England League and Cup Discussion

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Ruff Royals won by 2 wickets

Ruff Royals Knockout Heroes
Batting - Top Order 13,264 14,182
Batting - Middle Order 11,908 9,324
Batting - Tail 5,054 3,668
Bowling - Seam 13,655 (30) 12,262 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,662 (20) 13,129 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,089 15,503
Overall 235,413 214,588

That was closer than I liked and did not exactly boost our inferior net run rate.

The stars of the show were Combs with 4-27 and Bullock with 65.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v Pedagogs >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Pedagogs
Batting - Top Order 13,560 14,101
Batting - Middle Order 12,760 13,409
Batting - Tail 4,571 6,671
Bowling - Seam 13,805 (30) 13,848 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,021 (20) 13,803 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,344 17,103
Overall 238,485 250,515

won the toss and had a bat on windy/sticky. Was a pretty decent effort with the bat as we got up to 176/10 in tricky conditions, Kouyate as per usual top scoring with 47. In reply opps seemed firmly in control at 98-2, before a flurry of wickets saw them collapse to 114-7. A bit of lower order resistance had me worried for a while, but a run-out secured the win by 14 runs. A good result in an extremely tight league. Could well be a team going down with 6 wins this season, so need to try and keep this momentum going. NRR might also prove to be an important factor as well, so will need to bear that in mind ...

[casperj]

Waverley CC Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 12,407 10,845
Batting - Middle Order 9,431 11,005
Batting - Tail 6,531 7,348
Bowling - Seam 11,162 (40) 11,818 (30)
Bowling - Spin 11,766 (10) 12,045 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 12,035 13,900
Overall 199,469 210,695

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 5 wickets

First win after 3 consecutive defeats. Played a slightly weaker teambut the main difference was that one of my batsmen actually turned up for work! Wambau making an unbeaten 98. Apart from my Wicket Keeper, Wambau is the only batsmen I have averaging over 30 this season in one-day, despite the opposition not exactly being stellar quality.

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wolfberries Sledgingshire
Batting - Top Order 13,067 13,130
Batting - Middle Order 11,718 11,357
Batting - Tail 4,740 5,489
Bowling - Seam 13,546 (30) 14,417 (20)
Bowling - Spin 12,129 (20) 13,339 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 16,825 16,470
Overall 228,731 232,683

Result: wolfberries won by 3 wickets

Much needed win and it keeps us on top.

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Ruff Royals Staindrop Lordies
Batting - Top Order 7,631 8,154
Batting - Middle Order 4,725 5,202
Batting - Tail 3,871 3,485
Bowling - Seam 6,072 (20) 6,695 (12)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 8,325 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 9,009 9,485
Overall 118,428 129,074

Staindrop Lordies won by 5 wickets

The ratings aren't great after Harrison was promoted to the senior squad but this is without Fattah who is away on international duty. We almost got a result as they only won off the last ball of the game.

I thought we might have got enough after being put in to bat first. We scored 166 with Marwat getting 82 not out from 52 balls and Galindo 64 from 46. However, or bowlers struggled and Staindrop Lordies were always close to the run rate required.

The good news is that other results went our way so we're still 4 points clear at the top. I don't expect that to last long.

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J. Westerveld (rfs) 4-0-21-3, M. Bavuma 1 (1b), Z. Mvovo 20 (12b)
End of over 20 (6 runs) - Daniel's XI(143-6) RR 7.15

On a dry pitch, so it could have been better but it could have been worse. Up to the batters to do a good job now.

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Daniel's XI Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 12,901 14,510
Batting - Middle Order 12,287 12,061
Batting - Tail 6,107 6,366
Bowling - Seam 13,296 (12) 15,587 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,081 (8) 12,514 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 15,470 17,295
Overall 231,538 245,985

Ruff Royals won by 8 wickets

3-21 for Westerveld but the real star was Mills who scored 92 not out from 60 balls. I'm happy with the rating although they're probably slightly inflated by me playing a spin allrounder due to the dry pitch.

[casperj]

Hay Spitfires Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 12,462 12,411
Batting - Middle Order 10,665 11,479
Batting - Tail 6,039 6,005
Bowling - Seam 11,219 (12) 12,751 (8)
Bowling - Spin 11,517 (8) 14,342 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 14,275 16,441
Overall 210,144 231,426

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 9 runs

Dodged an ME screwing. Despite a 21k ratings advantage, and a much stronger spin bwoling attack on a Windy/Dry, only sneaked home by 9 runs.

