GCF Test Season 8 EVERYTHING THREAD

by **The Kiaser Colonies** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:29 pm

Kiasers Survive Sublime Sargossa

Jared Franklin and the rest of the Kiaser Colonies test side will count themselves lucky to still be in a test series after a poor showing against Sargossa in the second test was salvaged for a draw. The second test of the three game series was a far cry from the exciting, closely fought affair for the opening test at the NSCG in New Sydney last time out. The Kiasers and Sargossans gave the fans their money's worth in that game with the hosts going losing by 12 runs after Adam Thomas got overly excited by the prospect and was caught deep, trying to hit what would have been the first six of his test career. However, this time out the sides couldn't have looked more unequal. The trouble began on day one when the Kiaser Colonies conceded 253 runs while taking only 2 wickets. Opening batsman Juan Martín Sainz was in scintillating form as he quickly racked up an impressive score. The misery was further compounded on day two when the deadly partnership of Juan Martín Sainz and the Ivan Correa got down to work knocking the opposition bowlers about. Sainz somehow improved further on his form and almost made it to a double century before he was bowled by Terry Hazelwood. With their partnership being worth a total of 184 runs, and the Sargossan score out to 426-3 by the end of the day, things were not looking good for Franklin and co.

Day three brought with it by far the worst offering from the Kiasers yet. After Sargossa tagged on another 54 runs in an early morning blitz, the captain opted to declare, Sargossa 480-4 after 205 overs. It almost looked like it might all turn around for the Kiaser Colonies as the opening partnership of Kelly Austin and Joshua Watson began to settle in. The pair made it to 81 without loss and looked like they could really get things back on track for their side. Unfortunately this sense of hope was short lived as Austin was given out by lbw, bowled by Federico Carvallo. This sparked the fuse of the Kiasers' self destruct and before they could make it to 110 runs, Blackwell, Watson and Horton were all dismissed. From there Carvallo and Nahuel Guerra made short work of the remaining line up, taking seven wickets between them. A shocking batting order collapse saw the Kiaser Colonies post a meagre score of just 161 in their first innings. Hence the charges were sent back to the crease for the follow up. It was beginning to look like the Kiaser Colonies were in for a spanking unless they could find a miracle.

Short of a miracle, the Kiaser's did find their feet during the fourth day of the test. Watson did see the bails toppled early on as he was run out for just 20 runs, but this paved the way for Alex Blackwell to come in. His solid performance at the crease gave much needed stability to the side and, after Austin departed, allowed James Horton to settle nicely into the game. Horton used the stable platform to begin building his personal tally of runs, finding a series of fours and even sending one Carvallo ball for six. The loss of Blackwell came soon after his partner reached a half century. 59 runs later, Horton was also sent packing for 111 after being caught behind after nicking a beautifully spun ball off Guerra. Howard Lyons and Glen Cunningham found themselves at the crease now and also opened up a strong partnership. Cunningham's impressive work again showed the value of getting into a game. This partnership lead Cunningham to 78 runs and gave him the metal to outlast Lyons and Franklin on route to passing the century mark for the first time by day five.

The final day was a dour spectacle. With it being apparent that the score wasn't high enough to beat the Sargossans and there being insufficient time get them all out, the Highroyds crowd were treated to a display of extreme defensive cricket, as the Kiaser's buckled down to try avoid losing the test and the series. Hazelwood and Cunningham pottered along for several hours taking safe singles and leaving plenty of balls that were dying to be edged go. When Hazelwood did fall, it was thanks to the skill of Sargossan fast bowler Jordan Young finding middle stump, taking his third wicket of the innings. In spite of how it seemed, that did not prove to be the breakthrough the Sargossans needed to put a swift end to the match. Kevin Perry picked up where his fellow bowler left off to continue eating up the hours and the overs left in the match. Thanks to these performances, Cunningham's 168 not out and the nous to stop Carvallo picking up wickets at will, the Kiaser Colonies managed to hold out for a draw. In circumstances that certainly didn't win them any fans. A big improvement will be required in the remaining test in Watson's Bay if the Kiaser Colonies are to come away with anything from the home series, heading into the daunting challenge of an away test in Liventia.

by **Apox** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:28 am

Match Report: Apox in Barunia
Apox bat first
Apox 269 (81.5 overs), 412/5d (104.1 overs)
Barunia 318 (106.4 overs), 365/6 (107.5 overs)
Barunia win by 4 wickets


Apox 1st Innings Batting
Name                 How Out                Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Jeff Zanzala         lbw Jones                54    97  6   0  55.67
Enda Bryton          c Price b Adams          25    66  2   0  37.88
Trajan Muldoney      c Ibarra b Cooper        17    33  1   0  51.52
Nancy Washington     b Jones                  42    70  5   0  60.00
Bashar al-Menzes *   c & b Cooper              3    14  0   0  21.43
Organa Arrowsmith    c Ibarra b Cooper        17    57  2   0  29.82
Ezra Girard †        NOT OUT                  57    73  8   0  78.08
Anyi Metrophanes     c Price b Adams           9    16  1   0  56.25
Rachel Gallegos      lbw Cooper               32    60  4   0  53.33
Tara Kakketa         c & b Cooper              0     1  0   0   0.00
Roy Hamilton-Randall b Jones                   0     4  0   0   0.00
EXTRAS           1 wide, 2 nb, 8 lb, 2 byes   13
TOTAL                                        269

FOW
41  for 1 (Bryton)
82  for 2 (Muldoney)
119 for 3 (Zanzala)
130 for 4 (al-Menzes)
162 for 5 (Arrowsmith)
171 for 6 (Washington) 
196 for 7 (Metrophanes)
266 for 8 (Gallegos)
266 for 9 (Kakketa)
269 all out (Hamilton-Randall)


Apox 1st Innings Bowling
Name                   O   M   R   W  Econ
Roy Hamilton-Randall 18.0  5  40   6  2.22
Rachel Gallegos      16.0  3  49   0  3.06
Tara Kakketa         19.4  4  64   1  3.25
Anyi Metrophanes     24.0  6  76   1  3.17
Bashar al-Menzes      6.0  1  15   1  2.50
Organa Arrowsmith    23.0  5  74   1  3.22

Apox 2nd Innings Batting
Name                 How Out                Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Jeff Zanzala         c Cooper b Adams        177   211 16   0  83.89
Enda Bryton          c Price b Noble          61   132  5   0  46.21
Trajan Muldoney      b Jones                  32    91  4   0  35.16
Nancy Washington     lbw Adams                13    13  0   1 100.00
Bashar al-Menzes *   c Lockwood b Monroe      68    85 10   0  80.00
Organa Arrowsmith    NOT OUT                  45    93  6   0  48.39
Ezra Girard
Anyi Metrophanes
Rachel Gallegos
Tara Kakketa
Roy Hamilton-Randall
EXTRAS           2 wides, 1 nb, 8 byes, 5 lb  16
TOTAL

FOW
106 for 1 (Bryton)
173 for 2 (Muldoney)
196 for 3 (Washington)
325 for 4 (al-Menzes)

Apox 2nd Innings Bowling
Name                   O   M   R   W  Econ
Roy Hamilton-Randall 17.0  2  72   1  4.24
Rachel Gallegos      20.0  5  66   1  3.30
Tara Kakketa         16.5  5  68   2  4.05
Anyi Metrophanes     26.0  9  71   0  2.73
Bashar al-Menzes     15.0  3  47   3  3.13
Organa Arrowsmith    13.0  2  41   0  3.15

by **Lisander** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:39 am

EVERYTHING IS READY FOR THE FIRST LISANDER SEASON GAME (IN ALICE BAY)
Daily Sport, from Newport, AB

Lisander and Elejamie seem to cultivate a very healthy rivalry in recent times. In Rugby, the teams have faced each other twice this year. A close win for Lisander in RWC25 Round of 16, and another close victory, this time for Elejamie in the Pool stage of the Olympic event of Rugby Sevens.

Tomorrow the two teams meet again, now in Test Cricket. But this time the Lisanderians are strengthened. As you all know, after the recent merger, LCB now represents Lisander and Alice Bay. And as Cricket is considerably more popular at the Bay than in Lisander, great new players come to defend the Ermines. Experienced names like Ali Farnell, Mason Mustar and the former Alice Bay Captain (now vice-captain of the Ermines) Lincoln Porteous join the team already coached by an Alicean, Spencer Laurie. In other news, two of the biggest promises of Imperan League Cricket, Eden Dorne and Blake Lihou are finally playing together. Under the lead of Martin Hery, this team will give the first glimpse of the merger results. Wednesday's game will be in the renovated Newport Oval (+4) (photo) with its flat, well-trimmed grass. Everything indicates that will be a paradise for the batsmen, and we will see lots of runs!

WORKING TO DEVELOP
We need to compliment. LCB has been working to achieve an excellent series of tests. So far, in addition to testing this Matchday 7, a series of three tests are confirmed in Apox, in MDs 13 to 15, and the survey continues. LCB seems interested in tests against Eastfield Lodge and The Kiaser Colonies, but received no response from these nations.

by **Elejamie** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:35 am

Elejamian national cricket team
Selección de críquet de Elejamia
Elejam cerikit tim

Cricket is a fairly new sport to Elejamie, with the first match on Elejamian soil being played in 1960. However, it wasn't until 1967 that a national side was formed and 1974 when the first domestic match was played; a limited-overs game between Aventry and Surter held at the recently-built Aventry Cricket Ground, with Aventry winning by seven wickets. In 1987, a small limited-overs (50 overs per side, to be exact) cricket tournament - the Cross-Tractal Cup - was played, with Wyken winning all of their group games against East Reise, Nuevo Paraíso and Mittedorf before beating Aventry in the semi-final and Autumnia in the final (Autumnia would later go on to win the 1989 edition). Three more editions were played before the tournament was cancelled in 1991 for unknown reasons, with West Reise (who had won the trophy in 1988 and 1990) being allowed to keep it. The tournament was still a success however and, in 2005, a Twenty20 cricket league - the Elejamie Cricket League (or ECL for short) - began. Elejamie are also the reigning Twenty20 World Champs (just as long as you ignore the demonstration event at the Olympics because Margaret hates me), having beaten Liventia at the 9th World T20 in Damukini by two runs. Not bad for a bunch of semi-professionals

Test cricket, on the other hand, hasn't reached the same amount of popularity that limited overs has reached. In fact, that first game on Elejamian soil - held at the 35,000-capacity Davenport Baseball Ground, which was eventually demolished in 1987- saw a packed crowd on the opening day but attendance dwindled as the match went on and, by the fifth day, there were 2,500 people left watching. And, despite being formed in 1967, the national team had only played a handful of test cricket matches (the first of which was in 1974 and the most recent being in November last year when they lost both games to Liventia). However, despite being a mostly Twenty20 nation (and, indeed, the entire 15-man team is made up of Twenty20 players - all of whom compete in the ECL - who had received extensive training to be test-worthy), Cricket Elejamie are confident that the Greenblacks will carry on the team's T20 success in their one-off test against Lisander.

