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

by **Barunia** » Mon May 25, 2020 5:24 am

Barunia have advanced to the top group of the World Trophy with a win over group winners the Plough Islands. Lockwood (84) and Horton (63) were the top scorers for the Blues. Christian fell for his first duck of the tournament, and Daley also went cheaply. Lockwood and Horton steadied the ship. Lockwood fell in the 36th over, and with the score looking as if the team might not get to 200, the rest of the team picked up the pace. With the runs also came regular wickets, and the Blues finished with 241/8.

In reply, Starr made the early breakthrough when he had Martin bowled for 2, but it was a long time for the next wicket, with Holt and Weaver denying the Barunians. It looked like the Plough Islands would win easily. However, the Barunians began to grind the game to a halt, with Underwood doing an excellent job of keeping the run rate down, finishing with figures of 2-39 from 10 overs, including the wicket of Holt. Starr picked up Weaver and Leggett as well for his 3 wickets.

Pat Delacroix also had an excellent game, and was given the job to bowl the last over. With the Plough Islands needing 8 runs to win off the final 3 balls, the game was on the line. Lebed smacked the 4th ball of the over skywards to the square boundary, and an almost certain 6, when Meghan Schmidt appeared almost out of nowhere and plucked it out of the sky with a flying leap. Lebed departed, and with him the last recognised batsman and Plough Islands’ hopes. Baxter came to the crease needing 8 off 2 He had to swing big, but could not connect with his first ball from Delacroix, and while he did hit the last ball of the match, could only manage a single. Barunia had escaped, and with the win advance on the preferred “top” track in the tournament.

OOC: Edited at the request of Plough Islands, due to a misunderstanding about their roster.

by **Sylestone** » Mon May 25, 2020 3:39 pm

Sylestone went into the playoffs against Kohnhead as the heavy favourite, and came out of them with a win, proving the people's opinions correct. They notched up an outstanding score of 5/286, with Luke Tiati and Zachary Charlton notching up centuries and Lachlan Edwards (can he never be stopped!) a half one. A late blitz took them to a commanding score and their bowlers defended it with 67 runs to play with. The win has set their spirits up extremely high for their participation in Group J.

Sylestone won the toss and elected to bat on an extremely flat deck. Edwards and Tiati got off to a brilliant start with a 150-odd run partnership before Edwards was dismissed 28 runs shy of his third ODI hundred. Fomleya was in and out but Charlton came in and took complete advantage of Kohnhead's dispirited bowling lineup, notching up his maiden ODI ton. Tiati was dismissed and a late blitz by the middle order and Zachary Charlton took them to a whopping total of 386.

Luke Tiati 121(109) Caught
Lachlan Edwards 72(62) Bowled
Daniel Fomleya 6(14) Caught
Zachary Charlton 115(86) Not Out
Oliver Edwards 17(12) Run Out
Liam Afosha 27(17) Bowled
Peter Lenton 13(5) Not Out
Norbert Pistecial DNB
Sean Polen DNB
Broughton Hall DNB
Joshua Vilesti DNB

Extras: 15 (10LB, 4WD, 1NB)
Total: 5/386(50)

Sylestone went out into the field full of confidence, but Kohnhead got off to a lightning start. Their openers took a liking to Vilesti and Pistecial, and Polen, playing his maiden international, took a wicket nearly straight away. Hall, on his way to four wickets, kept the runs down and it was ultimately him that snatched Sylestone’s way into Group J. Vilesti came back and took a late wicket and once Sean Polen had bowled the last ball, Kohnhead were still 67 runs short of the required total.

Joshua Vilesti 10 - 0 - 74 - 1
Norbert Pistecial 10 - 0 - 78 - 0
Sean Polen 10 - 0 - 59 - 1
Broughton Hall 10 - 0 - 54 - 4
Lachlan Edwards 10 - 0 - 54 - 0

Extras: 4 (4WD)

Zangj Jonjaakh and Nathan Norwell have been replaced by two 27 year olds from Betham. They are Shaun Clapiope, who is a Left Arm Fast Bowler, and Samuel Asaskia, who is a Right Arm Fast-Medium bowler who is a quite good batsman, too.

Group J:
Group J looks quite the group, with strong opponents in group winners Martune and New Lunenberg and fifth placed Mattijana. However, everyone else is not to be underestimated and Sylestone will have to perform at their very best to progress. As little as one singular loss can spell the end of the road, and two almost certainly taking them out of the top two. Their first game is against favourites Martune, and it will be a huge confidence boost if they can take them down. Should be a blinder of a game.

Sylestone’s XI will remain the same for the next game in the case that Martune RP’s first.

by **New Lunenburg** » Tue May 26, 2020 2:59 am

CRICKETERS TOP GROUP, AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR NEXT STAGE

NEVEREND, LIVENTIA - New Lunenburg's cricketers ensured their progression to the next stage of the ODI World Trophy with a convincing win over Drew Durrnil. In the first innings, the New Lunenburg bowlers proved to be efficient and restricted the opposition to 228, though only managed to take three wickets. Thomas Griffiths of Montgomery made his ODI debut for New Lunenburg and put in a solid performance, which was perhaps not as dangerous as his recent form in test cricket, though he kept a good line and length through his allocated ten overs and took a wicket in the process. Also on ODI debut was Hither Brunswick batsman Nicholas Fuller, who has previously had some problems staying in the test side. It may well be the case that Fuller is pivoting towards making limited-overs cricket his primary form of the game, as he rushed off the mark with some attacking shots when given the chance to step up at the crease for his country. When New Lunenburg reached the target after just 32.2 overs, Fuller was only a boundary short of a half-century on his ODI debut, stranded on 46 not out. These two impressive performances by debutants brought New Lunenburg to a comfortable seven-wicket victory and direct qualification to the next phase of the tournament.

Lewes Park. Neverend, Liventia
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

New Lunenburg now make the trip from Neverend to Orean once more, this time to face Sajnur in the first of six Group J matches. Whereas the New Lunenburg squad are more than acquainted with the city by now, having played half of their matches of the tournament so far at Fray Common Green, they will have to get used to Broadham Green, which is another small club ground in the same city. After making five changes in the lead-up to the match against Drew Durrnil, the New Lunenburg Cricket Board has opted to retain the two players we profiled above for the Group J opener against Sajnur, whilst also bringing back some of the first-string players after having given them a much-needed rest. Full details of the squad to face Sajnur are below:

NEW LUNENBURG CRICKET BOARD
XI FOR ODI WORLD TROPHY VS. SAJNUR

1. DJ Klein
2. JC Humphreys

3. RJ Webber
4. N Fuller
5. NE Stainton (c)
6. A Hansen (wk)
7. AB Lyons
8. WS Rose
9. JPR Atkinson
10. TT Griffiths
11. KK Schneider

by **The Plough Islands** » Tue May 26, 2020 7:30 am

on the 25th May 2020, the Plough Islands Gazette wrote:
WORLD TROPHY: AND THEN THERE WERE TWENTY-TWO...
by Denis Wormwood, Sporting Correspondent, in Schimpol, and others

With the first round of the Global Cricket Federation World Trophy having ended, the final groups for the second round of the labyrinthine tournament format have been set using a combination of group positions, playoffs, and tie-breaker criteria, and the Plough Islands now know their group for the second round. The Foxes will be carrying Barunia with them from the first round, and will also play against old foes Darmen and Lisander as they hope to secure an automatic berth in the quarter finals of the tournament; captain Kevin Laing and coach Lourens Hendricks will be hoping, as will a hundred and forty thousand of their comrades and friends, to continue their excellent run in the tournament and to carry on overcoming teams with far richer resources and representing far larger, more capitalist countries.
The break in the tournament also presents an opportunity to evaluate the progress and prospects of the other twenty-one teams that have progressed to this stage; the Gazette, together with the colleagues and comrades of this author from Plough Radio and the Ministry of Defence and Foreign Affairs of the Plough Islands, have produced the following guide to help Plough Islanders and others understand the teams we will be up against in Group G, and more briefly, the rest of the company we are now keeping...

GROUP G
Island Cricket Arena, Schimpol

BARUNIA

The hosts of the 4th World 20-over Championship and a fixture of the multiversal cricket scene for some time, Barunia had never been on the radar of the Plough Islands until very recently, and such is the way the World Trophy has panned out that their first ever meeting on Tuesday was a dead game for the Foxes, with their qualification for the so-called "elite" groups of the second round already assured as Group A winners. The Blues, though, having had a poor start to the tournament, needed a victory in order to assure they would remain in the top four, and duly got it by narrowly beating a highly experimental Plough Islands team with a last-over wicket by Patrice Delacroix proving vital.
Ben Lockwood's team had lost three of their first four games in the competition, and had struggled with their preparation for the tournament despite bringing an unusually large squad of eighteen players; lack of competitive experience appears to have been an issue, with the Barunian Cricket Federation having not played any Tests in three years or any One Day Internationals since the visit of the Kyrjasmark in 2017, and the national 20-over league has been dormant since that time. The Blues will, though, be seeking to make the most of the opportunity presented by their top four finish in the first round, and on their day, as was proven at the Park Central Oval against the Plough Islands, they have the motivation and talent to beat anyone in the multiverse.

DARMEN

It is one of the unknowable vagaries of multiversal cricket that Darmen and the Plough Islands have, for some time, moved in very similar orbits as Global Cricket Federation full members and often been close to meeting in the later stages of competitions without actually doing so outside of two meetings in the 11th World 20-over championship in Ko-oren. Both games were effectively dead; the first, at the end of Qualifying Group 4 with both teams qualified, saw Darmen win by 40 runs at the Leewardia Oval, but by the time they met a week later in Willowbourne neither team could advance from Group A, and a very makeshift Foxes side - this was, after all, the event that saw Lourens Hendricks make his international debut aged fifty-one - scrambled a four-wicket win with two balls remaining.
The Darmenis have had a relatively assured World Trophy campaign thus far; they were unlucky to come up just short against Lisander, and a collectively poor bowling performance against an inconsistent Mattijana side is the only time Sigmund Winter's side have really stumbled during their time in Liventia. There are many familiar names in the squad from those two 20-over games in Ko-oren, with Vinnie Acker, Dominic Gardenar, and Kieran Rosenfeld continuing to play key roles in the side, but the Darmeni Cricket Board have also brought through new talent in the shape of batsman Kenny O'Callaghan and all-rounder Bud Bachmann. They will be among many peoples' favourites for the tournament title, and will have a lot to prove over the remainder of the month.

LISANDER

In contrast to the Darmenis, Lisander are now almost unrecognisable as a team from even that which visited the islands last month for the Test series. The Lisander and Alice Bay Cricket Board has often been alternately the source and the objective of power struggles between the two nations it represents, and a new Alicean coaching and management team has brought with it a new crest, new playing colours, and far more emphasis on parity between the nations. The Test team had been far more Lisanderian in composition, but the One Day International team is completely unfamiliar, with a slight Alicean majority, and while the Cricket Board president Andreas Lisen-Korman has emphasised that picking fifteen hitherto uncapped players is in pursuit of "new horizons" and a "brighter future", the nationalist undertones of old never seem to be banished completely.
Lisander are, of course, the first team from the multiverse to have played any form of cricket against the Plough Islands, with the Foxes having won three of the five Tests the two sides have played; this is the first time they will have met at full senior international level outside of the islands, however. Lisander had a rocky road to the second round, losing their first two matches against Ethane and Krytenia before winning four in a row to finish second behind the Stars in their group, and after a slow start, there are hopes that this may in fact be the bright future that the board has been hoping for.

GROUP H
Grovers Park, Orean

KRYTENIA

Krytenia have a very proud cricketing heritage, having taken part in the very first Test match sanctioned by the Global Cricket Federation - defeating the Babbage Islands by four wickets - but in recent years the management of the game has been hampered by a lack of resources and attention, with cricket remaining a niche sport despite their pedigree and the first-class competition in the country living something of a hand to mouth existence in recent years. Despite having only recently returned to international cricket, the Stars have excelled in the World Trophy, remaining unbeaten since falling victim to a slow pitch and damp conditions against Darmen on the opening day of the competition. Lynton Saxon's team have been building up a head of steam ever since, with World Test Challenge winners Teusland and former #1 ranked Test side Ethane among their victims. Notwithstanding allegations that their players have been motivated by personal gain rather than a love of the game - with Cricket Krytenia allegedly offering large bonuses for winning - the Stars have played with a zeal that has outdone many teams that would be expected to defeat them, and have dug deep when the time has called for it.

