Cricket - GCF World Test Challenge 13 (everything)

by **Sylestone** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:05 am

Sylestone 1st Innings
Batter                                                R   B  4s  6s   SR
L Tiati (c) (+)    c Dumfries (+) b Hozhe            47  78   4   0   60.26
C Freehill         c Horzhonzille b Hinckley         13  17   2   0   76.47
P Shotenham        c Crawford b Hinckley            114 232   7   0   49.14
J Appleby          c Moz b Qaraq                     15  44   1   0   34.09
B Eastwood         lbw b Qaraq                        2   4   0   0   50
J Martin           c Drezhen b Qaraq                  7  15   0   0   46.67
S Asaskia          c Zaddam b Moz                    54  56   4   3   96.43
A Homburg          c Crawford b Hozhe                32  33   6   0   96.97
B Hall             not out                           11  43   1   0   25.58
S Scron            b Hinckley                         0   2   0   0    
K Sonnel           c Dumfries (+) b Horzhonzille      3   6   0   0   50
       EXTRAS      (4 lb, 1 wd)                       5
       TOTAL       all out                          303   (88.2 ov; 3.43 RPO)
                 

FOW: 1-18 (C Freehill, 5.2 overs); 2-78 (L Tiati (c) (+), 24.1 overs); 3-117 (J Appleby, 39.5 overs); 
     4-121 (B Eastwood, 41.3 overs); 5-142 (J Martin, 47.5 overs); 6-233 (S Asaskia, 64.1 overs); 
     7-285 (A Homburg, 75.5 overs); 8-296 (P Shotenham, 85.3 overs); 9-296 (S Scron, 85.5 overs); 
     10-303 (K Sonnel, 88.2 overs)

Lozho Bowling
Bowler                Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
Moz                   15   1  65  1   4.33  
G Hinckley            19   4  55  3   2.89  
F Horzhonzille      12.2   3  32  1   2.59  (1 wd)
G Hozhe               18   2  76  2   4.22  
Z Qaraq               24   5  71  3   2.96  

Lozho 1st Innings
Batter                                                R   B  4s  6s   SR
T Crawford         c Shotenham b Scron               64  92   7   1   69.57
Z Zohnzohn         b Hall                            11  37   1   0   29.73
R Zrumhammer       c Appleby b Hall                  89 123   7   2   72.36
A Drezhen (c)      c Tiati (+) b Hall                50  87   5   0   57.47
Z Zaddam           lbw b Hall                         5  12   0   0   41.67
F Horzhonzille     c Eastwood b Asaskia              34  46   4   0   73.91
Y Dumfries (+)     c&b Hall                           6   7   1   0   85.71
G Hozhe            c Sonnel b Asaskia                20  17   2   1  117.65
Z Qaraq            lbw b Sonnel                      23  53   2   0   43.4
G Hinckley         b Scron                            7  10   0   1   70
Moz                not out                           13  36   1   0   36.11
       EXTRAS      (5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)                 10
       TOTAL       all out                          332   (86.2 ov; 3.85 RPO)
                 

FOW: 1-43 (Z Zohnzohn, 13.6 overs); 2-115 (T Crawford, 29.5 overs); 3-210 (R Zrumhammer, 53.2 overs); 
     4-222 (Z Zaddam, 57.4 overs); 5-225 (A Drezhen (c), 59.4 overs); 6-235 (Y Dumfries (+), 61.1 overs); 
     7-267 (G Hozhe, 66.3 overs); 8-297 (F Horzhonzille, 72.2 overs); 9-309 (G Hinckley, 75.1 overs); 
     10-332 (Z Qaraq, 86.2 overs)

Sylestone Bowling
Bowler                Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
S Scron             18.2   3  65  2   3.55  
A Homburg             12   1  52  0   4.33  
B Hall                26   3  85  5   3.27  
S Asaskia             14   1  56  2      4  (2 nb)
K Sonnel              16   2  59  1   3.69  

Sylestone 2nd Innings
Batter                                                R   B  4s  6s   SR
L Tiati (c) (+)    lbw b Moz                          8  23   0   0   34.78
C Freehill         c Dumfries (+) b Moz               0   2   0   0    
P Shotenham        b Hinckley                        56 103   6   0   54.37
J Appleby          lbw b Hozhe                       28  67   3   0   41.79
B Eastwood         not out                          210 283  24   2   74.2
J Martin           c Horzhonzille b Moz              29  54   4   0   53.7
S Asaskia          st Dumfries (+) b Qaraq           39  48   5   0   81.25
A Homburg          c Drezhen b Qaraq                 24  70   1   0   34.29
B Hall             b Qaraq                            5  19   0   0   26.32
S Scron            b Moz                             11  14   1   1   78.57
K Sonnel           run out (Hozhe)                    0   2   0   0    
       EXTRAS      (1 b, 4 lb, 8 wd, 1 nb)           14
       TOTAL       all out                          424   (114 ov; 3.72 RPO)
                 

FOW: 1-3 (C Freehill, 0.5 overs); 2-14 (L Tiati (c) (+), 6.3 overs); 3-73 (J Appleby, 27.2 overs); 
     4-117 (P Shotenham, 38.6 overs); 5-167 (J Martin, 55.1 overs); 6-254 (S Asaskia, 73.2 overs); 
     7-322 (A Homburg, 95.1 overs); 8-357 (B Hall, 103.5 overs); 9-398 (S Scron, 110.5 overs); 
     10-424 (K Sonnel, 113.6 overs)

Lozho Bowling
Bowler                Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
Moz                   25   3  81  4   3.24  
G Hinckley            18   1  93  1   5.17  (6 wd)
F Horzhonzille        15   3  48  0    3.2  (1 nb, 1 wd)
Z Qaraq               33   5 128  3   3.88  
G Hozhe               23   5  69  1      3  (1 wd)

Lozho 2nd Innings   (Target: 396)
Batter                                                R   B  4s  6s   SR
T Crawford         c Freehill b Scron               114  95  15   3  120
Z Zohnzohn         lbw b Homburg                      6  18   1   0   33.33
R Zrumhammer       c Tiati (+) b Asaskia             23  40   3   0   57.5
A Drezhen (c)      run out (Homburg, Sonnel)         57  85   8   0   67.06
Z Zaddam           b Hall                            15  37   2   0   40.54
F Horzhonzille     c Freehill b Hall                  0   5   0   0    
Y Dumfries (+)     b Scron                           28  60   2   1   46.67
G Hozhe            c Appleby b Sonnel                33  34   1   3   97.06
Z Qaraq            c Asaskia b Sonnel                 0  14   0   0    
G Hinckley         c Appleby b Sonnel                10  13   2   0   76.92
Moz                not out                            1  11   0   0    9.09
       EXTRAS      (2 b, 10 lb, 1 wd)                13
        TOTAL      all out                          300   (68.4 ov; 4.37 RPO)
                 

FOW: 1-26 (Z Zohnzohn, 5.1 overs); 2-90 (R Zrumhammer, 18.4 overs); 3-174 (T Crawford, 33.5 overs); 
     4-230 (Z Zaddam, 44.1 overs); 5-230 (F Horzhonzille, 44.6 overs); 6-236 (A Drezhen (c), 47.6 overs); 
     7-288 (G Hozhe, 60.3 overs); 8-289 (Z Qaraq, 64.2 overs); 9-293 (Y Dumfries (+), 65.3 overs); 
     10-300 (G Hinckley, 68.4 overs)

Sylestone Bowling
Bowler                Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
S Scron               16   2  58  2   3.63  (1 wd)
A Homburg              9   0  65  1   7.22  
B Hall                14   1  54  2   3.86  
K Sonnel            17.4   3  54  3   3.06  
S Asaskia             12   0  57  1   4.75  


Venue: Lozho's Electric Cars and Liuthium Batteries Corporation Cricket Ground, Pezan, Lozho
Match number: GCF Test 924
Toss: Sylestone won the toss and elected to bat
Season/Tournament: GCF World Test Challenge XIII
Matchdays: Matchweek Seven
Player of the Match: Brianna Eastwood (SYL)
Series result: Sylestone lead series 1-0
Debut: Literally Everyone (LZH)
Umpires: Unknown
TV Umpire: Unknown
Reserve Umpire: Unknown
Match Referee: Unknown
Match Result: Sylestone win by 95 runs

Second Test XI vs Lozho @ The MegaOval, Ghezhan, Lozho

1. Luke Tiati (c) (+)
2. Alyssa Fihelly
3. Patrick Shotenham
4. Jonah Appleby
5. Brianna Eastwood
6. Jack Martin
7. Samuel Asaskia
8. Amber Homburg
9. Broughton Hall
10. Samuel Scron
11. Kate Sonnel

by **Ko-oren** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:26 am

The Fifth Polaris Trophy has started. The trophy, almost exclusively fought out in the domain of Test cricket given the preferences of our adversaries, started out in our first season of Tests (season 9) where the Greenblues immediately kept the trophy home, for safekeeping in the Board's main office next to Southbight Ground in Ansonville. In the second edition, the brave Dragonflies travelled to the Plough Islands to eke out three draws and a loss as the trophy stayed behind in Sutton. With host countries alternating, the next edition was Marsden & co's opportunity to keep the trophy here, but with a shortened series of just two matches and a loss and a win, the Plough Islanders became the first team to retain the trophy, and to draw or win a series abroad. For the Ko-orenites, a revenge story was born. It wasn't just about the Test season in its entirety anymore - the Polaris Trophy had gotten meaning all of a sudden.

The fourth edition saw our Dragonflies play three Tests to close out the season on the Plough Islands, the first (and only) away Tests we played that season after hosting Bollonich, Darmen, Krytenia, and the Grearish Union who all insisted on touring Ko-oren. We didn't complain, as with the home advantage we could stack our chances of making the final, but that final series loomed over the course of the entire season. Three matches. The first: a Ko-orenite win. The second? Also a Ko-orenite win. Regardless of the outcome of the final match, the trophy was ours again as suddenly neither team could defend it at home.

That brings us to season five. In a season with only away Tests for us (touring Darmen, Krytenia, and Sylestone) and the only home matches being those of the Polaris Trophy, let's see if the added home support - because what other matches are fans going to see - can inspire us to keep the trophy home. We play in the Greencaster Oval first, then Ruby Hills, and lastly the Leewardia Oval: huge dimensions in the first, summery conditions in Burnet's stadium second, and the altitude and relative dryness of the third will provide fun, varied conditions for all.

Entering the second match of the Polaris Trophy, Ko-oren are sitting seventh in the standings this season, behind a Baggieland team that has refused to lose so far in the four matches they played, along with a TJUN-ia and Darmen team who won four of their Tests (out of 6 and 7 respectively). The other three are the Quebecois who skillfully avoided losses in favour of draws, Krytenians who - hang on, how are they that high up - and Gruenberg. The 2-wicket win over the Ploughian Foxes lifted us out of dreary mid-table and put us along with the other contenders, but if we really want to make something of this season aside from a Trophy defence, we'll need to win the other two as well. As per usual, we're not exactly dominant in first innings leads and with no wins by an innings (or 10 wickets) either, we're held back in the standings a bit, but as far as the multi-year ratings go, our decent win percentage propels us to second place - even if our mediocre bonus points off first innings leads should still have hindered us there. Basically, you have to win more than you lose and you're generally going to end up high in both tables, as with the number of draws (about that, is it me or have we not seen many draws this season?) your rivals will inevitably mess up here and there.

The individual winners and losers of this Ko-orenite team:
Winner: Treloar. The Leeshirian opener made himself the obvious number one on the batting order sheet, and has avoided early slip-ups to give critics the chance to prefer Lyness and Twaddle over him. Twaddle's focus on limited overs has opened up the Test spot anyway. With excellent numbers and the odd bowling over here and there, he's going to be here for a while.

Loser: Quelch. The Willowburnian batsman is the anchor on a dubious set of middle-order batsmen, but so far, as soon as Treloar, Lyness, and/or White are gone, Quelch hasn't done his job too well. His role often ends up with Trevorrow or Maitland, who have shown a lot more batting-wise than him. He's good enough when he's in a precarious position, but he loses focus on simple matters too often. Defend when they're aiming for the stumps, dude!

Winner: Marsden. Was he washed up and no longer involved in making critical on-field calls to win matches? Nope, he got stuck in, took Enright under his wing, eased yEdenw into the lineup every so often, and found the right tone with his teammates to survive critical overs against Darmen and Krytenia. Thirty-seven years old and still going. It'll be difficult to follow up this legend of the game.

Loser: Silverleigh. On the U23 group, he was supposed to get a chance somewhere, but half the season is gone, a handful of matches remain that are vital for our chances at a final, so it's not likely that the youngster will play at all yet. Despite tearing up the domestic first class league. By extension, this is a way to name all U23 players under the 'Losers' paragraph, as they weren't allowed to get involved nearly as much as expected with the way our team is aging. The thirty-somethings are still dominant, and Silverleigh, Armfellow, and Wakin all have yet to face, or bowl, a single ball. Sure, they'll need more experience first and the competitive six-team domestic competition is a fantastic place to do it, but there's that little extra to internationals.

Winner: Dherengun. He's become the standard third batsman on the XI, and with Quelch going in and out of the lineup, he's starting to play more innings than he sits out.

XI for match 2 v Plough Islands:
Treloar, Lyness, White, Dherengun, Welsh, Wheelwright, Maitland, Marsden, Enright, Fox, yLellmedd

We're going all in on pace bowling in Burnet with Maitland, Marsden, and Fox. yLellmedd is a security blanket, and Enright will probably make most teams barring injury from here on out anyway. In the batting department, White is good enough as a backup opener, with Dherengun and Welsh providing support - both are capable of getting some very long innings. If needed, Wheelwright and Maitland can pair up with the tail end if Welsh (or Dherengun) can't.

by **The Plough Islands** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:00 am

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR SEC'D TEST AGAINST  KO-OREN

      PLAYER            BAT   BOW
II    Postukhov         RHB      
AC    Leggett           RHB   RLB
SLC   Weaver            RHB   RLB
ADM   Tyrie             RHB   RLB
KCT   Laing (c)         RHB   RMD
OD    Fedorov           LHB      
TM    Bleasdale (w)     RHB      
SH    Wilson            RHB   ROB
A     Baxter            RHB   RFS
NA    Salisbury         LHB   SLA
TSF   Gibbs             RHB   RLB

by **Liventia** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 2:36 am

Matchweek 8

GCF Test 929
Match Report: Sylestone in Lozho
Lozho bat first
Lozho 357 (100.3 overs), 307 (91.3 overs)
Sylestone 305 (96.5 overs), 298/9 (99.3 overs)
Drawn

GCF Test 930
Match Report: The Plough Islands in Ko-oren
Ko-oren bat first
Ko-oren 152 (48.4 overs), 316 (99.3 overs)
The Plough Islands 307 (77.4 overs), 163/6 (42.2 overs)
The Plough Islands win by 4 wickets

GCF Test 931
Match Report: Eastfield Lodge in Gruenberg
Gruenberg bat first
Gruenberg 503 (140.3 overs), 38/3 (12.5 overs)
Eastfield Lodge 131 (41.0 overs), 409 (134.1 overs) f/o
Gruenberg win by 7 wickets

GCF Test 932
Match Report: Krytenia in Milchama
Milchama bat first
Milchama 518 (131.3 overs)
Krytenia 269 (84.0 overs), 152 (47.3 overs) f/o
Milchama win by an innings and 97 runs

GCF Test 933
Match Report: Quebec and Shingoryeo in Baggieland
Baggieland bat first
Baggieland 356 (99.1 overs), 273 (108.4 overs)
Quebec and Shingoryeo 349 (132.3 overs), 285/6 (83.5 overs)
Quebec and Shingoryeo win by 4 wickets

GCF Test 934
Match Report: TJUN-ia in Liventia
Liventia bat first
Liventia 470 (133.0 overs), 218 (63.3 overs)
TJUN-ia 389 (92.3 overs), 279 (80.0 overs)
TJUN-ia lose by 20 runs

