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Argyllia has decided to run the very first Cricket World Cup (as far as we know) the competition will be of a test match nature over a period of several months. All the venues will be in Argyllia unless anyone else wants to do a joint hosting job. When you sign up I will need a team of 11 players:

5 Batsmen
2 Allrounders
4 Bowlers

Ideally I would like to have 4 groups of 4, if we don't get enough it'll be ok but I really want 16 teams:

Argyllian Team:

J Cakebread
M Garrat
J Lord
T Day
B Titman
S Chandarrana
R Tilbury
J Robinson
P Katcheia
A Tailor
D Burt

The Venues:

Freetown

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Capacity- 70,000
Games to be held- Group A

Vallan City

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Capacity- 30,000
Games to be held- Group B

Jamestown

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Capacity- 24,000
Games to be held- Group C

Hollington

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Capacity- 33,000
Games to be held- Group D

Teams signed up

Argyllia
Hawcoat
New Primeria
Agnostic Sheep
Vilita
Cockbill Street
Leggy Angels
Lennon Marx

As newcomers to the international scene, Hawcoat would like to participate in the inaugural Cricket World Cup.

Surveys show taht is actually Hawcoat's third most popluar sport.

Proposed team:
Batsmen:
S McClay
S Vine
N Kirkham
P Jones
S Kendal

Allrounders:
S Dixon
J Benn

Bowlers:
S Phizacklea
A Bradley-Evans
J White
M White

New Primeria wishes to field a team for the cricket world cup. Team is as follows:

Bat
M.Watson
G.Williams
N.Maddock
S.Ashworth
P.Watson

All-Round
S.Feros
C.Bellman

Bowl
J.Moulden
S.Lyles
A.Lyon
A.Macpherson

The New Primerian team looks foward to participating in this event. We are also willing to offer assistance in the administration of the event if need be.

The Agnostic Sheep would be pleased to participate in the Cricket World Cup. Cricket is one of the most popular sports in this new nation.

Batsmen:
J Cobby (left hand bat) (25)
M Seggons (right hand bat) (23)
P Garbett (right hand bat) (22)
B Meynell (left hand bat) (22)
M Jacobson (right hand bat) (21)

All-rounders:
C Forster (wicket keeper, right hand bat) (18 )
M Chapaev (right arm medium-fast, right hand bat) (22)

Bowlers:
A Gnedojs (right arm fast bowler) (23)
D Martensson (right arm fast-medium) (24)
C Bras (leg spin) (22)
N Swain (left arm fast) (23)
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Reserves:
M Ramakars (batsman, left hand bat) (20)
C Garzon (batsman, right hand bat) (24)
D Daigremont (all-rounder, right hand bat, right arm medium) (21)
D Odemira (all-rounder - wicket keeper, left hand bat) (18 )
I Hansson (all rounder - off spin, left hand bat) (26)

I don't know what you want to do with wicket keepers, I've put them in as all-rounders for the moment. I've given you some extra info on all my squad who have 5 reserves. Ages are in brackets.

As you can see we're a young nation who don't have much experience and we're here to learn. Talents to watch out for are young wicket keeper Calum Forster who has been piling up the run in the Agnostic Sheep domestic league as well as being the captain of the Agnostic Sheep U19 side, John Cobby, the only Agnsotic Sheep to play professionally abroad and Anatolijs Gnedojs a fast bowler who has been known to hit 90mph.

This post shall forver be known as a Tag.

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The Colony of Vilita
Batsmen:
N Alam
M Hasan
D Ogjieko
W Ardito
M Messina

Allrounders:
J Bopp
G Shultis Jr

Bowlers:
J Darcy
B Drezner
J Sullivan
N DisPirito

Change of format, the world cup will be a group of eight where everyone plays each other twice, also numbers will be cut to 8 so there is only 3 places left.

The ageing Cockbill Street Rats, famous for going unbeaten in the Cricket Championship held in Kaze Progressa, would be delighted to join.

Batsmen:
PA Jones
B Stronginthearm
LRT Weaver
IS Ridcully
S von Uberwald

All-rounder:
CE Lillebottom
CT Nicklaus

Bowlers
L Bearhugger
ATE Carter
STS Jackrum
TE Aitkin

i would like to sumit by nations team into the contest and hope that the world cup will spread overt time:

5 batsmen are:
J. Samuels
B.Andrews
C.Daniels
D.McKee
J.Robins

2 all rounders:
D.Young
P.Raymond

4 bowlers
W.Stone
A.Wrenn
G.Green
T.Inglewood

Signing up! Put me down on the list! Do it!

Get a team then!

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Would love to enter a team in this if possible- will return later to see (a) if we are accepted as a competing nation and (b) to name our squad.

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As promised- the squad for the Green Leopards

BATSMEN
A Williams (RH, 22)
R Abbot (RH, 27)
L Baker (LH, 18)
C Smith (LH, 22)
M Hudson (RH, 20) (C)

All Rounders
M Tyler (RH, RFM, 23)
G Sewell (RH, RLS, 26)

Bowlers
W Sparg (LH, LF, 20)
R Eales (RH, RF, 28)
T Walker (LH, ROS, 29)
P Jacobs (RH, RFM, 34)

A largely young side who have all played as representatives in the LM Shield for a while- maybe not the best team on paper, but certainly will play their all

New format a knockout tournament, losers go into the plate. Each match has two legs if its a draw over both legs whoever won by the most goes through, if both games are drawn a deciding 1-day game is played to determine who goes through. A 1 wicket win is worth 30 runs and so on.

First Round Games-

Argyllia v Hawcoat
1st Game- Argyllia won by 217 runs

New Primeria v Agnostic Sheep
1st Game- New Primeria won by 5 wickets

Vilita v Cockbill Street
1st Game- Vilita won by 190 runs

Leggy Angels v Lennon Marx
1st Game- Leggy Angels won by 2 runs

Argyllia versus Hawcoat

Argyllia
J Cakebread c S Kendal b A Bradley-Evans 42 (83)
M Garrat c S McClay b A Bradley-Evans 16 (41)
J Lord c N Kirkham b S Phizacklea 26 (41)
T Day c S McClay b J Benn 83 (148)
B Titman lbw b J White 62 (146)
S Chandarrana c S McClay b M White 18 (53)
R Tilbury b M White 27 (29)
J Robinson c S Phizacklea b M White 5 (9)
P Katcheia not out 19 (29)
A Tailor c S McClay b M White 7 (13)
D Burt c N Kirkham b M White 0 (2)
Extras ( w5 nb1 b6 lb14 ) 26

Total (from 99 overs) 331 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-46 2-83 3-121 4-250 5-256 6-295 7-303 8-308 9-331 10-331

Bowling Figures for Hawcoat

O M R W
J White 20 5 61 1
A Bradley-Evans 25 3 87 2
M White 22 7 49 5
S Phizacklea 17 4 61 1
J Benn 15 3 53 1

Hawcoat
S McClay b D Burt 42 (84)
S Vine lbw b R Tilbury 32 (54)
N Kirkham c J Cakebread b A Tailor 16 (27)
P Jones c & b A Tailor 0 (3)
S Kendal c J Cakebread b A Tailor 0 (2)
S Dixon c J Cakebread b J Robinson 25 (41)
J Benn c J Lord b A Tailor 3 (7)
S Phizacklea c S Chandarrana b P Katcheia 28 (46)
A Bradley-Evans not out 20 (33)
J White c J Cakebread b R Tilbury 3 (10)
M White c S Chandarrana b R Tilbury 4 (4)
Extras ( w2 b4 lb6 ) 12

Total (from 52 overs) 185 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-67 2-96 3-98 4-98 5-98 6-105 7-142 8-170 9-181 10-185

Bowling Figures for Argyllia

O M R W
A Tailor 12 1 39 4
P Katcheia 14 2 56 1
D Burt 9 4 23 1
J Robinson 9 2 26 1
R Tilbury 7 0 31 3

Argyllia
J Cakebread c S Dixon b M White 63 (89)
M Garrat c J White b S Phizacklea 12 (23)
J Lord c S McClay b A Bradley-Evans 38 (48)
T Day c S Vine b J Benn 29 (50)
B Titman c S McClay b J White 66 (82)
S Chandarrana b J White 9 (22)
R Tilbury c S McClay b A Bradley-Evans 82 (145)
J Robinson c S Dixon b S Phizacklea 11 (27)
P Katcheia b M White 41 (69)
A Tailor not out 0 (0)
D Burt lbw b A Bradley-Evans 0 (1)
Extras ( w4 nb3 b4 ) 11

