NZ Community Shield

[Muff]

Weird game today.

Had both openers in the shed early at 7-2, then a massive partnership formed to take them to 190-2. One of those batsman being Shane Carwin, a guy I tried to buy a few seasons ago. Before the rubber band sprang back in my direction to bowl them for 238 with 5.3 overs remaining.

Will need a good batting performance to chase this today.

T. Masekela (rfm) 2-1-6-0, J. Plane 4 (7b), A. Rosman 4 (11b)
End of over 3 (6 runs) - Realism Ravens(8-0). 231 runs required from 47 overs. RR 2.67 RRR 4.91

[Muff]

Happy at drinks, still 27 runs behind on comparison but they didn't bat their full overs and the 1 of the 2 wickets I lost was an allrounder. So plenty of batting quality left if these two can continue to build a strong platform.

C. Baptiste (rfm) 3-1-13-0, E. McLoughlin 43 (51b), J. Plane 47 (65b)
End of over 25 (maiden) - Realism Ravens(110-2). 129 runs required from 25 overs. RR 4.40 RRR 5.16

[Muff]

Spoke too soon


T. Masekela (rfm) 8-1-24-5, H. Ponsford 4 (13b), T. Frakes 0 (1b)
End of over 31 (4 runs) - Realism Ravens(129-6). 110 runs required from 19 overs. RR 4.16 RRR 5.79

[Muff]

They just capitulated after drinks. Still with an average age of 26.5, and 3.36 years younger than the Hurricanes my guys are developing nicely.

Crossfire Hurricane won by 68 runs
C. Baptiste (rfm) 5.5-1-29-1, T. Frakes 13 (26b)
End of over 41 (6 runs) - Realism Ravens(170-10). 69 runs required from 9 overs. RR 4.15 RRR 7.67

Crossfire Hurricane Realism Ravens
Batting - Top Order 14,087 13,492
Batting - Middle Order 11,247 12,471
Batting - Tail 5,092 4,437
Bowling - Seam 14,166 (50) 12,533 (50)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 16,230 16,285
Overall 236,136 228,687

[Muff]

Penguins sold up a while back, no chance of jumping Navman so other than the shield its a dead rubber

[Muff]

Looks like Kaetor is about to take the Shield in the opening round of matches. Crossfire Hurricanes are now 8 down and not much batting left.

38.1 W Yousif to Binney : The stump cam has been damaged by that delivery from Yousif. Bye bye Binney.
A. Binney b. J. Yousif 5 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR:71.43

M. Bryce (rm) 10-1-63-2, A. Binney 5 (6b), C. Baptiste 1 (3b)
End of over 38 (5 runs) - Crossfire Hurricane(212-7). 65 runs required from 12 overs. RR 5.58 RRR 5.42