League standings

                         Pl  W  L  D  T  Ld  Lv  Pts BP  Avg
Darmen			  7  4  2  1  0   5   0   89  1 13.7
Quebec and Shingoryeo	  7  4  1  2  0   4   0   90  0 12.9
Gruenberg		  7  4  1  2  0   3   1   88  0 12.6
The Plough Islands	  6  3  2  1  0   4   0   69  1 12.5
Milchama		  8  3  3  2  0   5   2   82  2 12.3
Liventia		  8  4  2  2  0   4   0   90  0 11.3
TJUN-ia			  7  4  3  0  0   1   0   68  1 10.7
Krytenia		  6  3  3  0  0   2   1   58  1 10.7
Baggieland		  5  2  1  2  0   2   0   50  0 10.0
Elmyia			  4  2  2  0  0   2   0   40  0 10.0
Ko-oren			  6  3  3  0  0   2   0   56  0  9.3
Sajnur			  3  1  2  0  0   3   0   28  0  9.3
Sylestone		  8  3  4  1  0   2   0   61  0  7.6
Sharktail		  2  0  0  2  0   1   0   14  0  7.0
Lozho			  2  0  1  1  0   2   0   13  0  6.5
Eastfield Lodge		  7  1  3  3  0   3   0   43  0  6.1
StrayaRoos		  3  0  2  1  0   2   0   13  0  4.3
Eura			  2  0  2  0  0   1   0    4  0  2.0
Pratapgadh		  4  0  4  0  0   1   0    4  0  1.0

GCF Test Ratings
Unchanged from MW7

Full Members                       Score  Pts/MP  Adjusted
 1 Gruenberg                     FM  123 (3201/26)  111.56
 2 Ko-oren			 FM  122 (4773/39)  111.19
 3 Liventia			 FM  115 (4629/40)  107.86
 4 Darmen			 FM  114 (5053/44)  107.42
 5 The Plough Islands		 FM  104 (3252/31)  102.45
 6 Milchama                      FM   98 (2065/21)   99.17
 7 TJUN-ia                       FM   97 (1760/18)   98.89
 8 Eura			         FM   97 (1951/20)   98.78
 9 Krytenia			 FM   93 (2148/23)   96.70
10 Sylestone			 FM   81 (2285/28)   90.80
11 Sajnur			 FM   76 (1995/26)   88.37
12 Quebec and Shingoryeo         FM   58 (647/11)    79.41
13 Pratapgadh		         FM   58 (1397/24)   79.10
14 Eastfield Lodge	         FM   48 (1166/24)   74.29

Associate Members
 1 Baggieland                    AS   94 (662/7)    102.00

Affiliate Members
 1 Elmyia			 AF   67 (402/6)     89.00
 2 Sharktail                     AF   54 (489/9)     83.00
 3 StrayaRoos                    AF   47 (334/7)     79.00

Inactive Members/CTE
 1 The Grearish Union	      IN/FM  119 (2513/21)  109.83
 2 Teusland		      IN/FM  112 (2478/22)  106.32
 3 Uncertainty		      CE/FM  111 (1443/13)  105.50
 4 The Licentian Isles	      IN/FM   98 (1080/11)   99.09
 5 Jeckland		      CE/FM   85 (856/10)    92.80
 6 Lisander		      IN/FM   80 (1689/21)   90.21
 7 Ethane		      IN/FM   75 (1205/16)   87.66
 8 Brookstation               IN/FM   59 (597/10)    79.85
 9 Bollonich                  IN/FM   57 (803/14)    78.68
10 New Lunenburg	      CE/AS  136 (816/6)    113.00
11 Apox			      IN/AS  101 (711/7)     96.00
12 Barunia                    IN/AS   82 (740/9)     97.00
13 Elejamie		      IN/AS   77 (465/6)     94.00
14 Damukuni                   IN/AF  148 (1783/12)  119.00
15 Busoga Islands	      IN/AF  111 (890/8)    100.00
16 The Sherpa Empire          IN/AF   94 (282/3)    102.00
17 Northwest Kalactin	      IN/AF   82 (741/9)     97.00
18 Britland                   IN/AF   70 (210/3)     90.00
19 Kiltoch                    CE/AF   51 (153/3)     81.00
20 Garbelia                   IN/AF   33 (200/6)     72.00
21 The Sarian                 CE/AF   38 (230/6)     75.00

by **Baggieland** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 2:49 am

by **Sylestone** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 5:19 am

Lozho 1st Innings
Batter                                                R   B  4s  6s   SR
T Crawford         c Tiati (+) b Homburg             42  42   8   0  100
Z Zohnzohn         b Scron                            3  22   0   0   13.64
R Zrumhammer       st Tiati (+) b Sonnel            145 197  16   2   73.6
A Drezhen (c)      c Shotenham b Asaskia              1   8   0   0   12.5
Z Zaddam           c&b Martin                        61 127   9   0   48.03
F Horzhonzille     b Sonnel                          26  41   4   0   63.41
Y Dumfries (+)     lbw b Sonnel                      10  28   1   0   35.71
G Hozhe            c Tiati (+) b Sonnel              17  65   1   0   26.15
Z Qaraq            b Scron                            8   9   2   0   88.89
G Hinckley         not out                           23  56   1   1   41.07
Moz                c Hall b Sonnel                    6  10   1   0   60
       EXTRAS      (6 lb, 7 wd, 2 nb)                15
       TOTAL       all out                          357   (100.3 ov; 3.55 RPO)
                 

FOW: 1-38 (Z Zohnzohn, 8.5 overs); 2-49 (T Crawford, 11.6 overs); 3-55 (A Drezhen (c), 14.2 overs); 
     4-232 (Z Zaddam, 59.5 overs); 5-283 (F Horzhonzille, 71.3 overs); 6-290 (R Zrumhammer, 75.1 overs); 
     7-299 (Y Dumfries (+), 79.2 overs); 8-310 (Z Qaraq, 82.4 overs); 9-347 (G Hozhe, 96.2 overs); 
     10-357 (Moz, 100.3 overs)

Sylestone Bowling
Bowler                Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
S Scron               17   3  57  2   3.35  (1 wd)
A Homburg             16   2  62  1   3.88  (5 wd)
S Asaskia             16   1  69  1   4.31  (2 nb, 1 wd)
B Hall                18   2  56  0   3.11  
K Sonnel            27.3   4  90  5   3.27  
J Martin               6   0  17  1   2.83  

Sylestone 1st Innings
Batter                                                R   B  4s  6s   SR
L Tiati (c) (+)    c Horzhonzille b Hozhe            52  88   7   0   59.09
A Fihelly          c Drezhen b Horzhonzille          24  65   2   0   36.92
P Shotenham        c Dumfries (+) b Moz               8  35   1   0   22.86
J Appleby          c Dumfries (+) b Horzhonzille     85 183  10   0   46.45
B Eastwood         c Dumfries (+) b Hinckley          5   6   1   0   83.33
J Martin           lbw b Horzhonzille                33  52   5   0   63.46
S Asaskia          lbw b Horzhonzille                15  17   3   0   88.24
A Homburg          run out (Crawford, Qaraq)         45  73   7   0   61.64
B Hall             not out                           23  45   3   0   51.11
S Scron            c Dumfries (+) b Horzhonzille      0   5   0   0    
K Sonnel           c Moz b Horzhonzille               1  12   0   0    8.33
       EXTRAS      (10 b, 2 lb, 2 wd)                14
       TOTAL       all out                          305   (96.5 ov; 3.15 RPO)
                 

FOW: 1-83 (A Fihelly, 23.6 overs); 2-93 (L Tiati (c) (+), 28.3 overs); 3-98 (P Shotenham, 33.4 overs); 
     4-109 (B Eastwood, 36.1 overs); 5-155 (J Martin, 51.3 overs); 6-197 (S Asaskia, 57.4 overs); 
     7-273 (A Homburg, 79.3 overs); 8-293 (J Appleby, 90.3 overs); 9-297 (S Scron, 92.2 overs); 
     10-305 (K Sonnel, 96.5 overs)

Lozho Bowling
Bowler                Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
Moz                   21   5  62  1   2.95  (1 wd)
G Hinckley            18   3  54  1      3  
Z Qaraq               15   0  72  0    4.8  (1 wd)
F Horzhonzille      15.5   3  42  5   2.65  
G Hozhe               27   7  63  2   2.33  

Lozho 2nd Innings
Batter                                                R   B  4s  6s   SR
T Crawford         c Martin b Homburg                21  14   2   2  150
Z Zohnzohn         lbw b Asaskia                    107 254   8   0   42.13
R Zrumhammer       c bTiati (+) b Scron               5  17   0   0   29.41
A Drezhen (c)      c Appleby b Hall                  14  25   2   0   56
Z Zaddam           lbw b Homburg                     54  68   7   1   79.41
F Horzhonzille     c Homburg b Asaskia               23  57   1   0   40.35
Y Dumfries (+)     b Sonnel                          35  72   6   0   48.61
G Hozhe            c Shotenham b Homburg             10  16   0   0   62.5
Z Qaraq            c Tiati (+) b Scron               24  22   5   0  109.09
G Hinckley         b Asaskia                          1   3   0   0   33.33
Moz                not out                            0   1   0   0    
       EXTRAS      (6 b, 6 lb, 1 wd)                 13
       TOTAL       all out                          307   (91.3 ov; 3.36 RPO)
                 

FOW: 1-23 (T Crawford, 3.1 overs); 2-29 (R Zrumhammer, 8.1 overs); 3-53 (A Drezhen (c), 17.4 overs); 
     4-134 (Z Zaddam, 37.4 overs); 5-188 (F Horzhonzille, 56.2 overs); 6-239 (Y Dumfries (+), 76.1 overs); 
     7-253 (G Hozhe, 80.2 overs); 8-288 (Z Qaraq, 87.3 overs); 9-303 (G Hinckley, 90.5 overs); 
     10-307 (Z Zohnzohn, 91.3 overs)

Sylestone Bowling
Bowler                Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
S Scron               17   6  39  2   2.29  
A Homburg             17   3  71  3   4.18  (1 wd)
S Asaskia           21.3   4  57  3   2.65  
K Sonnel              16   0  69  1   4.31  
B Hall                20   3  59  1   2.95  

Sylestone 2nd Innings   (Target: 360)
Batter                                                R   B  4s  6s   SR
L Tiati (c) (+)    c Hozhe b Hinckley                11  34   0   0   32.35
A Fihelly          c Dumfries (+) b Hinckley          0   4   0   0    
P Shotenham        c Dumfries (+) b Qaraq            49  82   7   0   59.76
J Appleby          lbw b Hozhe                        9  16   2   0   56.25
B Eastwood         not out                           88 234   6   0   37.61
J Martin           b Hinckley                        36  41   5   1   87.8
S Asaskia          lbw b Horzhonzille                60  87  10   0   68.97
A Homburg          c Zrumhammer b Qaraq               5  11   0   0   45.45
B Hall             c Drezhen b Horzhonzille          10  30   1   0   33.33
S Scron            c Dumfries (+) b Horzhonzille     17  54   3   0   31.48
K Sonnel           not out                            2   6   0   0   33.33
       EXTRAS      (4 b, 3 lb, 2 wd, 2 nb)           11
        TOTAL      for 9 wickets                    298   (99.3 ov; 2.99 RPO)
                 

FOW: 1-2 (A Fihelly, 1.4 overs); 2-23 (L Tiati (c) (+), 9.3 overs); 3-41 (J Appleby, 15.4 overs); 
     4-83 (P Shotenham, 26.2 overs); 5-138 (J Martin, 37.3 overs); 6-219 (S Asaskia, 62.5 overs); 
     7-233 (A Homburg, 67.1 overs); 8-258 (B Hall, 76.1 overs); 9-289 (S Scron, 94.6 overs)

Lozho Bowling
Bowler                Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
Moz                   11   2  32  0   2.91  
G Hinckley            24   5  72  3      3  (1 nb, 1 wd)
F Horzhonzille        25   9  48  3   1.92  (1 wd)
G Hozhe             18.3   1  73  1   3.95  (1 nb)
Z Qaraq               21   4  66  2   3.14  


Venue: The MegaOval, Ghezhan, Lozho
Match number: GCF Test 929
Toss: Lozho won the toss and elected to bat
Season/Tournament: GCF World Test Challenge XIII
Matchdays: Matchweek Eight
Player of the Match: Brianna Eastwood (SYL)
Series result: Sylestone lead series 1-0
Debut: 
Umpires: Unknown
TV Umpire: Unknown
Reserve Umpire: Unknown
Match Referee: Unknown
Match Result: Match Drawn

Third Test XI vs Lozho @ Jamborzhini Cricket Ground, Kozhingahm, Lozho

1. Luke Tiati (c) (+)
2. Alyssa Fihelly
3. Patrick Shotenham
4. Jonah Appleby
5. Brianna Eastwood
6. Samuel Asaskia
7. Amber Homburg
8. Juan de Polo
9. Broughton Hall
10. Samuel Scron
11. Kate Sonnel

by **Gruenberg** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:40 am

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

Gruenberg 503 all out (140.3 overs)
                                                       R    B   4/6
CRFQ Hmnff                           lbw b Bowler #2   1  (12)  -/-
VBPU Skkrrrtltwibe           c short leg b Bowler #1   2   (8)  -/-
!                            c slip      b Bowler #4  46  (64)  7/-
EME Broimbles*                           b Bowler #4 108 (215) 14/1
VXK Drak                     run out (Bowler #3)      37  (73)  4/-
GPT Gurglesaxx                       lbw b Bowler #1  12  (30)  1/-
YQB Contemnible+                     lbw b Bowler #4 100 (160)  9/-
BPGV Grovan                          lbw b Bowler #1  15  (49)  2/-
UFKNWOTM8 Qari                           b Bowler #5 145 (194) 14/2
JSP Saduqa                           lbw b Bowler #5  17  (29)  -/-
QD Skejjibox             NOT OUT                       1   (9)  -/-
EXTRAS (2b, 8lb, 9wb)                                 19

FoW: 1: 6 (Hmnff, 3.1 overs); 2: 14 (Skkrrrtltwibe, 4.1 overs); 3: 103 (!, 23.1 overs); 4: 184 (Drak, 52.5 overs); 5: 211 (Gurglesaxx, 61.5 overs); 6: 236 (Broimbles, 69.5 overs); 7: 273 (Grovan, 84.6 overs); 8: 435 (Contemnible, 125.6 overs); 9: 478 (Saquba, 136.3 overs); 10: 503 (Qari, 140.3 overs)

            O    M    R    W
Bowler #1  24    2  104    3
Bowler #2  21    2   83    1
Bowler #3  16    3   57    0
Bowler #4  40    3   49    3
Bowler #5  35.5  2  104    2
Bowler #6   1    0    2    0
Bowler #7   3    0   12    0

Eastfield Lodge 131 all out (41 overs)
                                                       R    B   4/6
Batter #1  c Contemnible+ b Qari                      69 (112)  6/1
Batter #2  c Contemnible+ b Saduqa                     3  (10)  -/-
Batter #3             lbw b Saduqa                     1   (8)  -/-
Batter #4  c Contemnible+ b Skejjibox                  9  (23)  1/-
Batter #5  c Contemnible+ b Qari                      10  (21)  2/-
Batter #6  c Contemnible+ b Skejjibox                  2  (10)  -/-
Batter #7  c Contemnible+ b Saduqa                    12  (29)  1/-
Batter #8             lbw b Saduqa                     0   (3)  -/-
Batter #9  c Hmnff        b Skejjibox                 13  (24)  2/-
Batter #10 c Contemnible+ b Grovan                     5   (7)  1/-
Batter #11 NOT OUT                                     0   (1)  -/-
EXTRAS (2lb, 5nb)                                      7

FoW: 1: 8 (Batter #2, 3.3 overs); 2: 11 (Batter #3, 5.2 overs); 3: 38 (Batter #4, 12.2 overs); 4: 55 (Batter #5, 17.6 overs); 5: 64 (Batter #6, 22.4 overs); 6: 90 (Batter #7, 29.5 overs); 7: 90 (Batter #8, 31.2 overs); 8: 127 (Batter #9, 38.1 overs); 9: 131 (Batter #10, 39.5 overs); 10: 131 (Batter #1, 40.6 overs)

                           O    M    R    W
Grovan                     9    1   36    1
Saduqa                    11    3   37    4
Skejjibox                  9    2   14    3
Qari                      12    3   42    2

Eastfield Lodge (f/o) 409 all out (134.1 overs)
                                                       R    B   4/6
Batter #1  c Contemnible+ b Saduqa                    23  (35)  5/-
Batter #2             lbw b Skejjibox                 65  (93) 10/1
Batter #3  c Contemnible+ b Skejjibox                 22  (58)  2/-
Batter #4             lbw b Saduqa                    42 (134)  5/-
Batter #5             lbw b Drak                     115 (193) 14/1
Batter #6  c Hmnff        b Grovan                    60 (117)  9/-
Batter #7  c Saduqa       b Qari                      41  (84)  7/-
Batter #8  c Hmnff        b Qari                      13  (49)  1/-
Batter #9  NOT OUT                                    12  (25)  2/-
Batter #10 c Contemnible+ b Qari                       0   (1)  -/-
Batter #11 c Hmnff        b Qari                       7  (19)  1/-
EXTRAS (6lb, 3nb)                                      9

