PPL 6 | Bolan Bravehearts v Punjab Panthers | Match 15

[kingusama92]

Bolan are almost out of the running now - they simply cannot manage to snatch a win. In fact they have done really well in snatching defeat from the jaws of victory lately. They will most definitely require a win or they can kiss any hopes goodbye. Punjab are cruising on top - undefeated. They look like sure shot favourites at this point in time. Can Bolan knock them down? We shall find out.

The match will be taking place in Bolan - Ayub National Stadium.
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**Managers please post your final XIs - Bolan please post your pitch type as well.**

Also, a side note. If you edit your final XI - please let me know in this thread, otherwise I will use the final XI you posted first.

Timings Depends on the finishing time of first match of doubleheader

[iHammad]

oh no

[iHammad]

1. Jacques Kallis
2. Grant Elliot
3. Michael Clarke
4. iHammad *
5. Cover Drive +
6. Free Hit
7. Xohaib
8. itduzz
9. Andrew Flintoff
10. HuZi
11. Gary Gilmour

Normal Pitch

Bowl first

KU, please keep all domestic players bowling average to 99, thanks

[Boi]

Originally Posted by Mohsin May not be online for the weekend and we may have the double headers so just in case...unchanged team for Bolan game EDIT: having said that I can't update the averages ASAP...I may be back on Sunday so if the game is late afternoon/evening things should be fine...if not then can the game just be swapped with Mondays game?

[Omar Malik]

Is this game today and if so at what time?

[Boi]

Originally Posted by Omar Malik Is this game today and if so at what time?

It will start after the Lahore match finishes. That begins at 5pm BST.

[kingusama92]

I am pushing this match to Wednesday

[further explanation in schedule thread]

[Boi]

Originally Posted by kingusama92 I am pushing this match to Wednesday [further explanation in schedule thread]

Oay Lala!

[Mohsin]

Thanks Boi

Punjab XI:

Inswinger
Mohsin*
Omar Malik
MS Dhoni (wk)
Sy
Plasma
Ahmed Zulfiqar
Alex Cusack
Steven Mullaney
Tony Gray
Ajantha Mendis

Win the toss, BOWL first

[iHammad]

ku i've made some changes to my final 11, thanks

[kingusama92]

Originally Posted by iHammad ku i've made some changes to my final 11, thanks

Thank you for letting me know.

[kingusama92]

Hello and welcome to this exciting match between Bolan and Punjab – best vs. worst. Rameez Raja, our man down in the middle, has made it all the way over to wicket and says there's quite a lot of cloud cover there, as there has been over the past few days, which will help the ball swing. "The weather is mild but we've been having afternoon showers this week so there's a chance that could happen again," he adds.

[kingusama92]

The pitch looks decent, but might move around a tad here and there. A few scruff marks near the batting crease. Might be a bit damp underneath the surface, reckons Robin Jackman. Its a consistent track, however, looking pretty even all the length down.

[kingusama92]

"A good start for the Ayub national stadium ... the electronic scoreboard has crashed before a ball has been bowled," says Rameez Raja. "At least it makes a change from sightscreens not working."
Here come the umpires players. Mohsin walks out along with iHammad who receives a healthy cheer.. There is a huge crowd in to witness this match.


BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BOWL FIRST

[iHammad]

let's go Bolan...let's go....

Oh who am I kidding, we've got no chance whatsoever...

[kingusama92]

0.6 Gilmour to Inswinger, FOUR, smacked for four! Gilmour holds back the length this time and Inswinger swivels on the pull, in a flash, and picks the gap behind square leg, what a cracking shot from him.



3.1 Gilmour to Mohsin, FOUR, super shot, Mohsin comes onto the front foot and gets to the pitch of this one, just pushing through the line and picking the gap a cover, and the fast outfield does the rest.


4.3 Elliott to Mohsin, FOUR, strays onto the pads and thats disdainfully flicked past square leg for four

End of over 10 (13 runs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 70/0
(R/R: 7.00)
Jacques Kallis 2.0-0-22-0
Inswinger 24(24b 1X4 1X6)
Mohsin 44(36b 6X4 1X6)

[kingusama92]

13.5 Flintoff to Mohsin, OUT, stunning catch! And i mean stunning! Flintoff pitches it just back of a length outside off stump, Mohsin opens the face and tries to steer the ball away but thats a brilliant effort from the fielder at gully, diving horizontal to his right and plucking the ball with one outstretched hand, then tumbling to the ground before his team-mates and the fortunate bowler mob him.

