Int. Cricket Captain 2005 - Hampshire CC

Groundhog · 03-01-2007, 02:05 AM

I've been playing through a career as the Hampshire cricket club in International Cricket Captain 2005 for 5 game years now. For this dynasty thread we pick up the action at the beginning of the 2010 season, fresh off our most successful season yet, which saw us rank #2 in the County Championship series division 1, and 2nd in the national league division 2.

Groundhog · 03-01-2007, 02:39 AM

Hampshire's 2010 Squad:

Batsmen: (stats are First Class career stats, excluding 1D games)

Code:

Name		Age Matches  Runs  Bowling Type   W   Bowling Economy
G Lamb		 30      59 32.45            OS  26		 3.42
K Latouf	 24      44 33.81            RM   -                 -
K Pietersen	 29     175 48.29            OS  59              3.30
S Ervine	 27      86 38.20            RM  75              3.83
I Bell		 27	159 43.89            RM  40              3.43
R Bopara	 24      37 36.90            RM   3              4.35
J Dalrymple	 29     113 44.98            OS 114		 3.23
T Bolland        18       0   -              LS   -                 -
M Vaughan        35     295 36.95            OS 128              3.32
M Brown          30     100 40.42            OS   -                 -
J Crawley        38     348 46.19            RM   1              8.65
D Kenway         31     135 32.48            RM   4              6.36

Easily the strong point of my team. Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen are regulars for the national team, though Bell rarely performs consistently for my club. Kenway, a very aggressive hitter, and Brown, a reliable and steady batsmen, generally open for me, but I brought in the aging Michael Vaughan this year to open with Brown. Dalrymple and Bopara are capable of putting up big runs as well, but Lamb, Crawley, and Ervine have all pretty much fallen out of my rotation. Latouf had a bad year last season, and will struggle to get back in to a deep rotation. Bolland, a rookie call-up from my youth team, is very young and will probably spend most of the next couple of years playing for my 2nd team.

Wicket Keepers:

Code:

Name		Age Matches  Runs  Bowling Type   W   Bowling Economy
M Kitson	 19       0   -              RM   -                 -

Kitson is my only true wickey, and had been a member of another team's youth squad. We snapped him up for depth, but he won't see a lot of play. M Brown, J Crawley, and D Kenway are all capable of playing wickey, and Kenway got the nod all last season while healthy.

All-Rounders:

Code:

Name		Age Matches  Runs  Bowling Type   W   Bowling Economy
A Mascarenhas	 32     179 25.61           RFM 529              2.70
W Halstead       25      18 29.78            LM  16              3.82
A Laraman        31     110 43.85           RFM 233              3.32
C White		 26     128 29.65            LS 353              3.46
A Marshall	 21       8 23.73            RM   0              4.02

Mascarenhas has been one of my better bowlers, and regularly plays for the national side. His batting hasn't been great for an all-rounder, but he's a good low-order option. Halstead has worked his way up for our junior ranks and shows promise. It's been hard to work him up in the rotation however, and I really need to give him a better run this year. Laraman was brought in last season and played great with both the bat and the ball, and was more responsible for keeping Halstead out of the lineup than anyone else. The Aussie Cameron White is a very good lower order batting option who is capable of putting up great scores, but I haven't give him much of a chance to bowl. I signed Marshall this past offseason mainly just because I had cash to spare and to keep him away from other teams. He'll spend most of the year with our reserve team.

Bowlers:

Code:

Name		Age Matches  Runs  Bowling Type   W   Bowling Economy
J Tomlinson	 27      28  8.18            LM  72              3.90
C Tremlett       28     132 15.05           RMF 523              3.11
A Johns          26      58 19.73            LS 244              3.17
C Goode		 25       8 10.25           RFM  18              3.14
C MacLeoud       23       2  3.00           RMF   2              2.64
M Lingham        18       0   -             RFM   -                 -
M Lakshitha      31     129 13.61           RFM 541              2.93
K Murphy         21       0   -             RFM   -                 -

Tremlett is another National team regular, and is capable of some great games, especially in one dayers. M Lakshitha is a solid Sri Lankan bowler in his first season for us, taking over for the retired Irfan. They are big shoes to fill, but we are confident that Lakshitha is the goods. Spin bowler Johns came up through our junior ranks and has been great. When he's on, he's been deadly, but last year probably wasn't his best. Goode and McLeoud are both from our junior ranks and we're still to find out what kind of bowlers they are. Goode looks the goods (pardon the pun), but McLeoud has done well in limited overs. Ingham and Murphy are juniors who will struggle to get on the pitch, while Tomlinson is talented, but has fallen out of the rotation and is in danger of not working his way back in thanks to some poor performances in the reserve team.

Groundhog · 03-01-2007, 02:59 AM

April 17, Hampshire vs Sussex - National League Div 1

We find ourselves in Division 1 for the National League this year for the first time since we were relegated after my first season. For those who don't know, the National League is a limited overs (or one day) game, comprising of a maximum of 45 overs for each batting side. Both the National and County comps have a promotion/relegation setup, much like soccer, and both we and Sussex were on top of the ladder last season in Div 2, and are now in Div 1.

Hampshire Squad: (Stats are career National League stats)

Code:

#  Name	 	 Runs   W   Bowling Economy
 1 M Brown      38.52   -                 -
 2 M Vaughan    29.48  77             31.38 Captain
 3 D Kenway     32.18   1             16.00 Keeper
 4 K Pietersen  41.68  38             54.68
 5 I Bell       37.53  20             36.85
 6 J Dalrymple  31.41  52             28.65
 7 A Laraman    20.38 191             29.04
 8 A Mascarenhas22.27 455             22.51
 9 A Johns      12.94 121             31.05
10 C Tremlett    9.90 254	      21.70
11 M Lakshitha   9.79 197             20.72

Sussex Squad:

Code:

#  Name	 	 Runs   W   Bowling Economy
 1 M Goodwin	45.99   7              5.23
 2 I Norris     38.50  35 	       5.43
 3 C Nash       31.50   -                 -  
 4 T Ambrose    33.22  18              5.42
 5 N Turk       31.65   -                 -
 6 T Evans 	17.95  42              4.87
 7 M Dennington 23.00  38              5.58
 8 M Bould      18.73 133 	       5.06
 9 J Hodgson     6.54  69	       5.21
10 D Nye         0.00  19              5.21
11 R Birch        -     -		  -

We win the toss and will bowl to start.

Groundhog · 03-01-2007, 03:49 AM

Both our opening bowlers, new recruit Lakshitha and Mascarenhas, struggle against Sussex's opening batsmen, and after bowling 5 overs each Sussex are 60 for 1 on 6.0 an over, the one wicket coming from Lakshitha. Tremlett and Laraman pick up the attack, with Tremlett grabbing a wicket thanks to some great bowling, but Laraman is a little expensive. After 4 overs each we rest Tremlett and bring our spin king Johns in. Neither Johns or Laraman can stop the runs, and after Laraman has bowled all his 9 overs for 0 wickets on 4.89 an over, we bring Tremlett back in with Johns, and both now pick up another couple of wickets to put us in a much better position. With Johns and Tremlett both having bowled all their 9 overs, we bring back in the openers to hopefully finish off these fresh low-order batsmen.

Both openers do the trick, and slow down the run rate, pick up some wickets, and hold Sussex to 216 runs after 45 overs, at 4.8 an over. A very good result considering Sussex's start to the game.

