)
K Prentice            10   0  56  0    5.6  (1 wd)

Venue: Folenisa Cricket Ground, Folenisa, Liventia
Match number: Match 22
Toss: Sylestone won the toss and elected to bowl
Season: GCF ODI World Trophy VI
Matchdays: Matchday 2
Player of the Match: Samuel Asaskia (SYL)
Umpires: Unknown
TV Umpire: Unknown
Reserve Umpire: Unknown
Match Referee: Unknown
Match Result: Sylestone win by 2 wickets with 0 balls remaining

Matchday Three Playing XI vs TJUN-ia @ National Centre of Excellence, City Centre

1. Luke Tiati (c) (+)
2. Caitlyn Freehill
3. Brianna Eastwood
4. Lachlan Cocrine
5. Brian Golman
6. Samuel Cross
7. Samuel Asaskia
8. Jesse McMillan
9. Broughton Hall
10. Samuel Scron
11. Kate Sonnel

by **Milchama** » Sat Sep 19, 2026 9:27 am

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Milchama Finally Post Roster

After 3 games and many apologies, Milchama finally had enough time to think about and post a roster. Somebody from the cricket federation said, "Damn we've been busy, this teaching thing is hard"

Without further ado here is the roster:

Managed by David Krumpton:

Likely lineup (in batting order):
Daniel Ross RHB
Philip de Franches LHB
Hayden March (c) RHB Part time off spin
Jerome Carney RHB
Yohonatan Malliteen RHB. Middle order batter
Davy Carpenter LHB All around medium fast
Bethany Guerin WK
Tanya Pehrson RHB Opening fast bowler. Throws left
Kesem Prentice LHB Legspinner
Bonnie Woods RHB Opening fast bowler Throws right
Bryan Hampton LHB Off spinner

Others in the squad

Ryan Cohen RHB Part time leg spin
Greg Cochran LHB Opening batter
Wesley Hesch RHB Fast bowler
Denny Kischant RHB Fast bowler (somewhat bowling all rounder)
Efes Mahbet RHB Batter
Dahvi Milliquet - RHB All Rounder, Medium fast.
Gilat Margaret - LHB Top Order Batter

by **The Plough Islands** » Sat Sep 19, 2026 10:06 am

on the 18th September 2026, the Plough Islands Gazette wrote:
WORLD TROPHY: CHASTENED FOXES MUST IMPROVE AFTER GAUNTLET OF CHAOS
by Andrew Kulayev, Cricket Correspondent for Plough Radio, in Schimpol

