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They're wicketkeepers, I'm confused Pre-WIL: Adam Gilchrist found himself with little to do following his retirement from first-class cricket. Sure there was the IPL for six weeks a year but the rest of the time he was just twiddling his thumbs and absent mindedly smashing apples over fences. Eventually, he ran out of apples and decided something must be done. Through a series of lucrative deals, youth potions and in some cases necromancy, he established the greatest team ever to be made purely out of wicketkeepers. Then, for no reason, they chose to play bloodbowl instead of like, cricket or something they might be good at. Season XVII: Fringin' The Wicketkeepers found they had joined the fringe just in time to stand up to a barrage of bouncers bowled by Khemri in the first round of the Fringe Cup, the majority of which caused outs by retirement. Fortunately the contrite keepers were given a second chance the next over and took a series of routine catches off damaged Vampires to progress to the final of the Fringe Plate. A berserk goblin was all that stood between them and glorious sort-of success but the Wicketkeepers were eliminated in a one-over eliminator after tying the final in normal time. Still, the scouts judged them ready to be thrown into the regionals and Gilchrist swore to avenge the (first of many) deaths of Alec Stewart, eaten by a troll in his prime. Season XVIII: It ain't over until the amount of overs allotted for the day have been bowled The Wicketkeepers felt somewhat intimidated by the clearly not pansy cricketers arrayed against them. Two heavy defeats followed, the Subatomic lizards winning by nine wickets and then the Hocham humans actually inflicting an innings defeat. The only shining lights were Gilchrist who was beginning to enjoy beating people to death with his bat, and a clearly steroid-fuelled Ian Healy. Fortunately this proved a turning point, with the Wicketkeepers managing to bat out a draw and following that with two actual, bonafide wins. Mark Boucher finally woke up, taking a string of stunning catches while complaining about the cold and somehow the Wicketkeepers had achieved promotion at the first attempt. Season XIX: Getting a start The Wicketkeepers once again started poorly, though their defeats this time round were a lot closer now that Gilchrist had instilled some steel in the team spirit. In their first two games they just couldn't keep up with the runrate, and in the third they batted out a creditable draw with a strong lizard team, but they still weren't really picking up the rankings points they needed. The watershed came shortly after, a horrible game against the dorfs of Barak Miners saw Gilchrist smashed in the face with a wicked beamer, and Sangakkara heavily injured. The wicketkeepers resolved they had to play better, and went about it, winning the next two games in commanding displays, a re-animated Gilchrist no longer the focal point for the team. With leaders all around the pitch, the Wicketkeepers emerged stronger than they were at the start of the season, especially Sangakkara. They would be in the conference for another year. Season XX: Batting Powerplay The Wicketkeepers found themselves in a strong conference this time around, and in little better shape than they'd started the previous season. They were apprehensive, but felt that finally enough useful abilities had been shared around that they could make a proper go of it. A fireball-affected draw with QPR C-Dorfs was followed by an exciting last-ball run-chase over the Oxfordshire skaven, temporarily placing them at the top of the table. It wasn't to last though, with three straight defeats with two draws possible but spurned. An injury-hit Coldeyeshire Undead team was steamrolled by an innings, Sangakkara getting a triple-ton, but the final game of the season was against the toughest dorfs of all, that we'd lost to last year. The wicketkeepers gave their all but couldn't breach the iron forward defensive of their opponents and slipped to another defeat. With three to be relegated they'd finished up third from bottom and their fate was in the hands of the MCC.

		For					Against
Opponent	Race	TV	SPP	Cas	Gold	Score	TV	SPP	Cas	Gold	Gate
Death Comes From Below	Khemri	1000k	5	0/0/0	60k	0 - 2	1090k	15	2/0/0	70k	63k
Sylvanian Wednesday	Vampire	1060k	19	3/0/0	80k	2 - 0	1090k	5	0/0/0	60k	49k
Energy Vampires	Vampire	1180k	14	0/3/0	50k	1 - 0	950k	9	1/1/0	60k	52k
Fungus and Frendz	Goblin	1260k	12	0/0/0	40k	1 - 3	1190k	24	2/1/2	70k	46k
Subatomic	Lizardmen	1250k	11	0/0/0	20k	1 - 3	1500k	16	1/0/0	20k	35k
Cute and Cuddly Deliquents	Human	1290k	8	0/1/0	60k	0 - 3	1190k	18	0/1/1	90k	50k
Constructivists	High Elf	1370k	12	0/1/0	60k	1 - 1	1340k	17	1/2/0	30k	50k
Muppet's Norse Revenge	Norse	1450k	13	0/0/0	80k	2 - 1	1730k	10	2/1/0	70k	62k
Blissful Agony	Dark Elf	1560k	17	0/2/0	60k	2 - 0	1020k	12	3/0/0	60k	55k
Bearded Beerbellys	Dwarf	1650k	10	0/0/0	20k	1 - 2	1880k	20	4/0/0	20k	57k
Power of Worms	Shambling Undead	1640k	10	1/0/0	60k	1 - 2	1590k	15	2/0/1	40k	58k
Taking the Biscuit	Lizardmen	1710k	16	2/0/0	20k	2 - 2	1950k	13	2/1/0	50k	56k
Barak Miners	Dwarf	1730k	7	0/0/0	20k	0 - 1	2090k	18	4/2/1	40k	63k
King of the Castle	Elf	1590k	20	4/0/0	60k	2 - 0	1570k	9	0/1/0	20k	68k
White Isle Retail	Orc	1690k	15	0/0/0	80k	2 - 1	2150k	11	0/1/1	10k	63k
Har Ganeth Headrippers	Dark Elf	1750k	12	1/0/0	20k	1 - 2	1630k	28	4/1/1	30k	52k
Queens Park Raiders	Chaos Dwarf	1790k	13	0/0/0	20k	1 - 1	1570k	18	2/3/0	10k	53k
Oxford Runners	Skaven	1780k	19	0/0/0	50k	3 - 2	1870k	23	1/3/1	0k	44k
Tackle gives us the WILlies	Amazon	1720k	8	1/0/0	30k	0 - 2	1800k	11	1/0/0	50k	45k
Drunk Boxers [L]	Human	1760k	10	0/0/0	30k	1 - 2	1740k	17	0/2/1	30k	45k
Eaters of Brains	Necromantic Horror	1740k	14	1/1/0	50k	1 - 2	2000k	19	1/2/1	20k	59k
Cold Hands, Dead Eyes	Shambling Undead	1710k	24	2/0/0	70k	4 - 1	1830k	12	1/1/0	40k	91k
Bearded Beerbellys	Dwarf	1770k	12	0/0/0	10k	1 - 2	2260k	18	3/0/0	20k	60k
Trumps of Amber	Wood Elf	1760k	15	1/0/1	40k	1 - 5	2200k	29	0/1/1	40k	64k
Artistic Play	High Elf	1720k	22	0/2/0	50k	3 - 2	1640k	17	1/0/0	30k	34k