NationStates Jolt Archive

Kaze Progressa are hosting the first-ever NationStates Cricket International Championship.

Entry is open to all interested parties, though all nations must submit match reports reasonably frequently. Scorecards are auto-generated using Total Cricket (thanks Cockbill Street :)).

The tournament will take the form of two groups of five teams, playing each other once in a one-day, 50 overs per side match. The top two from each group progress to the semi-finals at which point a straight knockout begins.

Entries:
Kaze Progressa
Spaam
Dyelli Beybi
Walmington-on-Sea
ENTROM (Moontian Empire XI)
Cockbill Street
The Belmore Family
I-Rey
Shonar Bangla
Spurland

Ok, sign us up.

count Dyelli Beybi in.

I would love to send my brand new sqeaky clean cricket team.

Except we can have some sort of groundrules here.... Like only Ministers and above?

why would you want to do that?

yeh cus my old nation was well above ytours it just got deleted and i would have never looked down on you because you wereinferior in population..

Moontian, Tritonites, and Nereidans will each send a team.

Was about to join, but realised that it was ODI. Ah well...must start a Test Championship too then.

Still, ODIs are part of the game, so the prosperous people of Cockbill Street will club together some bats and get going to Kaze Progressa.

I think you should have to post to join....

And Darkness, population has nothing to do with it. I'd accept a November nation, as long as they were a Minister or above.

Moontian, Tritonites, and Nereidans will each send a team.

Owing to the limits of capacity for this championship, only one team will be eligible. (OOC: This is a specification of a 'no puppets' rule.)

However, a Moontian Empire representative XI can be sent.

Spaam: I will see if this (frankly, phenomenal) rate of signup continues, and if it does, then entry restrictions will be added.

Moontian, Tritonites, and Nereidans will each send a team.

Owing to the limits of capacity for this championship, only one team will be eligible. (OOC: This is a specification of a 'no puppets' rule.)

However, a Moontian Empire representative XI can be sent.

Spaam: I will see if this (frankly, phenomenal) rate of signup continues, and if it does, then entry restrictions will be added.

Yeah I'm amazed.... I've still only got 11 in the Quidditch World Cup. Which reminds me.... your turn to bump :P
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88664

OK thats fair enough i take it a small nation has no chance anyway...thatnx guys in a time of need this competition may have saved you.

why do you only want a minister or above? why is that so important to you?

Posted by Spaam
Yeah I'm amazed.... I've still only got 11 in the Quidditch World Cup. Which reminds me.... your turn to bump :P
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88664

Well, you could have filled the Cup already if you didn't have those silly entry rules... :roll:

Because such unestablished nations might not produce good RPs (or any RPs) frequently.

And our entry rules are still not fixed - we haven't decided yet. The current policy is to wait and see if this rate of signups continues, and if it does, for entry requirements to be tightened.

Minister and above is to prevent all the nations that join and then disappear. I want the nations to have at least a minimal amount of RPing skills, and I don't think it is unreasonable.

oh right. My point would be that some of the Nations signing up may be recreated and thus actually have past RPing experience. Also Minister is no guarantee as for all we know all the posts could have been trolling.

oh right. My point would be that some of the Nations signing up may be recreated and thus actually have past RPing experience.

Oh yeah, in that case they are more than welcome.

Banatolia would love to join the fray. We're currently only really amateurs at international sport (6 cricket clubs and counting), but we relish the competition.

OOC: If the nation looks small to you, it's the RP puppet of a much much larger nation. I'd tell you who I am, but...

Moontian, Tritonites, and Nereidans will each send a team.

Owing to the limits of capacity for this championship, only one team will be eligible. (OOC: This is a specification of a 'no puppets' rule.)

However, a Moontian Empire representative XI can be sent.

Spaam: I will see if this (frankly, phenomenal) rate of signup continues, and if it does, then entry restrictions will be added.

Fair enough, a combined Moontian squad will be sent.

Check the updated list of entries.

And that's gone for four... four letters. B,U,M and P.

Foxxinnia!

kool my name is a questionable wiked....

The ENTROM team (MOontian, TRitonites, NEreidans) has been selected and is waiting to board the hoverskids bound for the tournament.

*bump*er cars...

(Hm.. I suppose this probably won't be too fast paced? I should be able to keep up.)

Walmington on Sea should like to take part in this tournament. Lord knows it makes more sense to the population than does the ice-hockey tournament we've submitted a team for.

BUMP

I've created the scoring system. Teams will be telegrammed the results (generated from a little portable cricket game I have using bizarre dice. I've worked out a way of creating realistic scores for ODIs with it, but without explaining the game I can't really explain it) and are then free to RP. Results will be telegrammed an innings at a time so as to a) rack up tension and b) ensure no conflict in RPs with who scored what.

BUMP again

Edit: If anyone here has a game in the International Cricket Captain series that allows players to edit the stats and names, this might be an easier way of score generation. (I don't.)

Count TBF in!

BUMP again

Edit: If anyone here has a game in the International Cricket Captain series that allows players to edit the stats and names, this might be an easier way of score generation. (I don't.)

Can't help you with ICC games, but I do have a couple of good games that gives scorecards and statistics. They're pretty realistic IMO (Total Cricket and Syedur Rahman's Cricket Simulator). And you can edit them easily.

How about this- http://www.ants.com.au/cricketdown.html

Thanks for that link, TBF - am downloading as I speak and will test it out once downloaded. I'm on 56k, so that won't be for about another 20 minutes. (Ten minutes to dl the file, ten minutes to test.)

Thanks for that link, TBF - am downloading as I speak and will test it out once downloaded. I'm on 56k, so that won't be for about another 20 minutes. (Ten minutes to dl the file, ten minutes to test.)
Cool.

Right, downloaded it. Is it a program for creating results, or of merely tabulating them and creating stats? And how do you add the different teams in?

Right, downloaded it. Is it a program for creating results, or of merely tabulating them and creating stats? And how do you add the different teams in?
I don't know. I forgot to download it myself.

LOL :D

I haven't quite worked out how to use it, or if it's any use... don't think it is... sadly...

Although a novice to RP and international politics, I-rey would like to enter it's team of high-powered dub mutants.

Well, Kaze Progressa, you could try Total Cricket (http://www.cricketweb.net/downloadscentre/freeware/downloads/totalcricket/TotalCricket.zip) - if you have Visual Basic files, which most computers have. If that one doesn't work, downloadThe Cricket Simulator (http://www.cricketweb.net/downloadscentre/freeware/downloads/thecricketsimulator/cricksim.zip).

They should be of use, and both have editors.

That's the last space filled. Here's hoping I-Rey will be a breakout nation in RP and cricket alike. :)

Just to confirm the sides entering:

Entries:
Kaze Progressa
Spaam
Dyelli Beybi
Darkness Engage
Walmington-on-Sea
ENTROM (Moontian Empire XI)
Cockbill Street
Banatolia
The Belmore Family
I-Rey

CS: I've just dled TotalCricket - am testing it out now.

Edit: Needing to download one of the VB files, but this looks ideal.

And that's gone for four bumps... (nah, only one :D)

We'll need rosters from the teams for the editor to work.

To ensure there is equality in the teams, each player will have to be of (roughly) equal skill. The squads must hence be sorted as follows:

Openers (will have batting average 40, bowling average 100)
Middle Order 1: bat avg 30, bowl avg 75
Middle Order 2: bat avg 20, bowl avg 50
Lower Order 1: bat avg 15, bowl avg 40
Lower Order 2: bat avg 10, bowl avg 35

Total 16 including at least 2 openers, 5 middle order and 5 lower order. You must also designate at least two wicketkeepers (who will almost certainly be openers because wicketkeepers won't bowl anyway by definition) and give bowler types (your choices are fast bowler, medium pacer, spinner) for each of the other players. The starting eleven can be auto-generated (dependent upon the pitch I think... Cockbill Street can correct me on this) if desired.

You may also select three star players. Each is eligible to either a higher batting average or a lower bowling average (by 6 in each case) or both (by 3). So a medium order 2 player could be a star bowler (bowling average falls to 44), a star batter (batting average rises to 26) or a star all-rounder (batting average to 23, bowling average to 47).

Kaze Progressa's squad (you can use this as an example yourself):

E. Ferita (opener, fast bowler)
R. Sarotta (opener, wicketkeeper, star batter)
S. Taazii (opener, medium pacer)
Z. Pugat (middle order 1, medium pacer, star batter)
T. Eritun (middle order 1, spinner)
F. Whynti (middle order 1, medium pacer)
Y. Teritas (middle order 1, medium pacer)
G. Gutniz (middle order 2, spinner)
F. Tertin (middle order 2, fast bowler)
A. Stratoi (lower order 1, spinner)
Z. Firazan (lower order 1, fast bowler)
R. Puter (lower order 1, spinner, star bowler)
F. Etin (lower order 2, medium pacer)
O. Terta (lower order 2, fast bowler)
R. Inhea (lower order 2, fast bowler)
A. Palera (lower order 2, spinner)

(OOC: R. Inhea and A. Palera are brothers of Fek Inhea and Eaka Palera from the KP football team :D)

Team List:
William Ed-Bat*
Bobby Sharp-Bat*
Mike Par-Bat*
Vick Niv-Bat*
Pill Davies-Fast*
Daniel Tell-Bowler-Fast*
Adam Em-Bowler-Spin*
Fresley Belmore-Bowler-Chinaman*
Peep Ingtom-Bat/Bowler-Mid-fast*
Ed Mitchell-Bat/Bowler-Slow*
Farmers Doll-Bat/Bowler-Spin*
Tameris Gandi-Bowler-Fast
Hallias Yarman-Bat
Neejon Gardiscone-Bat
Fidelus Conspixus-Bat/Bowler-Spin
*=First 11

The starting eleven can be auto-generated (dependent upon the pitch I think... Cockbill Street can correct me on this) if desired.

Sadly, the starting XI is not dependent on the pitch. I think there is some kind of algorithm that chooses it based on the statistics, irrelevant of bowling types.

THE MORPORK C-MAIL
Cockbill Street Department
The Truth Has Got Its Boats On
Sports Extra!

Colon left out of squad for World Cup

Art Colon, the 27-year-old Cockbill Street opener with a batting average of 43 for the One-Day Rats, was the shock absentee from the 16-man International Championship squad named today. Manager Carrot Ironfoundersson said that they were very sorry to drop Colon but felt that his List A record this season simply didn't fit the bill. Colon has an average of 24 in List A matches this season, and this includes three golden ducks for his team, the Yappies. Also, the recent ODI serious against Gleam Street and Hershebia found him lacking, getting out caught twice with some pathetic ballooned shots and some ridiculous run outs. He was also left out of the Test team to play in the Cricket League.

Ironfoundersson announced that these 16 would get tickets to Kaze Progressa:
Pete Jones - Opener, star batsman, keeper*
Bjorn 'Bails-off' Stronginthearm - Opener, keeper*
Colin Nicklaus - Opener, keeper
Lee Weaver - Middle order 1, spinner*
Ilkin Ridcully - Middle order 1, medium pacer*
Winston Sanders - Middle order 1, medium pacer
Stjepan von Uberwald - Middle order 2, spinner*
Cheery Littlebottom - Middle order 2, spinner*
Alexander Chapman - Middle order 2, spinner
Lars Bearhugger - Lower order 1, star both, medium pacer*
Andrew Carter - Lower order 1, fast*
Lee Rammer - Lower order 1, fast
Sam 'Sturdy' Jackrum - Lower order 2, star bowler, spinner*
Tom Aitkin - Lower order 2, fast*
Denis Underwood - Lower order 2, fast*
Brian Trescott - Lower order 2, spinner

Those players denoted with a star are in the C-mail's probable starting XI.

Team List:
William Ed-Bat*
Bobby Sharp-Bat*
Mike Par-Bat*
Vick Niv-Bat*
Pill Davies-Fast*
Daniel Tell-Bowler-Fast*
Adam Em-Bowler-Spin*
Fresley Belmore-Bowler-Chinaman*
Peep Ingtom-Bat/Bowler-Mid-fast*
Ed Mitchell-Bat/Bowler-Slow*
Farmers Doll-Bat/Bowler-Spin*
Tameris Gandi-Bowler-Fast
Hallias Yarman-Bat
Neejon Gardiscone-Bat
Fidelus Conspixus-Bat/Bowler-Spin
*=First 11

You'll need to put the players categorised by Opener, Lower Order 1/2 and Middle Order 1/2. And the 'chinaman' and 'mid-fast' will be categorised as 'spinner' and 'fast' as they're the nearest equivalents.

CS: Now there's a shame... I might change some of the sides (mine, certainly) depending upon the pitch...

Anyways, the draw:

Group A:
Kaze Progressa
ENTROM
Walmington-on-Sea
Dyelli Beybi
Cockbill Street

Group B:
Belmore Family
Darkness Engage
Banatolia
Spaam
I-Rey

Fixtures:

Days 1/2: 1 v 4, 2 v 3 (no 5)
Day 3/4: 1 v 5, 2 v 4 (no 3)
Day 5/6: 1 v 2, 3 v 5 (no 4)
Day 7/8: 1 v 3, 4 v 5 (no 2)
Day 9/10: 2 v 5, 3 v 4 (no 1)
(Group A play on odd-numbered days, Group B on even-numbered days)

Day 11: Winner A vs 2nd B
Day 12: Winner B vs 2nd A
Day 13: 3rd place playoff
Day 14: final

Starting day will be when all teams have rosters. My RL issues (we're moving house and don't know when) means that I may rely on Cockbill Street to generate some of the results. I'll have to send him the requisite files.

BUMP

We need an updated roster from TBF (I think) and rosters from, in no particular order:

Spaam
Dyelli Beybi
ENTROM
I-Rey
Walmington-on-Sea
Darkness Engage
Banatolia

The grounds to be used are:

Kaza: to host the final and some Group B matches; standard-type pitch
Quarua: to host one semi-final and some Group B matches; slow pitch with lots of spin
Farela: to host the other semi, a quarter-final and some Group A matches; fast pitch, lots of bounce
Pageas: to host a quarter-final and some Group A matches; similar to Quarua
Daurama: to host another quarter-final and some Group B matches; similar to Farela
Storavora: to host the last quarter-final and some Group A matches; similar to Kaza

the I-rey lineup, handpicked by the Duke:

R. Shakespear (opener, medium pacer)
B. Youth (opener, wicketkeeper)
H. Mouth (opener, fast bowler)
J. Miller (middle order 1, medium pacer, star batter)
P. Banton (middle order 1, fast bowler)
P. Tosh (middle order 1, medium pacer)
R. Tafari (middle order 1, spinner, star batter)
B. Spear (middle order 2, spinner)
K. Tubby (middle order 2, fast bowler)
B. Wailer (lower order 1, medium pacer)
E. Mouse (lower order 1, fast bowler)
B. Marley (lower order 1, spinner, star bowler)
A. Pablo (lower order 2, medium pacer)
L. Perry (lower order 2, spinner)
M. Garvey (lower order 2, fast bowler)
D. Harry (lower order 2, fast bowler)

Due to some of the players suffering injuries in the leadup to the tournament, an 18 man squad was selected.

* = first 11, pt = part time, (c) = captain, (vc) = vice captain.

