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[MrNorthantsCC]

Northants vs Yorkshire (A)

Prasanna had been called up by Sri Lanka so I swapped him for Wakely who had 4 star form.
Qualification was a long way off yet, we needed warwickshire to lose both game and we needed to win both!

We won the toss and I decided we should bat first.
Levi lasted 2 balls before departing, 2-1 from 0.3 overs!
Duckett only managed 6 today unfortunately. Cobb departed next over for 14 from 6. Score now 37-2 from 2.5 overs.
Withe was then out for 9 from 11. 58-4 from 5.4
Wakers was then out C+B Willey for 19. 98-5 from 10.4 overs.
Kleinveldt then went for 13, 122-6 from 13 overs.
Rossington made a great 77 before being out infront of the stumps from 44 balls. 160-7 from 17 overs.
Keogh made a quick 14 before getting himself out.
Steelbacks ended up 189-9 from our 20 overs.
Not a bad total I dont think.



11 overs passed and they were 100-0!!
Not great for us.
Marsh finally departed for 95. 140-1 fom 14.3 overs now
Handscomb was out after 2 balls.
Crooky then sent Lyth back. Score now 142-3 from 15.1 overs.
Tattersall then went for 6 from 6. Score now 151-4 from 16.4 overs.
Keogh then claimed another wicket. Lees out now, things really starting to hot up now! 170-5 from 18.1 overs
Yorkshire needing 20 from 11 balls
Keoghs next ball send Rashid back to the pavillion.
That brought Willey in!
2 Balls later Keogh got ANOTHER wicket!
What a final over, Run out off the last ball. Northants win by 2 runs!!!!!



MOTM: A Rossington
CMOTM: R Keogh

[MrNorthantsCC]

Durham vs Northants (A)

We NEED to win, if we win and Lancashire win then we will qualify for the finals day!!!!
We called tails won the toss and decided to bowl first.

After just 1.4 overs Sarkar ran himself out. 8-1
Next ball Clark was out
Next over Gleeson had Harte out LBW, score 19-3 from 2.4 overs.
Kleinveldt's next over and he had Collingwood out too!
End of powerplay Durham were 30-4
Kleinveldt then claimed the valuable wicket of Cook!!
Durham now 46-5 from 7.2 overs.
Pringle was then bowled next ball by Kleinveldt.
Halfway stage Durham were 56-6.
Sanderson then had Richardson caught slip score now 67-7 from 12.5 overs.
Sanderson finishing with figures of 4 overs 1 wicket 8 runs
Durham finished on 122-7.




5 overs passed and Cobb + Levi had brought up a 50 partnership!
Powerplay over and Steelbacks were 54-0
Levi fell for a well played 33 from 25. 71-1 from 7.3 overs
Duckett got a golden duck!
Rossington and Cobb then batted us home!
124-3 from 11 overs!
What a fantastic performance, I just hope that Warwickshire lost!!!!





Which they did! We qualified!!!! YES


We drew Sussex away in the quarter finals!


MOTM: R Kleinveldt
CMOTM: J Cobb

[muzzy]

No need to say thanks, i see the changes worked! Haha joking

[MrNorthantsCC]

Northants vs Sussex (A) Quarter Final

Prasanna was back from international duty. Swapped him for Withe
Won the toss and decided to bat first

First ball and Levi was out bowled.
6 more overs passed then Duckett went for 41. Steelbacks now 66-2 from 7 overs
Rossington fell in the 10th over.
2 more wickets fell in quick succession. Wakely for 4 and Cobb for 83 score is 156-5 from 15.1 overs
Prasanna managed 10 from 11 balls.
Kleinveldt and Gleeson managed to help us along to 189-8 from our 20 overs.


4th ball and dangerman Wright was out caught and bowled by Sanderson.
Kleinveldt then removed Van Zyl for 18. Sussex 19-2 from 1.5 overs
Taylor was then out bowled by Kleinveldt for 3. Sussex 34-3 from 3.4 overs
Sanderson then removed Brown for 16 from 9. 40-4 now sussex
Sanderson's next ball sent Machan back
Sanderson on a hatrick.
SANDERSON GETS JORDAN. HATRICK!
Sussex now struggling on 40-6 fom 5 overs
Next over Kleinveldt removes Robinson. 45-7 from 5.4 overs
Gleeson then picked up 2 wickets in quick succession removing Miller and Philander
Then Gleeson then trapped Archer LBW.
Sussex 111 from 15 overs
Northants winning by 78 runs



We made it to finals day! COMMON STEELBACKS

We drew Notts in the semi final the exact same as last year!!!

