England League and Cup Discussion

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Home Ruff Royals
Away Castle Rock CC
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 17 May 21 10:00
Crowd 8,793
Weather Hot
Pitch Slow

Ruff Royals won the toss and elected to bowl.

C. Rush (lm) 4-0-15-2, T. Wekesa 46 (38b), R. Bridgman 0 (0b)
End of over 15 (2 runs) - Castle Rock CC(88-6) RR 5.87

Okay so far. I'd like to be chasing less than 120 though.

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J. Westerveld (rfs) 3.5-0-25-2, R. Ryan 12 (7b)
End of over 20 (8 runs) - Castle Rock CC(114-10) RR 5.70

Less than 120 to chase so that's good. 3-14 for Bruce and 2-15 for Rush.

R. Bridgman (rfs) 3-0-21-1, N. Gera 0 (4b), J. House 40 (25b)
End of over 10 (8 runs) - Ruff Royals(80-2). 35 runs required from 10 overs. RR 8.00 RRR 3.50

Looks like this is almost over.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 8 wickets

Ruff Royals Castle Rock CC
Batting - Top Order 7,501 7,166
Batting - Middle Order 6,246 5,749
Batting - Tail 3,674 3,954
Bowling - Seam 7,191 (12) 7,379 (12)
Bowling - Spin 5,396 (8) 7,136 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,895 7,678
Overall 125,066 122,965

51 not out for House comfortably saw us home. I think that seals my third placed finish.

Edit: I didn't even do the House and home thing on purpose!

[wolfberries]

The Middle Stump Lubricators wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 8,123 6,678
Batting - Middle Order 6,166 4,776
Batting - Tail 4,858 2,273
Bowling - Seam 8,064 (20) 5,459 (12)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 9,540 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,349 9,048
Overall 134,100 115,241

Result: The Middle Stump Lubricators won by 7 wickets

Thought we had a chance when we reached 151 batting first, it wasn't to be though.

[eagles123]

Ruff Royals won by 8 wickets

Ruff Royals Castle Rock CC
Batting - Top Order 7,501 7,166
Batting - Middle Order 6,246 5,749
Batting - Tail 3,674 3,954
Bowling - Seam 7,191 (12) 7,379 (12)
Bowling - Spin 5,396 (8) 7,136 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,895 7,678
Overall 125,066 122,965

51 not out for House comfortably saw us home. I think that seals my third placed finish.

Edit: I didn't even do the House and home thing on purpose!

[spark]

Home Inchigeela Angels
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Tir na Spideoga
League Twenty20 2.1
Date 18 May 21 10:00
Crowd 14,692
Weather Hot
Pitch Green

Huge game. First versus second. If I win then I claim the promotion but it's going to be very difficult. I've lost the toss and been put in to bat.

[eagles123]

Last game for our LFS today after we bought a better and younger model in the week. Been a great player for us;

4th highest wicket taker in OD with 146 @ 21.58
4th highest wicket taker in T20 with 69 @ 25.19

also a handy bat with 749 runs in OD, bit surprised he never managed a 50!

[wolfberries]

Home Gold Prospectors X1
Away wolfberries
Ground Gold Prospectors X1 CG
League Twenty20 3.4
Date 18 May 21 10:00
Crowd 15,000
Weather Hot
Pitch Slow

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

Another loss expected today.

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M. Jeffries (rm) 2-0-13-0, F. Best 22 (18b), A. Bowers 28 (20b)
End of over 8 (7 runs) - Ruff Royals(69-1) RR 8.62

I think this pitch is going to play more like a flat pitch. If that's the case we need to be aiming for 200+.

[eagles123]

essentially two aims today, one obviously get the win, and two try and improve my NRR over Bigsexybarry. so far it's pretty even:

End of over 11 (12 runs) - South London's Number One CC(117-1) RR 10.64
End of over 11 (11 runs) - bigsexybarry(111-1) RR 10.09

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C. Baijnauth (rfs) 4-0-40-3, T. Liberatore 1 (1b), A. Bowers 52 (32b)
End of over 15 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(134-4) RR 8.93

So far there's been a great innings by Best (52 runs from 38 balls) and Bowers 52 not out. We need more though and losing two wickets in the last over didn't help. Only a couple of allrounders left after this pair.

[eagles123]

End of over 20 (7 runs) - South London's Number One CC(222-2) RR 11.10

End of over 20 (15 runs) - bigsexybarry(223-2) RR 11.15

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T. Faunce (lfm) 3.5-0-23-3, A. Ten Dam 1 (1b)
End of over 20 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(165-10) RR 8.25

That's a disappointing finish and it's at least 20 runs short of what we'd need to win. We lost the last 8 wickets for just 32 runs.

E. Perry (rm) 2-0-14-1, B. Healy 1 (2b), J. wa Koinange 12 (8b)
End of over 4 (5 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(39-1). 127 runs required from 16 overs. RR 9.75 RRR 7.94

It's not going well. We've dropped a catch already and that's not something we can afford to do with a low total.

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P. Callaway (rfs) 2-0-13-0, M. McCann 13 (16b), B. Healy 31 (27b)
End of over 12 (10 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(90-3). 76 runs required from 8 overs. RR 7.50 RRR 9.50

We've managed to pick up three wickets but we need more and to keep get that run rate down. It's a crucial time in the game.

[spark]

Well, things have gone in Inchigeela Angels' favour with no wickets being taking in a crucial period and they are more or less in control of the run rate.

P. Callaway (rfs) 4-0-31-0, M. McCann 39 (30b), B. Healy 47 (37b)
End of over 16 (7 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(132-3). 34 runs required from 4 overs. RR 8.25 RRR 8.50

We need to be as good or better than they were in the last 4 overs and that doesn't seem likely.