England League and Cup Discussion

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J. Chaudhry (rfm) 4-1-7-0, D. Katich 13 (24b), T. Hopper 0 (3b)
End of over 23 (1 run) - wolfberries(106-5) RR 4.61

Should be looking at 250 minimum in these conditions but going to struggle to even make 200 from here!

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J. Chaudhry (rfm) 8-1-34-2, D. Ylyett 5 (6b), J. Lord 3 (4b)
End of over 40 (4 runs) - wolfberries(208-8) RR 5.20

Managed to make the 200 mark, although still at least 40 runs short.

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T. Vaughn (rm) 8-0-27-0, K. Hunt 2 (2b), D. Badger 48 (92b)
End of over 40 (5 runs) - Staindrop Village CC(130-7) RR 3.25

We've done alright but it's going to be a difficult chase in these conditions.

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J. Lord (rm) 6-1-16-1, G. Leamy 22 (35b), C. Kreder 25 (34b)
End of over 20 (2 runs) - bigsexybarry(90-2). 119 runs required from 20 overs. RR 4.50 RRR 5.95

Well we are keeping the RR down but will need wickets to win the game methinks.

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Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets.

Ruff Royals Staindrop Village CC
Batting - Top Order 7,932 7,342
Batting - Middle Order 6,009 6,486
Batting - Tail 3,215 4,722
Bowling - Seam 6,454 (24) 7,379 (24)
Bowling - Spin 9,270 (16) 8,424 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,912 8,475
Overall 130,051 133,893

A surprisingly comfortable win although it nevers feels comfortable when the game is going on.

It was a decent team bowling performance with no bowler going for more than 4 an over. Whitehead played a captain's innings with 48 and Clarke ended 30 not out. 17-year-old Mills also contributed with 21 not out and repaid my faith in him after I decided to give 19-year-old Evans his place. That's largely due to Evans not really performing and also never likely to have a chance of making it into my senior team.

I think that makes us 12 points clear of the relegation zone so I should now be getting the less experienced players some gametime.

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bigsexybarry wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,747 6,289
Batting - Middle Order 6,424 5,778
Batting - Tail 5,038 3,807
Bowling - Seam 7,283 (24) 6,771 (40)
Bowling - Spin 7,187 (16) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 5,376 8,460
Overall 124,156 118,929

Result: bigsexybarry won by 2 wickets

A late comeback didn't quite get us over the line, dropping Joyce who went on to make an unbeaten 51 really cost us!

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Home wolfberries
Away All Action Rejects
Ground wolfberries CG
League One Day 3.3
Date 05 Jun 20 10:00
Crowd 12,575
Weather Hot
Pitch Dry

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

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Home The Horder Initiative
Away Ruff Royals
Ground The Horder Initiative CG
League One Day 2.2
Date 05 Jun 20 10:00
Crowd 6,465
Weather Hot
Pitch Crumbling

We decided to bat first.

K. Mohammad (lm) 3-0-18-0, T. Liberatore 13 (18b), L. Avila 12 (18b)
End of over 6 (7 runs) - Ruff Royals(26-0) RR 4.33

Early in the game but I already have regrets. I picked the team yesterday but afterwards I decided that I could pick an even weaker team. However, I forgot to do that this morning so I've missed out on giving some youth players experience.

We should win this easily as they rated about 120k this time last week.

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F. Jamieson (rfs) 1-0-7-0, M. Herdegen 1 (1b), G. Lyon 30 (33b)
End of over 12 (7 runs) - wolfberries(77-1) RR 6.42

Not the worst start from our batsmen.

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N. Irvin (lfs) 3-0-13-0, L. Avila 34 (44b), T. Liberatore 40 (52b)
End of over 16 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(76-0) RR 4.75

Let's see how many these two can get.

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P. Toovey (rfs) 3-0-13-0, R. Fontaine 29 (35b), L. Coombes 3 (4b)
End of over 25 (5 runs) - wolfberries(134-3) RR 5.36

Will take that at the halfway mark of our innings.

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K. Mohammad (lm) 8-0-43-1, P. Solomon 19 (15b), T. Liberatore 102 (102b)
End of over 35 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(226-1) RR 6.46

Solomon is the player who I wasn't going to play although maybe he'll get into a bit of form here. Avila just about managed to get his 100 and then was out next ball. As you can see, Liberatore has also got a ton.

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K. Mohammad (lm) 8-0-43-1, P. Solomon 19 (15b), T. Liberatore 102 (102b)
End of over 35 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(226-1) RR 6.46

Solomon is the player who I wasn't going to play although maybe he'll get into a bit of form here. Avila just about managed to get his 100 and then was out next ball. As you can see, Liberatore has also got a ton.

You seem to be on top there

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P. Toovey (rfs) 10-1-55-0, T. Gardiner 49 (39b), E. McCosker 59 (56b)
End of over 50 (12 runs) - wolfberries(279-6) RR 5.58

Fingers crossed we can defend this, not got our best spinner playing today due to fatigue.

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2.2 6 Peden to Waye : That's gone like a tracer bullet over the fence at extra cover.
2.1.Peden to Waye : Perfect line and length.
E. Calder (rfm) 1-0-8-0, M. Waye 1 (4b), T. Browning 12 (8b)
End of over 2 (8 runs) - All Action Rejects(13-0). 267 runs required from 48 overs. RR 6.50 RRR 5.56
1.6 6 Calder to Browning : Rumors are that Browning likes to watch a highlight reel of his best 6's before he goes to sleep. Well now he has another one to add with a massive drive that travels straight back over the bowlers head for the maximum.

Well they are certainly going for it!