Subject: Battrick

I'm in a series IV. Does that mean I could get relegated ? Eeek.

Yeah, you could :)

Groves 7-7-0-3

Decent opening bowling performance so far :)

Have we determined which is worth more yet, OD or FC ?

I got roughly the same in terms of gate receipts last week from both if that helps you decide.

Ah, but you won your FC, meaning fan moods would be higher for OD, I think FC is slightly better, but you have to play 3 days and make a decent game of it.

I got about 10k more for FC. I guess with the win, you'd reckon OD brings in slightly less, then?

Yep.

End of Over 20 (4 runs). the drongos: 6-5, runrate=0.30 (1st Inn: 23-10)
Trail by 394 runs. (Pboranjing CC 423-1 dec)

Looks like I might win another FC game, too. Promotion needed this season, I think. A couple of trainees will be suitable to play next season, so I might even stay up :)

Not going terribly well for me.

End of Over 72 (3 runs). Beermonsters: 425-1, runrate=5.90
Lead by 165 runs. (Wideboys CC 260-10)
Watkiss 15-0-74-0
Dick* 235 (208 balls)
Stevenson 6 (28 balls)
Last Wicket: Gould c. Usman b. Haines 166 (FOW: 402/1)

End of Over 152 (1 runs). Wolves: 476-7, runrate=3.13
Macdonald 40-7-105-3
Curtis* 161 (232 balls)
Lomas 0 (8 balls)

Last Wicket: Goodliffe c & b. Macdonald 62 (FOW: 470/7)

My bowlers are now exposed, 1 has really high concentration though, so he should stick around. Dec target changed to 550 last night, could take a while now, hoping to be bowled out tbh, and then hopefully bowl them out.

End of Over 157 (Maiden). Wolves: 485-10, runrate=3.09
Varney 38-10-63-3
Curtis* 169 (245 balls)

Woohoo, quickly over, ok they get an extra bowling point, but I don't really care, hopefully I can bowl them out for 284.

argh.

Garboldisham Casuals: 39-2, runrate=3.90 (1st Inn: 143-10)
Trail by 30 runs. (Frenetic Sloggers CC 212-10)

So I'm -30 for 2. I might avoid an innings defeat, but not by much.

Cripes.

End of Over 20 (3 runs). Garboldisham Casuals: 59-5, runrate=2.95 (1st Inn: 143-10)
Trail by 10 runs. (Frenetic Sloggers CC 212-10)

Minus 10 for 5 !

End of Over 103 (10 runs). Beermonsters: 569-2, runrate=5.52
Lead by 309 runs. (Wideboys CC 260-10)
Viljoen 19-0-90-0
Grounds* 40 (75 balls)
Dick 306 (281 balls)
Last Wicket: Stevenson c. Cable b. Haines 32 (FOW: 486/2)
102.6 1 Viljoen to Grounds
Wide delivery, late cut, deep backward point runs in to field.
102.5 2 Viljoen to Grounds
Well flighted and reverse swept through third man.
102.4 . Viljoen to Grounds
Great line and length. Tight, shortish ball on off stump, forced back on the off side of the pitch in defence.
102.3 1 Viljoen to Dick
On leg stump and he flicks it away to fine leg.
102.2 4 Viljoen to Dick
Streaky shot but they all count!
102.1 2 Viljoen to Dick
Driven up towards mid on, easy couple of runs there.
A triple century. Excellent innings this.

I tink this Dick needs to be destroyed :P
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For a moment there, I thought you were gloating. Welcome to the same boat I'm in :)... Minus 5 for 6 last time I checked...

I just feel like FC has screwed over any chance of competing in either format. People are too tired from last season still to be effective, even on very limited nets not recovering very well.

I don't want it to go however, but I do feel that you are at a total disadvantage if you suffer in one format because you get morale hits etc, in turn that stops any chance of you doing reasonably well in the other.

And of course i am in a very difficult FC series, and my OD series has been getting steadily tougher over the past 3 seasons. I am pretty sure i'm going to demote from one of my series.