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A series of Gods






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MATCH 1
Match Id : A01 Tournament : sftg.wcc
Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
(Fast Index: 4 Seam Index: 3 Spin Index: 2 Run Index: 15)

Vintage XI Innings
Hobbs Run Out   0 (8)
Headley c Tendulkar b Hadlee.R.J 21 (45)
Bradman lbw b Wasim Akram 102 (124)
Pollock.R.G c Richards b Warne 48 (61)
Hammond (Not Out)   56 (46)
Walcott (Not Out)   27 (19)
Miller (Did not bat)    
Davidson (Did not bat)    
Lindwall (Did not bat)    
Barnes.S.F (Did not bat)    
Verity (Did not bat)    
Extras : 9
Total (in 50.0 overs) : 263 for 4
FOW : 1- 1 , 2- 43 , 3-137 , 4-207

Mordern XI Bowling
Garner 10.0 1 37 0
Wasim Akram 10.0 0 68 1
Warne 10.0 1 47 1
Hadlee.R.J 10.0 1 52 1
Sobers 10.0 0 53 0

Mordern XI Innings
Tendulkar c Pollock.R.G b Davidson 30 (46)
Greenidge c Walcott b Lindwall 105 (130)
Richards c Bradman b Davidson 34 (50)
Lara c & b Lindwall 28 (42)
Sobers   b Lindwall 20 (26)
Bevan   b Lindwall 0 (1)
Gilchrist (Not Out)   14 (5)
Hadlee.R.J (Not Out)   3 (4)
Wasim Akram (Did not bat)    
Warne (Did not bat)    
Garner (Did not bat)    
Extras : 9
Total (in 50.0 overs) : 243 for 6
FOW : 1- 70 , 2-165 , 3-184 , 4-226 , 5-226 , 6-231

Mordern XI Bowling
Barnes.S.F 10.0 0 54 0
Lindwall 10.0 0 41 4
Miller 10.0 1 53 0
Davidson 10.0 0 54 2
Verity 10.0 1 36 0

Won by Vintage XI by 20 runs.
Man of the match was Lindwall. He secured 20.65 points.

Match Report

The inaugural match of the "Series for the Gods" was played at MCG. The Vintage XI won the toss and elected to bat. They lost Hobbs quite early. In walked the colossus, Bradman. He was instructed to play a quieter innings than would have been expected. Bradman completed a 120-ball century before being lbw to Wasim Akram. Pollock gave him good support in a good stand of 94. Then Hammond and Walcott played better-than-run-ball innings and enabled Vintage XI to reach a very competitive score of 263 for 4. For the Moderns, only Garner commanded some respect.

This would have been a walk-in-the-park for the outstanding Moderns line up. But the bowling was equally outstanding. They lost Tendulkar early. Greenidge played an anchor role. Richards and Lara could not force the pace and Lindwall struck telling blows at regular intervals. Bevan was out first ball and too much was left for Gilchrist, who tried manfully, and Hadlee. The Vintage XI won the match by 20 runs.

The man of the match was Lindwall. An explanation here. The program redresses the imbalance between batsmen and bowlers in determining the man of the match. The quality of wickets taken comes into consideration. Hence Lindwall gets the nod ahead of Bradman.

Match 2
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A series for Gods - part 1

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