GCF ODI World Trophy I - RP/rosters/results thread

by **New Lunenburg** » Fri May 22, 2020 6:36 am

NEW LUNENBURG ONE WIN AWAY FROM TOPPING GROUP

NEVEREND, LIVENTIA - After two comfortable victories against New Maxwellia and Samrakstivu, New Lunenburg's cricketers sit at the top of Group E in the first stage of the GCF ODI World Trophy with just one match left in this stage. Although New Lunenburg are the only team in the group with three wins and one defeat, Notun Ahom, Samrakstivu, Drew Durrnil and New Maxwellia are all level on two wins and two defeats, making New Lunenburg's final match of the group against Drew Durrnil all the more important. The winner of the group goes directly through to the next stage of the tournament, whereas the second and third-placed sides must first face a playoff match before advancing. Whereas it seems that New Lunenburg's cricketers will at the very least advance it to a playoff match, a win against Drew Durrnil will seal direct qualification for the next phase. In fact, New Lunenburg can still lose the upcoming match at Lewes Park and top the group, as the commanding victories over New Maxwellia and Samrakstivu have pushed the net run rate statistic up. The top brass of the New Lunenburg Cricket Board seem to be confident ahead of the match against Drew Durrnil, as they have announced five changes to a squad that proved so successful over the past two outings. Nonetheless, Nathan Stainton insisted that this was nothing more than making sure that all 16 players in the squad sent to Liventia had played some cricket before the conclusion of the tournament's first stage. Details of the squad for the final Group E match are below:

NEW LUNENBURG CRICKET BOARD
XI FOR ODI WORLD TROPHY VS. DREW DURRNIL

1. DJ Klein
2. JC Humphreys

3. JP Graves
4. N Fuller
5. NE Stainton (c)
6. C Spengler (wk)
7. M Field
8. CD Connolly
9. WS Rose
10. JPR Atkinson
11. TT Griffiths

by **Waisnor** » Fri May 22, 2020 8:51 am

FNC NEWS:

Ricardos7qm 233/9 (49 overs)
Waisnor 231/8 (50 overs)

Waisnor suffers a second defeat in a row, this time from Ricardos7qm: 233 - 231.

Igor Krutov: "Apparently, we simply underestimated the enemy. Well, in the next game, we need to show all our power."

Last match in the group F will be played with Kohnhead, which will be decisive in reaching the second round.

by **The Plough Islands** » Fri May 22, 2020 1:30 pm

on the 22nd May 2020, the Plough Islands Gazette wrote:
WORLD TROPHY: "LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON" AS HENDRICKS SET TO MAKE SENIOR DEBUT
by Ian Goswell, Chief Cricket Correspondent for Plough Radio, in Folenisa

Meeting Lourens Hendricks - the apparently ageless, and timeless, but chronologically fifty-three year old head coach of the Plough Islands cricket team - outside the rest stop hotel on the outskirts of Folenisa that has informally become the Foxes' home base in Liventia, an observer could be forgiven for wondering what he is so concerned about. The Plough Islands have had an extremely good start to their World Trophy campaign - the only undefeated team in the 'elite' groups A and B in the complex tournament format, victories over old friends Ko-oren and a particularly satisfying last-over win over the hosts, and a perceptible uptick in the confidence and happiness of the players has given Lourens little cause for concern in terms of coaching; he even admits "Ian, I barely need to tell these okes what to do, they're basically coaching themselves!". However, the worry etched on Lourens' normally permanently smiling face is of a far more personal nature.
The Plough Islands Cricket Association named a sixteen-player squad for the tournament, largely to cover for injuries, but also with the intention of giving uncapped players some international experience in what is a long, drawn-out tournament with plenty of excess matches. Among those uncapped players named were some from the Young Foxes, and among those - in a decision Lourens deliberately had no involvement with - was his son, the leg-spinning all-rounder Jannie Hendricks. While generations of Plough Islander cricketers have grown up around Lourens, either being taught basic leg break techniques by him as a youth development officer for the island boards and the Association, Jannie has only come to prominence more recently.
With Andrew Fairfield, the Foxes' oldest player, having played the first three group games and succumbing to cramp in training, it is the twenty-year-old junior Hendricks who is set to make his senior international debut at the Folenisa Cricket Ground against Sajnur. It is a prospect Lourens, as a head coach and as a father, has conflicted feelings about. "Y'know, I never expected to have Jannie at first," Lourens explains over a glass of orange juice at the hotel, "it was a whole other world back in South Africa, and I never thought I was going to have children until Hentie happened, it was all rather late". Jannie, sitting across from his father, stifles a chuckle. "And when he happened, he was suddenly the most important thing in the entire world, and he still is, ja, really. I think that's why I worry about the boy, y'know?".
"I will be fine! I learned everything from you, and you took wickets for your country as well, did you not?". Jannie is insistent in the way only a son can be; he is taller and ganglier than his father, and shares the same close-cut black hair, but his tone and diction are unmistakably Plough Islander rather than Afrikaner. "I know how you worry but I know I can give a good account of myself. And I know how you really feel, too!".
Lourens can only pat his son on the back and smile. "Ag, I know, I know that you know. And I am so proud of you, y'know? I just have to play the role".
The elder Hendricks first came to the islands in 1994, long before Jannie entered the picture, for what started out as a summer of coaching on New Dalmatia and slowly progressed into a permanent move as he grew fond of the culture and society of the islands; "South Africa was a pretty rough place then...ja, we had just had the 1994 elections, the first democratic elections, so on the one hand you wanted to stay and be part of the new nation. But nothing was going to happen overnight and the Plough Islands were so welcoming whenever I came, y'know, people remembered me and called me by name and sought me out and I never felt unsafe or even foreign.". He stirs his juice and looks over at Jannie. "And then the boy came along just before I had the chance from Bradford to move over permanently, and it was...we discussed it a lot as a family, y'know, but it was the right decision we made in the end. And once you make that decision, you commit to it - ja, I mean really commit, we had Jannie speaking English and we wanted to raise him as a Plough Islander and nothing else."
"I certainly never felt different, apart from, you know..." Jannie holds his maple-skinned hands up. "It was hard to not be reminded of that sometimes but I genuinely do not remember any trouble - everybody knew my father through cricket, so everybody knew who I was, or at least guessed from how I looked. And fortunately, everybody likes my father!". And with a father as deeply involved with cricket as Lourens, it was only a matter of time before Jannie picked a bat up as well, starting at the reknowned Engels Cricket Club of Foxdale before joining the Gloucester Athletic Club as his father moved to Sutton.
Lourens gave his son all the encouragement he needed; "we used to go straight to the club after school for nets, y'know? Up until he was ten or eleven we were down there every day, but then...". As it became clear in age group sessions that the younger Hendricks - like his father, a right-handed batsman and leg-spinner - might have a future as something more than a decent club player, Lourens felt he had to distance himself from his career for Jannie's sake. "Ja, no, I've been around too many clubs and seen far too many situations where daddy's on the club committee, mom's the scorer, and it's one rule for their kids and another rule for everyone else. And then the kids grow up thinking they're some kind of special and the rest of the team gets to the point where it's 'fit in or fokkoff' - it just does nobody any good, y'know?". Concerns about percieved nepotism eventually led him to almost withdraw from coaching his son completely. "Ag, man, I still feel awful about it, - the boy was growing up and I wanted to be there in that respect, but it felt like the best thing to do. I was giving him all I could but there was only so much I could give before it felt like too much."
Jannie, for his part, bears nowhere near the amount of ill will Lourens perhaps fears. "Once or twice as a child perhaps - when I would be used to one hundred per cent attention from my father at home but it felt like he was ignoring me as soon as my teammates were around. It took me a long time to understand why he felt like he had to do that." He matured into something of a battling, tenacious all-rounder, qualities he had ample time to demonstrate on these shores last year as he took eleven wickets and was twice one run away from a half century. "It all moved rather quickly, if I am being honest - it was one game after another at those grounds, and the matches moved so quickly you found it hard to adapt if the conditions changed even slightly. But I felt I did well, and evidently enough other people thought so that, well...tomorrow is happening..."
For the first time, the hitherto polite and composed Jannie begins to struggle visibly with the emotion of the occasion, and Lourens draws his son into a bear hug and ruffles his hair. "I am so proud, y'know? Never forget that. You are the most important thing in my life and, ag, I worry so much about you, but you have made me happier than anything."
After a few minutes, and a few questions about the practicalities of the match ahead - Ilya Lebed is also making his One Day International debut, with Tim Bleasdale being rested - it is time for the pair of them to resume training, but not before some final words from Hendricks senior about the occasion. "It's gonna be tough for the boy...Sajnur are an extremely good side as we found out earlier this year, and I've been where he's been, ja, I know how it feels to go out there in the green shirt. But,", Lourens says, drawing his wiry frame up to its full height, "we know what we Plough Islanders can do, and we've done it often enough before. And the support from the fans and comrades has been wonderful, we've heard them every match and that really puts the wind behind us, y'know?". With a fresh breeze in their sails, the Plough Islands will be hoping to continue their excellent form in the World Trophy against the Sajnurans, with all indications from both his performances on this ground - having taken 4-35 against Eastfield Lodge last year - and from the tournament thus far being that Jannie will fit into the team just fine, despite his father's reservations. And it is easy to get the impression that, deep down, Lourens knows this as well.