Total (from 93 overs) 362 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-37 2-88 3-138 4-158 5-181 6-255 7-278 8-362 9-362 10-362

Bowling Figures for Hawcoat

O M R W
J White 23 2 105 2
A Bradley-Evans 20 2 90 3
M White 17 6 44 2
S Phizacklea 17 4 65 2
J Benn 15 1 54 1

Hawcoat
S McClay c J Cakebread b D Burt 67 (102)
S Vine b P Katcheia 19 (46)
N Kirkham b A Tailor 4 (15)
P Jones c M Garrat b J Robinson 11 (17)
S Kendal c J Cakebread b J Robinson 8 (18)
S Dixon lbw b D Burt 4 (2)
J Benn c T Day b J Robinson 3 (3)
S Phizacklea c J Cakebread b J Robinson 77 (85)
A Bradley-Evans c J Robinson b P Katcheia 46 (74)
J White not out 20 (17)
M White lbw b J Robinson 2 (2)
Extras ( w8 b6 lb16 ) 30

Total (from 64 overs) 291 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-53 2-76 3-99 4-125 5-125 6-129 7-133 8-245 9-289 10-291

Bowling Figures for Argyllia

O M R W
A Tailor 15 1 74 1
P Katcheia 15 2 69 2
D Burt 12 4 32 2
J Robinson 13 3 56 5
R Tilbury 8 0 38 0

Argyllia won by 217 runs
Man of the match is R Tilbury

Agnostic Sheep versus New Primeria

Agnostic Sheep
J Cobby c M Watson b C Bellman 43 (51)
M Seggons c S Feros b A Lyon 0 (2)
P Garbett lbw b S Lyles 29 (40)
B Meynell run out 46 (81)
M Jacobson c N Maddock b S Lyles 3 (8)
C Forster c M Watson b C Bellman 20 (28)
M Chapaev c P Watson b C Bellman 5 (8)
A Gnedojs lbw b A Lyon 32 (49)
D Martensson lbw b J Moulden 23 (57)
C Bras not out 23 (35)
N Swain c S Ashworth b J Moulden 0 (5)
Extras ( lb4 ) 4

Total (from 61 overs) 228 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-3 2-72 3-72 4-86 5-118 6-128 7-158 8-188 9-221 10-228

Bowling Figures for New Primeria

O M R W
A Lyon 14 0 64 2
S Lyles 14 2 52 2
A Macpherson 11 1 26 0
J Moulden 10 1 34 2
C Bellman 11 0 48 3

New Primeria
M Watson c J Cobby b C Bras 58 (66)
G Williams c & b C Bras 7 (10)
N Maddock c J Cobby b A Gnedojs 38 (85)
S Ashworth lbw b C Bras 27 (45)
P Watson c J Cobby b C Bras 5 (4)
S Feros not out 29 (29)
C Bellman c J Cobby b C Bras 0 (1)
J Moulden c P Garbett b N Swain 8 (18)
S Lyles b N Swain 0 (4)
A Lyon lbw b N Swain 5 (11)
A Macpherson stJ Cobby b M Chapaev 0 (1)
Extras ( w8 b2 lb7 ) 17

Total (from 46 overs) 194 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-21 2-90 3-132 4-138 5-148 6-148 7-182 8-185 9-191 10-194

Bowling Figures for Agnostic Sheep

O M R W
C Bras 13 3 43 5
D Martensson 9 0 43 0
N Swain 8 3 23 3
A Gnedojs 8 0 35 1
M Chapaev 7 0 41 1

Agnostic Sheep
J Cobby lbw b S Lyles 2 (11)
M Seggons b A Lyon 52 (93)
P Garbett c C Bellman b J Moulden 27 (56)
B Meynell b A Macpherson 11 (37)
M Jacobson c N Maddock b A Lyon 2 (14)
C Forster c C Bellman b J Moulden 3 (3)
M Chapaev not out 30 (55)
A Gnedojs c M Watson b J Moulden 3 (8)
D Martensson c P Watson b C Bellman 20 (28)
C Bras stM Watson b C Bellman 0 (9)
N Swain c P Watson b C Bellman 4 (5)
Extras ( b11 lb3 ) 14

Total (from 54 overs) 168 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-3 2-48 3-75 4-93 5-96 6-100 7-107 8-147 9-162 10-168

Bowling Figures for New Primeria

O M R W
A Lyon 13 1 48 2
S Lyles 11 2 31 1
A Macpherson 9 3 23 1
J Moulden 11 5 17 3
C Bellman 9 1 35 3

New Primeria
M Watson lbw b M Chapaev 11 (35)
G Williams lbw b M Chapaev 17 (37)
N Maddock c C Bras b M Chapaev 58 (91)
S Ashworth lbw b N Swain 50 (65)
P Watson lbw b C Bras 20 (67)
S Feros not out 37 (54)
C Bellman not out 0 (0)
Extras ( w3 lb7 ) 10

Total (from 59 overs) 203 - 5
Fall of wickets:
1-28 2-37 3-121 4-142 5-202

Bowling Figures for Agnostic Sheep

O M R W
C Bras 14 1 64 1
D Martensson 13 1 47 0
N Swain 11 3 27 1
A Gnedojs 9 4 24 0
M Chapaev 11 3 34 3

New Primeria won by 5 wickets
Man of the match is C Bras

Vilita versus Cockbill Street

Vilita
N Alam c L Bearhugger b CT Nicklaus 54 (62)
M Hasan c STS Jackrum b TE Aitkin 18 (33)
D Ogjieko c CT Nicklaus b STS Jackrum 25 (37)
W Ardito c IS Ridcully b ATE Carter 22 (19)
M Messina c PA Jones b TE Aitkin 55 (94)
J Bopp c B Stronginthearm b ATE Carter 72 (130)
G Shultis Jr c PA Jones b L Bearhugger 22 (40)
J Darcy c PA Jones b CT Nicklaus 26 (85)
B Drezner c PA Jones b ATE Carter 18 (40)
J Sullivan not out 20 (21)
N DisPirito b CT Nicklaus 0 (1)
Extras ( w7 nb1 b8 lb12 ) 28

Total (from 94 overs) 360 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-69 2-91 3-101 4-148 5-228 6-261 7-287 8-327 9-360 10-360

Bowling Figures for Cockbill Street

O M R W
STS Jackrum 21 3 81 1
ATE Carter 22 0 110 3
TE Aitkin 18 7 39 2
L Bearhugger 17 3 52 1
CT Nicklaus 15 1 58 3

Cockbill Street
PA Jones b B Drezner 9 (17)
B Stronginthearm c M Messina b J Darcy 37 (62)
LRT Weaver c J Darcy b J Sullivan 0 (6)
IS Ridcully b J Darcy 28 (32)
S von Uberwald c N Alam b B Drezner 21 (58)
CE Lillebottom c N Alam b G Shultis Jr 28 (73)
CT Nicklaus c N Alam b J Sullivan 31 (35)
L Bearhugger not out 31 (66)
ATE Carter b J Sullivan 19 (29)
STS Jackrum b J Sullivan 0 (5)
TE Aitkin b J Sullivan 4 (10)
Extras ( w9 b6 lb20 ) 35

Total (from 66 overs) 243 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-19 2-20 3-80 4-85 5-140 6-164 7-186 8-223 9-228 10-243

Bowling Figures for Vilita

O M R W
J Sullivan 18 3 73 5
B Drezner 13 5 34 2
N DisPirito 11 3 33 0
J Darcy 13 2 55 2
G Shultis Jr 10 1 22 1

Vilita
N Alam c CE Lillebottom b ATE Carter 40 (71)
M Hasan c L Bearhugger b TE Aitkin 11 (14)
D Ogjieko lbw b L Bearhugger 14 (30)
W Ardito c PA Jones b STS Jackrum 81 (116)
M Messina c CT Nicklaus b ATE Carter 8 (3)
J Bopp c IS Ridcully b CT Nicklaus 45 (76)
G Shultis Jr c CT Nicklaus b L Bearhugger 4 (4)
J Darcy not out 22 (58)
B Drezner lbw b CT Nicklaus 22 (28)
J Sullivan c & b TE Aitkin 3 (3)
N DisPirito c B Stronginthearm b TE Aitkin 0 (1)
Extras ( nb1 b4 lb6 ) 11

Total (from 68 overs) 261 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-26 2-63 3-84 4-92 5-185 6-198 7-228 8-257 9-261 10-261

Bowling Figures for Cockbill Street

O M R W
STS Jackrum 16 4 62 1
ATE Carter 16 3 61 2
TE Aitkin 11 3 33 3
L Bearhugger 12 3 57 2
CT Nicklaus 12 1 38 2

