England League and Cup Discussion

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Hay Spitfires
Batting - Top Order 7,411 7,548
Batting - Middle Order 5,447 5,359
Batting - Tail 3,253 2,606
Bowling - Seam 6,726 (8) 5,391 (16)
Bowling - Spin 6,459 (12) 7,939 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 9,966 5,998
Overall 123,920 106,947

Result: wolfberries won by 10 wickets

Today's win keeps us on top by NRR.

[casperj]

In with a chance with this total, although feel we should have got more on a cloudy / flat against a team with 3 spinners.

S. Leehane (rfs) 4-0-58-1, C. Mansfield 14 (8b), C. Zulch 27 (13b)
End of over 20 (14 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(202-5) RR 10.10

[casperj]

South Yorkshire CC Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 13,123 13,287
Batting - Middle Order 7,216 11,021
Batting - Tail 5,239 4,915
Bowling - Seam 13,072 (8) 13,085 (16)
Bowling - Spin 13,195 (12) 13,774 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 12,145 16,024
Overall 199,243 226,167

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 55 runs

Suprisingly comfortable win. Looks like South Yorkshire had to play 6 bowlers to manage fatigue, which is probably why they rated lower than I was expecting. Our 4th win this year, which means we probably only need another 2 to stay uo this season. Might hold off on strengthening the squad as it looks like it might not be needed.

[spark]

Ruff Royals Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 14,335 14,072
Batting - Middle Order 11,781 12,194
Batting - Tail 5,042 6,219
Bowling - Seam 15,043 (12) 12,078 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,545 (8) 13,751 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 17,468 16,557
Overall 244,219 238,805

I thought we did alright with the ball to restrict them to 130 on a slow pitch. Then we batted a bit slowly and lost wickets regularly. We were 4 runs short of the win.

Relegation reprobates won by 3 runs.

My first senior T20 defeat of the season.

[wolfberries]

YorkshireTykes wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 12,797 13,530
Batting - Middle Order 9,034 11,283
Batting - Tail 5,330 4,443
Bowling - Seam 12,354 (12) 13,074 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,685 (8) 13,291 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,108 16,837
Overall 211,075 228,902

Result: YorkshireTykes won by 14 runs

We were coasting to victory and then the wheels fell off!

[Atko]

The Raging Speed Horns vs South Hill Slammers
League Youth 2.1

Weather Windy
Pitch Dry

Well, despite last week's loss we're still clinging on to top place by our fingernails. Two other teams are currently on 16 points, and I'm playing one of 'em today. As I've lamented over the last couple of weeks, my youth team is in decline, but I'm kind of hoping we're bottoming out on the sine wave. One more top player will leave us in a couple of weeks, but fingers crossed the "in development" kids will start to pick up the slack.

Playing at home today on a dry to help the young spinners, we've opted to bat first and post a good total to bowl at. As luck would have it the oppo only have one spinner, so batting has proven slightly easier than anticipated.

Currently we are -

End of over 36 (6 runs) - The Raging Speed Horns(279-7) RR 7.75

- see if you can get 300 lads!

[Atko]

End of over 40 (13 runs) - The Raging Speed Horns(321-7) RR 8.03

That'll do nicely. I just pray my powder puff attack can defend that

[Atko]

The big total made the bowling easy and -

Result: The Raging Speed Horns won by 126 runs

Very pleased with that performance - similar tactics and ratings to last week, but this time everyone did as they were instructed, which makes a pleasant change!

Match Ratings
The Raging Speed Horns South Hill Slammers
Batting - Top Order 7,619 7,058
Batting - Middle Order 5,074 5,669
Batting - Tail 3,387 3,564
Bowling - Seam 4,633 (16) 5,317 (32)
Bowling - Spin 6,080 (24) 5,720 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,764 9,011
Overall 111,733 115,623

Bowling is still very poor, but as long as the batsmen are doing their job, life should prove easy, and I wouldn't fear anyone with less than a 10k ratings advantage over us.

This result puts us back on top, but now with a 4 point gap and the best NRR in the league. Ratings are still bargain basement though (last but one in fact!), so I'd still say that on paper, our chances of promotion are low.

EDITED - wrong match ratings pasted!

[spark]

Ruff Royals Ffoh
Batting - Top Order 6,674 7,033
Batting - Middle Order 5,056 5,794
Batting - Tail 3,742 4,128
Bowling - Seam 6,630 (32) 6,685 (22)
Bowling - Spin 6,788 (8) 8,500 (18)
Fielding/Keeping 8,289 8,937
Overall 116,327 128,013

Ffoh won by 21 runs

We just drop back into the relegation zone. The positives are that Buck picked up 4-46 and Mitchell scored 41.

I'm still looking for my first win of the week. Tomorrow we get the chance to be beaten by Relegation Reprobates for the third time this week!

[casperj]

Crestfallen Sidekicks Gully Boys CC
Batting - Top Order 4,590 6,902
Batting - Middle Order 5,382 4,791
Batting - Tail 2,295 3,106
Bowling - Seam 5,033 (32) 5,986 (24)
Bowling - Spin 6,806 (8) 6,174 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 6,585 6,062
Overall 93,471 104,585

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 6 wickets

Youth team continue to overperform! Opponents batted first but (as seems to be happening a lot recently) didn't accelerate at all despite having lots of wickets in hand. Our two best batsmen got set and were able to get us home quite comfortably in the end.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries TTS Galacticos CC
Batting - Top Order 7,786 8,396
Batting - Middle Order 5,618 4,992
Batting - Tail 3,312 3,781
Bowling - Seam 6,796 (16) 5,857 (32)
Bowling - Spin 6,519 (24) 4,339 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 10,101 6,516
Overall 127,009 112,213

Result: wolfberries won by 8 wickets

Today's win keeps us top by eight points.

[spark]

Home Relegation reprobates
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Relegation reprobates CG
League One Day 2.1
Date 31 May 24 10:00
Crowd 19,000
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Dry

Need to get the first win of the week. I've chosen to bat first; I'm not sure that was the correct thing to do.

[Atko]

Yay! It's SOD day! Well, it's my FTP raison d'etre anyway

...I've chosen to bat first; I'm not sure that was the correct thing to do.

Morning sparky - I'm batting first too - I find that when the team actually follow the orders set, it seems to work, but batting second, the NRR rubber band tends to mess with the RR triggering wickets by seemingly causing the team to panic if they're not within some imagined target corridor.

Anyhoo, we're playing Ffoh on our usual pitch -

The Raging Speed Horns vs Ffoh
League One Day 1.1

Weather Cloudy
Pitch Sticky

Bugger, just lost a wicket .

Ffoh are just above the relegation zone and we're 3rd. Top two play today as well, so depending on results, we might sneak into second spot

Currently -

End of over 8 (6 runs) - The Raging Speed Horns(34-1) RR 4.25

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Pedagogs
Ground wolfberries CG
League One Day 1.1
Date 31 May 24 10:00
Crowd 16,527
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Sticky

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bowl.

K. Hartigan (lm) 5-1-12-0, C. Majange 25 (57b), P. Kulangatissa 35 (58b)
End of over 19 (6 runs) - Pedagogs(70-0) RR 3.68

Another loss expected today.

[Atko]

Drinks break and we're very solid at =

End of over 25 (7 runs) - The Raging Speed Horns(107-2) RR 4.28

Charlton anchoring the innings again. This guy has always been the baby (3-4 years younger than his mates) of the top order - he's been playing up there for a while now but generally seems to deliver. I imagine that has something to do with always keeping him on defensive orders - survivability plus the accumulator talent mean he punches above his weight. Sitting on 38no - keep going fella!