World Twenty20 Championships XI - Everything Thread (IC)

[Liventia]

National Sport EXCLUSIVE: Geach threatens to quit after just one game
Cirelbourne, KO-OREN— The National Sport understands Liventia Twenty20 head coach Matthew Geach has threatened to resign from his position after just one game in charge.

The 36-year-old former captain is understood to be frustrated at the way the Cricketing Board of Authority selected the 20-man travelling squad, with a five-man panel solely made up of executives and captain Ollie Kerr merely given a consultational role.

"I love my team, I played with a lot of them and shared a dressing room with them, but we must have one of the oldest squads in the tournament. We have people with very little actual cricket experience, who don't spend time around the players or go and watch the domestic games, making decisions from higher up," he raged at a press conference after the Red-and-Gold's opening defeat to Mughals royal, a nation so lazy they couldn't even be bothered to stick to the usual grammar rules and capitalise the first letter of the second word of their name.

"What happens? We end up with a squad who, while experienced, can't move around as much, and basically everyone in international cricket has our bowlers figured out."

Now Geach has told his players that if the CBA fails to provide assurances that the selection policy will change in the future, he has no intention of staying on in his role.

"Matt's furious," a source told the Sport. "He's been treated horribly, sent in to do a job with players he knows well but he hasn't selected himself. He has no real authority because there are some who still treat him as a teammate rather than their head coach, and they know he has no power to drop them."

The former champions, who were ranked number two in the world going into the failed outing last time in the Busoga Islands, have now compiled a 1–5 record from their last six World Twenty20 fixtures, going back to the final of the ninth World Twenty20 in Damukuni.

With three teams qualifying from each group, Liventia's losing start to the tournament doesn't spell trouble quite yet, although they will be keen to arrest a startling slide that could see them outside the top 15 after this tournament.

Meanwhile, the Global Cricket Federation has announced that a new rankings formula will come into effect at the end of the ongoing competition, although the last three completed editions of the World T20 will still contribute towards the ranks.

---

[OOC: The new ranking system aims to standardise the way ranks are calculated from tournament to tournament, regardless of the format chosen. Previously, different tournaments would result in slightly (very slightly) different calculations due to the differing formats. The new ranks will include the 9th and 10th World T20s recalculated under the new formula.]

[Ko-oren]

World Twenty20 Championships XI@Ko-oren

MD2 Results

Group A
Rooimervania 129/2 (13.1 overs)
Sisdonia 128/5 (20 overs)

Retricoal 117/5 (20 overs)
Eastfield Lodge 139/6 (20 overs)

West Phoenicia 103/8 (11.1 overs)
Ethane 102/6 (20 overs)

Group A                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Eastfield Lodge          2   2  0  0
  West Phoenicia           2   2  0  0
3 Retricoal                2   1  0  1
  Rooimervania             2   1  0  1
5 Ethane                   2   0  0  2
  Sisdonia                 2   0  0  2

Group B
Teusland 149/6 (17.5 overs)
Melbergia 147/5 (20 overs)

Mughals royal 137/5 (20 overs)
Apox 151/3 (20 overs)

Elejamie 139/5 (20 overs)
Liventia 190/6 (20 overs)

Group B                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Apox                     2   2  0  0
2 Mughals royal            2   1  0  1
3 Liventia                 2   1  0  1
4 Elejamie                 2   1  0  1
5 Teusland                 2   1  0  1
6 Melbergia                2   0  0  2

Group C
A Flock of Seagulls 106/5 (20 overs)
Krytenia 165/2 (20 overs)

Indusse 113/5 (20 overs)
Northwest Kalactin 115/4 (12.5 overs)

Ko-oren 110/3 (20 overs)
Barunia 184/7 (20 overs)

Group C                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Barunia                  2   2  0  0
  Krytenia                 2   2  0  0
3 Ko-oren                  2   1  0  1
  Northwest Kalactin       2   1  0  1
5 A Flock of Seagulls      2   0  0  2
  Indusse                  2   0  0  2

Group D
Deyrland 151 (19.1 overs)
Busoga Islands 178/6 (20 overs)

The Plough Islands 152/4 (20 overs)
Damukuni 133/7 (20 overs)

Darmen 134/6 (19.5 overs)
Mattijana 130/4 (20 overs)

Group D                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Busoga Islands           2   2  0  0
  Darmen                   2   2  0  0
3 Mattijana                2   1  0  1
4 The Plough Islands       2   1  0  1
5 Damukuni                 2   0  0  2
  Deyrland                 2   0  0  2

[Apox]

Mughals royal 137/5 (20 overs)
Apox 151/3 (20 overs)
Apox win by 14 runs

Apox Batting Innings
Name                 How Out                Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Trinity Southwold    lbw Unknown              28    17  2   1 176.47
Hamish Gaaraayi      c Unknown b Unknown       8    10  1   0  80.00
Trajan Muldoney *    NOT OUT                  66    58  7   0 113.79
Nancy Washington     c Unknown b Unknown      30    26  5   0 115.38
Kyriana Lupiter †    NOT OUT                  10     9  2   0 111.11
Organa Arrowsmith
Oberon Jessop
Rachel Gallegos
Tara Kakketa
Jo Frost
Roy Hamilton-Randall
EXTRAS               1 nb, 3 byes, 4 lb        9
TOTAL                                        151

FOW
14  for 1 (Gaaraayi)
57  for 2 (Southwold)
119 for 3 (Washington)

Apox Bowling Innings
Name                   O   M   R   W  Econ
Roy Hamilton-Randall  4.0  0  28   2  7.00
Rachel Gallegos       4.0  0  22   0  5.50
Tara Kakketa          4.0  0  27   1  6.75
Jo Frost              4.0  0  23   1  5.75
Organa Arrowsmith     4.0  0  33   1  8.25

[The Plough Islands]

You know, there's a fine line to tread between 'match report' and 'agitprop', and I think at some point I might've fallen over it a tiny bit. Commiserations to Damukuni though - and many thanks as well, not only for all your advice and support, but also for giving me a lot of material to have fun with...

---

20-OVER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: FOXES TAKE FIRST VICTORY AS DAMUKUNI SUBDUED
by Denis Wormwood, Sporting Correspondent, in Maynard

After their inaugural bruising by a far more experienced Mattijana team, the Plough Islands came back to strike a blow for the power of collective will and spirit as they ultimately strolled to victory over a Damukuni side visibly beholden to commercial considerations as much as their own people. The islanders had performed well with the bat, with an opening stand of 52 and a strong late contribution from Rory Aliyev the highlights, before some extremely economical and aggressive bowling from Naomi Salisbury and Colin McCarthy among others took seven Damukunian wickets and held back the opposition scoring rate in the second half of the match, ultimately setting up the Foxes' first win in a Global Cricket Federation organised limited overs tournament.
Foxes captain Kevin Laing had opted to bat on a pitch that was holding up better than the previous day, and in due course Graeme Holt and Audrey Leggett began to show the wisdom of that choice; finding the combination of bounce and a slightly less intimidating bowling attack than the previous day to both their liking. For the first wicket, the duo put on 52 in five overs thanks largely to some slightly wayward deliveries from Cletus Nakahara and Jessica Jones, with the latter being hit for six off consecutive balls first by Leggett and then Holt and struggling to maintain a consistent line and length. However, Jones also had a hand in Leggett's eventual dismissal, with the Bradford goatherd setting off too hastily for an attempted bye and being left stranded by wicketkeeper Janina Lehmann. This brought in Shauna Weaver, who uncharacteristically failed to have the expected impact; despite a couple of boundaries from spinner Kaito Inoue, she was the target of some short pitched bowling and aggressive fields and eventually shot a Nakahara delivery straight at Rupert Deadman to leave for 12.
Then came teenager Aliyev and, after Holt had departed lbw off a turning Inoue delivery for 33, the captain himself, and both of them proceeded to dig in and essentially repeat the formula that had been set by Holt and Leggett. As Damukuni increasingly became ragged in their bowling across the final overs, Aliyev and Laing made the most of the situation and added a great deal of reinforcement to the Foxes' total. Aliyev in particular grew in confidence as the innings wore on, bringing up boundary after boundary through the leg side as Damukuni tired and especially heavily scoring off the spin of Inoue and Warwick Ivers. Inoue did have the last word, in a fashion, when his final delivery turned in much the same way that the ball that dismissed Holt did and squirmed between front foot and bat to uproot Aliyev's off stump, leaving him on 45, Laing stranded on 30, and the scoreboard on 152 for 4.
In reply, Damukuni captain Jennica Sawyer started strongly by steering McCarthy's first ball between Weaver and Arthur Donovan for four, but departed just four deliveries later after failing to read a slower ball from the New Dalmatian paceman. However, Damukuni were able to set up their own enduring partnership in remaining opener Ivy Bolt and the mercurial Deadman, who were able to withstand and score quickly off McCarthy's pace and failed to be checked much by spin, as Laing rotated his bowlers once more but began to cut a slightly concerned figure as the partnership passed the half century mark with overs - and confidence - to spare. Sarah Ashe was finally able to make something happen shortly before the halfway mark, as the faintest of edges from Bolt found the gloves of Tim Bleasdale to send her back to the pavilion on 32, but with Damukuni 74-2 and ahead of the run rate the signs were not good for the Foxes.
The break in the partnership changed the psychological landscape out in the middle of the Leewardia Oval, though, and this would be to the Foxes' benefit; Salisbury and Kenny Cunningham were able to reel in the scoring rate, as Jemimah Woodman failed to settle at the crease before being struck plumb in front by Salisbury on 9, and the boost this gave to the Plough Islanders was noticable; their fielding became tighter and the bowling began to turn up the pressure, and by the time Deadman - on 46 from 29 balls - made a very late call to abort a run and failed to make it back to the crease before Donovan did, Damukuni had effectively lost four overs for just eleven runs and three wickets, and this proved to be an ultimately fatal blow to their run chase. Yoshihiro Tsukite battled to 14 before gloving Cunningham to Bleasdale, but none of Damukuni's other players could reach double figures, and Salisbury (2-19) and McCarthy (2-31) returned to take two wickets in the last two overs, Laing having planned ahead following the panic against Mattijana, and leave Damukuni stuttering to a final total of 133 for 7.
Despite the laid-back nature of the Foxes' tournament and tour thus far, the confirmation of the victory brought a noticable release of pressure from the tourists' dressing room, which coach Lourens Hendricks attributed to "playing four games in six days, I think we're all going a bit mad here, so it makes these moments a lot sweeter when they arrive. I think we have a few more in us, with any luck...". Both Laing and Ashe cited the latter's wicket of Bolt as the turning point in the game, although the latter told this author "I did not really do much after that, I just stood back and watched Naomi and Colin taking the sting out of their chase and they should probably get more of the credit!" Hendricks also praised how the team had taken control of the game, "we really turned the screw and that's a great skill to have, especially in these slightly odd conditions".
Although the main immediate impact - aside from a lot of extremely happy Foxes and their fans - was that the Plough Islands now sit fourth in the group table with three games to play, they now face the Busoga Islands, hosts of the previous competition and unbeaten thus far in this edition. As this form of the game is increasingly proving, however, past performance is no guarantee of results, and the team must now have some belief that on their day they can take on any team in the world. As the sun dipped beneath the mountains behind the pavilion at Maynard, there was plenty of evidence on show to justify that belief, and a hundred and forty thousand souls who carried that with them.