Cockbill Street
PA Jones not out 92 (154)
B Stronginthearm b N DisPirito 17 (40)
LRT Weaver b J Darcy 21 (37)
IS Ridcully stN Alam b G Shultis Jr 13 (13)
S von Uberwald lbw b B Drezner 4 (6)
CE Lillebottom lbw b J Sullivan 11 (15)
CT Nicklaus c N Alam b J Sullivan 0 (2)
L Bearhugger lbw b N DisPirito 11 (19)
ATE Carter c M Hasan b N DisPirito 5 (4)
STS Jackrum c J Bopp b N DisPirito 0 (4)
TE Aitkin c J Sullivan b N DisPirito 4 (3)
Extras ( w6 lb4 ) 10

Total (from 50 overs) 188 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-58 2-104 3-125 4-130 5-147 6-147 7-166 8-178 9-178 10-188

Bowling Figures for Vilita

O M R W
J Sullivan 13 2 49 2
B Drezner 11 2 39 1
N DisPirito 10 1 36 5
J Darcy 8 1 23 1
G Shultis Jr 7 1 37 1

Vilita won by 190 runs
Man of the match is J Sullivan

Leggy Angels versus Lennon Marx

Leggy Angels
J Samuels lbw b G Sewell 61 (77)
B Andrews c R Eales b P Jacobs 36 (47)
C Daniels lbw b P Jacobs 6 (9)
D Mckee b T Walker 95 (164)
J Robins c T Walker b G Sewell 11 (17)
D Young c G Sewell b T Walker 38 (82)
P Raymond b W Sparg 6 (16)
W Stone c M Tyler b W Sparg 13 (12)
A Wrenn b P Jacobs 17 (34)
G Green not out 12 (26)
T Inglewood run out 0 (2)
Extras ( nb1 b1 lb6 ) 8

Total (from 81 overs) 303 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-73 2-85 3-118 4-154 5-250 6-257 7-267 8-279 9-302 10-303

Bowling Figures for Lennon Marx

O M R W
T Walker 21 1 101 2
R Eales 16 2 57 0
P Jacobs 15 3 45 3
W Sparg 16 4 41 2
G Sewell 13 1 52 2

Lennon Marx
A Williams lbw b W Stone 38 (62)
R Abbot c W Stone b G Green 10 (6)
L Baker c W Stone b T Inglewood 17 (33)
C Smith c D Young b A Wrenn 19 (46)
N Hudson c & b A Wrenn 18 (21)
M Tyler b T Inglewood 8 (27)
G Sewell c C Daniels b G Green 12 (37)
W Sparg c P Raymond b T Inglewood 10 (15)
R Eales lbw b G Green 48 (47)
T Walker not out 21 (39)
P Jacobs lbw b G Green 0 (1)
Extras ( nb1 b12 lb6 ) 19

Total (from 56 overs) 220 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-19 2-64 3-89 4-113 5-120 6-122 7-137 8-172 9-220 10-220

Bowling Figures for Leggy Angels

O M R W
G Green 12 1 53 4
A Wrenn 12 3 30 2
T Inglewood 12 2 27 3
W Stone 10 1 34 1
P Raymond 9 1 58 0

Leggy Angels
J Samuels c R Abbot b T Walker 27 (22)
B Andrews c A Williams b W Sparg 25 (50)
C Daniels c L Baker b G Sewell 14 (24)
D Mckee c L Baker b W Sparg 59 (104)
J Robins c G Sewell b T Walker 8 (25)
D Young b R Eales 8 (14)
P Raymond c A Williams b R Eales 8 (14)
W Stone lbw b R Eales 7 (18)
A Wrenn c A Williams b R Eales 0 (1)
G Green c C Smith b T Walker 10 (28)
T Inglewood not out 4 (3)
Extras ( w6 b2 lb4 ) 12

Total (from 51 overs) 182 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-32 2-62 3-68 4-94 5-115 6-135 7-161 8-161 9-178 10-182

Bowling Figures for Lennon Marx

O M R W
T Walker 11 3 48 3
R Eales 16 3 61 4
P Jacobs 8 2 25 0
W Sparg 7 0 25 2
G Sewell 8 4 17 1

Lennon Marx
A Williams c A Wrenn b G Green 2 (4)
R Abbot run out 2 (14)
L Baker lbw b G Green 14 (12)
C Smith c J Robins b A Wrenn 77 (131)
N Hudson c J Samuels b G Green 4 (14)
M Tyler b W Stone 24 (26)
G Sewell b A Wrenn 19 (33)
W Sparg lbw b A Wrenn 59 (77)
R Eales not out 34 (43)
T Walker c B Andrews b T Inglewood 20 (35)
P Jacobs c J Samuels b T Inglewood 0 (1)
Extras ( b3 lb5 ) 8

Total (from 65 overs) 263 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-2 2-18 3-27 4-33 5-69 6-110 7-206 8-213 9-263 10-263

Bowling Figures for Leggy Angels

O M R W
G Green 16 3 50 3
A Wrenn 17 1 69 3
T Inglewood 12 3 63 2
W Stone 11 2 32 1
P Raymond 9 2 41 0

Leggy Angels won by 2 runs
Man of the match is G Green

Coach Ray Bailey was very pleased with his teams performance in their first match, 'Alot of pressure has been heaped on the teams young shoulders y Argyllia's press corps, it would be very difficult for the team if they where knocked out in the first round. Especially as it is in our own country'

He went on to say that he was extremely pleased with the team in the 1st innings where consistent partnerships throughout the innings brought the total up to 331. He especially praised the 129 3rd wicket stand between Day and Titman which provided the backbone of the innings. Bailey went on to say he was a bit frustrated when the Hawcoat innings began well untill a quick 3 wickets from Tailor brought a collapse from 96-2 to 185 all out. He added that from then on he was impressed by the team for piling on the pressure and not leeting the talented Hawcoat team back into the game.

Man of the Match was R.Tilbury the allrounder who scored an impressive 83, he mainly plays off the backfoot and pulled the Hawcoat quicks with ease in his fluent innings. He also took the breakthrough wicket of Vine and took the last two wickets to finish the tail off in the Hawcoat first innings, with figure 3-31. Titman was a close contender with two 50's in the game, 62 and 66.

Lennon Marx falls heartbreakingly close
A 96 run 7th wicket partnership proved to be almost enuff in the final innings to get home, after Lennon Marx were bolwed back into the match by Eales and Walker, only to fall two runs short. "We had a number of chances in the field," said Clayton Smith, who scored 77 in the second innings, "but didnt take many of them at all. It was a truly heartbreaking loss, and we will do our best to make up for it in the return leg." In what proved to be the match of the round, Smith combined with Sparg and both were helped by tail order comeos from Eales and Walker, before wickets with succesive balls ensured the nail biting win. Eales, who also scored 48 in the first innings and took 4 second innings wickets was named man of the Match. "Id give up this award in a millisecond to get another shot at the end. Had I hit the last ball of the previous over for four, instead of two- itd have been a tie. Should Lennon Marx win the return leg they will need a three run victory to progress

Agnostic Sheep versus New Primeria

Agnostic Sheep
J Cobby c M Watson b C Bellman 43 (51)
M Seggons c S Feros b A Lyon 0 (2)
P Garbett lbw b S Lyles 29 (40)
B Meynell run out 46 (81)
M Jacobson c N Maddock b S Lyles 3 (8)
C Forster c M Watson b C Bellman 20 (28)
M Chapaev c P Watson b C Bellman 5 (8)
A Gnedojs lbw b A Lyon 32 (49)
D Martensson lbw b J Moulden 23 (57)
C Bras not out 23 (35)
N Swain c S Ashworth b J Moulden 0 (5)
Extras ( lb4 ) 4

Total (from 61 overs) 228 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-3 2-72 3-72 4-86 5-118 6-128 7-158 8-188 9-221 10-228

Bowling Figures for New Primeria

O M R W
A Lyon 14 0 64 2
S Lyles 14 2 52 2
A Macpherson 11 1 26 0
J Moulden 10 1 34 2
C Bellman 11 0 48 3

New Primeria
M Watson c J Cobby b C Bras 58 (66)
G Williams c & b C Bras 7 (10)
N Maddock c J Cobby b A Gnedojs 38 (85)
S Ashworth lbw b C Bras 27 (45)
P Watson c J Cobby b C Bras 5 (4)
S Feros not out 29 (29)
C Bellman c J Cobby b C Bras 0 (1)
J Moulden c P Garbett b N Swain 8 (18)
S Lyles b N Swain 0 (4)
A Lyon lbw b N Swain 5 (11)
A Macpherson stJ Cobby b M Chapaev 0 (1)
Extras ( w8 b2 lb7 ) 17