FoW: 1: 37 (Batter #1, 9.2 overs); 2: 102 (Batter #3, 30.2 overs); 3: 111 (Batter #2, 32.3 overs); 4: 223 (Eastfield Lodge, 73.3 overs); 5: 332 (Batter #5, 99.1 overs); 6: 349 (Batter #6, 111.5 overs); 7: 389 (Batter #7, 126.1 overs); 8: 390 (Batter #8, 126.6 overs); 9: 390 (Batter #10, 128.1 overs); 10: 409 (Batter #11, 134.1 overs)

                           O    M    R    W
Grovan                    24    5   61    1
Saduqa                    29   11   59    2
Skejjibox                 41    5  144    2
Qari                      29.1  3  127    4
Drak                      11    6   12    1

Gruenberg 38-3 (12.5 overs)
                                                  R    B   4/6
CRFQ Hmnff                      lbw b Bowler #1   0   (1)  -/-
VBPU Skkrrrtltwibe c wicket-keeper+ b Bowler #2   3  (11)  -/-
!                  NOT OUT                       11  (28)  1/-
EME Broimbles*     c wicket-keeper+ b Bowler #1   0   (4)  -/-
VXK Drak           NOT OUT                       24  (33)  3/-
Did not bat: GPT Gurglesaxx, YQB Contemnible+, BPGV Grovan, UFKNWOTM8 Qari, JSP Saduqa, QD Skejjibox
EXTRAS                                            0

FoW: 1: 0 (Hmnff, 0.1 overs); 2: 6 (Skkrrrtltwibe, 3.4 overs); 2: 7 (Broimbles, 4.3 overs)

            O    M    R    W
Bowler #1   5.5  1   17    2
Bowler #2   6    3   10    1
Bowler #3   1    0   11    0

Day 1
3rd wicket: 50 in 46 balls (! 27, Broimbles 25)
Lunch: Gruenberg 103-2, 23 overs (! 46, Broimbles 46)
EME Broimbles: 50 in 72 balls, 9x4 (Gruenberg 114-3)
4th wicket: 50 in 107 balls (Broimbles 35, Drak 14)
Tea: Gruenberg 166-3, 46 overs (Broimbles 86, Drak 22)
EME Broimbles: 100 in 190 balls, 13x4 1x6 (Gruenberg 215-5)
New ball taken at 80.0 overs: Gruenberg 266-6 (Contemnible 34, Grovan 11)
Close of play: Gruenberg 273-7, 85 overs (Contemnible 36)
Day 2
YQB Contemnible: 50 in 77 balls, 6x4 (Gruenberg 312-7)
8th wicket: 50 in 70 balls (Qari 31, Contemnible 20)
UFKNWOTM8 Qari: 50 in 77 balls, 6x4 (Gruenberg 375-7)
8th wicket: 100 in 145 balls (Qari 53, Contemnible 48)
Lunch: Gruenberg 401-7, 114 overs (Contemnible 89, Qari 73)
8th wicket: 150 in 198 balls (Qari 88, Contemnible 60)
YQB Contemnible: 100 in 158 balls, 9x4 (Gruenberg 434-7)
UFKNWOTM8 Qari: 100 in 151 balls, 11x4 (Gruenberg 441-8)
Tea: Gruenberg 469-8, 135 overs (Qari 113, Saquba 16)
Batter #1: 50 in 92 balls, 4x4 1x6 (Eastfield Lodge 111-7)
Close of play: Eastfield Lodge 127-8, 38.1 overs (Batter #1 69)
Day 3
Lunch: Eastfield Lodge 86-1, 23 overs (Batter #2 47, Batter #3 15)
Batter #2: 50 in 67 balls, 8x4 1x6 (Eastfield Lodge 90-1)
2nd wicket: 50 in 84 balls (Batter #2 38, Batter #3 15)
4th wicket: 50 in 101 balls (Batter #5 34, Batter #4 17)
Tea: Eastfield Lodge 168-3, 50 overs (Batter #5 34, Batter #4 17)
Batter #5: 50 in 111 balls, 6x4 1x6 (Eastfield Lodge 207-3)
4th wicket: 100 in 224 balls (Batter #5 55, Batter #4 41)
New ball taken at 80.2 overs: Eastfield Lodge 258-4 (Batter #5 82, Batter #6 17)
Close of play: Eastfield Lodge 258-4, 81 overs (Batter #5 82, Batter #6 17)
Day 4
5th wicket: 50 in 80 balls (Batter #5 27, Batter #6 26)
Batter #5: 100 in 181 balls, 12x4 1x6 (Eastfield Lodge 308-4)
Batter #6: 50 in 75 balls, 8x4 (Eastfield Lodge 317-4)
5th wicket: 100 in 143 balls (Batter #6 56, Batter #5 44)
Lunch: Eastfield Lodge 346-5, 109 overs (Batter #6 60, Batter #7 12)
Tea taken during change of innings

Match result: Gruenberg win by 7 wickets
Match award: UFKNWOTM8 Qari

Article posted on the GruenCric website.

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by **The Plough Islands** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 9:00 am

on the 26th March 2023, the Plough Islands Gazette wrote:
CONCUSSION RULES CAPTAIN OUT OF CRUCIAL TEST IN KO-OREN
by Denis Wormwood, Sporting Correspondent, in Burnet

Plough Islands cricket captain Kevin Laing is likely to miss the third and final Test of the Foxes' tour of Ko-oren after suffering a concussion from a Zacharias Fox ball that hit the 36-year-old on the forehead and temporarily rendered him unconscious during his first innings on the Isle of Burnet.
Laing's comrades rallied to a four-wicket victory after the incident to level the three-Test series, but there are deeper concerns ahead for the team. While Plough Islands Cricket Association doctor Rose McCulloch has said there should be no long-term effects from a single concussion, the absence of the Foxes' captain adds to a long list of injuries that has already seen wicketkeeper Ilya Lebed ruled out of the rest of the tour and Audrey Leggett moving up the order to fill in for Colin Williams, with head coach Lourens Hendricks describing the Plough Islanders' position as "a bit of an old mess, really".
The previous delivery, Laing had dug out a Fox yorker and run two with Shauna Weaver, taking their partnership to 42 from 60 balls, and the left-armer had responded with a short ball that Laing misread and attempted to defend down the wicket; his helmet took the brunt of the blow, but he fell quickly and did not initially respond to Weaver or his Ko-orenite counterpart Herschel Marsden, coming in from short midwicket. He regained consciousness after a few moments, to the relief of comrades and friends in the crowds at Ruby Hills, but had to retire out on 27 runs and took no further part in the match.
The Bradford right-hander had shepherded the Foxes to a good position at the time, despite losing the toss; a fantastic long-range direct hit from Alec Fedorov ran out Ko-orenite opener Alois Lyness to trigger what would be an extended collapse in the Dragonflies' batting order, with Andrew Baxter picking up four wickets as Ko-oren were bowled out for 152 shortly after lunch. The Plough Islands had been about to pass that total when Laing was at the crease, and would ultimately take a first-innings lead of 155.
Genorak Dherengun had been dismissed for a duck on the first morning, but contributed 88 in his second innings as Ko-oren found their rhythm on an increasingly threadbare Burnet pitch - despite his efforts, though, and an unbeaten half-century from captain Marsden, their first-innings collapse undermined their position in the game from the start. They could only set the Foxes 161 to win, and despite late wickets by Marsden and Fox, the Plough Islanders ultimately eased to victory with stand-in opener Leggett hitting the winning runs from Borllog yLellmedd.
Laing was by this point well enough to watch the match from the dressing room balcony, and happily fraternised with the Ko-orenites, with Hendricks dismissing the injury as part and parcel of the game of cricket. "Ja, no, it's just one of those things, nobody meant any malice with it. He's a good oke, is Zacharias, he'd have been as upset as anyone. You know, you can score off a short ball quite easily if you spot it and play it right, ja, and Kevin didn't play it right, he said as much to me!" However, he is unlikely to feature in the final Test owing to the risks of a second concussion so soon after the first, and Hendricks told this author he was unsure of what the team for the third Test would look like; "we have a few options, especially at Maynard, it looks like being good for batting there, so we might be able to rely on all-rounders a bit more possibly.".
Ultimately, though, Hendricks was fairly sanguine about the issues faced by his team. "It won't be the first time we've had to salvage things in Ko-oren - I haven't forgotten what it was like when we first came here, or that 20-over tournament, ja. We are Plough Islanders, we know what we can do when we come together - we've just gotta make a plan and get on with it. ..."

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR THIRD TEST AGAINST  KO-OREN

      PLAYER            BAT   BOW
II    Postukhov         RHB      
CF    Williams          RHB      
SLC   Weaver (c)        RHB   RLB
ADM   Tyrie             RHB   RLB
AC    Leggett           RHB   RLB
OD    Fedorov           LHB      
AG    Fairfield         LHB   SLU
TM    Bleasdale (w)     RHB      
SH    Wilson            RHB   ROB
A     Baxter            RHB   RFS
NA    Salisbury         LHB   SLA

by **TJUN-ia** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 9:30 am

After a dramatic final test against Milchama went our way, the Bowlin' Jagaurs of TJUN-ia was beginning to feel like a potential contender to make the GCF WTC Final itself...and who thought we'd be saying that heading into our 3rd Test Series? The overall mood surrounding this team at the moment is one of cautious optimism and while Joseph Smith III could admit to being happy with things so far, there was still a long way to go and nothing should be taken for granted at all. Our 2nd and final road Test Series is coming up...and it will be a tough one, no matter the final results.

Liventia 1st Innings (470ao (133.0 overs))
The Island Cricket Ground in Schimpol would host the 1st Test against Red-and-Gold of Liventia, one of the more iconic cricket nations in the multiverse. They would win the toss and opt to bat first, sending out Peter Finch and Daiki Hasegawa to start this Test Match and...well, Liventia showed what they can do. They managed 133 overs out on the crease and they absolutely loved every second of it, with both Hasegawa and Yoann Lemoine managing 100+ runs each in a display of the might of the Red-and-Golds. Both Peter Kylasov and Esteban Soto managed 3 wickets each in this tough inning and in the end, Liventia were finally bowled out for 470.

TJUN-ia 1st Innings (389ao (92.3 overs))
Then it was our turn as Captain Jason Walkins and Logan McGarra stepped up to begin the chase and while our 92.3 overs weren;t enough to exit with a lead, we certainly did try our best overall with both McGarra and Rohit Rajpore managing 100+ to their name. Josh Huws managed 4 with the ball and Brad Kerr managed 3 as we ended up being bowled out for 389 - leaving a gap of 81 runs between us.

Liventia 2nd Innings (218ao (63.3 overs))
Finch and Hasegawa would return and while this ended up being the shortest inning of the entire test, it was mostly because the Red-and-Golds went on the offensive and basically turned it into an extended ODI with some great play - which ended up with PJ Trouvé getting a century and both Dave Edwards and Philippe Bérenger getting half each. Ahmed Ali certainly didn't want to give up with a 5er and Roger Ntini did well to get 3 as well but in the end, Liventia were bowled out for 218.

TJUN-ia 2nd Innings (279ao (80.0 overs))
That meant that, if we wanted to win this game, 299 was the target...and my word, we came so close. Chase Helton got 101 and Zawar Ahmed managed 59 as we desperately tried to swing this contest in our favour. But the bowling was good too and both Ruairidh MacMaster and Huws would end up with 3 wickets each as this match ended up going down to the wire. In the end, Huws would produce the final out that won the Test for the host by 20 runs...and that certainly did sting for us in Blue and Orange.

We had a chance but in the end, we just couldn't do it. Now we must head over to the National Centre of Excellence Oval to try and keep this series alive. It will be tough...but we cannot give up now. GO BOWLIN' JAGS!

SCHEDULE
MW1-3: TJUN-ia in Sajnur W 2-1 (6th)
MW4-6: Milchama in TJUN-ia - "The Trent Zone", Notts W 2-1 (4th)
MW8-10: TJUN-ia in Liventia 0-1 after 1
MW11-12: Krytenia in TJUN-ia - "The Trent Zone", Notts

by **Lozho** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:32 am

Sylestone Series: First Ever Competitive Non-Loss Overshadowed by Transfer Rumours

Sponsored by Ominous Clouds

Ghezhan, Lozho - The final day of the second test of the Sylestone-Lozho Series concluded at the The MegaOval last night. A historic night, in which the Pelicans managed to hold onto a draw against strong opposition at the MegaOval's inaugural matches, was however overshadowed by this morning's news: star players such as Moz, Tim Crawford and Rick Zrumhammer are seeking moves to Sylestone's Crash n' Smash T20 League.

Star bowler Moz had not been performing up this usual standards during his test debut. In the second innings first test, his aggressive yet sloppy bowling led to the Hawthorns breezing to a total of 424 runs despite taking 4 wickets. In particular, Moz was blamed for his poor performance against Sylestonean star Brianna Eastwood, who recorded a massive double century in the innings. In the second week, Moz dialed it down far too much. His uncharacteristic total loss of mojo led to him only taking one wicket in two whole innings, with many frustrated at his lack of action in the second innings to bowl out the Hawthorns and secure a historic victory. Nevertheless, these performances haven't deterred suitors in the Crash n' Smash, with clubs such as Katham Crusaders reportedly offering Moz eye-watering amounts of money to come and play. While not as wanted, some rumours have reported that the in-form bowler Freze Horzhonzille had also been offered a contract to play in the Crash n' Smash by a currently undisclosed team. Exciting developments!

Legendary opening batsman Tim Crawford is hot property at the moment, and if his standout performances at the T20 World Championship and the EspoT20 didn't convince you then his performances here would. Despite the challenges of playing on the muddy scrubs of Drezhain in the opening test at Pezan, Crawford absolutely smashed his opponents with an astounding 114 runs in the second innings, resulting in the first ever century by a Lozhoan in a test. His form in touching the boundary was particularly impressive, with the player hitting fifteen 4s and three 6s from just 95 balls. His performance may had been overshadowed by Eastwood's one-woman show-stopping double century, but it has resulted in many Sylestonean suiters seeking his signature. In particular, player has been strongly linked to Scorching Hot Dodle and Cleorough Rovers. Superb!