KO-OREN

Almost certainly the team other than the Foxes themselves that Plough Islanders are most concerned with the welfare of, the Halcyon Archipelago were one of the few teams to have benefited from previous experience in One Day Internationals, with the Polaris Trophy between ourselves and a Ko-orenite side having proven good preparation for the World Trophy. Our old friends have enjoyed a good run of form thus far in the tournament, with Herschel Marsden and Zacarias Fox leading the bowling attack to good effect, particularly at the death where Damukuni, Sajnur, and hosts Liventia have all come unstuck and fallen just short, and they have marked themselves out as one of the serious contenders for the trophy. The Dragonflies are indeed perhaps unlucky to be in what is widely considered the most competitive group of the second round, and a number of their players have expressed reservations about the likely state of the temporary pitch at Grovers Park, but ultimately Ko-oren will be well equipped to handle whatever the future may hold.

LIVENTIA

The Liventian Cricketing Board of Authority have had a lot to deal with over the last month; the logistics of the multiverse's first One Day International tournament in twelve years aside, the hosts have had cricketing matters to resolve with a new national coach, a new captain in the shape of the mildly infamous David Edwards - he of tied Test fame - and a relatively large contingent of new players alongside veterans like Dylan Hennessey and Oliver Kerr. They rode their luck somewhat in the group stages, being fortunate to complete a chase of 188 against Barunia despite being nine wickets down following two batting collapses, and it was that result that ultimately secured their advancement despite losing their final match to Sajnur by fifteen runs. Group H will be a tough task for the Liventians with its drop-in pitch and containing as it does three of the top five Test sides, but the hosts will have a large and vocal home support and, with the Cricketing Board of Authority's highly professional and analytical approach to the game, could be expected to cope with the unfamiliar conditions better than most.

TEUSLAND

Group B worked out as being a straightforward "the winner takes it all" match between Teusland and Mattijana for the final spot in the so-called "elite" groups; it was Teusland who prevailed, by twelve runs, and who find themselves perhaps wondering if it might have been better to have swapped positions with the Marmots. Konrad von Sauerland and August Tausche have frequently been leading from the front with the bat for the Edelweiss, benefiting from the flat pitches in City Centre and at the Bastion and only once posting a score of under 250. The reigning World Test Challenge champions will, though, have to find another gear in a tough group which includes both the hosts and an unfamiliar, makeshift playing setup at the old Olympic stadium in Orean, but should they continue their current form - only Darmen have really inflicted a heavy defeat on the Teuslanders - they will prove a difficult prospect to overcome for anyone they may face.

GROUP I
The Bastion, Dover, and Lewes Park, Neverend

DAMUKUNI

Damukuni have painful recent history with the best laid plans often going awry, and so it has unfortunately proven at the World Trophy as off-field matters have hampered the team's preparation for the tournament, with the national team one of several that did not make a squad list immediately available to the Global Cricket Federation. As always appears to be the case in the land of so-called opportunity, the Board of Control for Cricket in Damukuni appears to have once again fallen victim to the institutional flaws of capitalism, with cricket going neglected in the country as the board's energy is consumed with pointless wrangling over corporate identities and the fallout of an ill-fated integration with the Damukunian soccer league. In the circumstances, it is surprising that Jemimah Woodham's team remained in contention to advance to the "elite" groups as long as they did, but their failure to effectively limit the Plough Islands in the by now infamous 52 over match has seen them placed in the far more competitive Group I, and it is hard to see cricket in Damukuni recovering for as long as those entrusted with custody of the game worship the false idols of shareholder value.

ETHANE

While Ethane have been a Test cricket powerhouse in the not so distant past, the men in red and purple have struggled of late in all formats; accusations of mismanagement levelled at the Ethane National Cricket Board, and an inconsistent approach to entry and squad selection for major tournaments, has found them currently in a slow decline from being the #1 ranked Test team in the world to falling, as they would see it, into the lower half of the second round of the Byzantine World Trophy format. That the ENCB had previously set their target for the tournament as being a deep, glory re-establishing run into the competition makes this all the more painful, with their results until now including a painful 118 run defeat by Mattijana where on a perfect batting track the Ethanians failed to score even 300. At their brilliant best, Ethane had the ingenuity and tactical nous to rescue any situation; how they will need that now.

EASTFIELD LODGE

Another of the teams that have historically shown more promise than they have been able to deliver on, Eastfield Lodge turned in a superb bowling performance to keep Ko-oren under 300 runs before chasing the target down in their final group game, only to finish at the bottom of Group A - a performance that encapsulates the nature of their campaign so far, one of occasional brilliance and maddening inconsistency. The Imperial Commonwealth have deeper resources to draw on than most and brought a relatively large squad to Liventia, which may well be needed with the schedule ahead in Group I, but their issue in the later stages of tournaments has often been failing to adapt and improve their game as the tournament has progressed, and often being overtaken by the sides which do gain match fitness and efficiency - if Eastfield Lodge are to overcome this, they will need to find another level of performance, and find it quickly.

JECKLAND

Jeckish teams are known throughout the multiverse in other sports, but their cricketing history, while they have played Test cricket in the past, is somewhat patchy - like Krytenia, they are a team whose competitiveness has been as much a product of participation as it has of motivation within the senior echelons of the governing body and of available resources not siphoned off by other pursuits. Campbell Knowles has, though, been leading a team in resurgence; cricket for once took centre stage when the team came out of the Test wilderness earlier this year, with the fixture being Jeckland's first in any sport for some years, and the Spuds duly drew the first Test against Eastfield Lodge and won the next two to make an explosive re-entrance. They needed a four-way tiebreak to finish top of Group C, but will have benefited from the extra recovery time this has afforded them, and if they can continue their current trajectory will very much be in contention for the later stages of the World Trophy.

SAMRAKSTIVU

The accusation has occasionally been levelled at the Plough Islands from the foreign press that all that happens in the country is cricket; this is, obviously, far from the truth, but in Samrakstivu there may be found something closer to this ideal. In a realm where, from what reports can be received, all life and activities are focused towards glorifying the country's supreme leader, the Kappalar, cricket appears to be the only sport deemed worthy of the attention of her or anyone else. The Samrakstivu Cricket Board has, in turn, functioned as more of a feverish, infallible voice of the Kappalar than as a governing authority; its statements have covered everything from repeatedly demanding that matches are moved to the Park Central Oval in Orean, apparently one of the only cricket grounds deemed sufficiently prestigious, to making statements regarding the annexation of Northwest Kalactin, before their seven-wicket victory in the playoff, that read as approximately equal parts offer and threat. Whatever power the Kappalar holds, it appears to have worked - the Samraks have always seemed to have luck on their side, and together with their unpredictability this could see them prove a difficult prospect for many more teams.

SERRIEL

Throughout the Plough Islands' experiences of multiversal cricket, it has been possible to absorb a degree of the character of a team from the company they keep around them - from the army of therapists and psychologists that travel with Liventia, to the multimedia organisation and technology of the Grearish team, the tightly knit and passionate comrades and relatives that travel with the Foxes, and even, in the case of Samrakstivu, the lack of anything save rehearsed, ritualistic praise and the Colossal banner of the Kappalar. Serriel have thus far been notable in this regard by their absence - their players arrive and play their matches, but they have seemingly had no need for coaching, or even any support from inside the ground. Such is the lack of information that it has been impossible to tell whether this is by choice or necessity; whether the team that came through arguably the most dominant playoff victory to reach this stage simply do not have anything to say to the world or merely prefer to be judged on their results alone.

THE GREARISH UNION

Many of the teams that have affiliated with the Global Cricket Federation for the first time at the start of, or shortly before, the World Trophy have had long cricketing histories of their own but have not previously had access to the world of multiversal cricket, a position which the Plough Islands Cricket Association was in not so long ago. The Grearish Union is rather different; the union of Incealand and Scotchterra has a long cricketing history, but recent events involving an expeditionary force of the Grearish Army led the country to discover its own origins in a nuclear time catastrophe involving the former Gloriax, which faded from existence while its own cricket team was on a tour of Damukuni that consequently was never completed. Despite this, the recent history of the Grearish cricket team is all their own - the Black Dolphins shared a Test series with Eastfield Lodge for what either was or was not their debut, depending on how the situation is viewed, before comfortably topping Group F with some stylish, attacking cricket. Accompanying this has been a constant stream of multimedia content from Cricket Grearia, which has provided viewers and listeners around the multiverse with some of the most in-depth analysis of the tournament thus far.

GROUP J
Racecourse Ground, Talbott, and Broadham Green, Orean

MATTIJANA

Mattias Karamov's side were on the losing end of the Group B match that saw Teusland remain in the "elite" groups - only narrowly so, but the result would have been galling for a team that very clearly prefer the fifty over format but have struggled with consistency in the tournament so far, having made 402 in their win against Ethane at the National Centre of Excellence Oval, but flagging under very similar conditions against Lisander and making just 229 against Elejamie. The Mattijana Cricket Federation had named an experienced squad, including a number of well known figures from their recent Test campaigns, and the talent is clearly there - including the mercurial Fredi Glukspiel, skilful opener Katarina Sava, and exciting One Day International specialist spin bowlers Jan Nortje and Johanna Murska - for them to be in a better position than that which they find themselves in. In theory, the second round should pose the least problems for the Marmots, but they will need to overcome their battles with consistency if they are to challenge for the top two places in Group J.

SAJNUR

Sajnur and the Plough Islands have become quite familiar with each other over the course of this year; the Sajnurans visited the islands for a three-match Test series in March, losing 2-1 but impressing with their varied bowling attack (including the talismanic all-rounder Toljo Jorse), and most recently meeting in Group A where the Foxes won by five wickets despite Gabriela Fiume's century. They had expressed some surprise at their inclusion in the "elite" group of nations in the first round, but if anything have perhaps underperformed in the World Trophy thus far, beating hosts Liventia at the weekend but only having that victory and a narrow chase against Eastfield Lodge to show for what has certainly been no lack of effort. Tomas Piqa has the ability and versatility at his disposal for the team to perform far better, as they undoubtedly will.

ELEJAMIE

The Greenblacks have generally specialised in the shortest format of cricket; the former 20-over champions had never played a One Day International before this tournament, and struggled with properly pacing themselves during the opening rounds; in their opening game, they were bowled out for just 214 by Teusland. Though Danny Slezinger and his comrades have been able to improve in subsequent matches, they have found themselves lacking in batting firepower over the longer One Day International innings, and have yet to register a score in excess of 300 runs. They finished bottom of group B, with the only Elejamian victory coming against a self-destructing Mattijana team, and it will be an uphill task for Elejamie to progress further in what is a strong second round.

MARTUNE

Martune are newer to international cricket than most sides, with the national team literally having not existed until a few days prior to their opening fixture against Virtual Nerdania and with the country's monarch having taken personal interest in their formation and participation. They won that first match, though, despite their lack of international experience, and this started what was a faintly improbable run of four straight victories before they only lost to Bolgano after their progression from Group D was assured. It has not entirely been smooth sailing, however, as they have already lost the previously talismanic vice-captain Yusuff Daniel to internal ructions, and it will be a challenge for captain Eduard Gardener to hold his new team together in what is already a tough format, with just two qualification positions available in this round.

SYLESTONE

Another of the newer teams to multiversal international competition, Sylestone are a country passionate about their cricket, which is by some distance the most popular sport in the country, with others including an indigenous pastime, known as "corona" which, perhaps coincidentally, shares many skills with conventional cricket fielding - involving as it does players trying to catch a ball while standing several metres apart. The government encourages citizens to play sport regularly, with opener Luke Tiati's unbeaten 167, admittedly in a losing cause against Jeckland, demonstrating the sparks of talent within the team. They came through their playoff relatively comfortably against Kohnhead, scoring almost 400 at Portsdown's nursery ground, an appropriate setting for a young team containing four players under the age of 20, and will be hoping to spring some surprises against the more established teams with fluid batting and a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed outlook to the game.

THE SARIAN

The Saari players have been competing under almost constant scrutiny from the media of their country, with the top order batting in particular coming in for criticism after a number of early collapses when chasing targets, and this has contributed to a difficult environment at times for what is only a relatively new professional setup; the argument going that with a professional team comes professional levels of expectation. However, with their backs against the wall, the Sarian are still in the competition, with captain Anders Ruitdekker having dug deep to personally rescue the rest of his team several times in the group stages with obstinate, determined batting, and they came through arguably the toughest of the playoff matches against a determined and spirited Baggieland side that came within eleven runs of qualifying. It has been an extremely long journey for the men and women in green, but if the aim of the tournament for them has been to gain experience, they have more than succeeded thus far.