MOTM:J Cobb
CMOTM: B Sanderson

[MrNorthantsCC]

Northants vs Notts Semi Final!

Unchanged team

Lost the toss and Batted first.

Not an ideal start, Cobb out first ball
Duckett went next over for 10. Northants 18-2 from 2.5 overs
End of the powerplay and we had recovered a bit more 50-3 from 6 overs. Levi falling the ball before the powerplay.
Rossington went for 31 from 24. Prasanna went the next ball.
Struggling now 67-5 from 10!
Wakely and Crook combined well before both falling in the last over.
Northants finishing 154-7 from 20 overs.



1st ball and Sanderson bowls Hales!
4th ball of the 1st over, Sanderson gets Wessels too!!!
Sandersons next over and Taylor is out too. Score now 17-3 from 2.3 overs
Kleinveldt then trapped Patel for 10
Mullaney went for 20 from 12. 61-5 from 7.2 overs now Notts
Gleeson traps Read from his 4th ball of his spell.
Then bowls Sodhi from his next ball.
Gleeson on a hatrick!!! 67-7 from 8.5 overs
Prasanna then ends Christian's innings. 73-8
Then bowls Broad 2 balls later. 74-9
Gleeson then bowled Ball. 87 all out Notts.



YES WE ARE IN THE FINAL!

MOTM: A Wakely
CMOTM: R Gleeson

[muzzy]

Good luck for the final!
Been following this closely.

[MrNorthantsCC]

FINAL vs Yorkshire

Unchanged XI won the toss and batted first.

Duckett fell after 2.5 overs. score 19-1
Cobb then fell for 27. 44-2 from 4.5 overs
Willey them claimed the wicket of Rossington and Levi.
51-4 from 6 overs.
Prasanna smashed 34 from 22, score now 100-5 from 11.4 overs
Rhodes claimed Crook and Keogh in successive balls
Then 2 balls later Kleinveldt. 110-8
Plunkett then cleaned up Gleeson and Sanderson but we did managed to finish on 138 all out.
We need early wickets to stand a chance.



Kleinveldt's 1st ball claimed Lyth. 11-1 from 1.1 overs
Sanderson claimed Ballance's wicket. 16-2 from 2.2 overs
Prasanna trapped Bairstow infront. 42-3 from 6.1 overs
Prasanna trapped Rahim too, 50-4 now
Kleinveldt bowls Leaning, 83-5 from 10 overs
Rhodes ran himself out.
Unfortunately no more wickets fell and Yorkshire did manage to chase the runs down.



Ultimately we needed about another 30 or 40 runs.
Ill take this result though, we are always classed as the underdogs, yet were one of, if not thee best domestic t20 team!!
Looking forward to my favorite part of the game, the signings!
Few unused players will probably make way this season, few will be kept at almost all cost!

MOTM: W Rhodes
CMOTM: A Wakely


Batsmen of the season: B Duckett 574 runs @ 38.27 average
Bowler of the season: B Sanderson/R Kleinveldt Both 28 wickets
Kleinveldt average 16.39
Sanderson average 18.07
Captains player of the season:B Duckett

[MrNorthantsCC]

SIGNINGS TIME!

W.DURSTON RETIRED!

Ill start with the players who are no longer at the club. There was some extremely tough decision! But considering that i'm only playing T20 it didnt matter about signing any other players .

OUT:-
Kleinveldt
Shamsi
Murphy
Prasanna
Sole
Zaib
White
Withe(Youth)
Law(Youth) he wanted 52,000 for someone who averaged 17 in first class cricket.

Now for the exciting part!
IN:-
Mitchell Starc - T20 only
Brendon McCullum - T20 only
Dale Steyn - Overseas
Tom Latham - Reserve

Didnt sign any domestic players as there was no money left after signing these players!!

Im looking forward to the first game of our new season!

Im hoping that with the squad like we have currently we should win it this year!

Happy ICC'ing!!!