Total (from 46 overs) 194 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-21 2-90 3-132 4-138 5-148 6-148 7-182 8-185 9-191 10-194

Bowling Figures for Agnostic Sheep

O M R W
C Bras 13 3 43 5
D Martensson 9 0 43 0
N Swain 8 3 23 3
A Gnedojs 8 0 35 1
M Chapaev 7 0 41 1

Agnostic Sheep
J Cobby lbw b S Lyles 2 (11)
M Seggons b A Lyon 52 (93)
P Garbett c C Bellman b J Moulden 27 (56)
B Meynell b A Macpherson 11 (37)
M Jacobson c N Maddock b A Lyon 2 (14)
C Forster c C Bellman b J Moulden 3 (3)
M Chapaev not out 30 (55)
A Gnedojs c M Watson b J Moulden 3 (8)
D Martensson c P Watson b C Bellman 20 (28)
C Bras stM Watson b C Bellman 0 (9)
N Swain c P Watson b C Bellman 4 (5)
Extras ( b11 lb3 ) 14

Total (from 54 overs) 168 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-3 2-48 3-75 4-93 5-96 6-100 7-107 8-147 9-162 10-168

Bowling Figures for New Primeria

O M R W
A Lyon 13 1 48 2
S Lyles 11 2 31 1
A Macpherson 9 3 23 1
J Moulden 11 5 17 3
C Bellman 9 1 35 3

New Primeria
M Watson lbw b M Chapaev 11 (35)
G Williams lbw b M Chapaev 17 (37)
N Maddock c C Bras b M Chapaev 58 (91)
S Ashworth lbw b N Swain 50 (65)
P Watson lbw b C Bras 20 (67)
S Feros not out 37 (54)
C Bellman not out 0 (0)
Extras ( w3 lb7 ) 10

Total (from 59 overs) 203 - 5
Fall of wickets:
1-28 2-37 3-121 4-142 5-202

Bowling Figures for Agnostic Sheep

O M R W
C Bras 14 1 64 1
D Martensson 13 1 47 0
N Swain 11 3 27 1
A Gnedojs 9 4 24 0
M Chapaev 11 3 34 3

New Primeria won by 5 wickets
Man of the match is C Bras


Agnostic Sheep coach Alan Sheppard expressed his dissapointment in his side's batting line up as they lost to New Primeria by 5 wickets:

"I felt the top order let us down yesterday. No one got a fifty except Micky Seggons in the second innings and he wasn't given any support. We need to get beyond scoring 20s and 30s and then giving wickets away cheaply. Cobby, Meynell, Garbett and Forster all got into a good rhythm at some time during the match but then lost their wickets."

However he was pleased with the performance of the bowlers especially man of the match Calvino Bras who took 5-43 in the first innings:

"We bowled very well in the first innings especially and on that pitch their top order had no answer to Bras' spin. I have to say the whole attack did fantastically well to bowl Primeria out for under 200 and I was pleased with the bowler's contribution to our batting totals. Dan Martensson got past 20 in both innings and Gnedojs and Bras helped us a lot in the first innings. If the top order had scored more heavily we might have won the match."
"In the end though Primeria's target was just too small and it was unrealistic to expect a quality team like them to be bowled out for under 200 again. We did very well to contain them though and certainly gave them a scare."
"We need to beat them by 150 runs next time out and if the top order perform I'm confident we can do that."

Argyllia v Hawcoat
1st Game- Argyllia won by 217 runs
2nd Game- Argyllia win by 5 wickets
Argyllia go through

New Primeria v Agnostic Sheep
1st Game- New Primeria won by 5 wickets
2nd Game- Agnostic won by 8 wickets
Agnostic Sheep go through

Vilita v Cockbill Street
1st Game- Vilita won by 190 runs
2nd Game- Match tied
Vilita go through

Leggy Angels v Lennon Marx
1st Game- Leggy Angels won by 2 runs
2nd Game- Lennon Marx won by 206 runs

Quarter Final Draw

Argyllia v Agnostic Sheep

Vilita v Lennon Marx

Plate has been scraped due to time restrictions, sorry world rankings look like this

5. New Primeria
6. Cockbill Street
7. Leggy Angels
8. Hawcoat

Hawcoat versus Argyllia

Hawcoat
S McClay b P Katcheia 5 (6)
S Vine c J Cakebread b P Katcheia 24 (56)
N Kirkham c J Cakebread b A Tailor 16 (22)
P Jones c T Day b D Burt 33 (60)
S Kendal c J Cakebread b P Katcheia 1 (12)
S Dixon lbw b J Robinson 29 (39)
J Benn b P Katcheia 72 (110)
S Phizacklea c J Cakebread b J Robinson 29 (46)
A Bradley-Evans c J Cakebread b P Katcheia 46 (72)
J White not out 15 (18)
M White c J Cakebread b P Katcheia 0 (2)
Extras ( w5 nb1 b2 lb12 ) 20

Total (from 74 overs) 290 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-7 2-44 3-59 4-65 5-112 6-119 7-185 8-265 9-290 10-290

Bowling Figures for Argyllia

O M R W
A Tailor 17 6 49 1
P Katcheia 17 3 71 6
D Burt 14 1 45 1
J Robinson 13 1 60 2
R Tilbury 12 1 51 0

Argyllia
J Cakebread lbw b J White 8 (5)
M Garrat c S McClay b A Bradley-Evans 4 (4)
J Lord lbw b A Bradley-Evans 19 (32)
T Day c S Dixon b J White 16 (34)
B Titman c S McClay b S Phizacklea 60 (101)
S Chandarrana c S Kendal b J Benn 9 (15)
R Tilbury c S Kendal b A Bradley-Evans 26 (44)
J Robinson c S McClay b J White 10 (18)
P Katcheia c N Kirkham b J White 0 (2)
A Tailor not out 8 (10)
D Burt c J Benn b S Phizacklea 0 (1)
Extras ( w9 b1 lb5 ) 15

Total (from 45 overs) 175 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-8 2-12 3-44 4-56 5-76 6-134 7-159 8-163 9-175 10-175

Bowling Figures for Hawcoat

O M R W
J White 11 3 39 4
A Bradley-Evans 13 3 51 3
M White 7 2 19 0
S Phizacklea 7 2 18 2
J Benn 6 1 42 1

Hawcoat
S McClay c T Day b P Katcheia 6 (20)
S Vine lbw b D Burt 143 (196)
N Kirkham c M Garrat b A Tailor 77 (137)
P Jones c J Cakebread b R Tilbury 12 (16)
S Kendal b A Tailor 67 (147)
S Dixon c S Chandarrana b A Tailor 9 (6)
J Benn lbw b D Burt 2 (8)
S Phizacklea b A Tailor 8 (31)
A Bradley-Evans stJ Cakebread b R Tilbury 11 (22)
J White not out 11 (22)
M White c M Garrat b P Katcheia 1 (3)
Extras ( w4 nb1 b4 lb11 ) 20

Total (from 102 overs) 367 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-19 2-211 3-226 4-255 5-268 6-271 7-293 8-324 9-360 10-367

Bowling Figures for Argyllia

O M R W
A Tailor 23 3 98 4
P Katcheia 22 6 83 2
D Burt 19 4 74 2
J Robinson 17 6 45 0
R Tilbury 20 5 52 2

Argyllia
J Cakebread c S McClay b S Phizacklea 134 (197)
M Garrat lbw b M White 15 (25)
J Lord c S Phizacklea b M White 69 (144)
T Day not out 141 (207)
B Titman c S Vine b M White 74 (128)
S Chandarrana c A Bradley-Evans b S Phizacklea 13 (19)
R Tilbury not out 8 (31)
Extras ( w9 nb2 b5 lb15 ) 31

Total (from 126 overs) 485 - 5
Fall of wickets:
1-35 2-218 3-241 4-428 5-443

Bowling Figures for Hawcoat

O M R W
J White 29 5 100 0
A Bradley-Evans 28 7 115 0
M White 23 5 88 3
S Phizacklea 24 6 73 2
J Benn 21 5 89 0