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR WORLD TROPHY VS.     SAJNUR

        PLAYER           BAT   BOW
#10 G   Holt             LHB      
#12 AC  Leggett          RHB   RLB
#16 SLC Weaver           RHB   RLB
#2  RP  Aliyev           RHB      
#1  KCT Laing (c)        RHB   RMD
#6  AM  Donovan          RHB      
#9  AJ  Hendricks        RHB   RLB
#11 IT  Lebed (w)        LHB      
#3  S   Ashe             RHB   ROB
#14 CG  McCarthy         RHB   RFM
#15 NA  Salisbury        LHB   SLA

by **The Grearish Union** » Fri May 22, 2020 3:16 pm

GCF WORLD TROPHY ROUNDUP:Eyes on Round 2
cricketgrearia.gu/home/international/grearia/roundup_r2.html

OREAN, LIVENTIA: Another round of the GCF World Trophy being held at Liventia recently ended, with the Grearish national side facing the Jovannic in what promised to be a do-or-die encounter. Group F from the bottom 24 seeded teams looked precarious before this encounter, with The Sarian and Waisnor both breathing heavily on Grearish necks.

The Grearish captain, Ronald Potter has had a string of fine performances throughout this World Trophy campaign, and has looked in fine from throughout. "We will need to be wary of the challenge of Ricardos7qm, especially after the victory they have achieved against Waisnor", he said at the GU-only press meeting that was held by the team management. "Do you think Grearia has a long way to go before sports glory comes-a-knocking?" asked Mana Itchiro from the Atheburn Mirror. "If you're referring to the Baptism of Fire, I think Rodrigues and her team made a fantastic effort to reach the quarterfinals, but you win some, and you lose some. We're gonna do our best and take each game as it comes!" The Grearish team will have to potentially face the 3 teams from the top seeds in the next round, if they manage to qualify, however, and in no means will that be easy. "The tournament will only get tougher," believes Graham Armey, coach of the national side, "and we'll have to be one of the tough ones who keep going, no matter what the situation is.

As it stands right now, any three of the probable bottom 6 of Ethane, Sajnur, Barunia, Eastfield Lodge, Lisander and Elejamie maybe faceing the Black Dolphins in the next round, all stalwarts of the game and rightly a part of the top-seeded 14, according to some. For some others, however, there has been word about how it is unfair of the GCF to have created a tournament for unranked teams based on prior history in other formats of the game. Making it difficult for the so-called ‘minnows’ of the game to proceed to the next rounds.

When asked about this to the Grearish skipper, Potter was quick to dismiss it, saying, “Instead of thinking about whether or not it was fair of the GCF to have treated non-full members in the way that they have, we can easily consider the tournament having two stages for us, and the group stage, in essence, is just the qualifiers.” While this did cause some uproar in the Grearish cricketing circles, one could not dismiss the fact that the skipper’s outlook was largely on the positive side, and looked to motivate the side towards the 2nd round, which the Black Dolphins are highly expected to qualify for, that too by topping the group. “The pressure is building up, but I think we enjoy it, back in the dressing room.” Right arm off-spinner, and newly-appointed vice captain, Marilyn Sinatra said to the press.

It remains to be seen how the team fares in the upcoming match against Ricardos7qm who will be equipped with cricketing skills apart from their rather equipped name, and the Grearish need to be as ready as ever!

by **Liventia** » Fri May 22, 2020 4:21 pm

Matchday 5
Group A
Damukuni 289/8 (42.1 overs)
Eastfield Lodge 288/6 (50 overs)
Damukuni win by two wickets with 7.5 overs to spare

The Plough Islands 341/5 (43.5 overs)
Sajnur 338/6 (50 overs)
The Plough Islands win by five wickets with 6.1 overs to spare

Ko-oren 262/7 (50 overs)
Liventia 254/7 (50 overs)
Ko-oren win by 8 runs

  Group A              Pld   W  T  L  Pts 
1 The Plough Islands     4   4  0  0    8
2 Ko-oren                4   3  0  1    6
3 Liventia               5   3  0  2    6
4 Damukuni               5   2  1  2    5
5 Barunia                4   1  0  3    2
  Eastfield Lodge        4   1  0  3    2
  Sajnur                 4   1  0  3    2

Group B
Ethane 247/8 (44.4 overs)
Elejamie 245/8 (50 overs)
Ethane win by two wickets with 5.2 overs to spare

Lisander 356/4 (50 overs)
Mattijana 336/5 (50 overs)
Lisander win by 20 runs

Krytenia 343/6 (47.1 overs)
Teusland 339/5 (50 overs)
Krytenia win by four wickets with 2.5 overs to spare

  Group B              Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Darmen                 4   3  0  1    6
2 Krytenia               4   3  0  1    6
3 Lisander               4   2  0  2    4
4 Mattijana              4   2  0  2    4
  Teusland               5   2  0  3    4
6 Ethane                 5   2  0  3    4
7 Elejamie               4   1  0  3    2

Group C
Jeckland 337/4 (50 overs)
Holy Land of Burtander 334/5 (50 overs)
Jeckland win by (either) 3 runs (or) six wickets with 0 balls to spare

The Booter 243/5 (50 overs)
Kriegiersien 244/6 (50 overs)
Kriegiersien win by (either) 1 run (or) four wickets with 0 balls to spare

Sylestone 321/6 (50 overs)
Baggieland 296/3 (50 overs)
Sylestone win by 25 runs

  Group C                Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Jeckland                 5   3  0  2    6  Q
2 Sylestone                5   3  0  2    6  Pl
3 Baggieland               5   3  0  2    6  Pl
4 Kriegiersien             5   3  0  2    6
5 Holy Land of Burtander   5   2  0  3    4
6 The Booter               5   1  0  4    2

Head-to-head:
Jeckland def. Sylestone and Baggieland
Sylestone def. Kriegiersien and Baggieland
Baggieland def. Kriegiersien
Kriegiersien def. Jeckland

Group D
Martune 180/6 (50 overs)
Bolgano 183/5 (35.1 overs)
Bolgano win by five wickets with 14.5 overs to spare

Virtual Nerdania 325/2 (50 overs)
Serriel 328/9 (45 overs)
Serriel win by one wicket with 5 overs to spare

Subramani 239/6 (50 overs)
Northwest Kalactin 243/8 (37.4 overs)
Northwest Kalactin win by two wickets with 12.2 overs to spare

  Group D                Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Martune                  5   4  0  1    8  Q
2 Serriel                  5   4  0  1    8  Pl
3 Northwest Kalactin       5   3  0  2    6  Pl
4 Bolgano                  5   2  0  3    4
5 Subramani                5   1  0  4    2
6 Virtual Nerdania         5   1  0  4    2

Head-to-head: Martune def. Serriel

Group E
Samrakstivu 312/6 (46.2 overs)
New Maxwellia 310/7 (50 overs)
Samrakstivu win by four wickets with 3.4 overs to spare

Drew Durrnil 228/3 (50 overs)
New Lunenburg 229/3 (32.2 overs)
New Lunenburg win by seven wickets with 17.4 overs to spare

Notun Ahom 281/7 (50 overs)
Anserisa 300/6 (50 overs)
Anserisa win by 19 runs

  Group E                Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 New Lunenburg            5   4  0  1    8  Q
2 Samrakstivu              5   3  0  2    6  Pl
3 Drew Durrnil             5   2  0  3    4  Pl
4 New Maxwellia            5   2  0  3    4
5 Anserisa                 5   2  0  3    4
6 Notun Ahom               5   2  0  3    4

Head-to-head:
Drew Durrnil def. New Maxwellia and Anserisa
New Maxwellia def. Anserisa and Notun Ahom
Anserisa def. Notun Ahom
Notun Ahom def. Drew Durrnil

Group F
The Grearish Union 319/5 (47.5 overs)
Ricardos7qm 315/5 (50 overs)
The Grearish Union win by five wickets with 2.1 overs to spare

The Sarian 265/8 (50 overs)
The Jovannic 266/6 (41.1 overs)
The Jovannic win by four wickets with 7.5 overs to spare

Waisnor 272/7 (50 overs)
Kohnhead 316/6 (50 overs)
Kohnhead win by 44 runs

  Group F                Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 The Grearish Union       5   4  0  1    8  Q
2 The Sarian               5   3  0  2    6  Pl
3 Kohnhead                 5   3  0  2    6  Pl
4 Waisnor                  5   2  0  3    4
5 The Jovannic             5   2  0  3    4
6 Ricardos7qm              5   1  0  4    2

Head-to-head: The Sarian def. Kohnhead

Jeckland, Martune, New Lunenburg, and The Grearish Union have qualified for the next round and have two off-days.
Teams qualified for the playoffs have one off-day. The playoffs (matchups below) will be scorinated on Matchday 7.

Sylestone v. Kohnhead at NCE Oval Academy 1 Ground
Northwest Kalactin v. Samrakstivu at Dawston Ground
Serriel v. Drew Durrnil at The Manor
Baggieland v. The Sarian at Lewes Park

by **Northwest Kalactin** » Fri May 22, 2020 5:06 pm



Batting
Campbell: 54-b. E. Thomas-c. Poet
Green: 41-b. King-LBW
Gonzalez: 23-b. King-Bowled Out
Powell: 36-b. Anther-c. Bhat
Griffin: 29-b. Khan-Bowled Out
Martin: 13-b. Khan-LBW
Wood: 20-b. N. Thomas-Bowled Out
Lopez: 26-Not Out
Thomas: 19-Not Out
Bowling
Campbell 67-2, Green 56-1, Gonzalez 38-2, Powell 31-1, Griffin 35-2, Lopez 12-0

And again today the Kalactanians pulled out a win with many overs to spare. The Kalactanian partnership of Craig Campbell and Greg Green combined for 95 runs all together. While the Kalactanians did give up quite a few more wickets than yesterday they where still able the show their strength while bowling only giving up 239 runs. Campbell, Gonzalez and Griffin managed to create 6 of the wickets for the Kalactanians while bowling and Griffin only gave up 35 runs.

by **Samrakstivu** » Fri May 22, 2020 5:35 pm

The Kāppāḷar Is Honoured By Samrak People's Triumph Into The Knockouts; Wishes For Meeting With Leader of Northwest Kalactin

The Samrak team did not need their full 50 overs in order to complete a victory over New Maxwellia that eliminated the New Maxwellians and placed the Samrak team into the Preliminary Knockouts to face Northwest Kalactin. Originally perceived as quite a methodical, conservative batting team, the Samraks once again broke 300 in their innings- including 87 from the tremendous Nithya Ambalakarar. Most excitingly however is the news that The Kāppāḷar intends to travel to Liventia for the subsequent rounds of the tournament. The match is scheduled to take place at the Dawston Ground in Orean, but once again the Samrak Cricket Board suggests that in order to better accommodate the visit of The Kāppāḷar that they move the match across town to Park Central Oval, which many viewers say is the true star of The Tapes.

"The tremendous cricketing ground of Park Central Oval is one of the hallowed cathedrals of the only sport which honours The Kāppāḷar, and for her to visit it in an official capacity would be a tremendous honour for the nation of Liventia and indeed for the sport of cricket. For her to have only ever visited two cricket grounds and one to be the Park Central Oval would put Liventia into the upper annals of the history of cricket." said a Samrak Cricket Board anonymous spokesperson.

The Kāppāḷar, Nivositha has also requested a meeting with the leader of Northwest Kalactin to discussing Northwest Kalactin becoming a territory of Samrakstivu under full dominion of the Kāppāḷar and follow the "Iṟaiyāṇmai" ideal, which would bring them tremendous peace and serenity.

by **The Jovannic** » Sat May 23, 2020 1:11 am

The Jovannic Bow Out in Style with well earned win over Sarian.
The Jovannic wins over the Sarian in the last Jovannic Match in the GCF ODI World Trophy 1. The Jovannic went into this match as underdogs, but managed to do very well in terms of batting. The Jovannic started off well with Mickey Tastudo bowling well to hold the Sarian to minimal runs. The other bowlers bowled quite shakily, but managed to not let The Sarian pull away to too many runs. The batters did extremely well, especially Fe Penu, who seems like the big breakout star of this Tournament. The Jovannic managed to win by 7.5 overs. Sale Miski says "We wanted to make sure that fans know that we were not outmatched and we are still able to win matches."

by **Baggieland** » Sat May 23, 2020 2:57 am

The Daily Boing

Matchday Five
Sylestone 321/6 (50 overs)
Baggieland 296/3 (50 overs)

Scorecard

Batting
1. Billy Richards lbw 21
2. Reg Marshall hit the ball twice 6
3. Peter Mead caught 18
4. Richard Smith not out 109
5. Garry Greenidge (C) not out 120
6. Brian Parks (WK)
7. Sam Udal
8. Steve Warne
9. Michael Marshall
10. David Shackleton
11. Paul Sainsbury
Extras 22

Bowling
Sam Udal 0 – 69
Steve Warne 4 – 52
Michael Marshall 0 – 67
David Shackleton 1 – 65
Paul Sainsbury 1 – 68

Baggieland began the day’s proceedings at the top of the group standings and were looking for automatic qualification to the next stage of the tournament. However, a top-order collapse meant that the run chase got off to the worst possible start. The innings was rescued by Smith and Greenidge, but their heroic effort was just not enough as Sylestone went on to win by 25 runs.

Sylestone won the toss and put themselves into bat first. Thanks to some disciplined bowling from Michael Marshall and Shackleton, Sylestone got off to a slow start. However, as the overs ticked by, the Sylestone confidence and their run rate began to increase. Shackleton picked up one of their openers thanks to an acrobatic catch by Mead at gully. Sainsbury’s orthodox-spin got the better of another one of their batters, but it was Warne who did most of the damage taking four scalps by virtue of a bowling performance that contained very few errors. Sylestone finished with a total of 321, which was a decent score on a hard surface.

Baggieland had to start their innings with a required run rate of 6.42 runs per over. Although this was doable on a wicket that hadn’t caused too much trouble for the Sylestone batters, the Throstles got off to a terrible start to their run chase. Reg Marshall was the first to go attempting to score a run after playing the ball twice to avoid getting bowled, if he hadn’t had attempted the run, he probably wouldn’t have been given out. Richards and Mead then both gave away their wickets cheaply. Thankfully, Smith and Greenidge came in and showed everyone how to bat on a hard wicket. They both recorded centuries, but as the game was coming to an end, the run rate had got out of control. In the final over, Baggieland required 36 runs to win. Greenidge smashed the first delivery for six, giving the faithful hope. Alas, he could not repeat that scoring feat and Baggieland finished 25 runs short.

Baggieland finished third meaning they must now play The Sarian at Lewes Park in a play-off match.

G.C.F. Stats

Most runs
Garry Greenidge: 320
Richard Smith: 310
Billy Richards: 296
Peter Mead: 260
Reg Marshall: 216

Most wickets
Michael Marshall: 7
Sam Udal: 7
Steve Warne: 7
Paul Sainsbury: 5
David Shackleton 5

by **Kriegiersien** » Sat May 23, 2020 4:30 am

"Get him!"

And Mordbruck got it. The 42nd Loyal Regiment of the Mounted Mango Fusiliers had won against The Booter in a last hurrah.

The team rejoiced for a moment inappropriate, before getting back to calm respect, shaking hands with their opponents and adjusting the uniforms. But the moment of triumph only lasted until they watched Baggieland virtually throwing it away against Sylestone and even though having as many wins as the first placed Jeckland, Kriegiersien were out as fourth of the group.

While the servants were packing, the whole regiment was sitting together having a last cup of tea.
Green leaf tea, aromatic, relaxing, the best there is…ah bugger it...

The atmosphere was a glum silence, worse than after the battle of Brasilistan, where the opponent just hadn’t shown up and a story of the famous victory had to be invented.

Then Lieutnant Longbottom stormed in.
“I have a solution!”
He was holding a baseball bat and a baseball in his hand.

“Our successful games started a discussion in Kriegiersien which is better: Cricket or Baseball, after our national baseball team played so mediocre in the World Classics. And now we have a challenge. A baseball match between us, the cricket team and the Kriegiersien baseball team.

“So we have to learn how to play Baseball?”

“That’s not so hard, a much easier game, inferior to Cricket. We beat them and save our butts.”

The most faces showed doubt, some explained their utter disgust.

“Well, well. After this last days, I am open for everything. Let the 42nd Loyal Regiment of the Mounted Mango Fusiliers show these guys who is best, shall we?”, shouted the Colonel.

After a moment of silence one voice shouted: “Hurray!” and the others joined in. The great clash was coming.

by **Krytenia** » Sat May 23, 2020 5:57 am

Wizards Of Willow Serve Up Thriller
Angus Haggerston reports from City Centre, Liventia

The NCE Oval truly lived up to its reputation as a batsman's pitch in a swashbuckling encounter between Krytenia and Teusland. Both sides piled on the runs in a match that saw almost seven hundred runs clocked up, with the Stars eventually coming out of it on the winnng side.

Lynton Saxon again lost the toss, with Teusland opting to bat first in the hope of racking up a big target and ramping up the pressure. The men in gold got things off to a scintillating start, with both Marc Breuer and Konrad von Sauerland getting their eye in quickly, punishing anything wayward from Saxon and Stuart Obermann. The run rate by the end of the tenth over was over seven, with Krytenia's field being stretched all over the place. A change in attack was needed, and Gavin Udall's accuracy at least managed to get the run rate down, with Graham Monciestri managing the same at the other end. The scoring slowed, though both openers continued to keep their wickets intact a little longer.

Frustration did begin to creep in, though; perhaps it was this that led to the rash shot that did for Breuer. The Sankt Kunigunde man topped a shorter ball from Udall into the welcome arms of Ed Fenn. Still, a useful half-century was nothing to be sniffed at, and August Tasche is pretty flashy with the willow himself. Tasche immediately proved this by tucking Udall's next delivery down the leg side for four. At the other end, meanwhile, von Sauerland carried on regardless as the Teus attempted to tighten their stranglehold on the game.

Sometimes, though, you need a bit of luck, and it was exactly that which removed von Sauerland. Perhaps the second run wasn't on, perhaps the batsman should have erred on the side of caution. Either way, you don't expect a direct hit from backward point; judging by the look on Ryan Watling's face, he wasn't expecting it either, and he was the one who threw it. Both von Sauerland and Brad Grafton looked incredulously at the wickets; Grafton gave an apologetic shrug, whilst the Edelweiss captain trudged back to the pavilion still trying to fathom what had happened.

If von Sauerland's wicket was expensive, his replacement's was much, much cheaper. Michael Kolleck didn't even get the chance to get into double figures before gloving one straight to Grafton. Silvester Basch, meanwhile, didn't - at least not to begin with. With the order of the day at this point being to regain control of the tempo, Basch and Tasche held back a little, eating a couple of overs of defensive shots and blocks to steady the ship.

