Week 9 matches

[Craig P]

Four wickets taken, RR under five on a hard'n'fast pitch against the weak sister team of the series (non-bot in line for an autodemote).

[Bluto11]

recovered from 38/2

End of Over 33: 167-2, runrate=5.06
Whitehouse 10-0-61-0
Edwards* 43 (82 balls)
Spearitt 86 (80 balls)

[Andy P]

I'm within touching distance of the County Championship!

Thanks to another win today and 3rd place beating 2nd i'm now 12 points clear with 5 games left, 2 of them against bots.

Hopefully I can secure promotion with a couple of games to spare so I can rest my star in time for the World Cup. It's been a good week for him with 2 pops, his best u19 score, going up 9 places in the ODI player rankings and another not out today.

Edit: And I just realised he's hit feeble experience today. Not bad for an 18yo.

[Craig P]

We're chasing 231-8 on a hard'n'fast pitch. That should be a relatively easy target, especially if the top end can hang around for a while.

[NoodlesMacintosh]

Wow. I went to sleep thinking I'd surely lost; I woke up to find I'd won a good game. It was against the league leaders and only non-bot in my series. I managed to hold his quality top of the order in relative check and bounced him after 168 runs. I then proceeded to pull off a win even after my top man went out after 7 runs. I had a better night's sleep than I realized! :D

[John_Harkes_6]

I went down like I expected. I have been TIEing it against the top 3-4 teams in preparation for my string of games against 6, 7, and 8 in three of the last four weeks. I am sitting in fifth which would be a qualifier but I think I can hold my own in a qualie and its highly unlikely I can make a run at fourth unless the guy really trips up.

[Bluto11]

easy 162 run win for me. played TIE, got to get the fitness back up.

recovered nicely with a 248 run 3rd wicket stand

[Craig P]

Norse had an easy eight-wicket win, with Seargeant going for a century and Clairmonte going for 50 (on the second-to-last ball of the match, no less).

[johno]

easy win for my guys. bowled them out for 158 and then got to that in 23 overs no wickets lost. forgot to tie unfortunately...

I'm this *holds out fingers* close to winning promotion to the windies premier... I'm 4pts behind the leader... i've got him next and i've got a slim nrr late over him so if i beat him I'll be in 1st.

*** looking at promotion table it appears I'll have to gain some ground in NRR as Borderliners (in II.4) will be tied w/ me on points and his NRR is slightly better than mine, so I'll have to work on keeping that NRR very high...

I can taste the premier... I think I'm going to have to splash some cash on a bowler to help bowl those bastards out cheaper.


EDIT:

The bastard's putting up exceptional top order ratings :eek: I usually put up remarkable... i have to figure he's going to FGI which leaves me in deep doodoo. My only advantage is spin bowling where he's only respectable... i already have my pitch on dusty but i don't know... i'm feeling very vulnerable all of a sudden... i thought I had the measure of this guy.

Now I'm definitely buying a player. Maybe a batsman, but probably a bowler... I'm selling my back up wk and I may decide to sell my 5th bowler too to raise funds to get me a top notch quick.

[romagol10]

Played a GFI and lost a very close match. 315/5 to 322/5. The loss drops me down to third place and pretty much ends my hopes of finishing first and promoting.

[Craig P]

Borderliners are just a terrific team all around, if that's who you're talking about. They're going to win probably the toughest series in II. I wouldn't worry about autopromotion if I were you -- remember that with four bots in the Premier, you'll basically get a free pass if you have a qually.

Regarding your comment in conferences...
Well, that's interesting. I would occasionally pinch hit an aggressive batsman at the top of the order and give him VA orders but since I've gotten lazy I guess, now I just let my 2 best batsmen bat first, they've got the best chance of scoring the most runs imo.

I don't really want to get into my lineup strategy where everyone can see it, but...

What I do for normal matches is:
I put Seargeant first -- it's a little risky as my total is in trouble if he's out quickly, but it pays off as I want him getting as many balls as possible as he has the best strike rate on the team.

I put my second-best batsman (Thom Pook) fifth -- he's there to "catch" a free-fall in the early going as well as to hopefully clean up in the last ten overs.

The rest I try to arrange with my best batsmen coming first and my weaker ones coming later.

[kopiteinkc]

Broke my losing streak with a win!

[AAGunner3]

I'm cruising in my series. Got one guy who could give me trouble but it's TIE all the way. Given that I may promote, next season could be very tough. Doubt I'm savvy enough to compete in WI II division. We'll see.