We come in to bat with a decent, yet by no means very difficult, run total to chase. Our opening batsmen Brown and Vaughan start well, but really start to struggle at around the 10th over, and the run rate required climbs to 5.5 as we are 36 for 0 at the 10th over. We bump up the aggression to try and keep the runs coming, but Vaughn hits it straight to cover to get out for 33 runs off 58 balls, and in comes big-hitter Kenway to bring us to the 20th over with a score of 89 for 1. Brown has 38, Kenway 10, and we need 5.1 an over to win. Kenway blazes away as per usual, with Brown playing his quiet yet consistant game, and at 30 overs we are 145 for 1, needing 4.8 an over to win with 9 wickets in hand. The very next over sees Kenway make a poor decision that leads to Brown getting run out for 56. In comes Pietersen, and despite a slow start from him Kenway is just smashing it, and the required run rate continues to fall. We ended up hitting the winning run with a comfortable 3 overs and 8 wickets remaining.

Hampshire win by 8 wickets

Scorecard:

Sussex

Code:

Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
M Goodwin	c Dalrymple, b Lakshitha	  15      13   3  -
I Norris	lbw b Johns  			  77      91  11  -
C Nash		c Pietersen b Tremlett		  20      43   2  -
T Ambrose	c Dalrymple b Tremlett		  42      53   6  -
N Turk		c Brown b Tremlett		   7       3   -  1
T Evans		lbw b Johns			   9       7   -  -
M Dennington	not out				  21      38   2  -
M Bould		c Laraman b Lakashitha		  10      20   2  -
J Hodgson	b M'arenhas			   0       7   -  -
D Nye		not out				   0       3   -  -

		Extras (nb8,w5,b2)		  15
		Total (8 wkts, 45 overs)	 216

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
M Lakshitha	9   1  44   2  4.89
A Mascarenhas   9   3  39   1  4.33
C Tremlett	9   1  42   3  4.67
A Laraman	9   0  44   0  4.89
A Johns		9   1  45   2  5.00

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		  8   5   2    0     15

Hampshire

Code:

Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
M Brown		run out				  56      83   6  -
M Vaughan	c Evans b Birch			  33      58   4  -
D Kenway	not out				  88      73  12  1
K Pietersen	not out				  30      47   3  -

		Extras (nb6,w3,b1)		  15
		Total (2 wkts, 42.3 overs)	 217

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
M Bould		9   0  45   0  5.00
J Hodgson	9   2  23   0  2.56
D Nye	      7.3   0  50   0  7.14
R Birch	        9   2  51   1  5.67
M Dennington	8   0  47   0  5.87

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		  6   3   1    0     10

A very good start to the season - especially from Kenway. Our bowlers were a little rusty, but once they find their form we should be OK. A good job by our bowlers to slow Sussex down after a quick start, and a solid if not over-whelming response from our own batsmen to easily make the chase. Kenway is the man of the match.

Narcizo · 03-01-2007, 04:13 AM

I loved playing ICC with Warwickshire back in 2002. I'll be reading with interest.

Groundhog · 03-05-2007, 01:33 AM

April 20, Hampshire vs Durham - County Championship

We have been pretty strong in the County Championship for the past few seasons, being promoted to division 1 before last season, and then finishing 2nd. We should have finished 1st but a rash of injuries hit us while 3 of our best players were playing for the national side, seeing us severely understrength for a few games.

The team that finished first? Durham. So this will be a big match up for us. Durham have been dominant in both the County and National leagues and should prove a handful today. Their bowlers in particular are quite impressive, so we will need to limit Durham's run tally as we don't want to be chasing a big score against these bowlers.

For those who don't know, the County Championship is a 4-day match. Each team gets 2 innings to bat, and if the game isn't over by the end of the 4th day, the match is drawn.

I decide to keep the exact same squad and lineup as the previous National League game - something I don't usually do.

Hampshire Squad: (Stats are career County Championship stats)

Code:

#  Name	 	 Runs   W   Bowling Economy
 1 M Brown      40.42   -                 -
 2 M Vaughan    36.95 128             45.95 Captain
 3 D Kenway     32.48   4             39.75 Keeper
 4 K Pietersen  48.29  59             46.32
 5 I Bell       43.89  40             37.95
 6 J Dalrymple  44.98 114             38.65
 7 A Laraman    43.85 233             32.62
 8 A Mascarenhas25.61 529             29.48
 9 A Johns      19.73 244             30.54
10 C Tremlett   15.05 523	      27.80
11 M Lakshitha  13.61 541             18.51

Durham Squad: (Stats are career County Championship stats)

Code:

#  Name	 	 Runs   W   Bowling Economy
 1 W Jefferson	38.62   1	      61.00
 2 D Barrick	26.48   - 		  -
 3 M Perham	44.31   0                 -
 4 K Coetzer	31.87   0		  -
 5 D Benkenstein39.00  85             39.35
 6 G Pratt	26.88   1	      88.00
 7 P Mustard    21.34   -		  -
 8 A Shafiq	25.61 460	      25.07
 9 L Plunkett	24.85 335	      29.19	
10 M Davies	10.59 474	      26.13
11 S Harmison	 7.76 795	      27.20

We lose the toss and Durham elect to bat.

Groundhog · 03-05-2007, 02:51 AM

Durham's 1st Innings:

Lakshitha and Mascarenhas both picked up early wickets, then Tremlett and Laraman struck, and not even a 72 from Durham batsman Perham could stop the collapse as Durham find themselves all out for an amazingly low score of 151. This is a tremendous start for us. We'll be looking to put up at least 251 to get a +100 edge, but the more runs the better.

Code:

Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
W Jefferson	c Johns b M'arenhas		   6	  40   1  -
D Barrick	c Pietersen b Lakshitha		  13	  36   1  -
M Perham	lbw b Tremlett			  72	 117   9  -
K Coetzer	b Laraman			   0	  12   -  -
D Benkenstein	c Pietersen b Tremlett		  10	  14   1  -
G Pratt		c Johns b M'arenhas		  25      44   5  -
P Mustard	b Lakshitha			   4	  13   1  -
A Shafiq	c Dalrymple b Lakshitha		   8	  18   1  -
L Plunkett	not out				   8	  24   1  -
M Davies	c Kenway b Tremlett		   0      11   -  -
S Harmison	b Tremlett			   0       4   -  -

		Extras (nb2,b3)		  	   5
		Total (all out, 55.2 overs)	 151

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
M Lakshitha    16   7  36   3  2.25
A Mascarenhas  16   3  48   2  3.00
C Tremlett     11.2 6  25   4  2.27
A Laraman	8   0  30   1  3.75
A Johns		4   1   9   0  2.25

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		  2   0   3    0      5

Hampshire's 1st Innings:

We started out a little shaky with opener Brown being caught after just 13 runs, but Vaughan and Kenway put 54 runs on the board before Vaughn fell, and Kenway fell shortly after, leaving us 3-78 and starting to look a little vulnerable. Pietersen and Bell put together a decent partnership before Pietersen fell, starting a little bit of a slide before our all-rounder Laraman and Mascarenhas put together a massive 175 partnership stand to push our lead well out. After those two fell we didn't last much longer, but with 373 runs on the board this gives us a massive lead! A great effort against a strong bowling attack.

Code:

Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
M Brown		c B'enstein b Davies		  13	  28   2  -
M Vaughan	b Davies			  26      63   2  -
D Kenway	b Davies			  31      54   3  -
K Pietersen	c Mustard b Shafiq		  41	  82   4  -
I Bell		c & b Shafiq			  34	 103   3  -
J Dalrymple	c Jefferson b Shafiq		  15	  24   2  -
A Laraman	c Coetzer b Harmison		  83	 168  12  -
A Mascarenhas	c Coetzer b Shafiq		  94	 178  10  -
A Johns		c Jefferson b Harmison		   0	   1   -  -
C Tremlett	lbw b Shafiq			   2       4   -  -
M Lakshitha	not out				   4 	   9   -  -

		Extras (nb16,w2,b9,lb3)		  	  30
		Total (all out, 117.3 overs)	 	 373

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
A Shafiq       33.3 3 114   5  3.45
M Davies       27   2  78   3  2.89
S Harmison     28   3  86   2  3.07
L Plunkett     19   5  61   0  3.21
D Benkenstein   7   1  13   0  1.86
M Perham	3   0   9   0  3.00

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		 16   2   9    3     30

Durham's 2nd Innings:

We get off to a great start, claiming the scalp of Durham's batsman Barric for just 5, but then Jefferson and Perham show why Durham is such a strong squad, putting up an amazing 227 partnership. Finally Lakshitha and Mascarenhas get the wickets, and despite some decent performances from some mid and low order batsmen, it's not enough to put up a great score after an excellent start. We need 172 runs to win with plenty of time to do it, and unless my top through middle order completely collapses this shouldn't be an overly difficult chase. Having said that, if any team's bowling attack can humble us it would be this one, so it might prove an interesting final innings.