PREVIEW: BUSOGA ISLANDS A DAUNTING ENIGMA FOR FOXES
by Ian Goswell, Chief Cricket Correspondent for Plough Radio, in Maynard

Despite their history in this event - having hosted the previous edition while part of Banija amidst a myriad of internal tensions that tore the country apart soon after - there is an air of mystery about the Busoga Islands, perhaps intentionally enhanced by the Busoga Islander Cricket Board not releasing the names or details of their players who take to the field in identical burgundy shirts. This does not prevent the sport being hugely popular domestically, with thousands cramming the stadia of the regional league every week and finding every vantage point that they can to view the game, but these images and one and a half tournaments of results are all the journalists of this tournament have had to go on.
While the Busoga Islands have won both their games so far in this tournament on the back of strong batting performances, they have been inconsistent at best with the ball, and with the Foxes' top order becoming more reliable by the game as they get to grips with scoring in this format, there is the potential for another upset after the dominant performance of tonight. However, the secrecy of the BICB will make it difficult for Kevin Laing and his team to prepare, and they might not know what they will be facing until the first ball is bowled, and between that and the punishing tournament schedule and essentially random chance nature of the 20-over game, the Foxes will need to overcome the anchor of frustration if they are to carry on their current momentum.

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR 20 OVER GAME VS. BUSOGA IS.

        PLAYER           BAT   BOW
#9  G   Holt             LHB      
#12 AC  Leggett          RHB   RLB
#15 SLC Weaver           RHB   RLB
#2  RP  Aliyev           RHB      
#1  KCT Laing (c)        RHB   RMD
#5  TM  Bleasdale (w)    RHB      
#8  AM  Donovan          RHB      
#3  S   Ashe             RHB   ROB
#13 CG  McCarthy         RHB   RFM
#6  K   Cunningham       LHB   SLC
#14 NA  Salisbury        LHB   SLA

TOURNAMENT STYLE MODIFIER:   - 2.5

[West Phoenicia]

url=http://s1148.photobucket.com/user/glenngriffiths1979/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image1_zps2i1zgkkk.jpeg.html][/url]

The West Phoenician Lightning Bolts are currently on 2/2. Early days yet but team Captain Jack Tennessee is happy with the current line up.

"To start off with The Lightning Bolts are just happy to be returning to the World Twenty20 Championships. We had a stellar year last year and we go into this championships as one of the top favourites to take out the whole competition. I am also grateful that the team and management have the confidence in me to elect me as Team Captain again. My passion and inspiration helped least the team to last years finals. And I plan to use that same drive to send us there again."

Grey Gryphon was definitely the star in our second against Ethane, scoring 40 runs which helped up defeat Ethane by 1 run with 9 overs to spare. But our bowlers need a pat on the back and a beer for their excellent skills in keeping runs low. A tactic they also used in our first match against Rooimervania.

Our bowling is on top firm, our batters are blessed by the gods, our only weak point is in our fielding. As long as our bowlers can keep the opposition at bay we have no problem sliding into the next round and eventually taking out the whole championship.

The Lightning Bolts will next take on Eastfield Lodge, this will be the biggest factor as to who will sit at the top of their pool as currently both teams are undefeated.

West Phoenician Cricket Federation Head PR representative Peggy Davidson, has called on cricket fans to tune in if unable to travel to the match to cheer the team on. Voicing that positive energy from fans was just as important as the players themselves.

[Ko-oren]

Batting woes - an incoherent ramble

So far, only full-time batsmen have batted for the Dragonflies. Against Barunia, and against A Flock of Seagulls, only three wickets fell for us. So, with only the top five batsmen active, what have our run rates been? Against A Flock of Seagulls, it wsa 7.05. Against Barunia, it was even lower, at 5.5. While not the worst run rate of the tournament by far, we expected more from a team with our status, being 3rd in the world and sitting on quite a few really good tournaments.

Sure, granted, the longer formats have taken off in Ko-oren pretty well. The Test cricket debut, and a final appearance in our inaugural season have been great for the exposure to First Class Cricket in Ko-oren. Also, we have a defensive team with a focus on bowling and some attention to fielding rather than batting. But even those factors cannot fully explain the offensive performance so far. In both cases, we had no reason to play with the foot off the gas. Against A Flock of Seagulls, we bat first, and in that case, a 7.05 isn't too bad. But against Barunia, we bat second and trying to beat a target of 184. How do you even come up with three for 110? To get to a better answer, we'll have to consider a few things:

1) Development of players in the last decade
2) Interchangeability of players
Oh, and as they're already mentioned:
3) First Class cricket taking off
4) Bowling and fielding > batting

First of all, the players that are playing now have learned the trade in the last two decades, give or take. Especially the T20 team, which has more young players than our Test team, have gone through the Ko-orenite cricket youth system in the last 10 years. Our T20 team, on average, is about 3 years younger than our Test team. And in the last 10 years, the focus was on varying styles of bowling, fielding, wicketkeeping, rather than batting. If we go back 10 years, we have a domestic system that was decent at scoring yards, but bad at preventing them. That, together with the normal tendency for low scores in Ko-orenite sports, has decided the course for the youth system a decade ago. As a result, we have a Test team with 5-6 bowlers with 4-5 different styles (including right- or lefthandedness) - a possible hell for any opponent, but a T20 team loses some efficiency when you have a lot of great bowlers. Also, there are some great wicketkeepers coming through right now, and they're great at reading the game when they're behind the stumps, but we don't have a wicketkeeper that can score a few runs in a pinch. Ok, you say, but that doesn't matter when the only batsmen so far have been the full-time batsmen. Sure, that is true, but batsmen have been taught to bat more defensively and avoid giving up a wicket at all costs. That's not a bad thing, that's how the Ko-orenite cricket (youth) system has produced a Test cricket team that rivals the rest of the Multiverse in season 1. But as we see now, it comes at a cost. Quickly picking up runs just isn't something the Dragonflies can do - as we see in T20, but also in during the Test season. Every single innings went on for about 90-100 runs, but run rates were extremely low.

Basically, a low scoring team is what we've gotten ourselves into based on the situation 10 years ago combined with a looming Test cricket debut.

Secondly, players are expected to excel in all three forms of the game as they are played now. Most players play First Class and List-A for their region, but are also expected to play some T20 to bring in money. Now Ko-oren has 12 T20 teams and just 6 FC/List-A teams, so there's a demand for players come the T20 season - but players that haven't gone through the youth system, aren't given a chance. And that's how we get a team consisting of conservative, Test-ready players.

Factors three and four have been mentioned already.

So far, it's been very general. Surely we can produce 11 players that excel at the short format of the game. Right now, most of our T20 team is made up of players that haven't played in the Test cricket team. From the 5 players that have held a bat so far during this World Championship, only Stevenson and Stanway have Test experience. The other three are younger players that might get their chance in the coming years, but maybe we should keep a few players as T20 players first, longer formats second?

Our tail-end is entirely Test players, but we haven't had a chance to see them bat yet. Maybe that's for the better.

[Ethane]

ETHANIAN NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM

Regular 11 (by batting order):

1. Edward Cunningham, 24
Batsman. Right-handed.
2. Harry Rowell, 25
Batsman. Left-handed.
3. Graham Sutcliffe, 29
Batsman. Right-handed.
4. Daniel Terringbridge, 29 (captain)
All-rounder. Right-arm medium.
5. Gary Umbridge, 26
Batsman. Right-handed.
6. Percy Earleigh, 24
Wicketkeeper. Right-handed.
7. Adam Loughton, 28
All-rounder. Right-arm leg spin.
8. Peter Rowleigh, 22
Bowler. Left-arm leg-spin.
9. Curtis Pilton, 30
Bowler. Right-arm fast.
10. Thomas Burns, 22
Bowler. Right-arm leg-spin.
11. Percy Keele, 28
Bowler. Right-arm medium-fast.