NEW LUNENBURG

Completing the lineup of the World Trophy second round is a team that may soon become far more familiar to Plough Islanders; the New Lunenburg Cricket Board and Plough Islands Cricket Association have preliminarily agreed to play a Test series next year, with the details yet to be finalised. Cricket in New Lunenburg is very traditional, with a county-based organisation patterned after the British model, a strong university scene, and an institutional distrust of the twenty-over format beloved of the game's modernisers, and they will need to adapt their natural game accordingly - however, their performances in this year's Tests, where they whitewashed Jeckland in a home series and came from a perilous position to beat Elejamie on their own soil, indicates their resources are deep and their competitive instinct strong. In the present day, the Lions dominated Group F, only narrowly losing to Anserisa as they comfortably secured first place, and will be perhaps one of the better prepared teams to navigate the tricky second round groups.

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR WORLD TROPHY VS.     DARMEN

        PLAYER           BAT   BOW
#10 G   Holt             LHB      
#12 AC  Leggett          RHB   RLB
#16 SLC Weaver           RHB   RLB
#1  KCT Laing (c)        RHB   RMD
#6  AM  Donovan          RHB      
#7  AG  Fairfield        LHB   SLC
#5  TM  Bleasdale (w)    RHB      
#3  S   Ashe             RHB   ROB
#14 CG  McCarthy         RHB   RFM
#4  A   Baxter           RHB   RFS
#15 NA  Salisbury        LHB   SLA

by **Krytenia** » Tue May 26, 2020 8:28 am

Plastic Pitch Peeves Players, Post
Angus Haggerston reports from Orean, Liventia

There are certain things in cricket that are decidedly just not that. Refusing to walk after a blatant out, for instance, or Mankading. Sadly, these things are now a part of the fabric of the sport. Rather ugly, frayed parts, but parts nonetheless. Added to that list, thanks to our..."esteemed" Liventian hosts, is the hybrid outfield.

Truth be told, if you're a fan, Grovers Park is a fine stadium. There's good views from seats around the ground, the weather is glorious, and the noise when the Krytie Krazies are in full voice will undoubtedly be deafening. Unfortunately, it's just not a cricket ground. The drop-in wicket has had some doubters; we at the Post, though, feel that if done well, a drop-in is indistinguishable from a normal, natural wicket. What worries the Krytenians is the state of the outfield.

A natural grass surface provides a natural bounce and zip (or lack thereof, depending on the conditions) to the ball. That's not going to happen on a synthetic surface. Carpet-style turf drains too slowly, and gives too much bounce when dry. Hockey-style pictches, with their water base, will kill bounce, and rubber crumb is just asking for a ball to be so cushioned it lies dead - not to mention the potential for eye injuries from stray scraps.Then there's outfielders sliding to prevent a boundary, who likely will end up with torn trousers, friction burns, or worse.

The one thing we will say, is this is not an excuse. The pitch conditions are the same for all four teams in the group - including our next opponents and host nation Liventia - but we at the Post do fear someone's going to get hurt. We hope we're wrong, but with twelve matches to take place on the pitch, we do worry for the safety not just of Krytenian players, but those from Liventia, Ko-oren, and Teusland as well.

by **Siovanija and Teusland** » Tue May 26, 2020 10:51 am

Konrad von Sauerland walked down the corridor of Grovers Park Stadium in Orean, Liventia. It was a historical sporting site in the country - but not necessarily in the history of the sport that would be played here by the Teusland cricket team. Instead, Grovers Park was once the site of a World Cup Final match, and with a capacity of 40,000, it would be one of the largest stadiums the Edelweiss had ever played in. It was the morning of Teusland’s clash with Ko-oren that would open up Group H of the second group stage round of the GCF ODI World Trophy, and von Sauerland, as captain, once again had been assigned media duties. He gave a smile to the assembled journalists as he sat down to take a few questions.

“Good morning Konrad, a question from the Stelburger Zeitung. The second round of the World Trophy group stages will see your team take on Liventia, Krytenia and Ko-oren. Of course, you’ve already faced Krytenia this tournament, that matchday 5 loss coming against them. What do you make of the draw for the second round?”

“Well, it’s a tough one, obviously. Liventia are the hosts and overall an excellent cricketing country, and Ko-oren obviously the same, both of them will be strong opponents. As you mentioned, we’ve faced Krytenia, and their record so far shows the strength they have here - 5-0-1 in the first round of group play.”

“Konrad, your team needed a big win on the last day of the first round just to make it to this stage - and they got it, with a 12 run win over Mattijana. Was that win a boost to your confidence after a relatively rocky group stage that saw the Edelweiss go 3-0-3?”

“Well, winner take all is what you live for, really, and both sides were up for that one. I know myself personally, I hadn’t been too happy with my own bowling performance in the tournament so far and so to be involved in that win the way I was, bowling the final over, was important. For overall confidence, I definitely agree, we’ve not been at our best in that area so far in this tournament but that’s something we work at every day, and something we’re all eager to turn around in this next round.”

“Konrad, I’m here with the Sankt Ludolph Zeitung with a question for you. The Edelweiss have been one of the top batting teams in the tournament so far, with the path really charted by you and August Tausche. In 5 of 6 matches you scored 250 or more runs. Is that going to be the key to your performance the rest of the way?”

“Well certainly, I think. Batting has been the area we’ve been most happy with so far, as you mentioned August has done an excellent job, but I think we’ve gotten a lot of support from others as well. You look at what Linus Schell was able to do against Darmen, for example. Obviously it’s the key to our team’s success so far, and the goal is to continue that for at least 6 more matches.”

“And Konrad, the first match of Group H will see you take on Ko-oren. Any insight into your preparation for this one?”

“As I’ve said, Ko-oren are an excellent team, and they’re a serious contender for this trophy. I think you have to look at their bowling record so far to see how good they’ve been, and we’re eager to go to work against them and test ourselves.”

“One final question for you now, Konrad. There have been some concerns raised from the other teams in Group H about the pitch at Grovers Park - it will be artificial turf, with a drop-in wicket. Do the Edelweiss have any concerns about this arrangement?”

“I don’t think so, honestly. We’ve talked about it, but only to state that it’s a different situation and we need to be prepared. It’s true, none of us have played on artificial turf before, but we’re going to try and adapt as quickly as we possibly can. All the teams are in the same position though, really, and I don’t think it’ll be too much of a problem. We're excited to play in such an important stadium that's hosted events like the World Cup Final and the Olympic Games”

“Thanks Konrad,” said the Stelburger Zeitung’s journalist.

“No worries, guys,” replied the Edelweiss captain as he exited the press room. Time now to get prepared for the first match of Group H play, with the Edelweiss knowing they would need to step up their game if they planned on being a threat in this round of the competition, in a very tough group. Konrad von Sauerland would be one of the names they'd need to count on, as would the usual suspects: August Tausche and Elias Lehner. What was a benefit, however, was the good play of many of the other names in the team: Linus Schell, Michael Kolleck and Josef Meusberger in particular. For the Edelweiss to succeed here would require those performances to continue.

by **Darmen** » Tue May 26, 2020 11:53 am

GCF ODI World Trophy Group B Round 6 @ The Bastion Dover Cricket Ground
Ethane 239/5 (50)-240/7 (40.2) Darmen

Ethane Innings
Name                               Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
E Dammelhead lbw b Myers            36  43     5  0   83.72
D Hannelten  c Ready b Gardenar     57  67     7  1   85.07
H Rowell     c Armbruster† b Myers  31  42     3  1   73.81
G Umbridge   b Wakefield            18  27     2  0   66.67
S Elizabeth  not out                61  73     6  2   83.56
A Loughton   c Milligan b Myers     20  33     3  0   60.61
A Farther†   not out                 9  15     1  0   60.00
Extras                               7
Total (50 overs, 4.78 rpo)         239        27  4
Did not bat: J Lion, C Pilton, T Burns, P Keele

Name      Overs M Runs Wkts Econ.
Wakefield 10.0  1 47   1    4.70
McAlister 10.0  0 56   0    5.60
Dickenson 10.0  0 52   0    5.20
Gardenar  10.0  1 43   1    4.30
Myers     10.0  2 41   3    4.10

Darmen Innings
Name                              Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
V Acker       c Rowell b Burns     22  20     4  0   110.00
S Winter*     c Farther† b Lion    39  31     5  1   125.81
W van der Zee lbw b Loughton       17  10     3  0   170.00
T Milligan    c Farther† b Lion    40  55     6  1    72.73
E Ready       c Elizabeth b Burns  23  33     3  0    69.70
D Gardenar    not out              59  70     6  2    84.29
A Armbruster† c Farther† b Lion    15   7     3  0   214.29
C McAlister   b Keele              18  12     2  1   150.00
D Myers       not out               2   4     0  0    50.00
Extras                              5
Total (40.2 overs, 5.95 rpo)      240        32  5
Did not bat: A Dickenson, M Wakefield

Name      Overs M Runs Wkts Econ.
Burns     8.0   1 45   2    5.63
Lion      9.0   1 47   3    5.22
Pilton    6.2   0 39   0    6.16
Keele     6.0   1 33   1    5.50
Loughton  8.0   0 56   1    7.00
Elizabeth 3.0   0 20   0    6.67

Player of the Match: Domenic Gardenar (DAR), 59-70 not out, 10.0-1-43-1

GCF ODI World Trophy Group B Round 7 @ National Centre of Excellence Oval
Lisander 285/9 (50)-272/7 (50) Darmen

Lisander Innings
Name                                   Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
D Brandet   c Milligan b Wakefield      28  34     4  0    82.35
H Reiman    c Acker b Bachmann          17  23     2  0    73.91
C Bartlett  c & b Wakefield             54  49     6  1   110.20
S Ayers     c Winter b Bachmann         40  36     5  1   111.11
F Mader     lbw b Wakefield             11  14     1  0    78.57
D Aurand*   st Armbruster† b Dickenson  36  33     5  1   109.09
G Hagen†    not out                     64  79     9  0    81.01
I Highfield b McAlister                 17  20     2  0    85.00
B Lawes     c O'Callaghan b Dickenson    0   3     0  0     0.00
H Graham    c van der Zee b Myers        4   5     1  0    80.00
L Deville   not out                      1   4     0  0    25.00
Extras                                  13
Total (50 overs, 5.70 rpo)             285        35  3

Name      Overs M Runs Wkts Econ.
Wakefield 10.0  1 53   3    5.30
McAlister 10.0  0 68   1    6.80
Dickenson 10.0  0 62   2    6.20
Bachmann  10.0  0 59   2    5.90
Myers     10.0  3 43   1    4.30

Darmen Innings
Name                               Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
V Acker       c Reiman b Highfield  45  53     5  1    84.91
S Winter*     b Highfield           32  38     4  0    84.21
W van der Zee c Hagen† b Lawes      57  64     6  3    89.06
T Milligan    lbw b Deville         30  31     5  0    96.77
K O'Callaghan c Hagen† b Lawes      24  28     3  1    85.71
B Bachmann    not out               36  45     6  0    80.00
A Armbruster† c Ayers b Mader       28  26     3  1   107.69
C McAlister   lbw b Highfield        5   6     0  0    83.33
D Myers       not out                8   9     1  0    88.89
Extras                               7
Total (50 overs, 5.44 rpo)         272        33  6
Did not bat: A Dickenson, M Wakefield

Name      Overs M Runs Wkts Econ.
Highfield 10.0  3 39   3    3.90
Lawes     10.0  1 48   2    4.80
Deville   10.0  1 52   1    5.20
Mader     10.0  0 56   1    5.60
Graham    10.0  0 77   0    7.70

Player of the Match: Germano Hagen† (LIS), 64-79 not out, 9 x 4's

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Lineup for match vs. The Plough Islands @ Island Cricket Arena: V Acker, S Winter*, W van der Zee, T Milligan, E Ready, B Bachmann, A Armbruster†, C McAlister, D Myers, A Dickenson, M Wakefield

by **The Grearish Union** » Tue May 26, 2020 2:34 pm

GCF WORLD TROPHY ROUNDUP:Ethane Hurdle for Grearia!
cricketgrearia.gu/home/international/grearia/ethane_hurdle.html

OREAN, LIVENTIA: A jolly Ronald Potter was seen sprinting around in an allotted training field here in Oread, before the team travels to play their first Group I encounter against a formidable Ethanian side led by the right arm legspinner, Thomas Burns. Having one two games, one against Lisander and Mattijana each, Ethane still found themselves last-but-one in a rather difficult group B. Critics have been vocal about their crumbling lower order batting before, and the uneasy feeling in the Ethanian camp continues, with a lot of talk going on about the 22-run pack-up of their lower order against a vital second match against Krytenia. While tension mounted back hope in feverish anticipation of facing off against one of the upper-half seeds, the Grearish camp seemed visibly relaxed in the entire situation.

