New Zealand A v Celtic Provinces CribbSim Complex (ALC) %New Zealand A <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Batsman.jpg> %SP Phlegm <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Batsman.jpg> %PM Jackson <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Batsman.jpg> %B Olsen <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Batsman.jpg> %JD Hurricane <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Keeper.jpg> %DP Howell <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Allrounder.jpg> %DA Astele <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Allrounder.jpg> %MD Dorn <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Allrounder.jpg> %ER Starris <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Bowler.jpg> %GR Smith <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Bowler.jpg> %RS Hutchinson <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Bowler.jpg> %SIA Yates %Celtic Provinces <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Batsman.jpg> %O du Toit <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Keeper.jpg> %AJ Laing <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Batsman.jpg> %ND Short <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Allrounder.jpg> %CJ Laing <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Keeper.jpg> %S Vimes <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Keeper.jpg> %CP Raftery <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Allrounder.jpg> %G Furball <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Allrounder.jpg> %P Orr <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Allrounder.jpg> %S Smith <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Bowler.jpg> %SDR Laing <img src=http://cricsim.com/site/images/Bowler.jpg> %CB Faldo #@$ad#@$
Code: Celtic Provinces 1st Innings O du Toit b Hutchinson 155 270 15 3 AJ Laing ct Howell b Dorn 113 141 11 2 ND Short ct Howell b Dorn 4 13 0 0 CJ Laing b Smith 19 26 3 0 S Vimes b Dorn 8 26 0 0 CP Raftery lbw b Hutchinson 0 5 0 0 G Furball ct Astele b Hutchinson 0 2 0 0 P Orr lbw b Yates 36 84 1 0 S Smith ct Smith b Yates 30 53 3 1 SDR Laing not out 0 2 0 0 CB Faldo ct Astele b Yates 0 2 0 0 Extras (byes 0 leg byes 7 no balls 6 wides 4) 17 Total (10 Wkts 103.0 Overs) 382 Fall of Wkts 192 208 245 289 290 290 337 377 382 382 Smith 20 2 94 1 1 0 Hutchinson 23 2 75 3 3 2 Yates 20 2 81 3 2 0 Astele 10 1 33 0 0 0 Dorn 20 5 61 3 0 2 Starris 10 2 31 0 0 0 Think this might be AJ Laing's first game this season in any competition. Not a bad effort against a bowling attack full of BS players.
Code: New Zealand A 1st Innings SP Phlegm st Vimes b Orr 87 173 8 0 PM Jackson b Laing CJ 21 30 2 0 B Olsen ct du Toit b Laing CJ 5 16 0 0 JD Hurricane b Orr 6 38 0 0 DP Howell ct Short b Faldo 54 102 1 1 DA Astele ct Furball b Smith 6 8 1 0 MD Dorn ct Orr b Laing CJ 47 93 5 1 ER Starris ct Orr b Laing SDR 16 65 2 0 GR Smith lbw b Orr 18 35 1 0 RS Hutchinson not out 21 43 3 0 SIA Yates lbw b Faldo 8 17 1 0 Extras (byes 0 leg byes 6 no balls 3 wides 2) 11 Total (10 Wkts 102.5 Overs) 300 Fall of Wkts 39 47 79 152 159 199 247 251 289 300 Laing SDR 21 3 66 1 1 0 Laing CJ 25 4 77 3 2 2 Smith 14 0 34 1 0 0 Orr 22 1 61 3 0 0 Faldo 14.5 2 46 2 0 0 Furball 6 1 10 0 0 0 Celtic Provinces lead by 82 runs on first innings.
Code: Celtic Provinces 2nd Innings O du Toit ct Hurricane b Hutchinson 25 47 1 1 AJ Laing ct Hutchinson b Smith 9 23 1 0 ND Short ct Howell b Smith 0 1 0 0 CJ Laing b Dorn 32 58 1 1 S Vimes st Howell b Dorn 24 56 2 0 CP Raftery ct Hutchinson b Starris 29 62 5 0 G Furball ct Jackson b Smith 74 98 8 3 P Orr b Hutchinson 51 66 6 1 S Smith ct Olsen b Smith 11 34 0 0 SDR Laing b Smith 4 4 1 0 CB Faldo not out 0 1 0 0 Extras (byes 0 leg byes 2 no balls 5 wides 5) 12 Total (10 Wkts 74.1 Overs) 271 Fall of Wkts 19 19 52 84 116 143 247 261 267 271 Smith 12.1 1 49 5 1 2 Hutchinson 15 2 38 2 3 0 Yates 10 1 45 0 1 1 Dorn 19 2 56 2 0 1 Starris 15 2 67 1 0 1 Astele 3 0 14 0 0 0 New Zealand A need 354 runs to win.
Code: New Zealand A 2nd Innings SP Phlegm b Orr 34 101 3 0 PM Jackson ct Laing SDR b Laing CJ 172 244 19 0 B Olsen ct Laing SDR b Faldo 40 49 1 1 JD Hurricane ct Short b Laing CJ 24 50 0 2 DP Howell not out 53 80 6 0 DA Astele ct & b Smith 16 33 2 0 MD Dorn not out 0 1 0 0 ER Starris GR Smith RS Hutchinson SIA Yates Extras (byes 1 leg byes 9 no balls 5 wides 0) 15 Total (5 Wkts 92.1 Overs) 354 Fall of Wkts 115 188 248 318 353 Laing SDR 18.1 0 82 0 2 0 Laing CJ 21 5 60 2 3 0 Smith 10 0 38 1 0 0 Orr 18 2 50 1 0 0 Faldo 18 0 88 1 0 0 Furball 7 1 26 0 0 0 New Zealand A won by 5 wkts.
NZ finishing top in both five day comps and having a bunch of unused players. A Third XI team wouldn't finish last in PCDIY. Really wish there was some sort of natural split that didn't result in 80% of the players being on one half or the split being into five teams. Definitely keen to sim the NZ championship thing in the offseason though.
Oh yeah you did too, have no idea why I thought NZ did. Hopefully I haven't scheduled a Britain A v Victoria A semi final British regions are even harder to split than NZ ones! Part of me always wants to split up provinces so we don't have good players not getting games, but part of me wants to leave them as they are so they stay more meaningful. People care more about playing for England or GB than Southeastern English Provinces or something like that. I think if we make the comp shorter like it has been this season, it matters less if good players are missing out due to their province having too much depth.
The answer is clearly split England up into Yorkshire, Rest of the North, and Southern Faries But no, I think I'm actually more excited about playing for Northern England in the RT next season than for all of it this season strangely enough. Though like you said, definitely wouldn't be the same way if it went to the lengths of that comp. Shame we have nowhere near the depth that the Southerners do though, might have to go looking around places in the offseason.