England League and Cup Discussion

[spark]

R. Schneider (rm) 4-0-14-0, G. Kinsella 24 (30b), A. Gordon 11 (12b)
End of over 7 (1 run) - The Middle Stump Lubricators(35-0). 181 runs required from 33 overs. RR 5.00 RRR 5.48

My top 5 will have to do the bulk of the work here.

As expected my young debutant bowler and spin AR went the distance in the first innings.

M

C. Chudasama (rf) 2-0-15-0, A. Searle 1 (1b), G. Kinsella 40 (42b)
End of over 11 (7 runs) - The Middle Stump Lubricators(64-2). 152 runs required from 29 overs. RR 5.82 RRR 5.24

Those 2 wickets have really helped my side but it's not looking like we're going to keep the pressure on. Kinsella is looking very good; I need him gone as soon as possible.

[Mentalist]

Was going nicely until those two big blows. My main two are at the crease now and hoping they build a decent partnership.

If you take a third wicket in the next few overs I’ll start to get twitchy.

M

[wolfberries]

R. Salvana (rfm) 6-0-17-1, E. Wall 5 (10b), W. Leehane 30 (41b)
End of over 20 (1 run) - Captain Speccy's Muppets(89-2). 110 runs required from 20 overs. RR 4.45 RRR 5.50

Need wickets really, RRR is slowly edging up but wickets are the key.

[wolfberries]

L. Shurmer (rf) 7-0-32-2, K. Wordsworth 1 (1b), I. Delmont 1 (2b)
End of over 30 (3 runs) - Captain Speccy's Muppets(143-6). 56 runs required from 10 overs. RR 4.77 RRR 5.60

Two wickets in Shurmers last over has really dragged us back into the game, still 50/50 though.

[wolfberries]

Captain Speccy's Muppets wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,353 6,677
Batting - Middle Order 4,922 5,770
Batting - Tail 3,474 3,212
Bowling - Seam 7,984 (24) 6,459 (24)
Bowling - Spin 5,525 (16) 7,168 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 6,902 9,391
Overall 111,239 121,316

wolfberries won by 41 runs

Had us worried at times but thankfully we got the win.

[spark]

Was going nicely until those two big blows. My main two are at the crease now and hoping they build a decent partnership.

If you take a third wicket in the next few overs I’ll start to get twitchy.

M

Well played.

We just can't seem to get enough wickets this season so I might have to have a think about what I can do about that. A fair amount behind on the ratings so perhaps I shouldn't be too hasty to make a change.

Ruff Royals The Middle Stump Lubricators
Batting - Top Order 7,286 8,590
Batting - Middle Order 6,038 6,146
Batting - Tail 3,109 4,047
Bowling - Seam 6,426 (40) 7,690 (32)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 6,510 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,819 6,711
Overall 118,218 128,491

We should just about be out of the relegation zone with a huge match next week against Sledgingshire. Clarke returns from international duty to strengthen us.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Yorkshire Puddings
Ground wolfberries CG
League One Day 3.4
Date 09 Oct 20 10:00
Crowd 17,850
Weather Sunny
Pitch Dry

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

Very important game today, three teams are on 28 points at the top of the table and we are two of them.

[spark]

K. Keogh (rws) 4-1-7-0, A. Bowers 36 (64b), J. Bass 29 (42b)
End of over 22 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(89-2) RR 4.05

Crumbling pitch and we were put in to bat. It's going okay but we've had a fair bit of luck as they've missed a few chances.

We're 8 points (and NRR) away from safety so it'll be close to relegation time for us if we don't win this game.

[wolfberries]

I. Botham (rfm) 6-0-30-1, R. Fontaine 9 (14b), C. Branston 54 (49b)
End of over 25 (6 runs) - wolfberries(133-2) RR 5.32

Doing well enough so far.

[spark]

S. Byrne (rm) 8-1-37-0, T. Brown 16 (17b), A. Bowers 61 (101b)
End of over 35 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(153-3) RR 4.37

Bass was out for 50. Bowers still doing well but I suspect a major batting collapse will happen when this partnership is broken.

[spark]

B. Friend (rfs) 5-0-31-0, A. Bowers 85 (113b), C. Paton 2 (6b)
End of over 40 (10 runs) - Ruff Royals(194-4) RR 4.85

Brown out now. Bowers still going. Can he get a rare ton? I'd have probably taken this total before the match but it might just mean that it's one of those high scoring crumbling pitches.

[spark]

Bowers falls short of his century and is out for 98.

I doubt we'll get many more runs now. It would be great to get to 250+.

B. Friend (rfs) 7-0-48-2, S. Hodges 5 (3b), C. Paton 13 (12b)
End of over 44 (12 runs) - Ruff Royals(230-6) RR 5.23

[spark]

B. Friend (rfs) 10-0-70-2, S. Hodges 18 (20b), C. Paton 41 (31b)
End of over 50 (11 runs) - Ruff Royals(272-6) RR 5.44

Can't complain about that total (unless it's not enough!). Over to the bowlers to complete the job.

[wolfberries]

B. Friend (rfs) 10-0-70-2, S. Hodges 18 (20b), C. Paton 41 (31b)
End of over 50 (11 runs) - Ruff Royals(272-6) RR 5.44

Can't complain about that total (unless it's not enough!). Over to the bowlers to complete the job.

E. Ndlovu (lm) 10-0-72-3, S. Payne 1 (1b), E. Peden 13 (12b)
End of over 50 (5 runs) - wolfberries(284-8) RR 5.68

Neither can I , I think we both should have enough.


Fingers crossed.

[spark]

A. Diaz (rfm) 2-0-3-1, A. Zuhair 1 (5b), C. Dale 0 (0b)
End of over 3 (2 runs) - Ffoh(8-1). 265 runs required from 47 overs. RR 2.67 RRR 5.64

Useful early wicket. A couple or more early wickets would be very nice.