Neil Johnson R/H batsman, R/off spin bowler pt *
Adrian Mason L/H batsman, wicketkeeper
Zack Hier L/H batsman, L/fast medium bowler *
Johann Heinrich R/H batsman, R/medium bowler pt *
Xavier Smith R/H batsman *
Andrew Fleur (c) R/H batsman, L/orthodox bowler *
Jack Mistletoe R/H batsman, R/medium bowler pt
Patrick Titchener L/H batsman, L/medium bowler pt
Don McAlister R/H batsman, R/fast medium bowler
Shane Maher R/H batsman, R/off spin bowler pt *
Clark Angel R/H batsman, R/leg spin bowler pt
Sam Goodman (vc) R/H batsman, wicketkeeper * opener
Michael Van der Wyst L/H batsman, L/wrist spin bowler *
Ben Lehmann R/H batsman, R/ fast bowler *
Darren Hodge R/H batsman, R/fast medium bowler *
Matt Martyn R/H batsman, R/fast medium bowler
Steven Doherty R/H batsman, L/fast medium bowler *
Rick Price R/H batsman, R/medium fast bowler

Kaze Progressa, might I suggest that you telegram those nations which have not submitted their squad yet? Might make them visit the thread again.

Looking forward to this...

Aled Chamberlain (opener, wicketkeeper)
Anthony Edwards (opener, medium pacer)
Cyrus Cottee (opener, spinner, star batter)
Adam James (middle order 1, medium pacer, star batter)
Iain Matthews (middle order 1, medium pacer)
Michael Williams (middle order 1, spinner)
Wilfred McCarthy (middle order 1, medium pacer)
Craig Stone (middle order 2, fast bowler)
William Evans (middle order 2, fast bowler)
Samuel Comstive (lower order 1, medium pacer)
Samuel Marlowe (lower order 1, medium pacer)
Anil Kelteraping (lower order 1, spinner, star bowler)
Winstholm Chevlyn-Adnams (lower order 2, medium pacer)
Gerald Constantine (lower order 2, fast bowler)
Marcus Watkin (lower order 2, fast bowler)
Peter Graye (lower order 2, medium pacer)

(I rushed this a little being as I'm on my way out to the pub, and don't want to A- do it when I come back in from the pub, or B- keep everyone waiting until to-morrow mor..afternoon. Hope I didn't botch it up too much)

Walmingtonian cricket is perhaps a little old fashioned (gasp). Most players bat without protective head-gear, and spin bowling is a new concept to most. Mr.Kelteraping is a Ceyloban born subject of the empire who moved to WoS as a child, and has since caused all manner of trouble on the county circuit. Many will be surprised if the rest of the team take another wicket between them in the competition- a lot of them are used to bowling under-arm. The batsmen think they're up to scratch, at least, but only time will tell if they can cope with the possibility of facing more than one spinner.

Team List:

Openers
William Ed-Bat-Wicket Keeper*
Bobby Sharp-Bat-Wicket Keeper*
Mike Par-Bat-Star Batter*

Middle Order 1
Vick Niv-Bat*
Peep Ingtom-Bat/Bowler-Fast*
Neejon Gardiscone-Bat
Fidelus Conspixus-Bat/Bowler-Spin

Middle Order 2
Pill Davies-Fast*
Daniel Tell-Bowler-Fast*

Lower Order 1
Adam Em-Bowler-Spin*
Fresley Belmore-Bowler-Spin*
Tameris Gandi-Bowler-Fast

Lower Order 2
Ed Mitchell-Bat/Bowler-Slow*
Farmers Doll-Bat/Bowler-Spin-Star bowler*
Hallias Yarman-Bat

*=First 11

Telegrams will be sent later to:

Spaam
Dyelli Beybi
Darkness Engage
Banatolia

Then I'll get the teams sorted out in Total Cricket (hopefully won't take long).

Edit to the schedule (?): there's a World Cup mode in Total Cricket which convieniently has ten spots. Cockbill Street, does that go into a Super Six mode or straight into semi finals?

Kaze, that goes into a Super Six mode. But it's quite buggy, and you can't save once you have started the tournament, so I would not recommend it. Simulate the games as friendlies instead and save the scorecards.

United Spaam National Cricket Team

Opener
F. Tarminyaturhyarnustar - Opener
H. Tarminyaturhyarnustar - Opener
L. Vákiri - Opener
A. Endorre - Opener
Middle Order 1
T. Aratarsímen - Batter
F. Celebri (vc) - Batter/Wicket-Keeper
T. Angamandomorim - Batter/Wicket-Keeper
M. Vákiri - All-Rounder (Medium)
Middle Order 2
F. Nendi - All-Rounder (Fast)
F. Nolmë - All-Rounder (Medium)
K. Vákiri (c) - All-Rounder (Slow)
N. Arcamene - All-Rounder (Spin)
Lower Order 1
S. Ancalima - Bowler (Fast)
L. Elensar - Bowler (Fast)
D. Súrion - Bowler (Medium)
S. Túrosto - Bowler (Spin)
Lower Order 2
E. Súrion - Bowler (Fast)
V. Alcarin - Bowler (Fast)
A. Mámaelenya - Bowler (Spin)
V. Serindë - Bowler (Spin)

First 11:

F. Tarminyaturhyarnustar
H. Tarminyaturhyarnustar
L. Vákiri
F. Celebri (vc)
M. Vákiri
K. Vákiri (c)
N. Arcamene
D. Súrion
S. Túrosto
E. Súrion
V. Alcarin

Kaze, that goes into a Super Six mode. But it's quite buggy, and you can't save once you have started the tournament, so I would not recommend it. Simulate the games as friendlies instead and save the scorecards.

Good idea. I did try it with the RL teams, and it was bug-tastic, so that's precisely what I've done.

It also allows me to determine the stadia precisely, as it auto-generates the stadia in the World Cup mode.

Edit: Spaam and Moontian need to edit their team list to match the structure in my earlier post, as this is the format used by Total Cricket.

DP

Crap, why do I miss out on the good ones :( . Well, if any one fails to submit their teams/dies/drops out telegram me or I will probably have to try for the next one. :P

Four byes... sorry, BUMPs.

Fixed.

Dyelli Beybi have withdrew owing to a tragic incident involving their cricket team when their team bus was mistaken for a more sinister vehicle.

Akbarland are welcome to take their place. They will be in Group A alongside us, ENTROM, Walmington-on-Sea and Cockbill Street.

Oh this one is huge, could go for six, no wait! no! sorry, only four *bumps*

KP, may I suggest something, as two teams are still missing from the tournament? Either use an existing team and only rename the team and tweak the statistics, or open signups again to those who can fill out the form correctly.

Please note that this is not official, this is a suggestion to Kaze Progressa, and since it's their championship, they will make the decision. No sign-ups are open until said so by Kaze.

Well, Akbarland have already taken the place of Dyelli Beybi. I'm waiting for their squad.

The absent sides (Banatolia and Darkness Engage) will be TGed again, and if not done by 3:30pm forum time, signups will resume.

Due to selector laziness the Akbarbad City team will als represent the national squad.
The team:
Shahid Islam (Opener LHB.)
Iftikar Ahmed (Opener. part time Ob.)
Mushfiqur Cowdhury (One down bat.)
Farhad Rahman (Middle order bat.)
Mazhar Khan ( Middle order bat, part time OB.)
Samin Akbar (All-rounder opening bowler, right arm fast.)
Najmul Haque (Wicketkeeper, LHB.)
Ibrahim Alam (Lower order bat Ob)
Mohammed Anwar (Lower order bat, LHB, left arm fast)
Masud Rana (Tailender, legspinner.)
Anisur Kowshik (Tailender, opening bowler,right arm fast.)
Captain: Iftikhar Ahmed.

And that's gone for four bumps... (nah, only one :D)

We'll need rosters from the teams for the editor to work.