Extra players:

12. Jamie Harwich, 27
Batsman. Right-handed.
13. Oliver Gingreigh, 31
Batsman. Right-handed.
14. Muhammed Fari, 30
Wicketkeeper. Left-handed.
15. David Hamilton, 25
Bowler. Right-arm off-spin.
16. Luke Sihf, 28
Bowler. Right-arm medium-fast.

The shirt is an orangey-red colour, with a yellow trim. The trousers are darkish purple. The caps if worn are also a slightly dark red.

Style modifier, if relevant: -4.6. Please be realistic.

[Ethane]

The National Museum of Early Ethanian History has a large collection of materials and primary sources from the period of history in question. With over 50 million collection pieces on show or in storage, the museum has the largest collection of items dedicated to one period of history in the country. The museum spans across 1,920,000 square feet, with 10 different 'zones' exploring different facets of early Ethanian history.

The zones follow different themes and styles, stretching from interactive displays in some zones to zones focusing more on the life of ordinary people during the period - what is commonly referred to in colloquial terms as 'bottom-up' history. All the zones link to some extent so there is a path you can 'follow' around the museum, but they all follow separate stories so you can approach the zones in any order you like, especially if you are visiting on multiple occasions. The zones are as follows.

Zone 1: Conflict & War
Zone 1 focuses on weaponry and armour that would have been used in the period. The zone takes a chronological look at the battles that would have occurred during the period within the nation, approaching domestic conflicts and foreign conflicts on Ethani soil separately. It looks at the different weapons that would have been used in the circumstances, as well as the army, with a more professionalised army and weaponry for conflicts with external forces and more basic and local groups involved in the more local conflicts.

Zone 2: International Relations
Zone 2 follows on from the conflict and war zone, looking at how early Ethane interacted and engaged with international countries. This zone contains a number of records, particularly looking at the treaties that the leaders signed with other countries, as well as the experiences of ambassadors from other countries in Ethane and Ethanian ambassadors overseas, although many of these records are held in other museums overseas. This zone also holds some of the diaries and records kept by one of Ethane's most famous travellers, allowing you to engage with his journey in a more bottom-up approach to history.

Zone 3: Exports & Trade
This zone is a smaller zone than the 2 previous zones and is the last of the primarily outward-looking zones in the museum. Focusing on the industry surrounding trade with external countries, the zone takes a look at the goods that the nation would have traded, and taking a more bottom-up approach, looks at the lives of those who would have worked in these economic sectors, particularly those who would have done the trading (for example, the merchant shippers). This zone has some interactive elements and takes you on a trading journey from where the goods are made right through to the point where they are delivered, looking at the experiences of traders at work. As well as holding many sources from the period, this zone takes you on an audio-visual journey, so is not advised as suitable for young children who may be afraid of loud sounds.

Zone 4: Industry & Employment
Zone 4 takes a look at the industries and jobs that would have been thriving during the period, and the type of work that people typically did. The zone focuses more on a top-down approach, looking at these industries from an institutionalised perspective, and where they weren't institutionalised, from the perspective of the employer. With sources ranging from textiles, materials, and tools used in these industries, to the chequebooks and diaries of the employers, this zone holds the most extensive collection of sources focused on industry only in the region.

Zone 5: The Lives of Ordinary People
Inversely, zone 5 looks at how ordinary early Ethanian people would have lived. It takes you on an interactive audio-visual journey through the typical day of a peasant worker during the period, looking at the sort of places they lived and the sort of jobs they held, with sources such as equipment they would have used in the kitchen. Picking apart how ordinary people would have lived is hard due to the lack of sources, so much of what is in this zone is based off historical interpretation so much of this zone is made of secondary sources (historical arguments). Part of this zone also looks at those of a higher status, how they would have lived but also how they viewed those from the lower classes

Zone 6: Town & Society
This zone looks at how towns were organised socially. This includes where people would have lived, how a typical town would have been laid out, as well as the various clubs and activities that people would have engaged with in their spare time, building on the previous zone with a more generalised approach. The zone also takes in the idea of society, looking at what this was and how it revealed itself on a local level, but also on a more national level, looking at how society was formed, but also how society disintegrated in rebellions, especially towards the end of the Early Ethanian History with the breakdown in societal order.

Zone 7: Local & National Government
Zone 7 approaches the idea of society and government from an institutionalised perspective, looking at how decisions and laws were made and put into practice on a national and local level. Looking at judges' records, government records and documents, and the diaries and writings of those who worked in local and national government, particularly those with a place in The Royal Court, this zone attempts to unpick how the country was run from a top-down perspective of history. It also approaches the topic of opinions of government and governmental figures, looking at how they were viewed in local and national societal contexts.

Zone 8: Religion
This zone takes a look at the importance of religion in Early Ethanian society and government. The zone attempts to take in both a top-down and bottom-up perspective, approaching how religion impacted and led society, but also how people used religion and approached the idea of religion, such as attending church and various other forms of devotion. With artefacts from churches and other religious houses, as well as various documents and writs regarding religion, this zone houses one of the largest collections devoted to Ethanian religious history in the multiverse.

Zone 9: The Monarch
This zone looks at everything regarding the monarch. The second biggest collection in the museum due to the wealth of sources available to us, this zone looks not only at the timeline of monarchs, but also how they approached governing, how they lived on a day-to-day basis, and how they interacted with the rest of the country, particularly focusing on the relations between the Monarch, the Royal Court, and the Parliament.

Zone 10: Culture & Art
As the biggest collection, this is where the museum is most focused. This zone takes up a third of the museum. It is disjointed from the rest of the museum but is effectively a museum itself, and there are clear links between this zone and the rest of the museum. The other zones mostly contextualise what you can see in this zone. Focused on artwork in the Early Ethanian period, the zone looks at various playwrights, artists, and other forms of art and culture. Addressing them thematically as well as chronologically and by artist, this zone is an exciting one to wade through.

The Culture & Art zone also houses a special exhibition which costs a little extra to enter. The exhibition isn't permanent, so it's not something you want to miss out on. The current exhibition is focused on the representation of death in the Early Ethanian period, looking at paintings, portraits, poems, plays, and other literary and art forms to see how the people of the time represented and viewed death. The exhibition costs £E 3 to enter.

The museum is open 6 days a week.
Monday: 0900-2200
Tuesday: 0900-2100
Wednesday: 0900-2200
Thursday: 0900-2200
Friday: 0800-2330
Saturday: 0800-2330
Sunday: CLOSED

[Ko-oren]

World Twenty20 Championships XI@Ko-oren

MD3 Results

Group A
Ethane 161/7 (20 overs)
Rooimervania 164/4 (18.4 overs)

Eastfield Lodge 160/5 (20 overs)
West Phoenicia 149/7 (20 overs)

Sisdonia 160/6 (20 overs)
Retricoal 133/8 (20 overs)

Group A                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Eastfield Lodge          3   3  0  0
2 West Phoenicia           3   2  0  1
3 Rooimervania             3   2  0  1
4 Sisdonia                 3   1  0  2
5 Retricoal                3   1  0  2
6 Ethane                   3   0  0  3

Group B
Liventia 157/4 (20 overs)
Teusland 161/4 (19.1 overs)

Apox 137/5 (20 overs)
Elejamie 167/5 (20 overs)

Melbergia 132/7 (20 overs)
Mughals royal 136/7 (15.4 overs)

Group B                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Elejamie                 3   2  0  1
2 Apox                     3   2  0  1
3 Mughals royal            3   2  0  1
  Teusland                 3   2  0  1
5 Liventia                 3   1  0  2
6 Melbergia                3   0  0  3

Group C
Barunia 128/5 (12.4 overs)
A Flock of Seagulls 125/7 (20 overs)

Northwest Kalactin 143/5 (20 overs)
Ko-oren 134/5 (20 overs)

Krytenia 106/9 (20 overs)
Indusse 109/8 (16.5 overs)

Group C                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Barunia                  3   3  0  0
2 Krytenia                 3   2  0  1
3 Northwest Kalactin       3   2  0  1
4 Indusse                  3   1  0  2
  Ko-oren                  3   1  0  2
6 A Flock of Seagulls      3   0  0  3

Group D
Mattijana 169/4 (20 overs)
Deyrland 171/5 (19.5 overs)

Damukuni 136/7 (20 overs)
Darmen 138/5 (18.5 overs)

Busoga Islands 135/6 (20 overs)
The Plough Islands 137/5 (16.2 overs)

Group D                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Darmen                   3   3  0  0
2 The Plough Islands       3   2  0  1
3 Busoga Islands           3   2  0  1
4 Deyrland                 3   1  0  2
5 Mattijana                3   1  0  2
6 Damukuni                 3   0  0  3

MD4 cutoff will be ~2,5 hours late. If it gets any later, MD4 cutoff will be 24 hours later to give everyone some time to RP.

[The Plough Islands]

Bloody hell, this has been quite difficult to write. I'll admit I'm now a tiny bit worried about quality should we make it through to the next stage...

