England League and Cup Discussion

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Ruff Royals won by 5 wickets

Ruff Royals Gavs Boys
Batting - Top Order 13,295 12,863
Batting - Middle Order 10,548 8,949
Batting - Tail 4,423 5,295
Bowling - Seam 14,457 (20) 12,561 (20)
Bowling - Spin 12,717 (30) 14,188 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 16,461 15,271
Overall 225,093 216,637

Felt a bit like we stumbled to a victory in the end with not great batting. Bowers' 44 not out was crucial and even he was dropped twice. 2 wins out of 2 is a great start considering I was expecting to be in a relegation battle so I'm happy.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away C.C.DeVille CCC
Ground wolfberries CG
League One Day 2.2
Date 05 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 14,052
Weather Hot
Pitch Crumbling

Toss: C.C.DeVille CCC won the toss and elected to bowl.

K. van Serooskerken (lfs) 10-0-60-2, M. Scholes 9 (9b), E. Peden 5 (3b)
End of over 50 (7 runs) - wolfberries(266-7) RR 5.32

Will take that total in these conditions.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v Bathaloner >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Bathaloner
Batting - Top Order 12,306 11,732
Batting - Middle Order 11,599 11,126
Batting - Tail 5,727 6,460
Bowling - Seam 12,682 (30) 11,413 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,085 (20) 12,349 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 15,832 14,449
Overall 224,518 213,097


result: won by 103 runs. Excellent performance today, much much better than last week.

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wolfberries C.C.DeVille CCC
Batting - Top Order 12,029 11,483
Batting - Middle Order 10,945 9,173
Batting - Tail 5,119 5,822
Bowling - Seam 12,575 (20) 10,850 (30)
Bowling - Spin 12,233 (30) 12,093 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 14,329 11,422
Overall 212,095 191,098

Result: wolfberries won by 143 runs

Very nice NRR boost and top of the table for the moment, that certainly won't last long.

[wolfberries]

Home Exmouth Cricket Club
Away wolfberries
Ground Exmouth Cricket Club CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 08 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 5,644
Weather Humid
Pitch Dry

Toss: Exmouth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bowl.

D. Van Emden (lm) 4-0-25-1, S. Vawser 66 (44b), L. Lawrence 15 (8b)
End of over 15 (15 runs) - wolfberries(135-3) RR 9.00

Going well enough today despite losing another youth to the seniors.

[spark]

Home Ruff Royals
Away The Middle Stump Lubricators
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 08 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 9,139
Weather Humid
Pitch Green

We struggled to score and only ended up with 128 when I think we needed 150+.

J. House (lm) 3-0-20-0, R. Fisher 36 (42b), H. Vermaak 20 (20b)
End of over 13 (7 runs) - The Middle Stump Lubricators(77-3). 52 runs required from 7 overs. RR 5.92 RRR 7.43

I think they'll get that RRR quite easily.

[spark]

The Middle Stump Lubricators won by 5 wickets

Ruff Royals The Middle Stump Lubricators
Batting - Top Order 6,869 7,997
Batting - Middle Order 6,340 6,189
Batting - Tail 3,559 4,627
Bowling - Seam 6,227 (20) 8,063 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 8,461 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 8,729 6,282
Overall 120,838 130,188

A really disappointing batting performance as we didn't score enough or take advantage of their weaker fielders. We only lost 3 wickets but didn't seem to be trying to score quickly. That meant that our bowlers had little chance to defend the total we set.

It's early in the season but I can't see us making a challenge for promotion now.

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Exmouth Cricket Club wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,408 6,050
Batting - Middle Order 4,749 5,101
Batting - Tail 3,339 2,354
Bowling - Seam 5,817 (8) 5,685 (12)
Bowling - Spin 5,715 (12) 7,898 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 5,490 8,211
Overall 99,896 109,154

wolfberries won by 70 runs

Another nice win.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Hay Spitfires
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 3.4
Date 09 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 14,597
Weather Hot
Pitch Slow

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

Another weak side put out by us today, while our opponents put out a very fatigued side. Now to see who will take advantage of the others selection policy.

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A. Ten Dam (rfm) 4-0-16-5, K. Lovett 4 (8b)
End of over 19 (7 runs) - The Warriors(115-10) RR 6.05

Slow pitch and we asked them to bat first. Ten Dam was great and I'd like to think we'll not have too much trouble chasing this total.

K. Lovett (lf) 1-0-12-0, L. Avila 1 (1b), T. Liberatore 11 (5b)
End of over 1 (12 runs) - Ruff Royals(12-0). 104 runs required from 19 overs. RR 12.00 RRR 5.47

Good first over for the batters.

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S. Bernard (rfm) 1-0-6-1, L. Avila 14 (10b), C. Paton 1 (2b)
End of over 5 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(36-2). 80 runs required from 15 overs. RR 7.20 RRR 5.33

I'm slightly worried that we've lost a couple of wickets as I have got a couple of younger batters playing so I was hoping my more senior players would stay in and get most of the runs.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets

Ruff Royals The Warriors
Batting - Top Order 13,453 11,525
Batting - Middle Order 9,548 6,162
Batting - Tail 4,327 3,440
Bowling - Seam 12,186 (8) 11,143 (16)
Bowling - Spin 12,708 (12) 10,939 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 15,528 13,330
Overall 214,071 176,573

I had no need to worry about the batsmen as Avila finished on 61 not out from 35 balls and saw us home fairly comfortably.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v Peascod Brickies >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Peascod Brickies
Batting - Top Order 11,144 10,611
Batting - Middle Order 10,448 7,823
Batting - Tail 4,095 4,132
Bowling - Seam 12,578 (20) 9,465 (12)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 11,559 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,584 11,231
Overall 208,298 171,338

won by 18 runs on hard/hot. 3 wins from 3, and a nice easy game next week against The Dross.

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Home The Wrath of the Eggletons
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Brexit is stupid
League Youth 2.2
Date 11 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 6,747
Weather Humid
Pitch Uneven

We're up against it today but at least we won the toss.

S. Finley (lfm) 3-0-13-1, N. Gera 6 (14b), A. Dotson 11 (28b)
End of over 13 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(41-1) RR 3.15

Mills is out so can't make it 3 YOD centuries in a row.

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D. Grove (rfm) 8-0-27-2, N. Gera 39 (70b), R. Schneider 2 (5b)
End of over 32 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(118-5) RR 3.69

Unsurprisingly, we're struggling a bit. We could do with really speeding up as I think we'll need at least 200 and probably 220+.