England League and Cup Discussion

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Inchigeela Angels won by 5 wickets

Inchigeela Angels Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,255 14,806
Batting - Middle Order 11,564 11,838
Batting - Tail 5,281 4,946
Bowling - Seam 13,789 (16) 13,740 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,592 (4) 14,192 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,633 17,472
Overall 234,775 243,438

So it goes to the last game of the season and it's going to be another tough game against Gavs Boys. If we win that then it may or may not be enough depending on the NRR. Inchigeela Angels are playing the bottom team so should win that comfortably.

Diaz might have played his last game for me as he should have been good enough to put in a decent performance as my most experienced player; he was awful. That failure to perform combined with skills beginning to decline means that I'm probably better off picking a youngster who at least will gain some valuable experience.

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South London's Number One CC v Nether Regions CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Nether Regions CC
Batting - Top Order 12,315 11,611
Batting - Middle Order 12,081 8,267
Batting - Tail 5,474 5,506
Bowling - Seam 13,368 (12) 9,452 (12)
Bowling - Spin 14,229 (8) 11,729 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,796 10,812
Overall 232,960 180,281

won easily enough, but a bit irrelevant as we failed to close the NRR gap on bigsexybarry. Win next week and we're up, lose and it's another season at the 3rd tier.

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Gold Prospectors X1 wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 10,370 11,361
Batting - Middle Order 8,127 7,520
Batting - Tail 4,739 3,524
Bowling - Seam 10,976 (12) 10,539 (12)
Bowling - Spin 10,689 (8) 9,728 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,136 14,175
Overall 184,923 179,702

Result: Gold Prospectors X1 won by 4 wickets

We could have won this

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Home Snakey's Kent Stars
Away Ruff Royals
Ground St Lawrence Ground
League Youth 2.2
Date 20 May 21 10:00
Crowd 9,612
Weather Sunny
Pitch Slow

Fairly inconsequential game for me. We're bowling first.

J. Westerveld (rfs) 8-1-66-1, J. Macdonald 6 (7b), B. Attard 18 (13b)
End of over 40 (9 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(236-9) RR 5.90

That's quite a big total to chase.

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I. Corcoran (rfs) 5-1-24-1, J. Hicks 1 (2b), N. Gera 44 (62b)
End of over 21 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(116-2). 121 runs required from 19 overs. RR 5.52 RRR 6.37

Decent start but the run rate is still a big problem. It's not really playing like a slow pitch.

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Snakey's Kent Stars Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,446 7,793
Batting - Middle Order 6,125 6,490
Batting - Tail 3,829 3,494
Bowling - Seam 6,957 (16) 7,262 (24)
Bowling - Spin 7,495 (24) 5,491 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 7,870 8,954
Overall 125,787 127,245

7 runs short of successfully chasing 236. Mills scored 51, Hicks 57, and Gera 94 not out.

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Relegation reprobates wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,909 6,570
Batting - Middle Order 5,628 4,822
Batting - Tail 4,144 2,439
Bowling - Seam 6,370 (32) 4,536 (28)
Bowling - Spin 6,162 (8) 8,250 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 7,158 9,353
Overall 115,697 109,198

Result: Relegation reprobates won by 8 wickets

Experience at least.

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Home Camberwell Carrots
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Camberwell Carrots CG
League One Day 1.1
Date 21 May 21 10:00
Crowd 17,500
Weather Sunny
Pitch Uneven

Big game for Camberwell Carrots who are joint top of the league with another 3 teams. As long as I win next week I'll be fine so this isn't that big a game for me.

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J. Norton (rm) 2-0-7-0, A. Bowers 30 (40b), F. Best 5 (10b)
End of over 14 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(53-2) RR 3.79

We were put into bat which I was okay with. We lost Avila early and then Liberatore after his accumulator talent was starting to look very useful. Bowers is going well but I'd say they are in the ascendency.

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A. Haddad (rf) 8-0-29-0, C. Paton 2 (7b), B. Issa 40 (59b)
End of over 36 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(151-4) RR 4.19

Bowers out for 79. It was a good innings although he's almost 32 so that might tire him out a bit. I'd still make them favourites but if we can get to 220+ then we've got an outside chance.

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Home wolfberries
Away Pedagogs
Ground wolfberries CG
League One Day 2.2
Date 21 May 21 10:00
Crowd 13,614
Weather Sunny
Pitch Crumbling

Toss: Pedagogs won the toss and elected to bat.

D. Bonnor (rws) 7.2-2-28-4, G. Lewis 4 (7b)
End of over 46 (maiden) - Pedagogs(164-10) RR 3.57

Happy enough to keep our opponents down to this score, although we've left out our two best older batsmen today.

Nice to see our young wristy Bonnor get some wickets plus some much need experience.

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C. Jamar (lfs) 10-0-63-0, E. Perry 15 (19b), B. Issa 86 (102b)
End of over 50 (10 runs) - Ruff Royals(235-5) RR 4.70

86 not out for Issa which I think is his best of the season. 235 is something to defend but a good side like Camberwell are certainly capable of chasing it and claiming the win.

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A. Ten Dam (rfm) 2-0-16-1, V. Salpietro 6 (6b), B. McMichael 28 (41b)
End of over 11 (7 runs) - Camberwell Carrots(50-1). 186 runs required from 39 overs. RR 4.55 RRR 4.77

Ten Dam could have had 2 wickets but Roberson just dropped Salpietro. We need to start picking up wickets more regularly.

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G. Lewis (lfs) 2-0-11-0, M. Scholes 25 (56b), B. Hayne 6 (16b)
End of over 19 (2 runs) - wolfberries(50-4). 115 runs required from 31 overs. RR 2.63 RRR 3.71

As I suspected our batting is going to struggle.

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Ruff Royals won by 38 runs.

Camberwell Carrots Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,553 14,625
Batting - Middle Order 11,575 12,246
Batting - Tail 5,757 4,985
Bowling - Seam 13,266 (40) 12,400 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,805 (10) 14,221 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,671 17,145
Overall 238,670 239,518

I think I've ruined Camberwell Carrots chance of the title with that win so I feel a little bad about that but I did secure my place in my place in division 1 for next season. Issa and Bowers produced their best SOD innings of the season and Ten Dam picked up 5-55 to lead us to victory.