The Plough Islands Cricket Association has borne witness to a lot of unusual events since affiliating to the Global Cricket Federation in 2018, including a number of matches that have stretched the expectations and norms of our sport up to and beyond the limits of credibility. To say nothing of the entire trip, complete with armed Constabulary escort, to Gruenberg in 2021, West Phoenicia at Willowbourne may have ended with a pitch invasion, and last year's semi final against Ko-oren at Montebello may have finished after midnight to a largely deserted stadium, but the confluence of factors in yesterday's game at Schimpol may have produced the most bizarre game of cricket that this writer can remember watching in quite some time.
One of those factors was the pitch. The Foxes might not have played at the Island Cricket Arena for six years, but this writer remembers the conditions well from that six game residency in the second group phase of that inaugural World Trophy, and for a ground regarded as bowler friendly by Rushmori standards, it was always well presented, with the Liventians fighting a constant battle with the salt and spray from the ocean to produce a succession of flat, green tinged tracks that were generally fair to bat and ball. So it was a surprise to arrive at the stadium to find Shauna Weaver and her team staring glumly at a drider's web of cracks and dips, with marks around the popping creases that resembled chemical burns as much as anything, and the groundskeepers conspicuously absenting themselves from the situation.
A statement that had been typed up and duplicated with suspicious haste after the result cited a number of factors that had affected the preparation of the pitch, chief among them the use of the Island Cricket Arena for an "unscheduled Shollywood filming event", which had prevented the square from being covered since the opening match between Darmen and Quebec & Shingoryeo, and resulted in other damage to the wicket "to ensure it is clean enough to sufficiently honour the Kāppāḷar" (emphasis in the original). Precisely why the Samrakstivan film industry had wanted, or the Schimpol ground staff had been prepared to accommodate, the filming of a cricket movie at such short notice, without any cricket journalist in the country having previously been aware, was what this writer could euphemistically call an open ended question. Although the wicket will certainly be returned to its normal condition in time for Indusse to play Sharktail at the weekend, the Liventian Cricketing Board of Authority will, no doubt, seek to have somebody's ends forcibly closed in response.
The other factor was the opposition. Speaking before the match, Serdtgyu head coach Yrsvy Aipnürl stated that their players did not even know what cricket was a fortnight ago, and there was no evidence visible from the press box to prove otherwise. As a Chechen with an English name, this writer has a genuine and deep appreciation for those learning cricket for the first time, and the progress the Serdtgyuans had evidently made in less than two weeks was astounding. Welł Ærüs' team acquitted themselves well batting first, with the stocky left hander Wargun Vur in particular having the innate balance and hand-eye coordination with the bat that more than compensated for their lack of a formal repertoire of shots, and adding an unbeaten 82 - slightly under half the Serdtgyuan total - to a century in their nation's first ever competitive game two days earlier.
Their comrades tended to struggle more often than not against the Plough Islander bowling, with Dimitry Andreyev maintaining a tight squeeze on the Serdtgyu scoring rate, and Naomi Salisbury and Lauren Geddes bowling far tighter than they had in City Centre, but although extras was the third highest scorer there were still flashes of brilliance. Ture Khus especially displayed a keen eye for outsmarting the field placements, and could consider it very unfortunate to have holed out to Weaver from Andreyev's last ball. Given the state of the pitch, 189 was anywhere between an insufficient and respectable total, but the way in which the ill prepared Serdtgyuans went about their batting would have won them quite a few fans in Schimpol.
An inevitable consequence of the rushed nature of the team, however, was that everyone was still trying out the various roles they could play within the game, and so when the Plough Islands came out to bat, ten of the eleven in blue were given a spell at bowling, with Aipnürl indicating in post game analysis that the fifty overs would be divided out equally at least until the cream rose to the top. With the players having spent most of their ten days learning the laws of the game and working out a compliant bowling action - very competently, if only three no balls in the innings was any indication - this inevitably left little time to develop anything other than a stiff-armed line and length, with the line and the length being subject to some experimentation between overs and even between deliveries.
Combined, the opposition and the pitch had the practical effect of sending out the Foxes to face a constantly rotating selection of highly variable, but often fast, pace bowlers, on a surface that was inconsistently unpredictable with the same ball being bowled in the same place often giving different results. The result was a horrible balance; Serdtgyu's bowling attack, which would have been daunting but predictable under ideal conditions, were virtually unplayable yesterday, with any given delivery just as likely to bounce awkwardly and go for a wide as it was to find a bat, or edge, or pad, or stump.
The unfortunate Andrew Weaver took the first delivery without the benefit of hindsight, and Våh Hyster sent down one that found the edge of one of the dried up plates of mud and crept underneath the opener's swinging bat and pegged back his middle stump; he was the first of many to learn that, in the circumstances, aggression was a death sentence. The trick was to stay calm and play one ball at a time, leaving shot selection as late as reasonably possible, and those mellower dispositions within the Foxes' lineup realised this quickly - Matthew Davy and Peter Hodgeson, who this writer is prepared to admit to having been rather short with for not scoring quickly enough against Aryavarna, both recognised the situation for what it was and managed it well to score 44 and 45 respectively, primarily through opportunistic ramp shots and thick edges into the off side.
By contrast, attempting to take control and dominate the bowling, whomever was doing it, almost universally turned out poorly for the Plough Islanders. Charlotte McCulloch was the first to find this out, having made a steady start alongside Davy before lunging down the wicket at Amuc Sohn and missing the ball bobble through to the stumps. There were two separate hit wicket dismissals - One was largely, and unfortunately, Arnold Tyrie's making; the New Dalmatian had made up his mind to slog sweep Ærüs even after the delivery came to almost a dead stop on contact with the pitch, attempted what amounted to a golf swing on the bobbling ball, made only glancing contact, and the unexpected momentum caused Tyrie's bat to fly into the air and his helmet, only loosely buckled, to fall off and demolish the wicket. The square leg umpire, Burnadette Taylor, had attempted to call him back for a review to no avail, and so 'hit wicket' was the consensus of the scorers (at least those not engaged in finding extra sheets of paper to record the Serdtgyuan bowlers); it made Whitney Barrett 'merely' treading on her own stumps in fend off a short one from Żyrv seem positively mundane.
All of which was diverting, and the wickets gave Serdtgyu great heart after their struggles with the bat, but the situation was rather less funny in the light of the Plough Islands having been two wickets, or a pair of irregular bounces, away from having lost their second match of the tournament through bad luck and their own hubris. Shauna Weaver did all she could out in the field - holding on for a well navigated 38, including four boundaries and the game's only six, but on the evidence of yesterday she has much to talk to her comrades about. None of the Foxes made it to fifty, and even allowing for the unusual circumstances, it really should not have fallen to Geddes and Salisbury to get the team over the finishing line.
It is relatively early days for the Plough Islands' time in Liventia, with the team having touched down in Rushmore less than a fortnight ago, and two matches is a poor length of time for Weaver and head coach Paul Donaghy to be making judgments. There remains, however, the risk that the Foxes will struggle to get going if they get locked into a losing mentality, having not played limited overs cricket for over a year, and that is something the Association needs to address quietly but urgently if the team are to have any chance of retaining the World Trophy for a fourth time. Tomorrow's trip to Folenisa will be, as they say, as good a time as any for Weaver and her comrades to knuckle down and play serious cricket.

