England League and Cup Discussion

[spark]

Ffoh won by 16 runs

Ruff Royals Ffoh
Batting - Top Order 5,974 7,730
Batting - Middle Order 7,287 5,908
Batting - Tail 4,762 3,884
Bowling - Seam 6,616 (24) 7,339 (24)
Bowling - Spin 8,174 (16) 8,563 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,024 8,893
Overall 127,603 132,033

101 from Obuya but we didn't quite score quickly enough. I think that may have ended my promotion chances. Still only 4 points behind but I don't think I'll catch up.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Bowled As Love
Batting - Top Order 6,291 7,834
Batting - Middle Order 4,777 4,541
Batting - Tail 3,470 2,178
Bowling - Seam 6,167 (32) 5,912 (40)
Bowling - Spin 6,102 (8) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 8,336 6,761
Overall 110,464 105,884

Result: Bowled As Love won by 11 runs

Poor pitch selection cost us today, my fault for not looking at the tactics until too late!

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 5 wickets

Ruff Royals Sledgingshire
Batting - Top Order 13,870 13,878
Batting - Middle Order 12,943 12,628
Batting - Tail 4,566 5,809
Bowling - Seam 14,290 (30) 14,546 (20)
Bowling - Spin 14,778 (20) 14,182 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 17,699 17,285
Overall 246,476 246,947

Today, I witnessed something as rare as rocking horse poop! I'm not referring to the Ruff Royals winning but to an actual decent score by my captain Whitehead! 87 runs for a batsman who averages only 26 was a remarkable effort and he will now get a run as an opener in the desperate desire for him to repeat this scoring success on a more regular basis.

We restricted Sledgingshire to 229 on a slow pitch after making them bat first. It was a decent effort by them and I was in no way confident that we would successfully chase it down. The 87 by Whitehead was the highest score for both teams and got us off to a good start before Clarke (44 not out) and Schneider (29 not out) came together at the end. We won with just over 5 overs to spare.

It was a crucial win which sees us 8 points clear of Sledginghire who remain in 7th place. That's still slender lead as they have yet to play their 2nd game against the league's bottom team who look sure to lose all their games.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v Relegation reprobates >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 13,362 13,888
Batting - Middle Order 11,693 11,421
Batting - Tail 4,732 5,356
Bowling - Seam 12,948 (50) 12,373 (40)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 13,791 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,407 15,596
Overall 228,378 227,380

result: won by 3 runs. Nail-biting game, really could have gone either way, but fortunately we just about came out on top. Zaha was superb once again with a run a ball 98, whilst Zhiyi was the hero with the ball, taking the last two wickets to give us the win.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Castle Rock CC
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth Twenty20 3.2
Date 01 May 23 10:00
Crowd 8,954
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Uneven

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

Playing top today but we are basically playing for second spot, as our opponents are going to be very difficult to catch even if we beat them today!

[wolfberries]

P. Slwana (rfm) 4-0-26-0, G. Gee 21 (18b), J. Buckingham 47 (45b)
End of over 20 (10 runs) - wolfberries(111-3) RR 5.55

Not the worst total, but can't see us defending that.

[spark]

Ruff Royals The Dross
Batting - Top Order 7,775 6,924
Batting - Middle Order 6,232 7,294
Batting - Tail 5,070 5,256
Bowling - Seam 6,836 (10) 6,753 (12)
Bowling - Spin 7,647 (10) 8,259 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 10,124 8,515
Overall 137,825 134,966

Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets

A crumbling pitch and we put them in to bat. We did a good job with the ball which meant they only had 115 to defend. Fareed was our best bowler with 3-14; all 3 wickets in 1 devastating over. Ames got us off to a fast start but was soon out for 15 but Banerjee was superb and ended up on 57 not out. Delap was also great as he got 39 not out to add to his 2-19 when he bowled.

We're now 8 points clear with 4 games to go.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Castle Rock CC
Batting - Top Order 6,136 6,937
Batting - Middle Order 4,169 5,713
Batting - Tail 3,420 3,731
Bowling - Seam 6,988 (12) 6,929 (16)
Bowling - Spin 5,362 (8) 8,165 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 8,318 7,634
Overall 108,121 120,580

Result: Castle Rock CC won by 9 wickets

We were never going to win this after the total we set, but the fielding ME so needs fixing!

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Gavs Boys
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 2.2
Date 02 May 23 10:00
Crowd 18,270
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

Top currently and need to keep winning to stay there.

[wolfberries]

T. Shanmuganathan (rfs) 4-0-37-1, T. Hopper 73 (44b), J. Lord 0 (1b)
End of over 20 (15 runs) - wolfberries(151-8) RR 7.55

Not the worst total to try to defend in these conditions.

[spark]

It was better than what I got in the same conditions. 123-2 to 137 all out didn't help.

C. Rush (lm) 2-0-12-0, K. O'Connor 12 (12b), T. Hussain 1 (5b)
End of over 3 (7 runs) - Ffoh(13-1). 125 runs required from 17 overs. RR 4.33 RRR 7.35

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Gavs Boys
Batting - Top Order 14,037 14,160
Batting - Middle Order 11,842 10,501
Batting - Tail 5,778 5,108
Bowling - Seam 14,186 (16) 13,512 (8)
Bowling - Spin 14,981 (4) 14,729 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 17,470 16,420
Overall 244,991 234,442

Result: wolfberries won by 64 runs

Easy win considering our opponents were this tough.

[spark]

Ruff Royals Ffoh
Batting - Top Order 15,122 14,208
Batting - Middle Order 10,649 13,779
Batting - Tail 4,245 6,444
Bowling - Seam 14,873 (8) 13,944 (16)
Bowling - Spin 14,594 (12) 14,926 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 18,065 16,693
Overall 243,547 252,062

Ffoh won by 6 wickets

We collapsed at the end of our innings and they didn't so they won with 9 balls to spare.

[spark]

I forgot to change my bat decision to bat first on uneven/humid. That might be a big mistake.

O. Delap (lfs) 4-0-29-0, A. arap Cheserem 46 (68b), A. Tedlal 70 (93b)
End of over 31 (9 runs) - The Middle Stump Lubricators(138-1) RR 4.45

We're struggling to take wickets. It didn't help that Tedilal was dropped first ball.

[spark]

D. Passailaigue (lfs) 8-0-47-3, C. Ramgobin 1 (1b), B. Lalor 21 (12b)
End of over 40 (10 runs) - The Middle Stump Lubricators(198-6) RR 4.95

The spinners picked up 5 wickets in the end. We've got a chance but it won't be easy.