FC - Week 5

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Took 12 overs to knock of the 20 odd runs needed for the declaration, going to have to go some to force a win here.

The players are off the field for the change of innings.

End of Over 116 (9 runs). BATTY SHRIMPERS: 364-7, runrate=3.14
Trail by 59 runs. (Lower Standards CC 423-10)
Lund 21-3-55-1
Middleton* 170 (156 balls)
Oconnor 0 (1 balls)

Last Wicket: Fisher c. Lund b. Wilkinson 0 (FOW: 355/7)

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Mrs BB's kept it relatively tight this morning, so she might scrape a draw out of this yet.

End of Over 26 (10 runs). Chaos Theory: 84-3, runrate=3.23 (1st Inn: 457-5 dec)
Lead by 284 runs. (DIBS DIPPERS 257-10)
Leigh 2-0-14-0
Flint* 1 (3 balls)
Tshepo 18 (26 balls)

Last Wicket: Hyams Run Out 39 (FOW: 74/3)

 

[Napster]

Whitters takes a fivefer

Napster's XI won by an innings and 190 runs.

 

[* ORM *]

Yay - first of the season and Blinkhorn folows up his 6 for 7 with 4 for 2 runs in 15 overs !

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Game on now

End of Over 19 (Maiden). Lower Standards CC: 59-4, runrate=3.11 (1st Inn: 423-10)
Lead by 118 runs. (BATTY SHRIMPERS 364-7 dec)
Middleton 10-3-17-3
Camp* 13 (9 balls)
Timothea 0 (1 balls)

Last Wicket: Benfield c. Andyraj b. Middleton 0 (FOW: 59/4)

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Mrs BB still in the field, but I don't think she'll mind too much

End of Over 47 (7 runs). Chaos Theory: 167-4, runrate=3.55 (1st Inn: 457-5 dec)
Lead by 367 runs. (DIBS DIPPERS 257-10)
Iwuajoku 11-1-38-1
Flint* 48 (59 balls)
Marriott 5 (4 balls)

Last Wicket: Tshepo c. Leigh b. Karel 45 (FOW: 160/4)

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Oppo declared leaving me to score 260 in 47 overs

The players are off the field for tea.

End of Over 7 (8 runs). BATTY SHRIMPERS: 21-0, runrate=3.00 (1st Inn: 364-7 dec)
Trail by 238 runs. (Lower Standards CC 423-10 & 200-6 dec)
Hodgson 4-2-10-0
Ricketts* 14 (20 balls)
Raziuddin 6 (23 balls)

239 needed off 40 overs (RRR = 5.98)

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Looks like Mrs BB should be able to secure a draw from this

End of Over 86 (1 runs). Chaos Theory: 297-5, runrate=3.45 (1st Inn: 457-5 dec)
Lead by 497 runs. (DIBS DIPPERS 257-10)
Karel 8-0-36-1
Clare* 42 (125 balls)
Flint 127 (166 balls)

Last Wicket: Marriott lbw b. Iwuajoku 9 (FOW: 175/5)

 

[Grayson]

Reserves won easily and we managed to stretch it to 3 days.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Looking like a draw now

End of Over 25 (1 runs). BATTY SHRIMPERS: 74-2, runrate=2.96 (1st Inn: 364-7 dec)
Trail by 185 runs. (Lower Standards CC 423-10 & 200-6 dec)
Houlihan 4-0-10-0
Hansen* 21 (38 balls)
Ricketts 41 (75 balls)

Last Wicket: Nagendranath c. Wilkinson b. Hodgson 1 (FOW: 35/2)

186 needed off 22 overs (RRR = 8.46)

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I think Mrs BB should be able to draw this one

The players are off the field for the change of innings.

End of Over 107 (Maiden). Chaos Theory: 401-10, runrate=3.75 (1st Inn: 457-5 dec)
Lead by 601 runs. (DIBS DIPPERS 257-10)
Bowler 32-8-68-6
Crane* 0 (1 balls)

 

[SUFC_Al]

Well that was a rather eventful day.

Added a further 100 from my overnight total to leave them 322 to win. My openers got the 100 in 20 overs, not the 25/30 I was hoping for. So that left them 322 from 90 overs which was very much doable. At one stage they needed 155 from 50 overs with 9 wickets in hand. I was beginning to damn my batsman for scoring too quickly. At 280-4 with 20 overs left I was fearing the worst although my bowlers were bowling pretty tidely but to bowl at 2 an over for 20 overs is a hard ask. Snagged their best bet for a win at 298-5, 24 to win off 15 overs. We rattled through the tail to bowl them out for 308, a win of 14 runs.

Phew.

 

[MrB]

Not many close FC games, that's one of the closest I've seen! Nice work Al. BTW, you going to Elmo's stag?

Here, Mario and Plums still being on invigorated is proving that I can't GFI a cup game and still expect full fitness on Friday. Fair enough Plums is one net but I'm not giving Mario any at the mo. I'd have hoped he'd recover in time.

Bottom line is I've resigned myself to FC relegation as I'm going to stick them both on 3 nets shortly and it's going to leave me very short in the bowling dept in FC!

 

[The General]

Someone just came in with a 5.5 million bid for Tapp!

:)

Lea upto 10.4 million already, i think someone is going to end up paying too much for him!

 

[The General]

Decided to make a bid now and thats as high as i can go, unless i get home from work pronto and decide to have another bite!

Kev

 

[SUFC_Al]

Not many close FC games, that's one of the closest I've seen! Nice work Al. BTW, you going to Elmo's stag?

Here, Mario and Plums still being on invigorated is proving that I can't GFI a cup game and still expect full fitness on Friday. Fair enough Plums is one net but I'm not giving Mario any at the mo. I'd have hoped he'd recover in time.

Bottom line is I've resigned myself to FC relegation as I'm going to stick them both on 3 nets shortly and it's going to leave me very short in the bowling dept in FC!

Thanks B, it was squeaky bum time rather! I wanted a win as morale is flagging and my team came up trumps this time!

Not the stag do, dint' get an invite for that :( but he said earlier he'll have 'a night on the town' for those not going to the stag, I assume it's for his older friends (literally ;))

 

[MrB]

Shame, I think I'll be able to count the number of people I know there on 2 or 3 fingers!

Though to be fair nobody has actually got an official invite to the stag as useless ******* Euan is organising!!

 

[SUFC_Al]

Shame, I think I'll be able to count the number of people I know there on 2 or 3 fingers!

Though to be fair nobody has actually got an official invite to the stag as useless ******* Euan is organising!!

'tis a shame, I don't think Euan knows me anyway!

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Draws for both myself and Mrs BB

Lea upto 10.4 million already, i think someone is going to end up paying too much for him!

He's up to to 12.2m now :clap: