England League and Cup Discussion

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League One Day 2.1
Date 11 Dec 20 10:00
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Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

Toss: Ruff Royals won the toss and elected to bowl.(We are both happy with that)

Another tough day today against Sparks boys, I would say it's another 50/50 game.

[eagles123]

away against Lord Rockingham's X1 in what feels like a must win game. Lost the toss and having a bat, seems a fairly even game on paper so let's see what we can do

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S. Hodges (rfs) 5-0-16-2, C. Branston 1 (3b), R. Fontaine 0 (0b)
End of over 24 (1 run) - wolfberries(89-2) RR 3.71

Two wickets in the over of both set batsmen hasn't helped!

[spark]

S. Hodges (rfs) 5-0-16-2, C. Branston 1 (3b), R. Fontaine 0 (0b)
End of over 24 (1 run) - wolfberries(89-2) RR 3.71

Two wickets in the over of both set batsmen hasn't helped!

It was much needed; we've really struggled to take wickets. At least Hodges has turned up but I need Callaway to come to the party too.

S. Hodges (rfs) 9-0-38-3, E. McCosker 10 (19b), O. Harford 25 (23b)
End of over 35 (8 runs) - wolfberries(145-4) RR 4.14

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S. Hodges (rfs) 10-0-40-5, T. Gardiner 1 (1b), G. Lyon 0 (0b)
End of over 37 (2 runs) - wolfberries(150-6) RR 4.05

Another double wicket over from Hodges has basically done for us!

We will struggle to bat the full 50 overs.

[spark]

That's Hodges best senior figures. 180+ could still be tricky to chase so I need my side to make sure it's not much more than that total.

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P. Callaway (rfs) 9.2-0-27-3, J. Walkley 5 (5b)
End of over 50 (1 run) - wolfberries(195-10) RR 3.90

Well that was an up and down innings, happy enough with 195 in the end. Not sure we can defend that as our spinners aren't that great today, unlike your lads.

Now to see who has been hurt the most by International call ups.

[spark]

P. Callaway (rfs) 9.2-0-27-3, J. Walkley 5 (5b)
End of over 50 (1 run) - wolfberries(195-10) RR 3.90

I don't think this is going to be an easy chase but it's a decent bowling performance after a difficult start.

[eagles123]

Brilliant effort with the bat, 262/3 in our 50 and arguably our best two didn’t even get in obviously have a job to do with the ball but I’d have us as heavy favourites from here

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E. Peden (rf) 5-0-27-0, T. Liberatore 15 (23b), F. Best 22 (31b)
End of over 9 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(38-0). 158 runs required from 41 overs. RR 4.22 RRR 3.85

I was relying on Peden to get us the wickets

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E. McCosker (rfs) 1-0-9-0, T. Liberatore 21 (32b), F. Best 28 (34b)
End of over 11 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(50-0). 146 runs required from 39 overs. RR 4.55 RRR 3.74

Our best spinner

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S. Payne (lfs) 5-0-23-0, J. Bass 0 (2b), T. Brown 20 (14b)
End of over 20 (16 runs) - Ruff Royals(87-2). 109 runs required from 30 overs. RR 4.35 RRR 3.63

Two wickets down but overs like this won't help.

20.1.Lyon to Bass : [dropped] Bass plays a fierce pull straight to Gardiner at mid-wicket, who grasses the chance.

Or this

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Now to see who has been hurt the most by International call ups.

That would be us then.

[spark]

122-3. Another wicket lost and we'll be in real trouble despite what should be a manageable RRR.

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Game is yours, you're all over us now.