Brigham Hill came in to try and unlock the partnership; this, though, was no place for spinners, and provided the impetus for the Teus batsman to get the gears grinding once more. Poor Hill was thwacked all over the place, much to the relief of the Edelweiss faithful. Udall at the other end was still asking questions, but was running out of overs. The last of his alotted almost provided the breakthrough, but Basch's nick was shelled by Sheldon Schneller in the slips. As the balls ticked by, and with Saxon pretty much stuck with Hill's allocation, it began to look bleak for Saxon. The young spinner, though, is nothing if not perseverent, and eventually took out Tasche with a straighter delivery that found the pads. Tasche debated reviewing, but a shake of the head from Basch told him it'd be a waste of time.

Simon Riedl came in, and as Teusland continued to abuse Hill, it was going to be up to the final four overs from Obermann and Saxon to staunch the bleeding of runs. The best way of doing this, as it turned out, was to take out Basch and watch the middle order get twitchy. Obermann's peach of a delivery was unplayable, and eked a wry smile from Basch as he walked back - like Tasche and von Sauerland, he'd threatened a century only to fall short in the eighties. Riedl and Linus Schell added a handful more in the dying days of the allocated fifty, and Teusland could feel like a day's work well done at the crease, setting a strong target of 340 for their opposition.

To say that Krytenia's reply started disastrous would be an understatement. Schnell offered an easy catch to Martin Kaplan third ball, and Howard Tatton was not long after him, falling early in the second over, and to add insult to injury, Vernon Fulmer sliced one to Basch at point a couple of balls later to leave the Stars at 12/3. All was not lost, though, as Ryan Watling was determined to make up for his duck against Lisander, and tucked in to the Edelweiss' opening bowling heartily. With young prodigy Ed Fenn at the other end, Krytenia set about playing catch-up.

What followed was a batting masterclass. Fenn, seemingly unshackled by the burden of the shirt in every game he's played, stroked shot all over the place, finding gaps with footwork and technique. Watling's approach, meanwhile, was a little more...let's be kind and say "agricultural". Between the pair of them, they soon got the runs ticking over, flying past fifty, then one hundred for the side. Both players eased to a half-century, getting the Stars halfway to their target. Sadly, that's where the story ends for Watling, as he tried one big shot too many, chopping a flat six attempt down the gullet of Tausche. Fenn, though, was on fire. With Udall adding runs at a decent if not scintillating pace, Fenn continued to pile them on, completing his ton with a fine shot through the covers. He'd eventualy pass 120 before succumbing, a thin edge to Kaplan sending him back to the dressing room with his head held high.

It was left up to the middle order to complete the job, and they did so, clipping runs along without looking too rushed. Grafton did nick one behind just shy of his fifty, but it proved only to be a minor speed bump. A finely struck four from Udall brought the Stars to within two of Teusland's total, and when he sent the next ball into the stands, the job was completed with seventeen balls in hand. The result leaves Krytenia and Darmen tied at the top of the table, with the Stars technically in second place courtesy of that opening day defeat. A win in their next game against Mattijana in their next game, though, ensures a top four finish and a place in the second round.

For some, though, the journey is already over. We here at the Post would like especially to offer our condolences to the Kriegiersien Army side who narrowly failed to make it out of their group. We're raising a toast of green leaf tea in your honour.

TEUSLAND INNINGS - 339/5

M Breuer          c Fenn b Udall           58
K von Sauerland   run out                  84
A Tasche          lbw Hill                 82
M Kolleck         c Grafton b Monciestri    8
S Basch           b Obermann               85
S Riedl           not out                  12
L Schell          not out                   6
EXTRAS                                      4

BOWLING          O    R   W    Econ
SA Obermann     10   70   1    7.00 
LR Saxon        10   62   0    6.20
GM Udall        10   57   1    5.70
GDJ Monciestri  10   48   1    4.80
BY Hill         10  102   1   10.20

KRYTENIA INNINGS - 343/6

BATTING
SV Schneller    c Kaplan b Lehner         2
HM Tatton       lbw Trenker               3
VC Fulmer       c Basch b Trenker         3
RJ Watling      c Tausche b Meusberger   74
EL Fenn         c Kaplan b Meusberger   126
GM Udall        not out                  72
BH Grafton      c Kaplan b Reidl         43
LR Saxon        not out                  11
EXTRAS                                    9                            

BOWLING            O      R   W    Econ
E Lehner          10     47   1    4.70 
B Trenker         10     53   2    5.30
J Meusberger      10     80   2    8.00
S Reidl            8.1   87   1   10.65
K von Sauerland    9     76   0    8.44

by **Darmen** » Sat May 23, 2020 10:30 am

GCF ODI World Trophy Group B Round 3 @ National Centre of Excellence Oval
Darmen 251/5 (50)-253/5 (43.1) Mattijana

Darmen Innings
Name                             Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
V Acker       c Benzeni b Nortje  55  79     4  1    69.62
S Winter*     c Žackov b Riegler   7  12     1  0    58.33
W van der Zee b Riegler            4   6     1  0    66.67
T Milligan    c Karamov b Murska  70  85     5  1    82.35
E Ready       lbw b Karamov       46  54     6  1    85.19
B Bachmann    not out             41  52     7  0    78.85
A Armbruster† not out             17  12     3  0   141.67
Extras                            11
Total (50 overs, 5.02 rpo)       251        27  3
Did not bat: C McAlister, K Rosenfeld, D Myers, M Wakefield

Name      Overs M Runs Wkts Econ.
Riegler   10.0  3 32   2    3.20
Karamov   10.0  1 47   1    4.70
Murska    10.0  1 50   1    5.00
Nortje    10.0  2 43   1    4.30
Glukspiel 10.0  0 79   0    7.90

Mattijana Innings
Name                               Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
D Vukjic    c van der Zee b Myers   67   59    6  3   113.56
K Sava      c Bachmann b McAlister  18   25    2  0    72.00
M Žackov    b Myers                104  110    7  1    94.55
J Benzeni   c Winter b Wakefield    30   29    4  1   103.45
F Glukspiel lbw b Myers              9   11    2  0    81.82
J Illicic†  not out                  7   15    1  0    46.67
J Laramazic not out                  6   10    1  0    60.00
Extras                              12
Total (43.1 overs, 5.86 rpo)       253        23  5
Did not bat: M Karamov, J Murska, K Riegler, J Nortje

Name      Overs M Runs Wkts Econ.
Wakefield  8.1  1 46   1    5.63
McAlister  8.0  0 55   1    6.88
Rosenfeld  9.0  0 53   0    5.89
Bachmann   8.0  2 40   0    5.00
Myers     10.0  1 59   3    5.90

Player of the Match: Marko Žackov (MAT), 104-110, 7 x 4's, 1 x 6's

GCF ODI World Trophy Group B Round 4 @ The Bastion Dover Cricket Ground
Elejamie 272/5 (50)-273/5 (47.2) Darmen

Elejamie Innings
Name                                Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
S Loughlin  c Ready b Wakefield       7    6    1  0   116.67
D Halabi    lbw b Gardenar           13   11    2  0   118.18
R Hamilton  not out                 110  116    9  2    94.83
M Bentley†  c Winter b Myers         56   67    6  1    83.58
K Entwistle b Wakefield              25   32    4  0    78.13
R Montoya   c Wakefield b McAlister  36   48    5  1    75.00
S Halabi    not out                  17   20    1  1    85.00
Extras                                8
Total (50 overs, 5.44 rpo)          272        28  5
Did not bat: D Slezinger*, L Mahler, A Rodriguez, P Novak

Name      Overs M Runs Wkts Econ.
Wakefield 10.0  3 42   2    4.20
McAlsiter 10.0  1 51   1    5.10
Rosenfeld 10.0  0 76   0    7.60
Gardenar  10.0  1 53   1    5.30
Myers     10.0  2 50   1    5.00

Darmen Innings
Name                                 Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
V Acker       c D Halabi b Mahler     26   22    4  0   118.18
S Winter*     lbw b Slezinger         21   25    2  1    84.00
W van der Zee c Bentley† b Slezinger  40   21    4  3   190.48
T Milligan    not out                102  137    8  1    74.45
E Ready       c Hamilton b Rodriguez  15   14    3  0   107.14
D Gardenar    lbw b Mahler            23   27    3  0    85.19
A Armbruster† not out                 40   38    5  1   105.26
Extras                                 6
Total (47.2 overs, 5.77 rpo)         273        29  6
Did not bat: C McAlister, K Rosenfeld, D Myers, M Wakefield

Name      Overs M Runs Wkts Econ.
Novak      9.0  0 52   0    5.78
Rodriguez 10.0  1 55   1    5.50
Mahler     9.2  0 54   2    5.79
Slezinger  9.0  2 45   2    5.00
Hamilton  10.0  0 67   0    6.70

Player of the Match: Theudofrid Milligan (DAR), 102-137 not out, 8 x 4's, 1 x 6's

Lineup for match vs. Ethane @ The Bastion Dover Cricket Ground: V Acker, S Winter*, W van der Zee, T Milligan, E Ready, D Gardenar, A Armbruster†, C McAlister, D Myers, A Dickenson, M Wakefield

by **Elejamie** » Sat May 23, 2020 11:46 am

Your Guide to Elejamian Cricket Grounds
Part One: Aventry Cricket Ground

LOCATION: On the outskirts of Coventry, AVEN

TEAM/S: Aventry Cricket Club

CAPACITY: 24,000 (permanent seating)

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 27,500 - Aventry v Burnett (September 24^th, 2005)

INFORMATION: The Aventry Cricket Ground, originally titled the New Aventry Cricket Ground until 2017, is located just on the outskirts of Coventry and, as expected, is home to Aventry Cricket Club. While not the biggest cricket ground in total (as the Edgebaston Dome takes that honour), this is the biggest cricket ground that's primarily dedicated to cricket. It was also home to a number of impressive cricketing games, including Game Five of the inaugural Elejamian Cricket League Final, where Aventry managed to catch up to Burnett's impressive 276 run total and beat it with three balls left to spare.