Mohsin 53 (48b 7X4 1X6)
c. Elliott b. Flintoff




16.1 Clarke to Malik, FOUR, banged in short on the stumps and Malik opens his account with a controlled short-arm jab past the fielder at midwicket, a very positive shot that


19.5 Elliott to Inswinger, OUT,edged and taken, and the moving ball does the trick! Terrific delivery and good catch by CD at second slip, Elliott delivers after the errant wide with one pitched up, straightening, and luring a tentative Inswinger into a fatal push which is well snapped up by Elliott.

Inswinger 49 (52b 3X4 2X6)
c. Drive b. Elliott

End of over 20 (5 runs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 130/2
(R/R: 6.50)
Grant Elliott 6.0-0-36-1
Omar Malik 21(19b 2X4 1X6)
MS Dhoni 3(1b)

[kingusama92]

22.1 Flintoff to Dhoni, FOUR, pitches it up to get Dhoni chasing it, there's a hint of swing but thats a lovely push off the front foot into the gap at cover for a pleasing boundary, his first too.



25.2 Kallis to Malik, FOUR, short of a length outside off and cracked quite superbly off the back foot

28.4 HuZi to Dhoni, FOUR, full face of the bat to the overpitched ball, and punched very straight

End of over 30 (17 runs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 216/2
(R/R: 7.20)
Gary Gilmour 5.0-0-44-0
MS Dhoni 59(39b 8X4 2X6)
Omar Malik 48(41b 6X4 1X6)

[iHammad]

Originally Posted by kingusama92 Mohsin walks out along with iHammad who receives a healthy cheer.. There is a huge crowd in to witness this match.

We still have crowd attending our matches

maybe the tickets were free

[kingusama92]

30.3 HuZi to Malik, FOUR,pitched up, on the legstump, Malik eases it through midwicket for a boundary that just makes him look meaner and meaner, wonderfully timed stroke that.



37.4 Gilmour to Dhoni, FOUR, nothing streaky about that boundary, shortish ball from Gilmour, Dhoni stands tall and square drives that for four!

End of over 40 (2 runs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 259/2
(R/R: 6.47)
Gary Gilmour 9.0-0-54-0
Omar Malik 71(67b 9X4 1X6)
MS Dhoni 75(73b 9X4 2X6)

[kingusama92]

Originally Posted by iHammad We still have crowd attending our matches maybe the tickets were free

I was shocked myself.

[kingusama92]

40.3 Clarke to Dhoni, FOUR, short ball, pulled in the air past square leg, Flintoff runs around and dives but makes a mess of it and cannot prevent a boundary



43.3 Kallis to Malik, SIX, He is just loosening up for the actual onslaught later on. This is a mere flick and it has been dispatched into the 40th row. What amazing strength in his wrists to get the ball to fly like that.

48.3 Clarke to Dhoni, SIX, The whirlwind shot is out. He has just smashed that into oblivion. A crazy shot that has thudded into the building behind the stadium - I hope everyone is alright after this one was landed. What a stroke and just plain scary. Dhoni is a monster.

49.3 Kallis to Malik, SIX, ???!!! He brings up his 150 with that mammoth shot - what a player he has been today and he really has made the bowlers toil out there. This was a brilliant slog over long-on and no one even bothered thinking about chasing that monstrosity. Brilliance and violence combined into one stroke.



End of over 50 (25 runs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 383/2
(R/R: 7.66)
Jacques Kallis 10.0-0-109-0
Omar Malik 150(103b 20X4 5X6)
MS Dhoni 114(99b 15X4 3X6)


End of innings (50.0 overs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 383/2 (RR: 7.74)
Jacques Kallis 10.0-0-109-0
Omar Malik 150(103b 20X4 5X6)
MS Dhoni 114(99b 15X4 3X6)

[AZ]

what a chhitrol! Panthers Paindabaad!

[kingusama92]

This is going to be a mammoth chase. Can Bolan do it?

[kingusama92]

0.6 Mullaney to Elliott, FOUR, firm stroke from Elliott, firmly grabbing hold of a length ball and cracking it on the rise, off the front foot initially, then standing tall and drilling past cover for four.



3.1 Gray to Elliott, FOUR, overpitched on the stumps and thats a vintage Elliott straight drive, yummy.

7.6 Mullaney to Elliott, FOUR, dragged down short, Elliott spots the length and hooks past deep square, bisecting the two men at deep fine leg and deep square leg.


End of over 10 (9 runs)
BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS 82/0
(R/R: 8.20 R/R Req: 7.55)
Plasma 1.0-0-9-0
Jacques Kallis 33(24b 3X4)
Grant Elliott 46(36b 5X4 1X6)

[kingusama92]

11.6 Gray to Kallis, FOUR, awesome shot from Kallis, initially pressing forward but then transferring the weight to punch a short ball off the toes into the window between cover and point.



