England League and Cup Discussion

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets.

The Middle Stump Lubricators Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 6,280 8,163
Batting - Middle Order 6,002 5,911
Batting - Tail 4,282 3,073
Bowling - Seam 5,002 (16) 6,460 (20)
Bowling - Spin 9,177 (4) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 5,644 9,201
Overall 108,096 125,419

Easy win because they presumably failed to set orders. Mills was our best bat with 54 from 44 balls.

[wolfberries]

Staindrop Village CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 8,465 7,220
Batting - Middle Order 6,137 5,236
Batting - Tail 5,030 3,614
Bowling - Seam 6,877 (12) 7,898 (12)
Bowling - Spin 8,635 (8) 7,154 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 9,059 9,966
Overall 138,579 128,570

Staindrop Village CC won by 22 runs

Just outplayed today, yet as there appears to be no relegation this season in this league it makes no difference.

[wolfberries]

Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets.
Easy win because they presumably failed to set orders. Mills was our best bat with 54 from 44 balls.

I'm always happy to accept a gift like this.

[spark]

T. Ball (lws) 1-0-7-0, H. Herbst 6 (5b), N. Van der Zanden 20 (21b)
End of over 10 (7 runs) - Topmen(68-3) RR 6.80

Lower Standards are the 7th place team and need to win both their remaining matches to have a chance of getting above me. However, they've sadly gone bot so are unlikely to get those wins.

I haven't gone full youngster mode but there are at least 3 players in my team who wouldn't normally have played. Sticky pitch so it's looking like we'll lose this one.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets.
Easy win because they presumably failed to set orders. Mills was our best bat with 54 from 44 balls.

I'm always happy to accept a gift like this.

Yeah, I've failed to set orders a few times so I'll take it when it goes in my favour. Usually I have decent defaults set-up but when players are away on international duty it doesn't always choose the best replacements.

[spark]

S. Hodges (rfs) 4-0-39-2, H. Roles 27 (14b), H. Gogler 7 (3b)
End of over 20 (10 runs) - Topmen(168-6) RR 8.40

That's not going to be something we can successfully chase.

[wolfberries]

Home Leyland Lions
Away wolfberries
Ground Leyland Lions CG
League Twenty20 3.4
Date 20 Oct 20 10:00
Crowd 13,891
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Uneven

Toss: Leyland Lions won the toss and elected to bowl.

V. Abood (rm) 4-0-43-0, L. Cody 33 (16b), T. Gregg 3 (4b)
End of over 20 (8 runs) - wolfberries(160-5) RR 8.00

Will take this total in these conditions, need to win to push for a second place finish to the season.

[wolfberries]

E. Peden (rf) 1-0-4-3, K. Broughton 0 (0b), P. Hassan 4 (1b)
End of over 1 (4 runs) - Leyland Lions(4-3). 157 runs required from 19 overs. RR 4.00 RRR 8.26

Not the worst start to our bowling, all bowled thankfully as we also missed out on a run out first ball....

[wolfberries]

Lower Standards are the 7th place team and need to win both their remaining matches to have a chance of getting above me. However, they've sadly gone bot so are unlikely to get those wins.

Which is a great shame, they have been playing FTP for awhile now.

[spark]

Lower Standards are the 7th place team and need to win both their remaining matches to have a chance of getting above me. However, they've sadly gone bot so are unlikely to get those wins.

Which is a great shame, they have been playing FTP for awhile now.

I can't remember how long they've been playing but it feels like it was before I started which was season 10ish. Shame to see them go.

[spark]

Topmen won by 90 runs.

Topmen Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,847 11,780
Batting - Middle Order 13,604 10,689
Batting - Tail 6,881 4,780
Bowling - Seam 13,846 (16) 12,554 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,178 (4) 10,490 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,833 15,492
Overall 252,511 209,335

Little bit of a ratings gap!

My youngest batter top scored although that was only 21. Lower Standards lost so that means I've achieved my main target for the season. If I can stay up in SOD then it's been a more successful season than I was expecting.

[wolfberries]

Leyland Lions wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 11,612 11,318
Batting - Middle Order 8,858 10,421
Batting - Tail 5,660 4,838
Bowling - Seam 10,602 (12) 12,143 (12)
Bowling - Spin 10,197 (8) 12,827 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 10,940 13,721
Overall 183,885 204,723

wolfberries won by 33 runs

Much needed win that keeps us in second spot.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Ouch right in the googlies
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 2.2
Date 22 Oct 20 10:00
Crowd 8,468
Weather Sunny
Pitch Flat

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

Can't finish anywhere but top now, so played a couple of 16 year olds today.

Slight misjudgement with a change of pitch though.

[spark]

Home Ruff Royals
Away Leyland Lions
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Youth 1.1
Date 22 Oct 20 10:00
Crowd 8,441
Weather Sunny
Pitch Green

Huge game today. Lose and I might be relegated.

For some reason, I decided to bowl first. I think it's because I'm not confident that my bowlers can defend a total.

[spark]

T. Vaughn (rm) 3-0-18-0, K. Binchy 35 (46b), B. O'Callaghan 22 (23b)
End of over 13 (5 runs) - Leyland Lions(74-1) RR 5.69

We're struggling. We need at least 2 quick wickets.