Code:

Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
W Jefferson	b M'arenhas			 105     205  10  1
D Barrick	c Pietersen b Lakshitha		   5      20   -  -
M Perham	b Lakshitha			 128	 204  18  -
K Coetzer	b M'arenhas			  10      17   -  -
D Benkenstein	c Pietersen b Johns		  34      63   6  -
G Pratt		c Brown b Lakshitha		  41      96   3  -
P Mustard	lbw b M'arenhas			   2	   6   -  -
A Shafiq	b M'arenhas			   5	   8   -  -
L Plunkett	not out				  37      65   6  -
M Davies	c Dalrymple b Tremlett		   3      20   -  -
S Harmison	b Tremlett			   0       8   -  -

		Extras (nb12,w4,b5,lb2)		  	  23
		Total (all out, 117.2 overs)	 	 393

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
M Lakshitha    32   6 108   3  3.37
A Mascarenhas  32   8  88   4  2.75
C Tremlett     26.2 3  82   2  3.15
A Laraman       8   1  38   0  4.75
A Johns	       19   2  70   1  3.68

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		 12   4   5    2     23

Hampshire's 2nd Innings:

The very second ball of the innings sees Brown out for a duck, but Vaughan and Kenway put together a nice 94 run partnership to steady the ship before Vaughan is run out after a bad call by Kenway. Pietersen then steps in to team up with Kenway for the 78 runs required to get the easy win.

Code:

Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
M Brown		lbw b Shafiq			   0	   2   -  -
M Vaughan	run out				  46	 104   3  1
D Kenway	not out				  72	 163   5  -
K Pietersen	not out				  44      97   3  1

		Extras (nb6,w4)		  	  	  10
		Total (2 wkts, 60.1 overs)	 	 172

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
A Shafiq       21   2  42   1   2.00
M Davies       17.1 4  39   0   2.29
S Harmison     12   0  47   0   3.92
L Plunkett      8   1  38   0   4.75
D Benkenstein   2   0   6   0   3.00

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		  6   4   0    0     10

A win over the top team from last season is a great start to our County Championship hopes. Our bowling was great for Durham's 1st innings, and even though Durham put together a pretty solid 2nd innings we managed to pick up all 10 wickets before they put together a sufficently high score to challenge us on our final innings. Brown dissapointed in both innings, but I have few complaints about the rest of our batsmen, and our bowlers were for the most part solid, though Johns can't be happy with his 1 wicket for 79 runs.

Durham batsman Perham wins man of the match after scores of 72 and 128.

Hampshire win by 8 wickets.

Groundhog · 03-05-2007, 04:35 AM

April 27, Hampshire vs Nottinghamshire - County Championship

A few days ago Nottinghamshire fell rather cheaply to Derbyshire in a game they probably should have won thanks to a poor 2nd innings score of 155. We should prove too talented for this Nottinghamshire squad, who have generally looked much better in the National League than the County Championship. Weather is expected to be fine for the first two days, overcast on the third, and the chance of a late shower in the final day.

Only change in our lineup is Halstead in for Laraman in an attempt to get more experience for our young all-rounder.

Hampshire Squad: (Stats are career County Championship stats)

Code:

#  Name	 	 Runs   W   Bowling Economy
 1 M Brown      40.02   -                 -
 2 M Vaughan    36.94 128             45.95 Captain
 3 D Kenway     32.80   4             39.75 Keeper
 4 K Pietersen  48.43  59             46.32
 5 I Bell       43.85  40             37.95
 6 J Dalrymple  44.82 114             38.65
 7 W Halstead   29.78  16             71.31
 8 A Mascarenhas25.93 535             29.40
 9 A Johns      19.33 245             30.74
10 C Tremlett   14.95 529	      27.69
11 M Lakshitha  13.64 547             18.57

Nottinghamshire Squad: (Stats are career County Championship stats)

Code:

#  Name	 	 Runs   W   Bowling Economy
 1 C Spearman	36.16   3 	      51.67
 2 J Adams	26.83	6	      44.00
 3 J Rudolph	47.19 129	      35.45
 4 A Burley	  -     -		  -
 5 W Smith	33.36   7	      50.43
 6 P Franks     28.13 643	      29.19
 7 D Alleyne	33.84  76	      38.00
 8 C Read	29.00   0	       0.00
 9 G Swann	26.12 542	      30.50
10 G Clough	21.98 106	      32.75
11 R Sidebottom 27.15 586	      27.15

We lose the toss and Nottinghamshire elect to bat.

Narcizo · 03-05-2007, 04:45 AM

Nice 7th wicket stand there. There's nothing more frustrating for the opponents then thinking that they're getting to the end of the innings only for a couple of players to knock off 100+ runs.

Groundhog · 03-05-2007, 05:52 AM

Nottinghamshire's 1st Innings:

Nottinghamshire's top order falls pretty quickly thanks largely to Mascarenhas, but the middle order - Smith, Franks & Alleyne - puts in a great effort to post an impressive run total. Mascarenhas was our only bowler to make much of a dent in Nottinghamshire's attack.

This means we are going to look to equal Nottinghamshire's score, then declare and hope we bowl better during their next inning.

Code:

Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
C Spearman	lbw b M'arenhas			  13	  53   1  -
J Adams		b M'arenhas			  13      28   1  -
J Rudolph	c Pietersen b Tremlett		  15      25   1  -
A Burley	b M'arenhas			  34      74   4  -
W Smith		b Lakshitha			  83     147   9  -
P Franks	c Kenway b Johns		  52	  70   9  -
D Alleyne	run out				  69     145   9  -
C Read		b Johns				  26	  37   2  -
G Swann		c Pietersen b M'arenhas		  11	  37   2  -
G Clough	b M'arenhas			   0       2   -  -
R Sidebottom	not out				  12      27   2  -

		Extras (nb2,w4,b8)		  	  14 
		Total (all out, 106 overs)	 	 342

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
M Lakshitha    29   8  88   1  3.03
A Mascarenhas  29   6  78   5  2.69
C Tremlett     24   8  67   1  2.79
W Halstead	8   1  31   0  3.87
A Johns	       16   1  70   2  4.37

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		  2   4   8    0     14

Hampshire's 1st Innings:

Brown does it again, this time out for a golden duck on the very first bowl of the game. Vaughan and Kenway rally in an amazing way however, putting together a 209 partnership before Vaughn falls for 93. A bit of a slide hits after Vaughn's wicket, with Pietersen & Bell falling close together, but Kenway puts together a 95 run partnership with Dalyrmple, then a 25 run partnershup with Halstead before finally falling for 171. A decent 35 run partnership from Mascarenhas and Johns sees me declare at 391 for 7 at the end of the second day.