To ensure there is equality in the teams, each player will have to be of (roughly) equal skill. The squads must hence be sorted as follows:

Openers (will have batting average 40, bowling average 100)
Middle Order 1: bat avg 30, bowl avg 75
Middle Order 2: bat avg 20, bowl avg 50
Lower Order 1: bat avg 15, bowl avg 40
Lower Order 2: bat avg 10, bowl avg 35

Total 16 including at least 2 openers, 5 middle order and 5 lower order. You must also designate at least two wicketkeepers (who will almost certainly be openers because wicketkeepers won't bowl anyway by definition) and give bowler types (your choices are fast bowler, medium pacer, spinner) for each of the other players. The starting eleven can be auto-generated (dependent upon the pitch I think... Cockbill Street can correct me on this) if desired.

You may also select three star players. Each is eligible to either a higher batting average or a lower bowling average (by 6 in each case) or both (by 3). So a medium order 2 player could be a star bowler (bowling average falls to 44), a star batter (batting average rises to 26) or a star all-rounder (batting average to 23, bowling average to 47).

Kaze Progressa's squad (you can use this as an example yourself):

E. Ferita (opener, fast bowler)
R. Sarotta (opener, wicketkeeper, star batter)
S. Taazii (opener, medium pacer)
Z. Pugat (middle order 1, medium pacer, star batter)
T. Eritun (middle order 1, spinner)
F. Whynti (middle order 1, medium pacer)
Y. Teritas (middle order 1, medium pacer)
G. Gutniz (middle order 2, spinner)
F. Tertin (middle order 2, fast bowler)
A. Stratoi (lower order 1, spinner)
Z. Firazan (lower order 1, fast bowler)
R. Puter (lower order 1, spinner, star bowler)
F. Etin (lower order 2, medium pacer)
O. Terta (lower order 2, fast bowler)
R. Inhea (lower order 2, fast bowler)
A. Palera (lower order 2, spinner)

(OOC: R. Inhea and A. Palera are brothers of Fek Inhea and Eaka Palera from the KP football team :D)

One bump hit by the Cockbill Street team.

Sign-up is open again I believe. Please join, we only need 2 more teams to start this tournament. Name a squad of 16 as explained above.

Has the tournament been called off?

No. But there's no sign of response.

I'm moving house tomorrow and have no idea when I'll be back.

I'll knock up the ENTROM and Akbarland squads into the Total Cricket format as far as possible when back (probably some time early next week but it's anyone's guess) and hopefully two more teams will enter by then. If not, then I'll keep it at eight teams.

OK - keep *bumping*

Possibly edit the subject title if you've got time?

I'm well and truly back.

Time to open up the signups again.

ENTROM and Akbarland's sides will be knocked up as best as I can into the Total Cricket format. Space for replacements for Banatolia and Darkness Engage are available - there will be a new draw.

OK. Bump it again then

Shonar Bangla would like to enter the cricket tournament as well. We have a good cricket team, including Ganguly and Dasgupta.

Welcome. :) Follow the team creation instructions higher up this page and you should be fine.

If there is still a place, Spurland would like to enter..

and then it stopped again :)

We have the two teams signed up. But we still need squads.

BUMP

Tournament will hopefully start next week, given the requisite squad lists. If not, I'll just make some names up.

Make up some names (or just use the Bangladesh and Zimbabwe squads) for Shonar Bangla and Spurland please - I wanna get the C-mail's cricket correspondent out of hibernation, as our cricket league is suspended at the moment.

Edit: Double post again - hate my analogue modem...

Names are going to be done for tomorrow. As will the draw. :)

Edit: As a kind of disadvantage to teams with no rosters, there will be no star players in these sides.

Sorry for being a bit slow. Forgot about this again.

All teams are sorted and here's the draw:

GROUP A
The Belmore Family
ENTROM
Walmington-on-Sea
Spaam
I-Rey

GROUP B
Cockbill Street
Spurland
Kaze Progressa
Shonar Bangla
Akbarland

Good luck to all teams. :)

GROUP A
The Belmore Family
Spaam

Do you take bribes on match results?

No we don't, TBF - but you could always make the Spaamians look silly by fielding players at silly mid-off and silly mid-on :D

Scorecards will be telegrammed at around 7pm GMT. I've just fixed a minor flaw - I had the bowlers' economy rate at 10% of their strike rate, which turned out to make them supermen (star bowlers at lower order 2 giving away less than three runs an over? That's Test match economy stats, not ODI economy stats.) I increased each of these economy rates for middle order 2 down by 1 per over. This should lead to more realistic scores. :)

Edit for schedule:

Fixtures:

Day 1: 1 v 4, 2 v 3 (no 5)
Day 2: 1 v 5, 2 v 4 (no 3)
Day 3: 1 v 2, 3 v 5 (no 4)
Day 4: 1 v 3, 4 v 5 (no 2)
Day 5: 2 v 5, 3 v 4 (no 1)

Day 6: Winner A vs 2nd B (Quarua)
Day 7: Winner B vs 2nd A (Farela)
Day 8: 3rd place playoff (Daurama)
Day 9: final (Kaza)

DAY ONE
The Belmore Family v Spaam (Storavora)*
ENTROM v Walmington-on-Sea (Pageas)

Cockbill Street v Shonar Bangla (Daurama)
Spurland v Kaze Progressa (Kaza)

*The entire Storavora Police Department will be policing this match

OOC: Yay! Good job KP.

Ankh-Morpork C-mail
Cockbill Street Department

Rats Bat Their Way To Victory
Aitkin Supply With Key Top Order Wickets

In the first match of the Cricket Championship, Pete Jones and Lee Weaver were the stars of a proper slog-fest at Daurama. Bjorn Stronginthearm started out well as support batsman to Jones, but lofted a straight drive to mid on, down the throat of Gunit. And gun he were (34 for 1). Colin Nicklaus stepped on, eager to make his mark on his ODI debut for Cockbill Street. And in what style he did it. Although not the most aggressive of batsmen - in fact, he only hit one four - he proved very good support for Jones, who could just build on his score. Nicklaus got himself out to a very poor stroke, however, as he got a thick edge to a ball from Inrath that sailed way outside the off stump. Busilian at first slip said thanks and howzat, and Nicklaus had to leave on 36 (141 for 2) The Daurama crowd appreciated Jones's brave efforts to keep the innings together, and as he reached 100 with his 106th ball, one that was struck fiercely to deep midwicket for a one-bounce four, the crowd rose in cheers. Also, the efforts of Lee Weaver must be mentioned. He started out very slowly, being on 10 from 24 balls when Jones nicked Sharavati's only good ball of the day to keeper Inrath for an easy catch (214 for 3), yet his mind suddenly changed. The poor and wayward bowling of Dasgupta and Busilan did not alter the fact that this was a splendid knock. Weaver ended on 80 not out from just 64 balls, hitting 70 off the last 40 balls, including 7 fours and a massive lofted drive that went all the way to the long on boundary. Cockbill Street closed on an impressive 281 for 3, with a pretty solid run rate of 5.62.