No.	Name			Tract	Hand
1	Steve Loughlin (vc)	SRTR	Left
2	Dawoud Halabi		WYKN	Right	
3	Robert Hamilton		ESRE	Right
4	Mike Bentley		BNTT	Left
5	Kelly Entwistle		ATMN	Right
6	Ricardo Montoya		BIST	Left	
7	Salman Halabi		KEDS	Right
8	Danny Slezinger (c)	AVEN	Left
9	Lucas Mahler		MTDF	Left
10	Arían Rodriguez		MDLN	Right
11	Pablo Novak		NUPA	Right

(c) - Captain
(vc) - Vice captain

No.	Name			Tract	Hand	Position
1	Nick Hutcherson		WERS	Left	1-2
2	Dan McCafferty		ESEL	Left	1-4
3	Pael Cetorin		SWNG	Right	5-7
4	Julián Blanco		RCST	Left	8-11

Just in case of substitutions or just in case Lisander wants to swap out one of my starting XI for whatever reason.

by **Eura** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 5:33 pm

EBC SPORT > Cricket > Eura
TEST CRICKET RETURNS TO EURA IN HARD FOUGHT DRAW
Eura show their rustiness but frustrate World No. 1 Liventian team
Morris Hardcastle reports from the Brigham Oval

1st Test, Brigham Oval (Average attendance: 84,580
Liventia won the toss and elect to bat
LIVENTIA 471/9d (168.1 overs) & 151/6 (53.4 overs)
EURA 367 (160.2 overs)
Drawn

EURA A Royce, T Lewis*, A Elland, L Tunbridge, M Leech, T Grant, S Folkstone, T Carpenter†, G Lark, A Harrison, N Fodrell
LIVENTIA JCA Quinn, MA Finney, JS Millbank, DA Hennessey, DHJ Edwards, OH Kerr*, MQ Sarrin†, RJ MacMaster, MC Geach, DM Quinn, JPK Adams; 12th men: SV Finney, BL Kerr

Head Coach Michael Overdale praised what he called the “fighting spirit” of Eura’s Test cricket side after they played out a draw against the world’s best cricketing side in Brigham.

It seems to many like an age since Eura played the five match series at home against Liventia that promised to be the birth of a Euran cricketing odyssey, with much of the national side from that time surviving to this day as the country’s most experienced red ball format players. That series ended in a 2-1 defeat which was considered at the time to be a promising effort against a far superior side. The 185 run victory in Bastion that ended the series was remarkable, especially coming off the back of a brutal innings and 143 runs defeat in a windswept Falourr just a week before. What happened? Politics, money, football and much else stunted Eura’s ambitions. They did not play any ranked tests beyond the tour to the Kytler Peninsulae at the end of GCF Season 4.

A decade later and Eura are back in a surprisingly familiar form. Amazingly Eura’s lineup for the 1st Test was almost the same as the full strength side that played Liventia so long ago with the exception of the wicket keeper, Jeremy Davis having now long retired, and the absence of swing bowler turned bowling coach Daniel Aldair. Although this long term loyalty to the players who mostly have around twenty Test matches already under their belt, is admirable it is not unbreakable. There are some ageing figures in this side who will not be in the game much longer. 40 year old Tristran Lewis remains only to guide as a leader and is too old to open regularly against top level opposition. Alan Royce still has it just but at 36 he must be aware that his position will be under constant scrutiny. Matt Leech is no spring chicken at 34 but has stayed in good shape, and Andy Harrison is peaking – or possibly slightly past his peak - as a fast bowler at 31. Nick Fodrell’s pedigree at this level is going to be closely evaluated. Good young players are knocking on the door of the side. Nevertheless these men were all walking out to field on the first day at a packed Brigham Oval.

Naturally Liventia had the confidence to bat first on a slightly green tinted wicket, albeit in excellent weather for doing so, likely riding off the high of their most recent tour to Apox which resulted in a crushing 3-0 victory in three matches. The unfortunate injury to wicketkeeper Garland Goudreau was a blow for the tourists so close to the tour who made a couple of changes for the test. A lot of pressure was therefore on for Michael Sarrin to make his mark in Eura while top order batsman John Millbank found his way back into the side. His failure with the bat in the first test in Apox appears to have been punished with the drop by the Liventian CBA selectors who were now giving the 28 year old a second chance against potentially weaker opposition. That said the tourists were not likely to underestimate Eura who had given them a run for their money for much of that iconic (at least for the Euran’s) series years ago. While several faces in this unexpectedly familiar Euran team were deemed to have not filled their potential, the core of this team was obviously not to be taken for granted and certainly not on home turf.

James Quinn and Max Finney opened on what could only be called a glorious first morning. Though Euran hospitality is often quite good the bowling attack were not intending to stick to tradition or do the visitors any favours. A roaring and large by Test match standards crowd encouraged the opening overs from Shaun Folkstone and Andy Harrison. Folkstone’s consistent pace, line and length combined with Harrison’s aggression and bounce at the other end caused some problems. The new ball was gathering a lot of pace and there was a healthy degree of movement off the seam which Harrison in particular was suited to. The iconic Finney suffered an early scare on 5 not out when a short ball from the latter bowler was hooked away poorly, flicked up high into the air without enough power to reach the boundary, only for it to fall agonisingly short of Fodrell at long leg. Once the early jitters were out of their system Liventia stamped their authority on the game and predictably Harrison began to lose his line and length. He caved under the pressure and began to leak runs, going for 12 in one over to Quinn.

Eura were spared a potential morning session slaughter by a short outburst of rain which brought play to a halt with Liventia racing to 65-0. When play resumed they changed tack bringing in Tom Grant for Harrison much later than they should have done. Grant was much less costly and in the newly humid conditions started to get some promising swing movement. He targeted Finney in particular with the ball moving away from the right hander frequently. At the other end Folkstone successfully brought down Quinn’s run rate. However the tourists being contained was not the same as getting them out and the opening batsmen continued to accumulate runs slowly for the rest of the morning and most of the afternoon, reaching a commanding 140-0 with Quinn having made a commanding 76 while Finney contributed with 58. Both half centurions looked no less settled when Harrison returned in slightly better shape and saw off the medium-fast part time bowler Matt Leech. Surprisingly Eura decided not to call on their spinners for quite some time. When they did, their effectiveness was questionable. Lark conceded few runs but couldn’t break through the disciplined partnership. Fodrell leaked boundaries and looked rather forlorn when Finney smacked him back over long off for a six shortly before tea as the run rate ticked up again. Undoubtedly the game had been dominated by the away side up to this point.

Cruising on a daunting 188-0, Liventia looked secured enough to make a big score, but the intervention of some well-deserved bit of fortune for Grant got Eura back into the game. Bowling from the Sidney End he finally caught out Finney with a splendid ball swinging away from the batsman but in line with the stumps. It rattled the 33 year old’s pads and left the umpire with no doubt. Agonisingly he went down on 87 to be replaced by John Millbank. The left hander saw off an initial torrid spell from Grant to help Quinn bring up a wholly deserved century from just 181 balls. Millbank’s own initial contribution was solid as he sought to diminish any doubts about his position. Accumulation was slow by the pair but they made it to tea without further loss. It was during the evening session that Eura would cause a bit more trouble. Quinn wasted a good position with a foolish swipe at a decent ball from Folkstone, edging to Leech at first slip on 117. The stench of a collapse was beginning to waft by when Dylan Hennessey got an inside edge off Grant which went straight to Carpenter. It positively stank when Millbank, who had just got settled, was clean bowled on his off stump by the excellent Folkstone for just 24. David Edwards and Ollie Kerr were forced to batten down the hatches to reach the close without further loss for 270-4.

A good overnight total was not a guarantee of success but Edwards and Kerr built on it with relative ease on the second day. Eura struggled to really impress upon the batsmen. Golden boy Edwards, still probably replaying his debut 171 against Apox the Test before last in his head, rattled Harrison and a tiring Folkstone all over the park to earn himself an exciting half century. Hubris got the better of him before long when he tried to lob Fodrell over mid-on only to be caught by the Euran captain Tristan Lewis. His opposite number Kerr was more patient and also brought up a half ton by the afternoon in spite of another burst of rain. Michael Sarrin was trapped by Greg Lark LBW in that session after a spell of commendably tight bowling by the left arm spinner. Soon after Kerr joined him in the pavilion and would have been kicking himself for playing too aggressively at a full ball from Grant, which caught the inside edge of the bottom half of his bat and took out his leg stump. Although Liventia had made it to a pretty good position on 435-7 their innings didn’t last much longer. Ruairidh MacMaster put away some well hit boundary shots but got caught behind off Lark’s bowling when he tried to sweep and top edged to Carpenter who reacted with fantastic reflexes to catch it. Matthew Geach was beaten all ends up by the long suffering Harrison who finally took a wicket LBW. At this point Kerr declared on 471-9 and Eura didn’t have time to bat again that day.

Eura opened under gloomy conditions on day three and knowing that a win was unlikely from here. Therefore a good performance was crucial with the bat. It did not get off to a good start. Home ground advantage hadn’t equated to good selection and Eura were quickly made to realise why they should have played four proper pace bowlers, rather than three plus Leech. Left arm fast bowler Jonathan Adams is a terrifying prospect to face for any batsman and Eura’s two openers Royce and Lewis, combined age 76, struggled to get a foothold. Lewis was struck by a short ball and could barely get a bat on it while Royce’s footwork looked decidedly uncomfortable. Royce may have made a famous double century against Liventia once but he was not set to repeat the feat again. Adams eventually got him with a ferocious ball onto his pads. It’s not the first time that the veteran left hander has been caught out on his legs with just five runs on the board. This perennial weak spot would become a big topic of debate post game and for good reason. At the other end Lewis continued to only just get by. Eventually he managed to squeeze away some singles with Andrew Elland not getting much of the strike but he couldn’t resist for long. Geach – another world class bowler – sent his middle stump flying with an absolute snorter on just 23. Liam Tunbridge came in to pair Elland with Eura on a meagre 38-2. Crucially this third wicket partnership was made up of two batsmen playing on their home ground in Brigham.

Unlike the others to be in so far Tunbridge is not one to be easily intimidated by aggressive top level bowling and defended well in the opening stages of his innings to get in. Elland had more difficulty in establishing himself against the pace attack but did survive. Adams, Geach and after them MacMaster and Kerr failed to break down the number three and four. Tunbridge picked his shots well and slowly moved into double figures with the odd well taken single or functionally driven four. Elland grew in confidence the longer he stayed in and the less shiny the ball became. His typically flourishing shots produced some quicker runs including a sensational couple of consecutive fours off Adams. The crowd became quietly confident that these men were here to stay. Liventia decided to resort to the spinner Daniel Quinn to try and unlock them but this was an error against Elland who excels against off spinners. He picked off Quinn for boundaries and reached his half century to a booming reception from the spectators. Tunbridge followed with a more measured 50 later on. Elland did make a characteristic cocky error which he didn’t have the good fortune to survive. A short ball from Adams took him by surprise so he tried to smash it away over deep midwicket but didn’t hit it cleanly and was caught at deep square leg instead on 67. Eura were 160-3 at tea on the third day.