Portia Downey is the one dubbed to be the Grearish mirror reply to the Ethanian threat in Burns. In the training sessions today, the 30-year-old was found rolling her arm over for an hour or so, before heading back to the resting area. Upon asking about how she felt about the upccoming ecounter, Downey seemed calm and collected, saying, "I'd like to see it as just another match that we have to win to go further in the competition, and I'm ready to do that for the country." While speculation back home about her retirement might be doing the rounds in the Grearish cricket fraternity, she seems to be oblivious to the buzz and focused on the game itself.

The long tournament, on the other hand, seemed to get to some of the players as we inch closer to Round 2, with most of them complaining about the '6 matches in and only the 2nd round' scenario, that arose due to the high number of entrants in the current World Trophy. Potter was again quick to say that long stratches of cricket can have quite the adverse effect on cricketers, and it is only that which is showing. Apart from this, however, the skipper claims that the team morale is quite high, considering the fact that it isn't long before they face the best in the world, in the backyard of one of the best cricketing nations in the multiverse.

The stage looks all set for the first Group I encounter for the Grearish Union. With Damukuni getting a bye for the first round of matches, the eyes back home will also be glued to the outcome of the Eastfield Lodge v Serriel and the Jeckland v Samrakstivu games. While the first game is expected to be an easy victory for Eastfield Lodge, the latter is said to be a tough encounter, with many foreseeing the Samrakstivu side emerging victorious. Nevertheless, it's all speculation and prediction, but who gets off to the perfect first match start in Round 2, remains to be seen!

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

by **Liventia** » Tue May 26, 2020 2:53 pm

Geach and Edwards express reservations over Grovers Park outfield
OREAN— Liventia ODI coach Matt Geach and captain Dave Edwards have joined a small but growing chorus of doubt about the suitability of the Grovers Park national stadium to hold cricket, even as World Trophy organisers insist the ground will still host all 13 games it is scheduled to.

Concerns have been raised by members of two other Group H teams in Krytenia and Ko-oren, although the Teusland team were more ambivalent about having to play on the artificial turf.

At the pre-match press conference ahead of the Red-and-Gold's first second-round match against Krytenia, Geach and Edwards were both questioned about the topic as well as the drop-in wicket.

"I'm of the opinion that you should play cricket at cricket grounds, not a football and athletics stadium converted to hold cricket," Geach said. "None of our players have experience of playing on this synthetic grass mixture they've laid down in the outfield and of course there are a few worries from our end about how the ball will roll and injuries and things like that.

"The drop-in pitch isn't too much of a concern, some of our boys are used to playing on drop-ins, but definitely we've told the CBA we don't like the idea of fake grass."

Edwards, a former Liventia Test captain who currently holds the role in ODIs, acknowledged that the playing conditions would be uniform for everybody.

"For sure it's going to be different, but it'll also be new for Krytenia, new for Ko-oren, new for Teusland," he said.

"From a players' perspective we hope the synthetic grass won't cut up and cause injuries when we slide to save boundaries, or get our boots stuck into it. There are what, 12 games – 13? – at the ground, so by the time of the 12th or 13th game it could be a problem."

For their part, the Liventian Cricketing Board of Authority and World Trophy organisers released a short statement acknowledging concerns but stressing that "the synthetic surface has been rigorously tested at different levels of cricket and we are confident it will provide a good experience for fielders."

by **Liventia** » Tue May 26, 2020 3:13 pm

Second Round Matchday 1
Group G
The Plough Islands 285/3 (50 overs)
Darmen 287/7 (47.2 overs)
Darmen win by three wickets with 2.4 overs to spare

Barunia 249/6 (41.2 overs)
Lisander 246/6 (50 overs)
Barunia win by four wickets with 8.4 overs to spare

  Group G              Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Barunia                1   1  0  0    2
  Darmen                 1   1  0  0    2
3 Lisander               1   0  0  1    0
  The Plough Islands     1   0  0  1    0

Group H
Krytenia 244/6 (50 overs)
Liventia 252/6 (50 overs)
Liventia win by 8 runs

Teusland 266/5 (50 overs)
Ko-oren 268/6 (48.3 overs)
Ko-oren win by four wickets with 1.3 overs to spare

  Group H              Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Ko-oren                1   1  0  0    2
  Liventia               1   1  0  0    2
3 Krytenia               1   0  0  1    0
  Teusland               1   0  0  1    0

Group I
Ethane 265/7 (50 overs)
The Grearish Union 312/7 (50 overs)
The Grearish Union win by 47 runs

Eastfield Lodge 245/3 (33.5 overs)
Serriel 241/6 (50 overs)
Eastfield Lodge win by seven wickets with 16.1 overs to spare

Jeckland 229/6 (50 overs)
Samrakstivu 230/7 (34.4 overs)
Samrakstivu win by three wickets with 15.2 overs to spare

  Group I              Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Eastfield Lodge        1   1  0  0    2
  Samrakstivu            1   1  0  0    2
  The Grearish Union     1   1  0  0    2
4 Ethane                 1   0  0  1    0
  Jeckland               1   0  0  1    0
  Serriel                1   0  0  1    0

Damukuni bye

Group J
Sajnur 234/5 (50 overs)
New Lunenburg 237/6 (41.4 overs)
New Lunenburg win by four wickets with 8.2 overs to spare

Elejamie 180/6 (50 overs)
The Sarian 182/4 (28.1 overs)
The Sarian win by six wickets with 21.5 overs to spare

Martune 223/7 (50 overs)
Sylestone 287/6 (50 overs)
Sylestone win by 64 runs

  Group J              Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 New Lunenburg          1   1  0  0    2
  Sylestone              1   1  0  0    2
  The Sarian             1   1  0  0    2
4 Elejamie               1   0  0  1    0
  Martune                1   0  0  1    0
  Sajnur                 1   0  0  1    0

Mattijana bye

by **Martune** » Tue May 26, 2020 3:52 pm

Gardener: A Cricket Story
A mini-biography about our skipper in white

Eduard John Gardener was born May 11th, 1978 to parents Regina and Mike Gardener in the nation's capitol, Pearl Bay. His mother was the Postmaster for the Pearl Bay Municipal Postal Service and his father was Vice President of Connected, Martune's largest ISP. While having been born in Pearl Bay, the family actually lived on their estate in the countryside north of the city. There Eduard would be raised by his mother and nannies who showered him with gifts and affection.

Eduard was entered into the Star Academy private gradeschool course for his primary educating. Though not at the top of his class in grades he managed to gain quite the friend group in his early years. Going into high school he met John Langston and quickly became best friends with him. The two bonded over their love of sports (mainly cricket) and music. Here, Eduard would participate with John in many youth cricket games and became very familiar with the sport. The two would part ways after graduating high school as they headed off to university.

It was decided for Eduard that he would enroll in Claren, a prestigious university within the Martune border. He would major in Business Administration as to continue in his father's footsteps. Once again he didn't excel in his classes like his peers, but he did sign up with the university cricket team (T10) and began playing his heart out. As the 3rd slot batter he led the team to victories over school rivals South Bridge and to the championship status in their respective league, UCBL. This caught the attention of many Martune cricket recruiters and it didn't take long for him to receive offers to drop out and come play cricket. Against his parents wishes, he dropped from university and signed on with the Pearl Bay Attack .

He began as the 4th slot batter. His first season was a flop though. He saw early dismissal after disappointing batting performance in many of his games. The Attack finished the season 5-15 and tied for last with the Banning Burners. Eduard would be traded away to the Burmington Tigers and there he met his inspiration, Coach Swindol. Swindol was an older gentleman, at the time 58, and had played cricket since his exit from the womb. He saw a potential in Eduard and began heavily training him in the offseason. Eduard stated in a previous interview, "If it wasn't for him replacing the bad with the good, I may never have made it past that second season. Definitely not to a championship." That may be true, as his second season saw his first playoff appearance, where they lost in the first round (group of 4). The next year they barely qualified and upset the favorites, the Pearl Bay Attack.

Eduard has so far won 2 championships with Burmington and and has worn the MVP crown in his latest appearance. After being selected to the National Cricket team he stated, "This really is a dream come true. I couldn't be happier to play my favorite sport for my country. It's an honor to come out here and give it my all every day for Martune."

by **Martune** » Tue May 26, 2020 8:13 pm

Martune Drop First Match In Round 2; Coach Says Team Needs To "Refocus"

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In a shocking blow to the Royal Eagles, they have suffered a lost to the hands of Sylestone in the first fixture of the second round. The crucial first game was considered a necessary win by many in order to insert themselves into a decent position to advance. However, the Royal Eagles were unable to chase down the 287 runs needed to win and left the stadium with their second loss in a row. When asked about the loss, Coach Swanson stated, "I think recent affairs have thrown us out of routine. The team needs to refocus and start playing the cricket we had been playing before."

While the Sylestone side didn't put up such bold numbers, the Martune bats were unable to connect today. The top of the order failed to wear down the bowlers and stay on the pitch. The middle order didn't seem to be operating at their usual rate either as even the skipper seemed out of it today while batting. Many are now blaming the demoting and removal of Yusuff Daniell from the order as the reason why the team hasn't operated at full capacity. Daniell's replacement, Bill Aldridge, performed as if he were a flustered otter. He was unable to connect on anything off the stump and when the ball was brought back leg side he patted it with the bat as if he were afraid of it. Many are now calling for the ex-Vice Captain to be brought back on a probationary period to see how the team will perform with him back on. It seems many in the Martune clubhouse would prefer Daniell to be put back on the squad anyways.

So, what does this mean for Martune? Well...it's hard to say. Dropping their first match is quite disappointing but even more worrying is that the toughest of the group have yet to be played. New Lunenberg still waits for Martune like an assassin in the shadows and other teams are now seeming more daunting as the round progresses. Martune will square off against The Sarian who obliterated their opponent Elejamie in a six wicket/21.5 over beating. Many suspected that they would prove difficult but after the impressive performance, who's to say that they won't end our hopes of making to the Elimination Round?
T1. New Lunenberg 1-0-0
Sylestone
The Sarian
T4. Elejamie 0-0-1
Martune
Sajnur
In the end, however, it shouldn't really matter if we progress past the second round. The fact that our squad has made this far against fierce competition should be reason to celebrate enough. 16 men who have never played for their country before have shown us dedication and intensity that we should all admire. So while it may be sad that we exit earlier than we want, we should all congratulate the boys in white for proving that Martune deserves to play with the big dogs.

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by **Sylestone** » Wed May 27, 2020 1:01 am

Sylestone began their second round with an important win which has given their players a huge confidence boost heading into their next games. They posted a par score in the first innings but some brilliant bowling by every single one of Sylestone’s bowlers meant that they completed a comfortable 64 run win.
Tiati and Edwards opened and were both dismissed before the end of the powerplay. Tiati to a peach and Edwards to a stunning catch at cover after creaming a full-blooded cover drive off the meat of the bat. Fomleya made another start but was dismissed and little Oli Edwards was out LBW first ball. At 4/102 halfway in, Sylestone needed a recovery. They got it. Afosha and Charlton combined for a 129 run partnership before Afosha was dismissed and a late blast by Charlton and Lenton took the score to 6/287 after 50 (Charlton was dismissed on the final ball for 136.)

Luke Tiati 18(30) Bowled
Lachlan Edwards 7(12) Caught
Daniel Fomleya 35(43) Caught
Zachary Charlton 136(141) Bowled
Oliver Edwards 0(1) LBW
Liam Afosha 59(59) Run Out
Peter Lenton 17(15) Not Out
Norbert Pistecial DNB
Sean Polen DNB
Broughton Hall DNB
Joshua Vilesti DNB

Extras: 15 (4B, 4LB, 6WD, 1NB)
Total: 6/287 (50)

Defending 287, the Sylestone players walked out knowing that they would need to work their legs off in order to defeat the brilliant Martune batters. They did that. Pistecial and Vilesti took an early wicket each, and Polen, Hall and Afosha all chipped in with them too. Every bowler, Hall and Polen especially, kept the run rate down and gave Martune's batters nothing to work with. Needing over 100 runs in the last ten overs, Martune's lower-order got set to take Vilesti, Polen and Pistecial apart only for them to keep them at bay with disciplined death bowling. Martune ended at 7/223, 64 runs shy of their target.