Argyllia won by 5 wickets
Man of the match is J Cakebread

New Primeria versus Agnostic Sheep

New Primeria
M Watson c M Chapaev b N Swain 46 (91)
G Williams lbw b N Swain 61 (155)
N Maddock not out 150 (260)
S Ashworth c & b C Bras 17 (20)
P Watson c B Meynell b D Martensson 14 (27)
S Feros b M Chapaev 15 (54)
C Bellman c P Garbett b C Bras 0 (3)
J Moulden b D Martensson 7 (17)
S Lyles c D Martensson b M Chapaev 37 (80)
A Lyon c D Martensson b C Bras 10 (23)
A Macpherson c B Meynell b C Bras 4 (5)
Extras ( w7 nb2 b4 lb19 ) 32

Total (from 123 overs) 393 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-91 2-142 3-167 4-192 5-253 6-255 7-267 8-354 9-383 10-393

Bowling Figures for Agnostic Sheep

O M R W
C Bras 30 6 108 4
D Martensson 26 8 63 2
N Swain 21 9 40 2
A Gnedojs 22 7 62 0
M Chapaev 23 3 97 2

Agnostic Sheep
J Cobby c M Watson b A Lyon 50 (76)
M Seggons c S Feros b A Lyon 69 (82)
P Garbett c S Feros b J Moulden 97 (149)
B Meynell c N Maddock b J Moulden 82 (116)
M Jacobson c M Watson b C Bellman 90 (125)
C Forster c A Lyon b S Lyles 32 (47)
M Chapaev run out 0 (6)
A Gnedojs c J Moulden b S Lyles 11 (18)
D Martensson lbw b C Bellman 11 (37)
C Bras c P Watson b A Macpherson 2 (5)
N Swain not out 0 (0)
Extras ( w7 nb2 b12 lb17 ) 38

Total (from 111 overs) 482 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-130 2-152 3-314 4-329 5-406 6-412 7-440 8-479 9-482 10-482

Bowling Figures for New Primeria

O M R W
A Lyon 25 4 115 2
S Lyles 26 4 93 2
A Macpherson 20 6 65 1
J Moulden 20 2 82 2
C Bellman 19 1 98 2

New Primeria
M Watson c B Meynell b D Martensson 2 (9)
G Williams c M Chapaev b D Martensson 53 (103)
N Maddock c A Gnedojs b D Martensson 146 (207)
S Ashworth c C Forster b C Bras 35 (37)
P Watson c A Gnedojs b C Bras 0 (2)
S Feros c C Forster b M Chapaev 69 (95)
C Bellman lbw b D Martensson 0 (1)
J Moulden c J Cobby b D Martensson 2 (2)
S Lyles c J Cobby b D Martensson 8 (19)
A Lyon not out 0 (0)
A Macpherson c J Cobby b D Martensson 0 (1)
Extras ( b8 lb15 ) 23

Total (from 80 overs) 338 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-9 2-142 3-192 4-192 5-306 6-306 7-314 8-338 9-338 10-338

Bowling Figures for Agnostic Sheep

O M R W
C Bras 20 3 67 2
D Martensson 19 1 81 7
N Swain 14 3 59 0
A Gnedojs 13 0 55 0
M Chapaev 13 2 53 1

Agnostic Sheep
J Cobby stM Watson b C Bellman 57 (100)
M Seggons lbw b A Lyon 18 (47)
P Garbett not out 90 (113)
B Meynell not out 61 (66)
Extras ( w12 b1 lb12 ) 25

Total (from 55 overs) 251 - 2
Fall of wickets:
1-49 2-125

Bowling Figures for New Primeria

O M R W
A Lyon 12 1 57 1
S Lyles 13 0 67 0
A Macpherson 10 1 38 0
J Moulden 10 3 36 0
C Bellman 9 1 40 1

Agnostic Sheep won by 8 wickets
Man of the match is N Maddock

Vilita versus Cockbill Street

Vilita
N Alam c CT Nicklaus b ATE Carter 22 (51)
M Hasan c B Stronginthearm b STS Jackrum 47 (106)
D Ogjieko lbw b TE Aitkin 21 (46)
W Ardito c PA Jones b STS Jackrum 37 (95)
M Messina c PA Jones b TE Aitkin 50 (67)
J Bopp c B Stronginthearm b TE Aitkin 0 (8)
G Shultis Jr c LRT Weaver b STS Jackrum 2 (3)
J Darcy lbw b STS Jackrum 0 (9)
B Drezner lbw b TE Aitkin 0 (1)
J Sullivan not out 4 (13)
N DisPirito c PA Jones b STS Jackrum 0 (4)
Extras ( w4 b3 lb17 ) 24

Total (from 68 overs) 207 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-46 2-101 3-111 4-196 5-197 6-199 7-199 8-199 9-207 10-207

Bowling Figures for Cockbill Street

O M R W
STS Jackrum 20 5 42 5
ATE Carter 12 0 42 1
TE Aitkin 15 4 33 4
L Bearhugger 10 2 35 0
CT Nicklaus 10 2 35 0

Cockbill Street
PA Jones lbw b B Drezner 8 (27)
B Stronginthearm lbw b N DisPirito 6 (15)
LRT Weaver c N Alam b N DisPirito 8 (14)
IS Ridcully not out 29 (48)
S von Uberwald c J Sullivan b N DisPirito 1 (5)
CE Lillebottom lbw b N DisPirito 0 (3)
CT Nicklaus c N Alam b N DisPirito 0 (5)
L Bearhugger c N Alam b B Drezner 0 (11)
ATE Carter c N Alam b N DisPirito 3 (12)
STS Jackrum c N Alam b N DisPirito 2 (10)
TE Aitkin c B Drezner b N DisPirito 0 (3)
Extras ( w4 ) 4

Total (from 26 overs) 61 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-10 2-26 3-26 4-27 5-27 6-35 7-38 8-49 9-51 10-61

Bowling Figures for Vilita

O M R W
J Sullivan 5 2 15 0
B Drezner 8 1 20 2
N DisPirito 10 6 12 8
J Darcy 2 0 14 0

Vilita
N Alam c ATE Carter b STS Jackrum 2 (3)
M Hasan c PA Jones b L Bearhugger 13 (43)
D Ogjieko c B Stronginthearm b TE Aitkin 6 (15)
W Ardito lbw b STS Jackrum 86 (147)
M Messina c ATE Carter b TE Aitkin 25 (49)
J Bopp lbw b STS Jackrum 39 (61)
G Shultis Jr c PA Jones b STS Jackrum 6 (9)
J Darcy b L Bearhugger 29 (55)
B Drezner not out 21 (48)
J Sullivan c PA Jones b TE Aitkin 7 (13)
N DisPirito c LRT Weaver b TE Aitkin 0 (1)
Extras ( w8 b2 lb4 ) 14

Total (from 74 overs) 248 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-2 2-9 3-35 4-85 5-172 6-182 7-195 8-235 9-248 10-248

Bowling Figures for Cockbill Street

O M R W
STS Jackrum 18 2 66 4
ATE Carter 15 3 52 0
TE Aitkin 14 6 24 4
L Bearhugger 14 3 40 2
CT Nicklaus 13 1 60 0

Cockbill Street
PA Jones c W Ardito b N DisPirito 24 (28)
B Stronginthearm c & b G Shultis Jr 128 (187)
LRT Weaver c B Drezner b G Shultis Jr 9 (20)
IS Ridcully c M Messina b B Drezner 38 (64)
S von Uberwald c J Bopp b G Shultis Jr 31 (32)
CE Lillebottom c N Alam b J Sullivan 6 (9)
CT Nicklaus c M Hasan b J Sullivan 61 (91)
L Bearhugger lbw b J Darcy 44 (79)
ATE Carter b N DisPirito 16 (38)
STS Jackrum not out 1 (12)
TE Aitkin c N Alam b J Darcy 0 (2)
Extras ( w6 nb1 b11 lb18 ) 36

Total (from 94 overs) 394 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-52 2-70 3-146 4-198 5-218 6-272 7-342 8-380 9-394 10-394

Bowling Figures for Vilita

O M R W
J Sullivan 24 3 107 2
B Drezner 19 2 95 1
N DisPirito 19 6 71 2
J Darcy 16 5 37 2
G Shultis Jr 15 2 55 3

Match Tied
Man of the match is N DisPirito

Lennon Marx versus Leggy Angels

Lennon Marx
A Williams c D Young b T Inglewood 11 (34)
R Abbot c J Samuels b A Wrenn 52 (79)
L Baker c J Robins b A Wrenn 30 (74)
C Smith c G Green b T Inglewood 3 (3)
N Hudson c G Green b A Wrenn 14 (16)
M Tyler c B Andrews b P Raymond 1 (12)
G Sewell lbw b T Inglewood 31 (54)
W Sparg b T Inglewood 26 (67)
R Eales not out 11 (26)
T Walker c J Samuels b G Green 0 (8)
P Jacobs c J Robins b G Green 0 (1)
Extras ( w7 lb6 ) 13