[UTBash]

Well played, just read through and thought after the blip you'd gone! Good luck for the new season

[MrNorthantsCC]

FIRST GAME OF THE 2018 SEASON.
Northants vs Derbyshire again! Same as last season.
I had built myself up alot for this, we have a fantastic squad!

We won the toss and I decided to bat first.
McCullum and Duckett opening that batting, Henry to bowl the first ball.

First ball went for a single. First over went for 12!
Wow, next over went for 17!
3rd over went for 13!!
42-0 from 3 overs. Great start lads
We lost our first wicket in the 4th over. Duckett was LBW Henry for 36 from just 16 balls. Score 60-1 from 4.4 overs.
Unfortunately McCullum fell just before the powerplay for 28 from 15. score now 68-1 from 5.5 overs. Rossington and Levi now at the crease.
Rossington fell just after the halfway point 20 from 14. Levi was struggling the other end, but was still there. Playing and missing alot of balls. 99-3 the score at this point.
Crook then came in hit a 4 then was out next ball. 103-5 from 10.4 overs now.
Levi sprung into life in the 14th over, belting a 4 then a massive 6, but then departed caught behind for 27 from 27. 142-5 from 14.2 overs now
Keogh departed an over later, bowled by a peach from Milnes for a well crafted 28 from 18. 150-6 from 15.2 overs now. I really wanted us to reach 200 from this point!
Wakely and Marwood combining well in the 16th over scoring 15 from it, racing us along to 180-6 from 17 overs.
Wakely powering another 10 from the next over, taking us to 192-6 from 18 overs. Now on 35 from 12 balls.
End of the 19th over and the 200 was up, also had an alert that Wakely + Marwood had now put on 50 for the 7th wicket partnership that was a user record.
Just 1 ball left and Wakely is bowled by Viljoen for a fantastic 45 from 18 balls.
Steelbacks finishing on 209-7 from 20 overs. Which was another user record for the highest score!



It took Starc just 2 overs to get his first wicket. Godleman the man to fall LBW for 7 from 8. Derby 18-1 from 3 overs.
Next over and Sanderson removed Flint LBW, Derby scoring only 3 more runs since the last wicket fell.
In Starc's final over he sent Wilson back for 23 from 19 deliveries. Derby 46-3 from 6.3 overs.
Gleeson finally removed Madsen who was starting to look dangerous scoring 46 from 23 balls. Derby now 4 wickets down.
Smit lasted 2 balls before falling to Gleeson LBW. Derby now 99-5 from 10.5 overs.
Next over and Crook bowled Thakor. Derby now struggling needing 99 @ 12.3 runs an over with only 4 wickets remaining.
Gleeson then claimed Henry's wicket. Derby now 118-7 from 12.5 overs.
First ball of Gleeson's final over he picks up his 4th wicket, Milnes LBW for 4. Derby now 128-8 from 14.1 overs.
Keogh then sent back Harrison in his first over. Steelbacks just needing 1 wicket to complete the win.
Keogh then picked up his 2nd wicket Viljoen stumped for 3.
RESULT: NORTHANTS WIN BY 60 RUNS.



Great start to the season for us, new players did well. I really want us to get a home quarter final this year!

MOTM: R Gleeson
CMOTM: A Wakely

[MrNorthantsCC]

Northants vs Yorkshire
This was a game I really wanted to win!!
Id just noticed that Law the youth player I let go from last season had scored a staggering 872 from 9 games in first class cricket this year. Gulp!
Sheen had been promoted from the youth team, very aggressive all rounder who bowled RF!! Will certainly be giving him a go at some stage during this years T20.
I won the toss and batted first.