The news, despite being rumours reported in trashy tabloids such as the Shezhen Starfish, have generated widespread internet discourse and polarising takes from commentators. Sozha Soda mogul and politician Sonzho Sozha praised the players for the moves, stating that "they will learn a lot from the high-quality Sylestoneans" and that the transfers would "teach them a thing or two about winning". Former LFA Presidential Candidate and professional association footballer Zaphod 'Zico' Ziccoli made his first statement since his defeat in the LFA elections, stating that "the cricketeers were abandoning their kin for supposedly greener pastures" and recommended that "they should be stoned for hanging out with those filthy rocks and toilets". Fans have also had mixed reactions, with some excited to catch their favourite national team players on television whilst others felt that the excessive wages would pose a distraction to their national team games. Either way, watch this space for more exciting news on Lozhoan cricket.

by **Liventia** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:38 pm

Matchweek 9

GCF Test 935
Match Report: Sylestone in Lozho
Sylestone bat first
Lozho 461 (123.5 overs), 184/7 (43.4 overs)
Sylestone 261 (61.4 overs), 382 (144.4 overs)
Lozho win by 3 wickets
Series: Drawn 1–1 (1 drawn)

GCF Test 936
Match Report: The Plough Islands in Ko-oren
The Plough Islands bat first
Ko-oren 424 (110.3 overs), 241/3 (70.1 overs)
The Plough Islands 338 (88.5 overs), 325 (93.1 overs)
Ko-oren win by 7 wickets
Series: Ko-oren 2–1

GCF Test 937
Match Report: Eastfield Lodge in Gruenberg
Eastfield Lodge bat first
Gruenberg 704 (216.4 overs)
Eastfield Lodge 273 (71.3 overs), 279 (75.0 overs)
Gruenberg win by an innings and 152 runs
Series: Gruenberg 3–0

GCF Test 938
Match Report: Krytenia in Milchama
Krytenia bat first
Milchama 225 (75.3 overs), 248/4 (70.2 overs)
Krytenia 204 (56.0 overs), 268 (61.1 overs)
Milchama win by 6 wickets
Series: Milchama 3–0

GCF Test 939
Match Report: Quebec and Shingoryeo in Baggieland
Baggieland bat first
Baggieland 422 (105.3 overs), 366/6d (103.1 overs)
Quebec and Shingoryeo 329 (90.5 overs), 358/8 (107.1 overs)
Drawn
Series: Quebec and Shingoryeo 1–0 (2 drawn)

GCF Test 940
Match Report: TJUN-ia in Liventia
TJUN-ia bat first
Liventia 435 (100.5 overs), 257/3 (95.3 overs)
TJUN-ia 320 (87.3 overs), 369 (105.5 overs)
Liventia win by 7 wickets

League standings

                         Pl  W  L  D  T  Ld  Lv  Pts BP  Avg
Gruenberg		  8  5  1  2  0   4   1  108  1 14.5
Darmen			  7  4  2  1  0   5   0   89  1 13.7
Milchama		  9  4  3  2  0   6   2  102  2 13.3
Liventia		  9  5  2  2  0   5   0  110  0 12.2
Quebec and Shingoryeo	  8  4  1  3  0   4   0   95  0 11.9
Lozho			  3  1  1  1  0   3   0   33  0 11.0
Ko-oren			  7  4  3  0  0   3   0   76  0 10.9
The Plough Islands	  7  3  3  1  0   4   0   69  1 10.9
Elmyia			  4  2  2  0  0   2   0   40  0 10.0
Baggieland		  6  2  1  3  0   3   0   59  0  9.8
TJUN-ia			  8  4  4  0  0   1   0   68  1  9.5
Sajnur			  3  1  2  0  0   3   0   28  0  9.3
Krytenia		  7  3  4  0  0   2   1   58  1  9.3
Sharktail		  2  0  0  2  0   1   0   14  0  7.0
Sylestone		  9  3  5  1  0   2   0   61  0  6.8
Eastfield Lodge		  8  1  4  3  0   3   0   43  0  5.4
StrayaRoos		  3  0  2  1  0   2   0   13  0  4.3
Eura			  2  0  2  0  0   1   0    4  0  2.0
Pratapgadh		  4  0  4  0  0   1   0    4  0  1.0

Updated GCF Test Ratings

Full Members                       Score  Pts/MP  Adjusted
 1 Gruenberg                     FM  124 (3733/30)  112.22
 2 Ko-oren			 FM  123 (5289/43)  111.50
 3 Liventia			 FM  115 (4629/40)  107.86
 4 Darmen			 FM  114 (5053/44)  107.42
 5 Milchama                      FM  105 (2637/25)  102.74
 6 The Plough Islands		 FM  104 (3640/35)  102.00
 7 TJUN-ia                       FM   97 (1760/18)   98.89
 8 Eura			         FM   97 (1951/20)   98.78
 9 Krytenia			 FM   86 (2340/27)   93.33
10 Sylestone			 FM   81 (2605/32)   90.70
11 Sajnur			 FM   76 (1995/26)   88.37
12 Quebec and Shingoryeo         FM   74 (1123/15)   87.43
13 Baggieland                    FM   72 (794/11)    86.09
14 Pratapgadh		         FM   58 (1397/24)   79.10
15 Eastfield Lodge	         FM   47 (1318/28)   73.54

Associate Members
Currently none

Affiliate Members
 1 Lozho			 AF   81 (324/4)     95.50
 2 Elmyia			 AF   67 (402/6)     89.00
 3 Sharktail                     AF   54 (489/9)     83.00
 4 StrayaRoos                    AF   47 (334/7)     79.00

Inactive Members/CTE
 1 The Grearish Union	      IN/FM  119 (2513/21)  109.83
 2 Teusland		      IN/FM  112 (2478/22)  106.32
 3 Uncertainty		      CE/FM  111 (1443/13)  105.50
 4 The Licentian Isles	      IN/FM   98 (1080/11)   99.09
 5 Jeckland		      CE/FM   85 (856/10)    92.80
 6 Lisander		      IN/FM   80 (1689/21)   90.21
 7 Ethane		      IN/FM   75 (1205/16)   87.66
 8 Brookstation               IN/FM   59 (597/10)    79.85
 9 Bollonich                  IN/FM   57 (803/14)    78.68
10 New Lunenburg	      CE/AS  136 (816/6)    113.00
11 Apox			      IN/AS  101 (711/7)     96.00
12 Barunia                    IN/AS   82 (740/9)     97.00
13 Elejamie		      IN/AS   77 (465/6)     94.00
14 Damukuni                   IN/AF  148 (1783/12)  119.00
15 Busoga Islands	      IN/AF  111 (890/8)    100.00
16 The Sherpa Empire          IN/AF   94 (282/3)    102.00
17 Northwest Kalactin	      IN/AF   82 (741/9)     97.00
18 Britland                   IN/AF   70 (210/3)     90.00
19 Kiltoch                    CE/AF   51 (153/3)     81.00
20 Garbelia                   IN/AF   33 (200/6)     72.00
21 The Sarian                 CE/AF   38 (230/6)     75.00

by **Ko-oren** » Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:12 am

Three down, one series to go. But let's not close the book on the Polaris Trophy just yet.

Match one
Inspired by a 111-run Treloar in a response to a 283-run Plough Islander opening innings, the Dragonflies limped to a two-wicket win. It was an extremely even affair that we'd love to see more of in the future - Test cricket is great, and this match is why! Marsden took seven wickets across both innings to lead by example, and yLellmedd grabbed 5 without leaking runs. The fourth innings chase was very precarious byt yRwceinaig going for 55 sealed the deal, with Marsden playing excellently to reduce the deficit from 60 runs to 3. Not always what we expect from our captain but, as it turns out, he can bat. There were some hairy situations in that chase: Lyness was taken out by Salisbury in the first over - so much for that stand - but before Salisbury could put together a career-defining innings, Treloar defused several situations before falling anyway and the rare and elusive substitute fielder shone through for the Foxes. Doing exactly what was expected of the openers and waiting out the fiercest pace attacks, Dherengun took over for Lyness and together with Treloar, opened with a lot of success. Welsh' run out was a horrible showing, and Quelch going out next ball with a direct hit on a Fairfield ball that he really should have defended, the result was in the balance.

After that, we got the Mawr magic from yRwceinaig with Wheelwright partnering up. That, and Marsden's 29-run stand was what gave us the win in the end - Fox didn't need to do much and Enright looked out of it, barely holding on and effectively only trying to parry the on point bowling by Weaver, Wilson, Baxter, and Laing.

Match two
Bad news in Burnet: overshadowing the result of a Plough Islander win was the shocking concussion suffered by Kevin Laing. Marsden one of the first ones on the scene, captain caring for captain, with players from both teams rushing in to see what they could do and forming a wall around the medical staff so no cameras could capture a glimpse. This all came after an awful first innings for the Dragonflies and the Foxes' lead off Weaver's half-century and Postukhov's opening for 54. Enright and Fox couldn't get a grip at all, but after the visitors were 2-148 (basically, what eleven Ko-orenites did with ten wickets) the tide turned. Tyrie didn't communicate well with Weaver and both ended up at the same wicket, with the executive decision taken to have Tyrie leave the field. Laing was putting together a great partnership with Weaver before the concussion incident, and then yLellmedd took out Fedorov on his first ball - leading the batsman out of the crease chasing a ball outside off, an easy prey for Wheelwright as contact was minimal.

The momentum swung back to the Plough Islands after that, with Fedorov's over being the last of day one. Bleasdale, Wilson, all with an unbeatable Weaver to lead them, created an ultimately insurmountable lead. Enright and Fox did get their grip on the match back, but now it was too late. Whether it was too little remained to be seen - we wouldn't know that until the Dragonflies scored some four hundred runs or more. Lyness and White did their best in the shaken-up batting order from the match before, but the team was outright shaky until Dherengun and Wheelwright showed up. Salisbury ended both their innings but it took about two dozen overs, with the middle of the Ko-orenite lineup hell-bent on the comeback. Wheelwright 42, Maitland 28, and Marsden moved up a little to capitalise on his good batting form as of late (see: match one, and innings one of match two) and got a season-high 57.

That said, Burnet isn't that difficult to bat on, so with Leggett scoring 70 and Weaver adding 40 for a match-total of 132, it was just about over. It was all about taking wickets in a fairly short amount of time - we couldn't risk the visitors getting settled - but apart from Fox ending Baxter on 3 and Fedorov on 0 (yes, double duck), most of the damange was already done. Bleasdale scored two boundaries before getting taken out by Marsden on a slightly too cocky attempt at a pull shot, but the Foxes were now ten runs away, and Leggett was not going to risk losing his wicket. Wilson got one boundary, Leggett did the rest, and the Plough Islands won by four wickets.

Match three
This one was for all the marbles. 1-1 in the series with the trophy on the line. We won't make it any bigger than that: both teams have little to no chance at a season final - where Gruenberg, Darmen, and Milchama seem to be by far the best candidates - but for the Dragonflies, a spot atop the multi-season Test Ratings is on offer. The same spot we had earlier in the season, proving that Ko-orenite cricket, across all formats, remains one of the better teams, we just might not be superb at playing the standings. For that, we should really have taken a few first innings leads and maybe avoided one or two losses in favour of a draw.

A Foxes squad ransacked by injury played Weaver as a captain, with several big names out of the contest. Ko-oren, as always, was looking for the right balance of players to approach this match, opted for the following:
Treloar & Twaddle opening, followed by Dherengun, Welsh, Quelch, Wheelwright, and Maitland. The bowlers then being Marsden first, yLellmedd, Enright, and lastly Fox. That's a lot of pacers, but the situation in Leewardia asked for it. It was a risk, but it was warranted given the weakened opposition and the poor performance by some highly regarded players, with Lyness and White blamed in particular for the loss. It didn't come down to them exclusively: any number of factors could be at play; what if they had caught that ball, what if the umpire had given out, etc.

But as it turns out, the decision to have Twaddle open was the right one. The Foxes posted 338 - on the high side but not entirely out of the question in Maynard - with Enright finally getting a grip on the situation with not three, not four, but five wickets taken, the first five-fer of the series. It's not entirely clear what helped him to this achievement, but perhaps he was also affected by the curse of random injuries hitting this edition of the Polaris Trophy, dealing with minor (and vague) wrist and elbow issues earlier. On day two, Twaddle and Treloar posted the first decent opening stand of the trophy, after which it was Treloar whose wicket fell first - that too being a first for this trophy. Opting to play out most of the day given cloud cover moving in overnight, the top and middle order tried to keep the score board ticking, but simultaneously the wicket shouts were few and far between. Twaddle, Dherengun, Quelch, and Wheelwright all managed half-centuries, ending the day on 5-380.

Day three was very different, with the Plough Islander spinners taking out the last remaining batsmen and then worked through the tail end in record time, done before lunch. 10-424 gave the Dragonflies a hell of a cushion, and with time left - all of which was probably necessary given the weather predictions for later that week - they were still on course for a win. The Foxes' subsequent 325 erased a lot of that optimism, though it still left us with 'only' a target of around 240, and as the match had showed us so far, that was very possible in flat, flat Maynard. The weather changes hadn't been as impactful as forecast, and maybe there's a bit too much focus on weather and conditions in Ko-orenite cricket to begin with. Day four, session two saw Ko-oren's final chase, with plenty of time on the clock and all wickets in hand. There was enough reason for caution but the team could switch gears if the end of day five ever came into view.

Twaddle initially scored quickly but with not enough caution for the longer format. Treloar outlasted him by quite a bit, and him and Dherengun, who is quickly turning into the darling of the season, made a huge dent in the necessary 240. Dherengun and Quelch (after a quick out for Welsh) did the rest. A quick trophy ceremony later and the Dragonflies keep the north star shield at home.

With that, all the best to the Plough Islands in their next series, with special consideration for Laing. Williams and Lebed were also spotted in the stands - well, rather, in the pavilion - following their compatriots as they, too, were ruled out for medical reasons.

All that remains for us is a series at Sylestone. On offer are some ranking points, with Sylestone's bad season so far only further increasing the gap in the rankings. However, three wins - and decisive ones at that - should still see the Dragonflies in top two contention. It does seem that the team have found a formula that works, so the team for the final three Tests will look something like:

Treloar, Twaddle, Dherengun, Quelch, Welsh, Wheelwright, Maitland, Marsden, Enright, Fox, yLellmedd.

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Fri Apr 07, 2023 2:42 pm

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Quebec and Shingoryeo announces 18-Player Squad ahead of their Test against Gruenberg at home

Patrice Moreno

SONGAK, SONGAK-Hector de Vries and Clemenence-Odette Chinenyeze have been ruled out of the Quebec & Shingoryeo Test series against Gruenberg. as the Quebecois welcomes the fifth-placed Quebecois aim to continue remaining in standing for a possible berth in the GCF World Test Championship (WTC) Final.

Quebecois Cricket Board (QCB) has announced their 18-player squad for their upcoming series against Gruenberg, where the Quebecois will be welcoming the top-placed Gruenberg to a three-match series, starting 9th of February in St. Columba's Grange, Equinox Hill.

The absences by both bowlers, one that could not have come at a worse time. The struggles faced by the bowlers on both sides of the pitch in the Quebecois Tour of Baggieland last autumn, is expected to provide an additional challenge for the Grim Reapers' squad that will be facing a mighty Gruenberger XI. Gruenberger firepower, led by a pair of all-world batters Ettexinor Broimbles and !, has been near-impossible to be stopped this test season. Their heroics, while numerous in record, are best remembered for a 704-run record on their latest test and their form only countered by Tanya Pehrson, the Milchamian spinner with phenomenal record against them.

In their place the Quebecois national team has called up a pair of uncapped bowlers, with spinner Duval 'Dusty' McCallion and fastballer Kim Woo-Yong taking over in their place. The pair, while uncapped under the GCF level, has represented Quebec & Shingoryeo on the Under-19 level and also saw action in the third Test against Ko-oren in the Salamantic Trophy two years ago. Their age, with McCallion standing at 21 and Kim 23, suggest that the team's preparing for long-term transition in their short bench of bowlers, an issue that has resurfaced following the Quebecois bowlers' struggle to limit Baggieland on their latest tour.

A mix of selections also suggests that the Quebecois are expecting an unpredictable pitching condition across the board. The Quebecois lead selector, Guy Lalanna, suggested that the move was done to give the team much-needed versatility ahead of their showdown.

'There's always going to be a challenge in scheduling and participating a February to March test,' Lalanna said. 'That's natural, of course, considering our nation's wintry climate and how few pitches would be available even with de-icing and setting up pitches for weeks, if not months, in advance. So you never know what you are going to get - sometimes we'll see spinners playing out to their best, sometimes we won't.

'Just two years ago we saw our pitchers getting burned out early in Sylestone because we didn't plan enough in time. We do have to balance it out lot better than that in order to stand a chance.'

After the Opening Test in Equinox Hill, the three-match test's action will move to Songak, where the Acadie Cricket Ground will be hosting the second Test. Afterwards, the third and closing test of the season (barring qualification into the WTC Final) will take place at the iconic Royal Cricket Ground in Songak.

Schedule -- Gruenberg Tour of Quebec & Shingoryeo

FIRST TEST: St. Columba's Grange, Equinox Hill, Inteachan (Ground Modifier: +6)
SECOND TEST: Acadie Cricket Ground, Twin Cities, Acadie (Ground Modifier: +6)
THIRD TEST: Royal Cricket Ground, Songak, Songak federal province (Ground Modifier: -6)

QUEBEC & SHINGORYEO - TEST SQUAD vs. GRUENBERG

Head Coach: Ginerva Kayondo, 49
Captain: Jang Joon-Gweon, 23

Expected Starting XI, First Test: J McNeill - L Chevening - HA Tatti - D Blough - AJ Barnes - JG Jang (C) - JR Joh - J Yang-Bordeleau - E Eskelinen - WY Kim - DS O'Neill

№   Name		                Age  Sex Role         Bats  Bowls       State Side  
01  Hannah-Anne Tatti            36    F Batter        RHB  Leg-Spin    Acadie
02  Devon Blough                 25    F Batter        LHB  Orthodox    Terre-Aux-Oiseaux
03  Emeli Eskelinen              23    M All-rounder   RHB  Legbreak    Mahan
04  Joh Ja-Ryong                 34    M Bowler        RHB  Off-Break   Terre-Aux-Oiseaux
05  Jacqueline Yang-Bordeleau    26    F Bowler        LHB  Wrist       Terre-Aux-Oiseaux
06  Horatio Woo-Barnes           34    M Bowler        LHB  Medium      Yoseo
07  Jang Joon-Gweon              23    M Wicket-Keeper RHB  N/A         Inteachan
08  Maude Cha                    30    F Wicket-Keeper LHB  N/A         Acadie
09  Claude MacDonnell            31    M Bowler        RHB  Medium-Fast Yoseo
10  Adeline J. Barnes            24    F All-rounder   LHB  Unorthodox  Inteachan
11  Laurent Chevening            28    M Opener        RHB  Off-Break   Joongyeong
12  Bohng Dae-Doo                26    M Batter        LHB  Slow        Terre-Aux-Oiseaux
13  Hannah Kayondo-Kirkley       28    F Batter        RHB  Slow        Joongyeong
14  Jerome McNeill               27    M Opener        LHB  Orthodox    Inteachan
15  Park Seung-Moo               30    M Batter        RHB  Fast        Acadie
16  Donheil-Stormhawk O'Neill    32    M Bowler        LHB  Medium-Fast Mahan
17  Duval 'Dusty' McCallion      21    M Bowler        RHB  Off-Spin    Acadie
18  Kim Woo-Yong                 23    M Bowler        LHB  Fast        Joongyeong

by **TJUN-ia** » Fri Apr 07, 2023 3:31 pm

TJUN-ia 1st Innings (320ao (87.3 overs))
Liventia won the toss and elected to bowl first in the 2nd Test of our tour, sending Captain Jason Walkins and Logan McGarraout to bat first at the National Centre of Excellence Oval. We entered this contest 0-1 in the series and with Joseph Smith III hoping to start a fightback that could ultimately keep us in the series heading into the final test. In terms of the 1st innings, we certainly play our socks off and while we only lasted 87 and a half overs, it certainly felt like we got a bunch done in that time due to the flat surface of the pitch. Chase Helton ended up with 123 in a cracking inning while Josh Huws was at it against with 4 wickets. We ended up getting bowled out for 320, not knowing how good or bad that would end up becoming.