It wasn't the first ground with that name, as the first Aventry Cricket Ground was located in the city of Coventry, in the area of Lockwood. Built in 1967 to house the national team (who'd abandon the concept of a "home stadium" in the early 2000s to play at different grounds around the country), it would soon end up being home to the Aventry Cricket Club in 1975. It was also built with other sports in mind and, indeed, a number of gridiron exhibition games were played in the country during the numerous failed attempts to get a national league into the country. However, the stadium would slowly fall into disrepair and, by 2008, it was agreed that they would move out of the city to a new site. While the new ground was being built, Aventry would remain at the old ground until it was time to move, with the last match being played there was Aventry's loss by 37 runs to eventual Bronze Cup winners Wyken during the second round of the 2012 ECL. Shortly after the end of the season, the site was demolished and turned into housing.

The names of the ends were carried over following construction. To the north of the stadium you have the Coventry Stand, named so because it points in the direction of the capital. To the south, you've got the rather confusingly named North End, so called because it was named in honour of John North (1945-1973), the first Elejamian cricketer to hit a century when he managed to get 132 runs in a test match in 1969; a match Elejamie managed to win by 17 runs. He was also an avid supporter of cross-tractal matches, believing that it was the best way to showcase and build on national talent, to the point where the first domestic game was his testimonial on 30th June, 1974, six months to the day after he died in a plane crash at the age of 29. The John North Memorial Scoreboard is also named in his honour.

STANDS: There are eight stands and other specator facilities located in the stadium:

Lockwood Stand: Named after the area of Coventry where the old Aventry Cricket Ground was located, this is the largest-capacity stand in the stadium as 5,000 people can be seated here. It's also home to the player locker rooms, Learning Centre and other such things.
Wests Stand: Originally simply titled the West Stand, they added an S to it due to Wests Supermarket buying the naming rights. Up to 2,250 can be seated here, along with an extra 500 at the adjacent The Garden, a small indoor area that can be used for events.
Administrator Stand: So called because it's home to all of the administration offices and other such stuff, this is the second largest-capacity stand, as 4,500 can be seated here.
Executive Corner: Known for its long row of executive boxes, 20 in total with a recommended capacity of 10 people, there's also a single tiered stand underneath that can fit a further 1,500 fans. There's also Roiland's, another suite that can fit up to 550 people, located around here.
Press Stand: Home to the Press Box and other activities related to the press, this is the third biggest stand in the stadium with a capacity of 4,000 people. A small group of fans, known as the Pressers, tend to occupy the seats closest to the oval and are known for their ultra-like displays.
K. A. Mills Stand: Named in honour of Kenneth Andrew Mills (1927-1997), who coached the first Elejamian domestic side from 1967-1974, this is located directly opposite the Noistand. Around 2,500 can be seated here and, much like the Scoreboard Stand (see below), it's also primarily used by families.
Scoreboard Stand: Simply located around the John North Memorial Scoreboard, as you'd expect from the name, around 500 people can fit on this single-tiered stand. It's also an alcohol-free area primarily for families to sit down and watch some games.
Noistand: The Noistand (or Noise Stand) was originally a nickname for the Henley Stand, given that the noisiest and most raucous fans tend to congregate here, but they eventually decided to make it the official name for it in time for the 2020 season. Up to 2,500 people can be seated here.

OOC: Apologies for a complete lack of cricket RPs from me for this tournament until now. Other than the fact that I'm never exactly sure how to do my cricket RPs (simply because I find the sport fun to play but not that interesting to watch), I was also busy with the WorldVision Song Contest over in the NS subforum. And also one of my cats sadly died a couple of days ago, which left me in no mood to really do anything.

by **The Plough Islands** » Sat May 23, 2020 1:26 pm

on the 23rd May 2020, the Plough Islands Gazette wrote:
WORLD TROPHY: MARTIN TO MAKE INTERNATIONAL DEBUT AGAINST EASTFIELD LODGE
by Caroline Iddon, Additional Sporting Correspondent, in Orean

After Shauna Weaver's unbeaten 151 helped the Plough Islands to victory against a determined Sajnur team, our small country sits virtually atop the cricketing world as the only undefeated team remaining in the first One Day International competition run by the Global Cricket Federation. With the Foxes, in the somewhat labyrinthine format of the World Trophy, having already accrued enough points from their wins over Damukuni, Ko-oren, Liventia, and Sajnur to qualify for one of the two so-called "elite" groups in the second round of the tournament, there is more freedom for captain Kevin Laing and coach Lourens Hendricks to experiment - and for the as yet uncapped players named as part of the initial sixteen-player squad to be given a chance to gain some valuable international experience.
The young Sutton & Avalon leg-spinner Terry Gibbs will need to wait for his debut; Laing told this author that "myself and Lourens originally, in as much as we had a plan, wanted to bring Terry in sooner, and give Naomi [Salisbury] a chance to recharge, but she is still up and ready to go every day and Terry managed to stub his toe the other day, and we want him to be completely ready". For the Bradford limited-overs opener Leanne Martin, though, the match against Eastfield Lodge will see her open the batting alongside Graeme Holt, with Audrey Leggett moving down the order to accommodate the left-hander as she finally makes her first appearance in Plough Islander colours. It is a decision Laing feels is long overdue; "I have played with her and alongside her for most of the last five or six years with Bradford, so I know what she can do in the shorter formats of the game and what she can add to the side on and off the pitch, and I am glad we have found a niche for her...she has been for too long passed over because people saw her as a wicketkeeper and we had, obviously, Ilya Lebed and Paul Donaghy and Tim Bleasdale available..."
For her part, Martin is proud but somewhat nervous to be making her debut at the Folenisa Cricket Ground. "I feel as though everybody around me has been more eager for me to do this than I have, almost, it would have been tough to do it with all eyes on me at the start of the tournament, or if it had been a home game!" Armed with a naturally attacking and open style of batting, and having just enjoyed her best domestic season in some time, the docker is hoping to be able to continue the Foxes' good form. "I cannot say I have ever played with Graeme before, but everybody has been so supportive and helpful I do not think that will matter. I have seen the Folenisa ground and it looks like a good surface to bat on - with the fielding restrictions it should be a good chance to loosen my wrists early on and find the gaps!"
The Plough Islands will be facing a highly motivated Eastfield Lodge side, who will need to win to maintain their chances of advancing to the "elite" groups rather than having to advance through a playoff to enter the quarter-finals of the tournament, a danger that Laing is not unaware of; "We know they are a good side, they have been improving as the tournament has progressed - they were unlucky against Damukuni, in my opinion, they had them pinned down where they wanted them during that run chase and with a bit more discipline they could have won easily". Laing is also anxious not to assume anything from the group positions - "we will need to be on high alert against them and their top order, they could easily take the game away from us" - although the opinion of most of the international press covering the tournament is that the Foxes will nonetheless be favourites. It remains to be seen to what extent this is borne out by the facts; Plough Islanders wherever they may be can find out on Plough Radio from 8:00am Rushmori Eastern Time, or in these pages.

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR WORLD TROPHY VS.  E F LODGE

        PLAYER           BAT   BOW
#10 G   Holt             LHB      
#13 LA  Martin           LHB      
#16 SLC Weaver           RHB   RLB
#1  KCT Laing (c)        RHB   RMD
#12 AC  Leggett          RHB   RLB
#6  AM  Donovan          RHB      
#9  AJ  Hendricks        RHB   RLB
#11 IT  Lebed (w)        LHB      
#3  S   Ashe             RHB   ROB
#14 CG  McCarthy         RHB   RFM
#15 NA  Salisbury        LHB   SLA

by **Mattijana** » Sat May 23, 2020 1:35 pm

Mattijana Smash 402 in Second ODI Trophy Win

MFO SPORT

Matej Jelic, Commentator and Cricket Writer

Mattijana 402/6 (50 overs)
-Vukjic 139, Illicic 54. Burns 2-68
Ethane 284/9 (50 overs)
-Rowell 84, Elizabeth 43. Murska 3-43
Mattijana win by 118 runs

Batsman			     Dismissal	Runs	Balls	S/R	4s	6s
Sava		   c Umbridge  b Lion	53	49	108.16	5	1
Vukjic		   c Pilton b Burns	139	118	117.80	12	5
Zackov		   LBW    b Lion	45	48	93.75	4	0
Benzeni		   c Loughton b Burns	24      15      160.00	1	2
Laramazic         c Hannelten b Keele	32	27      118.52  3       1
Illicic			   not out     	54	33	163.64	3	4		
Glukspiel                 b Keele	8	6	133.33	1       0	
Karamov			   not out   	5	4	125.00	0	0
Murska			did not bat	-	-			
Riegler		        did not bat	-	-			
Nortje		        did not bat	-	-			

Extras			     7wd, 5lb	12				
				 Score	402/6 (50.0 overs)

Mattijana hit the first score of 400 or more at the ODI World Trophy as they flogged the Ethanian attack around the National Centre of Excellence Oval in an emphatic 118 run win.