Joshua Vilesti 10 - 1 - 36 - 1
Norbert Pistecial 8 - 0 - 45 - 2
Sean Polen 9 - 0 - 43 - 1
Broughton Hall 10 - 2 - 45 - 1
iam Afosha 7 - 0 - 40 - 1
Lachlan Edwards 6- 0 - 14 - 0

Extras: 12 (2B, 8LB, 2WD)

After the game:
"We've been called durable, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed by opposing teams. They recognise our stamina and fun way of looking at the game. We take it one game at a time and if we progress, we progress and that's a bonus. We play for the fun of it and winning is simply just a bonus. We have a bye next up and that will give us time to refresh ourselves before we play our next game against The Sarian, who look strong after completely thrashing Elejamie earlier today. Should be a thriller and we hope we can come out as victors like we did today. But like I said earlier, having fun is the priority." Liam Afosha.

In the case that The Sarian RP's first in the next game, Lachlan Cocrine will take Oliver Edwards' place in the XI.

by **The Sarian** » Wed May 27, 2020 3:21 am

De Telegraaf Sport presents...

THE OFF STUMP
The Rolling Cricket Blog

The Sarian versus Elejamie - Three Thoughts
Alfa Raj, Cricket Writer

The best Saari bowling all tournament
One hundred and eighty. A good score in darts, but a terrible score for Elejamie's batsman. It was easily the best display of bowling by the Saari bowlers all tournament - Jon Sloote led the charge, taking three wickets whilst also keeping the best economy: conceding just twenty-eight runs in fifty-four balls. But he wasn't the only impressive bowler - it was a complete performance from all six players who stepped up at Broadham Green. Rajtsel Smid's off-spin took a further two wickets - both timed perfectly to stop any Elejamie momentum in its track. Perhaps the most impressive part of the Saari bowling attack was sense of purpose - taking two wickets in exchange for just four runs from the first three overs set the tone of the game, and they never allowed Elejamie a way back thereafter. Whenever the Greenbacks began to adapt and look comfortable at the crease, The Sarian would change something. This was how Kelly Entwistle, who proved the most difficult wicket, was eventually dismissed. Taking an impressive half-century, it was looking like Entwistle could lead her side to a respectable score. However, Anders Ruitdekker led several re-positionings of the field to unsettle the batsman. Combined with a constant rotation of the bowlers, Entswistle was prevented from retaining a stride and was eventually caught off Oli Abaal to dampen any Elejamie hopes. Not normally the best policy, the rotation may have prevented The Sarian taking a few extra wickets but looked effective at keeping the Elejamie score down.

How long can Luuc Ouder continue as an opener?
It almost counted for nothing. Lucie Snaijer was dismissed from just five balls, and Luuc Ouder joined her just four minutes later. It looked like the Elejamie bowlers were more than a match for their Saari counterparts. Indeed, hearts were in mouths when Anders Ruitdekker was saved only by a dropped catch by Arían Rodriguez at Mid Off. Of course, we know what happened from there on - The Sarian rallied under Ruitdekker and Flynn Pembeurtuon and went on to an easy victory with over twenty overs to spare. But the poor performance from Snaijer and Ouder can't just be dismissed because all turned out alright in the end. For someone with a reputation as a big hitter, Ouder has only managed to reach double digits twice thus far. In this Round of 22, it is hard to think of another side who has got this far with a liability leading the batting. Whilst it may sound harsh to put it so bluntly, it's difficult to see the sustainability of a player continuing where they're ineffectual. An easy first wicket is not how any side wants to start a chase - but would be more forgivable if it was an unusual occurrence, as in the case of Lucie Snaijer - who shut up doubters with consecutive half centuries against Waisnor (70) and Kohnhead (77*). The Sarian have resisted change thus far, but they may not have the luxury of continuing this approach if they wish to advance further.

A Flynn Pembeurtuon redemption arc?
Flynn Pembeurtuon has faced his fair share of criticism this World Cup, and it is easy to see why when looking at his early batting performances; easily falling for a skilled bowler's trickery to be dismissed rashly. But he's quietly been improving - showing some smart cricket against The Jovannic and was unlucky not to get a half-century at Baggieland - falling just one run short. But in this match, he really came into his own - hitting the winning four as part of a sixty-seven, not out, performance. The majority of his runs came alongside Ruitdekker - who continued to be the marquee Saari player of the tournament with sixty-one runs - in a partnership was dominated the Saari innings. Whenever Ruitdekker is dismissed, it has the potential to cause a slight wobble for The Sarian - it has done in the past. However, now chasing just twenty-three runs, Pembeurtuon and Jodi Zwarte had their eye on the prize and executed with ruthless precision. Zwarte hit two balls into the stand for a twelve, not out, and Pembeurtuon shouldered the rest. Just sixteen balls on from Ruitdekker's dismissal, The Sarian were victorious. It was a great victory.

Batting Line-up For Future Matches

O: LM Snaijer
O: BW Bisschop
3: ADJ Ruitdekker (c)
4: FR Pembeurtuon (w.k)
5: JE Zwarte
6: LT Ouder
7: K Daalmans
8: OJT Abaal
9: JR Sloote
10: WC Coupeur
11: RB Smid (v.c)
Roster has been amended to reflect these changes

by **The Plough Islands** » Wed May 27, 2020 12:00 pm

on the 27th May 2020, the Plough Islands Gazette wrote:
WORLD TROPHY: FOXES CENTURIES UNDONE BY LATE DARMENI SURGE
by Denis Wormwood, Sporting Correspondent, in Schimpol

After what had been perhaps a bit of an unusual experience for the Plough Islands as Kevin Laing's team briefly enjoyed some dominance in the first round of the World Trophy, yesterday brought some of those hopes back to dry land a little as the Foxes narrowly lost their first Group G match to Darmen at the Island Cricket Arena in Schimpol. In a match the balance of which changed a few times during the Darmeni chase, the Plough Islands had not been lacking in effort and had put together what was, in isolation, an excellent batting performance, with both Laing and Shauna Weaver scoring centuries, but Darmen benefited from some poor bowling and were able to pace their own innings well, and ultimately were simply the better team on the day.
The Foxes, again in unfamiliar red, had not enjoyed the start to their innings they would have wanted; Graeme Holt dispatched Menashe Wakefield's first delivery far over midwicket for a six, but was gone before the end of the first over as Wakefield, undeterred, sent down a slower delivery that the Redcliff left-hander dragged on to his own stumps. It fell to Audrey Leggett and Weaver to build a target, a task they set about with care and a strong defence against the Darmeni pace attack in the latter case, and with typical reckless abandon in the first. Leggett seemed set on making the best use of the fielding restrictions, sending the men in green chasing towards the boundary in all directions, and the all-female duo blazed a quick fifty from just six overs before Leggett was adjudged lbw from an attempted front foot drive.
Weaver continued with Laing; neither player being particularly averse to building an innings in difficult circumstances, it did not take long for the captain to get settled at the crease, and it took little time for the runs to begin accumulating as the Plough Islanders picked their shots carefully, and at times sparingly, but with clinical effect each time. There was little fault that could be attributed to the Darmeni side, save for a half-second where Dorian Myers looked like he had caught Weaver off his own bowling until the ball squirmed through his fingers, and more of a pacing masterclass from the batting side; the half-centuries came quickly for both Weaver and Laing, after which they both began to score more freely, and Weaver in particular seemed to revel in forcing the powerful Darmeni bowling attack into a place where they had few answers.
With the scores ticking over increasingly quickly, neither player looked like getting out, and the milestones soon came into view. It took a few balls more than expected - at one stage, both Plough Islanders were level on 98 each with the strike being rotated only due to Bud Bachmann bowling wides - but first Laing, the captain saluting his comrades at the Mainland End for what was his first limited overs century, and then Weaver, for her second of the tournament, reached three figures. It was a marvellous stand that showed two of the Foxes' finest in their prime, and the run rate gave no indication that it would slow down after the celebrations.
By the time the score had topped 250, Sigmund Winter had long since abandoned trying to get either of the pair out, and was instead setting conservative, widely spaced fields focusing on containment and trying to slow the scoring rate down with the Darmeni bowling arsenal being close to exhausted. Paradoxically, it was this that finally led to the partnership being broken; Weaver got down to sweep Corian McAlister out towards midwicket but the ball hung in the air for longer than she had anticipated, and Winston van der Zee was able to run up from cow corner and take a relatively simple catch, and with two overs remaining Weaver finally had to leave. The damage had long since been done, though, and Arthur Donovan's seven-ball cameo for 10 - which included two successive fours off Wakefield's death over - kept the pressure on before Laing dispatched the final delivery of the innings for four more. Darmen would need 286 to win, with over three quarters of the total having been contributed by Weaver and Laing.
Darmen were quick to get started in their reply; captain Winter and Vinnie Acker effectively neutralised Colin McCarthy and Andrew Baxter's attempts at stifling them with the new ball, with McCarthy in particular being brutalised; the New Dalmatian paceman was unable to find a consistent length all afternoon and went wicketless for 65 runs. After the openers had quickly brought up the fifty partnership, with pace and spin in the shape of Naomi Salisbury and Sarah Ashe proving ineffective, Laing rotated his bowlers and it was Weaver that provided the breakthrough; bowling a delivery that turned rather more than expected and took the faintest of edges from Winter on its way to Laing at leg slip, and the Darmeni captain was gone for 29. Unfortunately for the Foxes, the next man in was van der Zee, who has gained a reputation in the Darmeni club scene as the pre-eminent limited overs specialist in the republic, and it duly showed - he took almost no time to bed down at the crease and soon the boundaries began to come.
The only thing that really came to Laing's aid was the weather - the Schimpol climate is heavily influenced by the eastern winds blowing off the Endemien Ocean, and the breeze was beginning to pick up as the afternoon went on, which seemed to particularly benefit Baxter. The tall Suttoner quickly found that he could exaggerate his natural seamers to good effect, and Acker was his first victim shortly after reaching his half century; a ball flighted in slightly higher than usual took a very thick edge off the bat and Tim Bleasdale threw himself to his right to take the catch. Though van der Zee continued to accumulate the runs, he began to lose partners more quickly, with first Theudofrid Milligan - bowled through the gate for 15 - and then Ellar Ready, who played and missed and was rapped on the knees and fone for just four, falling victim to the newly emboldened Baxter.
Bachmann was next in, and though the young right-hander had endured a wretched time with ball in hand (0-61), he regained a measure of confidence with the bat, as he and van der Zee were able to stabilise the slide of wickets and tilt the momentum of the match away from red to green, in more than one sense of the word. The overs began to tick by and the required run rate remained relatively steady rather than slipping away from the Darmenis, and the duo of Bachmann and van der Zee continued to chip away at the target; a beautifully crafted shot by the latter was caught by the wind and sailed over Salisbury's head at midwicket to bring up Darmen's 200. This seemed to prompt more aggressive bowling tactics from Laing, trying to contain van der Zee and isolate Bachmann, which only caused the batsmen to become more bold themselves; it became a case of who would blink first as the game began to escalate, tactically, and the answer revealed itself when, having scored 88, van der Zee uncharacteristically mistimed a pull shot to Salisbury and gently wafted it straight at Sarah Ashe, as the match situation took another turn.
Almost immediately afterwards, wicketkeeper Adelfons Armbruster - taking leave of all caution - took an agricultural swipe at the third delivery he faced and skied the ball into the gloves of Bleasdale for Baxter's fourth. Winter's team could clearly see both finish lines of overs and target coming in to view, and the calculation had evidently been made that, with the amount of wickets they had, a little bit of slogging would get them there; McAlister followed the same template as Armbruster but somewhat more successfully, hooking Salisbury for two sixes in three deliveries and bringing Darmen within eight runs of the target by the time he swiped and missed at Salisbury's next ball. Shots that sailed over the fielders' heads could not, after all, be caught, and Dorian Myers' first delivery faced went similarly to leave Bachmann on strike for the 48th over. Though Ashe kept a tight, accurate line, the all-rounder only needed one shot to work out in order to claim victory, and it came off the second ball as he found the gap between Ashe and Baxter at short mid on, the ball bobbling beyond the constable's dive and away to the boundary as Darmen came home by three wickets.
That the result was relatively close was not much comfort to Laing; "I think we all thought we had a good total, but Darmen are a very good team and just outthought and outlayed us today with the bat...I thought when Shauna and I were out there, with the two centuries and the 200 partnership, that that was a good score, but Darmen were able to keep it together a bit more". The captain was reluctant to focus the blame on any single player - Baxter telling this author that "Kevin probably blames himself batting more than anything when, you know, there are eleven of us here and we all need to do better" - while head coach Lourens Hendricks put the loss in some perspective - "ag, there are five games left in the group, it's a double round robin, one loss isn't the end of the world, just...ja, no, it isn't how we wanted to have started"
However, Hendricks was ultimately "fairly clear, between me and Kevin, what we need to get better at, y'know, what we can improve and where our strengths are. We misjudged the bowling more than the batting, we probably need to go with more spin, try and contain sides a bit better than we were able to in the middle overs", and Baxter agreed with the assessment. "I think we needed to just be playing the one pace bowler in those conditions - I have no idea why I could make it work and Colin could not, normally recently it has been the other way around. It is something we can work on and hopefully find ourselves in better shape for next time". The logical step would appear to be to make more use of part-time bowlers, potentially at the expense of McCarthy, whose form in Liventia has been somewhat fitful, but - perhaps understandably - nobody was willing to be drawn on specific changes to be made in the immediate aftermath of the match.
Hendricks was correct when he made the point that this is only one game of many - and it must also be remembered that it is only due to the Foxes' previous good form that the defeat stings in the way that it does, since in any objective analysis the resources available to the Plough Islands are dwarfed by those available to many other countries, with the Darmeni Cricket Board, Lisander & Alice Bay Cricket Board, Liventian Cricketing Board of Authority and others having many times more people to draw their players from. The difference has been made up with collective endeavour and determination in the past, and it would be hard to argue that either of those quantities were to be found wanting today. The competition format does not get any easier, and Barunia await today, with hopefully an opportunity for the Plough Islands to regain some confidence in themselves and their campaign. For now, though, the sun set on the Schimpol skyline and left the Foxes licking their wounds.