Liventia 1st Innings (435ao (100.5 overs))
Peter Finch and Hasegawa Daiki would start the chase and they would certainly make their mark in the almost 101 overs Liventia had on strike. The Red-and-Golds were certainly hungry to end this series their way and in this inning, they would certainly make a statement with their batters turning the pressure up to 11. Yoann Michel was absolutely on fire with his 101 while PJ Trouvé was also a strong bat with his 126. We certainly tried to limit their successes, with Peter Kylasov and Ahmed Ali combining for 4 wickets each, but Liventia were finally bowled out for 435.

TJUN-ia 2nd Innings (369ao (105.5 overs))
We would enter our 2nd inning 115 runs behind and looking to try and make things interesting...and that exactly what we tried to do. Almost 106 overs was spend on a careful inning that certainly felt tactical in nature, with Rohit Rajpore's 166 certainly making this train chug along for a while. But those bowlers were certainly good at their jobs and a fifer from Ruairidh MacMaster would lead to us getting bolwed out for 369.

Liventia 2nd Innings (257/3 (95.3 overs))
So the final inning arrived with 254 the target for the win...and the Red-and-Golds certainly did what they needed to do. The pace was very slow but so were the wickets as the Top Order took this match hostage and made it their own. Dave Edwards and Philippe Bérenger managed a partnership of 178 that basically won Liventia this match and while 2 wickets from Ali an 1 from Rajpore tried to put pressure on the hosts, they had the momentum and they would run away with it after 95.3 overs and a walk-off boundary.

The series is now lost and we have fallen to 11th in the League, but there is still something left to fight for here: avoiding the dreaded whitewash. We will head to Park Central Oval knowing we have lost, but also knowing that we have to take something from this difficult tour. We cannot be whitewashed...as that may cause considerable damage to our standing within the format. The war is lost...but this final battle is still yet for the taking. GO BOWLIN' JAGS!

SCHEDULE
MW1-3: TJUN-ia in Sajnur W 2-1 (6th)
MW4-6: Milchama in TJUN-ia - "The Trent Zone", Notts W 2-1 (4th)
MW8-10: TJUN-ia in Liventia L 0-2 after 2
MW11-12: Krytenia in TJUN-ia - "The Trent Zone", Notts

by **Liventia** » Fri Apr 07, 2023 3:51 pm

Matchweek 10

GCF Test 941
Match Report: Ko-oren in Sylestone
Sylestone bat first
Sylestone 244 (81.3 overs), 309 (83.0 overs)
Ko-oren 326 (88.3 overs), 197 (55.5 overs)
Ko-oren lose by 30 runs

GCF Test 942
Match Report: Darmen in Eastfield Lodge
Eastfield Lodge bat first
Eastfield Lodge 474 (133.5 overs), 81 (20.0 overs)
Darmen 258 (91.4 overs), 359 (109.4 overs) f/o
Eastfield Lodge lose by 62 runs

GCF Test 943
Match Report: Milchama in Pratapgadh
Pratapgadh bat first
Pratapgadh 255 (117.4 overs), 104 (33.0 overs)
Milchama 292 (82.3 overs), 68/2 (23.4 overs)
Milchama win by 8 wickets

GCF Test 944
Match Report: TJUN-ia in Liventia
TJUN-ia bat first
Liventia 351 (91.2 overs), 380 (116.1 overs)
TJUN-ia 455 (106.1 overs), 348/7d (108.0 overs)
Liventia lose by 72 runs
Series: Liventia 2–1

GCF Test 945
Match Report: Gruenberg in Quebec and Shingoryeo
Quebec and Shingoryeo bat first
Quebec and Shingoryeo 418 (117.3 overs), 237 (98.2 overs)
Gruenberg 434 (126.4 overs), 222/8 (60.0 overs)
Gruenberg win by 2 wickets

League standings

Teams ineligible to qualify for the WTC Final are ranked below teams which are eligible.
                         Pl  W  L  D  T  Ld  Lv  Pts BP  Avg
Gruenberg		  9  6  1  2  0   5   1  128  1 15.2
Milchama		 10  5  3  2  0   7   2  122  2 14.2
Darmen			  8  5  2  1  0   5   0  105  1 14.1
Liventia		 10  5  3  2  0   5   0  110  0 11.0
The Plough Islands	  7  3  3  1  0   4   0   69  1 10.9
TJUN-ia			  9  5  4  0  0   2   0   88  1 10.8
Quebec and Shingoryeo	  9  4  2  3  0   4   0   95  0 10.6
Ko-oren			  8  4  4  0  0   4   0   80  0 10.0
Baggieland		  6  2  1  3  0   3   0   59  0  9.8
Krytenia		  7  3  4  0  0   2   1   58  1  9.3
Sylestone		 10  4  5  1  0   2   0   77  0  7.7
Eastfield Lodge		  9  1  5  3  0   4   0   47  0  5.2
Lozho			  3  1  1  1  0   3   0   33  0 11.0
Elmyia			  4  2  2  0  0   2   0   40  0 10.0
Sajnur			  3  1  2  0  0   3   0   28  0  9.3
Sharktail		  2  0  0  2  0   1   0   14  0  7.0
StrayaRoos		  3  0  2  1  0   2   0   13  0  4.3
Eura			  2  0  2  0  0   1   0    4  0  2.0
Pratapgadh		  5  0  5  0  0   1   0    4  0  0.8

Updated GCF Test Ratings

Full Members                       Score  Pts/MP  Adjusted
 1 Gruenberg                     FM  124 (3733/30)  112.22
 2 Ko-oren			 FM  123 (5289/43)  111.50
 3 Liventia			 FM  116 (5117/44)  108.15
 4 Darmen			 FM  114 (5053/44)  107.42
 5 Milchama                      FM  105 (2637/25)  102.74
 6 The Plough Islands		 FM  104 (3640/35)  102.00
 7 Eura			         FM   97 (1951/20)   98.78
 8 TJUN-ia                       FM   96 (2120/22)   98.18
 9 Krytenia			 FM   86 (2340/27)   93.33
10 Sylestone			 FM   81 (2605/32)   90.70
11 Sajnur			 FM   76 (1995/26)   88.37
12 Quebec and Shingoryeo         FM   74 (1123/15)   87.43
13 Baggieland                    FM   72 (794/11)    86.09
14 Pratapgadh		         FM   58 (1397/24)   79.10
15 Eastfield Lodge	         FM   47 (1318/28)   73.54

Associate Members
Currently none

Affiliate Members
 1 Lozho			 AF   81 (324/4)     95.50
 2 Elmyia			 AF   67 (402/6)     89.00
 3 Sharktail                     AF   54 (489/9)     83.00
 4 StrayaRoos                    AF   47 (334/7)     79.00

Inactive Members/CTE
 1 The Grearish Union	      IN/FM  119 (2513/21)  109.83
 2 Teusland		      IN/FM  112 (2478/22)  106.32
 3 Uncertainty		      CE/FM  111 (1443/13)  105.50
 4 The Licentian Isles	      IN/FM   98 (1080/11)   99.09
 5 Jeckland		      CE/FM   85 (856/10)    92.80
 6 Lisander		      IN/FM   80 (1689/21)   90.21
 7 Ethane		      IN/FM   75 (1205/16)   87.66
 8 Brookstation               IN/FM   59 (597/10)    79.85
 9 Bollonich                  IN/FM   57 (803/14)    78.68
10 New Lunenburg	      CE/AS  136 (816/6)    113.00
11 Apox			      IN/AS  101 (711/7)     96.00
12 Barunia                    IN/AS   82 (740/9)     97.00
13 Elejamie		      IN/AS   77 (465/6)     94.00
14 Damukuni                   IN/AF  148 (1783/12)  119.00
15 Busoga Islands	      IN/AF  111 (890/8)    100.00
16 The Sherpa Empire          IN/AF   94 (282/3)    102.00
17 Northwest Kalactin	      IN/AF   82 (741/9)     97.00
18 Britland                   IN/AF   70 (210/3)     90.00
19 Kiltoch                    CE/AF   51 (153/3)     81.00
20 Garbelia                   IN/AF   33 (200/6)     72.00
21 The Sarian                 CE/AF   38 (230/6)     75.00

by **Ko-oren** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:24 am

Six Trends in Ko-orenite Cricket

1: The Gehrennan is here to stay
The days where cricket is just for the Mawr and the Southerners are over. Mawr ('yLellmedd, yRwceinaig') influence on the game is waning but never disappearing, and while the Southerners ('Marsden, Wheelwright, Harvey, Fox') are by and large dominating the game, there's a subset of players from elsewhere that cannot be overlooked anymore. Not by selectors at the regional level, where players like Parenthendandhen are excelling, but also by the selectors at the national team level, where Dherengun has become a defining player. At the youth levels, the Gehrennans are a factor that can no longer be ignored. In T20, watch out for a group of young guns, led by Aukudigeldhen, that will take over the game as we know it. And as long as they keep playing for the Marauders franchise, the domestic T20 landscape might look very different in a few years. Cue the end of the Greencaster domination!

2: The death of the multi-format player
Many players play multiple formats at the domestic level - in fact, all of them do, to an extent - but the national teams in the three formats are starting to look like three completely separate lists. The best players in first class and on our Test team, Treloar, Courtenay, Wheelwright, Lyness, Harvey, Fox, and arguably Silverleigh, all don't have a career on ODI and T20 national teams - with the exception of Wheelwright, whose experience is invaluable to the T20 squad. Harvey has been in action on the ODI team, but otherwise, that's a completely different world. Enright can play both Tests and ODI, Twaddle does ODI and T20 as a limited overs specialist. At this point, if a player makes the Dragonflies for two different formats, that's an exception rather than the rule these days. Gilbert Wheelwright - he's been mentioned a few times now - is the most multi-format cricketer in the country and even he can't make it work in the one day format. We can keep naming players - Firembee, Harvey, Twaddle, Enright, and the largely undiscovered Bercier - none of them do all three formats.

3: The new generation is here and keeps getting younger
The core of the Test team is made up of 30+ veterans who were here when Ko-oren started playing Tests in the first place. We're still looking for someone to follow up Marsden's fantastic captaincy, too. But where it comes to roster building, better youth development means that the younger kids coming through are of a very different caliber than before. The selectors are apprehensive when it comes to shoving these guys into the spotlights, but we have no doubt that Silverleigh (22), Dherengun (23), Armfellow (21), and Raafden (23) could make a batting lineup that is as good, or maybe better than, what we have now. And don't forget about yRwceinaig for Mawryshire in the First Class season, either. Most of these talents are batsmen or at best all-rounders, but that's an issue that solves itself. At least, it always corrected itself in the past. The ODI squad is trending towards young 20-somethings (Enright, ySalw, but also Wakin at just 19), and the T20 squad has players of all ages - basically, if you're on form, you're in, with Magcay (21) and Bercier (20) and even Silkquand (19) as core players, and only ySarthylhar (31) as a player over 30 who can expect a reasonable amount of innings.

4: Pacers are beating spinners - in First Class
The best bowlers, or at least, the ones getting the best figures in first class matches and the ones that pass the eye test, are starting to be mostly pacers. Leeshire's Courtenay, and the East Surbourneshire duo of Harvey and Fox, they're all fast bowlers. West Surbourneshire has Marsden and Dencherry, Mawryshire has yEdenw, and Greencaster has Smith. The first bowler on the team sheet in five out of six regions is a fast bowler, with only Willowbourne having Lincoln as their main focus. Mawryshire is, historically, the place where spinners can do a lot of damage given their unpredictability, and they have yLellmedd backing up yEdenw, but six of a very opinionated top 10-ish list are pacers, and you could probably make lists that wouldn't even be that far out of the ordinary where you have eight fast bowlers.

Interestingly, List A doesn't have this effect, with Enright, Stanway, yLellmedd, Wraiths, and Mellors all consistently outperforming their fast counterparts for Greencaster, West Surbourneshire, Mawryshire, and Willowbourne. The flat tracks in East Surbourneshire are still all pace (Finisterbrook), but a top 10 list of bowlers in the one day format consists of at least five spinners. T20 is remarkably 50-50, as new developments come through that format quickly and any edge that you gain through an extra over of pace or spin will be identified. It's almost like they're playing to the stats as a predictive measure rather than a descriptive factor.

5: Batsmen are beating bowlers - in First Class and T20
Most of the exciting new players coming through in first class are batsmen. The four named in (3) is pretty damning evidence of that. T20 has the same development but for ostensibly obvious reasons. ODI is turning into a bowl-fest for now, though.

6: ODIs are the opposite of Tests
There's one rule uniting the two formats: if a region is good at one, they're probably bad at the other. East Surbourneshire is all about First Class, West Surbourneshire is all about List A. Greencaster and Leeshire are mostly First Class these days, while the two regions that historically dominated the multi-day format are now good One day-ers: Mawryshire and Willowbourne. That's probably not a symptom of anything, it's just a nice coincidence - though it does tie in with point 2.

Bonus 7: The Regional Leagues are out of control
At the top level, there are six teams in First Class and List-A (West Surbourneshire, East Surbourneshire, Mawryshire, Leeshire, Greencaster, Willowbourne). There are twelve T20 franchises, roughly two per region (but not strictly so). Instead of a tier two involving teams that are good-but-not-that-good that can form a solid base for youth or bubble players, each region operates its own 12-team league in the one day or T20 format, giving us an - emphasis mine - ridiculous number of 72 teams at the second tier. Add to that the twenty-eight teams playing in minor leagues (leagues based in places other than the six above) that are bringing forth a surprising amount of talent, and you're looking at a broad base of players who all receive and offer decent opposition, but also a wide range of players that are just below the 20 best in their region and players that are nowhere near that level.

Results at that level are weird.

by **TJUN-ia** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:47 pm

TJUN-ia 1st Innings (455ao (106.1 overs))
We would win the toss against Liventia at Park Central Oval looking for only one thing - to avoid the whitewash in this series by any means necessary. Captain Jason Walkins and Logan McGarra were ready for a fucking war no matter what happened next...and it would show in this 1st inning. Across 106.1 overs, our batting was just on fire and everyone knew it - with both Walkins and Chase Helton getting deserved centuries and McGarra ending up with 50 in an effort that felt like all 11 players played their parts. Josh Huws and Francis Kennedy both managed 4 wickets each as we were bowled out for a staggering 455.

Liventia 1st Innings (351ao (91.2 overs))
How well we managed the 1st innings would only be made apparent after the Red-and-Golds had their turn...and as it turned out, we actually did well considering what they managed in 91.2 overs. Sure, it was still good as Dave Edwards managed a brilliant 125 and PJ Trouvé got 55, but everyone else was stifled by our bowling attack as Esteban Soto managed 5 wickets and Ahmed Ali 4 in a performance which saw the hosts bowled out for 351.

TJUN-ia 2nd Innings (348/7d (108.0 overs))
So Captain Walkins and McGarra would return to the crease with a massive 104-run lead and with that much legroom to work with, they set upon the task of making a target so impossible that not even Liventia could chase it. Wickets were certainly falling, with Ruairidh MacMaster getting 4 as the host tried to pull off some sort of magic, but a century from Rohit Rajpore kept us on the right track and after 108 overs and a score of 348/7, Walkins called the batters in and declared that this was enough.