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR WORLD TROPHY VS. L'DER & AB

        PLAYER           BAT   BOW
#15 ANL Weaver           RHB      
#7  MG  Davy             RHB   RLB
#1  SLC Weaver (c)       RHB   RLB
#12 CAV McCulloch        RHB      
#10 P   Hodgeson         LHB   SLW
#11 IT  Lebed (w)        LHB      
#2  DV  Andreyev         RHB   RFM
#3  S   Ashe             RHB   ROB
#8  LNC Geddes           RHB   ROB
#13 NA  Salisbury        LHB   SLA
#5  A   Baxter           RHB   RFS

by **Liventia** » Sat Sep 19, 2026 1:05 pm

Unranked Hanalia pose stern test as stuttering Liventia look for lift off
DOVER— Liventia's stuttering one-day international (ODI) side heads to the notoriously tricky Bastion in Dover for the second game of their World Trophy campaign as Cricketing Board of Authority (CBA) director of cricket Matt Geach searches for answers as to why the ODI team is so far behind its Test and T20 counterparts.

The Red-and-Gold's ODI ranking of fifth belies a troubling fact – the team have not reached the last-eight stage (either knockout or Super Eights) since being eliminated in the semi-finals of the inaugural tournament. And the hosts got their sixth World Trophy off to a shockingly poor start, allowing 17th-ranked Natkr a 16-run win after falling short chasing an eminently obtainable 260-run target – at the Home of Liventian Cricket, the Park Central Oval, no less.

It has heaped pressure onto Geach, whose decision to appoint interim ODI captain and wicketkeeper Will Daniels as the team's full-time skipper was immediately questioned. However, the malaise clearly goes further back. So much so that Geach's predecessors, along with the team selectors, dropped every senior player for the last World Trophy in favour of a mostly untested, younger squad. That didn't work – Liventia were eliminated in the repechage round.

So now The Bastion awaits. Standing in the Red-and-Gold's way of what would be a much-welcome morale-boosting win are unranked Hanalia. Well, unranked only because this is that team's first World Trophy, but they are certainly no pushovers – as their T20 world ranking of 10th would suggest. So it's a team with plenty of experience themselves, looking to upset a team that is out of form.

Liventia will take heart from the fact that the format allows a team finishing fifth or sixth in their group of seven, in theory, to go on and win the trophy – although that would take no fewer than nine wins in the elimination rounds (compared to a minimum of five if the team finishes in the top four of the group). But the losers' bracket is not where the hosts will want to find themselves. It would be embarrassing on home soil.

Things won't get easier after their clash against Hanalia. World number one and defending champions The Plough Islands follow, back at Park Central, before Aryavarna – who the Red-and-Gold know all too well from their T20 exploits a few tournaments ago – rock up hoping to upset the apple cart. If the pressure is to ease on Geach and Daniels, there can only be one result against Hanalia.

by **Liventia** » Sat Sep 19, 2026 2:45 pm

Matchday 3
OOC note: Vunymonia RP below was not counted this cutoff.

Group 1
Hanalia 246/5 (50 overs)
Liventia 287/5 (50 overs)
Liventia win by 41 runs
Scorinated by South Newlandia

The Plough Islands 298/6 (50 overs)
Lisander and Alice Bay 256/3 (50 overs)
The Plough Islands win by 42 runs

Aryavarna 285/8 (50 overs)
Serdtgyu 289/5 (48.4 overs)
Serdtgyu win by 5* wickets

  Group 1                            Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Hanalia                              3   2  0  1    4
  Natkr                                2   2  0  0    4
  The Plough Islands                   3   2  0  1    4
4 Serdtgyu                             3   1  0  2    2
5 Aryavarna                            2   1  0  1    2
  Liventia                             2   1  0  1    2
7 Lisander and Alice Bay               3   0  0  3    0

Group 2
Quebec and Shingoryeo 290/8 (50 overs)
Saint Margaret and the Aurelies 293/6 (49 overs)
Saint Margaret and the Aurelies won by 4* wickets

Kimi-Suomi 273/6 (50 overs)
Crpostran 242/7 (50 overs)
Kimi-Suomi won by 31 runs

Austroguinea 276/7 (50 overs)
Darmen 268/7 (50 overs)
Austroguinea won by 8 runs

  Group 2                            Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Kimi-Suomi                           3   3  0  0    6
2 Crpostran                            3   2  0  1    4
3 Austroguinea                         2   1  0  1    2
  Jack and Ruby                        2   1  0  1    2
5 Darmen                               3   1  0  2    2
  Saint Margaret and the Aurelies      2   1  0  1    2
7 Quebec and Shingoryeo                3   0  0  3    0

