Week 10 - Voting

Southern League

Match 1 - Hampshire Royals vs Essex Eagles - Hants win toss

Match 2 - Somerset CCC vs Surrey Lions - Somerset win toss

Match 3 - Sussex Sharks vs Middlesex Panthers - Middlesex win toss

Northern League

Match 1 - Nottinghamshire Outlaws vs Leicestershire Foxes - Notts win toss

Match 2 - Yorkshire Carnegie vs Lancashire Lightening - Lancs win toss

Match 3 - Worcestershire Royals vs Durham Dynamos - Worcs win toss

Nottinghamshire Outlaws v Leicestershire Foxes @ Trent Bridge

Warner has a good day, making 80 with a number of big hits. At the other end its a clumsy performance until van Wyk takes 21 from the last over. Notts nevertheless manage 175. Ajmal is the best of the bowlers.

The Notts attack is strong and well suited to this surface. Cummins causes major problems up front, removing Dilshan and O'Brien, whilst Broad bounces out Raina. Sangakkara tries his hardest but Swann sweeps up at the other end to dismiss Leics for 105.

Nottinghamshire Outlaws win by 65 runs
Man of the Match: Pat Cummins

Yorkshire Carnegie v Lancashire Lightning @ Headingley

Sehwag gets going at the start, taking plenty of runs off Anderson, who bowls a bit too straight. Johnson bowls left and right, gifting Sehwag and Rohit Sharma plenty of runs, many of them from free hits. Kerrigan and Williamson stall things slightly at the end, taking a few wickets as the track starts to take turn. But Sehwag completes a wonderful 100. 186-4 is the final total.

Mustard and Hughes score some runs off Shahzad, but the scoring rate against Bresnan and Azhar Mahmood is funereal, and Hughes departs. That causes them to have to take risks against Warne et al, resulting in a major collapse. 35* from Williamson is facile, as Lancs manage only 116-8.

Yorkshire Carnegie win by 70 runs
Man of the Match: Virender Sehwag

Worcestershire Royals v Durham Dynamos @ New Road

Lee on a fast pitch is a nightmare and takes some early quick wickets for the Royals. Collingwood survives and, with Pollard, slowly rebuilds. Kieron then explodes at the end, with Worcs a little short of fire-power, though Shakib gets in the game at the other end. 146-6.

The Worcs line-up like the pace on the ball, and are never really in trouble. KP with a 50, Bell and Solanki all contribute. Blackwell is the best bowler, as the ball sticks in the pitch slightly. A win by 6 wickets.

Worcestershire Royals win by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Brett Lee

Come on lads, lets get votes in!

Match 1 - Nottinghamshire Outlaws vs Leicestershire Foxes - Notts win toss and bat first
Notts manage to get 162 off there 20 overs, with Warner making a very brisky 55. Again Ajmal is the pick of the bowler with figures of 2-22.
Leics fall 38 runs short of there target, as Notts bowling attack is just too good. With Swann taking 4-23.

Notts win by 38 runs.

Match 2 - Yorkshire Carnegie vs Lancashire Lightening - Lancs win toss and bowl first
Yorkshire get up to a great score of 178 off there 20 overs, due to a 77 from Sehwag and some pies from Johnson.
Lancs never threaten the total, eventually getting 111 with Warne picking up 3-18.

Yorks win by 67 runs

Match 3 - Worcestershire Royals vs Durham Dynamos - Worcs win toss and bowl first
Durham make a respectable 156 off there 20 overs. Lee is the pick of the bowlers with 3-27.
Worcs chase it down easily, with there batters prefering pace. KP makes 77* as they get the target with 8 wickets in hand.

Worcs win by 8 wickets

Hampshire Royals vs Essex

Adams chances his arm at the start and manages to score a couple of quick-fire boundaries before being dismissed. Smith also goes early, but the innings is rebuilt by Clarke who plays a masterful innings of 72* finding late support from James Vince to push Hampshire to a competitive 145. Essex never really get going, Briggs proving the pick of the Hampshire attack on a crumbling pitch and Essex are all out for 118 despite Tendulkar's best efforts, carrying his bat to 60. HAMPSHIRE WIN

Somerset vs Surrey

I think Somerset have a fairly long tail but this plays no part in the match as Trescothick, Gayle and Hildreth all score half centuries and a late order flurry from Buttler sees Somerset through to 180, pick of the bowlers being Jadeja. Mahela gives Dockrell some stick in the powerplays but he recovers to remove Davies and Roy. However this brings Hussey to the crease, he and Mahela put together a great partnership until they both depart in the 18th over but Mathews pulls Surrey over the line in the last over. SURREY WIN

Sussex Sharks vs Middlesex Panthers

Levi goes early bowled by Kumar, Kohli nurdles and nudges the ball around very well for Sussex, with Andre Russell adding some late impetus to the innings with Ben Brown. Clint Mckay and Steyn are very economical in the powerplay, and also manage to remove Malan and Dexter. Guptil makes hay against Russell until the West Indian removes him. McCullum and Morgan bat solidly against the two pronged spin of Panesar and Yardy, and the Panthers just about see it home, another final over victory. MIDDLESEX WIN

Sorry for being brief, really busy atm.

Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex.

Hampshire win

Essex have the star performers of the match in Sachin and Sunil, but a classic Michael Clarke knock on a wearing pitch with some support all down the order, along with some cracking bowling from Doshi, Briggs and Dimi get Hants the win.

Somerset win

Somerset gamble by playing an extra bowler, and relying on six specialist batsmen and it comes off as Gayle tons up from three with a Buttler 80* from 30. Dernbach the pick of the bowling, but too much line and length from Woakes and Harris particularly gets dispatched. Surrey come hard, but are always behind the rate and are all out in the 19th over 25 short.

Sussex win

Without Finn, the Middlesex bowling looks a little innocuous even in these conditions and with some application, although Kumar gets two early wickets, from Prior and Nash to keep wickets in hand Sussex get up to a handy score. Middlesex lose early wickets to Steyn and Clint McKay and although Watto plays a blinder to get them close they lost too many wickets early and can't get the acceleration later on.

Notts
Yorks
Worcs

Sorry all, I was off-line most of the weekend

Match 1 - Nottinghamshire Outlaws vs Leicestershire Foxes - Notts win toss
Warner and AB fire Notts through to a big score, Leics struggle against Cummins and Broad early, and there's too much to do later. Win to Notts

Match 2 - Yorkshire Carnegie vs Lancashire Lightening - Lancs win toss
Yorks struggle early after being inserted before a Dhoni 50 pushes the score up past 130. Yorkshire's spinners prove too much for Lancs who finish 10 runs short. Win to Yorks.


Match 3 - Worcestershire Royals vs Durham Dynamos - Worcs win toss
Brett Lee is in vintage form post-international retirement, and he picks up a couple of wickets at the top. Pollard leads something of a fight back, but the target's not big enough for Worcs' quality top order. Win to Worcs

Bump. Marshall, Sainty and MFC still to vote on the Northern League?

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