Liventia 2nd Innings (380ao (116.1 overs))
The target was now 452 and no matter how good your team is, chasing that down is almost practically impossible. So in this final inning, the great debate of result vs draw would take place and oh boy, was this one tense. Brendon du Pont at least managed 89 to bring some joy to the home fans, but you could feel the real pressure was on us to end this match. Peter Kylasov ended up with 3 and so did Roger Ntini, but it would be Rohit Rajpore who got that final wicket to bowl the hosts out for 380 and secure the 72-run win in the end. The series was lost...but at least we can say we won a test in Liventia. That is big of itself.

6th in the League Table and 8th in the Rankings, there is still an outside chance that we could make it into the WTC Final - though for now, our main concern will be on ending our season on a high. We will conclude back in "The Trent Zone" for a 2-match series against Krytenia - one that we will hope to produce some more magic as this final act approaches. GO BOWLIN' JAGS!

SCHEDULE
MW1-3: TJUN-ia in Sajnur W 2-1 (6th)
MW4-6: Milchama in TJUN-ia - "The Trent Zone", Notts W 2-1 (4th)
MW8-10: TJUN-ia in Liventia L 1-2
MW11-12: Krytenia in TJUN-ia - "The Trent Zone", Notts

by **Sharktail** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 12:35 pm

Sharktail Touring Plough Island

A mediocre yet satisfying result for Sharktail against Eastfield Lodge. Even after end up draw both of the match, it was quite satisfying to see this team finally getting together.

Ahead of the final two weeks of the Sharktail campaign at GCF 13 visiting the Plough Islands, 18 players were announced to represent Sharktail. No change made from the current squad as the selector feels this team is the best option for Sharktail. Ajay Deshmukh had a great day against Eastfield Lodge, putting this team together especially in batting. Now, he got another task in Plough Islands. Impossible one, still it is unpredictable that anything might happen, a combination of players and strategy from the captain and the team itself might be able to pull an upset in this series.

Name	        Age	Role	        Hand
Faris Eiman	28	Batsmen	        Right
Ahmed Anas	28	Batsmen	        Left
Adnin Syafiq	30	Wicket keeper	Left
Ajay Deshmukh(c)25	All Rounder     Left
Suwairi Din	26	Batsmen	        Left
Suhaizi Nadris 	27	Batsmen	        Right
Razin Fikri	24	Batsmen	        Left
Buhairi Safii	27	All Rounder	Right
Kabir Zulaidi	26	Bowler	        Left
Othman Hakimi	24	Bowler	        Left
Yusof Rahim	23	Bowler	        Right

Reserve			
Fazrunil Ghani	23	Batsmen	        Left
Izhan Rozi	29	Wicket keeper	Right
Syahizan Affandi24      Batsmen         Right
Rizqi Mutalib	28	All Rounder	Right
Zahiri Efendi	25	Bowler	        Left
Hisyam Hairudin	30	Bowler	        Right
Bakhtiar Latif	29	Bowler	        Right

			
Bowler			
Yusof(R,fast), Kabir(L,orth), 
Othman(R,Spin), Ajay(L,spin), Buhairi(R,Fast)

(call name by their first name)

RP permission
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Select my XI: I will provide one with rp, go on choosing it if i not rp.
Godmod match events: No
RP injuries to my players: Yes,
Godmod injuries to my players: No.
Godmod how my players were dismissed: Yes.
Create a full scorecard for my team: Yes. please do one for my side too.

by **Darmen** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 9:56 am

GCF Test 942
Match Report: Darmen in Eastfield Lodge (1 of 3)
Eastfield Lodge bat first
Eastfield Lodge 474 (133.5 overs), 81 (20.0 overs)
Darmen 258 (91.4 overs), follow-on 359 (109.4 overs)
Eastfield Lodge lose by 62 runs

Eastfield Lodge 1st Innings
Name        Overs Mdns Wkts Runs Econ
C McAlister 28.0  5    3     92  3.29
A Dickenson 27.0  4    1     84  3.11
JF Simonson 22.0  2    3     89  4.05
B Bachmann  25.5  4    1    108  4.18
I Snelling  31.0  6    2    101  3.26

Darmen 1st Innings
Name                      Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
MS Brice      c ? b ?      71  203    8  0   34.98
S Winter*     lbw b ?      57  106    7  0   53.77
T Milligan    c ? b ?      13   33    1  0   39.39
W van der Zee c ? b ?      11   16    2  0   68.75
K O'Callaghan lbw b ?      35   76    5  0   46.05
B Bachmann    not out      46   84    7  0   54.76
J Beckett†    b ?          12   15    1  1   80.00
C McAlister   b ?           0    2    0  0    0.00
A Dickenson   c ? b ?       1    4    0  0   25.00
I Snelling    run out (?)   6    9    1  0   66.67
JF Simonson   b ?           2    5    0  0   40.00
Extras (1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)    4
TOTAL                     258        32  1

Darmen 2nd Innings
Name                   Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
MS Brice      b ?       59  112    7  1   52.68
S Winter*     c ? b ?   41   97    5  0   42.27
T Milligan    not out  128  228    9  1   56.14
W van der Zee st ? b ?  36   49    4  2   73.47
K O'Callaghan lbw b ?   47   83    5  1   56.63
B Bachmann    b ?       26   55    4  0   47.27
J Beckett†    c ? b ?    0    1    0  0    0.00
C McAlister   c ? b ?    5   13    0  0   38.46
A Dickenson   b ?        9   17    1  0   52.94
I Snelling    lbw b ?    0    2    0  0    0.00
JF Simonson   lbw b ?    1    4    0  0   25.00
Extras (4 b, 3 w)        7
TOTAL                  359        35  5

Eastfield Lodge 2nd Innings
Name        Overs Mdns Wkts Runs Econ
C McAlister 8.0   3    2    27   3.38
A Dickenson 7.0   2    6    31   4.43
JF Simonson 1.0   0    0     6   6.00
I Snelling  4.0   1    2    17   4.25

Player of the Match: Alf Dickenson (DAR)

Darmen Steals Victory From The Jaws Of The Follow-on

EASTFIELD LODGE - Attendees present for the third session on the fourth day of Darmen and Eastfield Lodge's opening Test clash were treated to a fantastic Twenty20 match. Alf Dickenson took six wickets in just seven overs as Darmen demolished Eastfield Lodge's batting lineup in precisely 20 overs to give Darmen a 62 run victory despite having been forced to follow-on for the second time this season.

Eastfielder bats were lively and their wickets slow to fall as the hosts occupied the middle for the entire first day and the first half of the second, racking up a score of 474 runs. Any confidence the Darmenis might have had that they could match the Eastfielder effort withered away after an outstanding opening wicket partnership between Máel Sechlainn Brice and Sigmund Winter ended. Darmen ended with just 258, 216 runs behind their opponents, who, hoping for a quick and decisive victory, sent the Darmenis straight back to the middle.

Brice and Winter once again put together a good opening partnership, scoring 83 runs before Winter nicked one behind to the slips. Reversing his disapointing expedition of just 13 runs from 33 in the first innings, Theudofrid Milligan defended his wicket well in the seconds innings, remaining in the middle for the entire innings to end with a score of 128 not out.

Facing a deficit of only 143 runs and a day and a half to score them, the Eastfielders must have been confident that victory would be theirs shortly, but Dickenson and fellow Darmeni bowlers Corwin McAlister and Ilia Snelling had other ideas. The hosts melted under the heat of Dickenson and McAlister's pace deliveries with the high number of full and yorker length deliveries causing the Eastfielders troubles, with the pair combining for an eight wicket haul. Snelling added his left-arm unorthodox deliveries to shake things up when needed, picking up two wickets of his own. The Darmeni bowlers were so efficient that Bud Bachmann was never called on to bowl.

"At this point, I think we quite like playing under pressure after being forced to follow-on," stated Darmeni captain Winter. "A win and a draw isn't a bad record. That being said, the four points on offer for having the first innings lead would be really nice to have, its a tight battle at the top of the league table."

Indeed it is. When Darmen concluded the Edwards-Winter Trophy series against Liventia, the team sat in first place in the World Test Challenge standings, with an average of 13.7 points, while Krytenia sat in second with 12.6. In the three weeks since then, Darmen has fallen to third place even as its points average has risen (to 14.1) and Krytenia has nearly disappeared into the quagmire that is mid-table. It is Gruenberg, runners-up in the WTC last season, who currently sit in first, with 15.2 average points, while Milchama occupies second, only just ahead of Darmen with 14.2 average points. After Darmen, there is a three point gap to fourth placed Liventia.

All three of the top teams are playing their final series of the Test season away from home and all three of them are facing low ranked opponents. Fourth ranked Darmen is facing fifteenth ranked Eastfield Lodge (the lowest ranked national side among active GCF full members), first ranked Gruenberg is facing twelfth ranked Quebec and Shingoryeo, while fifth ranked Milchama is facing fourteenth ranked Pratapgadh (who are also last in the WTC table, with 0.8 average points). While the top ranked sides are certainly favorites in their respective series, two questions remain: how dominant will they be in the final two weeks of the season and which, if any, of the lower ranked hosts can play spoiler and deny their opponents a spot in the World Test Challenge final?

While broadcasters and cricket fans might have preferred different series to have been schedule, ones in which the top ranked teams might have faced off against themselves, the truth remains that the end of the current Test season will still be quite exciting.

by **The Plough Islands** » Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:25 am

on the 6th April 2023, the Plough Islands Gazette wrote:
KEVIN LAING STEPS DOWN; SHAUNA WEAVER TO BECOME NEW PLOUGH ISLANDS CAPTAIN
by Denis Wormwood, Sporting Correspondent, in Sutton

In a characteristically modest statement that accompanied the arrangements for the forthcoming tour by Sharktail of the Plough Islands, Kevin Laing has announced that the short two-Test series will be his last as Foxes captain. The 36-year-old right-hander, who has served as Bradford Cricket Board captain since 2016 and has led the Plough Islands in 43 Test matches, on twelve overseas tours, and to victory in the Global Cricket Federation World Trophy last year, will pass the role to Swift all-rounder Shauna Weaver at the conclusion of the Sharktail series.
"This has been a little while coming, to tell the truth" Laing admitted to this author at December Park, saying that he had reckoned with the decision since his daughter's birth in late 2021. "I knew I could not go on forever, but it was not until Dorothy came along last year - and Audrey [Leggett] substituted at the last minute - that I could see what it would look like in practice, for the team, and I could reassure myself it was going to be alright. And then it was just a matter of timing..."
Head coach Lourens Hendricks noted that the decision was more about practicality and discretion than any question of the Plough Islands' performance under Laing. "He's earned the right to choose when he leaves, ja, definitely. I mean, he's saying he's been thinking about it for years, y'know, and we went and won the World Trophy in that time!" There is a pause, though. "Ag...I can't say I'd not been thinking about it a little, though. He's all we've really known as Plough Islanders, you know, 'Laing's team', and it would've been difficult for him to come to terms with it."
Laing concurs. "The decision was easy, but accepting it inside myself was harder than I thought. I told Lourens over the winter break that I was thinking about relinquishing this summer, but we never managed to talk about it directly after that - it became a little bit of a superstition, to be frank, every time we sat down we would talk about 'generational change' and 'transition' without actually saying what we meant, and that weighed on me a lot."
"Ja, no, it absolutely did!" Hendricks recalled. "And in all my years living here, y'know, you people are always so honest and deliberate, so to have this dance around the topic felt uncomfortable, I could definitely tell something was wrong! So I got him to write it down, ja, on paper, on the first night in Ko-oren, and it's just been an unburdening for him ever since."
As for Laing's replacement, this author understands that Weaver was the near-unanimous choice of the Plough Islands Cricket Association, with the only other realistic option - Audrey Leggett - having expressed a desire not to take the role permanently. Weaver has already had captaincy experience; she stood in as captain for the decisive Test against Ko-oren after Laing suffered a concussion during the series, and has led the Swift Island Cricket Board side in the last two Harrison Cup campaigns. She has been quoted as "nervous but mindful" as she steps into the role, but her predecessor has few concerns. "Everyone I asked suggested Shauna," remembered Laing, "even before I had seriously made up my mind. Her statistics are remarkable but her confidence and her judgment of the match situation has always stood out even more, and everyone could see what her spirit was like in that last Test in a losing cause. I know I will certainly be more than happy to play alongside her!" He sighs. "All I can really hope is that I gave everything I could when leading my country, and that I made my comrades proud and happy at what Plough Islanders could do."
Weaver will have plenty of time to live up to that promise, and a hundred and forty thousand cries of support as she does, but the feeling cannot be shaken that - even knowing that Laing will still be playing, and that captaincy change is a routine thing to happen - closure is coming to a particularly significant period in Plough Islander cricketing history. It is easy to resort to the cliché, but in the history of our small country relatively few people could be said to have revealed a golden age, and Kevin Charles Trotsky Laing is one of them.

on the 13th April 2023, the Plough Islands Gazette wrote:
PREVIEW: SHARKTAIL UNBURDENED BY OCCASION IN FIRST PLOUGH ISLANDS VISIT
by Andrew Kulayev, Cricket Correspondent for Plough Radio, in Sutton

Cricket, as has been often noted, is a team sport of individuals, and whenever a particular batter or bowler's feats end up changing the course of a game, or a series, or a career, the temptation is always to reverse that sentence. Since the announcement by the Plough Islands Cricket Association that Kevin Laing would step down from the captaincy after the forthcoming series, this has proven particularly true, with the not unjustified praise for the stewardship and labour of the Bradford right-hander threatening at times to obscure the fact that he still has one more series left to play in the role. Most egregiously, we risk forgetting that we are playing another team; the Constitutional Monarchy of Sharktail deserve far better than to be relegated to an afterthought.
Our visitors make the long trip from Mandalanusa bringing a thriving cricketing culture and young history with them, but still searching for a victory in the longest form of the game; they have played six Tests against Darmen, Eastfield Lodge, and the Licentian Isles with little to show but pride. Publicly they are anticipating this streak to continue, but Laing and head coach Lourens Hendricks will know from painful experience that this is no sure thing, and Sharktail drew both Tests of their most recent series - against the Eastfielders in February - showing their determination and stubbornness when backed into a corner.
While the sport may be a relatively recent import to Sharktail, they arrive at Echodale with the confidence and hope you would expect from a team that has practiced and travelled together for months on end. Captain Ajay Deshmukh, who scored a century in the drawn first Test against Eastfield Lodge, is still their most prominent player, but the gap between the Indusse-born all-rounder and his teammates has narrowed considerably over the last two years as the Sharktail Cricket Council seek to rely on homegrown talent. Young fast bowler Yusof Rahim rivals Andrew Baxter for raw pace, potentially enough to get some bounce out of a typically slow Foxdale pitch, while right handed opener Faris Eiman has been tipped by Ajay - Sharktailians generally being addressed by their given names - as the most dangerous of his teammates once he gets settled.
They will face a Plough Islands side that, despite their labours on the long spring tour, have recovered relatively well from injury; Laing will return for his final Tests as captain, and Ilya Lebed should be able to resume his regular position behind the stumps after limited overs wicketkeeper Tim Bleasdale was forced to deputise for the last two Tests against Ko-oren. Form, rather than physical readiness, is likely to be the critical issue for Laing and Hendricks, and it seems likely that Bradford opener Brett Scarbeck and Swift batter Angus Whittall will see their Harrison Cup performances rewarded with inclusion in the national side - the latter potentially playing his first Tests since 2019. With the Foxes struggling for wicket taking options of late outside of Baxter and Salisbury, there have also been suggestions that the young Redcliff fast bowler Dimitry Andreyev could be set to receive his first Test cap against Sharktail, although the Foxdale Sports Club with its spongy pitches is unlikely to be the ideal environment for the 21-year-old.
The series promises to be a fascinating one, no matter who lines up for the Foxes; while some part of the elevated interest may be due to Laing, many would have been curious regardless about the Plough Islands' new opposition, and the support from within and without the islands will be as buoyant as always. It only remains for the team to pull together, as they have done so many times in the past under Laing, in the spirit of socialism, and give their best against whomever the opposition might be - for Sharktail, and for new friends and foes as yet unmet.