---

20-OVER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: CRUMBLING PITCH FAILS TO DERAIL FOXES
by Denis Wormwood, Sporting Correspondent, in Maynard

In what was, by general agreement among players and observers, the most surreal match yet of the Plough Islands' limited overs experience on these shores, the Foxes came out victorious for the second game in a row, in near total darkness beyond the limits of the field, on a pitch that resembled the cratered oxides of Mars more than a cricketing surface, and against a Busoga Islands team who could not - and whose administration would not - reveal the identities of the individual players. In all these circumstances, the Foxes continued their good form from the victory over Damukuni and, with well-placed spin bowling having restricted the almost faceless Busogans to 135, Shauna Weaver leading the way with an unbeaten 44 to boost the self confidence of Kevin Laing's team and secure victory with three overs in hand.
The game was played as the last part of a triple-header on the 20-over championship's third day in Maynard - tomorrow's opponents Deyrland and group leaders Darmen winning the first two - such that by the time the Foxes' turn came, the playing surface had all manner of scars, skids, pits, gouges, and failed repairs in its surface, and Laing would admit later that his frustration at being left this track to work with was topped only by his feelings at losing the toss and having to bat last. The Busogans therefore had first use of what goodness the pitch had left in it, and it proved to hinder both teams fairly equally; essentially turning all but the most accurate bowling into a lottery. This especially hampered left-arm chinaman spinner Kenny Cunningham, who struggled badly to maintain a consistent line and who also constantly altered his runup to relieve what would later be tentatively diagnosed as a side strain as he recorded 30 runs conceded without a wicket off three overs.
However, Sarah Ashe (2-26) and Naomi Salisbury (1-13) had better luck, as they sought to pressurise the Busogans right from the beginning of the game. They were backed up excellently by Colin McCarthy's metronomic pace, which yielded the Busogan captain's wicket from an excellent googly for 33 runs, and a death overs cameo by Weaver who took a wicket with only her second delivery, as the Busoga Islands struggled to 135 for six from their twenty overs.
As the final innings of the day began, the floodlights at the Leewardia Oval had been switched on and it was barely possible to see beyond the boundary rope to count how many spectators remained among the sea of multicoloured plastic - in any case, this was not a large amount, with only the small band of Foxes and a smattering of Busogans really contributing to any great atmosphere. The chase itself began ominously for the Plough Islands; facing the third ball of the day, Graeme Holt went for a front-foot drive but was caught out by the level of backspin on the ball and instead saw it loop up and straight back at the bowler, sealing another early single-figure dismissal for the stocky opener. Unfortunately for the Busoga Islands, this brought in Weaver, and throughout the entire chase was the only player to really successfully negate the pitch condition; the right-hander avoided the pitfalls that befell first Leggett, on 13, and then Rory Aliyev, who had produced a typically quick-scoring punchy performance (20 from 14) but skidded on the footmarks as he went for a single and was left just short of his crease. While her partners came and went, she was able to defend the difficult deliveries well and take runs and boundaries from the easy ones as if the process was automatic.
In truth, although the Busogans were able to take advantage of the state of the pitch to slow the run rate where they could, the Plough Islands never truly looked like they would not chase the target down from about the third over onwards. In this regard, the Busogan fielding inadvertedly provided some assistance to the Foxes; the assigned wicketkeeper seemed to have a blind sport for balls that drifted too far past leg stump, and it was only the belated addition of an extra man at fine leg after nine byes had been conceded that closed this avenue for scoring. It was this extra man that also did for Laing, the captain contributing 18 before attempting a Marillier shot that flew over the 'wrong' shoulder and safely into Busogan hands.
This, and the subsequent dismissal of Bleasdale two overs later when the Swift wicketkeeper shuffled too far over to a slower delivery and was trapped lbw for 9, provoked some brief concern from the Foxes' dressing room, but this eased as Donovan came in and steadied the ship. Together with Weaver, who by now was familiar with every crumbling foothold and scuffed blade of grass, Donovan scored cautiously but consistently to see the result through, bringing the Foxes within range of the total with a deftly worked two into the gully before Weaver finished the job with a straight drive for four.
Following the result, many of the players and spectators alike were only too happy to return to their various beds and sleep, and a yawning Lourens Hendricks greeted this author with a request that "a game of cricket never finish under these circumstances again". However, the coach - while effusive in his praise of the Foxes' batting and adaptability - had deeper concerns than the time; "we don't know what state Kenny will be in tomorrow, and if the schedule keeps punishing us like this I honestly don't know how many players we'll have come the end of the weekend...". Weaver echoed those thoughts; "I think we will need to look at the schedule and our routine - we can adapt our preparation and do less training and more recovery, but when we are playing one game a day in the most physical conditions I can remember, it gets to the point where you do not have enough hours in the day to get yourself prepared totally!".
The Plough Islands face Deyrland tomorrow in the first game of the day, leaving little time to turn around; Hendricks hinted at changes to the team to ensure the Foxes are not disadvantaged by tiredness and muscle memory. With two games of the qualification groups remaining, the team's holiday in Ko-oren might well be extended as they currently hold second place behind Darmen; this may well prove a double edged sword if player fitness cannot be managed effectively. However, at least from the point of view of results, the tournament has exceeded expectation so far for the Foxes, and it would hard not to blame Laing and his team if thoughts of more limited overs success started to creep in to their well earned dreams after tonight.

PREVIEW: IN SEARCH OF DEYRLAND
by Ian Goswell, Chief Cricket Correspondent for Plough Radio, in Maynard

Unfortunately for what could be a very important game for the Plough Islands, Deyrland is a team about whom we know even less than the Busoga Islands. Mine and my colleagues in the printed press have had no response to our emails to the Deyrland Cricket Association, and - much like the Busogans - their team has taken to the field in plain red tops and wide hats that make determining individual identities almost impossible. We have just the events of the last few days to go on in order to judge them - they struggled badly in their first two matches, losing wickets rapidly in the closing stages of both innings, but produced a very fluent and assured performance to beat Mattijana today; such was the contrast between the two games that there were rumours among the press corps that Deyrland had in fact sent a totally different team.
Would that it were that Kevin Laing and Lourens Hendricks could do the same; after tonight's performance against the Busogans, there were a few players complaining of strains and wear and tear from the tournament's punishing schedule. The Foxes will need to find a way to keep fitness levels high, especially in these short, physical, compressed, and distorted matches; should they overcome this obstacle, though, and assuming the Deyrland that arrives tomorrow is the one that lost to the Busogans and Darmen, they should be able to rely on an advantage of technique and tactics. However, there are so many other factors involved that it is almost impossible to predict what will happen in these 20 over games, and the only thing that can be guaranteed is that, with the match scheduled as the first of the day, the Plough Islanders will be able to get to bed early.[/align]

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR 20 OVER GAME VS.   DEYRLAND

        PLAYER           BAT   BOW
#9  G   Holt             LHB      
#12 AC  Leggett          RHB   RLB
#15 SLC Weaver           RHB   RLB
#1  KCT Laing (c)        RHB   RMD
#8  AM  Donovan          RHB      
#10 AA  Kalantas         LHB      
#11 IT  Lebed (w)        LHB      
#3  S   Ashe             RHB   ROB
#13 CG  McCarthy         RHB   RFM
#4  A   Baxter           RHB   RFS
#14 NA  Salisbury        LHB   SLA

TOURNAMENT STYLE MODIFIER:   - 2.5

[West Phoenicia]

The West Phoenician Lighting Bolts suffered their first defeat on their road to win the finals against Eastfield Lodge losing by 11 runs.

Captain Jack Tennessee said he felt it was going to be a bad day when team superstar bowler Alan Narre spraining his wrist. His injury distracted after bowlers to the point it looked as if they were bowling rock melons to their opponents.

It did not help that 20 West Phoenicians were ejected from the stadium after hurling abuse at umpires who they felt were biased in a Eastfield Lodge could do no wrong attitude.

Team Coach Edward Mount-Alexander has called for fans to calm down. One loss against a team was not the end of the world. We are high ranked, our players are higher paid and Eastfild Lodge would never see a final as long as team West Phoenicia was still in the game. With two marches remaining the Lighting Bolts just need to keep playing a great game of cricket and continue winning the hearts of more fans. For years cricket was seen as a sport of the nobility, we want to shake that image up and get all of West Phoenicia coming out to support us.

[Apox]

Apox 137/5 (20 overs)
Elejamie 167/5 (20 overs)
Elejamie win by 30 runs

Apox Bowling Innings
Name                   O   M   R   W  Econ
Roy Hamilton-Randall  4.0  0  35   3  8.75
Rachel Gallegos       4.0  0  38   0  9.50
Keswick Dhawa         4.0  0  39   1  9.75
Jo Frost              4.0  0  25   1  6.25
Organa Arrowsmith     4.0  0  22   0  5.50
+7 extras

Apox Batting Innings
Name                 How Out                Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Trinity Southwold    c Loughlin b Slezinger    8     9  1   0  88.89
Hamish Gaarayi       stumped off Mahler       46    30  4   2 153.33
Trajan Muldoney *    lbw Rodriguez            28    30  5   0  93.33
Nancy Washington     c Bentley b Slezinger     5     7  0   0  71.43
Kyriana Lupiter      NOT OUT                  24    22  4   0 109.09
Organa Arrowsmith    lbw Hamilton             11    14  2   0  78.57
Oberon Jessop        NOT OUT                   8     8  1   0 100.00
Rachel Gallegos
Jo Frost
Keswick Dhawa
Roy Hamilton-Randall
EXTRAS               1 nb, 1 w, 2 b, 2 lb      7
TOTAL                                        137

FOW
18  for 1 (Southwold)
76  for 2 (Muldoney)
89  for 3 (Washington)
94  for 4 (Gaaraayi)
121 for 5 (Arrowsmith)

[Darmen]

Damukuni 136/7 (20)-138/5 (18.5) Darmen

First Innings
                                  Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
J Sawyer   lbw b Rosenfeld        17   25    1   1    68.00
I Bolt     c Milligan b McAlister  2    3    0   0    66.67
R Deadman  c Acker b McAlister     0    1    0   0     0.00
J Woodham  b Rosenfeld            58   43    6   3   134.88
Y Tsukitē  not out                41   27    2   4   151.85
J Lehmann  c Armbruster b Myers    3    4    0   0    75.00
W Ivers    b Dickenson             1    3    0   0    33.33
M Young    lbw b Rosenfeld        10    7    2   0   142.86
C Nakahara not out                 1    7    0   0    14.29
Extras                             3
Did Not Bat (K Inoue & J Jones)