Matt Leech came in and was unusually defensive. Perhaps he was conscious that his place was under threat. More likely he didn’t fancy his chances trying to whack bowlers like Geach to all corners of the ground. His manner of getting out for a lowly 20 was much more in keeping with what to expect from him, a jog down the wicket to the spinner Quinn, a big slog and a miss, and then a prompt stumping. Lewis didn’t look pleased in the pavilion with this reversion to normality after Leech’s pleasing reticence to take risks at first. Tom Grant came in next – another slogger very often. He too tried to take a conservative approach and was much more successful. Grant and Tunbridge took a healthy partnership well into the fourth day which made a draw look ever more likely. Tunbridge finally brought up his century after a gruelling 251 balls and stayed in from there. Grant reached fifty and scored his traditional six on the way by belting one back over the massive Sidney End before edging to slip against Geach as Eura went to 256-5. Shaun Folkstone did much the same as Eura’s consistent strategy continued but he got unlucky with an inside edge on 8. Tim Carpenter brought some stability to the lower order and guided Eura past the 300 mark with Tunbridge who reached 150 in the first few overs of the fifth day.

A draw looked almost certain unless Liventia could take fourteen wickets on the final day while giving Eura a target of no less than 200. They got off to a brilliant start by taking the wickets of Carpenter, Lark, Harrison and Fodrell relatively cheaply, limiting Eura to 367 all out with Tunbridge still standing on a match saving 157 not out. This gave Liventia a lead of 104 and supposedly 60 overs of play left. The game now took on an atmosphere somewhat reminiscent of a Twenty20 game. If Liventia could rapidly score a hundred or more runs, they could set Eura a tempting target to chase and then bowl out the obviously less talented Euran side. However the Euran captain Lewis resisted the urge to take risks and try and take lots of Liventian wickets while leaking quick runs. He was determined that victory from this point was impossible and on a fifth day pitch – with the weather not entirely clear – decided to start defensively. Folkstone and Grant opened with Harrison bowling less so that Eura could keep the run rate down. This was achieved with some success and a final burst of southwestern Euran summer drizzle ended any realistic prospect of a late run chase. Liventia instead chose to try and score some runs in their remaining overs.

When the tourists were on 70-1 (Finney had got out cheaply to a rising Folkstone ball) they were exposed to a slightly worrying prospect that may come to haunt them in the next two matches of the series. The pacemen were withdrawn in favour of Greg Lark and Nick Fodrell with a containment field set up. Seeking to put some runs on the board toward the end the Liventian top order fell upon the sword of Lark’s intelligent approach regardless of their specific preparation for his bowling. It started with a chastising experience for James Quinn who played a straight defensive shot to a seemingly innocuous straight ball in line with his leg stump, left arm over the wicket to left hander, only for it to turn viciously away off the pitch and topple his off stump. Lark then practically put Hennessey in a box during a flawless spell of bowling in which he failed to score. Following several overs of frustration he went for a duck when trying to drive away Fodrell carelessly and getting caught in doing so.

The youngster Edwards, so impressive in his career so far, fell to Lark too by trying to fend off a ball turning sharply towards his stumps, instead gloving it straight to Carpenter. At 115-4 the captain Kerr counterattacked with some aggressive shots in the dead rubber final session that ticked the score up to 150 (and the lead to over 250 though that was academic now). He overstretched though and went to Lark LBW far too easily. The final overs were ticking away when Sarrin left a Grant ball that cannoned into his stumps having been deceived by low light. Millbank survived this collapse and demonstrated his credentials with a battling 45 not out. Both captains shook hands and walked off with Liventia at 151-6 leaving both sides with plenty of questions to ask themselves ahead of the 2nd Test. Eura will wonder whether or not to stick with two spinners and whether to drop Harrison, Leech or Royce, while Liventia will be forced to dwell on how they couldn’t find the means to finish Eura off from a commanding position regardless of the weather, not to mention what they would do about Lark on his home ground at Directus. The stage is set for a fascinating series whatever the lineups may be.

Men of the Match: L Tunbridge (Eura), JCA Quinn (Liventia)

by **Apox** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 2:42 am

Matchday 7

With my sincerest apologies for the delay in results being posted.

Match Report: Elejamie in Lisander
Lisander bat first
Lisander 147 (44.1 overs), 296 (88.5 overs)
Elejamie 201 (50.4 overs), 243/6 (76.5 overs)
Elejamie win by 4 wickets

Match Report: Sargossa in The Kiaser Colonies
The Kiaser Colonies bat first
The Kiaser Colonies 503 (110.3 overs), 5/0 (1.4 overs)
Sargossa 297 (89.1 overs), follow-on 209 (77.3 overs)
The Kiaser Colonies win by 10 wickets
Series drawn 1-1 (1 drawn)

Match Report: Liventia in Eura
Liventia bat first
Liventia 528 (121.1 overs), 70 (19.0 overs)
Eura 191 (98.1 overs), follow-on 722/8d (156.5 overs)
Liventia lose by 315 runs

Match Report: Barunia in Tobiasia
Tobiasia bat first
Tobiasia 539 (121.0 overs), 191 (70.4 overs)
Barunia 470 (177.0 overs), 261/3 (58.1 overs)
Barunia win by 7 wickets

Rankings updated for conclusions of Lisander-Elejamie match and The Kiaser Colonies-Sargossa series.

Full Members                     Score  Pts/MP   Adjusted
1 Liventia			 FM  143 (3013/21)  121.74
2 Ethane		     	 FM  129 (1809/14)  114.61 
3 Eastfield Lodge		 FM  119 (2515/21)  109.88
4 Mattijana			 FM  106 (1387/13)  103.35
5 Barunia		 	 FM   97 (1550/16)   98.44
6 Tobiasia			 FM   65 (641/10)    82.05

Associate Members
1 Lisander			 AS  117 (470/4)    103.75
2 Darmen			 AS   95 (475/5)    102.50
3=The Kiaser Colonies		 AS  100 (400/4)    100.00
3=Sargossa			 AS  100 (400/4)    100.00
4 Elejamie			 AS  108 (432/4)     99.00
5 Apox				 AS   78 (620/8)     93.75

Inactive members/Ceased to exist
Gruenberg		      CE/FM  154 (2321/15)  127.37
The Licentian Isles	      CE/FM  123 (1360/11)  111.82
Wray			      CE/FM   97 (1070/11)   98.64

by **Liventia** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 3:29 am

Scarcely-believable collapse hands Eura majestic victory
What have we just witnessed?

Liventia, boasting a 337-run first-innings lead, have just lost a Test match by 315 runs.

That's world number one side Liventia. Who were all out for 70 in a pathetic fourth innings lasting just 19 overs.

Credit will be rightly given to Eura at some stage. But not right now. All the talk must be on how, having just seen their hosts rack up 722 for the loss of just eight wickets in nearly 157 overs at a comfortable four-and-a-half runs an over, Liventia managed to buckle for less than a tenth that total in no time at all.

Recriminations will come thick and fast. Captain Ollie Kerr indicated in his immediate post-match interview that none of the team were likely to get any amount of sleep for a while to come – and that, after just five Test matches in the job full-time this season (having been interim captain last season after Max Finney's resignation), he is considering his position as skipper.

The Test match started well enough for the tourists, who compiled an assured 528 on a ground that didn't seem to offer too much to the bowlers. Unchanged from the first Test draw, Liventia's batting lineup faced little difficulty in despatching the Euran bowlers to all parts.

Openers James Quinn and Finney reprised their partnership from the first match at Brigham, putting on 144 together before Quinn was caught at the wicket by Tim Carpenter off Greg Lark. James Millbank, Dylan Hennessey and David Edwards all got starts but failed to kick on beyond 30, before Finney finally fell for 163 which left the score on 331 for five.

Kerr and wicketkeeper Michael Sarrin added another 89 runs together, with Sarrin going on to compile a maiden Test ton, before the side were all out on the stroke of lunch on the second day.

The bowlers got to work well, restricting Eura to fewer than two runs per over while taking regular wickets, although a frustrating last-wicket stand kept Liventia at bay for nearly 20 overs more than necessary. Spinner Daniel Quinn, the pick of the attack, finished with six for 44. Despite having worked for over 98 overs, Kerr made the decision to enforce the follow on, and so Eura were batting again on the third day.

And that's where it all went wrong. Shepherded by a majestic 271 by Andrew Elland, the hosts made hay while the sun literally shined, flattening out the pitch and removing any hint of seam or swing for the bowlers. Liventian heads were quickly dropping, and it appeared Eura were happy to bat on and on for the draw on the fifth day, safe in the knowledge they would have one last Test to shock the best team in the world.

But home captain Tristan Lewis threw in a curveball, declaring with the lead on 385 with just 24 overs left in the match. Kerr offered his hand, which was to his surprise refused – Eura would make Liventia bat again, with the visitors having just spent 255 overs, or the best part of three days, in the field.

What a decision that proved to be. A fired-up Greg Lark, playing on his home ground at the Directus County Cricket Ground in Ramsey, made good use of the well-worn pitch and tore through a tired Liventia – highest score Edwards with 22 not out – to claim eight for 33 and condemn the visitors to their worst Test defeat in terms of runs (excluding innings losses) with five overs to spare.

The tourists must now regroup quickly to attempt to salvage a series draw in the final Test at Castle Green in Bastion. Despite the heavy defeat, Liventia are not expected to make any changes to the side for the last match.

by **Lisander** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 11:32 pm

Lisander 147 & 296 - 207 & 243/6 Elejamie

Lisander batting, first innings.
Name		Runs	Balls	4's	6's	SR
A Farnell	30	56	3	0	53,57
L Keenan	14	23	1	0	60,86
S D'Amisso	6	16	0	0	37,5
B Lihou		5	9	0	0	55,55
L Hagen		5	14	0	0	35,71
M Hery		25	46	2	2	54,34
M Bejah		27	39	3	1	69,23
Y Zaid		8	14	0	0	57,14
L Porteous	14	32	1	0	43,75
M Mustar	3	9	0	0	33,33
Z Kendall	2	7	0	0	28,57
Extras		8				
TOTAL		147

Lisander bowling, first innings.
Name		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
L Porteous	12.0	2	47	4
M Hery		14.0	1	43	2
Y Zaid		6.0	0	37	1
M Mustar	10.0	2	44	1
Z Kendall	8.4	1	36	2			

Lisander batting, second innings.
Name		Runs	Balls	4's	6's	SR
A Farnell	54	122	5	1	44,26
L Keenan	50	80	6	0	62,5
S D'Amisso	12	36	1	0	33,33
B Lihou		21	32	0	0	65,62
L Hagen		13	17	0	0	76,47
M Hery		58	90	4	2	64,44
M Bejah		22	65	2	0	33,84
Y Zaid		11	32	1	0	34,37
L Porteous	26	30	1	0	86,66
M Mustar	9	17	0	0	52,94
Z Kendall	7	12	0	0	58,33
Extras		13				
TOTAL		296

Lisander bowling, second innings.
Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
L Porteous	20.0	2	79	3
M Hery		24.0	3	83	1
Y Zaid		18.0	1	55	2
M Mustar	14.5	2	29	0

by **Eura** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 7:30 pm

EBC SPORT > Cricket > Eura
IT’S EURACIDE
Liventia collapse under Lark's spell as Eura win one of the greatest Test matches of all time
Morris Hardcastle reports from the DCCG

2nd Test, Directus County Cricket Ground (Average attendance: 72,100)
Liventia won the toss and elected to bat
LIVENTIA 528 (121.1 overs) & 70 (19.0 overs)
EURA 191 (98.1 overs) & follow-on 722/8d (156.5 overs)
Eura win by 315 runs

EURA A Royce, T Lewis*, A Elland, L Tunbridge, M Leech, T Grant, S Folkstone, T Carpenter†, G Lark, A Harrison, N Fodrell
LIVENTIA JCA Quinn, MA Finney, JS Millbank, DA Hennessey, DHJ Edwards, OH Kerr*, MQ Sarrin†, RJ MacMaster, MC Geach, DM Quinn, JPK Adams

A wide range of pundits, fans and other observers both domestic and international reacted with shock to the result of the 2nd Test between Eura and Liventia in Directus, where the home side recorded one of the most spectacular victories in the history of Test cricket, handing the tourists one of the sport’s most ignominious defeats.