Code:

Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
M Brown		c Spearman b Sidebottom		   0	   1   -  -
M Vaughan	c Alleyne b Rudolph		  93	 206  11  -
D Kenway	b Clough			 171	 264  18  -
K Pietersen	c Alleyne b Franks		  11      16   2  -
I Bell		b Rudolph			   0       6   -  -
J Dalrymple	c Burle B Swann			  48	  65   8  -
W Halstead	lbw b Alleyne			  16	  23   2  -
A Mascarenhas	not out				  30	  46   3  1
A Johns		not out				   9      26   1  -

		Extras (nb8,w2,b3)		  13
		Total (7 wkts, 108 overs)	 391

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
R Sidebottom   28   1 100   1   3.57
P Franks       25   3  70   1   2.80
G Clough       18   3  57   1   3.17
G Swann	       20   0  79   1   3.95
J Rudolph      12   1  59   2   4.92
D Alleyne       5   1  23   1   4.60

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		  8   2   3    0     13

Nottinghamshire's 2nd Innings:

Lakshitha scalps Adams for a solid start, and we handle Nottinghamshire's middle order pretty easily, but a solid performance by their bottom order helps them to achieve a very decent total, and gives us a decent run chase. We need 289 to win, and we have exactly one day to do it - a very achievable goal, but we can't afford to slack off on our run rate, nor to drop too many early wickets.

Code:

Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
C Spearman	c Pietersen b Halstead		  43	  68   6  -
J Adams		c Brown b Lakshitha		   8       8   2  -
J Rudolph	c Dalrymple b Halstead		  50      92   5  -
A Burley	c Pietersen b Tremlett		   3      19   -  -
W Smith		b M'arenhas			  10      25   2  -
P Franks	c Dalrymple b Johns		  23	  59   3  -
D Alleyne	b Johns				  42      73   6  -
C Read		c Pietersen b Johns		  49	  97   9  -
G Swann		not out				  58	 108   8  -
G Clough	b Lakshitha			  27      84   3  -
R Sidebottom	c Johns b Lakshitha		   0       4   -  -

		Extras (nb16,b7,lb1)		  24 
		Total (all out, 103 overs)	 337

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
M Lakshitha    27   5  77   3  2.85
A Mascarenhas  28   7  89   1  3.18
C Tremlett      8   1  29   1  3.62
W Halstead     24   2  85   2  3.54
A Johns	       16   2  49   3  3.06

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		 16   0   7    1     24

Hampshire's 2nd Innings:

Brown finally breaks his slump and puts together a nice opening partnership of 64 with Vaughn before Vaughn falls. Kenway then steps in and continues where he left off, putting together a nice partnership with Brown and then Pietersen. When Kenway falls Pietersen and Bell aren't far behind however, and things are beginning to look grim, especially when Halstead also falls cheaply. Dalrymple, Mascarenhas and Johns are all able to stick it out however, and get the win with 2 overs remaining until the end of the final day in a game that was probably closer than it should have been.

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Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
M Brown		c Read b Clough			  65 	 150   5  -
M Vaughan	c Burley b Swann		  24	  82   3  -
D Kenway	b Read b Swann			  67	 112   7  -
K Pietersen	c Clough b Franks		  33      66   3  -
I Bell		c Alleyne b Sidebottom		   5      21   -  -
J Dalrymple	c Alleyne b Sidebottom		   6	  22   -  -
W Halstead	b Franks			   0	   2   -  -
A Mascarenhas	not out				  58	  80   6  -
A Johns		not out				  21      48   -  -

		Extras (nb4,b2,lb6)		  13
		Total (7 wkts, 96.5 overs)	 292

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
R Sidebottom   26   2  69   2   2.65
P Franks       24.5 3  69   2   2.87
G Clough       18   1  62   1   3.44
G Swann	       18   3  50   2   2.78
J Rudolph       7   1  23   0   3.29
D Alleyne       3   1  10   0   3.33

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		  4   0   3    6     13

Nottinghamshire handled our bowlers pretty roughly, but thankfully our batsmen were up to the task. We need to improve against mid-order batsmen, because this game was much closer than it should have been, especially with how well we bowled against Nottinghamshire's openers. Kenway was man of the match thanks to his scores of 171 and 67.

Hampshire win by 3 wickets.

Groundhog · 03-07-2007, 01:22 AM

May 1, Durham vs Hampshire - National League

As is typical for them, Durham have jumped out to the lead in the division 1 National League with 2 wins. Neither win was even close, as Durham's bowlers, Plunkett in particular, completely manhandled the opposing batsmen. We will need to survive their opening bowlers in particular and look to score as close to 300 runs as we can get if we are going to win this matchup.

We decide to bring Laraman back in to the side for Halstead, and also give Cameron White the nod over Dalyrmple, who is out of form and could maybe use a game or two in the reserve team.

Hampshire Squad: (Stats are career National League stats)

Code:

#  Name	 	 Runs   W   Bowling Economy
 1 M Brown      38.79   -                 -
 2 M Vaughan    29.49  77             31.38 Captain
 3 D Kenway     32.70   1             16.00 Keeper
 4 K Pietersen  41.84  38             54.68
 5 I Bell       37.53  20             36.85
 6 C White      21.32 174             28.65
 7 A Laraman    20.38 191             29.04
 8 A Mascarenhas22.27 456             22.51
 9 A Johns      12.94 123             31.05
10 C Tremlett    9.90 257	      21.70
11 M Lakshitha   9.79 199             20.72

Durham Squad: (Stats are career National League stats)

Code:

#  Name	 	 Runs   W   Bowling Economy
 1 W Jefferson	39.02   -	      	  -
 2 D Barrick	21.00   - 		  -
 3 M Perham	30.57   0                 -
 4 K Coetzer	24.02   0		  -
 5 D Benkenstein29.30 118             26.02
 6 N Pothas	32.99   0		  -
 7 A Shafiq	24.12 144	      26.53
 8 L Plunkett	20.81 212	      20.81	
 9 G Bridge	12.76 249	      22.52
10 M Davies	 7.04 264	      21.41
11 S Harmison	 7.29 283	      27.73

We win the toss and elect to bowl first.

Groundhog · 03-07-2007, 01:53 AM

Our opening bowlers started out pretty well, taking the scalps of both openers, but Laraman, Johns and Tremlett were all expensive and weren't getting wickets. Coetzer and Benkenstein put a great partnership together for Durham and, even without much help outside of a nice finish to their innings from Shafiq, manage to put a very decent score of 243 on the boards. A tough run chase.

Our openers Brown and Vaughan both take way to long to get anything going in the first 10 overs, seeing the required run rate begin to climb. Vaughan finally falls, with Brown shortly after, and Kenway and Pietersen try to turn things around with the run rate required approaching 10 an over - a nearly impossible obstacle at such an early stage of the match. Unfortunately Kenway falls and the next batsmen in our order all crumble, with 6 players falling for a total of 9 runs.

Durham win by 67 runs

Scorecard:

Durham

Code:

Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
W Jefferson	lbw b Lakshitha			  17	  22   3  -
D Barrick	lbw b Lakshitha			   0	  15   -  -
M Perham	run out				  23      29   4  -
K Coetzer	c White b Lakshitha		  87      93  11  2
D Benkenstein	c White b Johns			  56      65   9  1
N Pothas	b Tremlett			   7       3   1  -
A Shafiq	not out				  33      34   4  -
L Plunkett	b M'arenhas			   3       3   -  -
G Bridge	not out				   8       9   1  -

		Extras (w3,b2,lb4)		   9
		Total (7 wkts, 45 overs)	 243

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
M Lakshitha	9   2  40   3  4.44
A Mascarenhas   9   2  38   1  4.22
A Laraman	9   0  51   0  5.67
C Tremlett	9   1  55   1  6.11
A Johns		9   1  53   1  5.89

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		  0   3   2    4      9

Hampshire

Code:

Name						Runs   Balls  4s 6s
M Brown		c & b Bridges			  26	  68   1  -
M Vaughan	b Davies			  11      34   1  -
D Kenway	run out				  63      64  10  -
K Pietersen	b Harmison			  38	  48   3  -
I Bell		lbw b Davies			   2	   6   -  -
C White		b Plunkett			  18	  14   4  -
A Laraman	c Shafiq b Plunkett		   0	   1   -  -
A Mascarenhas	lbw b Davies			   1	   3   -  -
A Johns		lbw b Plunkett			   1	   3   -  -
C Tremlett	c Jefferson b Plunkett		   3       9   -  -
M Lakshitha	not out				   2 	   5   -  -

		Extras (nb6,w1,b4)		  	  11
		Total (all out, 41.5 overs)	 	 176

Bowlers:
Name		O   M   R   W   RpO
A Shafiq        9   3  32   0  3.56
M Davies        9   2  24   3  2.67
G Bridge	8   0  48   1  6.00
L Plunkett      8.5 0  40   4  5.00
S Harmison      7   0  28   1  4.00

Extras		NBs  Ws  Bs  LBs  Total
		  6   1   4    0     11

All in all, a pretty poor showing from us. Durham did well to put a nice total together, but we started slow and struggled when we tried to turn it up a notch to catch the ever-climbing run rate required. I'll need to rethink starting Brown and Vaughan against top notch teams in one-dayers, because I don't want to risk another performance like today.