18.5 Cusack to Kallis, OUT, Oh that is an easy run-out for Dhoni. Kallis plays a tame shot to the right of the pitch and just starts running blindly. He is turned back by his partner, Grant Elliott and by that time Dhoni has run from his keeping position and smashed the wickets into pieces with the ball.

Jacques Kallis 63 (52b 7X4 1X6)
run out (Dhoni)

19.2 Plasma to Elliott, OUT, short just outside off stump and he pulls it straight to Harris at mid-on! That was a poor ball, short and wide, but Elliott reached out and swatted it nowhere but to the man

Grant Elliott 78 (63b 8X4 2X6)
c. Mohsin b. Plasma

End of over 20 (1 runs)
BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS 146/2
(R/R: 7.30 R/R Req: 7.93)
Plasma 3.0-0-20-1
Michael Clarke 0(2b)
iHammad 1(3b)

[kingusama92]

21.4 Plasma to Clarke, OUT, through the gate, Plasma swings it away slightly and lands it on the off stump, the ball beats the daylight between bat and pad and clips the offstump.

Michael Clarke 5 (7b 1X4)
b. Plasma



22.3 Gray to iHammad, FOUR, top shot, and the correct way to deal with the wide half-volley, coming onto the front foot and square-driving behind point for the second four of the over, a good one for iHammad

28.1 Plasma to iHammad, FOUR, a controlled shot, iHammad rolling the wrists over a short ball and picking the gap in front of square leg, his third flourishing shot in consecutive overs.

End of over 30 (7 runs)
BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS 218/3
(R/R: 7.27 R/R Req: 8.30)
Steven Mullaney 4.0-0-37-0
Cover Drive 30(25b 6X4)
iHammad 38(33b 4X4)

[AZ]

we have to break this partnership

[kingusama92]

30.1 Plasma to iHammad, FOUR,another fullish ball and a much better-timed drive from iHammad, picking out the window at extra cover, such a pleasing batsman to watch when he's on song



33.3 Cusack to Drive, FOUR, impressive shot, getting hold of a full delivery on off stump and driving straight back past the stumps, dead straight in fact, and no one can cut it off

34.3 Mullaney to iHammad, OUT, and he's gone! Silence around the Ayub National Stadium as iHammad reaches out and square-drives a full delivery outside off stump and picks out Omar Malik at gully, holding a sharp one!

iHammad 57 (44b 7X4)
c. Malik b. Mullaney



End of over 40 (12 runs)
BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS 280/4
(R/R: 7.00 R/R Req: 10.40)
Steven Mullaney 8.0-1-55-1
Free Hit 10(14b 1X4)
Cover Drive 61(60b 9X4)

[kingusama92]

40.1 Plasma to Drive, FOUR, gets room outside off and thrashes the ball, slashing over gully



41.5 Mullaney to Drive, OUT, wrong choice of shot, Mullaney bowls another short of a length ball and Drive tries to pull him again, he plays too early and gets a tame top edge, Malik takes the catch, terrible shot at this stage.

Cover Drive 69 (67b 11X4)
c. Malik b. Mullaney

45.6 Cusack to Hit, FOUR, Cusack adjusts to a fuller length but it costs him a boundary, Free Hit leans nicely on to the cover drive, Mohsin makes a good attempt at pulling it back but the ball wins.

End of over 46 (6 runs)
BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS 321/5
(R/R: 6.98 R/R Req: 15.75)
Alex Cusack 8.0-0-62-0
Free Hit 24(28b 3X4)
Xohaib 17(15b 1X4 1X6)

[kingusama92]

49.2 Cusack to Hit, FOUR,poor delivery and well put away, he angles it on the pads and Hit clips it with the inward movement and beats square leg to his right.

Tame end to proceedings as Bolan could not muster any boundaries.

End of over 50 (14 runs)
BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS 350/5
(R/R: 7.00)
Alex Cusack 10.0-0-84-0
Xohaib 23(28b 1X4 1X6)
Free Hit 45(39b 4X4 2X6)


End of innings (50.0 overs)
BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS 350/5 (RR: 7.00)
Alex Cusack 10.0-0-84-0
Xohaib 23(28b 1X4 1X6)
Free Hit 45(39b 4X4 2X6)

[kingusama92]

Thats the end of the match
A very close match indeed, but in the end the Punjab Panthers bowlers contained the Bolan Bravehearts batsman, to grasp victory
Bolan Bravehearts didnt have a chance chasing this total
Thats all the cricket from Ayub National


PUNJAB PANTHERS 383/2 50.0 overs
BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS 350/5 50.0 overs

Punjab Panthers won by 33 runs

Man of the match: Omar Malik

[kingusama92]