Dominik Vukjic lead the charge with a brutal 139 from 118 balls, laying an already lofty platform for an explosive 54 from 33 from Jos Illicic to get the Marmots over the magic 400 mark. In response, Ethane managed only 284/9, Mattijana taking regular wickets as the scoreboard pressure proved too much for the Ethanian batting, Johanna Murska the pick of the bowlers.

There was plenty of excited chatter around whether Mattijana could pass the mystical and elusive 400 barrier with the bat before the tournament, but a defeat to Elejamie in their opening match in which the batting lineup looked about as functional as a chocolate Cricket bat did a lot to quash that chatter with the vice-like grip of cold realism. They improved vastly in the win over Darmen at the same ground in City Centre, but still needed some time to bed in on a two-paced pitch and would have probably topped out at about 320 if they had been able to bat their overs.

On arriving at the NCE Oval this morning though, everything just screamed bat. There wasn't a cloud in sight, the outfield looked smoother than a late night chat-show host and the road outside the ground probably would have offered more assistance than the deck in the middle. That made winning the toss a crucial part of the day's play and fortunately, Mattias Karamov went out before a ball was bowled and did the business.

That said, a good start was still essential and far from a certainty with Katarina Sava looking out of nick and Dominik Vukjic hit-and-miss at the best of times. In contrast to their first attempt at batting first however, both openers still took some time to play themselves before starting to loosen the shackles.
A crunching straight drive from Vukjic seemed to be the cue for him to start moving up through the gears, whilst Sava accumulated in more classical fashion, manipulating the field and putting away the odd half-volley coming her way. The 27 year-old brought up a solid 50 from 45, a much needed score for a player who had only scored 25 in her first two innings, but even that knock would only serve as the supporting act for the one at the other end.
Vukjic had bought up his own half-century off 49 deliveries, but whilst Sava was soon to perish with a mis-hit pull shot, the young Petrovijankan was only just getting started. The 24 year-old bypassed several gears as he began to cut loose, despatching a number of formerly respectable bowlers to the stands with the frequency of a prolific online retailer. 12 fours and 5 sixes later, the opener was eventually caught on the ropes pressing for a 150, but his range of cuts, pulls and brutal slogs over the leg side had set up an excellent platform for the middle order.

Benzeni also clobbered a couple of sixes in a cheap but cheerful 24 from 15, with her dismissal welcoming the inevitable push up the order of explosive keeper-batsman Jos Illicic. With Jelena Laramazic also at the crease in the more supporting role, he had a license to hit out as well and with the bowlers tiring in the hot Liventian conditions, he did exactly that. The Puljanka player used his typical array of flicks, tricks and scoops to pepper the boundaries, an exquisite ramp for six off Curtis Pilton the most memorable of his 4 sixes. With the score threatening to shatter the so far unshattered ceiling of 400 runs, he marmelised a Keele short ball over deep mid-wicket for six before showing footwork faster than a caffeinated gazelle to squeeze a Yorker-length delivery to the fine leg boundary for four off the final ball.

With the Ethanian batting lineup facing a chase never faced before, they also faced an unprecedented level of scoreboard pressure and without the luxury of some Vukjic or Illicic pyrotechnics, clearly felt they needed to have a dart early. That ploy was surprisingly successful at first, Ethane reaching 50 off 7 overs, but the immediate impact of leg spinner Johanna Murska inside the powerplay made the breakthrough, the change of pace causing Damien Hannelten to spoon a catch to square-leg. That opened the door for further wickets and despite some middle order resistance from Harry Rowell and Sammy Elizabeth, no other batters really got comfortable and the required run rate began to climb exponentially as the wickets column was chipped away at by some tricky variations from the Mattijanan attack, the two spinners particularly impressive.

The lower order managed to get Ethane to a half-respectable total, albeit one that was still under par for a pitch that remained flatter than a pub singer's voice after one too many beers, but the top order frantically losing wickets ultimately did for them and they now face an uphill struggle to make the top four in group B. The win for Mattijana is confirmation that their campaign is making progress despite a rocky start and two wins from their final three games will almost certainly be enough to make their potential path to the quarter-finals a lot more straightforward.

by **The Grearish Union** » Sat May 23, 2020 1:56 pm

GCF WORLD TROPHY ROUNDUP:Playoff Predictions by You!
cricketgrearia.gu/home/international/grearia/wt_po_pred.html

OREAN, LIVENTIA: As you might be aware, the Grearish national cricket side have qualified directly to group I, where they shall face three of the bottom six teams of Group A and B combined, along with two playoff winners. It is therefore a matter of great interest for ones who are keen on the Grearish game in who manage to qualify for the next round

Cricket Grearia asked for your opinions on the on the playoffs, asking you to determine who you think would make it into groups I and J, following their respective victories in the playoff matches. When asked about what he felt about the playoffs, Potter was calm as ever, going on to say, "If we're looking to go far in this tournament, we can't be choosers, and now is certainly not the right time to be choosing evven if we give ourselves the liberty to do so." Yet, no matter how much the skipper tries to ease the nation's nerves, all eyes will be glued to the television screens in anticipation of what is to come.

Sylestone v. Kohnhead at NCE Oval Academy 1 Ground
With the scales heavily tipped in favour of Sylestone in this match, 67% of you voted for them in outclassing our rivals from Group F in Kohnhead. It will still be quite the nailbiter, one could believe, but we can really see one winner out of this encounter. Yet, cricket is a game of surprises, and nobody knows until the last ball is bowled!

Northwest Kalactin v. Samrakstivu at Dawston Ground
This match has been gaining quite a bit of attention as the leader of Samrakstivu has recently invited Northwest Kalactin to become a dominion of the nation. This seems to have outraged most of the Grearish, and the scales are tipped 90-10 in favour of Northwest Kalactin. Whether that is an informed cricketing choice, or one of political passion, only time will tell.

Serriel v. Drew Durrnil at The Manor
The game which 'drew' the least amount of attention with only six votes being cast, 3 for and 3 against, this match promises to have 'slurries of the letter r' between to teams with bats as one of you said. Nobody is certain why interest for the match is very low, and we're sure that the match will garner much more attention in reality.

Baggieland v. The Sarian at Lewes Park
Finally, comes the biggest match of the lot. Our Group F rivals in The Sarian will face off against baggieland in the last of the playoffs for the Round 2 spots. It remains to be seen how the actual game pans out, but as far as the viewers' consensus goes, The Sarian are edging ahead with a 56% win probability vote. Will that be enough, is the question, and only cricket shall answer.

All matches will be telecast live on cricketgrearia.gu from Liventia.
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by **Liventia** » Sat May 23, 2020 2:30 pm

Matchday 6
Group A
Sajnur 323/5 (50 overs)
Ko-oren 354/9 (50 overs)
Ko-oren win by 11 runs

Eastfield Lodge 224/8 (50 overs)
The Plough Islands 225/5 (40.1 overs)
The Plough Islands win by five wickets with 9.5 overs to spare

Barunia 241/2 (37.3 overs)
Damukuni 238/6 (50 overs)
Barunia win by eight wickets with 12.3 overs to spare

  Group A              Pld   W  T  L  Pts 
1 The Plough Islands     5   5  0  0   10  GH
2 Ko-oren                5   4  0  1    8  GH
3 Liventia               5   3  0  2    6  GH
4 Damukuni               6   2  1  3    5
5 Barunia                5   2  0  3    4
6 Sajnur                 5   1  0  4    2  IJ
7 Eastfield Lodge        5   1  0  4    2  IJ

Liventia hold head-to-head over Barunia and have therefore qualified for Groups G/H

Group B
Mattijana 268/5 (50 overs)
Krytenia 286/7 (50 overs)
Krytenia win by 18 runs

Elejamie 248/3 (50 overs)
Lisander 252/5 (49 overs)
Lisander win by five wickets with 6 balls to spare

Darmen 240/7 (40.2 overs)
Ethane 239/5 (50 overs)
Darmen win by three wickets with 9.4 overs to spare

  Group B              Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Darmen                 5   4  0  1    8  GH
2 Krytenia               5   4  0  1    8  GH
3 Lisander               5   3  0  2    6  GH
4 Mattijana              5   2  0  3    4
  Teusland               5   2  0  3    4
6 Ethane                 6   2  0  4    4  IJ
7 Elejamie               5   1  0  4    2  IJ

Mattijana play Teusland on MD7, meaning only one of those teams can qualify for Groups G/H

by **Sylestone** » Sat May 23, 2020 3:11 pm

Sylestone completed a good win over Baggieland to confirm their place in the playoffs. They started off slowly, but Tiati and Edwards looked in control until they were both dismissed in reasonably quick time after they had passed each of their half-century marks. Fomleya and Charlton came out guns blazing and Fomleya went on to complete his first ODI ton in the final over. Wickets fell around him but they still held together enough to scrape 6/321 runs together. Steve Warne was a pain, taking four Sylestonean wickets, too.

Luke Tiati 55(73) Caught Mead Bowled Shackleton
Lachlan Edwards 62(75) Caught Richards Bowled Warne
Daniel Fomleya 109(87) Not Out
Zachary Charlton 39(35)Bowled Warne
Oliver Edwards 25(14)Caught and Bowled Sainsbury
Liam Afosha 5(10) LBW Warne
Peter Lenton 14(10) Caught Shackleton Bowled Warne
Norbert Pistecial 11(5) Not Out
Zangj Jonjaakh DNB
Broughton Hall DNB
Joshua Vilesti DNB

Extras: 1 (1 Wide)
Total: 6/321 (50)

Needing to defend 321 to make the playoffs, Joshua Vilesti and Norbert Pistecial started off well, taking three wickets inside the first ten overs. However, those three wickets would be the only three they would get as Baggieland's numbers four and five each made centuries. At the forty over mark, Baggieland was at 3/240 and looking ominous. However, Norbert Pistecial and Joshua Vilesti's death bowling was top-notch, leaving the opposition with 36 to get off the final over. Joshua Vilesti held his nerve and won the game for the Sylestoneans.

Joshua Vilesti 10 - 1 - 56 - 1
Norbert Pistecial 10 - 1 - 45 - 2
Zangj Jonjaakh 8 - 0 - 60 - 0
Broughton Hall 10 - 0 - 52 - 0
Liam Afosha 9 - 0 - 54 - 0
Lachlan Edwards 3 - 0 - 14 - 0
Extras: 22 (15 Leg Byes, 6 Wides, 1 No ball)

After the game:
"Tell us, Norbert, how you felt when you bowled that last ball of the game," says the journo from Wolf Sports.
"It was enthralling. It was nice to know that we had made it to the playoffs and we are all really excited for our game against Kohnhead. We were at what, fifth? last game. Now we are at second and we want to keep on going how we are. We are all really pumped for the game."
"And you are tipped to win too!"
"We are? Well, we'd better live up to that!"
"Thank you."
"Nice talking to you."

The next day:
We are sorry to inform you that both Jonjaakh and Norwell have injured themselves at training and will not be able to take further part in the tournament. Their replacements are unknown this far. Polen will take Jonjaakh’s spot on the XI for the game against Kohnhead.

by **Samrakstivu** » Sun May 24, 2020 10:32 am

Have you ever had a bad day? Miss your bus, your train, have a rough day at work, break up with your partner, et cetera? The Samrak people have never had a bad day, as they are always protected by the divine Kāppāḷar. Have you ever had self doubt? Felt like you were not good enough? Depressed? Well, followers of the "Iṟaiyāṇmai" way of life never have! Yet across the multiverse, people refuse to simply submit to the Kāppāḷar. Very distressing! Witness the fantastic cricketing performances of the Samrak team thusfar in the ODI World Trophy- the powerful pace bowling of Johnnyhallyday Ramachandran, among the leaders in the tournament in wickets taken. Consider the phenomenal batting of Nithya Ambalakarar, averaging 54 for the tournament thusfar. They have all given themselves to the Kāppāḷar and she has protected them and guided them to glory. What do you have to lose?

by **The Plough Islands** » Sun May 24, 2020 12:07 pm

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR WORLD TROPHY VS.    BARUNIA

        PLAYER           BAT   BOW
#10 G   Holt             LHB      
#13 LA  Martin           LHB      
#16 SLC Weaver           RHB   RLB
#1  KCT Laing (c)        RHB   RMD
#12 AC  Leggett          RHB   RLB
#7  AG  Fairfield        LHB   SLC
#11 IT  Lebed (w)        LHB      
#3  S   Ashe             RHB   ROB
#4  A   Baxter           RHB   RFS
#15 NA  Salisbury        LHB   SLA
#8  TSF Gibbs            RHB   RLB

by **The Grearish Union** » Sun May 24, 2020 2:21 pm

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GCF WORLD TROPHY HIGHLIGHTSThe Plough Islands vs Eastfield Lodge GROUP A

FOLENISA, LIVENTIA: We are reporting from Folenisa, Liventia, where the most awaited encounter between The Plough Islands and Eastfield Lodge unfolded at the Folenisa Cricket Ground, which has always promised to offer a good competition between bat and ball. The pitch has reportedly been curated for limited overs cricket, and the conditions couldn't get any better for a GCF World Trophy game. Having posted 224 for the loss of 8 wickets for their 50 overs, Eastfield Lodge found themselves in a spot of bother right from the end of their batting in the first innings. With only the opener Samsurov getting to a half ton, and Leblanc failing to lead from the front, the batting order didn't quite perform as expected, falling a solid 50-odd runs short, if the pundits are to be believed.

The chase from the Plough Islands was sturdy from the off, but could they actually get to the target? Go click on the video of the official Cricket Grearia™ Highlights of this fantastic Group A face-off.

This comes at a time when the Grearish are still looking forward to the results of the playoffs to try and get to know who will be joining them in Group I. The bottom 3 of Groups A and B have not been solidified either, and the future of the Grearish Black Dolphins hang in the balance. Will the Grearish dreams end in round 2? Or do they have more written in their destiny? Only time will tell.

All matches will be telecast live on cricketgrearia.gu from Liventia.
This was a press release for Cricket Grearia™.

by **Liventia** » Sun May 24, 2020 3:30 pm

Matchday 7 and Playoffs
Group A
The Plough Islands 235/7 (50 overs)
Barunia 241/8 (50 overs)
Barunia win by 7 runs

Ko-oren 283/7 (50 overs)
Eastfield Lodge 287/5 (46.2 overs)
Eastfield Lodge win by five wickets with 3.4 overs to spare

Liventia 337/6 (50 overs)
Sajnur 352/7 (50 overs)
Sajnur win by 15 runs

  Group A              Pld   W  T  L  Pts 
1 The Plough Islands     6   5  0  1   10
2 Ko-oren                6   4  0  2    8
3 Liventia               6   3  0  3    6
4 Barunia                6   3  0  3    6

5 Damukuni               6   2  1  3    5
6 Sajnur                 6   2  0  4    4
7 Eastfield Lodge        6   2  0  4    4

Group B
Lisander 285/9 (50 overs)
Darmen 272/7 (50 overs)
Lisander win by 13 runs

Krytenia 279/5 (50 overs)
Elejamie 269/6 (50 overs)
Krytenia win by 10 runs

Teusland 275/8 (50 overs)
Mattijana 263/5 (50 overs)
Teusland win by 12 runs

  Group B              Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Krytenia               6   5  0  1   10
2 Lisander               6   4  0  2    8
3 Darmen                 6   4  0  2    8
4 Teusland               6   3  0  3    6

5 Mattijana              6   2  0  4    4
6 Ethane                 6   2  0  4    4
7 Elejamie               6   1  0  5    2

Playoffs
Sylestone 386/5 (50 overs)
Kohnhead 319/6 (50 overs)
Sylestone win by 67 runs

Northwest Kalactin 257/6 (50 overs)
Samrakstivu 258/3 (40.1 overs)
Samrakstivu win by seven wickets with 9.5 overs to spare

Serriel 177/3 (22.1 overs)
Drew Durrnil 174/8 (50 overs)
Serriel win by seven wickets with 27.5 overs to spare

Baggieland 326/7 (50 overs)
The Sarian 336/8 (50 overs)
The Sarian win by 10 runs

Group draw
Group G
The Plough Islands
Barunia
Lisander
Darmen

Matches will be played at the Island Cricket Arena.
Island Cricket Arena, Schimpol
The only Liventian ground located off the mainland. Friendly to the fast bowlers, thanks to the ground being located just inland from the coast. The sea breeze often picks up, and aids seam and swing – not to mention makes catching high balls slightly tricky. Equally true in T20 cricket as in one-dayers and first-class games. Capacity: 27,500. End names: City End, Mainland End.

Group H
Krytenia
Teusland
Ko-oren
Liventia

Matches will be played at Grovers Park.
Grovers Park, Orean
The 'Grand Old Stadium' in Liventia, site of a World Cup Final as well as the Olympic Stadium in the eighth Summer Olympics. For this tournament, the running track is being overlaid with artificial turf, while the football pitch will be temporarily replaced with turf and a drop-in wicket. The capacity of the huge stadium is being capped at a reasonable 40,000. End names: North End, South End.

Group I
Damukuni
Ethane
Eastfield Lodge
Jeckland
Samrakstivu
Serriel
The Gearish Union

Matches will be played at The Bastion and Lewes Park.
The Bastion Dover Cricket Ground, Dover
Traditionally the spinners' paradise in Liventia, the Bastion's grounds crew have been working hard to make the pitches more equitable to batsmen. However, spin bowlers should still find plenty of joy at this ground. Capacity: 28,225. End names: Town End, Clock End.
Lewes Park, Neverend
Like some of the other club grounds being used in the World Trophy, Lewes Park first hosted international cricket in the sixth GCF World T20. However, since then, the ground has been developed with funding from the Liventian Cricketing Board of Authority and now enjoys a regular rotation among Liventia's home Test grounds. Situated about 40 minutes from Neverend city centre, shuttle buses will be provided to all ticketholders for matches at Lewes Park from the city's main train station. For the players, the cool air of the mountainous city will provide a different setting for cricket, and it is not unheard of for snow to stop early-season games here. Bowler-friendly. Capacity: 11,000. End names: Town End, Pavilion End.

Group J
Mattijana
Sajnur
Elejamie
Martune
Sylestone
The Sarian
New Lunenburg

Matches will be played at Broadham Green and the Racecourse Ground.
Broadham Green, Orean
Located on the northwestern edges of Greater Orean, Broadham Green is home to the Orean Broadham Cricket and Darts Club. Another ground used in the 6th and 7th World T20 tournaments that has returned to its former status as a club ground. Capacity: 8,500. End names: Park End, Railway End.
Racecourse Ground, Talbott
Home to club team Talbott Downs, this ground last hosted international cricket in the 6th and 7th World Twenty20 Championships. Located adjacent to the horse racetrack on the outskirts of Talbott. Capacity: 7,500. End names: Racecourse End, Grandstand End.