Total (from 63 overs) 192 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-43 2-94 3-99 4-118 5-119 6-123 7-176 8-189 9-192 10-192

Bowling Figures for Leggy Angels

O M R W
G Green 15 2 50 2
A Wrenn 15 1 50 3
T Inglewood 15 6 26 4
W Stone 9 1 36 0
P Raymond 8 3 24 1

Leggy Angels
J Samuels lbw b W Sparg 61 (74)
B Andrews c C Smith b T Walker 51 (99)
C Daniels b W Sparg 0 (2)
D Mckee c M Tyler b G Sewell 1 (10)
J Robins c A Williams b T Walker 10 (17)
D Young lbw b W Sparg 37 (47)
P Raymond c N Hudson b R Eales 17 (27)
W Stone c A Williams b W Sparg 1 (9)
A Wrenn c T Walker b W Sparg 0 (1)
G Green not out 0 (4)
T Inglewood c L Baker b W Sparg 0 (2)
Extras ( nb1 b6 lb3 ) 10

Total (from 49 overs) 188 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-106 2-106 3-113 4-127 5-144 6-181 7-182 8-182 9-188 10-188

Bowling Figures for Lennon Marx

O M R W
T Walker 11 2 52 2
R Eales 14 2 45 1
P Jacobs 8 1 32 0
W Sparg 8 2 14 6
G Sewell 7 2 36 1

Lennon Marx
A Williams b A Wrenn 35 (81)
R Abbot lbw b T Inglewood 32 (63)
L Baker b P Raymond 12 (31)
C Smith not out 114 (144)
N Hudson c A Wrenn b G Green 66 (99)
M Tyler lbw b P Raymond 11 (27)
G Sewell c J Samuels b T Inglewood 23 (30)
W Sparg c A Wrenn b T Inglewood 7 (13)
R Eales c J Samuels b G Green 4 (2)
T Walker b T Inglewood 6 (5)
P Jacobs lbw b T Inglewood 0 (1)
Extras ( w2 nb1 lb8 ) 11

Total (from 83 overs) 321 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-58 2-81 3-81 4-217 5-243 6-288 7-305 8-310 9-321 10-321

Bowling Figures for Leggy Angels

O M R W
G Green 21 3 83 2
A Wrenn 16 2 55 1
T Inglewood 17 6 44 5
W Stone 13 2 51 0
P Raymond 15 1 80 2

Leggy Angels
J Samuels lbw b R Eales 15 (19)
B Andrews c & b T Walker 8 (33)
C Daniels c R Abbot b P Jacobs 10 (42)
D Mckee b G Sewell 14 (39)
J Robins c A Williams b R Eales 5 (12)
D Young lbw b P Jacobs 21 (33)
P Raymond c L Baker b W Sparg 16 (13)
W Stone not out 21 (30)
A Wrenn c & b P Jacobs 0 (1)
G Green lbw b T Walker 3 (16)
T Inglewood c & b P Jacobs 0 (2)
Extras ( w2 nb1 lb3 ) 6

Total (from 40 overs) 119 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-16 2-27 3-37 4-51 5-68 6-87 7-103 8-103 9-112 10-119

Bowling Figures for Lennon Marx

O M R W
T Walker 10 3 23 2
R Eales 8 2 20 2
P Jacobs 11 4 38 4
W Sparg 6 1 16 1
G Sewell 5 2 19 1

Lennon Marx won by 206 runs
Man of the match is T Inglewood

Vilita (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/34936/page=display_nation/nation=vilita) prepare for final push


Addressing the media on the status of theColony of Vilita (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/34936/page=display_nation/nation=vilita)'s chances in the semi finals of the Cricket World Cup, a national spokesperson said:

"Lennon Marx will be a tought side, as any would, to over come at this stage of a major competition. However, the entire nation is perked with confidence and all the guys are just going out there everyday and using that as a catalyst for some pretty outstanding performances. They had a bit of a scare in the second test at Cockbill Street, but they kept it together and have made it to the semi-finals of a major world sporting cup for the first time in the Nation's history. I'm sure they'll be all over the backs of the footy guys when they get back, as I know they've gotten off to a bit of a rough start."

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The Argyllian team had proven all its doubts wrong in their first two games, they had crushed Hawcoat twice despite them being rated as being one of the up and coming teams of world cricket.

The match started badly for the Argyllians when they where dissmissed for 175 in their first innings replying to Hawcoats 290 which was due to the inspirational bowling of Katcheia who took 6-71. The only thing saving the Argyllian first innings was the ever consistent Bryce Titman who scored 60 again with his team in dire trouble. The Hawcoat second innings was a disaster for the Argyllian team a superb 143 by Vine was the first 100 of the tournament and destroyed the Argyllian bowling attack before a spell of fast bowling by Amit Tailor gave Argyllia a slim chance of victory. At this point in the game Argyllia needed 484 to win and had a real chance of being knocked out the tournament. But then the finest batting display so far by the team produced an awesome win by 5 wickets. Cakebread and Day both hit big hundreds and Titman and Lord both provided support with 50's.

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Tied Second Test in Height of Drama
DisPirito Destroys Spirited Streeters

Eight for twelve. Those are figures you don't see too often on a cricket scorecard. Neither do you often see that amazing row of ducks that the Rats lined up in the evening and early morning sessions in Argyllia. Cheery Littlebottom lbw b DisPirito 0. Colin Nicklaus c Alam b DisPirito 0. Lars Bearhugger c Alam b Drezner 0. Tom Aitkin c Brezner b DisPirito 0. When all is said and done, the Rats made a dismal 61.

The second innings bowling was reasonable, and again it was the seamers Jackrum and Aitkin who did the job. Sharing seventeen out of 20 Vilitan wickets between them, for am mere 165 runs, one has to wonder what the other three bowlers were doing - they went three for 254 in total in the game (Bearhugger 2 for 75, Carter 1 for 84, Nicklaus 0 for 95).

Chasing 395 to win, the Rats had a formidable task. But helped by a rather inadequate Vilitan keeper, some decent batting from Bjorn Stronginthearm especially (who made the highest score in the test series, with his splendid 128 knock) but who was also supported by the lower order batsmen. Lars Bearhugger didn't do much with the ball in this series, but a 44 and a good 7th-wicket partnership with Colin Nicklaus, who made 61, saved the day. However, DisPirito destroyed our hopes again.After a relatively poor bowling effort, where he could only get Jones early on and was slammed for 71 off 19 overs, he suddenly managed to get good ball in which beat Carter, sneaked under his bat, and into his off-stump. 394 for 9. Needing another run, and with Aitkin on strike, he successfully blocked the next ball of the over. Jackrum then blocked for an over, got off the strike, and it was Aitkin to face Darcy. He tried to drive for the winning single, missed it, the ball was caught by Alam behind the stumps, and somehow the umpire had seen a nick and sent Aitkin to the pavillion. A tied Test - probably the only one the Championship for many years - sent Cockbill Street out of the tournament in a dismal sixth place.

Agnostic Sheep team manager Alan Sheppard expressed his delight at the eight wicket win which took the Sheep into the semi-final and a tough match against hosts and favourites Argyllia. Needing to win by 150 runs or 5 wickets was a tough ask especially after New Primeria made 393 in their first innings, scoring steadily. Once again spinner Bras was influential taking four wickets and Nigel Swain dismissed both openers early on. In reply the sheep were fantastic with the top 5 all scoring half-centuries and Paul Garbett hitting 97 as the Sheep made 482.

In what was promising to be a high scoring game the star of the second Primeria innings was Dan Martensson who took 7-81, including the crucial wicket of Maddock who made centuries in both innings, when Maddock attempted a pull shot which he sliced and Gnedojs caught him brilliantly at third man. Martensson also cleaned up the Primeria tail, reducing them from 306-5 to 338 all out.

The sheep needed 251 to win the test and a five wicket victory to have a chance of progressing. Things started badly when Seggons was trapped lbw for 18 with the score at 49-1 and Cobby went for 57 at 125-2. However the inspirational batting of Garbett and Meynell brought the Sheep home with ease, Garbett making 90 not out and Meynell hitting an unbeatan 61 off 66 balls.

Afterwards the manager was delighted with his squad:
"The batting line up was superb today, after the dissapointment of the first test, they really concentrated and got big scores. Dan Martensson was excellent in the attack and Calvino Bras did an able job again on a pitch which was much easier to bat on than last time."
"We face Argyllia in the semi-finals and that will be tough. They're a world class team and the favourites but if we play like we did today there's a chance."