Two unchanged sides walked out on the baking Directus morning of day one with all to play for. Liventia had been frustrated by their failure to capitalise on a winning position in the 1st Test and Eura had been equally vexed by being put under the cosh at the home of Euran cricket. Eura's lack of changes was somewhat surprising as the newspapers had been speculating that Matt Leech and Andy Harrison would be cut from the side. Liventia won the toss again and elected to bat again upon seeing a hard pitch that offered little to bowlers other than some early bounce and pace with the new ball. As in the first test the touring side opened well and took the initiative away from Eura who were likely feeling a deep sense of déjà vu as the first day dragged on. James Quinn was fortunate to survive a dropped catch by Andrew Elland on 35 but otherwise Quinn and Max Finney were dominant. It took some time to break their partnership of 144, by which time Eura had resorted to their spinners after Folkstone, Harrison and Grant had all failed to get anything out of the pitch. Lark fooled Quinn with a sharply turning ball that he edged to Tim Carpenter behind the stumps. Quinn was gone for 80. The damage already seemed done.

Already talk of a repeat of Brigham was circulating. The Euran’s upped the ante and decided to take a more aggressive posture with their fielding positions, risking Liventia running away with proceedings if wickets were not taken. It was handy then that Liventia’s top order struggled to get as many runs on the board as they would have liked from such a dominant position. None of James Millbank, Dylan Hennessey and David Edwards could get beyond thirty. Millbank defended well for a while as Finney clocked up a century at the other end before getting out to another Lark killer ball. Hennessey was less helpful, bowled by Fodrell after marching down the wicket for a poorly thought out straight lob on just 25. Edwards started quite aggressively as the visitors accelerated the run rate and Finney surged to 150, but the youngster also got himself out, edging to Leech at slip off a short Harrison ball thanks to a loose shot. Former captain Finney was bowled well by Folkstone as the light faded on day one, walking to the pavilion to a standing ovation for his immaculate 163, leaving Liventia at 331-5,. Oliver Kerr and Michael Sarrin got off to good starts bringing the score up to 398-5 at the close of play on day one.

Sarrin was the star man the next morning as he crafted a professional and thoughtful innings out of this increasingly stiff pitch. Kerr went with the partnership at 89 to a Fodrell LBW but Sarrin kept going. MacMaster and Geach fell to Lark and Grant respectively before Sarrin was able to complete his century with consecutive driven fours off a demoralised Harrison. He managed to stay in to the end as Folkstone mopped up the tail of Daniel Quinn and Adams. However by this stage Liventia had made 528 after just four sessions. This put a lot of pressure on Eura to perform with a daunting lead and a slightly turning pitch to play on. Things did not start well. The initial run rate was slow and Eura didn’t really recover from losing Alan Royce on 11, on his home ground, and then Andrew Elland for a measly 8. Geach and Adams took a couple of wickets each with the new ball but it was spinner Daniel Quinn who was the real threat beyond that point. Tristran Lewis made a gruelling 42 while Liam Tunbridge, Matt Leech and Tom Grant all went for lower double figures. Lewis joined them in the pavilion before long after failing to read a wonderfully executed spell of bowling by Quinn which ended with the Euran captain flicking the ball to a slip off his glove. The loss of Shaun Folkstone for a golden duck to Quinn’s bowling rubbed salt into Eura’s wounds though he was denied a hat trick by Tim Carpenter cutting the next ball away for four.

Eura made it to the end of the second day still afloat but were clearly a long way behind and fighting to save the game. Carpenter went for a relatively solid 28 after Quinn finally got Eura’s last good batsman out LBW. This left Eura on a pathetic 140-8. Hundreds of runs behind and feeling like they were a mile away from lunch on day three, Greg Lark and Andy Harrison put on a gritty ninth wicket stand to take the wind out of Quinn’s sails and grab some valuable runs. Harrison got cocky and holed out with a slog on 7, but Lark made 35, and a nice effort from Nick Fodrell for the final wicket saw the two Euran spinners bat for a splendid 20 overs, during which they added 41 runs to the scorecard. In hindsight the runs didn’t matter but this injection of confidence as the pitch started to go dead gave the Euran’s an absolutely pivotal glimmer of hope. Fodrell’s eventual capitulation to Quinn, who took 6/44, could hardly have been called premature. Liventian captain Kerr surprised no-one by enforcing the follow on and Eura returned to bat in the afternoon session of day three. They were in a seemingly match losing position of being a massive 337 runs behind.

What came next in a game that briefly threatened to be over before it had really started was quite simply one of the most remarkable things you will ever see in sport. Euran’s will say for years to come that “I was there”. Failing that they will remember roughly what they were doing when it happened. Eura came out to bat again with a sense of purpose and a flat pitch to give them the leeway to get started. After the game captain Lewis said that it was “like we flicked a reboot switch in our minds” to start over. Weather conspired against the tourists further – it was one of the hottest days of the Euran summer and in the hottest part of the country too. Directus became a carpet and the hosts took full advantage. An under pressure Alan Royce set the tone after a maiden first over from Adams by drilling Geach for four right back down the ground. A ferocious ball had done little on the pitch and Royce’s technique was sublime. Liventia started out aggressively in an attempt to take early Euran wickets but were denied by the ferocious heat draining their pace bowlers while the spinner Quinn was held in waiting. Instead their tactics backfired and allowed Royce and Lewis to rack up quick runs.

Lewis got to his half century first in what felt like no time at all. Yet it was the Royce innings that inspired the most confidence in Euran hearts. He was fluent and entertaining in his shot selection, cutting and pulling, taking fours off of innocuous balls and starting the evening session with a six off the bowling of MacMaster. Geach had the best luck against the Euran openers and managed to get Lewis caught behind on 64. Adams also got respectable figures initially. However the innings was proving to be a disaster for the captain Kerr and MacMaster who found themselves being taken to the cleaners throughout the remainder of day three. In the evening session as the light dimmed Daniel Quinn came back into the attack only to be swept into the stands by Royce in his first over. Eura closed day three on 192-1 with Royce just four short of a century. It only took him two balls the next day to reach the milestone with a pair of two’s. He didn’t even have to hit the ball with much force, simply dabbing it down the off side for the first and then clipping the second away to leg to reach another century against Liventia. Eura slowed down in the first session of day four against a determined pace attack supported by Quinn. They had some fortune – Royce fended off a fast ball from Adams straight back to the bowler, gone caught and bowled, raising his bat on the way off in celebration of a mighty 115. The run rate ebbed and flowed but one thing remained constant. Andrew Elland kept scoring.

He reached a century off 150 balls in the afternoon before Liam Tunbridge reached a half century. Tunbridge was spun out for 73 by Quinn but only after the star of the Liventian bowling attack in the first innings was thoroughly trounced by Elland for most of the day. Elland’s growing confidence enabled him to take twenty two fours and three sixes on the way to 160 not out by the end of the day. Leech had taken a tidy 60 at the other end but got caught well at mid-off by Kerr in the evening off MacMaster’s bowling. Tom Grant went out to do what he does best. He entertained the crowd in a high scoring spell towards the end of the day to see Eura entering the fifth day on a mighty 517-4. A draw now seemed overwhelmingly likely as Liventia would certainly have to bat again. Although the pitch was now starting to crack up and Quinn was getting good movement once again, Elland continued while Grant played on against Quinn to end an enterprising innings of 55. Shaun Folkstone became the first batsman to fail, run out superbly by Finney on 10. However there was no stopping the onslaught of Elland who brought up his double century to a roaring reception from the Directus crowd, guaranteeing the draw. In the afternoon he went into entertainment mode, hitting more boundaries and stepping wantonly out of his crease. Liventian heads sank. Eura’s talented but often flawed number three was having ‘one of those games’.

When he did eventually run out of good fortune the crowd was silenced. Not with shock but perhaps a sigh of disappointment as if something great had finally come to an end. Hennessey and Finney had bowled a small number of overs each to rest the exhausted bowlers but conceded a number of runs. Elland heaved Hennessey out of the ground once and generally massacred his bowling for a short few overs. His error was to try this once too often, serving up an easy catch on the boundary. He took his time coming off having done his job. A phenomenal 271 had not only denied the tourists victory but given Eura a huge morale boost. It was around then that an idea began to formulate in the mind of Lewis though he let his batsmen continue to inflict damage for a short while. Tim Carpenter enjoyed himself on the way to a rapid 37 while Greg Lark added a few in a patient innings. The fall of Lark’s 8th wicket via a rather comical catch by Geach (it struck the helmet of the wicketkeeper Sarrin, knocking him over, but dropped for Geach to snatch easily close by) brought an end to Eura’s innings by way of a declaration. Eura had made 722 for 8 in 156.5 overs. A day and a half of carnage at an average run rate any side could be proud of had taken the game away from their opponents and created a glimmer of an opportunity to go one step further.

Kerr had been expecting a game ending handshake but never received it. His side were sunblasted and frustrated after a gruelling spell of fielding lasting 255 overs. Asking them to bat again would normally have been a tall order, but this was a bizarre situation to say the least. Liventia needed 385 off of 24 overs which even in an actual Twenty20 game would be an absurd target. Therefore, annoying as it was, his side would have to calmly bat out the remaining overs and confirm the draw that at this stage appeared to be nothing less than certain. On the other hand Lewis had not pulled this stunt purely to get in some much needed bowling practice. In fact he smelled blood and the potential for a shock victory against a Liventia side who might not be this ripe for a collapse again. Daniel Quinn might have been smeared left right and centre by Elland and his compatriots in the last innings but he had also shown that the pitch was spin friendly despite its flatness. Indeed, Lark and Fodrell had done well so far as well and the former had shown his ability to open up teams late in a game in the 1st Test. That said it would have been unreasonable for anyone to expect an increased performance on Quinn’s first innings effort at this stage. Surely the number one team in the world would not provide the opportunity to do so?

