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Gavs Boys v South London's Number One CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Gavs Boys South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 14,369 12,323
Batting - Middle Order 9,104 10,350
Batting - Tail 5,080 4,795
Bowling - Seam 13,532 (8) 13,437 (12)
Bowling - Spin 14,731 (12) 12,856 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,911 16,183
Overall 231,125 219,657

good start to the season, winning by 8 wickets. bowled well to restrict opps to 133/7 on windy/dry, but the run rate was looking challenging until Zaha smashed 73* (56) ably supported by youngster Puncheon with 39* (37) in an unbeaten 104 run partnership to get us over the line.

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Home Ruff Royals
Away Ffoh
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Youth 2.1
Date 15 Jun 23 10:00
Crowd 8,254
Weather Overcast
Pitch Slow

T. Ames (rm) 1-0-5-0, L. Maxwell 16 (30b), B. Persad 4 (10b)
End of over 10 (5 runs) - Ffoh(34-2) RR 3.40

A decent start for our bowlers so far. Harrison and Pithey each picking up a wicket.

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Home South Hill Slammers
Away wolfberries
Ground South Hill Slammers CG
League Youth 2.1
Date 15 Jun 23 10:00
Crowd 6,045
Weather Overcast
Pitch Crumbling

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

R. Potter (rfs) 8-1-29-2, S. Coulstock 30 (23b), R. McCoombe 17 (14b)
End of over 40 (9 runs) - South Hill Slammers(173-7) RR 4.33

Can't see us defending that!

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Q. Fattah (rfs) 8-0-45-1, S. Langley 30 (28b), D. Burns 5 (10b)
End of over 40 (13 runs) - Ffoh(147-9) RR 3.67

A good bowling effort but we could have had them all out for 123 and 130. Bennett was brilliant and ended with 4-16 from his 8 overs.

D. Burns (rfm) 3-0-11-1, L. Durham 9 (15b), J. Harrison 6 (15b)
End of over 5 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(16-1). 132 runs required from 35 overs. RR 3.20 RRR 3.77

Ames hasn't had the best day he could have picked up a wicket but for 2 drops and then he was out first ball in our reply.

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Ruff Royals Ffoh
Batting - Top Order 7,095 7,224
Batting - Middle Order 8,049 6,399
Batting - Tail 4,561 4,194
Bowling - Seam 5,912 (24) 6,302 (24)
Bowling - Spin 7,070 (16) 6,394 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 10,115 8,710
Overall 136,482 124,905

Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets

63 for Durham and 38 not out for Schwartz saw us over the line. If I were to rate like this for the whole season then I'd be fairly confident I'd get promotion. However, it's Banerjee's final game for the youth side so my ratings are going to drop a lot with the loss of my top keeper.

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South Hill Slammers wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,788 6,640
Batting - Middle Order 4,432 4,623
Batting - Tail 4,449 3,472
Bowling - Seam 6,222 (16) 7,216 (24)
Bowling - Spin 8,250 (24) 5,952 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,616 8,612
Overall 121,272 114,860

Result: South Hill Slammers won by 2 runs

Closer than I expected, but we still didn't manage to chase!

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R. Schneider (rm) 9-1-24-1, D. Duckworth 12 (19b), L. Waterhouse 19 (42b)
End of over 41 (4 runs) - Bathaloner(140-7) RR 3.41

We did great to get them to 114-7 on a slow pitch but we've really struggled to get the last three wickets. We've just dropped Duckworth too.

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M. Roberson (lf) 8-0-30-6, L. Waterhouse 28 (52b)
End of over 45 (2 runs) - Bathaloner(158-10) RR 3.51

Roberson comes back on and finishes things off. He's been excellent today. It's a good effort with the ball although Bathaloner have just got enough runs to make it a defendable total. I would expect them to rate higher than us so their superior quality might tell especially as my batters are not always the most dependable.

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First 10 overs were very good.

D. Duckworth (lm) 5-0-27-0, S. Whitehead 23 (28b), W. Mills 22 (34b)
End of over 10 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(53-0). 106 runs required from 40 overs. RR 5.30 RRR 2.65

Next three not quite as good.

W. Takarusenga (rm) 2-0-8-1, J. House 1 (3b), M. Schmidt 1 (3b)
End of over 13 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(63-2). 96 runs required from 37 overs. RR 4.85 RRR 2.59

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It's been a proper collapse here. 59-0 and only needing about 2.5 runs an over to 81-5.

W. Takarusenga (rm) 5-0-17-3, A. Clarke 2 (2b), R. Schneider 0 (2b)
End of over 19 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(81-5). 78 runs required from 31 overs. RR 4.26 RRR 2.52

This is the last partnership that I can expect to get us the win. I was expecting the batting to be tough but I didn't really expect it to start so well and then go so badly with no real run rate pressure.

[eagles123]

Topmen v South London's Number One CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Topmen South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 14,431 13,546
Batting - Middle Order 13,099 11,328
Batting - Tail 7,598 5,523
Bowling - Seam 14,786 (40) 13,314 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,485 (10) 14,042 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,207 16,667
Overall 254,168 233,364

gonna be a super tough season for us, but this is a great start, winning by 44 runs against a 21K rating deficit. Won the toss and had a bat on sticky/overcast, was a strange innings with Whitworth top scoring with just 28, but most of the side made contributions as we limped to a respectable 157/10 in our 50. Our bowling was superb in reply, everyone picking up at least one wicket, the star being Mateta with figures of 7.2 - 2 - 12 - 3. Still fully expecting to get relegated, but a very pleasing way to start the season, and at least we avoid another 0 - 0 - 14 season like season 51

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Bedfordshire Jats wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 13,201 13,974
Batting - Middle Order 13,110 12,014
Batting - Tail 5,176 5,583
Bowling - Seam 12,984 (30) 14,365 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,012 (20) 14,657 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 15,195 17,281
Overall 231,340 244,663

wolfberries won by 29 runs

Decent start to the season.

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Bathaloner Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,127 13,839
Batting - Middle Order 12,472 11,846
Batting - Tail 9,064 4,438
Bowling - Seam 13,392 (40) 14,139 (30)
Bowling - Spin 14,228 (10) 13,578 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,423 17,502
Overall 250,653 238,135

Ruff Royals won by 2 wickets

That was very close. Clarke made 39 which played a big part in getting us the win but the bowlers still had to score 15 runs to get us across the winning line. A bit of a strange innings from Clarke; who was dropped twice and top scored but occasionally took a single off the second or third ball to expose our weaker batters.

Judging by the ratings, it's looking like a battle between three teams to avoid relegation and two of those teams have already picked up wins! It's probably a strange thing to write but I think I'm going to enjoy this relegation battle more than the ones of the previous two seasons even though I'm much more likely to relegate this time around.

[eagles123]

Bedfordshire Jats wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 13,201 13,974
Batting - Middle Order 13,110 12,014
Batting - Tail 5,176 5,583
Bowling - Seam 12,984 (30) 14,365 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,012 (20) 14,657 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 15,195 17,281
Overall 231,340 244,663

wolfberries won by 29 runs

Decent start to the season.

looking like a straight shootout between you and Egham for promotion this season

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looking like a straight shootout between you and Egham for promotion this season

Not sure we will have a team good enough to compete in division one next season.