Argyllia v Agnostic Sheep
1st Game- Argyllia won by 62 runs

Vilita v Lennon Marx
1st Game- Lennon Marx won by 24 runs

Argyllia versus Agnostic Sheep

Argyllia
J Cakebread lbw b N Swain 13 (48)
M Garrat c J Cobby b A Gnedojs 141 (222)
J Lord c J Cobby b N Swain 29 (53)
T Day c J Cobby b D Martensson 6 (5)
B Titman lbw b N Swain 1 (6)
S Chandarrana b D Martensson 1 (2)
R Tilbury c D Martensson b C Bras 43 (85)
J Robinson c J Cobby b A Gnedojs 58 (73)
P Katcheia c M Jacobson b M Chapaev 35 (53)
A Tailor not out 0 (1)
D Burt c D Martensson b A Gnedojs 0 (2)
Extras ( w7 b11 lb16 ) 34

Total (from 92 overs) 361 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-36 2-119 3-128 4-138 5-145 6-244 7-282 8-361 9-361 10-361

Bowling Figures for Agnostic Sheep

O M R W
C Bras 22 2 96 1
D Martensson 20 2 75 2
N Swain 17 3 55 3
A Gnedojs 16 4 48 3
M Chapaev 16 3 60 1

Agnostic Sheep
J Cobby c J Cakebread b D Burt 11 (41)
M Seggons c J Lord b R Tilbury 60 (149)
P Garbett run out 70 (91)
B Meynell c J Cakebread b P Katcheia 41 (57)
M Jacobson c & b A Tailor 81 (139)
C Forster lbw b A Tailor 36 (56)
M Chapaev not out 27 (65)
A Gnedojs c J Robinson b A Tailor 7 (11)
D Martensson c B Titman b P Katcheia 0 (9)
C Bras c R Tilbury b D Burt 21 (33)
N Swain lbw b J Robinson 8 (6)
Extras ( w10 nb1 lb5 ) 16

Total (from 110 overs) 378 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-39 2-146 3-146 4-242 5-307 6-310 7-319 8-334 9-365 10-378

Bowling Figures for Argyllia

O M R W
A Tailor 29 6 87 3
P Katcheia 22 5 78 2
D Burt 21 4 65 2
J Robinson 18 1 57 1
R Tilbury 19 3 86 1

Argyllia
J Cakebread c J Cobby b N Swain 9 (15)
M Garrat b D Martensson 4 (8)
J Lord lbw b C Bras 126 (171)
T Day c M Seggons b C Bras 2 (6)
B Titman c D Martensson b C Bras 0 (20)
S Chandarrana b D Martensson 7 (23)
R Tilbury b N Swain 2 (15)
J Robinson b C Bras 18 (30)
P Katcheia stJ Cobby b M Chapaev 34 (55)
A Tailor not out 0 (2)
D Burt c P Garbett b C Bras 0 (2)
Extras ( w7 nb2 b4 lb5 ) 18

Total (from 58 overs) 220 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-8 2-24 3-27 4-37 5-68 6-77 7-124 8-220 9-220 10-220

Bowling Figures for Agnostic Sheep

O M R W
C Bras 14 4 56 5
D Martensson 14 2 52 2
N Swain 11 1 43 2
A Gnedojs 10 0 41 0
M Chapaev 8 3 19 1

Agnostic Sheep
J Cobby c J Cakebread b A Tailor 10 (21)
M Seggons c J Cakebread b A Tailor 26 (42)
P Garbett b D Burt 5 (10)
B Meynell c R Tilbury b D Burt 4 (3)
M Jacobson c P Katcheia b D Burt 13 (16)
C Forster lbw b P Katcheia 26 (42)
M Chapaev c J Cakebread b R Tilbury 28 (50)
A Gnedojs c J Cakebread b P Katcheia 14 (20)
D Martensson c J Cakebread b P Katcheia 2 (9)
C Bras not out 3 (10)
N Swain c P Katcheia b R Tilbury 2 (5)
Extras ( w4 nb1 lb3 ) 8

Total (from 38 overs) 141 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-35 2-43 3-47 4-51 5-71 6-93 7-117 8-124 9-139 10-141

Bowling Figures for Argyllia

O M R W
A Tailor 9 1 31 2
P Katcheia 12 0 61 3
D Burt 8 3 18 3
J Robinson 5 0 21 0
R Tilbury 4 0 7 2

Argyllia won by 62 runs
Man of the match is P Katcheia

Lennon Marx versus Vilita

Lennon Marx
A Williams lbw b J Sullivan 59 (101)
R Abbot hit wkt b J Sullivan 13 (27)
L Baker c N Alam b N DisPirito 30 (40)
C Smith c J Bopp b G Shultis Jr 5 (7)
N Hudson c & b N DisPirito 41 (70)
M Tyler c & b B Drezner 78 (160)
G Sewell lbw b N DisPirito 97 (137)
W Sparg c J Sullivan b B Drezner 15 (42)
R Eales not out 21 (21)
T Walker c N Alam b B Drezner 7 (8)
P Jacobs c N Alam b B Drezner 0 (1)
Extras ( nb3 b6 lb3 ) 12

Total (from 103 overs) 378 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-24 2-74 3-89 4-120 5-174 6-311 7-347 8-366 9-378 10-378

Bowling Figures for Vilita

O M R W
J Sullivan 22 7 73 2
B Drezner 23 5 88 4
N DisPirito 21 4 52 3
J Darcy 18 5 66 0
G Shultis Jr 18 0 90 1

Vilita
N Alam b T Walker 78 (139)
M Hasan c & b T Walker 7 (23)
D Ogjieko lbw b T Walker 0 (3)
W Ardito c A Williams b R Eales 89 (149)
M Messina lbw b R Eales 14 (35)
J Bopp c A Williams b P Jacobs 35 (83)
G Shultis Jr c A Williams b G Sewell 6 (32)
J Darcy lbw b G Sewell 25 (44)
B Drezner not out 17 (34)
J Sullivan b R Eales 14 (23)
N DisPirito c R Abbot b R Eales 0 (1)
Extras ( w5 nb4 b4 lb7 ) 20

Total (from 95 overs) 305 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-29 2-29 3-157 4-190 5-209 6-243 7-262 8-281 9-305 10-305

Bowling Figures for Lennon Marx

O M R W
T Walker 21 4 54 3
R Eales 22 5 76 4
P Jacobs 17 5 48 1
W Sparg 16 4 62 0
G Sewell 18 4 54 2

Lennon Marx
A Williams lbw b J Darcy 17 (47)
R Abbot lbw b N DisPirito 84 (112)
L Baker c N Alam b J Darcy 51 (77)
C Smith c W Ardito b N DisPirito 11 (13)
N Hudson c D Ogjieko b N DisPirito 0 (9)
M Tyler c J Darcy b B Drezner 29 (74)
G Sewell c N Alam b J Sullivan 20 (41)
W Sparg lbw b N DisPirito 24 (53)
R Eales not out 17 (28)
T Walker c J Sullivan b G Shultis Jr 2 (5)
P Jacobs c J Bopp b G Shultis Jr 0 (4)
Extras ( w8 nb1 lb10 ) 19

Total (from 78 overs) 274 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-60 2-163 3-163 4-173 5-174 6-210 7-247 8-262 9-265 10-274

Bowling Figures for Vilita

O M R W
J Sullivan 17 4 56 1
B Drezner 17 2 55 1
N DisPirito 17 5 44 4
J Darcy 13 1 53 2
G Shultis Jr 13 2 56 2

Vilita
N Alam c N Hudson b P Jacobs 34 (53)
M Hasan hit wkt b P Jacobs 27 (45)
D Ogjieko lbw b R Eales 9 (20)
W Ardito c A Williams b R Eales 64 (128)
M Messina run out 47 (110)
J Bopp run out 21 (36)
G Shultis Jr c G Sewell b R Eales 41 (94)
J Darcy lbw b R Eales 47 (96)
B Drezner c A Williams b R Eales 4 (9)
J Sullivan not out 2 (14)
N DisPirito c A Williams b T Walker 1 (4)
Extras ( w1 nb1 b12 lb12 ) 26

Total (from 102 overs) 323 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-60 2-73 3-79 4-193 5-208 6-233 7-300 8-310 9-321 10-323

Bowling Figures for Lennon Marx

O M R W
T Walker 23 8 57 1
R Eales 26 4 92 5
P Jacobs 19 5 48 2
W Sparg 17 8 42 0
G Sewell 16 2 60 0

Lennon Marx won by 24 runs
Man of the match is R Eales


Two very close games all to play for in the final legs of the semi-finals, Argyllia v Agnostic Sheep was the closest game in argyllia's tournament so far, the batting was disapointing in both innings apart from the exceptions of the two century makers Matthew Garrat and James Lord who basically saved the game. In the next game the Argyllian batsmen had better get a grip on the Sheeps bowling attack

the first first round game between Lennon Marx and Leggy Angels came down to two runs.