The innings that will go down in infamy started like any other dead rubber innings. Folkstone bowled two overs and conceded a handful of runs while Grant bowled one and conceded a couple of boundaries. James Quinn and Max Finney looked calm if a bit sluggish. Grant’s second over and the fourth of the innings was a high pressure maiden but slowly the crowds started to make their move in the stands in anticipation of no further wickets. In the fifth over with Liventia on 14-0 everything shifted dramatically. Greg Lark was brought into the attack – Lewis didn’t even bother to call on Harrison whose place in the side now looks very much under threat – and delivered a couple of stupidly tricky balls to Finney. After playing all around the first two the veteran batsman got a firmer hit on the third and it squeezed through for four to make it 18-0. Then he escaped Lark’s impending wrath with a single putting Quinn on strike. The left handed Quinn was just as cautious about Lark as the rest of his side but clearly not cautious enough. He put his front foot forward to the fifth ball delivered round the wicket, seeking to defend it as it spun away, only for it to go straight and bounce sharply off cracked ground. The ball took an inside edge before popping up off his body and straight into the hands of Grant at first slip.

That wicket awoke something in the crowd that hadn’t been there before. They were turning back to view the game and back to their seats just as quickly as the ball was clearly going to turn in the remaining overs. The final ball of Larks’ over struck Millbank on the pad. A huge appeal went up but the umpire said no and Eura declined to review. Nick Fodrell came into the attack at the other end and the plodding right hand off spinner pinned Finney in front of his stumps with his first ball. There was no doubt this time and the Liventian great walked with a grim look on his face. A thin opening in the doorway of potential victory had now opened up into a sizeable gap. Hennessey took his time to take his guard and probably made a psychological error in going over the pitch with his bat visibly. Fodrell gave him grief for the next few balls before the batsman swept him away for four. Lark came back in to bowl to Millbank who simply never looked comfortable in this innings. The Directus spinner conceded a few consecutive streaky singles but then accounted for Hennessey with his final ball that cut back viciously and went through the gate to hit the stumps.

Directus was now simmering loudly with the fall of the third wicket but the young Edwards restored proceedings somewhat with some powerful boundaries taken off Lark’s third over while Fodrell bottled up Millbank at the other end. Lark then accounted for the besieged number three with a slightly shorter ball that darted away from the batsman this time. Millbank was lured into the faintest of edges that went straight to Carpenter. Once again the atmosphere went up a notch. Nevertheless Edwards and the captain Ollie Kerr continued to do a good job of stabilising after this partial collapse and brought Liventia rapidly up to 49-4 after twelve overs. That was half of the period Eura had been allowed to get all ten wickets which made a draw still appear to be the most likely result. With survival in sight Kerr simply had to continue to play sensible shots with Edwards looking potentially secure at the other end. As a captain his responsibility was not hard to work out. However it is undeniable that unusual high pressure situations can do funny things to the human brain. Kerr must now be dwelling a lot on why he took Lark on one ball too far.

The first ball of that thirteenth over didn’t turn much and Kerr played it away with a straightforward front foot defensive shot. Next came a straighter ball from Lark over the wicket that Kerr dispatched through the attacking close field all the way to the boundary. Here he should have called it quits. Instead Kerr spotted another gap at mid-off and, clearly expecting another straight ball pitched slightly outside the line as Lark supposedly often bowled in patterns of three or four, premeditated a decision to step across his wicket and drive the ball away when it pitched. This was a classic error and decisions like this are often central to such rare catastrophic team collapses. Lark pitched the ball on his off side but instead of going straight or turning a small amount again, it turned wickedly away from his stride. Kerr failed to adjust and the ball effectively bypassed him and onto his leg stump. The captain of the world’s best Test side was picked up summing up his situation in a brief utterance captured by the stump mics. ‘Ohh, no!’. Too late. Kerr shuffled away indicating his displeasure at the pitch but that ball was as much down to his misjudgement and Lark’s ability as anything else.

Kerr’s wicket triggered a very un-cricket like pandemonium in the large capacity DCCG because victory was now a realistic prospect. It also happened to trigger the critical stage of the tourists capitulation. Liventia were 53-5 with 11.5 overs left and the collapse to defeat accelerated from here. Sarrin walked in having scored a century in the previous innings. His assertive body language made it clear that he intended to put the Euran spinner straight. One ball later he was walking back to the dressing room again. Sarrin wasn’t even at fault for this one. Lark’s ball had simply turned away from him after pitching in line with the help of a rough patch and caught the top of his bat, turning an attempted back foot defensive shot into a suicidal flick, twirling up into the air and down again for a diving Matt Leech to grasp at short leg prompting delirious appeals and subsequent celebrations from his teammates. MacMaster survived the remaining balls and then Edwards picked up some runs next over against Fodrell. When MacMaster got back on strike his first action was to play and miss a Fodrell ball that went through to remove the bail from his off and middle stump. 58-7.

The partnership of Geach and Edwards lasted a few overs under great strain. Edwards scored his last runs at 22 and was unable to risk pursuing any more. A draw would now mean deliverance but unfortunately his partners couldn’t hold up the other end of the deal. Geach got his feet all wrong for another Lark beauty and was out LBW. 66-8 was the score and already the world cricketing media were picking up on this remarkable developing story. Liventia still needed to survive six more overs after Edwards rode out a Fodrell maiden. Lark, on 6/29, was now in with a chance of winning the game with his opposite number Daniel Quinn on strike and only tail ender Adams to come. The first ball turned cruelly on Quinn to almost bowl him and another difficult one followed it. He then did something unexpected, creaming away a looser ball from Lark for four through cover. Sarcastic cheers went up from the predominantly Euran crowd. The visiting support was much too busy chewing its fingernails to join in. He was unable to repeat the feat with the fourth ball which turned him inside out and produced an inside edge that directed the ball onto his stumps.

Directus prepared for victory and in the pavilion Ollie Kerr was already staring gauntly, likely dwelling on the potential ramifications for his captaincy. Unusually for a spinner Lark was roared in to bowl the fifth ball which Adams left nervously in a manner that could have resulted in a stumping if Carpenter had reacted more instinctively. The ball that completed the 19th over, Lark’s 8th, darted back at the wicket and was fecklessly prodded to Elland by Adams on his back foot, right in front of the stumps. Liventia were all out for 70 and had lost by a totally improbable 315 runs with Greg Lark taking 8/33. The left armer punched the air and was swamped by his jubilant teammates. Edwards sank to his knees and muttered a few bitter words at the floor before rising to his feet and magnanimously congratulating the 32 year old who had just taken his team apart. For a 23 year old Edward’s demonstrated remarkable maturity while his more senior teammates failed and capped off the professional performance by reassuring the dejected Adams as they left the field.

Liventia’s Man of the Match was hard to gauge but given the circumstances whoever would win it would feel it to be a hollow prize. Eura lead the series 1-0 with one Test remaining but even though his side can still tie the series, Kerr’s captaincy is thought to be in serious jeopardy after some pretty brutal headlines greeted him back in the homeland the next morning following his nation’s worst margin of defeat (in runs, not including innings defeats) in history. By stark contrast Lewis and his bold strategy was vindicated in spite of Eura’s abruptly forgotten batting collapse in the first innings. In any other situation Andrew Elland’s 271, a record score for a Euran batsman in a Test breaking the previous record held by Royce against Liventia, would be considered the most important element of the victory. It was his bad luck then that every back page in Eura was talking about Greg Lark afterwards. Irrespective of the nature of Eura’s sensational victory both sides have it all to play for in the final Test. Most remarkably of all both sides are rumoured to be unchanged for the game in Bastion.

Man of the Match: Greg Lark (Eura) & Max Finney (Liventia)

by **The Kiaser Colonies** » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:25 pm

Record Breaking Performance sees Kiasers Tie Series

Kiaser players celebrate after taking final Sargossan wicket in second innings

There are two sides to every coin, and to the Kiaser Colonies test cricket squad. After a narrow loss in the first test and an emphatically negative draw in the second, the mood coming into the final test in the Sargossa tour of the Kiaser Colonies was nothing short of gloomy. Fans arriving at the WBCG seemed to be attending mostly for the historical value of seeing the GCF sanctioned test in the city. A discouraging amount of the talk before the action began on day one revolved around how big a beer snake sections of the crowd could make. All in all, it appeared that the Kiaser fans and media were setting up to fail. Thankfully, the team clearly had a very different approach to the test. Having won the toss, captain Jared Franklin opted to bat first, looking to utilise the batting friendly surface in the Watson's bay and to exorcise the demons that plagued the batting order last week.

Austin and Watson opened the batting and set about accruing runs with relative ease. After ten overs, Watson made the first attempt at scoring some big runs when he attempted to hook a Carvallo delivery for six. Unfortunately he didn't get enough behind the shot and was caught by Miguel Franco. A disappointing sight to see one of the Kiasers best run scoreres dismissed for only 17 runs. Enter Alex Blackwell, the Kiaser Colonies all time test run scorer. Anyone with any doubts as to why he was so, were soon to have them answered. First ball up, nicked behind leg side for four. Second ball up, a straight drive down the ground for four. Suddenly fans were beginning to pay attention to the game. Blackwell continued on his exciting run and by tea-time had amassed over a half century of runs.

The rest of the Kiaser wickets slowly began to fall, but unfortunately for Sargossa, none of them were the scourge Blackwell's. After the loss of Austin for 41, Horton for 29 and Lyons for 53, Blackwell had scored 96 runs and the Kiaser Colonies found themselves on 236-4. Keeping in touch with his boundary finding form, Blackwell made it to the century mark in style clearing the boundary for his fist six of the innings. And the rampage didn't stop there for the Kiaser Colonies as Blackwell and co pushed on to 300 runs, then 350 runs. Blackwell was the star man throughout as he put the attack favouring surface to good use, finding gaps everywhere in the Sargossan fielding to add four after four to his personal total. It was little surprise that this performance of a lifetime saw the Kaiserville batsman outlast another two teammates, beat his own previous record and score the first ever international double century by a player from the Kiaser Colonies.

With the day winding down, the hosts looked to be in a commanding position on 440 runs after 85 overs. Then, after facing a mammoth 243 balls and scoring 224 runs, Alex Blackwell was eventually dismissed. A wickedly spun ball from tourists captain Jacob Aldren duped the batsman, nicked the bat on the way through and was caught behind by wicket keeper Jesús Cabral. His return to the stands was met with a hugely deserved standing ovation from the fans, having scored an astonishing 40 boundaries. From there the Kiaser Colonies slowed the run rate down to finish the day out without further loss of wickets. After another ten overs, the umpire called for the stumps leaving the hosts on 458-7 after 95 overs.

Jared Franklin and Terry Hazlewood began proceedings again on day two and between themselves and the remaining members of the lower order, managed to tag on another 45 runs in just over 15 overs before the last wicket of Shane Bolton was sent tumbling. With a phenomenal total of 503 set, the Kiasers took to the field and Sargossa sent Sainz and Aldren to open the batting. Sadly they didn't get off to the same fantastic start that they did in the second test. Adam Thomas bowled a maiden over to open for the Kiaser's and Sainz was gone for a duck after facing just 8 balls after an lbw. The Kiasers batting performance had evidently carried over as they restricted Sargossa to little more than 3 runs per over. Shane Bolton lead the way taking a five wickets for the concession of 52 runs, on the way to the Kiaser Colonies getting Sargossa all out for just 297 all on the second day.