Plunkett is man of the match for Durham thanks to his 4 wicket haul.

Narcizo · 03-07-2007, 01:58 AM

From what I remember of the 2005 Vaughan is, incorrectly, way too slow at getting runs in one days. I remember pulling my hair out about it when I played. Perhaps slide him to #3 and get a slugger in at the top to make the most of the fielding restrictions.

03-01-2007, 03:49 AM	#4
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Both our opening bowlers, new recruit Lakshitha and Mascarenhas, struggle against Sussex's opening batsmen, and after bowling 5 overs each Sussex are 60 for 1 on 6.0 an over, the one wicket coming from Lakshitha. Tremlett and Laraman pick up the attack, with Tremlett grabbing a wicket thanks to some great bowling, but Laraman is a little expensive. After 4 overs each we rest Tremlett and bring our spin king Johns in. Neither Johns or Laraman can stop the runs, and after Laraman has bowled all his 9 overs for 0 wickets on 4.89 an over, we bring Tremlett back in with Johns, and both now pick up another couple of wickets to put us in a much better position. With Johns and Tremlett both having bowled all their 9 overs, we bring back in the openers to hopefully finish off these fresh low-order batsmen. Both openers do the trick, and slow down the run rate, pick up some wickets, and hold Sussex to 216 runs after 45 overs, at 4.8 an over. A very good result considering Sussex's start to the game. We come in to bat with a decent, yet by no means very difficult, run total to chase. Our opening batsmen Brown and Vaughan start well, but really start to struggle at around the 10th over, and the run rate required climbs to 5.5 as we are 36 for 0 at the 10th over. We bump up the aggression to try and keep the runs coming, but Vaughn hits it straight to cover to get out for 33 runs off 58 balls, and in comes big-hitter Kenway to bring us to the 20th over with a score of 89 for 1. Brown has 38, Kenway 10, and we need 5.1 an over to win. Kenway blazes away as per usual, with Brown playing his quiet yet consistant game, and at 30 overs we are 145 for 1, needing 4.8 an over to win with 9 wickets in hand. The very next over sees Kenway make a poor decision that leads to Brown getting run out for 56. In comes Pietersen, and despite a slow start from him Kenway is just smashing it, and the required run rate continues to fall. We ended up hitting the winning run with a comfortable 3 overs and 8 wickets remaining. Hampshire win by 8 wickets Scorecard: Sussex Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s M Goodwin c Dalrymple, b Lakshitha 15 13 3 - I Norris lbw b Johns 77 91 11 - C Nash c Pietersen b Tremlett 20 43 2 - T Ambrose c Dalrymple b Tremlett 42 53 6 - N Turk c Brown b Tremlett 7 3 - 1 T Evans lbw b Johns 9 7 - - M Dennington not out 21 38 2 - M Bould c Laraman b Lakashitha 10 20 2 - J Hodgson b M'arenhas 0 7 - - D Nye not out 0 3 - - Extras (nb8,w5,b2) 15 Total (8 wkts, 45 overs) 216 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO M Lakshitha 9 1 44 2 4.89 A Mascarenhas 9 3 39 1 4.33 C Tremlett 9 1 42 3 4.67 A Laraman 9 0 44 0 4.89 A Johns 9 1 45 2 5.00 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 8 5 2 0 15 Hampshire Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s M Brown run out 56 83 6 - M Vaughan c Evans b Birch 33 58 4 - D Kenway not out 88 73 12 1 K Pietersen not out 30 47 3 - Extras (nb6,w3,b1) 15 Total (2 wkts, 42.3 overs) 217 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO M Bould 9 0 45 0 5.00 J Hodgson 9 2 23 0 2.56 D Nye 7.3 0 50 0 7.14 R Birch 9 2 51 1 5.67 M Dennington 8 0 47 0 5.87 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 6 3 1 0 10 A very good start to the season - especially from Kenway. Our bowlers were a little rusty, but once they find their form we should be OK. A good job by our bowlers to slow Sussex down after a quick start, and a solid if not over-whelming response from our own batsmen to easily make the chase. Kenway is the man of the match. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce Last edited by Groundhog : 03-01-2007 at 03:51 AM.

03-05-2007, 01:33 AM	#6
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	April 20, Hampshire vs Durham - County Championship We have been pretty strong in the County Championship for the past few seasons, being promoted to division 1 before last season, and then finishing 2nd. We should have finished 1st but a rash of injuries hit us while 3 of our best players were playing for the national side, seeing us severely understrength for a few games. The team that finished first? Durham. So this will be a big match up for us. Durham have been dominant in both the County and National leagues and should prove a handful today. Their bowlers in particular are quite impressive, so we will need to limit Durham's run tally as we don't want to be chasing a big score against these bowlers. For those who don't know, the County Championship is a 4-day match. Each team gets 2 innings to bat, and if the game isn't over by the end of the 4th day, the match is drawn. I decide to keep the exact same squad and lineup as the previous National League game - something I don't usually do. Hampshire Squad: (Stats are career County Championship stats) Code: # Name Runs W Bowling Economy 1 M Brown 40.42 - - 2 M Vaughan 36.95 128 45.95 Captain 3 D Kenway 32.48 4 39.75 Keeper 4 K Pietersen 48.29 59 46.32 5 I Bell 43.89 40 37.95 6 J Dalrymple 44.98 114 38.65 7 A Laraman 43.85 233 32.62 8 A Mascarenhas25.61 529 29.48 9 A Johns 19.73 244 30.54 10 C Tremlett 15.05 523 27.80 11 M Lakshitha 13.61 541 18.51 Durham Squad: (Stats are career County Championship stats) Code: # Name Runs W Bowling Economy 1 W Jefferson 38.62 1 61.00 2 D Barrick 26.48 - - 3 M Perham 44.31 0 - 4 K Coetzer 31.87 0 - 5 D Benkenstein39.00 85 39.35 6 G Pratt 26.88 1 88.00 7 P Mustard 21.34 - - 8 A Shafiq 25.61 460 25.07 9 L Plunkett 24.85 335 29.19 10 M Davies 10.59 474 26.13 11 S Harmison 7.76 795 27.20 We lose the toss and Durham elect to bat. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