            Overs M  Runs W  Econ.
C McAlister 4.0   0  26   2  6.50
D Gardenar  4.0   0  39   0  9.75
K Rosenfeld 4.0   0  24   3  6.00
A Dickenson 4.0   0  28   1  7.00
D Myers     4.0   0  19   1  4.75

Second Innings
                                  Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
V Acker      c Bolt b Ivers       26   17    3   1   152.94
S Winter     lbw b Jones          34   29    3   1   117.24
T Milligan   nout out             32   24    4   1   133.33
E Ready      c Tsukitē b Young    17   10    2   0   170.00
I Odell      c Lehmann b Nakahara  4    2    1   0   200.00
A Armbruster lbw b Jones          13   20    2   0    65.00
D Gardenar   not out               7   11    1   0    63.64
Extras                             5
Did Not Bat (C McAlister, K Rosenfeld, D Myers & K Rosenfeld)

           Overs M  Runs W  Econ.
W Ivers    4.0   0  29   1  7.25
M Young    4.0   0  35   1  8.75
C Nakahara 3.0   0  19   1  6.33
K Inoue    3.5   0  27   0  7.04
J Jones    4.0   0  28   2  7.00

[Siovanija and Teusland]

STELBURGER ZEITUNG

Editorials

The History of Cricket in Teusland: Part II, Competition

As the Teusland cricket team makes its debut on the world stage at World T20 Championships XI, the Stelburger Zeitung invited Professor Hans Zeimer, a history professor at Rupert-Geizner-Universitat Stelburg, to write a series of articles explaining the history of the game in our nation to an audience who may be encountering cricket for the first time.

Last time around, we explored the very origins of the game of cricket in Teusland. The sport was brought home by sailors who travelled the world and were introduced to the game at several foreign ports. Upon return, the sailors introduced the game in their towns and villages, and it quickly spread across the Teus Navy and merchant marine. This time, we will see the continuation of the growth of cricket in Teusland as new competitions in the sport developed, and explore early reasons why the sport never became popular in Siovanija.

The development of cricket competitions in Teusland built off the beginnings of competitions between rival naval ships. The league in St. Jakob picked up again after the colonial wars of the 1770’s, and other leagues sprouted up in port cities such as Kaiserhaven and Marzig. In 1802, cricketers in St. Jakob united to form their own club, the Marine Cricket Club (MCC). Following this development, cricketers in Kaiserhaven founded the Viktoria Cricket Club (VCC). Each club was restricted to members of the Teus Navy, and schedules of games were often interrupted by deployments abroad. The first non-military club founded in the nation was the Marziger Cricket Club. That is to say, it accepted non-military members: the club was founded and largely operated by sailors. These three clubs played irregular matches against each other, and matches were often cancelled due to outside circumstances. This status quo of Teus cricket continued until the year 1807.

In 1807, Siovanijans, unhappy with their status under the Teus Empire, started popular uprisings in the cities of Borograd, Vlaikograd and Trkev, and began the process of freeing themselves. Thus, Teusland’s Navy again saw herself involved in a war, and ships moved to blockade rebellious Siovanijan ports. Again, cricket was put to the back burner, as the nation entered a time of war. Sailors ashore in Siovanija would play the game when possible, but it quickly became seen as a symbol of the enemy for those native Siovanijans: this, from the diary of a young man growing up in Trkev during the war:

Teus soldiers have occupied not just our homeland, but our parks as well. From dawn until dusk you can see them playing cricket. My father says our nation will only be free when cricket is no longer played here

We can see here quite bluntly one of the major reasons why cricket never caught on in Siovanija. It was viewed as an imperialist game played by imperialists, and imperialism was the second most hated thing in Siovanija. Behind Teusland, of course. The animosity between the nations, gone today, was at one of its most heated points in the early 1800’s, and this contributed to a general disdain towards cricket in Siovanija.

In 1812, the war ended, and the Siovanijan Republic was declared. The Teus Empire was no longer willing to send its troops over the mountains to fight long campaigns against partisans and guerillas, and thus the Peace of Borograd was signed. The Navy returned to peacetime status, and thus cricket returned as a popular pass-time.

Over the next several years, cricket in Teusland would face new competition from other sports, and also gain one of its most important supporters in the country.

In the next edition, Professor Zeimer will continue his look into the history of cricket in Teusland, as the sport continued to grow throughout the 1800’s and entered a competition with football and hockey for popularity.

Match Report/Scorecard
This scorecard shows the statistical details of Teusland's first ever international cricket victory, achieved on matchday 2 of the tournament over Melbergia. Another victory followed, over Liventia, and now Teusland will take on Mughals Royal and Apox in the final two matchdays with dreams of securing a place in the Group Stage.

Teusland vs Melbergia -- Teusland 149/6, Melbergia 147/5
Teusland wins by 4 wickets   

Batting Innings
Name                   How Out            R     B     4     6     
R Reider               Run out            21    16    1     0
Kv Sauerland           Caught             37    28    1     0
A Wenz                 lbw                 9     7    0     0
A Tausche              Caught             16    13    0     0
E Bohlen               Run out            24    16    1     0
F Polzl                lbw                12     8    0     0
E Kohl                 Not out            19    15    0     0
L Meissner             Not out             7     4    0     0
Extras:                                    5 (1 leg bye, 2 bye, 2 wide)
Totals:                                  149   107    3     0


Bowling Innings
Name                Overs              R       W     Economy
K Valden             4.0              34       1       8.50
F Schaper            4.0              25       1       6.75
E Kohl               4.0              28       2       7.00
Bv Stricker          4.0              29       1       7.25
Kv Sauerland         4.0              30       0       7.50
Unscored Extras:                       1 (leg bye)                                 
Total/Avg:          20.0             147       5       7.40

[Ko-oren]

Northwest Kalactin 143/5 (20 overs)
Ko-oren 134/5 (20 overs)

Northwest Kalactin, like Ko-oren a previous T20 World Champion, got the better of the Ko-orenite bowlers as they were up in the first innings. Posting a target of 143, the NK batsmen didn't completely dominate the bowling, but 143 has proven to be an ambitious target given the state of Ko-orenite batting.

In the second innings, we saw once again that our batting wasn't enough to overcome 143. This time, however, we utilised seven batsmen, for the first time dipping into the pool of non-batsmen. Stevenson and Twaddle did a decent job hacking away at the new ball, and took the edge off in the first 4 overs with 27 runs. Once Boris Johnson did lay siege on the wicket, he got it fairly quickly. Shapter and Willis came up next and the three of Stevenson, Shapter and Willis took care of the meat of the innings, with the trio all finally fallen at 17.4 overs, and a total score of 4 for 118. That's fourteen balls left for 25 runs, not impossible but extremely improbable given our track record. Also, it was the first 'official' ball faced by Stanway and yRheighewn, but both being full-time batsmen gave some confidence to the sold-out Southbight Ground in Ansonville.

Stanway was bowled and caught by Ackerman on the very next ball. yMharwn came on, on the back of his good performance in the Test season and solid results with his domestic Mawryshire team. Him and yRheighewn paired up throughout the rest of the overs, but failed to break the 143, or the 140, but did get past 134. If it seems like Ko-oren only just came up short by an over or so, the two last balls were both hit for four so the hosts were much further off than the final score suggests. Another episode in an ongoing series about inadequate batting. Is it a lack of risk? A lack of quality? We better figure it out, else we'll go home even more than we already are.

[Liventia]

Teusland recover to win thriller after early collapse
XI World Twenty20 Championship — Qualification Stage
Played at Goledon Oval, Bruncester, Ko-oren (20-over match; T20I)
Liventia v Teusland
Liventia won the toss and elected to bat first
Teusland won by six wickets
Man of the match: A Wenz (Teusland)

Liventia innings (20 overs maximum)
Batsman							  R   B  4s  6s   SR
DA Hennessey		c Schaper b von Stricker	 30  28   5   0  107.14
JCA Quinn		b von Stricker			 59  31   6   3  190.32
JS Millbank		b Kohl				 28  27   1   1  103.70
DHJ Edwards		c Tausche b Valden		  6   9	  0   0   66.67
OH Kerr*		not out				 15  14   1   0  107.14
E Reynolds		not out				 15  11   1   0  136.36
  EXTRAS		(1b, 1lb, 2wd)			  4
  TOTAL			for 4 wickets (20.0 ov)		157 (7.85 runs per over)

Did not bat MQ Sarrin†, JFM Kennedy, DM Quinn, JPK Adams, SV Finney
FoW 1/83 JCA Quinn 8.4, 2/92 Hennessey 10.5, 3/115 Edwards 14.6, 4/133 Millbank 16.5

Teusland bowling
Bowler			Ov    M   R   W   Econ  Ext
K Valden		 4.0  0  34   1   8.50  (1wd)
F Schaper		 4.0  0  25   0   6.25  (1wd)
E Kohl			 4.0  0  28   1   7.00
B von Stricker		 4.0  0  28   2   7.00
K von Sauerland		 4.0  0  40   0  10.00

Teusland innings (target 158 from maximum 20 overs)
Batsman							  R   B  4s  6s   SR
R Reider		b Kennedy			 12  17   1   0   70.58
K von Sauerland*	c Reynolds b Finney		 13  12   1   1  108.33
A Wenz			not out				 82  51   9   2  160.78
A Tausche		c †Sarrin b Kennedy		 10   7   1   0  142.86
E Bohlen		c Kennedy b Kerr		 21  18   1   1  116.67
F Polzl			not out				 18  10   3   0  180.00
  EXTRAS		(3lb, 2wd)			  5
  TOTAL			for 4 wickets (19.1 ov)		161 (8.40 runs per over)

Did not bat E Kohl, L Meissner†, K Valden, F Schaper, B von Stricker
FoW 1/23 von Sauerland 3.5, 2/37 Reider 5.5, 3/49 Tausche 7.4, 4/94 Bohlen 13.6

Liventia bowling
Bowler			Ov    M   R   W   Econ  Ext
JPK Adams		 4.0  0  38   0   9.50  (1wd)
SV Finney		 4.0  0  33   1   8.25  (1wd)
JFM Kennedy		 4.0  0  23   2   5.75
OH Kerr			 3.1  0  35   1  11.05
DM Quinn		 2.0  0  18   0   9.00
E Reynolds		 2.0  0  11   0   5.50

Notes
JCA Quinn: 50 off 27 balls, 5x4 3x6
A Wenz: 50 off 39 balls, 3x4 1x6

---

Liventia starting XI vs Apox: DA Hennessey, JCA Quinn, DHJ Edwards, PD Finch, OH Kerr (c), E Reynolds, BAR du Pont (wk), MEP Goudreau, JPK Adams, SV Finney, BL Kerr

[Mattijana]

Dominik Maestri was a man under pressure.

Of course thigs on the pitch weren't helping. His team's second consecutive defeat off the penultimate delivery of the match, this time a shock defeat to unranked Deyrland, had turned up the heat on the Mattijanan head coach, but there was something else lodged in the back of his mind that was refusing to go away.

The meeting with Sara Kapelweiss a couple of weeks ago had been a surreal one, so much so that Dominik hadn't been able to muster up any immediate objections to her demands. The head of the Mattijanan Cricket Board was however the last person he would have expected to ask him to sabotage another nation's team, not least because it was apparently in the name of the board's own morals. It was distinctly un-Mattijanan.

That was what made Dominik think that there was some kind of alterior motive to Kapelweiss' demands. The odds of Nortwest Kalactin making it a long way in the tournament for the second time running were incredibly slim. The established teams were working hard to make sure it would be them who reclaimed top spot and Elejamie and Eastfield Lodge looked in particulary good touch.

Dominik would have wanted his own team to be named in that bracket, however it was Mattijana who currently faced a humiliating early exit from the tournament at the first hurdle. His responsibility was to change around the side's fortunes on the pitch and fast. Especially their sluggish starts when batting and their inconsistent bowling that was leaking runs to chasing sides just when they couldn't afford to lose them.

Fortunately, he knew who to call.

Jan Hrusak was a private investigator based in Petrovijanka. He had worked for the police at some point in his career, but preferred to work independently and set up an office around half a mile from Staja Square, the centre of the Mattijanan capital city. He was a canny operator, exactly the sort of person you would want to acquire information you weren't supposed to know.

Hrusak was also experienced at investigating those higher up the social pecking order. Whilst they were normally the ones most keen to keep anything suspicious under wraps, they were much more likely to leave a trail of breadcrumbs to follow than any junior minister.

Dominik would call him. Avoiding smugness at the fairly infrequent GCF meetings was surely not top of Kapelweiss' priorities. Hrusak would find out what was. Of course it wasn't the most ethical source of that information, but ethics seemed to be taking a trip out of the window of Mattijanan Cricket very quickly. She was up to something, and the fact that she was so keen to brush the topic over without question at the meeting was proof of that.

Now it was back to matters on the pitch. Mattijana would need two wins from their last two matches against Damukuni and the Busoga islands. They couldn't afford a slip up and if they did hit another banana skin, Dominik would probably be for the chop anyway.

[Ko-oren]

World Twenty20 Championships XI@Ko-oren

MD4 Results

Group A
Rooimervania 112/7 (20 overs)
Retricoal 115/7 (16.1 overs)

West Phoenicia 184/7 (20 overs)
Sisdonia 140/6 (20 overs)

Ethane 115/7 (15.5 overs)
Eastfield Lodge 113/4 (20 overs)

Group A                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Eastfield Lodge          4   3  0  1
2 West Phoenicia           4   3  0  1
3 Retricoal                4   2  0  2
4 Rooimervania             4   2  0  2
5 Ethane                   4   1  0  3
  Sisdonia                 4   1  0  3

Group B
Teusland 142/7 (20 overs)
Mughals royal 145/3 (16.5 overs)

Elejamie 146/6 (19.3 overs)
Melbergia 145/2 (20 overs)

Liventia 141/3 (12.2 overs)
Apox 139 (19.3 overs)

Group B                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Elejamie                 4   3  0  1
  Mughals royal            4   3  0  1
3 Teusland                 4   2  0  2
4 Liventia                 4   2  0  2
5 Apox                     4   2  0  2
6 Melbergia                4   0  0  4

Group C
A Flock of Seagulls 137/7 (20 overs)
Indusse 155/4 (20 overs)

Ko-oren 141/4 (19.3 overs)
Krytenia 138/6 (20 overs)

Barunia 106 (16.2 overs)
Northwest Kalactin 113/6 (20 overs)

Group C                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Northwest Kalactin       4   3  0  1
2 Barunia                  4   3  0  1
3 Indusse                  4   2  0  2
  Ko-oren                  4   2  0  2
5 Krytenia                 4   2  0  2
6 A Flock of Seagulls      4   0  0  4

Group D
Deyrland 104/7 (20 overs)
The Plough Islands 168/6 (20 overs)

Darmen 165/6 (19.4 overs)
Busoga Islands 162/7 (20 overs)

Mattijana 156/6 (20 overs)
Damukuni 137/7 (20 overs)

Group D                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Darmen                   4   4  0  0
2 The Plough Islands       4   3  0  1
3 Busoga Islands           4   2  0  2
  Mattijana                4   2  0  2
5 Deyrland                 4   1  0  3
6 Damukuni                 4   0  0  4

[The Plough Islands]

This has been discussed elsewhere, but I think this result highlights a bit of an issue with Xkoranate's cricket function in that it draws from the same files for both innings, whereas both statistically and psychologically scoring when chasing a total is *very* different from trying to set a total. No real life team would hit 104 for 7 in reply to 168 unless they were verging on incompetent - they would have a much higher scoring rate and aim to chase the total or die trying. Hopefully this can be resolved soon...

---

20-OVER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: PLOUGH ISLANDS QUALIFY AFTER BEATING APATHETIC DEYRLAND
by Denis Wormwood, Sporting Correspondent, in Maynard

From one figuratively faceless team to another; the Plough Islands recorded their third consecutive victory today against an uninspired and unidentified Deyrland team, although the Foxes' euphoria was curtailed by injuries to two of their most important players as the schedule began to bite. A dominant batting performance over lacklustre Deyrland bowling saw the Foxes record a staggering 168 for 5, with Shauna Weaver leading the way on 58 before being taken out by exhaustion and cramp, and tight bowling from the Foxes' spinners coupled with a lack of urgency from Deyrland made the result obvious from early in the game.
Laing had won the toss and opted to bat, but the innings began somewhat inauspiciously when, at the end of the first over, Audrey Leggett went for a single that was always going to be tight and then aborted the run too late, being left completely out of the television picture as the scoreboard read 7 for 1. The Foxes had enough experience by now to avert a collapse, though, and Graeme Holt and Weaver began to get down to the serious business of setting a total, with the Deyrland bowling attack failing to stem a regular flow of boundaries. Holt eventually fell on 27, trying to cut a loose ball but mistiming his shot and chopping it onto his own stumps, but the greater concern from coach Lourens Hendricks was for Weaver; the Swift all-rounder was beginning to struggle to move cleanly in the field, and began to pause between balls to try and cope with what appeared to be cramp in both legs.
The captain was the next man in - and the next man out, in somewhat contentious circumstances, as a loose ball that was more likely to go for a wide than hit the stumps was adjudged lbw, despite a few words of polite protest from Laing. Arthur Donovan joined Weaver at the crease and settled into a similar scoring rhythm as before, but by now Weaver was clearly in some discomfort; struggling to leave her crease, she eventually limped away on 58 and lay down having just hit a monstrous six high towards the Foxes' dressing room, and following a few minutes of massaging from the Plough Islands Cricket Association medic she had to be helped from the field to be replaced by Adam Kalantas. She had helped the Foxes to 112 by this point, though, and with seven overs left Kalantas and Donovan continued to rack up the score against some increasingly flagging Deyrland bowling.
The pair added 46 for what was effectively the fourth wicket, before both getting dismissed in three balls; Kalantas let a thick edge run to second slip, who then put down an almost carbon copy chance at the start of the next over from Donovan, only for the Redcliff batsman to be bowled through the gate immediately thereafter. This left the Foxes to see out the last over with wicketkeeper Ilya Lebed and Sarah Ashe, and they obliged with a succession of quick scoring shots to set the Foxes' highest 20-over total in their short history in the format.
Deyrland required 169 runs to win the match, and - quite disappointingly - it was apparent to the assembled players, fans, and press as early as the third over, after Ashe had delivered a wicket maiden and they had scored three singles from Colin McCarthy, that this was not going to happen. In the face of what was a staggering total for this format, it seemed as though Deyrland had resigned themselves to the defeat before a ball had been bowled in their reply, and throughout their innings any concern for the Foxes and Lourens Hendricks seemed to stem from reasons entirely independent of the opposition - while Weaver was unable to bowl from the Leewardia Oval medical centre, McCarthy was also unable to bowl his full allocation of overs, limping away after 1-19 from three, and the combination of playing last yesterday and first today led to a steady string of fielding substitutions that even saw Hendricks himself spending most of the last ten overs at square leg.
For those who could bowl, though, the Foxes were always in control of the game - Naomi Salisbury took 3-16 including the Deyrland captain, while Andrew Baxter returned with a 1-25 and Ashe's opening over prefaced three more going for only 13. Deyrland never got going, and only two of their players reached double figures; it was only thanks to the innings' only six from a successfully dug out Baxter yorker late on that the team broke treble figures, finishing on 104 for 7. The result marked the Plough Islands' third victory in as many games in the 20-over competition, and after some discussion among tournament organisers and the media, a Liventian journalist drew attention to the fact that with Mattijana scheduled to play the Busoga Islands tomorrow, the Foxes had secured passage to the next stage.
Understandably, Laing's pleasure at being guaranteed a top 12 spot was tempered by concern for his players; "I've seen Shauna and she's feeling better, she just could not go on any more unfortunately and hopefully she can rest and be back for then...[McCarthy] will probably be in physio all afternoon, which is more precautionary than anything but I cannot allow our players to just break themselves, and this format is making them do that". Salisbury, despite her bowling performance - "it was one of those games where every ball goes where you visualise it to go" shared her captain's concerns, confiding that "I was really trying to conserve my energy towards the end, I am glad we have a few extra hours before the Darmen game". Laing even admitted that "If this continues, we are quite limited in who we can play - we might have to get Lourens some batting practice if it comes to that point...".
The Foxes now face Darmen in what is effectively a match to determine the top position in the group, the World Test Challenge champions unbeaten from their four games so far, and following that there will be a well earned rest before the next stage begins in either Willowbourne or Greencaster. While Laing and Hendricks will understandably be keen to ensure their players can make it to the next stage intact, and on paper Darmen will be a very tough test, the Foxes have shown their strength against superior opposition before and the feeling from all Plough Islanders is that - given the right set of circumstances - nothing is impossible for this team.