First over and Duckett was dropped by the wicket keeper on 3. Shaky start.
We recovered well, Duckett and McCullum putting on 47 runs before McCullum was bowled by last season's overseas bowler Shamsi for a well played 32 from 18 balls. We were 47-1 from 4.3 overs.
Levi came in and spooned his first ball to mid off, Golden duck. Levi struggling so far this year
Shamsi had really stung us that over! End of the powerplay and we were 57-2.
Rashid then bowled Rossington in the 7th over. 66-2 from 7.2 overs.
Crooks first ball he belted for 4. Halfway through our innings and we were 91-3, Duckett only 14 from his half century.
11th over and Crook took Shamsi to the cleaners. Scoring 15 from 5 balls, then Duckett grabing a 2 in the last ball. Score now 108-3 from 11 overs. I wanted us to push on again and reach over 200.
End of the 13th over and another expensive over for Yorkshire, Duckett and Crook had now put on 62 which was a user record. Duckett now 43 from 30 and Crook 40 from 22. Who would reach their 50 first? My money was on Duckett.
Duckett did indeed reach 50 first from 34 balls. Crook on 48 from 28 at the other end. Steelbacks now 148-3 from 15 overs. Great effort so far
Crook was so unlucky and fell LBW to a dodgy decision on 49 from 30. I decided to sent in Wakely who had score some really quick runs last game.
2 overs to go and we had 173 on the board, Duckett 26 away from his century.
Willey then claimed Duckett's valuable wicket for 75 from 48 balls. We were now 175-5 from 18.3 overs.
2nd ball of the last over and Keogh was bowled for a quick 12 from 4 balls.
Wakely was then dismissed with 2 balls to go and Gleeson came in and smacked a 4 then a single. Steelbacks ending up on 194-7 from 20 overs.



Lyth fell in the first over caught at mid on from Starc's bowling. Yorkshire 7-1 from 1 over.
Starc then trapped Lee's for 16.
Ballance then edged the 4th ball of Sanderson's 2nd over to Rossington, Yorkshire now 34-3 from 3.5 overs.
Powerplay completed and Yorkshire were 47-3.
Second ball of Sanderson's first over and he bowled Burke for 7 from 10. Yorkshire now 52-4 from 7.2 overs. Now needing 143 @ 11.2 runs an over
3 balls later and Sanderson also bowled De Bruyn for 16 from 14. De Bruyn only managing to score at over a run a ball because of a streaky edge 2 balls ago that went for 4!!
Rashid then smashed Keogh for 14 from his next over.
Gleeson bowled Rhodes for 4 from 6. Bringing in Willey. I needed to get both Rashid and Willey out quickly before they got Yorkshire back in the game.
I brought Starc on and he bowled Rashid!! Great news is he only scored 5 in the over too. Way below the 11 they need, end of the 11th over and Yorkshire were on 89-7.
13 overs passed before Yorkshire reached there 100! 103-7 from 13 overs. Willey and Hodd in.
3rd ball of Crook's 2nd over and Hodd was caught behind, bringing the start of the bowlers in for Yorkshire.
16 overs gone and Willey was still in Yorkshire now 134-8.
Next ball and Crook trapped Patterson infront of all 3! Plum LBW. Just 1 wicket to reach another crushing win!!!
Shamsi came in, was almost caught behind from his first ball, Belted his next ball for 6, got a single then his next delivery bowled him. 142 all out Yorkshire
RESULT: NORTHANTS WIN BY 52 RUNS



Another great result for us today, Solid all round performance really, Got a little scared when Rashid and Willey were both in but the bowlers got on top after a couple of overs.
MOTM: B Duckett
CMOTM: S Crook 49 runs and 3 wickets!

Table was looking in our favour!

[MrNorthantsCC]

Northants vs Warwickshire (A)
Unchanged XI for us, noticed that Ian Bell wasnt playing for Warwickshire! Thats a benefit for us.

Productive 1st over going for 17 runs!!
2nd over going for 18 runs!! 35-0 from 2 overs for us. McCullum 23 from 8 + Duckett 12 from 4.
McCullum fell 2 balls into the 3rd over, caught at 1st slip attempting a cut, 36-1 from 2.2 overs.
Rossington came in and belted 15 from 6 balls before falling LBW to stone. Score 61-2
Marwood and Levi then fell in concetutive overs, Northants now 81-4 from 7.1 overs
Crook and Duckett were now at the crease together, could they replicate the same as last time?
9 overs gone and we were going at 11 an over, with 4 wickets down.
Half way point and we had moved onto 113 for 4 from our first 10 overs.
Duckett reached his 50 from 27 balls. Just 3 balls later and Crook was bowled.
13 overs passed and Northants were 136-6
Keogh then was out with 6 overs to go. Score now 139-7.
Starc and Gleeson both fell quickly. But we managed to score 188-9 from our 20 overs.
Duckett not out on 88 from 53 balls.