03-05-2007, 02:51 AM	#7
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Durham's 1st Innings: Lakshitha and Mascarenhas both picked up early wickets, then Tremlett and Laraman struck, and not even a 72 from Durham batsman Perham could stop the collapse as Durham find themselves all out for an amazingly low score of 151. This is a tremendous start for us. We'll be looking to put up at least 251 to get a +100 edge, but the more runs the better. Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s W Jefferson c Johns b M'arenhas 6 40 1 - D Barrick c Pietersen b Lakshitha 13 36 1 - M Perham lbw b Tremlett 72 117 9 - K Coetzer b Laraman 0 12 - - D Benkenstein c Pietersen b Tremlett 10 14 1 - G Pratt c Johns b M'arenhas 25 44 5 - P Mustard b Lakshitha 4 13 1 - A Shafiq c Dalrymple b Lakshitha 8 18 1 - L Plunkett not out 8 24 1 - M Davies c Kenway b Tremlett 0 11 - - S Harmison b Tremlett 0 4 - - Extras (nb2,b3) 5 Total (all out, 55.2 overs) 151 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO M Lakshitha 16 7 36 3 2.25 A Mascarenhas 16 3 48 2 3.00 C Tremlett 11.2 6 25 4 2.27 A Laraman 8 0 30 1 3.75 A Johns 4 1 9 0 2.25 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 2 0 3 0 5 Hampshire's 1st Innings: We started out a little shaky with opener Brown being caught after just 13 runs, but Vaughan and Kenway put 54 runs on the board before Vaughn fell, and Kenway fell shortly after, leaving us 3-78 and starting to look a little vulnerable. Pietersen and Bell put together a decent partnership before Pietersen fell, starting a little bit of a slide before our all-rounder Laraman and Mascarenhas put together a massive 175 partnership stand to push our lead well out. After those two fell we didn't last much longer, but with 373 runs on the board this gives us a massive lead! A great effort against a strong bowling attack. Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s M Brown c B'enstein b Davies 13 28 2 - M Vaughan b Davies 26 63 2 - D Kenway b Davies 31 54 3 - K Pietersen c Mustard b Shafiq 41 82 4 - I Bell c & b Shafiq 34 103 3 - J Dalrymple c Jefferson b Shafiq 15 24 2 - A Laraman c Coetzer b Harmison 83 168 12 - A Mascarenhas c Coetzer b Shafiq 94 178 10 - A Johns c Jefferson b Harmison 0 1 - - C Tremlett lbw b Shafiq 2 4 - - M Lakshitha not out 4 9 - - Extras (nb16,w2,b9,lb3) 30 Total (all out, 117.3 overs) 373 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO A Shafiq 33.3 3 114 5 3.45 M Davies 27 2 78 3 2.89 S Harmison 28 3 86 2 3.07 L Plunkett 19 5 61 0 3.21 D Benkenstein 7 1 13 0 1.86 M Perham 3 0 9 0 3.00 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 16 2 9 3 30 Durham's 2nd Innings: We get off to a great start, claiming the scalp of Durham's batsman Barric for just 5, but then Jefferson and Perham show why Durham is such a strong squad, putting up an amazing 227 partnership. Finally Lakshitha and Mascarenhas get the wickets, and despite some decent performances from some mid and low order batsmen, it's not enough to put up a great score after an excellent start. We need 172 runs to win with plenty of time to do it, and unless my top through middle order completely collapses this shouldn't be an overly difficult chase. Having said that, if any team's bowling attack can humble us it would be this one, so it might prove an interesting final innings. Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s W Jefferson b M'arenhas 105 205 10 1 D Barrick c Pietersen b Lakshitha 5 20 - - M Perham b Lakshitha 128 204 18 - K Coetzer b M'arenhas 10 17 - - D Benkenstein c Pietersen b Johns 34 63 6 - G Pratt c Brown b Lakshitha 41 96 3 - P Mustard lbw b M'arenhas 2 6 - - A Shafiq b M'arenhas 5 8 - - L Plunkett not out 37 65 6 - M Davies c Dalrymple b Tremlett 3 20 - - S Harmison b Tremlett 0 8 - - Extras (nb12,w4,b5,lb2) 23 Total (all out, 117.2 overs) 393 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO M Lakshitha 32 6 108 3 3.37 A Mascarenhas 32 8 88 4 2.75 C Tremlett 26.2 3 82 2 3.15 A Laraman 8 1 38 0 4.75 A Johns 19 2 70 1 3.68 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 12 4 5 2 23 Hampshire's 2nd Innings: The very second ball of the innings sees Brown out for a duck, but Vaughan and Kenway put together a nice 94 run partnership to steady the ship before Vaughan is run out after a bad call by Kenway. Pietersen then steps in to team up with Kenway for the 78 runs required to get the easy win. Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s M Brown lbw b Shafiq 0 2 - - M Vaughan run out 46 104 3 1 D Kenway not out 72 163 5 - K Pietersen not out 44 97 3 1 Extras (nb6,w4) 10 Total (2 wkts, 60.1 overs) 172 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO A Shafiq 21 2 42 1 2.00 M Davies 17.1 4 39 0 2.29 S Harmison 12 0 47 0 3.92 L Plunkett 8 1 38 0 4.75 D Benkenstein 2 0 6 0 3.00 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 6 4 0 0 10 A win over the top team from last season is a great start to our County Championship hopes. Our bowling was great for Durham's 1st innings, and even though Durham put together a pretty solid 2nd innings we managed to pick up all 10 wickets before they put together a sufficently high score to challenge us on our final innings. Brown dissapointed in both innings, but I have few complaints about the rest of our batsmen, and our bowlers were for the most part solid, though Johns can't be happy with his 1 wicket for 79 runs. Durham batsman Perham wins man of the match after scores of 72 and 128. Hampshire win by 8 wickets. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

03-05-2007, 04:35 AM	#8
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	April 27, Hampshire vs Nottinghamshire - County Championship A few days ago Nottinghamshire fell rather cheaply to Derbyshire in a game they probably should have won thanks to a poor 2nd innings score of 155. We should prove too talented for this Nottinghamshire squad, who have generally looked much better in the National League than the County Championship. Weather is expected to be fine for the first two days, overcast on the third, and the chance of a late shower in the final day. Only change in our lineup is Halstead in for Laraman in an attempt to get more experience for our young all-rounder. Hampshire Squad: (Stats are career County Championship stats) Code: # Name Runs W Bowling Economy 1 M Brown 40.02 - - 2 M Vaughan 36.94 128 45.95 Captain 3 D Kenway 32.80 4 39.75 Keeper 4 K Pietersen 48.43 59 46.32 5 I Bell 43.85 40 37.95 6 J Dalrymple 44.82 114 38.65 7 W Halstead 29.78 16 71.31 8 A Mascarenhas25.93 535 29.40 9 A Johns 19.33 245 30.74 10 C Tremlett 14.95 529 27.69 11 M Lakshitha 13.64 547 18.57 Nottinghamshire Squad: (Stats are career County Championship stats) Code: # Name Runs W Bowling Economy 1 C Spearman 36.16 3 51.67 2 J Adams 26.83 6 44.00 3 J Rudolph 47.19 129 35.45 4 A Burley - - - 5 W Smith 33.36 7 50.43 6 P Franks 28.13 643 29.19 7 D Alleyne 33.84 76 38.00 8 C Read 29.00 0 0.00 9 G Swann 26.12 542 30.50 10 G Clough 21.98 106 32.75 11 R Sidebottom 27.15 586 27.15 We lose the toss and Nottinghamshire elect to bat. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