Date: 07-07-2010

  
BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS VS PUNJAB PANTHERS at Ayub National
50 overs match
Pitch Condition: Normal
 
BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BOWL FIRST
  
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PUNJAB PANTHERS innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Inswinger           c. Drive       b. Elliott      49    52    3    2   94.2%
Mohsin              c. Elliott     b. Flintoff     53    48    7    1  110.4%
Omar Malik          not out                       150   103   20    5  145.6%
MS Dhoni            not out                       114    99   15    3  115.2%
Sy                                                
Plasma                                            
Ahmed Zulfiqar                                    
Alex Cusack                                       
Steven Mullaney                                   
Tony Gray                                         
Ajantha Mendis                                    
 
 Total:  383/2       Overs:  50.0          Run Rate:  7.66      Extras:  17    
  
                                     -X-

BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Gary Gilmour         10.0      0      63      0      6.30     0      1 
Grant Elliott        10.0      0      48      1      4.80     0      1 
Andrew Flintoff      10.0      0      57      1      5.70     0      1 
Jacques Kallis       10.0      0     109      0     10.90     0      4 
Michael Clarke        7.0      0      57      0      8.14     2      0 
HuZi                  3.0      0      41      0     13.67     0      0 
 
 
EXTRAS           Wides: 2      No Balls: 7      Leg Byes: 7      Byes: 1 

Total: 383/2          Overs: 50.0         Run Rate: 7.66      Extras: 17 
                                     -X-
 

PUNJAB PANTHERS Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
Inswinger     M Mohsin     þþþþþþþþþþþþ                              91 (83)
Inswinger     O Malik      þþþþ                                      36 (36)
M Dhoni       O Malik      þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ      256 (181)


     Fall of Wickets    91/1      127/2                         
                                                                          

 Total:  383/2       Overs:  50.0         Run Rate:  7.66     Extras:  17   
  
                                     -X-

[kingusama92]

BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Jacques Kallis      run out (Dhoni)                63    52    7    1  121.2%
Grant Elliott       c. Mohsin      b. Plasma       78    63    8    2  123.8%
Michael Clarke                     b. Plasma        5     7    1    0   71.4%
iHammad             c. Malik       b. Mullaney     57    44    7    0  129.5%
Cover Drive         c. Malik       b. Mullaney     69    67   11    0  103.0%
Free Hit            not out                        45    39    4    2  115.4%
Xohaib              not out                        23    28    1    1   82.1%
itduzz               
Andrew Flintoff      
HuZi                 
Gary Gilmour         
 
 Total:  350/5       Overs:  50.0          Run Rate:  7.00      Extras:  10    
  
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PUNJAB PANTHERS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Steven Mullaney      10.0      1      69      2      6.90     0      0 
Tony Gray            10.0      0      56      0      5.60     0      3 
Alex Cusack          10.0      0      84      0      8.40     0      3 
Ajantha Mendis       10.0      0      60      0      6.00     0      0 
Plasma               10.0      0      78      2      7.80     0      1 
 
 
EXTRAS           Wides: 0      No Balls: 7      Leg Byes: 3      Byes: 0 

Total: 350/5          Overs: 50.0         Run Rate: 7.00      Extras: 10 
                                     -X-
 

BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS Partnerships

Batsmen                                                            Runs (Balls)
J Kallis      G Elliott    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ      145 (113)
M Clarke      G Elliott                                               0 (3)
M Clarke      i iHammad    þþ                                        11 (14)
C Drive       i iHammad    þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ                    94 (77)
C Drive       F Hit        þþþþþþþþþþþ                               46 (44)
X Xohaib      F Hit        þþþþþþþþþþþþþ                             54 (49)


     Fall of Wickets    145/1     145/2     156/3     250/4     296/5
                                                                          

 Total:  350/5       Overs:  50.0         Run Rate:  7.00     Extras:  10   
  
 
  
 
                                     -X-
 
PUNJAB PANTHERS      383/2     50.0 overs
BOLAN BRAVEHEARTS    350/5     50.0 overs
   
Punjab Panthers won by 33 runs
  
Man of the match: Omar Malik

[kingusama92]

Tough luck Bolan - you guys really can't manage a win.

Punjab remains undefeated - what a unit that has been assembled.

Good luck to both teams in their next matches.

[AZ]

well done Omar, held some sharpies in the field too

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWRRRRR!

[iHammad]

out of the tournament

well played Punjab, deserved to win

[Mohsin]

undefeated still, excellent stuff

everyone contributed, comiserations Bolan

[Inswinger]

Originally Posted by Mohsin undefeated still, excellent stuff everyone contributed, comiserations Bolan

Thanks for giving me another shot after so many failures. Finally got a decent score and contributed to a win.