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR WORLD TROPHY VS.    BARUNIA

        PLAYER           BAT   BOW
#10 G   Holt             LHB      
#12 AC  Leggett          RHB   RLB
#16 SLC Weaver           RHB   RLB
#13 LA  Martin           LHB      
#1  KCT Laing (c)        RHB   RMD
#6  AM  Donovan          RHB      
#7  AG  Fairfield        LHB   SLC
#5  TM  Bleasdale (w)    RHB      
#3  S   Ashe             RHB   ROB
#4  A   Baxter           RHB   RFS
#15 NA  Salisbury        LHB   SLA

by **Sajnur** » Wed May 27, 2020 12:24 pm

Flashback: Toljo Jorse arrives in the Plough Islands

Toljo didn't know what to expect when the plane landed in the Plough Islands. All she knew before coming was that there was only 140,000 people, that they were communist, and that they were really good at cricket. She wasn't sure what the airport would look like, what the roads would look like, how the Plough Islanders would take to her and her teammates. The cricket team had to use their narrow body private jet because their usual wide body needed a jet bridge and an isolated country of 140,000 was bound not to have one. It would be astronomically stupid and out of touch to expect one, and even a team like Sajnur's, with two private commercial airliners, wasn't that out of touch. All she could do while the plane was in the air was watch films, play games, and talk to her teammates. Those actually were pretty good distractions, but her destination would always pop up in her mind from time to time.

That is, until it popped up in her window. She looked out to the islands, windswept by the massive ocean. There weren't many trees, but it wasn't completely barren, and the beaches and cliffs were beautiful from the air. As they got closer, they could see the town of Sutton, and more importantly the airport. The airport wasn't much more than a runway with a large building next to it, nowhere near the size of the airports in the big Sajnuran cities. Maybe it's like the airports in the isolated towns that can't rely on train service, she thought. The town itself was also quite small by her standards, but it was colourful. Toljo was looking forward to walking around Sutton, and it wouldn't take too long, either.

The landing was smooth, and the plane rolled along and taxied to the airport building, where the air stairs waited for them. Toljo walked down the stairs to an airport emblazoned with "Echodale International Airport", and with a boxy, but modern, but functional shape. Entering the building she found it furnished with wood and tiles aplenty, and decorated in well executed communist art and posters. It was cosy inside, but actually rather spacious. Immigration control wasn't anything like Sajnur. Instead of lines leading to booths, there were some officials in angora sweaters at a series of tables. The process was relaxed, rather too relaxed for her actually. She was rather antsy as the angora sweaters talked to one another without really doing much, at least until the tea arrived. The tea was quite nice, there was a lot of it, and soon Toljo was as relaxed as the officials. Eventually, more angora sweaters arrived, and soon their passports were all processed, their luggage collected and checked by customs, and they found themselves in the cars that had been flown in on a separate cargo plane. Yes, the cricket team also has its own cargo plane. She could only imagine the faces of the airport officials as they saw the red estate wagons rolling off the plane.

Toljo was in the front, with star opener Gabby driving and new bat Solomon and captain Tomas in the back. Normally, they'd be two to a car, but bringing a dozen cars to a small communist island country was deemed to be distasteful, and besides there wouldn't be enough parking for them at the hotel. In fact, the hotel was basically booked out just by the cricket team. Even six estate cars became a sizeable presence next to the hotel, which was in a style reminiscent of the colonial architecture of days gone by, complete with a fountain inside a gravel roundabout. The hotel staff helped them with their baggage, and they were greeted inside by a quaint concierge in another angora sweater and yet more tea, which Toljo happily accepted, and Gabby absolutely guzzled down. In what was becoming a theme, the conversations and tea lasted for nearly an hour before they finally went up to their rooms, where Toljo and Gabby decided to watch TV until they fell asleep. Toljo's last memory before her nap was a slapstick comedy on the telly and Gabby rocking back and forth with tightly crossed legs while drinking yet another cup of tea.

First Test at December Park: The Plough Islands win by 9 wickets
Sajnur 1st Innings

Name         Runs Balls 4's 6's  SR

Fiume         41   108   7   0   37.96
Kotte         12    19   2   0   63.16
Sjoring       29    53   3   0   54.72
Piqa*         17    40   2   0   42.50
Tawas         32    47   3   1   68.09
Surju†        12    24   1   0   50.00
Jorse          7     9   1   0   77.77
Tijer          1     3   0   0   33.33
Saovin         0    12   0   0    0.00
Haton          3    13   0   0   23.08
Burovin        1*    5   0   0   20.00

Extras        10   (2b, 4lb, 1wd, 3nb)
Total        165   (55.0 overs)

Name         Overs  M  Runs Wickets Econ

McCarthy     13.0   2  46   3       3.54
Salisbury    12.0   4  28   2       2.33
Heath        12.0   0  44   3       3.67
Weaver        4.0   1  11   2       2.75
Ashe          8.0   5  10   0       1.25
Laing         6.0   1  19   0       3.17

Plough Islands 1st Innings

Name         Runs Balls 4's 6's  SR

Holt          12    20   1   0   60.00
Williams       4     5   1   0   80.00
Weaver       109   183  15   0   59.56
Laing*        70   164   6   0   42.68
Leggett       25    33   2   1   75.76
Fedorov        2    27   0   0    7.41
Heath          0     9   0   0    0.00
Lebed†        34    90   3   0   37.78
Ashe          19    48   2   0   39.58
McCarthy      28*   61   3   0   45.90
Salisbury      0     5   0   0    0.00

Extras        16   (6b, 9wd, 1nb)
Total        319   (107.2 overs)

Name         Overs  M  Runs Wickets Econ.

Tijer        25.2   6  87   2       3.43
Burovin      17.0   2  64   4       3.76
Jorse        25.0  12  46   2       1.84
Haton        22.0   8  53   1       2.41
Saovin       13.0   0  53   0       4.08
Piqa          5.0   1  16   0       3.20

Sajnur 2nd Innings

Name         Runs Balls 4's 6's  SR

Fiume         79   141   9   0   56.03
Kotte         20    36   2   0   55.56
Sjoring        0     3   0   0    0.00
Piqa*          4     8   1   0   50.00
Tawas          1     5   0   0   20.00
Surju†         0     3   0   0    0.00
Jorse         58   105   7   1   55.24
Tijer         14    20   0   1   70.00
Saovin         5    16   0   0   31.25
Haton         11*   27   1   0   40.74
Burovin        3    10   0   0   30.00

Extras         9   (4b, 5wd)
Total        204   (62.2 overs)

Name         Overs  M  Runs Wickets Econ

McCarthy     12.0   1  40   3       3.33
Salisbury    15.2   3  36   1       2.35
Heath        10.0   1  37   1       3.70
Leggett      10.0   1  36   1       3.60
Weaver        9.0   2  25   1       2.78
Ashe          4.0   0  16   2       4.00
Laing         2.0   0  14   0       7.00

Plough Islands 2nd Innings

Name         Runs Balls 4's 6's  SR

Holt          21    37   3   0   56.76
Williams       0     1   0   0    0.00
Weaver        27    36   4   0   75.00
Laing*        
Leggett       
Fedorov       
Heath         
Lebed†        
Ashe          
McCarthy      
Salisbury     

Extras         4   (4w)
Total         52/1 (12.2 overs)

Name         Overs  M  Runs Wickets Econ.

Tijer         5.0   1  11   1       2.20
Burovin       4.2   0  26   0       6.00
Haton         3.0   0  15   0       5.00

by **Jeckland** » Wed May 27, 2020 1:32 pm

GROUPS, GLORIOUS GROUPS

Usually, the people of Jeckland love cricket. There are huge TV numbers for games, crowds full whenever they are in Jeckland, and back page headlines about the game. Yet cricket post hiatus may have suffered a fall in popularity, with viewing figures for the ODI World Trophy lower than any cricket tournament beforehand.

There are a multitude of potential reasons for this. Firstly and most obviously - the World Cup Qualifiers are going on at the same time. With football dominating the headlines, cricket has taken a back seat, with reduced media coverage over this time. In addition, international 50 over cricket is a new addition to the GCF calendar. While Jeckland did play in the ODI Challenge Trophy years ago, that was not a hugely memorable tournament and as such the longer format of white ball cricket has a way to go in terms of popularity.

The format of the tournament has also been seen to be confusing to the more casual fan, with a flowchart often needed to explain what’s going on. Organisers in Liventia have opted for a two tiered double group stage, with those teams with strong pedigree in other GCF tournaments given more beneficial seeding.

Instead of explaining the whole thing, let’s look at what has happened to Jeckland. Placed in Group C, one of the lower groups in the first phase, the Spuds lost a bizarre opening game to The Booter, scoring a measly 172/5 from their 50 overs which their opponents easily knocked off. Ratings were highest for this game - which explains the subsequent drop off. A 57 run victory over Sylestone followed, with Jeckland setting a much higher target after opting to bat first once again thanks to an incredible 82 run ninth wicket partnership in the final ten overs between bowlers Braidy Park and Algernon Howse. Jeckland then thrashed Baggieland, chasing down the target of 244 with over 10 overs to spare. Some sloppy bowling led to a defeat to Kreigierisen, who chased down 272 to leave the group finely poised with a match to go. A high scoring thriller ensued, with Cannon hitting 152 in Jeckland’s first innings score of 337/4. Holy Land of Burtander took advantage of some sloppy bowling to make for a thrilling conclusion, with Adair Knight bowling the final ball with the opposition needing 4 runs to dump Jeckland out of the tournament. A pearler of a yorker knocked the leg stump flying, and sent Jeckland through as group winners after coming out on top of a four way head to head tiebreaker. Their position in first meant they negated the playoffs and went straight to the second phase of the competition.

Jeckland are now playing in Group I, against other successful teams from the lower stage and those who came low in the top stage groups. They started off with a loss to Samrakstivu, and will need to finish in the top two before winning a playoff to make it into the quarter finals of the tournament. Hopefully for the future of the sport, more people tune into the remaining games in this group.

by **Mattijana** » Wed May 27, 2020 1:43 pm

Second String or Serious Strikers? Who Will Mattijana Face in Group J

MFO SPORT

Matej Jelic, commentator and Cricket writer

J is a fairly mediocre letter isn't it? In the middle of the alphabet... Sandwiched between the more versatile I and the more punchy K... The 6th-most common letter in the Mattijanan language, not common enough to be notable, but not rare enough to be special... As a result, the letter J is the perfect metaphor for Mattijana's disappointingly mediocre performance at the ODI World Trophy. The only consolation is that in finishing 5th in their round one group, the marmots were at least one place higher than their alphabetic counterpart.

A frustratingly close defeat to Teusland spelled the end of the Marmot's stay in group B, placing them in the somewhat less prestigious group J for the second round of the World ODI Trophy.
The format means Mattijana have a second chance of staying in the competition, but must finish in the top two against some tough opponents.

Particularly concerning for Mattias Karamov was the sheer lack of consistency in the first round of group games, particularly with the bat. His side bludgeoned 402 against Ethane, but also got bogged down on many occasions and lost their final 3 group games, all when batting second.
Being in tough positions trying to finish a game is an unfamiliar position for many in this side, at least on the international stage, and there is perhaps a mindset issue behind the tight losses they have endured. A bye on the first day of round 2 action will hopefully have helped them carry out an even more thorough post-mortem of what went wrong in round one and has certainly given them more time to prepare. Now we'll find out whether that has counted for anything.