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wolfberries Goondiwindi
Batting - Top Order 7,293 5,752
Batting - Middle Order 4,723 5,434
Batting - Tail 3,481 4,293
Bowling - Seam 4,998 (12) 7,493 (8)
Bowling - Spin 6,083 (8) 6,111 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 9,447 7,332
Overall 114,011 112,943

Result: wolfberries won by 1 run

How close was that!

Keeps us in the prizemoney spots though.

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wolfberries Camberwell Carrots
Batting - Top Order 13,195 13,785
Batting - Middle Order 11,921 9,931
Batting - Tail 5,451 5,550
Bowling - Seam 11,913 (8) 14,394 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,661 (12) 13,137 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 16,922 16,315
Overall 232,395 228,658

Result: Camberwell Carrots won by 49 runs

In the relegation zone so decided to pick more of a first XI, still got our asses handed to us on a plate though!

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E. Casperson (rfm) 8-0-33-3, M. Niazi 4 (11b), G. Pithey 9 (13b)
End of over 40 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(130-9) RR 3.25

An awful batting performance on an uneven pitch. Galindo did alright with 53 but we lost 5 wickets in the first 4 overs and we were scoring at a snail's pace.

M. Niazi (lws) 2-0-6-0, T. Manou 11 (13b), S. Haggett 37 (54b)
End of over 16 (3 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(62-1). 69 runs required from 24 overs. RR 3.88 RRR 2.88

Only one wicket but I can't blame my bowlers when they've got such a low total to try to defend.

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Snakey's Kent Stars Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,758 6,795
Batting - Middle Order 6,838 5,922
Batting - Tail 3,793 3,701
Bowling - Seam 7,222 (40) 6,699 (32)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 5,152 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 9,675 9,296
Overall 134,904 121,811

Snakey's Kent Stars won by 7 wickets

I'm looking forward to getting Fattah back. I'm also looking forward to my batters consistently doing a good job at batting but I think I might be waiting longer for that.

It's going to be tough for the rest of the season and it doesn't look like I got enough of a headstart when I actually had an allrounder. I think I'll be in the relegation zone by the end of the day.

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Pedagogs wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,493 6,514
Batting - Middle Order 5,724 5,768
Batting - Tail 3,420 3,583
Bowling - Seam 6,210 (32) 5,052 (24)
Bowling - Spin 8,585 (8) 6,165 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,102 9,425
Overall 116,860 115,640

Result: Pedagogs won by 91 runs

Well, that went badly!

We need to start winning games or div4 here we come!

[Atko]

I don't normally report on youth games (or that Mickey Mouse T20 nonsense ), but we've sort of blundered into second spot on equal points with the table leaders -

Youth 2.1
Team_______________________Points____________NRR
Leyland Lions ___________________28_____________+0.5746
The Raging Speed Horns___________28_____________+0.4386

I think I mentioned somewhere up the thread that the youth pulls had hit a barren patch, and that has continued to be the case, with week after week of $500 numpties. At the moment I don't even have a fifth bowler, although one of my batsmen with ordinary bowling skill has been plugging the gap quite respectably; with 144 balls under his belt (oo-er missus) he's picked up a couple of wickets at 40 apiece, but more importantly, kept the economy rate at 3.33.

We're playing the top team next week, so there's the outside sniff of a promotion opportunity here. Currently our match ratings have tanked to circa 112k, which puts us 6th in the pecking order, but with a little bit of luck and a cunning plan, we might swing it

Anyway, todays match was against the bottom placed team -

The Raging Speed Horns v YorkshireTykes
Result: The Raging Speed Horns won by 7 wickets

Match Ratings
The Raging Speed Horns YorkshireTykes
Batting - Top Order 6,643 6,314
Batting - Middle Order 5,978 4,715
Batting - Tail 3,393 3,359
Bowling - Seam 5,849 (24) 5,632 (32)
Bowling - Spin 6,062 (16) 5,537 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,306 6,610
Overall 112,254 102,093

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S. Claessen (rf) 10-0-57-2, M. Schmidt 57 (42b), C. Rush 0 (2b)
End of over 50 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(305-8) RR 6.10

I'm very happy with that on a slow pitch. The only slight disappointment is that no-one went on to make a really big score with Bullock out for 68, Dickerson out for 63, and Schmidt left on 57 not out. It's a good sign that Bullock and Dickerson can get some good scores even if it's only against the lowest rating team in the league.

A big win to boost our net run rate would be most welcome.