The Sargossans were forced into the follow-on innings on day three trailing by 206 runs. Sadly in their haste to bump up the run rate to win the series, they began to lose wickets even more rapidly. Errors mainly coming from forcing extra runs between the stumps or mishit shots for the boundary. The tables had turned and at times it looked like the tourists might even fall short of the required target to send the Kiasers back to the crease. They did manage it, but only after losing 9 wickets. Even then they only managed to surpass it by three runs before the ball struck the pads of Andrés Ruiz and was deemed lbw. Austin and Watson returned to the crease chasing only 4 runs to seal the nations first official test victory. Sargossa did manage to prolong the game for another over as Jordan young managed to keep Austin from scoring any runs, conceding only one run from a wide. Four balls later however, Watson wrapped up the match when he added one last four. The Kiaser Colonies winning in just 3 days, by 10 wickets and ending the series in a 1-1 draw.

After a series of ups and downs, the Kiaser Colonies next look forward to a daunting one off test against world number one side Liventia, in Liventia. There are plenty of positives the Kiasers will look forward to building upon and plenty of negatives they will need to seriously improve upon to stand a chance in that game. However, head coach Daniel Cole and his backroom staff will want to pay close attention to the Eura in Liventia series for pointers on how to frustrate, and even beat, the opposition. After forcing a draw in the first test, Eura went one better with a remarkable 315 run victory in the second. The hosts scored 722 runs in the follow on and managed to somehow dismiss the visiting batsmen in 19 overs to win with only 5 remaining in the match. All eyes will be on the third test for sure.

by **Liventia** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 2:02 pm

Matchday 8

Match Report: Liventia in Eura
Liventia bat first
Liventia 359 (140.3 overs), 226/2d (76.3 overs)
Eura 215 (79.0 overs), 174 (59.2 overs)
Eura lose by 196 runs
Series drawn 1–1 (1 drawn)

Match Report: Barunia in Tobiasia
Tobiasia bat first
Tobiasia 223 (71.2 overs), 166 (72.0 overs)
Barunia 298 (91.0 overs), 93/2 (27.3 overs)
Barunia win by 8 wickets

Rankings updated to the conclusion of Liventia in Eura series.

Full Members                     Score  Pts/MP   Adjusted
1 Liventia			 FM  137 (3425/25)  118.50
2 Ethane		     	 FM  129 (1809/14)  114.61 
3 Eastfield Lodge		 FM  119 (2515/21)  109.88
4 Mattijana			 FM  106 (1387/13)  103.35
5 Barunia		 	 FM   97 (1550/16)   98.44
6 Tobiasia			 FM   65 (641/10)    82.05

Associate Members
1 Eura				 AS  121 (487/4)    105.88
2 Lisander			 AS  117 (470/4)    103.75
3 Darmen			 AS   95 (475/5)    102.50
4=The Kiaser Colonies		 AS  100 (400/4)    100.00
4=Sargossa			 AS  100 (400/4)    100.00
5 Elejamie			 AS  108 (432/4)     99.00
6 Apox				 AS   78 (620/8)     93.75

Inactive members/Ceased to exist
Gruenberg		      CE/FM  154 (2321/15)  127.37
The Licentian Isles	      CE/FM  123 (1360/11)  111.82
Wray			      CE/FM   97 (1070/11)   98.64

by **Liventia** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 3:00 pm

Liventia name experimental line-up for Test against Kiaser Colonies
OREAN— Three men will make Test debuts this week at Park Central Oval in Liventia's single Test match against the Kiaser Colonies, captain Ollie Kerr confirmed today.

Opener Peter Finch, all-rounder Eddie Reynolds and wicketkeeper Brendon du Pont will all make their bows for Liventia in the longest form of the game as Kerr and the selectors opt for an experimental side with younger players against the tourists, newcomers to the international cricket scene, allowing a few more experienced heads to get a rest ahead of a long five-match series at home to Eastfield Lodge.

The fact the game is being held at Liventia's most notoriously flat pitch has aided in the decision to try new blood, Kerr added. "We know the boys are chomping at the bit to get out there and score their first Test runs. We are all aware of Brendon's ability, we've obviously kept a close eye on him for years and there was that period where we thought Wray were going to get him, so we're very happy he's here and ready to take the field.

"Finchy comes in for Max, who's taking a short break, and obviously we still don't have the services of Garland so Brendon takes the gloves from Sarry (Michael Sarrin) for this game. We want to see what the lads can do."

Liventia lineup v Kiaser Colonies: JCA Quinn, PD Finch (debut), JS Millbank, DHJ Edwards, OH Kerr*, E Reynolds (debut), BAR du Pont† (debut), RJ MacMaster, JFM Kennedy, SV Finney, BL Kerr

by **Liventia** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 4:07 pm

Matchday 9

Match Report: The Kiaser Colonies in Liventia
Liventia bat first
Liventia 585/4d (152.0 overs), 250/7 (59.2 overs)
The Kiaser Colonies 529 (171.4 overs)
Drawn
One-off Test drawn

Match Report: Barunia in Tobiasia
Tobiasia bat first
Tobiasia 257 (68.1 overs), 272 (88.3 overs)
Barunia 367 (131.4 overs), 163/7 (45.4 overs)
Barunia win by 3 wickets
Series: Barunia win 3–0

Rankings updated to the end of Matchday 9.

Full Members                     Score  Pts/MP   Adjusted
1 Liventia			 FM  135 (3525/26)  117.79
2 Ethane		     	 FM  129 (1809/14)  114.61 
3 Eastfield Lodge		 FM  119 (2515/21)  109.88
4 Mattijana			 FM  106 (1387/13)  103.35
5 Barunia		 	 FM  103 (2078/20)  101.95
6 Tobiasia			 FM   60 (833/14)    79.75

Associate Members
1 Eura				 AS  121 (487/4)    105.88
2 Lisander			 AS  117 (470/4)    103.75
3 Darmen			 AS   95 (475/5)    102.50
4 Sargossa			 AS  100 (400/4)    100.00
5 Elejamie			 AS  108 (432/4)     99.00
6 The Kiaser Colonies		 AS  103 (518/5)     96.80
7 Apox				 AS   78 (620/8)     93.75

Inactive members/Ceased to exist
Gruenberg		      CE/FM  154 (2321/15)  127.37
The Licentian Isles	      CE/FM  123 (1360/11)  111.82
Wray			      CE/FM   97 (1070/11)   98.64

by **The Kiaser Colonies** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 4:36 pm

The Kiaser Colonies starting team vs Liventia.

Batting Order:
Kelly Austin
Joshua Watson
Alex Blackwell
James Horton
Drew Lanning
Cory Smith
Umar Maqsood (W)
Terry Hazelwood
Kevin Perry
Shane Bolton (Capt.)
Dean Arnold

Captain Jared Franklin makes way for 17 year old test debutante Umar Maqsood. The wicket-keeping prodigy rose to prominence in the ODI
domestic league playing his first season for Watson's Bay. Despite the immensity of the opposition, Daniel Cole believes the one off test is the perfect opportunity to blood the youngster, without the pressure of it being part of a full series. The one off game is also seen as the best opportunity for the captain to be swapped out. In his absence, bowler Shane Bolton captains the side. Other changes include the omission of both Glen Cunningham and Howard Lyons to accommodate the inclusion of Drew Lanning and, for the first time, both all-rounders Cory Smith and James Horton. Cole hopes that this will lend more options to the side in the bowling department while not affecting their batting ability. Smith's inclusion means there will be a slow bowling option that wasn't present for large parts of the home series against Sargossa.

by **Liventia** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:26 pm

Matchday 10

Match Report: Barunia in Sargossa (1 of 2)
Sargossa bat first
Sargossa 376 (103.4 overs), 311 (81.1 overs)
Barunia 472 (196.0 overs), 139/7 (34.1 overs)
Drawn

Match Report: Apox in Eastfield Lodge (one-off)
Eastfield Lodge bat first
Eastfield Lodge 286 (62.4 overs), 168 (63.0 overs)
Apox 514/7d (206.5 overs)
Apox win by an innings and 60 runs

Match Report: Qasden in Eura (1 of 2)
Qasden bat first
Qasden 310 (65.5 overs), 211 (73.5 overs)
Eura 502 (188.4 overs), 20/0 (3.5 overs)
Eura win by 10 wickets

Match Report: The Kiaser Colonies in Lisander (1 of 3)
Lisander bat first
Lisander 235 (98.4 overs), 134 (41.1 overs)
The Kiaser Colonies 281 (67.5 overs), 90/1 (33.1 overs)
The Kiaser Colonies win by 9 wickets

Rankings updated to the Apox v Eastfield Lodge one-off Test.

Full Members                     Score  Pts/MP   Adjusted
1 Liventia			 FM  135 (3525/26)  117.79
2 Ethane		     	 FM  129 (1809/14)  114.61 
3 Eastfield Lodge		 FM  118 (2558/22)  108.14
4 Mattijana			 FM  106 (1387/13)  103.35
5 Barunia		 	 FM  103 (2078/20)  101.95
6 Tobiasia			 FM   60 (833/14)    79.75

Associate Members
1 Eura				 AS  121 (487/4)    105.88
2 Lisander			 AS  117 (470/4)    103.75
3 Darmen			 AS   95 (475/5)    102.50
4 Sargossa			 AS  100 (400/4)    100.00
5 Elejamie			 AS  108 (432/4)     99.00
6 Apox				 AS   87 (779/9)     98.28
7 The Kiaser Colonies		 AS  103 (518/5)     96.80

Inactive members/Ceased to exist
Gruenberg		      CE/FM  154 (2321/15)  127.37
The Licentian Isles	      CE/FM  123 (1360/11)  111.82
Wray			      CE/FM   97 (1070/11)   98.64

by **Liventia** » Thu Aug 24, 2017 3:06 pm

Matchday 11

Match Report: Barunia in Sargossa (2 of 2)
Barunia bat first
Barunia 183 (64.0 overs), 311/7d (74.4 overs)
Sargossa 142 (43.2 overs), 292 (93.1 overs)
Sargossa lose by 60 runs
Series: Barunia win 1–0

Match Report: Qasden in Eura (2 of 2)
Eura bat first
Eura 214 (57.3 overs), 337 (172.4 overs)
Qasden 197 (91.3 overs), 136 (53.2 overs)
Qasden lose by 218 runs
Series: Eura win 2–0

Match Report: The Kiaser Colonies in Lisander (2 of 3)
The Kiaser Colonies bat first
The Kiaser Colonies 215 (93.4 overs), 276 (83.4 overs)
Lisander 442/5d (157.2 overs), 51/1 (13.4 overs)
Lisander win by 9 wickets

Rankings updated to the end of Sargossa v Barunia/Eura v Qasden series.