03-05-2007, 05:52 AM	#10
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Nottinghamshire's 1st Innings: Nottinghamshire's top order falls pretty quickly thanks largely to Mascarenhas, but the middle order - Smith, Franks & Alleyne - puts in a great effort to post an impressive run total. Mascarenhas was our only bowler to make much of a dent in Nottinghamshire's attack. This means we are going to look to equal Nottinghamshire's score, then declare and hope we bowl better during their next inning. Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s C Spearman lbw b M'arenhas 13 53 1 - J Adams b M'arenhas 13 28 1 - J Rudolph c Pietersen b Tremlett 15 25 1 - A Burley b M'arenhas 34 74 4 - W Smith b Lakshitha 83 147 9 - P Franks c Kenway b Johns 52 70 9 - D Alleyne run out 69 145 9 - C Read b Johns 26 37 2 - G Swann c Pietersen b M'arenhas 11 37 2 - G Clough b M'arenhas 0 2 - - R Sidebottom not out 12 27 2 - Extras (nb2,w4,b8) 14 Total (all out, 106 overs) 342 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO M Lakshitha 29 8 88 1 3.03 A Mascarenhas 29 6 78 5 2.69 C Tremlett 24 8 67 1 2.79 W Halstead 8 1 31 0 3.87 A Johns 16 1 70 2 4.37 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 2 4 8 0 14 Hampshire's 1st Innings: Brown does it again, this time out for a golden duck on the very first bowl of the game. Vaughan and Kenway rally in an amazing way however, putting together a 209 partnership before Vaughn falls for 93. A bit of a slide hits after Vaughn's wicket, with Pietersen & Bell falling close together, but Kenway puts together a 95 run partnership with Dalyrmple, then a 25 run partnershup with Halstead before finally falling for 171. A decent 35 run partnership from Mascarenhas and Johns sees me declare at 391 for 7 at the end of the second day. Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s M Brown c Spearman b Sidebottom 0 1 - - M Vaughan c Alleyne b Rudolph 93 206 11 - D Kenway b Clough 171 264 18 - K Pietersen c Alleyne b Franks 11 16 2 - I Bell b Rudolph 0 6 - - J Dalrymple c Burle B Swann 48 65 8 - W Halstead lbw b Alleyne 16 23 2 - A Mascarenhas not out 30 46 3 1 A Johns not out 9 26 1 - Extras (nb8,w2,b3) 13 Total (7 wkts, 108 overs) 391 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO R Sidebottom 28 1 100 1 3.57 P Franks 25 3 70 1 2.80 G Clough 18 3 57 1 3.17 G Swann 20 0 79 1 3.95 J Rudolph 12 1 59 2 4.92 D Alleyne 5 1 23 1 4.60 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 8 2 3 0 13 Nottinghamshire's 2nd Innings: Lakshitha scalps Adams for a solid start, and we handle Nottinghamshire's middle order pretty easily, but a solid performance by their bottom order helps them to achieve a very decent total, and gives us a decent run chase. We need 289 to win, and we have exactly one day to do it - a very achievable goal, but we can't afford to slack off on our run rate, nor to drop too many early wickets. Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s C Spearman c Pietersen b Halstead 43 68 6 - J Adams c Brown b Lakshitha 8 8 2 - J Rudolph c Dalrymple b Halstead 50 92 5 - A Burley c Pietersen b Tremlett 3 19 - - W Smith b M'arenhas 10 25 2 - P Franks c Dalrymple b Johns 23 59 3 - D Alleyne b Johns 42 73 6 - C Read c Pietersen b Johns 49 97 9 - G Swann not out 58 108 8 - G Clough b Lakshitha 27 84 3 - R Sidebottom c Johns b Lakshitha 0 4 - - Extras (nb16,b7,lb1) 24 Total (all out, 103 overs) 337 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO M Lakshitha 27 5 77 3 2.85 A Mascarenhas 28 7 89 1 3.18 C Tremlett 8 1 29 1 3.62 W Halstead 24 2 85 2 3.54 A Johns 16 2 49 3 3.06 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 16 0 7 1 24 Hampshire's 2nd Innings: Brown finally breaks his slump and puts together a nice opening partnership of 64 with Vaughn before Vaughn falls. Kenway then steps in and continues where he left off, putting together a nice partnership with Brown and then Pietersen. When Kenway falls Pietersen and Bell aren't far behind however, and things are beginning to look grim, especially when Halstead also falls cheaply. Dalrymple, Mascarenhas and Johns are all able to stick it out however, and get the win with 2 overs remaining until the end of the final day in a game that was probably closer than it should have been. [code] Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s M Brown c Read b Clough 65 150 5 - M Vaughan c Burley b Swann 24 82 3 - D Kenway b Read b Swann 67 112 7 - K Pietersen c Clough b Franks 33 66 3 - I Bell c Alleyne b Sidebottom 5 21 - - J Dalrymple c Alleyne b Sidebottom 6 22 - - W Halstead b Franks 0 2 - - A Mascarenhas not out 58 80 6 - A Johns not out 21 48 - - Extras (nb4,b2,lb6) 13 Total (7 wkts, 96.5 overs) 292 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO R Sidebottom 26 2 69 2 2.65 P Franks 24.5 3 69 2 2.87 G Clough 18 1 62 1 3.44 G Swann 18 3 50 2 2.78 J Rudolph 7 1 23 0 3.29 D Alleyne 3 1 10 0 3.33 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 4 0 3 6 13 Nottinghamshire handled our bowlers pretty roughly, but thankfully our batsmen were up to the task. We need to improve against mid-order batsmen, because this game was much closer than it should have been, especially with how well we bowled against Nottinghamshire's openers. Kenway was man of the match thanks to his scores of 171 and 67. Hampshire win by 3 wickets. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

03-01-2007, 02:39 AM	#2
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Hampshire's 2010 Squad: Batsmen: (stats are First Class career stats, excluding 1D games) Code: Name Age Matches Runs Bowling Type W Bowling Economy G Lamb 30 59 32.45 OS 26 3.42 K Latouf 24 44 33.81 RM - - K Pietersen 29 175 48.29 OS 59 3.30 S Ervine 27 86 38.20 RM 75 3.83 I Bell 27 159 43.89 RM 40 3.43 R Bopara 24 37 36.90 RM 3 4.35 J Dalrymple 29 113 44.98 OS 114 3.23 T Bolland 18 0 - LS - - M Vaughan 35 295 36.95 OS 128 3.32 M Brown 30 100 40.42 OS - - J Crawley 38 348 46.19 RM 1 8.65 D Kenway 31 135 32.48 RM 4 6.36 Easily the strong point of my team. Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen are regulars for the national team, though Bell rarely performs consistently for my club. Kenway, a very aggressive hitter, and Brown, a reliable and steady batsmen, generally open for me, but I brought in the aging Michael Vaughan this year to open with Brown. Dalrymple and Bopara are capable of putting up big runs as well, but Lamb, Crawley, and Ervine have all pretty much fallen out of my rotation. Latouf had a bad year last season, and will struggle to get back in to a deep rotation. Bolland, a rookie call-up from my youth team, is very young and will probably spend most of the next couple of years playing for my 2nd team. Wicket Keepers: Code: Name Age Matches Runs Bowling Type W Bowling Economy M Kitson 19 0 - RM - - Kitson is my only true wickey, and had been a member of another team's youth squad. We snapped him up for depth, but he won't see a lot of play. M Brown, J Crawley, and D Kenway are all capable of playing wickey, and Kenway got the nod all last season while healthy. All-Rounders: Code: Name Age Matches Runs Bowling Type W Bowling Economy A Mascarenhas 32 179 25.61 RFM 529 2.70 W Halstead 25 18 29.78 LM 16 3.82 A Laraman 31 110 43.85 RFM 233 3.32 C White 26 128 29.65 LS 353 3.46 A Marshall 21 8 23.73 RM 0 4.02 Mascarenhas has been one of my better bowlers, and regularly plays for the national side. His batting hasn't been great for an all-rounder, but he's a good low-order option. Halstead has worked his way up for our junior ranks and shows promise. It's been hard to work him up in the rotation however, and I really need to give him a better run this year. Laraman was brought in last season and played great with both the bat and the ball, and was more responsible for keeping Halstead out of the lineup than anyone else. The Aussie Cameron White is a very good lower order batting option who is capable of putting up great scores, but I haven't give him much of a chance to bowl. I signed Marshall this past offseason mainly just because I had cash to spare and to keep him away from other teams. He'll spend most of the year with our reserve team. Bowlers: Code: Name Age Matches Runs Bowling Type W Bowling Economy J Tomlinson 27 28 8.18 LM 72 3.90 C Tremlett 28 132 15.05 RMF 523 3.11 A Johns 26 58 19.73 LS 244 3.17 C Goode 25 8 10.25 RFM 18 3.14 C MacLeoud 23 2 3.00 RMF 2 2.64 M Lingham 18 0 - RFM - - M Lakshitha 31 129 13.61 RFM 541 2.93 K Murphy 21 0 - RFM - - Tremlett is another National team regular, and is capable of some great games, especially in one dayers. M Lakshitha is a solid Sri Lankan bowler in his first season for us, taking over for the retired Irfan. They are big shoes to fill, but we are confident that Lakshitha is the goods. Spin bowler Johns came up through our junior ranks and has been great. When he's on, he's been deadly, but last year probably wasn't his best. Goode and McLeoud are both from our junior ranks and we're still to find out what kind of bowlers they are. Goode looks the goods (pardon the pun), but McLeoud has done well in limited overs. Ingham and Murphy are juniors who will struggle to get on the pitch, while Tomlinson is talented, but has fallen out of the rotation and is in danger of not working his way back in thanks to some poor performances in the reserve team. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

