Season 2: First Class Shield (Discussion Thread)

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And in comes Labuschagne to the crease. Could be up to 22 overs left, might only be 5 minutes before they call it off.

I think we are going to fall just short.

9 runs to go (assuming he remains not out!)

Is this counting Conways catch or not?

His catch won't count.

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Ed Cowan bowling! This is a boring af match but for D6s it's so huge!

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You're kidding me, they've called the game off after that Ed Cowan over.

[BratPack]

Ed cowan bowling. The universal sign of "We're calling this match off"  :P

[R.Griffen]

Did Tassie get up??

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Did Tassie get up??

You'll find out soon :)

[fanTCfool]

Did Tassie get up??

You called it on Day 1, would look pretty stupid aye?

Thanks Henriques, Tassie just keep winning

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Round 7 Results: I'm sorry, what just happened?

Q Koalas 996 defeated NSW Platypuses 518
QLD best: Joe Bruns 556 (c), Milenko 206, Steketee 123
NSW best: Somerville 291 [not named], Patterson 216 (c), Zampa 140 [not named], Moody 139, Lehmann 135 [not named]
Burns goes big, gets QLD the win and the TOTW award, they almost got the perfect week too. The same can't be said for the Platypuses who's season of selection dramas continued. 6 players scored 100+, only 2 were named and 3 of them were emergencies including Somervilles huge 291...

ACT Cockatoos 670 defeated by NT Kangaroos 852
ACT best: Nevill 223, Holland 209, Rainbird 103 [not named]
NT best: Mackin 312 (c), Cartwright 166, Finch 150, Bancroft 135, Forrest 104 [not named]
A decent score for the Cockatoos with Nevill and Holland showing they are among the best in this competition. But it was no match for BratPack's Kangaroos who've ended the year really strongly with 3 wins in the last 4 rounds. It is however the end of the season for them, ending 6th. The Cockatoos have advanced to the finals.

T Devils 843 defeated SA Wombats 820
TAS best: Henriques 630 (c), Richardson 183
SA best: Sayers 456 (c), White 141, Bailey 129, Hartley 116
This was an epic, and the good news is that next round it will be replayed! Both teams had huge captain scores and it went right down to the final over of the final game, where if Ed Cowan took a wicket it would've been a Wombats win. As it is, the Devils get the W, and end the season in 2nd

WA Swans 294 tied with V Possums 294
WA best: Pattinson 219
VIC best: Tremain 112
Boy oh boy what just happened?! I almost jinxed it that's what happened. The Possums lowest score this season was 545, the Swans highest score this year? 522. Then add in the fact the Possums have 4 guys averaging 100+ in their side, and the Swans have only 2 players!!! Then the Swans had no captain either. And this also went down to the final ball of the game, Labuschagne needed 12* or 22 for the Swans to win, he ends on 11* causing the tie. Incredible. The Possums should thanks their lucky stars though as the tie has seen them finish 3rd where a loss would've had them end 4th. This was destined to happen after I put up the "rivalries" section in the Honour Board thread, and not accounting for the event of a tie. But really Possums, it was 2v6...

Awards
Manager of the Week: nrich102
Team of the Week: Q Koalas

Ladder

There's our final ladder. Prizemoney is as follows: Q Koalas $40k, NT Kangaroos $20k, NSW Platypuses $10k. Also congratulations to the SA Wombats who will be making an appearance in their first ever finals series, and they've sure earned this one.

Efficiency
If only we lived in a perfect world... Well now we can see over what it would look like!

Best Possible score Round 6:
NT Kangaroos 934
NSW Platypuses 1207
WA Swans 513
SA Wombats 900
T Devils 863
ACT Cockatoos 1011
V Possums 419
Q Koalas 1035


Overall Efficiency
T Devils 82.03
Q Koalas 79.87
SA Wombats 79.55
ACT Cockatoos 76.63
WA Swans 75.10
NT Kangaroos 71.20
V Possums 64.70
NSW Platypuses 46.42

Round 8 Fixtures: Semi Finals (25th February 2017)
SA Wombats vs T Devils
V Possums vs ACT Cockatoos

So there we are, the final 4. The first match up is a Major Semi with the winner going straight to the Granny. The loser will then play the winner of the Minor Semi. In both games this week the home team will have a 20 point head start for HGA. Managers of these teams watch your PMs I will be sending through a table of your players and their performances this season :)

[Torpedo10]

Well played Nige.  :)

I'm disappointed but confident we will be more competitive next season!

[BratPack]

Good way to end, winning our last 5 games in a row and defending the T20 trophy to be the only 2 Time champions in D6 history so far. If only the start of the first class season wasn't so terrible

[nrich102]

Good to get TOTW, but disappointed not to make the finals :(

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Oh yeah there was one more thing I wanted to do, so may as well do it below. I doubt there'd be enough following for me to schedule a time and get enough to follow along, so just scroll slowly if you want some excitement :P

I'm talking of course about a Player of the Tournament award! :D

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Player Of the Year

Round 1 Votes
QLD 929 def NT 670
3. Luke Feldman
2. Joe Burns
1. Travis Head

NSW 605 def by SA 979
3. Shaun Marsh
2. Chadd Sayers
1. Callum Ferguson

ACT 969 def VIC 762
3. Marcus Harris
2. Steve Smith
1. Chris Tremain

TAS 824 def WA 522
3. Josh Hazlewood
2. David Warner
1. Tom Cooper

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Round 2 Votes
SA 1448 def QLD 166
3. Chadd Sayers
2. George Bailey
1. Cameron White

VIC 637 def NT 402
3. Jason Behrendorff
2. Chris Tremain
1. Joe Mennie

WA 361 def by NSW 878
3. Ashton Agar
2. Stephen O'Keefe
1. Nic Maddinson

TAS 468 def by ACT 562
3. Jon Holland
2. Dan Worrall
1. Scott Boland

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Leaderboard
Chadd Sayers   SA   5
Chris Tremain   VIC   3
Jon Holland   ACT   3
Jason Behrendorff   NT   3
Luke Feldman   NT   3
Shaun Marsh   SA   3
Marcus Harris   ACT   3
Josh Hazlewood   WA   3
Ashton Agar   NSW   3
Joe Burns   QLD   2
Steve Smith   ACT   2
David Warner   TAS   2
George Bailey   SA   2
Stephen O'Keefe   NSW   2
Dan Worrall   TAS   2
Travis Head   QLD   1
Joe Mennie   VIC   1
Cameron White   SA   1
Scott Boland   ACT   1
Callum Ferguson   NSW   1
Tom Cooper   TAS   1
Nic Maddinson   WA   1