Despite the less proven danger of some of their rivals, they will still have some tough matches and with instant elimination for the remaining teams, the stakes are even higher than the metaphorical one many fans will be calling for Karamov's head to be put on should his team go home early. Here's a look at the sides standing in Mattijana's way.

Sajnur:

Sajnur finished second-bottom in group A during the first round, albeit with the same win-loss ratio as Mattijana. Like the marmots, they faced a decisive final match, this time against Barunia. It came down to the final ball as well, a dramatic six off the final delivery eventually sealing the Sajnurans' fate.
Many were surprised that they started the tournament in Group A, but wins against the more experienced Liventia and Eastfield Lodge showed that they do have what it takes to mix it with the best. Like Mattijana though, they have struggled with consistency and have more than a few capitulations in them. If both sides have a good day, it should be a cracker, otherwise it will come down to who has the Cricketing gods on their side on the day.

Elejamie:

Mattijana's first match and first defeat against Elejamie was another, much less abstract metaphor for their struggles so far, but things haven't been any better for the Greenblacks. That match was the only one they won in Group B and they have struggled to judge the pace of ODI Cricket, either starting too fast and losing decisive early wickets or over-compensating by batting at a pace more inert than a Nobel gas and leaving their middle-order with a job most local handymen would consider too big. Sometimes, as in their opening group J match against the Sarian, they've done neither and ended up setting a score that just been utterly rubbish.
Their bowling attack has been much more encouraging and has kept the side in many a game for much longer than their batting deserved, but the top-order will need to learn the ODI art of strike-rotation, if they are to progress any further.

Martune:

Newly discovered side Martune finished top of group D with only a surprise defeat to Bolgano blemishing their copybook. Despite that loss coming after the team had already won the group, it still claimed the casualty of Yusuff Daniel who lost his role as vice-captain and his place in the team. A fall-guy has not been designated for the subsequent loss to Sylestone, but with many clamouring for Daniel to be brought back in, captain Eduard Gardener might have to find one in time for their next game.
Have Martune peaked too early? Possibly. Did they just struggle against a better team than the ones they met in the first round? Probably. Should Mattijana beat them? Definitely. Will Mattijana beat them? Who knows.

The Sarian:

The Sarian produced an impressive performance in their first Group J tie against Elejamie, knocking off a paltry target of 180 with 6 wickets and more than 20 overs to spare. That was really their first true announcement on the world stage, some solid, but unspectacular performances putting them second in Group D, but they certainly look like a threat now, particularly with ball in hand.
If the openers can get on top of the bowling attack and Zackov can do his middle-order accumulation job, they should go well against a batting lineup that doesn't have quite as much punch. If the opposite occurs, Karamov and his colleagues will have to work hard with the ball because they won't have much to defend.

New Lunenburg:

New Lunenburg produced some dominant performances in group E to qualify automatically for the second round and carried on their good form with a comfortable chase against Sajnur. Having said that, the next-best side in their group was Samrakstivu, a side who only learnt how to play Cricket based on some tapes of the GCF test championship gained through dubious means, so there will clearly be more testing times ahead.

Sylestone:

Rounding out the group are Sylestone, another new team that finished as runners-up in group C before coming through a comfortable playoff against Kohnhead.
The batting lineup look like the biggest threat, with some powerful hitting taking them to 386, the second biggest score of the tournament behind Mattijana's epic 402. If both sides' lineups fire, it could be a thriller, albeit not for the bowlers.
A solid 67 run win against Martune got them off to a flier in group J and they might just be the biggest challenge for Mattijana in their battle to stay in the tournament.

by **Martune** » Wed May 27, 2020 2:05 pm

Investigative Report:
Yusuff Daniell Demotion Decision
Executed By The Authority Of The National Cricket Council Of The MPCL

i. Anonymous Audio Clip

On May 21st, 2020, an audio clip was leaked on to the social media site, Twitter. The ''caption" read, "Daniell talks **** about captain". The audio clip played back a conversation that was allegedly between Daniell and a few other colleagues of his. The alleged Daniell can be heard calling Eduard Gardener a "shoddy captain" and "and ball boy at best". After the tweet went viral it had been picked up by members of the NCC and a brief meeting was held over the matter. The meeting was held by the 7 members of the NCC, all present, and the coaching staff of the Martune National Cricket Team. The audio was played several times and it was decided among the 11 attendents that the voice in question and it needed disciplinary action.

ii. Discipline to Yusuff Daniell

The following evening, the NCC and Head Coach Dale Swanson released a joint-statement condemning Daniell and demoting him from his position as Vice Captain. Afterwards, a meeting was held with Daniell on the matter. He denied allegations that he had said the things in the audio clip and offered an explanation that he had been alone in his hotel room for most nights since the tournament started. However, the committee had decided that their wasn't enough proof to overturn their decision and so the demotion would stay. Daniell stormed out of the meeting room in a hurry before the Chair could dismiss those in attendance. This caused Daniell to receive a 250 LB (Liberty Dollar) fine and near suspension.

These events are what caused Daniell's under-performance in the next match against Bolgano. Many saw this as poor sportsmanship and so the NCC asked Coach Swanson to remove Daniell from the starting lineup, which he did. Daniell then contacted Chairman Williams to set up a personal meeting but Williams refused it. After being placed on the reserves list Daniell had gone AWOL and wouldn't attend any team activities for several days. Daniell was found walking back to his hotel room by his friends and teammates and was brought back to Coach Swanson. After seeing how heartbroken and somber he was, Swanson changed his mind about who he thought was speaking in the clip. He requested a meeting with the NCC and so it was held

iii. Reversal of the decision

After convincing testimony and solid digital proof of Daniell's location, the committee reversed both decisions and reinstated Daniell's starting spot and Vice Captain position. Compensation was offered to Daniell, which was accepted, and is currently being discussed in private. The committee released a statement to the public which apologized for the lack of ethical investigation into the matter. The NCC will still be investigating the origins of the audio clip (the poster) and who was speaking in the clip. But, Daniell has been cleared to play and lead and shall be compensated for the emotional stress he suffered during his disciplinary period.

Report Approved by Chairman of the NCC, Tye Williams
Official Report of the NCC

by **The Grearish Union** » Wed May 27, 2020 2:54 pm

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GCF WORLD TROPHY SCORECARDThe Grearish Union vs Ethane GROUP I

DOVER, LIVENTIA: We bring you all the major highlights, and the scorecard, from the first Grearish Group I encounter that took place between Grearia and Ethane here at the The Bastion ground, in Dover, Liventia. McMurican was adjudged the Player of the Match, with a quickfire 51 off 28 deliveries, and two crucial wickets taken for an expense of 50 from his share of 10 overs. The spinner friendly pitch was made full use of, as the Grearish captain brought his part-time bowlers on to the attack to finish the Ethanians off in the second innings, after producing a magnificent unbeaten 122 in the first innings.

The journey of Round 2 has begun. Keep your eyes glued here for more action!

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

by **Liventia** » Wed May 27, 2020 3:41 pm

Second Round Matchday 2
Group G
Darmen 348/6 (50 overs)
Lisander 292/6 (50 overs)
Darmen win by 56 runs

The Plough Islands 290/6 (50 overs)
Barunia 263/8 (50 overs)
The Plough Islands win by 27 runs

  Group G              Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Darmen                 2   2  0  0    4
2 The Plough Islands     2   1  0  1    2
3 Barunia                2   1  0  1    2
4 Lisander               2   0  0  2    0

Group H
Liventia 300/7 (50 overs)
Ko-oren 322/6 (50 overs)
Ko-oren win by 22 runs

Krytenia 285/5 (50 overs)
Teusland 250/8 (50 overs)
Krytenia win by 35 runs

  Group H              Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Ko-oren                2   2  0  0    4
2 Liventia               2   1  0  1    2
3 Krytenia               2   1  0  1    2
4 Teusland               2   0  0  2    0

Group I
Serriel 228/6 (50 overs)
Jeckland 269/6 (50 overs)
Jeckland win by 41 runs

The Grearish Union 281/7 (50 overs)
Eastfield Lodge 322/6 (50 overs)
Eastfield Lodge win by 41 runs

Damukuni 345/5 (50 overs)
Ethane 368/6 (50 overs)
Ethane win by 23 runs

  Group I              Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 Eastfield Lodge        2   2  0  0    4
2 Samrakstivu            1   1  0  0    2
  The Grearish Union     2   1  0  1    2
4 Ethane                 2   1  0  1    2
  Jeckland               2   1  0  1    2
6 Damukuni               1   0  0  1    0
  Serriel                2   0  0  2    0

Group J
The Sarian 274/7 (50 overs)
Martune 319/4 (50 overs)
Martune win by 45 runs

New Lunenburg 335/5 (50 overs)
Elejamie 280/9 (50 overs)
New Lunenburg win by 55 runs

Mattijana 353/6 (50 overs)
Sajnur 281/8 (50 overs)
Mattijana win by 72 runs

  Group J              Pld   W  D  L  Pts 
1 New Lunenburg          2   2  0  0    4
2 Sylestone              1   1  0  0    2
3 Martune                2   1  0  1    2
4 Mattijana              1   1  0  0    2
  The Sarian             2   1  0  1    2
6 Elejamie               2   0  0  2    0
  Sajnur                 2   0  0  2    0

by **Krytenia** » Thu May 28, 2020 4:01 am

Tatton's Ton Topples Teusland
Angus Haggerston reports from Orean, Liventia

With all the talk of the drop-in pitch and hybrid outfield, Krytenia decided to bounce back from their loss against the hosts by letting the bat and ball do the talking. Howard Tatton was in fine fettle as the Stars set a target their opponents never realistically looked close to overcoming.

Tatton set out his stall early, the opener smashing the last ball of the first over into the stands - after all, nobody can complain about the outfield turf if the ball never touches it. At the other end, Shelton Schneller also started at a rate of knots before being foxed by a Ben Trenker delivery that bounced high on the firm pitch and shaved the edge through to the keeper. Such is the peril when you play cricket in the desert.

Indeed, for all the controversy around the ground, it's probably the heat that's the biggest challenge to the players in Orean. Whether that heat got to the head of Vernon Fulmer, or whether he just missed the air-conditioning in the dressing room, we may never know; what we do know is that he went second ball to a pretty ordinary Trenker delivery without bothering the scorers.

Tatton, meanwhile, was unfazed by the wobbles at the other end. With Ryan Watling now providing air support with his bombastic style, the pair set upon piling on the runs with aplomb. The outfield is fast but fair, and both men are adept at picking their shots and finding the gaps. Tatton powered past fifty; Watling followed behind before misjudging a Josef Meusberger delivery that the Teusland captain caught just the fair side of the rope.

Any hope of a Teusland reprieve was quickly scotched by the arrival of young Ed Fenn. The youngster, from Hefor-on-Wye, has been a sensation in this World Cup; his job here was to make sure the momentum didn't shift, and he played the part well, defending when needed but also unafraid to open his bat to punish the wayward stuff. He reached his half-century at a stike rate in the eighties - he's scored faster, but the situation called for calm and calculating.

Tatton, meanwhile, was still knocking the ball around like he owned it and flying into three figurs There was nothing the Teusland bowlers could do to stop him, shy of hoping he'd eventually nick one into Martin Kaplan's gloves. In the end, it was simply over-adventurousness that did for him, going for a run that wasn't quite there and getting himself run out. Still, 119 isn't exactly a poor innings.

With Teusland running out of overs to pile on the pressure, and six wickets in hand, Fenn and Gavin Udall looked to eat a few more runs. Fenn passed seventy before succumbing LBW to Simon Riedl, leaving Udall and Brad Grafton to see out the innings and set a target of 286 for their opponents.

Captain Konrad von Sauerland knew he'd have to help get Teusland off to a good start; sadly for him, his opposite number had other ideas, and tempted him onto a wide one edged to Grafton for a score of just three. Fellow opener Marc Breuer, assisted by August Tasche, made a few advances, but perished to a Stuart Obermann delivery best described as "nuclear". It set the tone for the innings, with Teusland batsmen threatening to throw the game wide open before being sent back to the pavilion. Tasche and Kolleck both got past thirty before perishing, Tasche to a wayward shot down the throat of mid-on, and Kolleck managing the unfortunate trifecta of bat-pad-stumps. The shake of the head as he headed off the field was more of disbelief than disappointment.