Sanderson's 3rd ball sent Moore back to the sheds.
De Grandhomme then scored a quick 56 from 28, proving that he was in fine form before falling lbw to Crook. Score 83-2
Keogh then took the wicket of Trott. Score now 103-3 from 11.1 overs.
Keogh then got another wicket in the same over. Ambrose dancing down the pitch and missing it Rossington with some handy keeping. Score now 111-4 from 11.5 overs.
Crook then had Hunniford out for 1 from 4. Score 114-5 from 12.5 overs
Another 2 overs passed and Warwickshire were only 122-5 from 15 overs. Needing 67 runs from the final 5 overs @ 13+ runs an over.
Keogh claimed his 3rd wicket, Ball caught behind. Score now 125-6 from 16 overs.
Next over and Sanderson bagged himself his second wicket, Redmond LBW for 18 from 21 balls.
Warwickshire really struggling now on 131-7 from 16.4 overs.
2 Balls later and Sanderson bowled Barker, 132-8 now from 17 overs. Warwickshire needed 57 runs at 19 an over!!
Keogh removed Stone for a golden duck, 133-9 now,
2 Balls later Keogh then removed Overton completing his 5 for, Cracking bowling from Keogh 5-16 from 3.4 overs which was a user record and club record.
RESULT: NORTHANTS WON BY 54 RUNS


MOTM: R Keogh
CMOTM: B Duckett


Another comfortable win for us today, Keogh bowling out of his skin and Duckett along with some others combined well.

[MrNorthantsCC]

Northants vs Durham (A)
Unchanged XI for us. No Jennings, Stokes or Collingwood for Durham!
Called tails and won, decided to bat first.

First ball of the match and McCullum was out caught behind, not a great start! Duckett did however manage to score 13 more from the over
Arshad then trapped Duckett for 16 from 6 balls. 20-2 from 1.5 overs.
Id decided to give Marwood a chance higher up the order, he was in with Rossington.
We reached the powerplay and were going well. 80-2 from 6 overs, Rosso on 44 from 21 balls and Marwood 20 from 8
Marwood unfortunately fell next over LBW to Coughlin, Score now 89-3 from 6.4 overs
Coughlin then got Levi the same way in the same ball in his next over! Rossington going well on the other end. Score 107-4 from 8.4 overs.
2 balls later and Rosso's innings was ended. Another LBW victim to Coughlin. Score 108-5 from 9 overs.
Crook then edged one of McCarthy's deliveries to the keeper for 7.
Next over was hurrendously bad for us, Coughlin claiming both Wakely and Gleeson LBW in consecutive balls, then 2 balls later dismissing Keogh too!!! Score 126-9 from 11.4 overs.
I decided to relax the batting a bit. Even if we only scored 4 or 5 an over that would be a competitive score.
Unfortunately that didnt work and yet again Coughlin was the man to dismiss Sanderson.
Leaving us 129 all out.
Oh dear. Not what i'd hoped for, luckily for us the pitch was clearly doing a bit. So hopefully we could use that to our advantage.



Durham's 3rd over and Poynter spooned one of Starc's deliveries to be Crook, falling for 7 from 6. Durham 17-1 from 2.2 overs.
2 balls later and Starc removed Pandey caught behind.
Starcs next over and he removed Clark's stumps. Durham now 41-3 from 4.4 overs.
7th over passed Durham now 57-3. I needed 4 quick wickets!
Crook's 2nd delivery removed Richardson, then in the next over Gleeson removed Butt. Durham now 68-5 from 9.8 overs.
Crook's next over and he trapped Coughlin LBW, very apt I thought!!
Unfortunately Harte played well for his 69 from 55 balls and seen it home for Durham.
Had we score the 190/200 I was expecting us to we would have won this. Middle order batsmen need some training I think!!
RESULT: DURHAM WIN BY 4 WICKETS



Not what id hoped for really. We were 50 runs short of were we needed to be. I set all my middle order batsmen to improve their aggressive batting.

MOTM: P Coughlin
CMOTM: A Rossington

[MrNorthantsCC]

Northants vs Leicester (A)

Unchanged XI just decided to promote Marwood up to 4.
Leicester won the toss and decided to bat first.

