England League and Cup Discussion

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Home wolfberries
Away South Hill Slammers
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth Twenty20 3.1
Date 21 Feb 22 10:00
Crowd 8,348
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Dry

Toss: South Hill Slammers won the toss and elected to bowl.

Would have batted anyway.

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A. Egglestone (rfm) 4-0-21-1, T. Benneworth 3 (9b), J. Easton 55 (45b)
End of over 20 (4 runs) - wolfberries(119-7) RR 5.95

Not sure we have the bowling to defend this total.

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wolfberries South Hill Slammers
Batting - Top Order 6,865 6,631
Batting - Middle Order 5,299 5,230
Batting - Tail 3,063 4,321
Bowling - Seam 5,225 (12) 7,092 (12)
Bowling - Spin 5,543 (8) 7,808 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,269 7,855
Overall 109,415 120,867

South Hill Slammers won by 3 wickets

We didn't!

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Relegation reprobates Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,269 7,137
Batting - Middle Order 6,584 5,128
Batting - Tail 3,939 3,772
Bowling - Seam 7,161 (8) 6,877 (8)
Bowling - Spin 8,834 (12) 7,962 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 7,630 9,097
Overall 130,946 125,311

Relegation reprobates won by 7 wickets

We were put into bat which is not what I wanted to do and, apart from the first 3 overs we struggled to score quickly enough to set a good total. We ended up only making 114, despite a nice 56 from Bullock, which we were never going to be able to defend. They won comfortably with 10 balls to spare.

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Home JAffna8CC
Away wolfberries
Ground JAffna8CC CG
League Twenty20 3.1
Date 22 Feb 22 10:00
Crowd 15,800
Weather Humid
Pitch Hard

Toss: JAffna8CC won the toss and elected to bowl.

Unbeaten and top of the league so far, playing second placed JAffna8CC today who are eight points behind us. Although they will no doubt out rate us, so we are the underdogs.

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L. Alfred (rm) 4-0-26-3, L. Shurmer 6 (4b), F. Hills 48 (31b)
End of over 20 (10 runs) - wolfberries(158-6) RR 7.90

Can't see us defending this.

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Home Ruff Royals
Away Topmen
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Twenty20 1.1
Date 22 Feb 22 10:00
Crowd 19,380
Weather Humid
Pitch Dry

T. Sithole (rws) 4-0-38-0, T. Liberatore 19 (12b), C. Paton 25 (17b)
End of over 20 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(156-3) RR 7.80

Okay, I guess but I think we might have needed more.

Mills was good considering his age, hitting 37 as he approaches his 23rd birthday. McCall was great and was run out for 63 from 45 balls.

[casperj]

Pretty much a carbon copy of the team's last senior match. Kept the opponent to an achievable score, but top order folded immediately and the middle order weren't quite able to play catch up. On paper my batting line up isn't that bad, but they are frequently blown away by opposition bowlers.

Crestfallen Sidekicks South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 12,886 8,820
Batting - Middle Order 9,154 12,288
Batting - Tail 4,604 5,548
Bowling - Seam 10,972 (16) 13,287 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,063 (4) 8,696 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,106 16,496
Overall 201,243 207,825

W. Burrows (lfs) 4-0-26-1, A. Idroos 10 (9b), J. Andersen 0 (1b)
End of over 20 (5 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(120-8). 23 runs required from 0 overs. RR 6.00 RRR 0.00

South London's Number One CC won by 22 runs

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Ruff Royals won by 33 runs

Ruff Royals Topmen
Batting - Top Order 12,814 12,230
Batting - Middle Order 12,194 11,110
Batting - Tail 3,999 5,952
Bowling - Seam 13,818 (8) 12,924 (16)
Bowling - Spin 14,042 (12) 13,022 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 16,494 14,553
Overall 231,274 219,595

We both had a couple of players away on international duty but, judging by the ratings, we coped better with that. The bowlers did well with Ten Dam taking 4-23 and Hodges, who didn't have the best starts to the season, taking 4-18. We bowled them out for 123 after we scored 156.

It was a much needed win as 2 of the other 3 sides in a relegation battle also won.

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JAffna8CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 13,002 11,549
Batting - Middle Order 9,790 10,278
Batting - Tail 5,413 4,587
Bowling - Seam 13,480 (16) 11,717 (20)
Bowling - Spin 14,557 (4) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 13,259 15,338
Overall 215,664 205,669

Result: JAffna8CC won by 3 wickets

ANOTHER last ball loss, couldn't defend 17 from the last over!

[eagles123]

Pretty much a carbon copy of the team's last senior match. Kept the opponent to an achievable score, but top order folded immediately and the middle order weren't quite able to play catch up. On paper my batting line up isn't that bad, but they are frequently blown away by opposition bowlers.

Crestfallen Sidekicks South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 12,886 8,820
Batting - Middle Order 9,154 12,288
Batting - Tail 4,604 5,548
Bowling - Seam 10,972 (16) 13,287 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,063 (4) 8,696 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,106 16,496
Overall 201,243 207,825

W. Burrows (lfs) 4-0-26-1, A. Idroos 10 (9b), J. Andersen 0 (1b)
End of over 20 (5 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(120-8). 23 runs required from 0 overs. RR 6.00 RRR 0.00

South London's Number One CC won by 22 runs

you were very unlucky. I logged on around 10ish today to check the weekly senior training, was a bit annoyed I didn't have any pops ... then realised I was a day ahead of myself fortunately the team had enough quality to get over the line today, but certainly wasn't the side I would have picked

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Home Scotland Youth
Away wolfberries
Ground Scotland Youth CG
League Youth 2.1
Date 24 Feb 22 10:00
Crowd 6,380
Weather Sunny
Pitch Green

Toss: Scotland Youth won the toss and elected to bat.

Playing a half arsed 50% youth only can't be bothered to play all the game team today, so expecting a good kicking.

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T. Minter (rfs) 8-0-56-0, S. Bosvelt 117 (119b), R. Lindsey 15 (8b)
End of over 40 (12 runs) - Scotland Youth(288-7) RR 7.20

Not sure we are going to defend this total!

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Scotland Youth wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 8,723 7,058
Batting - Middle Order 6,649 4,694
Batting - Tail 5,000 3,100
Bowling - Seam 8,746 (32) 4,225 (24)
Bowling - Spin 9,329 (8) 5,618 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,652 7,744
Overall 146,762 103,451

Result: Scotland Youth won by 145 runs

As expected.

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Inchigeela Angels Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 6,224 6,927
Batting - Middle Order 5,572 5,830
Batting - Tail 3,203 3,467
Bowling - Seam 6,704 (24) 5,948 (24)
Bowling - Spin 7,553 (16) 8,004 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 6,382 9,105
Overall 111,166 122,602

Ruff Royals won by 124 runs

A good win. We decided to bat first. We lost 2 early wickets but then had a 188 run stand between Alphonso Patterson (115 runs from 80 balls) and House (94 runs from 89 balls). Gilbert also added 48 to get us to 303.

That was far too much for them to deal with and Combs produced his best bowling to end with 5-36 as we bowled them out for 179.