Then, it was time for the fast and furious Aitkin & Underwood show. Bowling with all kinds of confidence, they took 5 wickets between them in the space of 17 overs. Gunit tried to loft Underwood's quickie, but never got behind it properly and got way too much bat under it - easy catch at mid off for Aitkin. Aitkin then bowled a quite good ball, a bit outside the off stump, but Ganguly got a very thick edge and it sailed to Nicklaus at first slip (35 for 2). Moments later, Sharavati did exactly the same mistake, but now to Bearhugger at second slip off Underwood's bowler (36 for 3). Dasgupta tried to his best to collaborate with Runagan to save the innings, but Runagan got caught to a fine running catch at midwicket by Stronginthearm (56 for 4 after 12.4 overs). These fine bowling spells resulted, naturally, in a deep crisis for Shonar Bangla, and the hole was dug deeper when Dasgupta was plumb leg-before to a splendidly delivered yorker served by, you guessed it, Tom Aitkin. Aitkin retired with figures of 10-0-36-0 and was Cockbill Street's second hero of the day with his fine length bowling. Underwood, although getting the wickets, was often erratic and bowled his balls very wide and short. Rinkukar tried to save the innings with a fine knock of 96, but Brian Trescott eventually got him more due to luck than anything else, as Rinkukar tried to score his 100 with a stroke to deep midwicket that was caught well by Nicklaus - his second catch of the day (207 for 7 after 39.3 overs). Busilan had been caught and bowled for 34 earlier by the same man, Trescott, but apart from those wickets his bowling was decidedly mediocre, and he was lucky to end with figures of 2/67. With 10.3 overs to spare, Bearhugger and Jackrum were sent out to keep the run rate down, as Shonar Bangla needed 74 from those 10.3 overs - well possible given a proper slog. However, Singh and Romagathi were not up to the task, and Cockbill Street's fans survived some nail-biting final overs.

The Official Scorecard:

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Cockbill Street Innings R B 4 6
P. Jones c P. Inrath b A. Sharavati 134 126 12 1
B. Stronginthearm c B. Gunit b Z. Romagathi 13 22 0 0
C. Nicklaus c B. Busilan b P. Inrath 36 58 1 0
L. Weaver not out 80 64 7 1
I. Ridcully not out 15 29 0 0
Total (for 3 wickets, 50 overs) 281
Fall of Wickets: 1-34 (7.3,B. Stronginthearm), 2-141 (28.1,C. Nicklaus) 3-214 (38.3,P. Jones)

DNB: S. Jackrum, D. Underwood, T. Aitkin, B. Trescott, L. Bearhugger, A. Carter

Bowling O M R W
P. Inrath 10.0 0 59 1
Z. Romagathi 9.0 1 35 1
A. Srimagi 10.0 0 52 0
P. Singh 8.0 0 41 0
B. Busilan 9.0 0 59 0
D. Dasgupta 3.0 0 22 0
A. Sharavati 1.0 0 10 1

Shonar Bangla Innings R B 4 6
E. Runagan c B. Stronginthearm b T. Aitkin 23 33 1 0
B. Gunit c T. Aitkin b D. Underwood 11 12 2 0
G. Ganguly c C. Nicklaus b T. Aitkin 12 14 2 0
A. Sharavati c L. Bearhugger b D. Underwood 1 3 0 0
D. Dasgupta lbw b T. Aitkin 14 26 0 0
S. Rinkukar c C. Nicklaus b B. Trescott 96 86 9 0
B. Busilan c & b B. Trescott 34 44 2 0
P. Singh not out 46 47 4 0
A. Srimagi c B. Stronginthearm b L. Bearhugger 8 18 0 0
Z. Romagathi not out 15 16 1 0
Total (for 8 wickets, 50 overs) 263
Fall of Wickets : 1-20 (3.3,B. Gunit) 2-35 (6.5,G. Ganguly) 3-36 (7.2,A. Sharavati) 4-56 (12.4,E. Runagan) 5-71 (17.0,D. Dasgupta) 6-176 (33.4,B. Busilan) 7-207 (39.3,S. Rinkukar) 8-232 (44.5,A. Srimagi)

DNB: P. Inrath

Bowling O M R W
T. Aitkin 10.0 0 36 3
D. Underwood 10.0 0 55 2
S. Jackrum 10.0 0 49 0
B. Trescott 10.0 0 67 2
L. Bearhugger 8.0 0 39 1
L. Weaver 1.0 0 6 0
I. Ridcully 1.0 0 8 0

Cockbill Street won by 18 runs (Net RR: 0.36)[/code:1:61e0944847]

TBF whip ass in Spaam.

TBF have their people chanting out in the street after an historic victory over Spaam. It was Alec Mitchel who secured the victory after 43 overs when he smashed a six to smash Spaam. Here is the scorcard.

[code:1:a7217230fe]4s 6s
F.Tarminyaturhyar...
c B. Sharp b F. Doll 43 58 3 0
H.Tarminyaturhyar...
c B. Sharp b F. Belmore 17 20 2 0
L. Vákiri run out (W. Ed) 7 12 0 0
F. Celebri c D. Tell b F. Doll 47 58 4 0
T. Angamandomorim not out 82 89 4 0
M. Vákiri not out 79 62 9 2

(4 wickets , 50.0 Overs) 286
Fall of Wickets :
37 (7.0,H.Tarminyaturhyar...)
52 (11.1,L. Vákiri) 84 (18.3,F.Tarminyaturhyar...)
157 (32.1,F. Celebri)



The Belmore Family - Bowling

O M R W
F. Doll 10.0 0 45 2
E. Mitchell 7.0 0 44 0
F. Belmore 10.0 0 56 1
A. Em 9.0 0 53 0
D. Tell 9.0 1 52 0
P. Davies 5.0 0 25 0

The Belmore Family - Batting
4s 6s
M. Par c T. Angamandomorim b F. Celebri 61 64 4 1
W. Ed c M. Vákiri b V. Alcarin 5 10 1 0
B. Sharp c T. Angamandomorim b V. Alcarin 8 6 0 0
V. Niv c H.Tarminyaturhyar...
b F. Celebri 21 23 0 1
P. Ingtom c T. Angamandomorim b V. Alcarin 3 6 0 0
P. Davies lbw F. Celebri 22 22 0 0
D. Tell c F.Tarminyaturhyar...
b K. Vákiri 44 42 4 0
A. Em c F. Celebri b S. Túrosto 43 29 5 1
F. Belmore c T. Angamandomorim b K. Vákiri 59 38 7 1
E. Mitchell Not Out 19 19 1 1
F. Doll Not Out 0 0 0 0

(9 wickets , 43.1 Overs) 289
Fall of Wickets :
13 (2.5,W. Ed) 23 (4.1,B. Sharp) 62 (12.0,V. Niv)
71 (14.1,P. Ingtom) 117 (21.1,M. Par) 132 (23.2,P. Davies)
203 (32.2,A. Em) 257 (37.5,D. Tell) 282 (42.0,F. Belmore)


Spaam - Bowling

O M R W
V. Alcarin 9.0 0 44 3
D. Súrion 5.0 0 34 0
F. Celebri 8.0 0 54 3
S. Túrosto 9.0 0 68 1
K. Vákiri 6.1 0 46 2
N. Arcamene 6.0 0 39 0 [/code:1:a7217230fe]

This is truely an historic victory!

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27 Belmorians dead after Spaamainian Attacks in Storavora

"A dreadful act of Terrorism" was what Prime Minister Alan Belmore said about the brutal attack from Spaam supporters in the recent cricket match in Kaze Progressa. The lone attacker found out the names of 1,000 Alan Belmore's travelling to the match. The attacked found 50 of them and knifed them during a 10 hour period during the night. The Belmorian Police at the match released this statement-

"The attackers nationality has not been confirmed but he is presumed to be Spaamainian. We cought him trying to attack what would have been his 51st victim. The Storovian Police worked swiftly to aprehend this man with no shots being fired. He has been taken to a Storovian Police Headquarters where he has been questioned for the last 2 hours. He is currently sleeping in a prison cell awaiting his bail hearing tomorrow."

This is the first attack by a Spaamainian on a Belmorian and this man is a dreadful reflection on great nation. We are still awaiting forthe official Kaze Progressa response.

Reporter-Thomas Wickersham

Delete this post TBF, or I will mod alert you.

Delete this post TBF, or I will mod alert you.

The attackers nationality has not been confirmed
...............
This is the first attack by a Spaamainian on a Belmorian and this man is a dreadful reflection on great nation(Implying Spaam). We are still awaiting forth official Kaze Progressa response.

For What?