Nevertheless, we are reasonably confident going into the second leg...

In a now familiar site Agnostic Sheep manager lambasted his batting line-up for a spectacular collapse as they fell short of Argyllia by 62 runs:
"We were terrible in the second innings. No one got a big score at all in the top five and although the pitch has deteriorated no one showed enough character to take the game by the scruff of the neck."

"However I was pleased with our performance until then, we had Argyllia rattled and got a good score in the first innings on a tricky pitch. If we play like that again we've got a chance."

Argyllia v Agnostic Sheep
1st Game- Argyllia won by 62 runs
2nd Game- Argyllia won by 36 runs

Vilita v Lennon Marx
1st Game- Lennon Marx won by 24 runs
2nd Game- Lennon Marx won by an innings and 21 runs

Agnostic Sheep versus Argyllia

Agnostic Sheep
J Cobby c & b R Tilbury 71 (116)
M Seggons c J Cakebread b D Burt 8 (16)
P Garbett not out 194 (285)
B Meynell lbw b A Tailor 8 (15)
M Jacobson c J Lord b R Tilbury 55 (72)
C Forster c J Cakebread b A Tailor 12 (13)
M Chapaev b P Katcheia 15 (16)
A Gnedojs c S Chandarrana b D Burt 25 (43)
D Martensson lbw b A Tailor 5 (15)
C Bras c S Chandarrana b A Tailor 5 (11)
N Swain lbw b A Tailor 0 (2)
Extras ( w9 nb1 b2 lb14 ) 26

Total (from 101 overs) 424 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-12 2-141 3-169 4-290 5-312 6-337 7-403 8-410 9-423 10-424

Bowling Figures for Argyllia

O M R W
A Tailor 26 7 92 5
P Katcheia 21 1 123 1
D Burt 21 5 58 2
J Robinson 16 3 62 0
R Tilbury 16 1 73 2

Argyllia
J Cakebread c C Forster b C Bras 6 (12)
M Garrat lbw b D Martensson 31 (52)
J Lord b M Chapaev 40 (65)
T Day c A Gnedojs b C Bras 18 (35)
B Titman b D Martensson 28 (35)
S Chandarrana b C Bras 28 (62)
R Tilbury c J Cobby b C Bras 5 (36)
J Robinson lbw b C Bras 6 (3)
P Katcheia not out 5 (10)
A Tailor b C Bras 6 (4)
D Burt c J Cobby b C Bras 0 (1)
Extras ( lb9 ) 9

Total (from 53 overs) 182 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-18 2-53 3-91 4-103 5-146 6-163 7-169 8-172 9-182 10-182

Bowling Figures for Agnostic Sheep

O M R W
C Bras 13 1 52 7
D Martensson 11 2 27 2
N Swain 11 2 36 0
A Gnedojs 9 2 33 0
M Chapaev 8 1 25 1

Argyllia (Following on)
J Cakebread c M Chapaev b A Gnedojs 35 (63)
M Garrat c & b N Swain 65 (86)
J Lord lbw b C Bras 1 (6)
T Day c J Cobby b C Bras 62 (121)
B Titman c J Cobby b M Chapaev 56 (131)
S Chandarrana c J Cobby b C Bras 0 (4)
R Tilbury not out 50 (95)
J Robinson c C Bras b M Chapaev 4 (18)
P Katcheia hit wkt b N Swain 29 (74)
A Tailor c C Forster b C Bras 9 (29)
D Burt c & b C Bras 0 (1)
Extras ( w7 nb2 lb22 ) 31

Total (from 105 overs) 342 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-81 2-82 3-117 4-237 5-237 6-245 7-253 8-315 9-342 10-342

Bowling Figures for Agnostic Sheep

O M R W
C Bras 24 3 87 5
D Martensson 23 5 67 0
N Swain 19 5 56 2
A Gnedojs 18 5 50 1
M Chapaev 20 5 60 2

Agnostic Sheep
J Cobby c P Katcheia b A Tailor 2 (7)
M Seggons c S Chandarrana b A Tailor 5 (21)
P Garbett c J Cakebread b J Robinson 17 (38)
B Meynell c P Katcheia b A Tailor 0 (4)
M Jacobson hit wkt b A Tailor 0 (3)
C Forster c J Cakebread b P Katcheia 28 (53)
M Chapaev not out 4 (28)
A Gnedojs b D Burt 1 (6)
D Martensson c J Robinson b P Katcheia 3 (3)
C Bras b P Katcheia 0 (2)
N Swain c T Day b P Katcheia 0 (2)
Extras ( lb4 ) 4

Total (from 28 overs) 64 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-4 2-17 3-18 4-18 5-41 6-60 7-61 8-64 9-64 10-64

Bowling Figures for Argyllia

O M R W
A Tailor 8 2 11 4
P Katcheia 6 0 19 4
D Burt 5 2 10 1
J Robinson 5 2 15 1
R Tilbury 3 1 5 0

Argyllia won by 36 runs
Man of the match is C Bras

Lennon Marx versus Vilita

Lennon Marx
A Williams c G Shultis Jr b J Darcy 30 (35)
R Abbot c N Alam b B Drezner 1 (4)
L Baker c B Drezner b J Sullivan 57 (114)
C Smith c W Ardito b J Sullivan 16 (34)
N Hudson c D Ogjieko b B Drezner 119 (175)
M Tyler c J Bopp b G Shultis Jr 3 (4)
G Sewell c J Bopp b B Drezner 10 (35)
W Sparg stN Alam b G Shultis Jr 87 (199)
R Eales c D Ogjieko b J Sullivan 90 (135)
T Walker not out 3 (23)
P Jacobs b J Sullivan 0 (2)
Extras ( w8 nb1 b7 lb19 ) 35

Total (from 127 overs) 451 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-2 2-52 3-88 4-154 5-161 6-201 7-285 8-414 9-451 10-451

Bowling Figures for Vilita

O M R W
J Sullivan 28 4 113 4
B Drezner 28 5 111 3
N DisPirito 23 7 47 0
J Darcy 23 4 85 1
G Shultis Jr 24 4 69 2

Vilita
N Alam stA Williams b G Sewell 1 (22)
M Hasan c A Williams b G Sewell 27 (47)
D Ogjieko lbw b R Eales 18 (25)
W Ardito c A Williams b R Eales 74 (76)
M Messina c A Williams b W Sparg 13 (29)
J Bopp c M Tyler b P Jacobs 12 (17)
G Shultis Jr c & b P Jacobs 1 (12)
J Darcy c L Baker b T Walker 42 (72)
B Drezner not out 25 (60)
J Sullivan lbw b G Sewell 0 (3)
N DisPirito stA Williams b G Sewell 2 (4)
Extras ( w4 nb1 lb2 ) 7

Total (from 62 overs) 222 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-21 2-50 3-54 4-102 5-130 6-136 7-158 8-217 9-218 10-222

Bowling Figures for Lennon Marx

O M R W
T Walker 16 3 60 1
R Eales 13 6 38 2
P Jacobs 11 7 23 2
W Sparg 10 1 36 1
G Sewell 11 1 63 4

Vilita (Following on)
N Alam c N Hudson b P Jacobs 29 (44)
M Hasan c A Williams b P Jacobs 2 (19)
D Ogjieko c & b W Sparg 9 (54)
W Ardito c C Smith b W Sparg 39 (71)
M Messina not out 77 (115)
J Bopp c N Hudson b R Eales 9 (20)
G Shultis Jr b T Walker 14 (21)
J Darcy b G Sewell 2 (16)
B Drezner b G Sewell 8 (19)
J Sullivan c A Williams b R Eales 4 (25)
N DisPirito c L Baker b R Eales 0 (1)
Extras ( w4 nb1 b4 lb6 ) 15

Total (from 68 overs) 208 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-27 2-32 3-74 4-99 5-122 6-139 7-157 8-176 9-208 10-208

Bowling Figures for Lennon Marx

O M R W
T Walker 16 3 42 1
R Eales 14 5 38 3
P Jacobs 12 3 30 2
W Sparg 12 0 48 2
G Sewell 13 3 40 2

Lennon Marx won by an innings and 21 runs
Man of the match is W Sparg