OOC: A reminder that tomorrow is a tournament-wide off day. Matchday 8 will be on Tuesday. Commiserations to the 16 eliminated teams and thanks for taking part.

by **Baggieland** » Sun May 24, 2020 10:19 pm

The Daily Boing

Group stage playoffs

Scorecard
The Sarian 336/8 (50 overs)
Baggieland 326/7 (50 overs)

Batting
1. Billy Richards caught 12
2. Reg Marshall lbw 91
3. Peter Mead stumped 106
4. Richard Smith obstructing the field 24
5. Garry Greenidge (C) bowled 2
6. Brian Parks (WK) bowled 52
7. Sam Udal lbw 20
8. Steve Warne not out 6
9. Michael Marshall not out 2
10. David Shackleton
11. Paul Sainsbury
Extras 11

Bowling
Sam Udal 1 – 69
Steve Warne 0 – 58
Michael Marshall 5 – 59
David Shackleton 1 – 72
Paul Sainsbury 1 – 78

Baggieland bowed out of the G.C.F. Cup after losing to The Sarian by 10 runs. Michael Marshall took his second five wicket haul of the tournament, then Reg Marshall and Mead both posted impressive scores. A middle order fightback by Parks and Udal frustrated The Sarian, but it wasn’t quite enough to progress to the next round.

The Sarian won the toss and elected to bat first as the wicket looked inviting to the batters. Michael Marshall and Shackleton picked up one of the openers each, but the opposition were scoring freely. Greenidge turned to his spinners, and although Udal and Sainsbury claimed a wicket each, The Sarians’ didn’t let up on their run rate. In the final ten overs, the Throstles resorted back to their pace attack, where a rejuvenated Marshall tore through their middle and lower order, dismissing four more batters, to finish with figures of 5 – 59.

A target of 337 was a definite possibility on a pitch that was friendly to the batting side. That was until Richards threw away his wicket cheaply when he edged a delivery for an easy catch at slip. Mead then came in, and together with Reg Marshall recorded a 150 run partnership, the target well and truly within Baggieland’s grasp. After Marshall and Mead were dismissed, the next two batters didn’t help matters much. Smith had scored 24 and was looking comfortable, when he called for a run that wasn’t that necessary. As the fielder threw the ball back towards the stumps, Smith clearly used his bat to prevent the throw from reaching the danger area. The umpire had no hesitation in giving him out: obstructing the field. Greenidge was then clean bowled after barely troubling the scoreboard. The Throstles were now 90 runs short of their target with only ten overs remaining, with only their all-rounders left as recognised batsmen. However, Parks and to a lesser extent Udal, stepped forward with a swashbuckling display of batting. They found the boundary with regular ease and brought Baggieland right back into the game. Hopes were dashed in the penultimate over when both of them fell while trying to get the requisite runs. It was then up to Warne and Michael Marshall to get the final runs, but alas, they fell ten runs short.

Baggieland now go home, but they can be extremely proud of their first ever attempt at international cricket. They won three and lost three, and played well in all six games. We look forward to the next tournament.

G.C.F. Stats

Most runs
Peter Mead: 366
Richard Smith: 334
Garry Greenidge: 322
Billy Richards: 308
Reg Marshall: 307

Most wickets
Michael Marshall: 12
Sam Udal: 8
Steve Warne: 7
David Shackleton 6
Paul Sainsbury: 6

by **Martune** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:42 am

Martune Win Group D; Martune's Situation So Far

The Martune Royal Eagles have had a few days rest as they wrapped up their first round of play with a loss against Bolgano. The loss brings them down to 4-1 in Group D, however the tie-break (Martune beats Serriel) allows them to take the Group and avoid the playoff round. Martune automatically qualified for the second round in a stunning performance by the maiden Martune cricket team. They will now face off in Group J against 6 new opponents: Mattijana, Sajnur, Elejamie, Sylestone, The Sarian, New Lunenburg

Group D Top 3
1. Martune (Advanced)
2. Serriel (Advanced Off Playoff)
3. Northwest Kalactin (Eliminated Off Playoff)

The second round and new group will prove difficult and trying for Martune as they must find a way to make top 2 out of 7 in their group.
Notable opponents are New Lunenberg who took Group E and Sylestone who have proved to be quite the durable club. As stated before, the tough new pool will not allow any errors as having as few as 2 losses could be the difference in elimination or a shot at the next round and Quarters. When asked about the potential breakthroughs his team could make in Group J, Coach Swanson stated:

"Well there isn't much you can do besides win, lose, or draw. We practice and recover and play to the best of our abilities. It'll take everything we've got to continue fighting in this tournament but I believe we have a decent shot at avoiding being eliminated."

The Martune team also announced a heavily expected roster change after their disappointing performance against Bolgano. Former Vice Captain, Yusuff Daniell, put up a sad performance after being demoted in rank. He managed a combined 15 minutes in play and only 12 runs whilst batting. The lackluster outing has earned him a spot on the reserves as Bill Aldridge will take over the 5th slot. It is not yet known whether or not Daniell has said any further remarks about Gardener or if any other club conflicts have risen recently, but he's fallen from the graces of Martune cricket for the time being.

Matchup: Martune vs. Sylestone

Martune
Group D Winner
4-0-1
stats breakdown...
vs.
Sylestone
Group C Runner-Up
3-0-2
stats breakdown...

by **Ko-oren** » Mon May 25, 2020 2:02 am

ODI World Trophy Marches On

As Group A royalty, the Dragonflies advance to Group H, where they'll find Liventia once again, as well as Krytenia and Teusland from Group B. Group G, meanwhile, is made up of the familiar Plough Islands and Barunia, as well as Darmen and Lisander from Group B.

The six matches that took Ko-oren there were everything but easy, yet in the end they qualified with four wins and just two losses. Marsden has little to complain about as far as results go, but the process could have been smoother. Anyway, a new format means that a new culture must be established, and while the Test team is a well oiled machine that retains upwards of 70% of its players year by year, the ODI team has yet to find a reliable player base tailored to limited overs. It's clear that many other teams also struggle with this - we should only see the level of the competition increase as the seasons go on.

After the XI change, Ko-oren finished the group with two more wins and a loss. First, Liventia fell by eight runs, an amazingly close contest from beginning until the end, a few wickets thrown away by both teams but a match of the highest quality nonetheless. The Liventians now recorded two straight losses, a sudden downturn in front of a home audience. Staring at two matches against teams in the bottom three, the Dragonflies had everything in their own hands - and then Ko-oren beat Sajnur by 31 runs. Again, too close for comfort, but the win is all that counts, but Marsden couldn't have been too happy. You can't rely on these tiny margins all the time, no matter how you get them. Nine wickets lost wasn't exactly the plan, but setting a target of 355(!) was far more than we would've bargained for. Call it opportunistic batting and poor bowling from Sajnur's side. The pitch was as flat as can be, and conditions were about as stable as you'd get (on a scale from Mawryshire to Eastern Surbourneshire, they'd be very far towards the latter) - and so Sajnur got to 323 themselves. The Plough Islands refused to lose again, so first place in the Group wasn't in contention anymore. On the last days, the Plough Islands lost to Barunia, by which the victors snuck into the top four (over Damukuni's bye). Both Sajnur and Eastfield Lodge won, in 6th and 7th place, over Liventia and Ko-oren - the entire top three lost. Not the way to get into the second group stage, but at least in Ko-oren's defence, Marsden fielded a very alternative lineup for players that haven't got the experience at the level yet. Ko-oren again batted first, setting a decent 284, which was overtaken four overs before the end. Eastfield Lodge had very little to worry about and got to the total quite easily - how did they finish in 7th with a team like that?

In Groups C through F, there are a few surprising teams that slipped through the cracks and out of the tournament: The Jovannic and Kriegiersien. The qualifiers and playoff-bound teams are about as expected otherwise. We have high expectations of Martune, New Lunenburg,and the Grearish Union, who have all recorded a few very comfortable wins in their groups - but don't count out Jeckland, Sylestone, and Baggieland, who faced each other in Group C keeping each other's scores low.

The Dragonflies' final XI in the Eastfield Lodge match:
Shapter, Penn as openers, followed by Lafaille, Commins, Willis, then Wheelwright, Darknoll, Cheyne, yLellmedd, Marsden, and Fox.

The team will now play two matches against each of our new group mates. Teusland, Liventia, Krytenia, in that order, twice. We stay in place in Orean, but will play our matches in Grovers Park from now on, on a drop-in pitch. Comments from various Dragonflies on the pitch range from "it'll be interesting, I've never played on one before" to "the science says they perform about the same as a normal pitch so we'll take what we can get" though no players are outright positive about the conditions. Sources vary on how a drop-in pitch impacts results: anything from "no changes at all" to "bowling is easy when it's just dropped in, but batting is easier afterwards" so the team better monitor how and when the soil gets delivered to Grovers. It's hard to compare the pitch to conditions in Ko-oren, but likely one of the city stadiums come close: Willowbourne or Greencaster. Especially in Willowbourne, bowling and batting are about equal in difficulty, so with that in mind, we'll see if the team is prepared enough to take on the elements.

Expected XI:

Shapter
Twaddle
Willis
Commins
White
Meredith
Darknoll
Cheyne
Lincoln
Fox/ySarthylhar (for pace/spin, respectively. Depends on pitch expectations)
Marsden

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