PLOUGH ISLANDS CRICKET ASSOCIATION
XI FOR FIRST TEST AGAINST SHARKT'L

      PLAYER            BAT   BOW
BK    Scarbeck          RHB      
II    Postukhov         RHB      
SLC   Weaver            RHB   RLB
A     Whittall          RHB   ROB
KCT   Laing (c)         RHB   RMD
AC    Leggett           RHB   RLB
OD    Fedorov           LHB      
IT    Lebed (w)         LHB      
S     Ashe              RHB   ROB
A     Baxter            RHB   RFS
NA    Salisbury         LHB   SLA

FOXDALE SPORTS CLUB (MODIFIER -2)

in the 2023 edition of their handbook, the Plough Islands Cricket Association wrote:
FOXDALE SPORTS CLUB, FOXDALE
Pavilion End (north), Dock End (south) ☭ ~10 000 capacity ☭ -3 to -4 style modifiers (first-class)

The beginning of cricket on the Plough Islands is one of those nebulous historical concepts, like the source of the Nile or the existence of Anaia, where the evidence supports a number of different answers. In all likelihood, the game has been played since the first settlers arrived in 1750, with any differences between the claim of one island or another to be the earliest rooted more in natural patterns of settlement than any lesser or greater affinity for the game.
Conventionally, though, as the first known and described location where organised cricket was played, the Foxdale Sports Club is regarded as the first among equals of the six cricket board main grounds, with its recent history as the site of the Plough Islands' first Test victory - as well as the famous tied One Day International against Ko-oren in 2019 - adding to the mythos around the modest patch of land on Foxdale's eastern edge. Sadly, thanks to a terrible fire in 1949 the original buildings and spectator accommodation are no more, although those who remember the old facilities will concede that the new ground makes up for in comfort what it may lack in physical history.
The design of the modern ground was governed by practicality rather than architectural merit, and when it was first opened in 1955 it was decried as 'pedestrian' and 'soulless' by some members of the club, but the years have been kind to the place and its four stands, their rough-hewn timber columns and granite blocks weathering into a form of dignity. The saplings that were planted around the stands during the rebuild have matured into a dense curtain that isolates the ground effectively from the Foxdale dockyards just a few minutes' walk away; during club matches it is not unusual for the only sounds save for the voices of the players to be the flapping of the electromechanical scoreboard and the distant echo of a ship's horn. For Test matches, though, there is a constant hum of activity and conversation, as the city centre location guarantees high interest in the game and an amenable, good-natured crowd of the Foxes' comrades and friends.
The playing surface itself is often considered to favour bowlers, with the spongy, sedgy outfield being historically prone to large areas of standing water - low-lying Foxdale suffers from poor drainage that has prevented many a match from going ahead despite the best efforts of the ground staff. However, the consistent weather and moisture tend to produce pitches that degrade very slowly, and batting conditions will often be as good on day four as they were on day one as the ground resists breaking up until the very last moment.

by **Gruenberg** » Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:10 am

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

Quebec and Shingoryeo 418 all out (117.3 overs)
                                                  R    B   4/6
J McNeill        c Contemnible+  b Qari          89 (109) 17/1
L Chevening      c Broimbles     b Saduqa         4   (2)  1/-
HA Tatti         c Hmnff         b Loxetdjidjph  20  (21)  3/-
D Blough         c Hmnff         b Qari          33  (65)  4/-
AJ Barnes        c Contemnible+  b Qari          91 (150) 13/1
JG Jang*+                    lbw b Qari          29  (67)  5/-
E Eskelinen      NOT OUT                         66 (172) 11/-
JR Joh           st Contemnible+ b Skejjibox      6  (46)  -/-
J Yang-Bordeleau c Contemnible+  b Skejjibox     23  (24)  5/-
WY Kim           c Contemnible+  b Kahumtes      32  (30)  7/-
DS O’Neill                   lbw b Skejjibox     12  (21)  3/-
EXTRAS (1b, 10lb, 2nb)                           13

FoW: 1: 12 (Chevening, 1.2 overs); 2: 53 (Tatti, 8.3 overs); 3: 134 (Blough, 28.1 overs); 4: 180 (McNeill, 39.3 overs); 5: 247 (Jang, 62.2 overs); 6: 292 (Barnes, 74.4 overs); 7: 317 (Joh, 87.4 overs); 8: 356 (Yang-Bordeleau, 101.1 overs); 9: 394 (Kim, 109.6 overs); 10: 418 (O’Neill, 117.3 overs)

               O    M    R    W
Loxetdjidjph  16    4   69    1
Saduqa        21    8   63    1
Skejjibox     36.3  4  135    3
Kahumtes      12    2   52    1
Qari          31    7   80    4
Gurglesaxx     1    0    8    0

Gruenberg 434 all out (126.4 overs)
                                                  R    B   4/6
CRFQ Hmnff                 lbw b Yang-Bordeleau  16  (55)  2/-
VBPU Skkrrrtltwibe         lbw b Kim             61 (103)  6/-
!                  c Blough    b Joh              5   (8)  -/-
EME Broimbles              lbw b Kim             66 (152)  9/-
GPT Gurglesaxx             c & b Eskelinen       34  (58)  6/-
YQB Contemnible+   c Chevening b Eskelinen       85 (127) 11/-
UFKNWOTM8 Qari     c Barnes    b Joh             40  (56)  7/-
JSP Saduqa         NOT OUT                       55 (113)  6/-
QD Skejjibox               lbw b Joh             11  (27)  -/-
EDUK Loxetdjidjph  c Jang+     b Eskelinen       38  (55)  2/1
ZZZZZZZZ Kahumtes          lbw b Eskelinen        5   (6)  -/-
EXTRAS (3b, 5lb, 5wb, 5nb)                       18

FoW: 1: 45 (Hmnff, 17.4 overs); 2: 52 (!, 22.2 overs); 3: 98 (Skkrrrtltwibe, 33.1 overs); 4: 170 (Gurglesaxx, 55.5 overs); 5: 218 (Broimbles, 69.1 overs); 6: 293 (Qari, 87.2 overs); 7: 333 (Contemnible, 96.4 overs); 8: 360 (Skejjibox, 105.2 overs); 9: 422 (Loxetdjidjph, 124.2 overs); 10: 434 (Kahumtes, 126.4 overs)

                 O    M    R    W
Kim             21    2  107    2
Joh             25    6   71    3
Eskelinen       23.4  8   53    4
Yang-Bordeleau  23    2   87    1
O’Neill         12    0   52    0
Barnes          22    8   56    0

Quebec and Shingoryeo 237 all out (98.2 overs)
                                               R    B   4/6
J McNeill                    c & b Qari       44  (93)  6/1         
L Chevening      c Broimbles     b Qari        9  (19)  -/-
HA Tatti                     c & b Qari        8  (19)  -/-
D Blough         c Hmnff         b Skejjibox  15  (34)  1/-
AJ Barnes        c Skkrrrtltwibe b Skejjibox   4   (4)  -/-
JG Jang*+                    lbw b Saduqa     86 (205) 12/-
E Eskelinen      c Contemnible+  b Skejjibox   6   (6)  -/1
JR Joh           c Contemnible+  b Qari       14  (67)  2/-
J Yang-Bordeleau c Skkrrrtltwibe b Saduqa     29  (51)  4/-
WY Kim           NOT OUT                      14  (53)  1/-
DS O’Neill                   lbw b Kahumtes    1  (39)  -/-
EXTRAS (4b, 3lb)                               7

FoW: 1: 18 (Chevening, 5.2 overs); 2: 36 (Tatti, 11.1 overs); 3: 62 (Blough, 21.4 overs); 4: 66 (Barnes, 23.2 overs); 5: 84 (McNeill, 32.5 overs); 6: 91 (Eskelinen, 33.6 overs); 7: 150 (Joh, 64.4 overs); 8: 210 (Yang-Bordeleau, 80.5 overs); 9: 222 (Jang, 83.5 overs); 10: 237 (O’Neill, 98.2 overs)

               O    M    R    W
Loxetdjidjph  11    2   39    0
Saduqa        13    3   50    2
Qari          34   14   57    4
Kahumtes      12.2  4   21    1
Skejjibox     29   10   63    3

Gruenberg 222-8 (60 overs)
                                             R    B   4/6
CRFQ Hmnff         st Jang+    b Joh        10  (15)  2/-
VBPU Skkrrrtltwibe c Jang+     b Kim         6  (23)  -/-
!                          lbw b Kim        16  (35)  2/-
EME Broimbles                  b Joh        36  (75)  4/-
GPT Gurglesaxx             lbw b Joh        31  (52)  3/1
YQB Contemnible+           lbw b Eskelinen  34  (42)  4/-
UFKNWOTM8 Qari     c Jang+     b Eskelinen  49  (81)  5/-
JSP Saduqa         NOT OUT                  14  (20)  1/-
EDUK Loxetdjidjph          lbw b Eskelinen   2   (3)  -/- 
QD Skejjibox       NOT OUT                  21  (15)  4/-
Did not bat: ZZZZZZZZ Kahumtes  
EXTRAS (2lb, 1nb)                            3

FoW: 1: 11 (Hmnff, 3.6 overs); 2: 23 (Skkrrrtltwibe, 8.5 overs); 3: 35 (!, 13.4 overs); 4: 96 (Gurglesaxx, 32.3 overs); 5: 103 (Broimbles, 34.3 overs); 6: 174 (Contemnible, 51.1 overs); 7: 192 (Qari, 54.6 overs); 8: 194 (Loxetdjidjph, 56.3 overs)

                 O    M    R    W
Kim             10    4   22    2
Joh              9    1   49    3
Yang-Bordeleau  11    2   36    0
Barnes           9    1   35    0
Eskelinen       15    5   52    3
O’Neill          6    2   26    0

Day 1
J McNeill: 50 in 40 balls, 9x4 1x6 (Quebec and Shingoryeo 83-2)
3rd wicket: 50 in 38 balls (McNeill 34, Blough 17)
Lunch: Quebec and Shingoryeo 136-3, 30 overs (McNeill 71, Barnes 2)
AJ Barnes: 50 in 81 balls, 9x4 (Quebec and Shingoryeo 213-4)
5th wicket: 50 in 122 balls (Barnes 34, Jang 18)
Tea: Quebec and Shingoryeo 238-4, 61 overs (Barnes 64, Jang 22)
New ball taken at 80.0 overs: Quebec and Shingoryeo 302-6 (Eskelinen 24, Joh 1)
Close of play: Quebec and Shingoryeo 330-7, 93 overs (Eskelinen 40, Yang-Bordeleau 6)
Day 2
E Eskelinen: 50 in 137 balls, 8x4 (Quebec and Shingoryeo 374-8)
Lunch: Gruenberg 6-0, 5 overs (Hmnff 4, Skkrrrtltwibe 2)
VBPU Skkrrrtltwibe: 50 in 92 balls, 5x4 (Gruenberg 86-2)
Tea: Gruenberg 98-3, 33.1 overs (Broimbles 13)
4th wicket: 50 in 91 balls (Gurglesaxx 29, Broimbles 16)
EME Broimbles: 50 in 115 balls, 7x4 (Gruenberg 174-4)
Close of play: Gruenberg 203-4, 64 overs (Broimbles 57, Contemnible 16)
Day 3
New ball taken at 80.0 overs: Gruenberg 243-5 (Contemnible 32, Qari 13)
6th wicket: 50 in 87 balls (Contemnible 25, Qari 24)
YQB Contemnible: 50 in 89 balls, 5x4 (Gruenberg 292-5)
Lunch: Gruenberg 327-6, 93 overs (Contemnible 84, Saduqa 4)
9th wicket: 50 in 91 balls (Loxetdjidjph 32, Saduqa 18)
JSP Saduqa: 50 in 109 balls, 5x4 (Gruenberg 425-9)
Tea taken at change of innings
Close of play: Quebec and Shingoryeo 74-4, 27 overs (McNeill 34, Jang 4)
Day 4
Lunch: Quebec and Shingoryeo 138-6, 57 overs (Jang 28, Joh 20)
7th wicket: 50 in 161 balls (Jang 28, Joh 21)
JG Jang: 50 in 125 balls, 7x4 (Quebec and Shingoryeo 182-7)
8th wicket: 50 in 84 balls (Jang 29, Yang-Bordeleau 23)
New ball taken at 80.0 overs: Quebec and Shingoryeo 206 (Jang 73, Yang-Bordeleau 25)
Tea: Quebec and Shingoryeo 233-9, 90 overs (Kim 10, O’Neill 1)
Close of play: Gruenberg 42-3, 16 overs (Broimbles 7, Gurglesaxx 2)
Day 5
4th wicket: 50 in 86 balls (Gurglesaxx 27, Broimbles 23)
6th wicket: 50 in 73 balls (Qari 27, Contemnible 23)
Lunch: Gruenberg 167-5, 49 overs (Qari 39, Contemnible 29)

Match result: Gruenberg win by 2 wickets

Article posted on the GruenCric website.

Gruenberg grind out excruciating win as fragile batting splinters against spin

Full touring squad:

* In Wenaist numerology, and hence Gruenberger cricketing lore, 111 and multiples thereof are considered especially terrible, signifying the "three-legged goat", the harbinger of doom. Statisticians, however, report there is little evidence that batters actually get out more often when their or the team's score reads 111, 222, 333, etc.

by **Liventia** » Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:20 am

Matchweek 11

GCF Test 946
Match Report: Ko-oren in Sylestone
Ko-oren bat first
Sylestone 234 (72.1 overs), 146 (42.4 overs)
Ko-oren 203 (64.0 overs), 270 (76.0 overs)
Sylestone lose by 93 runs

GCF Test 947
Match Report: Darmen in Eastfield Lodge
Eastfield Lodge bat first
Eastfield Lodge 267 (93.2 overs), 199 (62.2 overs)
Darmen 251 (68.2 overs), 217/2 (51.4 overs)
Darmen win by 8 wickets

GCF Test 948
Match Report: Sharktail in The Plough Islands
Sharktail bat first
The Plough Islands 500 (147.5 overs)
Sharktail 276 (94.0 overs), 215 (57.0 overs)
The Plough Islands win by an innings and 9 runs

GCF Test 949
Match Report: Krytenia in TJUN-ia
Krytenia bat first
TJUN-ia 246 (86.0 overs), 185 (90.2 overs)
Krytenia 211 (50.5 overs), 289 (72.3 overs)
TJUN-ia lose by 69 runs nice

GCF Test 950
Pratapgadh has ceased to exist. This Test has been switched to Milchama at home.
Match Report: Pratapgadh in Milchama
Pratapgadh bat first
Milchama 361 (141.5 overs), 78/5 (20.4 overs)
Pratapgadh 159 (30.0 overs), 279 (57.2 overs)
Milchama win by 5 wickets

GCF Test 951
Match Report: Gruenberg in Quebec and Shingoryeo
Quebec and Shingoryeo bat first
Quebec and Shingoryeo 220 (53.5 overs), 284 (71.0 overs)
Gruenberg 480 (107.1 overs), 26/0 (5.3 overs)
Gruenberg win by 10 wickets

League standings

Teams ineligible to qualify for the WTC Final are ranked below teams which are eligible.
                         Pl  W  L  D  T  Ld  Lv  Pts BP  Avg
Gruenberg		 10  7  1  2  0   6   1  148  2 16.8
Milchama		 11  6  3  2  0   8   2  142  2 14.9
Darmen			  9  6  2  1  0   5   0  121  1 14.4
The Plough Islands	  8  4  3  1  0   5   0   89  2 13.1
Liventia		 10  5  3  2  0   5   0  110  0 11.0
Ko-oren			  9  5  4  0  0   4   0   96  0 10.7
Krytenia		  8  4  4  0  0   2   1   74  1 10.3
TJUN-ia			 10  5  5  0  0   3   0   92  1 10.2
Baggieland		  6  2  1  3  0   3   0   59  0  9.8
Quebec and Shingoryeo	 10  4  3  3  0   4   0   95  0  9.5
Sylestone		 11  4  6  1  0   3   0   81  0  7.4
Eastfield Lodge		 10  1  6  3  0   5   0   51  0  5.1
Pratapgadh		  6  0  6  0  0   1   0    4  0  0.7 
Lozho			  3  1  1  1  0   3   0   33  0 11.0
Elmyia			  4  2  2  0  0   2   0   40  0 10.0
Sajnur			  3  1  2  0  0   3   0   28  0  9.3
Sharktail		  3  0  1  2  0   1   0   14  0  4.7
StrayaRoos		  3  0  2  1  0   2   0   13  0  4.3
Eura			  2  0  2  0  0   1   0    4  0  2.0