Full Members                     Score  Pts/MP   Adjusted
1 Liventia			 FM  135 (3525/26)  117.79
2 Ethane		     	 FM  129 (1809/14)  114.61 
3 Eastfield Lodge		 FM  118 (2558/22)  108.14
4 Barunia		 	 FM  107 (2478/23)  103.87
5 Mattijana			 FM  106 (1387/13)  103.35
6 Tobiasia			 FM   60 (833/14)    79.75

Associate Members
1 Eura				 AS  133 (937/7)    111.93
2 Lisander			 AS  117 (470/4)    103.75
3 Darmen			 AS   95 (475/5)    102.50
4 Elejamie			 AS  108 (432/4)     99.00
5 Apox				 AS   87 (779/9)     98.28
6 Sargossa			 AS   87 (603/7)     98.07
7 The Kiaser Colonies		 AS  103 (518/5)     96.80
8 Qasden			 AS   55 (165/3)     82.50

Inactive members/Ceased to exist
Gruenberg		      CE/FM  154 (2321/15)  127.37
The Licentian Isles	      CE/FM  123 (1360/11)  111.82
Wray			      CE/FM   97 (1070/11)   98.64

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Thu Aug 24, 2017 4:07 pm

Test team for Tour of Liventia

Interest levels from the media of participating nations in this Test season may be pretty low when it comes to Eastfield Lodge, but for good reason. The Imperial Commonwealth Cricket Board, in partnership with the Robotic Engineering department at the University of Lodgertia, have been running a rather secret project, which involves trying to create robotic cricketers. There have been mixed results so far, but signs are promising that this project could bear fruit against the world's best Test cricket side in Liventia. Unfortunately however, the students at UoL have a bizarre sense of humour, and all are frequent participants in various 'roleplays' on the famous nation simulation game 'RLStates' - as such, they have designed and named all the robots after popular meta-fictional cartoon characters they have come across in their time online.

Batsmen

Name            Order   Batting   Notes
Tinky-Winky     1-3     Left
Blossom         1-3     Right     
Pingu           3-6     Right
Pink Panther    2-5     Right     Vice-Captain
Dipsy           3-6     Left
Bubbles         1-4     Right
Ed              2-6     Right

Bowlers

Name            Bowling                Batting  Order  Notes
Edd             Left-arm orthodox      Right    7-10
La-La           Left-arm Fast          Left     6-9
Dexter          Right-arm Medium-Fast  Right    8-11
Tom             Right-arm Fast         Right    9-11
Po              Right-arm Leg-Spin     Right    8-10
Jerry           Right-arm Off-Spin     Right    5-9
Johnny Bravo    Right-arm Medium       Right    9-11   Vice Captain

All-Rounders

Name           Bowling                Batting  Order  Notes
Eddy           Left-arm Medium-Fast   Left     4-7    Captain
Noo-Noo        Right-arm Fast         Right    3-6
Bugs Bunny     Right-arm Leg-Spin     Right    2-5
Wile E Coyote  Right-arm Off-Spin     Right    3-7

Wicket Keepers

Name       Batting  Order  Notes
Arthur     Right    2-4
Buttercup  Right    3-6    All-Rounder (Right-arm Leg-Spin)

Team for Match 1 (in batting order): Tinky-Winky, Blossom, Pink Panther, Arthur (WK), Eddy, Wile E Coyote, La-La, Edd, Tom, Dexter, Johnny Bravo (sub: Bugs Bunny)

by **The Kiaser Colonies** » Thu Aug 24, 2017 5:42 pm

Series Levelled, Kiaser's Get Taste of Their Own Medicine

Dean Arnold (left) and James Horton (right) after being beaten for test winning double

The yo-yo that is the Kiaser Colonies cricketing form continued the pattern. A year that opened with a good performance followed by a poor one in the home series against Sargossa has continued in that vein. After a one off test draw in Liventia, the Kiaser Colonies came to Lisander to for their second series of the season against the combined cricketing might of Lisander and Alice Bay. This was the first series the newly merged side were to take part in, having only played a one off test against Elejamie, at the Newport Oval in Alice Bay. A test which the hosts lost. And the result was not much better for them facing the Kiaser's in the opening test of the series in Soria's Linville Oval. The bowler orientated crease played into the Kiaser Colonies hands as they managed to limit Lisander & Alice Bay to just 235 runs in the first innings, with Terry Hazelwood proving particularly lethal after picking up 4 wickets. An all round solid batting performance from the Kiaser's including a 68 run haul for Joshua Watson saw them score 281 runs. The second innings saw the Kiaser's force a stunning collapse of the hosts order for just 134 runs in just over 41 overs. The Kiaser Colonies racked up the final 90 runs for the loss of just one wicket to win by 9 wickets.

The after test postmortem would show that the hosts were showing a few teething issues. The fledgling amount of chemistry had certainly caused one or two errors at the crease, with the run outs of captain Martin Hery and Leo Joris showed a particular lack of efficient communication from their partners. Errors in the field were also made, including the moment when three fielders were left looking at each other when the ball landed between them early in the first innings. A catch that would have dismissed Kelly Austin for all of 4 runs, instead of his eventual tally of 43. It was beginning to look like the Kiaser Colonies would be using the tour primarily for the opportunity to see the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel and go ermine spotting outside the city.

However, any issues the hosts had were clearly ironed out in the time between the first and second tests as they completely flipped the tables. This time the shoe was definitely on the other foot. The Kiaser Colonies were sent to bat first after Lisander & Alice Bay won the toss. Having elected to bat in the first test to their detriment, the hosts made the tourists try their luck. And the result was the same. The Kiaser Colonies found themselves under the cosh very early on and only managed 215 runs and were all out after day one. Lisander & Alice Bay's all round strong team performance in the field saw all their bowlers take two wickets each. The effects of this carried over into their first innings with the bat. The hosts' batsmen took inspiration from their teammates, while the Kiaser fielders were clearly left rattled. This led to a long two day stint in the field for Jared Franklin and his men as Lisander & Alice Bay piled on 442 runs before declaring for the loss of just 5 wickets. Immense credit has to go to Liam Keenan and Saulo D'Amisso who scored 203 and 118 runs respectively. Sadly there was no meaningful improvement in the Kiaser batting performance in the second innings and the Kiasers found themselves all out for 276 after just over 83 overs. The defeat was inevitable by this stage and the hosts finished off with 51 runs to win the test by 9 wickets and level the series by the end of the fourth day.

If the Kiaser's are looking for an area to improve as a side, it's clear now that they need to look at being a more consistent side. While on their day the can be world beaters with both ball and bat in hand, they can equally find themselves being hit for six. The first place they need to enact this change is in the final test of the series. With things so evenly poised, and now knowing what the opposition can do, it will be important to produce a good performance in all aspects. In the spirit of this change, the Kiaser Colonies cricket board bizarrely chose announce a new lucrative sponsorship deal with McElhinney's Brewery after the test. The announcement, more than likely scheduled due to delusions of grandeur following the comprehensive win in the first test, was met with unease. With ever increasing pressure from health experts, former players and even some fans to end alcohol sponsorship of cricket and other sports at professional level in the Kiaser Colonies, the decision to allow one of the nations biggest breweries to sponsor the national side has been labelled as a step in the wrong direction. Some are even calling it highly arrogant and blatantly disrespectful to the Lisander & Alice Bay team. Neither the board, the team nor a representative for McElhinney's have made themselves available for further comment at this time.

by **Lisander** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:07 pm

Moved to OOC.

by **Apox** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:54 pm

Matchday 12

Match Report: Eastfield Lodge in Liventia
Eastfield Lodge bat first
Eastfield Lodge 586/9d (146.1 overs), 67/2 (19.0 overs)
Liventia 190 (63.4 overs), follow-on 459 (150.5 overs)
Eastfield Lodge win by 8 wickets

Match Report: The Kiaser Colonies in Lisander
Lisander bat first
Lisander 238 (60.2 overs), 159 (53.4 overs)
The Kiaser Colonies 301 (149.5 overs), 97/2 (33.1 overs)
The Kiaser Colonies win by 8 wickets
The Kiaser Colonies win series 2-1

Rankings updated will be updated tomorrow.

Full Members                     Score  Pts/MP   Adjusted
1 Liventia			 FM  135 (3525/26)  117.79
2 Ethane		     	 FM  129 (1809/14)  114.61 
3 Eastfield Lodge		 FM  118 (2558/22)  108.14
4 Barunia		 	 FM  107 (2478/23)  103.87
5 Mattijana			 FM  106 (1387/13)  103.35
6 Tobiasia			 FM   60 (833/14)    79.75

Associate Members
1 Eura				 AS  133 (937/7)    111.93
2 The Kiaser Colonies		 AS   98 (879/9)    103.83
3 Darmen			 AS   95 (475/5)    102.50
4 Lisander			 AS   89 (710/8)     99.38
5 Elejamie			 AS  108 (432/4)     99.00
6 Apox				 AS   87 (779/9)     98.28
7 Sargossa			 AS   87 (603/7)     98.07
8 Qasden			 AS   55 (165/3)     82.50

Inactive members/Ceased to exist
Gruenberg		      CE/FM  154 (2321/15)  127.37
The Licentian Isles	      CE/FM  123 (1360/11)  111.82
Wray			      CE/FM   97 (1070/11)   98.64

by **Apox** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:03 pm

Matchday 13

Match Report: Lisander in Apox
Lisander bat first
Lisander 264 (110.5 overs), 235 (91.4 overs)
Apox 299 (113.4 overs), 161/4 (68.3 overs)
Drawn

Match Report: Eastfield Lodge in Liventia
Liventia bat first
Liventia 257 (70.5 overs), 284 (97.2 overs)
Eastfield Lodge 195 (61.2 overs), 248 (52.4 overs)
Eastfield Lodge lose by 98 runs

Match Report: Barunia in Eura
Barunia bat first
Barunia 253 (82.1 overs), 198 (54.4 overs)
Eura 249 (80.2 overs), 203/8 (50.3 overs)
Eura win by 2 wickets

by **Apox** » Fri Sep 01, 2017 1:47 pm

Matchday 14

Match Report: Lisander in Apox
Apox bat first
Apox 401 (109.1 overs), 145 (50.3 overs)
Lisander 305 (71.2 overs), 242/8 (71.5 overs)
Lisander win by 2 wickets

Match Report: Liventia in Eastfield Lodge
Eastfield Lodge bat first
Eastfield Lodge 250 (72.1 overs), 150 (60.3 overs)
Liventia 293 (88.0 overs), 108/4 (37.0 overs)
Liventia win by 6 wickets

Match Report: Eura in Barunia
Barunia bat first
Barunia 215 (49.3 overs), 456/4d (140.2 overs)
Eura 308 (87.5 overs), 364/9 (100.4 overs)
Eura win by 1 wickets

by **Apox** » Fri Sep 01, 2017 2:53 pm

EDIT: Lisander scorecard now in this post.