In a press conference this morning in Storavora, where the tragic events of last night took place, head of the Storavora Police Jartillan Nurvalta made the following announcement:

'Good morning to everyone, on this sad, sad day. The traditionally gentle, sporting game of cricket has been ripped apart by events beyond all imagination. A lone Spaamian assassin discovered the presence of numerous men named Alan Belmore, survivors of the recent purge on men of this name, among the 15,000 fans in the Batty Bay Stadium. Upon the conclusion of the match, at approximately 5:25pm local time, the assassin left the ground quickly, slipping by undetected among Belmorian fans celebrating victory. It is believed he then knived a number of Alan Belmores within 750m of the ground, mostly close to Batty Bay railway station and the Golden Duck Chinese restaurant. The attacks took place throughout the night, and the arrest made at 3:17am local time. No shots were fired in the operation. The man cannot be identified for legal reasons, but will remain in police custody inside a maximum-security island prison to the northwest of Storavora until further notice.

Twenty-three men were recovered by Storavora Ambulance Service and taken to Batty Bay General Hospital. There is no word as yet on the condition of these men, who are believed to have primarily suffered chest wounds. Twenty-seven more were pronounced dead at the scene.

It is clear that there is dramatic and excessive rivalry between the two nations; there were offensive chants from a small minority of fans from both nations during the game, specifically after several wickets and at the end of the Spaamian innings. Storavora Police therefore recommend that no international matches in any sport between the two nations be sanctioned by the appropriate governing bodies. As there was little evidence of such a dangerous rivalry at the time of the draw, no attempt was made to separate the two at that point.

Our condolences and sympathies obviously lay with the relatives of the dead, and to the players who could never have anticipated such tragic events. Matches in the Cricket League will be postponed until tomorrow, in respect for the dead.'

TBF would suggest no fans from either TBF or Spaam are allowed to watch Spaam Vs TBF matches.

United Spaam declares War on TBF

Due to the continuous international slander, the President of United Spaam, Fin DeCáno, has declared war on the Belmore Family. This is the latest and worst attempt by the nation to incite violence against United Spaam by the international community. The President claims that until the Belmore Family retract the utterly fabricated allegation and issues a formal apology, United Spaam and its allies, will begin to prepare for war against the Belmore Family.

OOC: You want to RP it, then so be it.

United Spaam declares War on TBF

Due to the continuous international slander, the President of United Spaam, Fin DeCáno, has declared war on the Belmore Family. This is the latest and worst attempt by the nation to incite violence against United Spaam by the international community. The President claims that until the Belmore Family retract the utterly fabricated allegation and issues a formal apology, United Spaam and its allies, will begin to prepare for war against the Belmore Family.

OOC: You want to RP it, then so be it.

TBF is quite ready for war against your meaningless nation but we will retract your statement if you can prove the man in police custordy is not Spaamanian.

OOC: You'll need to create a new thread for this.

The Standard It's just not cricket!
Several calls for victorious Walmingtonians to withdraw from bloody tournament

After Walmington's first match ended in the sound defeat of some nation no one can even find on maps, or in reference books, many in the nation's cricketing establishment have voiced horror at the corruption of the game in other competing nations.

"If we wanted this we should be watching the Red Bears!" So said WCB umpire Clarance Teebles, referencing the nation's up and coming ice hockey team.

This after the much reported fatalities surrounding The Belmore Family's defeat of Spaam lead to a state of war being declared between the two nations.

The WoS cricket team has yet to comment on the situation, content to quietly celebrate their victory over ENTROM, whoever in God's name they may be.

Walmington's victory was a solid one, and much needed by a cricketing community feeling threatened by new fast action sports arriving in Walmington, ice hockey most notably.

WoS fans had every sympathy for ENTROM's Smith, who scored his side's only half century as the order collapsed around him, leading him to being unfortunately run out in a desperate attempt to salvage the match.

Walmington's solid all around fielding performance was backed up by half centuries from Cottee and Edwards -who was not out and just short of a century at 95- while Chamberlain fell frustratingly short of his own half century, bowled by van der Wyst for 49.

[code:1:70e47dc326]Played at: Pageas

4s 6s
C. Cottee b M. Martyn 70 86 4 0
A. Chamberlain b M. van der Wyst 49 62 1 1
A. Edwards not out 95 93 10 0
A. James b A. Fleur 18 16 1 0
I. Matthews b M. Martyn 2 5 0 0
M. Williams not out 40 38 4 0

(4 wickets , 50.0 Overs) 274
Fall of Wickets :
81 (18.2,A. Chamberlain)155 (31.2,C. Cottee) 190 (36.2,A. James)
197 (37.5,I. Matthews)

ENTROM (Moontian Empire) - Bowling

O M R W
M. van der Wyst 10.0 0 50 1
M. Martyn 10.0 0 59 2
D. Hodge 8.0 0 40 0
B. Lehmann 9.0 0 33 0
A. Fleur 10.0 0 65 1
J. Heinrich 1.0 0 10 0
Z. Hier 2.0 0 17 0

ENTROM (Moontian Empire) - Batting
4s 6s
N. Johnson c A. Chamberlain b W. Chevlyn-Adnams 16 23 2 0
A. Mason c G. Constantine b W. Chevlyn-Adnams 9 15 0 1
X. Smith run out (A. Chamberlain)
53 60 0 1
S. Goodman b A. Kelteraping 27 36 1 0
Z. Hier c A. Edwards b W. Evans 31 39 2 0
J. Heinrich b M. Watkin 4 6 0 0
A. Fleur c G. Constantine b M. Watkin 8 11 1 0
B. Lehmann c I. Matthews b W. Evans 23 20 3 0
D. Hodge Not Out 24 41 1 0
M. Martyn b A. Kelteraping 10 9 1 0
M. van der Wyst c A. Edwards b G. Constantine 8 16 1 0

(10 wickets , 46.2 Overs)216
Fall of Wickets :
25 (6.2,A. Mason) 26 (6.4,N. Johnson) 77 (17.2,S. Goodman)
130 (27.5,X. Smith) 140 (29.4,J. Heinrich) 144 (30.3,Z. Hier)
160 (33.1,A. Fleur) 184 (38.1,B. Lehmann) 201 (41.4,M. Martyn)
216 (46.2,M. van der Wyst)

Walmington-on-Sea - Bowling

O M R W
W. Chevlyn-Adnams 9.0 1 37 2
G. Constantine 7.2 0 31 1
A. Kelteraping 9.0 1 35 2
M. Watkin 10.0 0 55 2
W. Evans 10.0 0 47 2
A. James 1.0 0 8 0
[/code:1:70e47dc326]

OOC: I wonder why the spacing hasn't worked for everyone with the scoresheets. Did it work for CS, or did he have to change the spacing himself? (Edit: hmmm it worked for me :S)

Meanwhile, day two results will be telegrammed within the hour.