Updated GCF Test Ratings

Full Members                       Score  Pts/MP  Adjusted
 1 Gruenberg                     FM  124 (3733/30)  112.22
 2 Ko-oren			 FM  123 (5289/43)  111.50
 3 Liventia			 FM  116 (5117/44)  108.15
 4 Darmen			 FM  114 (5053/44)  107.42
 5 Milchama                      FM  105 (2637/25)  102.74
 6 The Plough Islands		 FM  104 (3640/35)  102.00
 7 Eura			         FM   97 (1951/20)   98.78
 8 TJUN-ia                       FM   96 (2120/22)   98.18
 9 Krytenia			 FM   86 (2340/27)   93.33
10 Sylestone			 FM   81 (2605/32)   90.70
11 Sajnur			 FM   76 (1995/26)   88.37
12 Quebec and Shingoryeo         FM   74 (1123/15)   87.43
13 Baggieland                    FM   72 (794/11)    86.09
14 Eastfield Lodge	         FM   47 (1318/28)   73.54

Associate Members
 1 Sharktail                     AS   54 (489/9)     83.00

Affiliate Members
 1 Lozho			 AF   81 (324/4)     95.50
 2 Elmyia			 AF   67 (402/6)     89.00
 3 StrayaRoos                    AF   47 (334/7)     79.00

Inactive Members/CTE
 1 The Grearish Union	      IN/FM  119 (2513/21)  109.83
 2 Teusland		      IN/FM  112 (2478/22)  106.32
 3 Uncertainty		      CE/FM  111 (1443/13)  105.50
 4 The Licentian Isles	      IN/FM   98 (1080/11)   99.09
 5 Jeckland		      CE/FM   85 (856/10)    92.80
 6 Lisander		      IN/FM   80 (1689/21)   90.21
 7 Ethane		      IN/FM   75 (1205/16)   87.66
 8 Brookstation               IN/FM   59 (597/10)    79.85
 9 Pratapgadh		      CE/FM   58 (1397/24)   79.10
10 Bollonich                  IN/FM   57 (803/14)    78.68
11 New Lunenburg	      CE/AS  136 (816/6)    113.00
12 Apox			      IN/AS  101 (711/7)     96.00
13 Barunia                    IN/AS   82 (740/9)     97.00
14 Elejamie		      IN/AS   77 (465/6)     94.00
15 Damukuni                   IN/AF  148 (1783/12)  119.00
16 Busoga Islands	      IN/AF  111 (890/8)    100.00
17 The Sherpa Empire          IN/AF   94 (282/3)    102.00
18 Northwest Kalactin	      IN/AF   82 (741/9)     97.00
19 Britland                   IN/AF   70 (210/3)     90.00
20 Kiltoch                    CE/AF   51 (153/3)     81.00
21 The Sarian                 CE/AF   38 (230/6)     75.00
22 Garbelia                   IN/AF   33 (200/6)     72.00

Pratapgadh moved to CE pile. Sharktail promoted to Associate status (will obtain Full status after current series) and has scheduling limits removed.

by **Gruenberg** » Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:01 am

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

Quebec and Shingoryeo 220 all out (53.5 overs)
                                                             R    B   4/6
J McNeill        c Hmnff        b Saduqa                     6  (21)  -/-
L Chevening                     b Grovan                     5  (24)  -/-
HA Tatti         c Broimbles    b Qari                      16  (32)  2/-
D Blough         c Contemnible+ b Saduqa                    50  (67)  3/1
AJ Barnes        c Hmnff        b Qari                       3  (10)  -/-
JG Jang*+        run out (!)                                15  (24)  1/-
E Eskelinen                 lbw b Grovan                     3   (8)  -/-
JR Joh                      lbw b Skejjibox                 34  (53)  1/-
J Yang-Bordeleau c Saduqa       b Skejjibox                 32  (39)  2/1
WY Kim           c Contemnible+ b Tyrkkekkekklukkekklukekk  34  (28)  2/1
DS O’Neill       NOT OUT                                    16  (17)  -/-
EXTRAS (5b, 1wb)                                             6

FoW: 1: 11 (Chevening, 6.5 overs); 2: 11 (McNeill, 7.4 overs); 3: 36 (Tatti, 15.5 overs); 4: 42 (Barnes, 17.5 overs); 5: 80 (Jang, 26.1 overs); 6: 92 (Eskelinen, 28.5 overs); 7: 127 (Blough, 36.1 overs); 8: 153 (Joh, 43.5 overs); 9: 181 (Yang-Bordeleau, 49.1 overs); 10: 220 (Kim, 53.5 overs)

                           O    M    R    W
Grovan                    11    2   27    2
Saduqa                    10    1   38    2
Qari                       9    1   34    2
Tyrkkekkekklukkekklukekk  10.5  1   46    1
Skejjibox                 13    0   70    2

Gruenberg 480 all out (107.1 overs)
                                                                 R    B   4/6
CRFQ Hmnff                                    b Eskelinen       33  (43)  7/-     
VBPU Skkrrrtltwibe           c Chevening      b Kim             96 (127) 18/-
!                                             b Kim             18  (15)  3/-
EME Broimbles*               c Jang+          b Barnes         101 (147)  8/-
GPT Gurglesaxx               c Chevening      b Joh             29  (35)  4/-
YQB Contemnible+             c Jang+          b Kim             41  (69)  3/-
UFKNWOTM8 Qari               c Jang+          b Kim             68  (89)  6/1
JNT Tyrkkekkekklukkekklukekk c Yang-Bordeleau b Joh             36  (50)  4/1
BPGV Grovan                  c Joh            b Kim             23  (25)  3/1
JSP Saduqa                   c Kim            b Yang-Bordeleau   9  (26)  2/-
QD Skejjibox                 NOT OUT                            14  (20)  1/1
EXTRAS (3b, 3lb, 3wb, 3nb)                                      12

FoW: 1: 51 (Hmnff, 9.6 overs); 2: 84 (!, 14.6 overs); 3: 187 (Skkrrrtltwibe, 42.5 overs); 4: 238 (Gurglesaxx, 53.2 overs); 5: 295 (Broimbles, 65.3 overs); 6: 353 (Contemnible, 80.4 overs); 7: 420 (Qari, 94.5 overs); 8: 444 (Tyrkkekkekklukkekklukekk, 99.1 overs); 9: 446 (Grovan, 100.6 overs); 10: 480 (Saduqa, 107.1 overs)

                 O    M    R    W
Kim             22    0   94    5
Joh             26    3  119    2
Eskelinen       15    1   59    1
O’Neill         16    1   90    0
Barnes          18    3   70    1
Yang-Bordeleau  10.1  0   42    1

Quebec and Shingoryeo 284 all out (71 overs)
                                                             R    B   4/6
J McNeill                   c & b Skejjibox                  9  (30)  2/-
L Chevening                 lbw b Grovan                    49  (75)  8/-
HA Tatti                    lbw b Skejjibox                 10  (16)  1/-
D Blough                    lbw b Tyrkkekkekklukkekklukekk  21  (56)  3/-
AJ Barnes                   c & b Tyrkkekkekklukkekklukekk  15  (18)  1/1
JG Jang*+        c Contemnible+ b Skejjibox                 57  (99)  2/3
E Eskelinen      NOT OUT                                    95 (107)  8/5
JR Joh           c Qari         b Skejjibox                  5   (9)  -/-
J Yang-Bordeleau c Contemnible+ b Skejjibox                  7   (7)  1/-
WY Kim           c Contemnible+ b Skejjibox                  6   (9)  -/1
DS O’Neill                      b Tyrkkekkekklukkekklukekk   0   (1)  -/-
EXTRAS (7b, 2lb, 1nb)                                       10

FoW: 1: 25 (McNeill, 7.6 overs); 2: 45 (Tatti, 13.6 overs); 3: 85 (Chevening, 24.3 overs); 4: 100 (Barnes, 29.5 overs); 5: 113 (Blough, 33.6 overs); 6: 213 (Jang, 61.1 overs); 7: 227 (Joh, 63.5 overs); 8: 259 (Yang-Bordeleau, 67.2 overs); 9: 281 (Kim, 69.6 overs); 10: 284 (O’Neill, 70.6 overs)

                           O    M    R    W
Grovan                    13    2   31    1
Saduqa                     8    2   15    0
Skejjibox                 14    2   61    6
Qari                      15    1   69    0
Tyrkkekkekklukkekklukekk  21    1   99    3

Gruenberg 26-0 (5.3 overs)
                             R    B   4/6
CRFQ Hmnff         NOT OUT   9  (22)  -/-
VBPU Skkrrrtltwibe NOT OUT  15  (13)  1/-
Did not bat: !, EME Broimbles*, GPT Gurglesaxx, YQB Contemnible+, UFKNWOTM8 Qari, JNT Tyrkkekkekklukkekklukekk, BPGV Grovan, JSP Saduqa, QD Skejjibox
EXTRAS                       0

          O    M    R    W
Kim       3    0   17    0
Joh       2    0    5    0
O’Neill   0.3  0    4    0

Day 1
Lunch: Quebec and Shingoryeo 80-4, 26 overs (Blough 32, Jang 15)
D Blough: 50 in 66 balls, 3x4 1x6 (Quebec and Shingoryeo 125-6)
Tea taken at change of innings
1st wicket: 50 in 56 balls (Hmnff 33, Skkrrrtltwibe 18)
VBPU Skkrrrtltwibe: 50 in 50 balls, 10x4 (Gruenberg 105-2)
3rd wicket: 50 in 82 balls (Skkrrrtltwibe 32, Broimbles 19)
Close of play: Gruenberg 148-2, 34 overs (Skkrrrtltwibe 70, Broimbles 27)
Day 2
3rd wicket: 100 in 163 balls (Skkrrrtltwibe 62, Broimbles 39)
EME Broimbles: 50 in 88 balls, 5x4 (Gruenberg 213-3)
4th wicket: 50 in 61 balls (Gurglesaxx 29, Broimbles 21)
Lunch: Gruenberg 270-4, 60 overs (Broimbles 85, Contemnible 9)
5th wicket: 50 in 62 balls (Broimbles 36, Contemnible 14)
EME Broimbles: 100 in 141 balls, 8x4 (Gruenberg 291-4)
6th wicket: 50 in 80 balls (Qari 30, Contemnible 20)
New ball taken at 80.0 overs: Gruenberg 351-5 (Contemnible 39, Qari 35)
Tea: Gruenberg 401-6, 89 overs (Qari 49, Tyrkkekkekklukkekklukekk 34)
UFKNWOTM8 Qari: 50 in 64 balls, 5x4 1x6 (Gruenberg 402-6)
7th wicket: 50 in 58 balls (Tyrkkekkekklukkekklukekk 34, Qari 17)
Bad light stopped play: Quebec and Shingoryeo 49-2, 15 overs (Chevening 30, Blough 0)
Day 3
Lunch: Quebec and Shingoryeo 129-5, 40 overs (Jang 11, Eskelinen 11)
6th wicket: 50 in 99 balls (Eskelinen 29, Jang 18)
JG Jang: 50 in 95 balls, 2x4 2x6 (Quebec and Shingoryeo 206-5)
6th wicket: 100 in 162 balls (Jang 50, Eskelinen 46)
E Eskelinen: 50 in 76 balls, 5x4 1x6 (Quebec and Shingoryeo 220-6)
Tea: Quebec and Shingoryeo 259-7, 67 overs (Eskelinen 76, Yang-Bordeleau 7)

Match result: Gruenberg win by 10 wickets

by **Sharktail** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:27 pm

Sharktail Post EP77

FOXDALE - A huge gap can be seen between the experienced The Plough Island and the young comer Sharktail. The first game ended with Plough Island winning by an inning and 9 runs.

Batting a full day on the first day and failing to drag on for a while, Sharktail only lasted 4 overs on the second day. The best performance of this inning is the collaboration of the middle order as our top order collapses to fast. It's normal to expect a star to shine, but it's also normal to see them have bad days. Faris Eiman bowled out too early, scored less than 10 runs. Rather than saying our batting line up is bad, as it nothing new, credit to Plough Island bowling squad as their rotation is good enough to bowl all out Sharktail, giving up 276.

Sharktail fans might find it hard to stay up and follow the result in second day to third day tea break, solid batting 500 run from Plough Island might as well we can say victory is in their grasp. Yusof and Buhairi really tried hard to get Plow Island out, with a combination of a total of 7 wickets falling by our fast bowler combination. A bad day for our spinner, nothing much to do other than giving up a lot of runs. This might be only the review that we might see as Plough Island might end this game without even batting in the second inning.

224 runs needed by Sharktail to tie this match. Even so, the possible outcome that Sharktail might want to achieve is draw. But, 2 days left is more than enough for Plough Island to win this match. And, the expected outcome came true. A few overs short from Lunch break, Plow Island ended this match in style, bowling all out Sharktail 215 in 57 overs. Sharktail not even able to reach the target of 224 runs, has to bow down from Foxdale Sport Club, giving Plough Island the win.

A result that was expected from the beginning, but the effort of the Sharktail squad can be commended, as we try hard to get them to stop at 500 runs, even though it was already too much for us.

Onto the second match of the series, Sharktail top order needs to step up, hopefully not another bad day on our squad. Ajay Deshmukh and Faris Eiman, our two best batters in the squad, we might say if these two collapse to early, Plough Island will have the series in their bag.

A little change in our final match in GCF 13, a debut for our fast bowler Zahiri Effendi replacing Othman. Fazrunil Ghani getting second chance pairing with Faris Eiman as our opening duo, and Rizki Mutalib giving our bowling department another addition. Hopefully for a good day.

Starting X1 vs Plough Island 2nd test

 Faris Eiman
 Fazrunil Ghani
 Adnin Syafiq (wk)
 Ajay Deshmukh (c)
 Suwairi Din
 Rizki Mutalib
 Razin Fikri
 Buhairi Safii
 Kabir Zulaidi
 Zahiri Efendi
 Yusof Rahim

 Bowlers
 Yusof(R,fast), Kabir(L,orth),
 Zahiri(R,fast), Ajay(L,spin), Buhairi(R,Fast), Rizki(L,spin)

by **TJUN-ia** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:36 am

Krytenia 1st Innings (211ao (50.5 overs))
For the final time, "The Trent Zone" welcomed the Bowlin' Jags home. Everyone knew that while there still was a small chance of TJUN-ia making it into the Final of the World Test Challenge, the main vibe surrounding this final 2-match series against Krytenia was just about ending this season on a high. We would win the toss and send Howard Tatton and Ian Carlton out to bat...and nearly 51 overs later, it felt like an inspired decision, to say the least. Damon Stenson would end up with their best score of 66* but apart from that, this inning would be dominated by our bowlers with both Ahmed Ali and Peter Kylasov getting 4 wickets each. The visitors would be bowled out for 211 and back then, it felt like a statement of intent.

TJUN-ia 1st Innings (246ao (86.0 overs))
Captain Jason Walkins and Logan McGarra would then come out to begin the chase and despite the 86 innings we got, this inning didn't go to plan at all. What was expected to be a run-building session turned into a bit of a nightmare as our bats were stuffed up by some super bowling, with James Marlborough and Odell Lovatovic both ending up with 4 wickets each. Zawar Ahmed ended up with 112 in a late push to make things seem a bit rosier, but we were still bowled out for 246 - only 35 ahead of the visitors.

Krytenia 2nd Innings (289ao (72.3 overs))
Krytenia felt like the team in command of the series despite being behind after the 1st innings, but this 2nd inning from them in 72.3 overs would certainly cement their status as the team in control. We certainly tried our best, with Ahmed Ali getting 5 wickets to try and hold them back, but Captain Lynton Saxon managed a strong 132 to push the lead out and when we finally bowled them out for 289, we knew what we had to do.

TJUN-ia 2nd Innings (185ao (90.2 overs))
The final target in this tough match was 254 and despite being given over 90 overs to try and get this one done, we just couldn't do shit. Chase Helton's hard-earned 62 was the best we could manage in the final inning as Gavin Udall's 5-43 led the charge to demolish us into the dirt. 185 was never going to be enough and we would be bowled out on home soil with the gap at 69. Not nice at all.

Next time will both our series decider and the finale. We will certainly hope to end things on a high. GO BOWLIN' JAGS!

SCHEDULE
MW1-3: TJUN-ia in Sajnur W 2-1 (6th)
MW4-6: Milchama in TJUN-ia - "The Trent Zone", Notts W 2-1 (4th)
MW8-10: TJUN-ia in Liventia L 1-2
MW11-12: Krytenia in TJUN-ia - "The Trent Zone", Notts 0-1 after 1

Cricket - GCF World Test Challenge 13 (everything)

Stumps!: A Tough, But Informative 1st Test

Stumps!: Series Lost...

Stumps!: TJUN-ia Wins This Final Battle

Stumps!: Ouch

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