Group 3
Sharktail 242/8 (50 overs)
Indusse 246/6 (44.1 overs)
Indusse won by 4* wickets

Ko-oren 274/6 (50 overs)
Paradystopia 278/6 (45.5 overs)
Paradystopia won by 4* wickets

Vaishnavaria 259/8 (50 overs)
Warkus 160/7 (50 overs)
Vaishnavaira won by 99 runs


  Group 3                            Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Paradystopia                         3   2  0  1    4
2 Indusse                              2   2  0  0    4
  Ko-oren                              3   2  0  1    4
4 Sharktail                            3   1  0  2    2
  The Kytler Peninsulae                2   1  0  1    2
  Vaishnavaria                         2   1  0  1    2
7 Warkus                               3   0  0  3    0

Group 4
A non-descript puppet nation 282/7 (50 overs)
Tumbra 293/6 (50 overs)
Tumbra won by 11 runs

Milchama 252/6 (50 overs)
Vunymonia 271/8 (50 overs)
Vunymonia won by 19 runs

TJUN-ia 274/8 (50 overs)
Sylestone 241/6 (50 overs)
TJUN-ia won by 33 runs


  Group 4                            Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 South Newlandia                      2   2  0  0    4
  Sylestone                            3   2  0  1    4
3 Tumbra                               2   1  0  1    2
4 A non-descript puppet nation         3   1  0  2    2
5 Vunymonia                            3   1  0  2    2
6 Milchama                             3   1  0  2    2
7 TJUN-ia                              2   1  0  1    2

by **Vunymonia** » Sat Sep 19, 2026 2:50 pm

Agaev 156 not enough as Vunymonia struggle late

269/2 in a failed chase isn't a score you see every day. Then again, cricket-playing robots aren't a team you see every day.

It was a quick start for the newcomers in mannequins [is "in" the correct word here? I'm genuinely unsure -ed], Yazbike Oyoyev struggling against both ABFTA-V1 and V2. If there's one thing you can't fault them for, it's their consistency, each of their first five managing 50 runs. However, maybe you can fault them for their consistency, because early in the eleventh over Keldyk Avanteyev would take two wickets from two balls. However, that's still 100 runs in less than eleven overs, which if you don't follow cricket is not good for whoever's bowling. Oyoyev would manage to slow things down a bit, though neither her nor Yuman Pakus could prevent the Endeepeers reaching 150, then 200, more quickly than the Vunymons would have preferred. It seemed inevitable that they would rack up an unchallengeable score, but once Guy Tech came up the newcomers looked far more human. He would be bowled out by Pakus after only 17, and from there the storm of runs slowed to a trickle, with only extras adding to the score, eventually setting a target to 277.

The Vunymon batting started decently well, both Ultra- and Hyper-Fling-o-Matic yielding a decent number of runs off the bat of Akchubey Agaev and Gondyr Tsyurak. The former would reach a century relatively quickly, and the partnership just... kept... going, at 229/0 after 40 overs, aided by a subpar spell from Tech. It would be up to Centrifuge-Cannontron, with potential assists from Automanipulatrix and Hyper-Fling-o-Matic, to prevent a loss, and so they did, successfully flummoxing the Vunymons, who couldn't pick up the pace even in their desperation. Agaev would go first, with Tsyurak managing to reach the century mark before being dismissed by Centrifuge-Cannontron. Automanipulatrix, however, can take true credit for the victory, allowing just one run in the final over when Vunymonia needed nine. Vunymonia next face eighth-ranked Milchama in a must-win match.

by **A non-descript puppet nation** » Sun Sep 20, 2026 12:58 am

A few hours prior to MD3

"The damn drivers, it's always the blasted drivers. Ok, so they're all updated now. The cache is wiped. Ok then, let's see if we can get you scoring over fifty for a change."

"Yes. Nice. No more stupid limiter functions restricting your run scoring now my little Cybo-interceptron. Can't wait to see the look on those Tumbran's faces tonight when ... What's this ...?"

"WHAT?! No ... no no no no no ... Ctrl alt delete, ctrl alt delete .... AARRGHH! Why are you even programmed this way?! Come on, come on, come on! Shut down you useless piece of shit ... please, shut down ... PLEASE! ..."

*robot powering down noise*

"Oh thank you thank you thank you! ... phew ... Good grief I hate these robots ... Right then, so you'll need a total wipe down and reset ... again! You know what? You're lucky it's only Tumbra we're playing later. Can't see them proving much of a challenge, even if we are going to be down to a team of ten ..."

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