England League and Cup Discussion

[eagles123]

195/5 in our 50, happy with that, but with the way we've been bowling so far this season, I can't be all that confident

[spark]

Dry pitch and we were put into bat first against Ffoh.

We lost an early wicket, recovered a bit, and then lost a cluster of wickets to make it tough for ourselves. It was going terribly at 80-4 and 101-5 but we managed to recover a bit again with Paton and Hodges getting us to 150-5. Hodges then went. Roberson stayed in for a while and helped Paton to get us to 196-6. But then Paton was caught and bowled and the remaining wickets fell in no time. 198 all out.

S. Hodges (rfs) 4-0-15-0, A. Vethanayagam 34 (55b), I. Wijemanne 26 (51b)
End of over 18 (2 runs) - Ffoh(68-1). 131 runs required from 32 overs. RR 3.78 RRR 4.09

It's not looking good. I didn't think 198 would be enough but it gave us a chance. We need Ffoh to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with a big collapse (or two).

[spark]

P. Callaway (rfs) 5-1-9-2, B. Fisher 1 (1b), R. Aitchison 5 (16b)
End of over 36 (1 run) - Ffoh(141-7). 58 runs required from 14 overs. RR 3.92 RRR 4.14

They were 117-1 so that's quite a collapse. I still can't say I'm confident as this feels like it could be a crazy game.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 28 runs

Ruff Royals Ffoh
Batting - Top Order 13,764 13,496
Batting - Middle Order 11,150 11,422
Batting - Tail 4,463 6,865
Bowling - Seam 13,125 (20) 12,708 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,356 (30) 13,280 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 16,673 16,307
Overall 229,392 234,446

A good win in the end. It wasn't an easy game. Paton's 68 was crucial as was Ten Dam's 3-25 and Callaway's 3-11. That was more like the Callaway the fans know and love. Moses was a bit more expensive but he did pick up 3 wickets for 47 runs.

I'm back to the top after Dave's win over Inchigeela Angels.

[eagles123]

Well thank god for that, was looking like a bit of a lost cause at one stage, but we've snuck home with a 12 run win.

South London's Number One CC v Pedagogs >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Pedagogs
Batting - Top Order 13,738 13,583
Batting - Middle Order 12,636 11,843
Batting - Tail 5,994 6,978
Bowling - Seam 13,300 (30) 12,710 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,894 (20) 12,605 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,657 16,740
Overall 241,136 236,303

[wolfberries]

Home Castle Rock CC
Away wolfberries
Ground Castle Rock CC CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.2
Date 01 Nov 21 10:00
Crowd 6,027
Weather Humid
Pitch Hard

Toss: Castle Rock CC won the toss and elected to bowl.

K. Peachey (rf) 3-0-18-1, C. Martel 22 (16b), F. Clingeleffer 31 (28b)
End of over 14 (3 runs) - wolfberries(108-3) RR 7.71

Going OKish at the moment.

[wolfberries]

K. McCoist (rm) 4-0-46-1, T. Minter 4 (2b), C. Martel 52 (35b)
End of over 20 (12 runs) - wolfberries(178-6) RR 8.90

Not the worst total, but not sure we will be able to defend that!

[wolfberries]

0.1nb 6 Martel to Glenn : That was barely medium pace from Martel, and Glenn had no trouble smashing that over long-off. Dropped in the crowd, though, as the spectator valued his beer above the catch.

OK then....

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 5 wickets

Ruff Royals The Ashes CC
Batting - Top Order 7,453 6,257
Batting - Middle Order 5,133 4,338
Batting - Tail 3,887 3,623
Bowling - Seam 5,717 (8) 8,171 (12)
Bowling - Spin 7,450 (12) 5,382 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 9,021 7,993
Overall 122,859 112,507

We bowled first and they made 124 on a dry pitch. Bruce took 3-16. The batting wasn't comfortable but we did get there largely thanks to 55 from Dotson.

Somehow we are 8 points clear at the top. I'm not really expecting it to last.

[wolfberries]

Castle Rock CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,310 6,109
Batting - Middle Order 5,188 5,034
Batting - Tail 3,606 3,375
Bowling - Seam 6,156 (16) 4,894 (16)
Bowling - Spin 5,036 (4) 3,915 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 7,358 9,112
Overall 112,548 105,524

Result: Castle Rock CC won by 6 wickets

Fielding ME really does need sorting out!

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v bigsexybarry >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC bigsexybarry
Batting - Top Order 12,407 11,187
Batting - Middle Order 12,194 11,294
Batting - Tail 3,446 4,899
Bowling - Seam 11,177 (12) 11,413 (16)
Bowling - Spin 13,453 (8) 9,655 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 16,069 14,573
Overall 217,388 203,654


comfortable seven wicket victory today, all round solid performance.

[spark]

Home Ruff Royals
Away Relegation reprobates
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Twenty20 1.1
Date 02 Nov 21 10:00
Crowd 20,155
Weather Humid
Pitch Dry

I had some tired players so had to rest some with my main focus currently being SOD where I'm pretending I've got a chance of winning the league. It's likely to be a battle against relegation in T20 but there is a tiny bit of breathing space at the moment so I'm gambling that I can afford to lose this game.

T. Julian (rfs) 4-0-29-2, P. Massey 5 (8b)
End of over 20 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(120-10) RR 6.00

We're 20-40 runs short, I reckon. 65 for Liberatore was the stand out performance. Theoretically, we should have been better at batting than bowling.

C. Rush (lm) 3-0-23-0, R. Whitesides 16 (15b), T. Julian 7 (9b)
End of over 18 (12 runs) - Relegation reprobates(112-5). 9 runs required from 2 overs. RR 6.22 RRR 4.50

Defeat is inevitable but I don't think that was too bad an effort by the bowlers.

[spark]

Relegation reprobates won by 2 wickets

Ruff Royals Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 13,911 13,809
Batting - Middle Order 10,167 12,089
Batting - Tail 3,542 7,029
Bowling - Seam 11,758 (12) 12,679 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,812 (8) 14,143 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 15,959 16,501
Overall 217,717 241,971

3 wickets in the penultimate over made it much closer than I expected. Couldn't get the 2 wickets in the last over but I'm happy that it was that close.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Yorkshire Puddings
Batting - Top Order 12,670 13,489
Batting - Middle Order 9,264 9,968
Batting - Tail 4,264 5,406
Bowling - Seam 11,419 (20) 13,740 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 12,795 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 15,201 15,940
Overall 203,226 225,622

Yorkshire Puddings won by 79 runs

Really hammered today.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Bedfordshire Jats
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 2.1
Date 04 Nov 21 10:00
Crowd 5,996
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Dry
Around The Grounds

Toss: Bedfordshire Jats won the toss and elected to bat.

T. Benneworth (lws) 8-1-36-1, A. Babariya 20 (38b), R. Kakde 19 (26b)
End of over 31 (8 runs) - Bedfordshire Jats(116-7) RR 3.74

Need this partnership breaking and soon!