England League and Cup Discussion

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The Dross Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 1,105 12,449
Batting - Middle Order 1,122 10,368
Batting - Tail 1,109 4,228
Bowling - Seam 1,031 (30) 11,916 (30)
Bowling - Spin 1,128 (20) 11,988 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 1,360 15,980
Overall 21,668 211,623

Ruff Royals won by 452 runs.

Just sneaked the win. We bowled them out for 19 but dropped some chances. Diaz took 6 wickets for 8 runs and Perry took 4 wickets for 9 runs. Net run rate of +9.04!

[aarong]

The Dross Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 1,105 12,449
Batting - Middle Order 1,122 10,368
Batting - Tail 1,109 4,228
Bowling - Seam 1,031 (30) 11,916 (30)
Bowling - Spin 1,128 (20) 11,988 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 1,360 15,980
Overall 21,668 211,623

Ruff Royals won by 452 runs.

Just sneaked the win. We bowled them out for 19 but dropped some chances. Diaz took 6 wickets for 8 runs and Perry took 4 wickets for 9 runs. Net run rate of +9.04!

I'd like to say I hope you get better opposition next Friday, although given that I'm getting smashed, you might not

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The Dross Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 1,105 12,449
Batting - Middle Order 1,122 10,368
Batting - Tail 1,109 4,228
Bowling - Seam 1,031 (30) 11,916 (30)
Bowling - Spin 1,128 (20) 11,988 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 1,360 15,980
Overall 21,668 211,623

Ruff Royals won by 452 runs.

Just sneaked the win. We bowled them out for 19 but dropped some chances. Diaz took 6 wickets for 8 runs and Perry took 4 wickets for 9 runs. Net run rate of +9.04!

I'd like to say I hope you get better opposition next Friday, although given that I'm getting smashed, you might not

I think Topmen might be a fair amount better than my side so you're bound to do a lot better. I suspect it'll be you who are doing the smashing next week.

Also I was hoping to have a little mini run in the cup (although I don't think I can rate much higher than 220k) but if I make it to round 3 I might struggle against my opponent!

[aarong]

The Dross Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 1,105 12,449
Batting - Middle Order 1,122 10,368
Batting - Tail 1,109 4,228
Bowling - Seam 1,031 (30) 11,916 (30)
Bowling - Spin 1,128 (20) 11,988 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 1,360 15,980
Overall 21,668 211,623

Ruff Royals won by 452 runs.

Just sneaked the win. We bowled them out for 19 but dropped some chances. Diaz took 6 wickets for 8 runs and Perry took 4 wickets for 9 runs. Net run rate of +9.04!

I'd like to say I hope you get better opposition next Friday, although given that I'm getting smashed, you might not

I think Topmen might be a fair amount better than my side so you're bound to do a lot better. I suspect it'll be you who are doing the smashing next week.

Also I was hoping to have a little mini run in the cup (although I don't think I can rate much higher than 220k) but if I make it to round 3 I might struggle against my opponent!

258k rating, simply can't get close to that, especially bowling first on a sticky!
I'm still debating what to do for the cup, I need to try and get T20 back into D1 but with an old squad the cup may just get in the way.

[wolfberries]

marks marvels wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 13,021 12,435
Batting - Middle Order 9,544 11,658
Batting - Tail 4,839 5,000
Bowling - Seam 12,582 (30) 11,774 (20)
Bowling - Spin 12,000 (20) 12,249 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 13,983 15,186
Overall 208,474 217,232

Result: wolfberries won by 1 run

Went for a swim at the gum so didn't get to watch the whole game, so it was a nice surprise to see we had sneaked a victory by just one run.

Probably best for my blood pressure that I hadn't seen it live...

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Home Ruff Royals
Away Relegation reprobates
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 03 Aug 20 10:00
Crowd 10,260
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Sticky

Monsieurflibble's men got a great result this time last week so it's should be a tough match.

We've been made to bat first in difficult batting conditions.

S. Hawks (lfs) 2-0-7-0, R. Norris 22 (23b), A. Evans 19 (25b)
End of over 8 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(42-0) RR 5.25

After about 3 seasons of rubbish batting it looks like I've found Evans' ideal batting position.

[Monsieurflibble]

Home Ruff Royals
Away Relegation reprobates
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 03 Aug 20 10:00
Crowd 10,260
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Sticky

Monsieurflibble's men got a great result this time last week so it's should be a tough match.

We've been made to bat first in difficult batting conditions.