Riedl and Silvester Basch found themselves in far earlier than they would liked; the nerves may have got to them as the run-rate slowed to a crawl and saw the game move further and further away from Teusland. By the time either man picked up the pace, they were chasing the game, and never quite got on top of that. It didn't help that Basch fell just shy of the fifty mark, beaten all ends up by a Brigham Hill delivery that ripped out of the dust. Riedl, meanwhile, lasted a little longer before he too was foxed by Hill's swirl and twirl.

At six down, it was clear the game was up. To be fair to Teusland, they were still trying, but there simply wasn't enough match left to salvage the game. A couple of late wickets made it look even more comfortabe for Krytenia in a match they looked in little danger of losing, with all five bowlers picking up wickets.

Next up is a familiar opponent in an unfamiliar seting. Ko-oren and Krytenia have met a few times on the football field before, but this will be the first time the two sides clash with leather and willow in hand. The atmosphere is likely to be electric as these two friendly rivals open a new chapter of their combined sporting history - with the Stars hoping for a win to boost their quarter-final chances.

KRYTENIA INNINGS - 285/5

BATTING
SV Schneller   c Kaplan b Trenker             17
HM Tatton      run out                       119
VC Fulmer      b Trenker                       0
RJ Watling     c von Sauerland b Meusberger   32
EL Fenn        lbw Riedl                      71
GM Udall       not out                        26
BH Grafton     not out                         8
EXTRAS                                        12               

BOWLING            O      R   W    Econ
E Lehner          10     56   0    5.60 
B Trenker         10     59   2    5.90
J Meusberger      10     62   1    6.20
S Reidl           10     60   1    6.00
K von Sauerland   10     48   0    4.80

TEUSLAND INNINGS - 250/8

M Breuer          b Obermann               20
K von Sauerland   c Grafton b Saxon         3
A Tasche          c Fenn b Udall           37
M Kolleck         b Monciestri             35
S Basch           b Hill                   48
S Riedl           lbw Hill                 56
L Schell          c Grafton b Obermann     22
M Kaplan          not out                   8
E Lerner          b Obermann                2
B Trenker         not out                   5
EXTRAS                                     14

BOWLING          O    R   W    Econ
SA Obermann     10   61   3    6.10 
LR Saxon        10   42   1    4.20
GM Udall        10   54   1    5.40
GDJ Monciestri  10   49   1    4.90
BY Hill         10   44   2    4.40

by **New Lunenburg** » Thu May 28, 2020 8:45 am

NEW LUNENBURG MAKE BROADHAM GREEN THEIR NEW HOME, START STRONG IN GROUP J

OREAN, LIVENTIA - New Lunenburg’s cricketers sit at the top of Group J after two matches, after impressive victories over Sajnur and Elejamie. Cricket fans who had come over from New Lunenburg were there in their thousands at Broadham Green, a rather runty little club ground (though certainly not lacking in character) in the suburbs of the Liventian capital city of Orean, which New Lunenburg cricketers and cricket fans are now very well acquainted with. With the majority of the crowd backing New Lunenburg in full voice, the small ground could easily be likened to some of the more quaint and characterful grounds back home, such as the Memorial Ground in Montgomery. The New Lunenburg bowlers proved efficient once more against Sajnur, restricting them to 234 runs and taking five wickets in the process. JPR Atkinson was the pick of the bowlers, dispatching three Sajnur batsmen and proving the most efficient of the bowlers over his 10 overs. New Lunenburg’s batsmen performed equally well, chasing the target set them with relative ease. Spinner Adam Lyons added to his hitherto excellent bowling performances by dealing the Sajnur side the final blow with the bat. There was very little to complain about the side’s performance from a New Lunenburg perspective and the NLCB obviously saw it the same way, announcing an unchanged squad to face Elejamie.

Sajnur 234/5 (50 overs)
New Lunenburg 237/6 (41.4 overs)
New Lunenburg win by four wickets with 8.2 overs to spare

Elejamie will be familiar opponents to fans of New Lunenburg cricket, as the side came to the ODI World Trophy off the back of a two-match Test series there. The two teams drew the series 1-1 earlier this year in Elejamie, so there was much hype surrounding the match on neutral soil and in a new format. New Lunenburg captain Nathan Stainton won the toss and opted to bat. This certainly seems to have proven the right decision, as David Klein relished his opportunity at the crease in the midday sun, scoring a well-earned 64 before a textbook delivery by spinner Danny Slezinger beat Klein’s attempt at a slog and careened into off-stump. New boy Nicholas Fuller put in another solid innings for a half-century and seems to be turning into New Lunenburg’s first limited-overs specialist. The captain also impressed with the bat, leading his side to a total of 335/5. Despite fantastic batting, it was New Lunenburg’s bowlers who would prove to be the stars of the show, as Atkinson once more took three wickets, though seemed to tire towards the end of his spell with the ball. Konstantin Schneider also took three wickets in an afternoon that showed off the prowess of the New Lunenburg pace bowlers. Slezinger and Salman Halabi tried to salvage the match for Elejamie, scoring quickly towards the end of their innings, though Halabi’s wicket was among those that fell to New Lunenburg’s quicks and the captain was left stranded on an impressive 42 not out.

New Lunenburg 335/5 (50 overs)
Elejamie 280/9 (50 overs)
New Lunenburg win by 55 runs

After these two impressive victories against stronger opposition in this second stage of the competition, the New Lunenburg Cricket Board is understandably thrilled with the squad that performed so well in these matches, though will have no choice but to replace JPR Atkinson with medium pace right-hand bowler Cian Connolly ahead of the match against Martune due to the slight fatigue that Atkinson showed towards the end of the match against Elejamie. Full details of the squad travelling to Talbott are below:

NEW LUNENBURG CRICKET BOARD
XI FOR ODI WORLD TROPHY VS. MARTUNE

1. DJ Klein
2. JC Humphreys

3. RJ Webber
4. N Fuller
5. NE Stainton (c)
6. A Hansen (wk)
7. AB Lyons
8. WS Rose
9. CD Connolly
10. TT Griffiths
11. KK Schneider

by **Ko-oren** » Thu May 28, 2020 8:53 am

Ten Failed Chases

The antelopes celebrate a rare victory over the big cats of the savannah - all chases failed on the second matchday of the second round of the ODI World Trophy. All ten matches result in a win by runs. Not a single one ended by virtue of taking ten wickets, too. Ten chases that just fell short. Lions will have to hungry for a day, the entire of herd of antelopes safe for another day.

Particularly big victories came in Group J, Martune keeping The Sarian at a distance of 45 runs, which is the smallest margin of the group. I don't know what was in the air of Liventia this week, but it can't have been good. Watch out for any announcements from their health ministry, but something was in the air, every late afternoon, for the entire match round. New Lunenburg scored a grand 335 runs versus Elejamie's 280 (55 the difference), and Mattijana open with a victory by keeping Sajnur 72 runs away from the target. Another painful one came in Group G, Darmen versus Lisander, a difference of 56 in favour of the Darmeni.

In comparison, Group H was almost tame. Krytenia won by 35 over Teusland to win their first match in this group stage, Ko-oren handed Liventia their first loss and climbed to first place themselves. Like Krytenia suffered in the same week, the heat was still in the air and it did play a part. Concerns about the pitch and the outfield aside (which were both fine, by the way), the biggest risk was losing a ball in the sun in the outfield, or dodgy decision making close to the wickets. Plenty of wickets taken on Grovers Park, as a result. Ko-oren lost 6, Liventia lost 7, but both teams did get to three hundred runs.

As Commins remarked, he's got the best job in the world: "talking trash in the slips for four hours or so, and then going out on a duck. Didn't even break a sweat." He wasn't wrong, only one ball came towards him on a top edge, and he couldn't get a hand on it. The Liventians might have gotten a sweet deal on the edges, they were a bit wasteful with the chances they were given, neglecting to take a free run here and there. The way they went out was even worse, from getting bowled cleanly to infield catches. There was a lot more on offer for the hosts. But honestly, Commins had an even worse match. There wasn't much he could do right, which is a shame given that his tournament so far has been a success. Runs mostly came from Willis and White, half-centuries for each, and the tail-end lasted remarkably long, with Meredith, Darknoll, and Cheyne all adding at least 35 each, confidently building towards a 300+ score. Twaddle and Shapter could do little to take the edge off the new ball. Twaddle added a few runs on powerplay alone, something Willis and White also exploited.

Then came the Liventians, who took the challenge head on and sped off towards 323. Hennessey and Finch were cautious for anything outside off, but took the rest as an opportunity to punish the bowlers. The statement of intent came off Finch's 6 in the first over. That's when Marsden knew that defending the target would take a lot of effort. Finch promptly helped out the Dragonflies by hitting a bouncer straight into the hands of Cheyne. Edwards and Kerr kept the party going for the rest of powerplay, but after that the pressure waned quickly. Sarrin went on a duck, with inside stump cleanly bowled, and MacMaster departed on the next ball, tapping it lightly to Meredith. Reynolds and Kennedy were staring at the task of getting 36 runs on seven overs: not a huge amount but things weren't going well so far, and Kennedy couldn't get off of batting duties. They were a full over down with just three runs added, and Kennedy was facing the bowler again. The very next time Reynolds was on, he felt he had to get the initiative back, advanced down the pitch to meet Fox's short delivery, and hit it up, towards the rope. With the catch of the match, Willis prevented the six and sealed Ko-oren's victory. Kennedy and Bradley Kerr stalled out, took singles, and allowed the run rate to fall way back, out of reach, to finish on 300.

In the next round, our first match versus Krytenia awaits. The same team will be in play, it should be a good one! With a win, the Dragonflies make huge strides towards the quarterfinals. With a loss, the Stars will catch up, and Liventia have a chance to join the both of us at two wins and a loss.

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

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Thu May 28, 2020 12:13 pm

Two quick half-centuries from openers Samsurov and Leblanc put the Serriel bowling attack to the sword at the Bastion, as Eastfield Lodge chase down 241 in just over two-thirds of the balls bowled, after the spinners put in work in the first innings, giving the Eastfielders a third win of the tournament, opening the kindoff Group I with a resounding victory that sends a message to the rest of the group.

Eastfield Lodge 245/3 (33.5 overs)
Serriel 241/6 (50 overs)
@ The Bastion Dover Cricket Ground, Dover
Eastfield Lodge won the toss and elected to field

Batsman			       Dismissal	Runs	Balls	S/R	4s	6s
Player 1		    b Madi-Zaidi	48	63	76.19	1	1
Player 2	lbw	 b Khalil-Farran	49	74	66.22	2	0
Player 3	lbw	        b Sayman	8	12	66.67	0	0
Player 4	c Forbes	b Hollis	21	29	72.41	1	0
Player 5			 not out	53	67	79.10	2	1
Player 6		run out (Forbes)	31	28	110.71	2	1
Player 7	c Madi-Zaidi	b Hirsch	18	16	112.50	1	1
Player 8			 not out	5	11	45.45	0	0
Player 9		     did not bat	-	-
Player 10		     did not bat	-	-
Player 11		     did not bat	-	-
Extras			   6wd, 1nb, 1lb	8
				   Score	241/6 (50 overs)

Bowler		O	M	R	Econ	W
L Madi-Zaidi	10	0	48	4.80	1
R Hollis	9	0	46	5.11	1
N Hirsch	10	1	43	4.30	1
R Sayman	10	0	45	4.50	1
D Khalil-Farran	9	0	47	5.22	1
M Waldron	2	0	11	5.50	0

FOW: 94-1, 108-2, 111-3, 150-4, 200-5, 226-6
Batsman				  Dismissal	Runs	Balls	S/R	4s	6s
AM Samsurov	 c Player 3	 b Player 9	71	67	105.97	3	1
W Leblanc	 c Player 4	b Player 11	93	75	124.00	4	3
C Bahri		 c Player 10	 b Player 8	21	23	91.30	3	0
F Akhtar			    not out	27	27	100.00	2	1
K Forbes			    not out	15	11	136.36	0	1
D Khalil-Farran 		did not bat	-	-
M Waldron			did not bat	-	-
N Hirsch			did not bat	-	-
L Madi-Zaidi			did not bat	-	-
R Hollis			did not bat	-	-
R Sayman			did not bat	-	-
Extras			      10wd, 4nb, 4b	18
				      Score	245/3 (33.5 overs)

Bowler		O	M	R	Econ	W
Player 11	7.5	0	51	6.51	1
Player 9	7	0	43	6.14	1
Player 10	5	0	41	8.20	0
Player 8	7	0	46	6.57	1
Player 7	4	0	34	8.50	0
Player 5	3	0	26	8.67	0

FOW: 159/1, 193/2, 210/3


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