NT Tours and Friendly Match Thread

[Fletch74]

But being the team setting the total, there was no pressure except that from the bowlers.

True, but fatigue was the real issue though last night, when we select a squad with 7 batsmen, 2 keepers, and 9 bowlers, especially when you have 4 flats/hard pitches out of the 5 matches.

*I didn't set the squad BTW >:( * Good experience anyway.

[8-6 Suited]

Pretty sure we pick our squads to the same degree of players Fletch. And we have 3 Dry/2 Hard pitches. Personally the Flat/Hards would be the pitches you would want the most, due to the ease of playing on them.

Chase always on a Flat. Set on a Hard.

[Fletch74]

Yes I'd agree, but the bowlers aren't fatigued compared to the batsmen at the moment...

[Fletch74]

Result: Bangladesh won by 7 wickets

Bangladesh Bermuda
Batting - Top Order: 11,125 12,137
Batting - Middle Order: 9,877 10,904
Batting - Tail: 4,223 4,957
Bowling - Seam: 11,400 (10) 13,267 (8)
Bowling - Spin: 0 (0) 11,505 (2)
Fielding/Keeping: 13,887 12,843
Overall: 195,338 210,134

Another dismal failure last night. One saving grace is that I didn't set the orders :P For me, the orders were all over the place....

Well, even though we're sitting 5th, we are still a chance to stay up as we're playing the winless Sri Lanka tonight, and Bangladesh are playing off against Ireland. They lose, we win, we should remain in Div 2, which I'm happy with for a minor nation.

Well done to Shaggy and the boys for taking out the Div 1 title ;)

[8-6 Suited]

Yeah thanks mate. That's 4 out of the last 5 tours we have taken the title for. Tonight, we play the UAE who took a strong squad on tour for the chance to go undefeated, however we can't lose first place anyway.

[8-6 Suited]

Well we won the tour, 5 from 5. Undefeated. :D



    End of over 37 (5 runs) - UAE(168-7) RR 4.54
R. Karim 12 (28b) , J. Hamdan 1 (4b) , L. Mutton 9-0-49-1

Our friendly today against the UAE on a Hard pitch in Cloudy weather.

[8-6 Suited]

End of over 42 (1 run) - UAE(187-8) RR 4.45
F. Hamid 0 (0b) , R. Karim 20 (45b) , R. Rorke 6-1-17-2

[8-6 Suited]

Easy win last night vs the UAE boys.

Result:   Australia won by 6 wickets
Toss:   Australia won the toss and elected to bowl.
Man of the match:   Jack Goodwin (3 points), Ronald Rorke (2), Kadeem Murat (1)

Match Ratings    Australia   UAE
Batting - Top Order:   14,679   13,344
Batting - Middle Order:   10,865   11,488
Batting - Tail:   4,208   5,098
Bowling - Seam:   13,137 (8)   11,839 (10)
Bowling - Spin:   13,322 (2)   0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping:   14,102   13,970
Overall:   222,971   215,726






ALSO, with the West Indies tour being played on Green, Slow and Crumbling... HP, I would prepare for the possible lose of Moser.

[Justin Bieber]

I think I can cover him if he leaves for his duties 8).

Great tour going 5-0 :o.

[8-6 Suited]

I've thrown someone elses name up who is a year old, same skills but 1 less Fielding and 2 more levels of experience than Moser... But it seems likely Moser will go instead which I don't really agree with. :P

[Justin Bieber]

Heps said Moser was in consideration due to pitch selection so I can only sit and hope :P. Experience is a downfall for him but skills are AWESOME 8). Soon to be 60k ratings as well!

[8-6 Suited]

No doubt that Moser is an animal. But as you said, his experience isn't that good for his age. That is why I suggested who I did instead of Moser but haven't really heard anything back yet in the past couple days.

[bomberboy0618]

Wouldnt it make sense to send moser to build up his exp for the wc?

[Justin Bieber]

That's if he makes the WC :P.

With his skill set, can look past his experience when I bought him. He was Capable so should get another one end of this season possibly. I don't mind his experience but that's me :-X.

[8-6 Suited]

But for a 27yo, he doesn't have long enough to build his experience up to a NT level. His experience is what we look at as a base bottom level for a 25yo pretty much in which clearly Moser isn't. While I do love the guy and his skill set is phenomenal, at NT level it sets him behin which can result in being more expensive and less wickets at times.