PREVIEW: STATISTICS AGAINST FOXES FOR TEST CHAMPIONS DARMEN
by Ian Goswell, Chief Cricket Correspondent for Plough Radio, in Maynard

To quote my colleague Andrew Kulayev, "we are already qualified and yet this feels like being led to the slaughterhouse". Darmen - the reigning World Test Champions Darmen - have a fearsome reputation in all forms of the game, are ranked fourth in the world, and in this tournament have shown little signs of slowing down as they have ploughed through Deyrland, Mattijana, Damukuni and the Busogans to sit unbeaten at the top of the group.
The Darmeni Cricket Board have sent a youthful team to the Ko-orenite archipelago - only two of the 15-strong squad are in their third decade, and captain Sigmund Winter is leading the team for the first time. The Darmen bowling attack is well-balanced and has proven formidable with both pace and spin, with fast bowler Kieran Rosenfeld starring in the dismantling of Damukuni, while they possess strength in batting depth with a long tail (not that it has been needed much). Notably, Darmen's domestic structure is based around club cricket rather than regions, and the frequency of short-format limited-overs matches has helped hone the skills of the national team for almost precisely this situation.
The Foxes will need to be resilient in their batting and precise in their bowling, and at present all signs suggest that merely surviving the match with no further injuries will be seen as a positive by Kevin Laing and his team, but in this match of green against green, as has been proven in the competition already, there is the potential for anything to happen. It will be up to the players to ensure - and a hundred and forty thousand fans to hope - that if it does, it goes the way of ourselves.

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR 20 OVER GAME VS.     DARMEN

        PLAYER           BAT   BOW
#9  G   Holt             LHB      
#7  MG  Davy             RHB   RLB
#12 AC  Leggett          RHB   RLB
#1  KCT Laing (c)        RHB   RMD
#5  TM  Bleasdale        RHB      
#8  AM  Donovan          RHB      
#10 AA  Kalantas         LHB      
#11 IT  Lebed (w)        LHB      
#3  S   Ashe             RHB   ROB
#4  A   Baxter           RHB   RFS
#14 NA  Salisbury        LHB   SLA

TOURNAMENT STYLE MODIFIER:   - 2.5

[Liventia]

Winless Melbergia pose stiffest test for Liventia after Apox crumble
Bruncester, KO-OREN— Liventia are potentially one win away from reaching the Super 12 stage of the World Twenty20 Championship after thrashing Apox by seven wickets.

Having won the toss, Trajan Muldoney opted to bat first for Apox in a crunch tie between the sides. While newcomer Hamish Gaaraayi played with freedom and raced to 30 off just 13 balls, opener Trinity Southwold and Muldoney both went cheaply to strike bowler Jonathan Adams in the latter's first two overs.

Muldoney's counterpart Ollie Kerr claimed the scalp of Gaaraayi in the seventh over, and although Organa Arrowsmith put up some resistance, most of the rest of the Apox order fell in regular intervals as Kerr and younger brother Brad took five wickets between them.

Chasing 140, Dylan Hennessey and James Quinn took apart the Apox attack, streaking ahead to 99 on the board in just 7.3 overs before Quinn fell to Arrowsmith for 67 off only 29 balls.

Arrowsmith was expensive, going for 51 runs off her first three overs, but she hit back in her final over. With Liventia just two runs behind and the game already lost, she bowled a wicket maiden 12th over, getting Hennessey caught at extra cover.

Dave Edwards was then out first ball of the 13th over to Roy Hamilton-Randall, but the bowler sent a wild delivery for four byes on his next delivery, ending the game in strange fashion with two batsmen not out without scoring.

While their final match is an easy win on paper, Liventia's qualification hopes will end should winless Melbergia pull off an upset.

Apox and Teusland, the two other nations on the same record of two wins and two defeats as Liventia, face each other in game five, meaning Liventia cannot finish in the top three of Group B should they lose.

Liventia are expected to play an unchanged side against Melbergia. Elsewhere in the group Mughals royal, whoever the hell they are, can somehow qualify for the final 12 if they beat Elejamie. We all hope they do not.

XI World Twenty20 Championship — Qualification Stage Group B
Played at Goledon Oval, Bruncester, Ko-oren (20-over match; T20I)
Liventia v Apox
Apox won the toss and elected to bat first
Liventia won by seven wickets
Man of the match: JCA Quinn (Liventia)

Apox innings (20 overs maximum)
Batsman							  R   B  4s  6s   SR
T Southwold		c & b Adams			  8   9   2   0   88.89
H Gaaraayi		c †du Pont b OH Kerr		 30  14   3   2  214.29
T Muldoney*		c Edwards b Adams		  6   6   0   1  100.00
N Washington		c OH Kerr b BL Kerr		 24  22   2   1  109.09
K Lupiter†		b BL Kerr			 16  21   0   1   76.19
O Arrowsmith		c Quinn b Adams			 28  22   3   0  127.27
O Jessop		c Quinn b Goudreau		  1   2   0   0   50.00
R Gallegos		c Edwards b OH Kerr		 11  12   1   0   91.67
T Kakketa		b OH Kerr			  3   4   0   0   75.00
J Frost			b Reynolds			  1   4   0   0   25.00
R Hamilton-Randall	not out				  1   3   0   0   33.33
  EXTRAS		(2lb, 6wd, 2nb)			 10
  TOTAL			all out (19.3 ov)		139 (7.13 runs per over)

FoW 1/14 Southwold 1.5, 2/36 Muldoney 3.5, 3/61 Gaaraayi 6.2, 4/87 Washington 10.4,
    5/98 Lupiter 12.5, 6/102 Jessop 13.2, 7/123 Gallegos 16.6, 8/133 Arrowsmith 17.5,
    9/136 Kakketa 18.3, 10/139 Frost 19.3

Liventia bowling
Bowler			Ov    M   R   W   Econ  Ext
SV Finney		2.0   0  25   0  12.50  (1nb)
JPK Adams		4.0   0  31   3   7.75
OH Kerr			4.0   0  21   3   5.25  (2wd)
E Reynolds		1.3   0  17   1  11.33  (1wd, 1nb)
MEP Goudreau		4.0   0  24   1   6.00  (2wd)
BL Kerr			4.0   0  19   2   4.75

Liventia innings (target 140 from maximum 20 overs)
Batsman							  R   B  4s  6s   SR
DA Hennessey 		c Washington b Arrowsmith	 61  34   4   4  179.41
JCA Quinn		c Muldoney b Arrowsmith		 67  29   5   7  231.03
DHJ Edwards 		b Hamilton-Randall		  6   6   1   0  100.00
PD Finch 		not out				  0   4   0   0    0.00
OH Kerr* 		not out				  0   1   0   0    0.00
  EXTRAS		(4b, 3wd)			  7
  TOTAL			for 3 wickets (12.2 ov)		141 (11.43 runs per over)

Did not bat E Reynolds, BAR du Pont†, MEP Goudreau, JPK Adams, SV Finney, BL Kerr
FoW 1/99 Quinn 7.4, 2/137 Hennessey 11.2, 3/137 Edwards 12.1

Apox bowling
Bowler			Ov    M   R   W   Econ  Ext
R Hamilton-Randall	2.2   0  33   1  14.14  (1wd)
R Gallegos		1.0   0  14   0  14.00  (1wd)
T Kakketa		1.0   0   9   0   9.00  (1wd)
J Frost			2.0   0  18   0   9.00
O Arrowsmith		4.0   1  51   2  12.75
T Muldoney		2.0   0  12   0   6.00

Notes
JCA Quinn 50 off 18 balls, 5x4 5x6
DA Hennessey 50 off 26 balls, 3x4 4x6
T20I debut: MEP Goudreau (Liventia)

[West Phoenicia]

Fans of the West Phoenician Lightning Bolts, the national cricket team were rewarded with an extra surprise today as West Phoenicia took on Sisdonia.

Not only was it a glorious outcome they needed with a 44 run lead with only 7 out, giving them reassurance they will be progressing but fans noticed Chiffon Del La Rue under a canopy with large Chanel sunglasses and a large floppy brim white hat in the West Phoenician stand cheering on the team.

The former model who has graced the covers of West Phoenicia Vogue and Marie Claire among others before retiring from modelling to become a starlet in romantic comedy movies is no stranger to cricket. Her father coached a national team before being promoted to serve as a board member on the West Phoenician Cricket Federation. But it was more than the game she was focused on as her eyes were on Jacob Worth, a bowler for the team.

Gossip columns have been run off their feet with photos and articles of the pair, whether its spending a day at the beach or sharing a coffee at s coffee house. So it is no surprise she would be out in the stands cheering on a guy many say will eventually be her husband.

Of course every good story needs a sprinkle of gossip, in this case its Trey McIntosh, Chiffon's current fiancé who declared he was unaware the two had even broken up and that the two planned to marry on January 1st 2019.

Fans are in a frenzy to lap up any information about this love triangle.

[Ko-oren]

Top 5 matches to watch on Day 5

5) Eastfield Lodge v Rooimervania: the upside of the format of this T20 World Championship is that every single match is a decider. Originally, the idea was that every team winning 4 or 5 matches would advance, and that three matches would likely be enough. It turns out, that even a lot of big teams are struggling to get to that three. And even if you win three, losing two means you're giving away some precious head to head advantage... In a match between well-established Eastfield Lodge and newcomers Rooimervania, the rookies might just get an upset with many consequences for the H2H situation. We've seen weirder outcomes.

4) West Phoenicia v Retricoal: See #5, but with a larger difference between the teams. West Phoenicia is ranked first in the multiverse and the idea that they've had some struggles that could even see them drop out of the tournament this early is both preposterous and a bit enticing. We want underdogs, but we also want to see our stars do well. In a wide-open Group A, any team can mess up any other team's tournament.

3) Darmen v Plough Islands: we'd put this one higher up, but then again, both teams have already qualified and this match won't have many consequences that way. However, if you want to watch some really good capitalism cricket, start here. Darmen have yet to lose, and the Plough Islands have been so stable all tournament long.

2) Ko-oren v Indusse: of course, we have to mention ourselves on this list, even if we're not first. You can't get much closer to a win-and-you're-in match: the winner of this match will likely have enough H2H advantages to advance, the loser will definitely not make it to the group stage. It'd be an upset for the hosts to bow out now, though...

1) Busoga Islands v Mattijana: while we haven't seen much of the Busoga Islands, and Mattijana is on a roll right now, and Group D is otherwise pretty much set, there's a charm to this match. The winner is in, the loser goes home, and the results of the rest of the group don't matter. See, in all other matches, the rest of the group matters to whether a team can make it in or not. In this one, it all comes down to this. On top of that, these two teams are pretty good and we're looking forward to see if they've come up with anything new for this decider.

Notable exclusions:

Apox v Teusland: Teusland has been a lovable team so far, and Apox has been the team that we expected would have less trouble. But here we are: Apox are fifth and in dire need of a win. Teusland are third and definitely not safe yet. We'd say Apox win, and they're in, but there's also Liventia in this group... and that's even disregarding the #1 matchup on this list.

Mughals Royal v Elejamie: Somehow, we've made it to day five with a match between a first and a second ranked team of a group. Group B has Apox, Liventia and the up-and-coming Teuslanders, but it's Elejamie and Mughals Royal that are 3-0-1. And get this: losing this one still could see you go home after the qualification stage. Mughals royal are already the surprise of this tournament, and yet they might be out after not making any mistake in matches 1-4. Again, we'd rank this one in the top 5, but there's barely any consequence to this match, like #3 on the list, but quite frankly our history with Darmen and the Plough Islands is just a bit bigger - so we're completely biased to put them in and to leave this match out. Sorry.

[A Flock of Seagulls]

She's a Margaret
He's a lazy man
She will favour him
She should know better by now

He enters any sport
Down in the forum
Where there is help aplenty
But his RPs are empty

Kalactin is apathetic
Kalactin is apathetic
Kalactin is apathetic
Kalactin is apathetic

We shooed him away
For twenty years we say
"He won't ever improve"
But he don't care

Kalactin is apathetic
Kalactin is apathetic
Kalactin is apathetic
Kalactin is apathetic, apathetic, apathetic...

(with apologies to Mike Score, Paul Reynolds, Frank Maudsley, and Ali Score)

[Ko-oren]

World Twenty20 Championships XI@Ko-oren

MD5 Results

Group A
Eastfield Lodge 134/5 (20 overs)
Rooimervania 179/9 (20 overs)

Sisdonia 142/6 (17.3 overs)
Ethane 141/3 (20 overs)

Retricoal 133/6 (20 overs)
West Phoenicia 144/8 (20 overs)

Group A                Pld   W  D  L 
1 West Phoenicia           5   4  0  1
2 Rooimervania             5   3  0  2
3 Eastfield Lodge          5   3  0  2
4 Sisdonia                 5   2  0  3
5 Retricoal                5   2  0  3
6 Ethane                   5   1  0  4

Group B
Apox 105/5 (13 overs)
Teusland 104/8 (20 overs)

Melbergia 142 (18 overs)
Liventia 143/9 (20 overs)

Mughals royal 132/5 (20 overs)
Elejamie 140/2 (20 overs)

Group B                Pld   W  D  L NRR
1 Elejamie                 5   4  0  1 
2 Liventia                 5   3  0  2 0.966
  Mughals royal            5   3  0  2 0.547
  Apox                     5   3  0  2 0.053
5 Teusland                 5   2  0  3
6 Melbergia                5   0  0  5

Group C
Northwest Kalactin 91/4 (10.3 overs)
A Flock of Seagulls 90/6 (20 overs)

Krytenia 151 (19.3 overs)
Barunia 155/7 (19.1 overs)

Indusse 144/8 (20 overs)
Ko-oren 146/8 (18.1 overs)

Group C                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Northwest Kalactin       5   4  0  1
2 Barunia                  5   4  0  1
3 Ko-oren                  5   3  0  2
4 Indusse                  5   2  0  3
5 Krytenia                 5   2  0  3
6 A Flock of Seagulls      5   0  0  5

Group D
Damukuni 168/7 (20 overs)
Deyrland 133/6 (20 overs)

Busoga Islands 119 (18.4 overs)
Mattijana 121/7 (14.1 overs)

The Plough Islands 105/7 (20 overs)
Darmen 145/7 (20 overs)

Group D                Pld   W  D  L 
1 Darmen                   5   5  0  0
2 Mattijana                5   3  0  2
3 The Plough Islands       5   3  0  2
4 Busoga Islands           5   2  0  3
5 Damukuni                 5   1  0  4
6 Deyrland                 5   1  0  4

---

Final list of seeds

Group Stage Teams            Pld   W  D  L NRR
 1 Darmen                   5   5  0  0 
 2 Barunia                  5   4  0  1 1.543
 3 West Phoenicia           5   4  0  1 1.510
 4 Northwest Kalactin       5   4  0  1 1.269
 5 Elejamie                 5   4  0  1 0.359
 6 Mattijana                5   3  0  2 1.123
 7 Liventia                 5   3  0  2 0.966
 8 Mughals royal            5   3  0  2 0.547
 9 Rooimervania             5   3  0  2 0.524
10 The Plough Islands       5   3  0  2 0.281
11 Eastfield Lodge          5   3  0  2 -0.390
12 Ko-oren                  5   3  0  2 -0.499

Group A:
  1 Darmen                   5   5  0  0 
  3 West Phoenicia           5   4  0  1 1.510
  5 Elejamie                 5   4  0  1 0.359 
  8 Mughals royal            5   3  0  2 0.547
 10 The Plough Islands       5   3  0  2 0.281
 12 Ko-oren                  5   3  0  2 -0.499
 
 Group B:
   2 Barunia                  5   4  0  1 1.543
   4 Northwest Kalactin       5   4  0  1 1.269
   6 Mattijana                5   3  0  2 1.123
   7 Liventia                 5   3  0  2 0.966
   9 Rooimervania             5   3  0  2 0.524
  11 Eastfield Lodge          5   3  0  2 -0.390

[Apox]

OOC: Just doing this for completeness

Apox 105/5 (13 overs)
Teusland 104/8 (20 overs)
Apox win by 5 wickets

Apox Bowling Innings
Name                   O   M   R   W  Econ
Roy Hamilton-Randall  4.0  0  25   3  6.25
Rachel Gallegos       4.0  1  19   1  4.75
Keswick Dhawa         4.0  0  24   1  6.00
Jo Frost              4.0  0  22   2  5.50
Organa Arrowsmith     4.0  1  11   1  2.75
+3 extras


Apox Batting Innings
Name                 How Out                Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Trinity Southwold    b von Stricker           28    18  4   0 155.56
Hamish Gaaraayi      c von Sauerland b Valden  5     5  1   0 100.00
Trajan Muldoney *    lbw Schaper              10    11  1   0  90.91
Nancy Washington     c Wenz b Valden          52    34  6   1 155.88
Kyriana Lupiter †    c Kohl b Schaper          8     8  1   0 100.00
Organa Arrowsmith    NOT OUT                   1     1  0   0 100.00
Oberon Jessop        NOT OUT                   0     1  0   0   0.00
Rachel Gallegos
Jo Frost
Keswick Dhawa
Roy Hamilton-Randall
EXTRAS                1 nb, 2 b                4
TOTAL                                        105

FOW
9   for 1 (Gaaraayi)
29  for 2 (Muldoney)
81  for 3 (Southwold)
104 for 4 (Lupiter)
104 for 5 (Washington)