5th ball of the first over of the match and Ackermann edges Starc to Crook, 6-1 from 0.5 overs.
Next ball and Read was out caught behind.
End of the powerplay and no more wickets had fell. Leics 40-2 from 6
Gleeson dismissed Delport for 60 from 35 in the 12th over.
Keogh then removed Cosgrove for 51. Leics now 127-4 from 13.5 overs.
Gleeson then bowled Dexter, then Keogh removed Castle next over and Wheeler in the next over. Leics now 148-7 from 16
Id not used my bowlers correctly and had to bowl Wakely!! Schoolboy error. He did however bowl Raine for 23, Leics 184-8 with 1 ball to go, Single coming from the last ball.



Our first over was good for us 17 coming from it.
Duckett was bowled in Wheelers 2nd over for 13 from 10. Northants now 27-1 from 3.
McCullum and Rossington putting on a user record 88 stand. Northants now 115-1 from 10 overs.
Rosso was removed next over for 34 from 20, Score now 126-2 from 11 overs. We needed 60 @6.6 runs an over.
McCullum was going really well 87 from 41, reaching 98 in the next over. 98 from 48 balls, Northants 158-2 from 14 overs.
McCullum reached his 100 from exactly 50 balls! What an innings! 164-2 from 15 overs, just 22 needed now for victory.
Marwood was then dismissed for 24 from 17 balls. Northants 176-3 from 16.4 overs just 10 required for victory.
McCullum made short work of the needed 10, finishing the match in the next over!
What an innings from McCullum 110 from 58 balls. We still had 2.2 overs left! Fantastic effort from all.
RESULT:NORTHANTS WIN BY 7 WICKETS



MOTM:B McCullum
CMOTM: M Starc

[MrNorthantsCC]

Northants vs Nottinghamshire (A)

One change for us, Wakely out and Sheen in. Sheen was the youth player who bowled RF.
We lost the toss and Nott's put us into bat.

Another good 1st over for us, scoring 16 from it.
2nd over wasnt so good, Duckett edging Faulkner to Read. Score 20-1 from 1.5 overs
Balls 2nd over went for 23. McCullum now 29 from 9 balls, our total score 44-1 from 3 overs.
Faulkner struck in his next over, removing Rosso for 2 from 3 caught at slip.
I decided to bring Levi in at 4 to hopefully combine well with McCullum! End of the 4th over and we were on 58-2.
Ball was still bowling somehow, having gone for 39 from 2 overs.
He did however dismiss McCullum from his first ball, that brought Sheen into bat who slapped his first ball for 4.
End of the powerplay and we were 72-3. In the 6th over Sheen was dismissed for 11 from 9.
End of the 7th over and we had 83 on the scoreboard.
Patel's first over and he bowled Levi who played a dreadful shot to the ball.
Halfway point and we were 106-5.
Mullaney then dismissed Crook for 11. Northants now 109-6.
Score moved onto 133-6 from 15 overs.
Marwood and Keogh had now put on 60, Marwood was just one away from his maiden T20 50!
End of the over and we had broke another all-time record. For a stand of 65 for the 7th wicket. Marwood bringing his 50 up!
Keogh was ran out from the last ball, we scored 181-7 from our 20 overs.
I thought this was a good score on a pitch that had alot to offer both spinners and seamers!



Just the 4th ball of Nott's innings and Kenworthy was bowled by Starc.
Sanderson's 2nd over saw Hales's innings come to an end, bowled for 8. score now 30-2 from 3.1 overs. Patel was going strong.
Starc then removed Drinkell for 6. Score now 41-3 from 4.1 overs.
Sanderson trapped Taylor infront LBW for 2 from 4. Score now 54-4 from 5.1 overs.
Next ball and Wessels was out caught and bowled too.
Sheen's 2nd ball on debut removed Mullaney LBW. Notts now 85-6 from 8.2 overs. We needed Patel's wicket!!!
Gleeson removed Faulkner in his 2nd over
Patel was now on 76 from 35 balls. He is so overpowered!
Gleeson dismissed Read for 8 from 9, but Patel was still in!
Patel had won it for Notts, hitting 121 from 53 balls. So overpowered, he is good inreal life but not that good!!
RESULT: NOTTS WON BY 2 WICKETS


MOTM: S Patel
CMOTM: J Marwood