Youssou N'Dour's PM's XI 1. Heino Kuhn 2. Sanath Jayasuriya 3. Brad Hodge 4. Jesse Ryder 5. Dale Benkenstein 6. Peter Fulton 7. Steve Tikolo 8. Ramesh Powar 9. Irfan Pathan 10. Chaminda Vaas 11. Makhaya Ntini Curb Crawlers CPL 1.M Vijay 2.MA Carberry 3.AM Rahane 4.MJ Clarke 5.PD Collingwood 6. MJ Prior 7. JA Morkel 8.JEC Franklin 9. JJ Van der Wath 10. U Gul 11. D Kaneria Tipping Watch : Curb Crawlers CPL 3 vs 5 Youssou N'Dour's PM's XI
Code: Youssou N'Dour's XI 1st Innings HG Kuhn lbw b van der Wath 40 91 3 0 ST Jayasuriya ct Franklin b van der Wath 71 123 8 1 BJ Hodge ct & b van der Wath 41 79 6 1 JD Ryder ct Franklin b Collingwood 158 240 13 3 DM Benkenstein b Morkel 15 24 1 0 PG Fulton ct Vijay b Gul 15 17 2 0 SO Tikolo lbw b Kaneria 1 5 0 0 RR Powar lbw b Kaneria 26 32 4 0 IK Pathan ct Prior b Kaneria 0 2 0 0 WPUJC Vaas st Prior b Kaneria 74 158 9 0 M Ntini not out 6 4 1 0 Extras (byes 3 leg byes 20 no balls 4 wides 2) 29 Total (10 Wkts 128.3 Overs) 476 Fall of Wkts 69 170 180 222 263 266 316 316 470 476 Gul 25 3 80 1 0 0 Franklin 24 3 76 0 2 1 van der Wath 25 2 97 3 1 0 Morkel 16 1 64 1 1 1 Kaneria 32.3 3 121 4 0 0 Collingwood 6 1 15 1 0 0
Code: Curb Crawlers 1st Innings M Vijay ct Powar b Ntini 39 74 2 1 MA Carberry ct Pathan b Ntini 11 35 1 0 AM Rahane run out 15 24 2 0 MJ Clarke b Ntini 2 12 0 0 PD Collingwood lbw b Powar 19 73 2 0 MJ Prior b Vaas 39 50 4 1 JA Morkel ct & b Powar 9 28 1 0 JEC Franklin run out 14 37 2 0 JJ van der Wath ct Kuhn b Powar 8 15 1 0 U Gul not out 3 11 0 0 DPS Kaneria ct Tikolo b Powar 2 16 0 0 Extras (byes 5 leg byes 3 no balls 0 wides 1) 9 Total (10 Wkts 62.3 Overs) 170 Fall of Wkts 33 54 63 76 132 138 150 161 165 170 Ntini 15 4 28 3 0 0 Vaas 15 2 53 1 0 0 Pathan 11 3 36 0 0 0 Ryder 7 3 11 0 0 0 Powar 14.3 2 34 4 0 1
It's actually slightly above par, on paper. 7th/16. That doesn't take into account the fact that Prior can't catch though; I'd be interested in seeing how much that is actually costing you.
Code: Curb Crawlers 2nd Innings Following On M Vijay ct Pathan b Ntini 78 162 5 1 MA Carberry lbw b Ntini 8 8 2 0 AM Rahane ct Pathan b Ntini 28 46 4 0 MJ Clarke ct Kuhn b Pathan 18 40 1 0 PD Collingwood ct Vaas b Ntini 39 71 5 1 MJ Prior ct Kuhn b Ntini 57 107 1 2 JA Morkel ct & b Ryder 28 57 0 1 JEC Franklin ct Benkenstein b Vaas 24 39 2 1 JJ van der Wath lbw b Vaas 0 5 0 0 U Gul lbw b Powar 0 4 0 0 DPS Kaneria not out 0 2 0 0 Extras (byes 4 leg byes 16 no balls 3 wides 0) 23 Total (10 Wkts 89.4 Overs) 303 Fall of Wkts 17 69 117 180 193 244 303 303 303 303 Ntini 22 2 71 5 0 0 Vaas 18 1 68 2 0 0 Pathan 15 1 47 1 2 0 Powar 20.4 4 47 1 0 0 Ryder 7 0 28 1 1 0 Jayasuriya 7 0 22 0 0 0 Youssou N'Dour's XI won by an Innings and 3 runs.
Prior is much improved behind the stumps. Although given when the draft was done I presume it will have probably not taken that into account much.
Ryder is such a valuable player in this. What a partnership with Vaas too. Exceptional, but then Vaas at #10 is a bit of a joke, really. Heino Kuhn is proving to be a useful opener. Not converting enough, but he seems pretty consistent at staying in for a while and getting a few runs opening. Where are Youssou in your predicted rankings then, Crab? I'm guessing from your picks that we're not ranked too well. Also, how good a keeper is Kuhn in ability terms? Better than Prior, I hope.
AWTA. He's worked really hard on his keeping in the last 12 months and it's paying off; if he scored runs consistently he could be a top international.