And here's the scorecard from KP vs Spurland:

[code:1:afae41c1b0]Kaze Progressa vs Spurland

Played at: Kaza

4s 6s
R. Sarotta c F. Unction b O. Mygod 21 23 2 0
E. Ferita c C. Sick b N. Ice 58 59 4 0
S. Taazii c A. Lone b O. Mygod 48 45 3 1
Z. Pugat c N. Ice b E. Zee 71 88 3 2
T. Eritun c && b N. Ice 5 11 1 0
F. Whynti c O. Mygod b M. Adness 29 35 3 0
G. Gutniz c A. Lone b D. Day 14 16 0 0
A. Stratoi not out 16 19 1 0
R. Puter not out 2 2 0 0

(7 wickets , 50.0 Overs) 269
Fall of Wickets :
60 (10.4,R. Sarotta) 94 (15.4,E. Ferita) 161 (29.2,S. Taazii)
170 (32.3,T. Eritun) 228 (43.1,Z. Pugat) 241 (45.2,F. Whynti)
263 (48.2,G. Gutniz)


Spurland - Bowling

O M R W
P. Roper 9.0 0 43 0
O. Mygod 10.0 0 52 2
N. Ice 10.0 0 44 2
M. Adness 10.0 0 56 1
G. Rowth 4.0 0 27 0
E. Zee 1.0 0 5 1
D. Day 6.0 0 37 1

Spurland - Batting
4s 6s
A. Lone lbw O. Terta 0 2 0 0
B. Hind c R. Sarotta b A. Stratoi 6 17 0 0
C. Sick c R. Sarotta b A. Stratoi 8 11 1 0
D. Day b R. Puter 39 44 3 1
E. Zee c R. Sarotta b R. Puter 27 39 2 0
F. Unction c O. Terta b G. Gutniz 21 32 2 0
G. Rowth c R. Sarotta b F. Etin 13 16 2 0
M. Adness lbw R. Puter 18 21 1 0
N. Ice c A. Stratoi b F. Etin 9 17 0 0
O. Mygod c G. Gutniz b R. Puter 11 11 1 0
P. Roper Not Out 5 7 0 0

(10 wickets , 36.1 Overs)164
Fall of Wickets :
0 (0.2,A. Lone) 15 (3.4,C. Sick) 26 (7.2,B. Hind)
84 (18.1,D. Day) 93 (20.5,E. Zee) 118 (25.1,G. Rowth)
135 (30.0,F. Unction) 139 (30.2,M. Adness) 155 (34.1,O. Mygod)
164 (36.1,N. Ice)

Kaze Progressa - Bowling

O M R W
O. Terta 8.0 0 28 1
A. Stratoi 9.0 0 44 2
R. Puter 10.0 1 37 4
F. Etin 5.1 0 29 2
G. Gutniz 4.0 0 19 1 [/code:1:afae41c1b0]

Kaze Progressa proved too strong for Spurland, their bowlers skittling them out for 164 with nearly 14 overs to spare after the batsmen knocked up a target of 269 led by Pugat's steady 71, punctuated by three fours and two sixes, and rapid-fire knocks from Ferita (58 from 59) and Taazii (48 from 45).

Puter dominated the bowling with 4/37 from his ten allotted overs, including a maiden, while Etin took two late wickets in barely five overs. The Progressans look good for progression on this display.

Results from day 1:

Belmore Family defeated Spaam by 1 wicket (Net RR 0.97)
Walmington defeated ENTROM by 58 runs (Net RR 0.82)
Cockbill Street defeated Shonar Bangla by 18 runs (Net RR 0.36)
Kaze Progressa defeated Spurland by 105 runs (Net RR 0.85)

Day 2 results are now in your telegram boxes and they are:

Belmore Family vs I-Rey
ENTROM vs Spaam
Akbarland vs Cockbill Street
Shonar Bangla vs Spurland

OOC: Kaze Progressa, I think your net RR calculation is slightly wrong for Kaze Progressa v Spurland. Spurland actually had the chance to bat out 50 overs, they were just bowled out before that, therefore their total of 164 should be divided by 50, not 36.166666. And the spacing doesn't work, I put it in myself so it will look nicer :)

Ankh-Morpork C-mail
Cockbill Street Department

Aitkin Continue On Rolling Form
Four wickets send Rats to new heights

What an enormous display. The whole team was solid throughout against the first real opponent, Akbarland, and that resulted in a huge five-wicket win that could possibly send us straight into the semi-finals.

Tom Aitkin, the match hero with figures of 4/41 that paved the way for an easy run-chase, was of course pleased with his own performance after the game. He persisted, however, that the last two games against Spurland and Kaze Progressa would be the toughest, and that especially the Spurland game would be a key, as a win could send us right through to the second round.

The Akbarland batsmen did a pretty good job, but were too slow scorers to ever threaten the Cockbill Street players. Aitkin got off to an excellent start as Islam got a thick edge to Nicklaus at second slip - 0 for 1 after 3 balls. After that, Ahmed, Cowdhury and Kahman all made solid scores, and brought the Akbarland score to 147 for 4 after 30.3 overs. Some problems were foreseen, because although the lower-order batsmen were not as skilled, they were expected to start a real slog if they could get settled. However, Jackrum and Aitkin refused to give them that edge, and bowled well with good line and length, and got rewarded. Jackrum with the wicket of Akbar, who was caught by Nicklaus for 21 just after he'd hit two fours in succession, and Aitkin with that beautiful ball to Haque that dumbfounded him completely and left him dollying the ball to mid off, where Sanders stood thankful and caught it cleanly. By that time, with about four overs left, Akbarland were in tatters at 223 for 7. Anwar was later dismissed for a duck and Alam for 3, leaving Rana and Kowshik to fight to get the target up in the last three overs. Amazingly, they held out, and Akbarland closed on 238 for 9.

Time for a proper slog, Pete Jones thought, and did so. With six fours in the innings, he made his fifty off just 35 balls, although he was very lucky not to be caught on at least two occasions. He wasn't so lucky with the next one, however, a real turner from Anwar that was left alone but smashed into his off stump - bowled for 50. His opening partner, Stronginthearm, left long before that, and Nicklaus and Weaver had also been dismissed for relatively low scores. Thus, the Rats were reeling a bit on 93 for 4, but Ilkin Ridcully and William Sanders brought the game back in control. They put on a 138 partnership for the 5th wicket, before Sanders was trapped lbw by Rana, and thus Stjepan von Uberwald and Ridcully had to hit 9 off 17.4 overs to win the game. Ridcully scored a good three to deep square leg with the first ball of the 35th over to win the game for the Rats.

[code:1:689ad3c6c5]Akbarland vs Cockbill Street

Played at: Kaza

Cockbill Street Innings
Akbarland Innings R B 4 6
S. Islam c C. Nicklaus b T. Aitkin 0 3 0 0
I. Ahmed c L. Weaver b T. Aitkin 24 28 1 0
M. Cowdhury run out (I. Ridcully) 51 59 4 0
F. Kahman c C. Nicklaus b S. von Uberwald 50 64 1 2
N. Haque c P. Jones b T. Aitkin 70 76 3 1
M. Khan c W. Sanders b L. Bearhugger 3 4 0 0
S. Akbar c C. Nicklaus b S. Jackrum 21 30 0 0
I. Alam c W. Sanders b T. Aitkin 3 10 0 0
M. Anwar c P. Jones b D. Underwood 0 5 0 0
M. Rana not out 3 9 0 0
A. Kowshik not out 11 9 2 0
Extras 2
Total (for 9 wickets , 50.0 overs) 238

Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (0.3,S. Islam) 2-49 (10.1,I. Ahmed) 3-95 (19.2,M. Cowdhury) 4-147 (30.3,F. Kahman) 5-150 (31.2,M. Khan) 6-216 (43.3,S. Akbar) 7-223 (45.4,N. Haque) 8-224 (46.4,M. Anwar) 9-224 (47.2,I. Alam)

Bowling: O M R W
D. Underwood 7.0 0 31 1
T. Aitkin 10.0 1 41 4
S. Jackrum 10.0 1 36 1
L. Bearhugger 10.0 0 57 1
S. von Uberwald 10.0 0 54 1
I. Ridcully 2.0 0 10 0
L. Weaver 1.0 0 7 0

Cockbill Street Innings R B 4 6
P. Jones b M. Anwar 50 36 6 0
B. Stronginthearm c M. Khan b M. Anwar 7 5 0 0
C. Nicklaus c & b A. Kowshik 17 13 2 0
L. Weaver c S. Islam b M. Anwar 13 10 1 0
I. Ridcully not out 79 74 5 1
W. Sanders lbw b M. Rana 64 62 4 1
S. von Uberwald not out 6 4 1 0
Extras 4
Total (for 5 wickets , 34.1 overs) 240

DNB: L. Bearhugger, S. Jackrum, T. Aitkin, D. Underwood

Fall of wickets : 1-18 (1.4,B. Stronginthearm) 2-67 (6.5,C. Nicklaus) 3-82 (9.1,L. Weaver) 4-93 (11.4,P. Jones) 5-231 (33.2,W. Sanders)

Bowling: O M R W
A. Kowshik 5.0 0 45 1
M. Anwar 8.0 0 51 3
M. Khan 7.1 0 54 0
M. Rana 7.0 0 41 1
I. Alam 7.0 0 45 0[/code:1:689ad3c6c5]

OOC: Kaze Progressa, I think your net RR calculation is slightly wrong for Kaze Progressa v Spurland. Spurland actually had the chance to bat out 50 overs, they were just bowled out before that, therefore their total of 164 should be divided by 50, not 36.166666. And the spacing doesn't work, I put it in myself so it will look nicer :)


Thanks for that. (What's more, that benefits me :))

The net RR for KP-Spurland is now 2.10. (w00t!)