Match Report: Apox in Eastfield Lodge (one-off)
Eastfield Lodge bat first
Eastfield Lodge 286 (62.4 overs), 168 (63.0 overs)
Apox 514/7d (206.5 overs)
Apox win by an innings and 60 runs

Apox 1st Innings Bowling
Name                   O   M   R   W  Econ
Roy Hamilton-Randall 10.4  3  49   2  4.59
Rachel Gallegos      16.0  4  66   4  4.13
Tara Kakketa         12.0  5  54   1  4.50
Anyi Metrophanes     14.0  4  76   2  5.43
Keswick Dhawa         8.0  1  31   1  3.86
Organa Arrowsmith     2.0  0  10   0  5.00

Apox 1st Innings Batting
Name                 How Out                Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Jeff Zanzala         c Pingu b La-La          59   142  8   0  41.55
Enda Bryton          lbw Eddy                 75   150 11   1  50.00
Trajan Muldoney *    lbw Edd                 185   466 20   0  39.70
Nancy Washington     c Tinky-Winky b Eddy     13    30  1   0  43.33
Organa Arrowsmith    b Edd                   103   277 12   1  37.18
Ezra Girard †        c Arthur b Dexter        32    87  4   0  36.78
Anyi Metrophanes     c Arthur b Eddy           4    18  0   0  22.22
Rachel Gallegos      NOT OUT                  22    71  2   0  30.99
Tara Kakketa
Keswick Dhaka
Roy Hamilton-Randall
EXTRAS         4 wides, 2 nb, 12 byes, 3 lb   21
TOTAL

FOW
116 for 1 (Zanzala)
162 for 2 (Bryton)
193 for 3 (Washington)
412 for 4 (Arrowsmith)
477 for 5 (Girard)
485 for 6 (Metrophanes)
514 for 7 (Gallegos)

Apox 2nd Innings Bowling
Name                   O   M   R   W  Econ
Roy Hamilton-Randall 13.0  4  32   2  2.46
Rachel Gallegos       8.0  3  22   1  2.75
Tara Kakketa         12.0  5  37   5  3.08
Anyi Metrophanes     17.0  3  42   1  2.47
Keswick Dhawa        13.0  2  30   1  2.31

Match Report: Lisander in Apox
Lisander bat first
Lisander 264 (110.5 overs), 235 (91.4 overs)
Apox 299 (113.4 overs), 161/4 (68.3 overs)
Drawn

Lisander 1st Innings
Name                 How Out                Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Lício Hagen          lbw Kakketa              29    64  3   0  45.31
Eden Dorne           c Girard b H-R           27    74  3   0  36.49
Saulo D’Amisso       b Metrophanes            81   171  8   1  47.37
Blake Lihou          c & b Metrophanes        15    28  3   0  53.57
Martin Hery *        c Jessop b Metrophanes   34    75  5   0  45.33
Dídac Sclia †        NOT OUT                  43   167  4   0  25.75
Leo Joris            lbw Arrowsmith            7    21  0   0  33.33
Lincoln Porteous     c Muldoney b Arrowsmith   5    39  0   0  12.82
Yoann Zaid           c Girard b Metrophanes   11    16  1   0  68.75
Aidan Boulger        lbw Gallegos              0     4  0   0   0.00
Mason Mustar         stumped off Metrophanes   1     6  0   0  16.67
EXTRAS           2 wides, 1 nb, 5 byes, 3 lb  11
TOTAL                                        264

FOW                                      O   M   R   W
53  for 1 (Dorne)     Hamilton-Randall 21.0  3  59   1
64  for 2 (Hagen)             Gallegos 16.0  4  42   1
105 for 3 (Lihou)              Kakketa 18.0  6  41   1
180 for 4 (Hery)           Metrophanes 29.5  7  75   5
206 for 5 (Sclia)           Arrowsmith 26.0  6  47   2
220 for 6 (Joris)
237 for 7 (Porteous)
258 for 8 (Zaid)
261 for 9 (Boulger)
264 all out (Mustar)

Apox 1st Innings
Name                 How Out                Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Jeff Zanzala         c Dorne b Porteous       12    67  0   0  17.19
Enda Bryton          c Sclia b Mustar         19    34  1   0  55.88
Trajan Muldoney *    lbw Boulger               7    13  0   0  53.85
Nancy Washington     c Lihou b Porteous       93   188 11   2  49.47
Oberon Jessop        c Joris b Porteous       17    50  0   0  34.00
Organa Arrowsmith    run out (Sclia)          42   105  6   0  40.00
Ezra Girard †        c Sclia b Mustar         53   121  7   0  43.80
Anyi Metrophanes     c Sclia b Hery            6    26  0   0  23.08
Rachel Gallegos      b Porteous               13    22  1   0  59.09
Tara Kakketa         c Zaid b Hery             9    24  0   0  37.50
Roy Hamilton-Randall NOT OUT                  12    32  0   0  37.50
EXTRAS          2 wides, 2 nb, 7 byes, 5 lb   16
TOTAL                                        299

FOW                                      O   M   R   W            
18  for 1 (Zanzala)           Porteous 22.0  9  37   4
33  for 2 (Muldoney)              Zaid 20.0  3  76   0
66  for 3 (Bryton)             Boulger 24.0  5  54   1 
102 for 4 (Jessop)              Mustar 31.4  6  78   2
189 for 5 (Arrowsmith)            Hery 14.0  2  39   2
214 for 6 (Washington)           Joris  7.0  4  15   0
220 for 7 (Metrophanes)
246 for 8 (Gallegos)
270 for 9 (Kakketa)
299 all out (Girard)

Lisander 2nd Innings
Name                 How Out                Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Lício Hagen          c H-R b Gallegos         14    45  2   0  31.11
Eden Dorne           b Metrophanes            62   154  8   0  40.26
Saulo D’Amisso       c & b Kakketa            27    44  2   0  61.36
Blake Lihou          lbw Metrophanes           6    17  0   0  35.29
Martin Hery *        c Girard b Gallegos      70   179 10   0  39.11
Dídac Sclia †        c Girard b Kakketa       22    43  3   0  51.16
Leo Joris            b Arrowsmith              5    12  0   0  41.67
Lincoln Porteous     c Muldoney b Kakketa     12    42  0   0  28.57
Yoann Zaid           b Arrowsmith              5     5  1   0 100.00
Aidan Boulger        c Girard b Kakketa        2     7  0   0  28.57
Mason Mustar         NOT OUT                   0     2  0   0   0.00
EXTRAS          1 wide, 1 nb, 6 byes, 2 lb    10        
TOTAL                                        235

FOW                                      O   M   R   W
35  for 1 (Hagen)     Hamilton-Randall 13.0  3  41   0
84  for 2 (D’Amiss)           Gallegos 17.0  4  36   2
100 for 3 (Lihou)              Kakketa 18.0  4  52   4  
126 for 4 (Dorne)          Metrophanes 24.0  7  58   2
180 for 5 (Sclia)           Arrowsmith 19.0  5  48   2
194 for 6 (Joris)
224 for 7 (Porteous)
228 for 8 (Hery)
233 for 9 (Boulger)
235 all out (Zaid)

Apox 2nd Innings
Name                 How Out                Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Jeff Zanzala         c Sclia b Boulger        33    82  4   0  40.24
Enda Bryton          c Joris b Zaid           20    52  2   0  38.46
Trajan Muldoney *    c Sclia b Porteous       53   167  7   0  31.74
Nancy Washington     lbw Porteous             42    87  5   1  48.27
Oberon Jessop        NOT OUT                   3    18  0   0  16.67
Organa Arrowsmith    NOT OUT                   1     5  0   0  20.00
Ezra Girard †
Anyi Metrophanes
Rachel Gallegos
Tara Kakketa
Roy Hamilton-Randall
EXTRAS               1 wide, 7 byes, 1 lb      9
TOTAL                                        161

FOW                                      O   M   R   W
53  for 1 (Zanzala)           Porteous 15.0  3  32   2
66  for 2 (Bryton)                Zaid 14.0  6  26   1
155 for 3 (Washington)         Boulger  9.0  1  29   1
158 for 4 (Muldoney)            Mustar 13.0  3  39   0  
                                  Hery 10.0  2  26   0
                                 Joris  5.0  2   9   0

by **Apox** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:09 pm

Matchday 15

Match Report: Lisander in Apox
Lisander bat first
Lisander 331 (150.5 overs), 211/5d (75.5 overs)
Apox 176 (78.3 overs), 367/3 (101.0 overs)
Apox win by 7 wickets
Series drawn 1-1 (1 match drawn)

Match Report: Eastfield Lodge in Liventia
Liventia bat first
Liventia 141 (66.3 overs), 422 (163.4 overs)
Eastfield Lodge 407/7d (117.2 overs), 146/3 (41.1 overs)
Drawn

Match Report: Eura in Barunia
Eura bat first
Eura 207 (50.4 overs), 248 (79.2 overs)
Barunia 156 (50.5 overs), 302/8 (100.3 overs)
Barunia win by 2 wickets

Rankings updated to the end of Apox-Lisander series.

Full Members                     Score  Pts/MP   Adjusted
1 Liventia			 FM  135 (3525/26)  117.79
2 Ethane		     	 FM  129 (1809/14)  114.61 
3 Eastfield Lodge		 FM  118 (2558/22)  108.14
4 Barunia		 	 FM  107 (2478/23)  103.87
5 Mattijana			 FM  106 (1387/13)  103.35
6 Lisander			 FM   92 (1103/12)   95.96
7 Apox				 FM   91 (1177/13)   95.27
8 Tobiasia			 FM   60 (833/14)    79.75

Associate Members
1 Eura				 AS  133 (937/7)    111.93
2 The Kiaser Colonies		 AS   98 (879/9)    103.83
3 Darmen			 AS   95 (475/5)    102.50
4 Elejamie			 AS  108 (432/4)     99.00
5 Sargossa			 AS   87 (603/7)     98.07
6 Qasden			 AS   55 (165/3)     82.50

Inactive members/Ceased to exist
Gruenberg		      CE/FM  154 (2321/15)  127.37
The Licentian Isles	      CE/FM  123 (1360/11)  111.82
Wray			      CE/FM   97 (1070/11)   98.64

by **Apox** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:45 pm

Matchday 16

Match Report: Eastfield Lodge in Liventia
Eastfield Lodge bat first
Eastfield Lodge 381 (94.2 overs), 228/6d (76.0 overs)
Liventia 258 (84.0 overs), 234 (104.4 overs)
Liventia lose by 117 runs
Series drawn 2-2 (1 drawn)

Match Report: Eura in Barunia
Eura bat first
Eura 213 (53.2 overs), 252 (87.3 overs)
Barunia 417 (186.4 overs), 52/1 (14.3 overs)
Barunia win by 9 wickets
Series drawn 2-2

End of season rankings.

Full Members                       Score  Pts/MP   Adjusted
1 Liventia			 FM  130 (4174/32)  115.22
2 Ethane		     	 FM  129 (1809/14)  114.61
3 Eura				 FM  121 (1456/12)  110.67 
4 Eastfield Lodge		 FM  116 (3265/28)  108.30
5 Barunia		 	 FM  107 (3038/28)  104.25
6 Mattijana			 FM  106 (1387/13)  103.35
7 Lisander			 FM   92 (1103/12)   95.96
8 Apox				 FM   91 (1177/13)   95.27
9 Tobiasia			 FM   60 (833/14)    79.75

Associate Members
1 The Kiaser Colonies		 AS   98 (879/9)    103.83
2 Darmen			 AS   95 (475/5)    102.50
3 Elejamie			 AS  108 (432/4)     99.00
4 Sargossa			 AS   87 (603/7)     98.07
5 Qasden			 AS   55 (165/3)     82.50

Inactive members/Ceased to exist
Gruenberg		      CE/FM  154 (2321/15)  127.37
The Licentian Isles	      CE/FM  123 (1360/11)  111.82
Wray			      CE/FM   97 (1070/11)   98.64

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