S. Hawks (lfs) 2-0-7-0, R. Norris 22 (23b), A. Evans 19 (25b)
End of over 8 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(42-0) RR 5.25

After about 3 seasons of rubbish batting it looks like I've found Evans' ideal batting position.

Like the new youth age system but we are about to drop off a cliff with promotions, our top order batting will resemble jelly and certainly YOD 1.1 will be a struggle. Sticky is a toss of a coin today, depends if you get Whiteside and McLarty early.

[wolfberries]

Home The Middle Stump Lubricators
Away wolfberries
Ground The Middle Stump Lubricators CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 03 Aug 20 10:00
Crowd 6,332
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

Toss: The Middle Stump Lubricators won the toss and elected to bowl.

B. Browne (rfs) 2-0-24-0, S. Holland 26 (19b), D. Reeler 29 (22b)
End of over 7 (15 runs) - wolfberries(64-1) RR 9.14

To

B. Browne (rfs) 3-0-25-0, D. Katich 11 (10b), B. Hayne 1 (4b)
End of over 14 (1 run) - wolfberries(104-4) RR 7.43

Unfortunately after a fantastic start their bowlers have put the breaks on, still a decent score so far in the conditions.

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Home Ruff Royals
Away Relegation reprobates
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 03 Aug 20 10:00
Crowd 10,260
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Sticky

Monsieurflibble's men got a great result this time last week so it's should be a tough match.

We've been made to bat first in difficult batting conditions.

S. Hawks (lfs) 2-0-7-0, R. Norris 22 (23b), A. Evans 19 (25b)
End of over 8 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(42-0) RR 5.25

After about 3 seasons of rubbish batting it looks like I've found Evans' ideal batting position.

Like the new youth age system but we are about to drop off a cliff with promotions, our top order batting will resemble jelly and certainly YOD 1.1 will be a struggle. Sticky is a toss of a coin today, depends if you get Whiteside and McLarty early.

I've lost my best bat this week and will lose arguably my best spinner next but after that it's a few weeks where we'll be pretty stable.

As can be the case on a sticky pitch, things have gone very badly very quickly. Clarke is still in so anything is possible.

R. McPetrie (rws) 4-0-16-2, A. Clarke 6 (10b), S. Clouston 1 (3b)
End of over 15 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(74-5) RR 4.93

[Monsieurflibble]

R. Haynes (rf) 4-0-28-1, A. Clarke 31 (23b), T. Ball 0 (0b)
End of over 19 (7 runs) - Ruff Royals(111-6) RR 5.84

A decent bash at the end and then its runs on the board though. 120 will be tricky and the fat lady can start singing if we are 2 for 2 after 1.

[wolfberries]

N. Lewis (lfs) 4-0-22-1, L. Lawrence 19 (14b), T. Hopper 7 (6b)
End of over 20 (5 runs) - wolfberries(152-7) RR 7.60

Will take this score, very happy but not sure whether we can defend it.

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P. Massey (lfs) 3-0-15-0, K. Bullock 3 (3b), Q. Burriss 9 (13b)
End of over 17 (6 runs) - Relegation reprobates(98-3). 23 runs required from 3 overs. RR 5.76 RRR 7.67

It's looking like it could be an interesting end. The RRR isn't impossible but it's also defendable on a sticky pitch.

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Ruff Royals won by 4 runs.

Ruff Royals Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 6,721 7,837
Batting - Middle Order 5,900 5,849
Batting - Tail 2,808 3,854
Bowling - Seam 6,049 (12) 6,279 (12)
Bowling - Spin 9,901 (8) 8,165 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,877 7,797
Overall 123,493 124,867

Close overall ratings and a close game. I think 3 wickets from the penultimate over got me the win there.

[wolfberries]

The Middle Stump Lubricators wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 8,200 6,259
Batting - Middle Order 6,146 5,377
Batting - Tail 3,630 3,912
Bowling - Seam 8,465 (8) 7,319 (12)
Bowling - Spin 7,344 (12) 6,104 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,965 9,255
Overall 131,133 120,218

Gold Prospectors X1 won by 5 wickets

Lost again due to No Balls, second game on the run we've lost because of this. Need to put a stop to them if we are to avoid relegation.

[wolfberries]

Home Camberwell Carrots
Away wolfberries
Ground Camberwell Carrots CG
League Twenty20 3.4
Date 04 Aug 20 10:00
Crowd 13,329
Weather Windy
Pitch Uneven

Toss: Camberwell Carrots won the toss and elected to bowl.

Put out a second string team today with the cup and all....