03-01-2007, 02:59 AM	#3
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	April 17, Hampshire vs Sussex - National League Div 1 We find ourselves in Division 1 for the National League this year for the first time since we were relegated after my first season. For those who don't know, the National League is a limited overs (or one day) game, comprising of a maximum of 45 overs for each batting side. Both the National and County comps have a promotion/relegation setup, much like soccer, and both we and Sussex were on top of the ladder last season in Div 2, and are now in Div 1. Hampshire Squad: (Stats are career National League stats) Code: # Name Runs W Bowling Economy 1 M Brown 38.52 - - 2 M Vaughan 29.48 77 31.38 Captain 3 D Kenway 32.18 1 16.00 Keeper 4 K Pietersen 41.68 38 54.68 5 I Bell 37.53 20 36.85 6 J Dalrymple 31.41 52 28.65 7 A Laraman 20.38 191 29.04 8 A Mascarenhas22.27 455 22.51 9 A Johns 12.94 121 31.05 10 C Tremlett 9.90 254 21.70 11 M Lakshitha 9.79 197 20.72 Sussex Squad: Code: # Name Runs W Bowling Economy 1 M Goodwin 45.99 7 5.23 2 I Norris 38.50 35 5.43 3 C Nash 31.50 - - 4 T Ambrose 33.22 18 5.42 5 N Turk 31.65 - - 6 T Evans 17.95 42 4.87 7 M Dennington 23.00 38 5.58 8 M Bould 18.73 133 5.06 9 J Hodgson 6.54 69 5.21 10 D Nye 0.00 19 5.21 11 R Birch - - - We win the toss and will bowl to start. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

03-01-2007, 04:13 AM	#5
Narcizo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2006	I loved playing ICC with Warwickshire back in 2002. I'll be reading with interest.

03-05-2007, 04:45 AM	#9
Narcizo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2006	Nice 7th wicket stand there. There's nothing more frustrating for the opponents then thinking that they're getting to the end of the innings only for a couple of players to knock off 100+ runs.

03-07-2007, 01:22 AM	#11
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	May 1, Durham vs Hampshire - National League As is typical for them, Durham have jumped out to the lead in the division 1 National League with 2 wins. Neither win was even close, as Durham's bowlers, Plunkett in particular, completely manhandled the opposing batsmen. We will need to survive their opening bowlers in particular and look to score as close to 300 runs as we can get if we are going to win this matchup. We decide to bring Laraman back in to the side for Halstead, and also give Cameron White the nod over Dalyrmple, who is out of form and could maybe use a game or two in the reserve team. Hampshire Squad: (Stats are career National League stats) Code: # Name Runs W Bowling Economy 1 M Brown 38.79 - - 2 M Vaughan 29.49 77 31.38 Captain 3 D Kenway 32.70 1 16.00 Keeper 4 K Pietersen 41.84 38 54.68 5 I Bell 37.53 20 36.85 6 C White 21.32 174 28.65 7 A Laraman 20.38 191 29.04 8 A Mascarenhas22.27 456 22.51 9 A Johns 12.94 123 31.05 10 C Tremlett 9.90 257 21.70 11 M Lakshitha 9.79 199 20.72 Durham Squad: (Stats are career National League stats) Code: # Name Runs W Bowling Economy 1 W Jefferson 39.02 - - 2 D Barrick 21.00 - - 3 M Perham 30.57 0 - 4 K Coetzer 24.02 0 - 5 D Benkenstein29.30 118 26.02 6 N Pothas 32.99 0 - 7 A Shafiq 24.12 144 26.53 8 L Plunkett 20.81 212 20.81 9 G Bridge 12.76 249 22.52 10 M Davies 7.04 264 21.41 11 S Harmison 7.29 283 27.73 We win the toss and elect to bowl first. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

03-07-2007, 01:53 AM	#12
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Our opening bowlers started out pretty well, taking the scalps of both openers, but Laraman, Johns and Tremlett were all expensive and weren't getting wickets. Coetzer and Benkenstein put a great partnership together for Durham and, even without much help outside of a nice finish to their innings from Shafiq, manage to put a very decent score of 243 on the boards. A tough run chase. Our openers Brown and Vaughan both take way to long to get anything going in the first 10 overs, seeing the required run rate begin to climb. Vaughan finally falls, with Brown shortly after, and Kenway and Pietersen try to turn things around with the run rate required approaching 10 an over - a nearly impossible obstacle at such an early stage of the match. Unfortunately Kenway falls and the next batsmen in our order all crumble, with 6 players falling for a total of 9 runs. Durham win by 67 runs Scorecard: Durham Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s W Jefferson lbw b Lakshitha 17 22 3 - D Barrick lbw b Lakshitha 0 15 - - M Perham run out 23 29 4 - K Coetzer c White b Lakshitha 87 93 11 2 D Benkenstein c White b Johns 56 65 9 1 N Pothas b Tremlett 7 3 1 - A Shafiq not out 33 34 4 - L Plunkett b M'arenhas 3 3 - - G Bridge not out 8 9 1 - Extras (w3,b2,lb4) 9 Total (7 wkts, 45 overs) 243 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO M Lakshitha 9 2 40 3 4.44 A Mascarenhas 9 2 38 1 4.22 A Laraman 9 0 51 0 5.67 C Tremlett 9 1 55 1 6.11 A Johns 9 1 53 1 5.89 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 0 3 2 4 9 Hampshire Code: Name Runs Balls 4s 6s M Brown c & b Bridges 26 68 1 - M Vaughan b Davies 11 34 1 - D Kenway run out 63 64 10 - K Pietersen b Harmison 38 48 3 - I Bell lbw b Davies 2 6 - - C White b Plunkett 18 14 4 - A Laraman c Shafiq b Plunkett 0 1 - - A Mascarenhas lbw b Davies 1 3 - - A Johns lbw b Plunkett 1 3 - - C Tremlett c Jefferson b Plunkett 3 9 - - M Lakshitha not out 2 5 - - Extras (nb6,w1,b4) 11 Total (all out, 41.5 overs) 176 Bowlers: Name O M R W RpO A Shafiq 9 3 32 0 3.56 M Davies 9 2 24 3 2.67 G Bridge 8 0 48 1 6.00 L Plunkett 8.5 0 40 4 5.00 S Harmison 7 0 28 1 4.00 Extras NBs Ws Bs LBs Total 6 1 4 0 11 All in all, a pretty poor showing from us. Durham did well to put a nice total together, but we started slow and struggled when we tried to turn it up a notch to catch the ever-climbing run rate required. I'll need to rethink starting Brown and Vaughan against top notch teams in one-dayers, because I don't want to risk another performance like today. Plunkett is man of the match for Durham thanks to his 4 wicket haul. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

03-07-2007, 01:58 AM	#13
Narcizo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2006	From what I remember of the 2005 Vaughan is, incorrectly, way too slow at getting runs in one days. I remember pulling my hair out about it when I played. Perhaps slide him to #3 and get a slugger in at the top to make the most of the fielding restrictions.

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