Results for day three are now being telegrammed - sorry for the delay. Those matches are:

The Belmore Family v ENTROM (Moontian Empire)
Walmington-on-Sea v I-Rey
Cockbill Street v Spurland
Kaze Progressa v Akbarland

The Standard- Walmingtonians complain as side falters on "world's worst ever surface"

Walmingtonian confidence was dented yesterday as the cricket side narrowly lost to I-Rey, a side most domestic pundits still rate as far inferior.

"Clearly this surface was not fit for play" Insisted vocal Walmingtonian umpire Teebles.

WoS found themselves bowled out for 131- no one in the empire -even the Ceylobans- believe this a likely outcome given the side's talent. The potentially sore opinion was backed up somewhat when I-Rey lost eight wickets for just 132 runs. Perhaps Teebles had a point- this was clearly not a batsman's field.

Walmingtonian fans made their way home disgruntled, most feeling that they had witnessed only half of what they payed for in a match that was over exceptionally soon, and as such one that seemed deceptively one-sided. The side maintains that their defeat was nothing more than poor luck, and with a nod to the more fortunate opposition, promised to soundly defeat its next challenger.

The Standard- Walmingtonians complain as side falters on "world's worst ever surface"

OOC: That game was played on Farela, a ground which usually has higher bounce than usual and doesn't suit spinners. D. Harry who took 7/26 off ten overs is a fast bowler... but I agree, this is a pretty mad result.

I was getting results like this all the time before I changed the bowling economy stats.

OOC: In contrast to the Walmington v I-Rey game, the Kaza pitch seems to be excellent for batting - 240/5 off 34.1 ovs is reminiscent of Australian batting :D

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Stronginthearm Finds Form At Just the Right Time
Spurland Brushed Aside For Rats' Third Win

Excellent stuff. No more need be said about the cricketers of Cockbill Street, who yet again proved their worth in an international. Today, Spurland were the victims, but the executioners were different. Before, Peter Jones and Tom Aitkin have been the stars of the team. Today, Ilkin Ridcully (who, admittedly, had a very good game against Akbarland) and Bjorn Stronginthearm stepped up to smash the Spurland bowlers all around the park. Their fourth-wicket partnership of 91 was absolutely crucial in the win, and when Stronginthearm was caught on the boundary he had made 116 off just 93 balls.

Before that, however, the Spurland players had tried to make a huge target, but they were all stopped before they really got off the mark. Lone made 47, Hind 35, Sick 70 and Day 20. The Daurama pitch seemed very unresponsive to fast bowling, and as such, the Spurland batsmen had a field day with Underwood and Aitkin. Despite that, the captain persisted with Aitkin for the full ten overs, with mediocre figures of 10-0-56-0 as a result. The final target of 259 looked tough, but not impossible to beat.

And due to Stronginthearm's heroics, it wasn't either. The other batsmen played mediocre at best, bar of course Ridcully's 58, and in the end the bowlers Lars Bearhugger and 'Sturdy' Jackrum had to stand up and hit the winning runs for Cockbill Street.

This victory means that Cockbill Street surely must be through to the second round. In theory, a huge loss, about 100 runs maybe, against Kaze Progressa could send us out of the tournament, but that depends on Akbarland beating Kaze Progressa by quite an amount as well. Of course, with a win over Kaze Progressa, the Rats could get an easier semi-final draw against the second-placed team of Group B.

[code:1:4cf12855c7]Cockbill Street v Spurland at Daurama:

Spurland Innings R B 4 6
A. Lone c C. Nicklaus b L. Bearhugger 47 65 1 2
B. Hind c C. Nicklaus b L. Bearhugger 35 38 3 0
C. Sick c C. Nicklaus b A. Chapman 70 85 5 0
D. Day b S. Jackrum 20 36 0 0
E. Zee not out 46 44 4 0
G. Rowth not out 30 32 1 0
Total (for 4 wickets , 50.0 Overs) 258
Fall of Wickets : 1-83 (15.0,B. Hind) 2-104 (21.0,A. Lone) 3-170 (34.4,D. Day) 4-194 (39.3,C. Sick)

DNB: H. Igh(+?), unknown, L. Over, N. Ice, P. Roper

Bowling O M R W
D. Underwood 7.0 0 32 0
T. Aitkin 10.0 0 56 0
S. Jackrum 10.0 0 31 1
L. Bearhugger 9.0 0 36 2
A. Chapman 5.0 0 31 1
S. von Uberwald 7.0 0 43 0
L. Weaver 2.0 0 19 0

Cockbill Street Innings R B 4 6
P. Jones run out (E. Zee) 26 25 0 0
B. Stronginthearm b P. Roper 116 93 14 0
C. Nicklaus c H. Igh b G. Rowth 16 25 0 0
L. Weaver c P. Roper b N. Ice 1 7 0 0
I. Ridcully c H. Igh b P. Roper 58 54 5 0
S. von Uberwald c H. Igh b P. Roper 0 1 0 0
A. Chapman c H. Igh b P. Roper 14 22 1 0
L. Bearhugger not out 18 12 3 0
S. Jackrum not out 6 7 0 0
Total (for 7 wickets , 41.1 Overs) 259
Fall of Wickets : 1-67 (9.1,P. Jones) 2-115 (17.2,C. Nicklaus) 3-116 (18.3,L. Weaver) 4-207 (30.4,B. Stronginthearm) 5-207 (30.5,S. von Uberwald) 6-232 (36.3,I. Ridcully) 7-247 (39.0,A. Chapman)

DNB: D. Underwood, T. Aitkin.

Bowling O M R W
D. Day 5.0 0 36 0
B. Hind 5.0 0 39 0
L. Over 6.1 0 35 0
G. Rowth 5.0 0 27 1
N. Ice 10.0 0 57 1
P. Roper 10.0 1 61 4 [/code:1:4cf12855c7]

Spurland Cricket Board Upset With Team
~The Times of Spurland~

In response to the humiliating defeats to Kaze Progressa and Cockbill Street, the Spurland Cricket Board have announced that preformances like that should not continue and warned that there could be changes made in the team after the tournament.

There are several players waiting for their chance to play for the team. Among them, the Engelman brothers, Harry and Peter, each averaging over 40 runs. And spin bowler Christian Redknapp.

The players appear to be putting more of an effort in training and it is expected that they should be able to retain some pride in the next game.

(ooc: Hehe, I hope the Walmingtonian press doesn't offend anyone- we are a 1940s constitutional monarchy, still maintaining a vast empire, and under a conservative government. So far as we're concerned there are very few and very British nations on earth that can ever do anything right, and everyone else is just learning ;) Especially when it comes to national sports like cricket- WoS has begun to..loose to her colonies, which smarts ('s what you get for colonising South Africa and Sri Lanka), especially during such uncertain times as.. the second world war. Pride is presently exceptionally easy to bruise :) )