England League and Cup Discussion

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Francis House wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,402 5,334
Batting - Middle Order 5,360 3,978
Batting - Tail 3,880 3,160
Bowling - Seam 6,690 (16) 4,544 (12)
Bowling - Spin 7,340 (4) 3,437 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,593 7,944
Overall 115,572 91,073
Club Champion / Fantasy Points

Result: wolfberries won by 25 runs

Of course we lost as expected, not been in division four for many a year but unless we get lucky, that's where we are heading for!

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Home wolfberries
Away Relegation reprobates
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 2.1
Date 25 Jul 23 10:00
Crowd 17,596
Weather Humid
Pitch Slow

Toss: Relegation reprobates won the toss and elected to bowl.

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Result: wolfberries won by 25 runs

Of course we lost as expected, not been in division four for many a year but unless we get lucky, that's where we are heading for!

I guess the bolded bit was wishful thinking?

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Home Ruff Royals
Away Topmen
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Twenty20 1.1
Date 25 Jul 23 10:00
Crowd 20,736
Weather Humid
Pitch Slow

We lost the toss and were put in to bat. I'm not confident today. We had a decent first 4 games of the season but we've struggled since then.

F. Seccombe (lfm) 3-0-23-0, W. Mills 28 (27b), M. Schmidt 10 (8b)
End of over 13 (8 runs) - Ruff Royals(82-4) RR 6.31

These are the last of our proper batsmen. We've benefited from 3 drops although they weren't too costly. Samsodien would disagree with that as he missed out on a hattrick because of a drop.

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M. Heimans (rws) 4-0-43-2, W. Mills 81 (50b), J. Westerveld 0 (0b)
End of over 20 (10 runs) - Ruff Royals(161-6) RR 8.05

A great innings by Mills and it's a pretty good score on a slow pitch. I just feel that Topmen are going to chase it and get the win though.

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Ruff Royals Topmen
Batting - Top Order 14,260 13,467
Batting - Middle Order 11,324 11,444
Batting - Tail 4,461 5,530
Bowling - Seam 14,584 (12) 13,468 (16)
Bowling - Spin 13,509 (8) 14,062 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 17,652 15,551
Overall 239,451 230,829

Ruff Royals won by 52 runs

They weren't as strong as I thought they were going to be and we were perhaps a touch stronger than I was expecting. Mills was class and registered his highest T20 score of 81 not out.

We're 8 points clear of the relegation zone but I think we might need another 3 wins to be safe.

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Result: wolfberries won by 25 runs

Of course we lost as expected, not been in division four for many a year but unless we get lucky, that's where we are heading for!

I guess the bolded bit was wishful thinking?

Oh yes, I may have copied the wrong result

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wolfberries Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 13,965 13,714
Batting - Middle Order 12,459 11,489
Batting - Tail 6,421 5,235
Bowling - Seam 13,581 (16) 13,495 (8)
Bowling - Spin 14,599 (4) 13,377 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 17,115 16,010
Overall 245,231 231,671

Result: wolfberries won by 16 runs

In a game we actually did win.

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Ruff Royals won by 8 wickets

wolfberries Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 5,242 6,803
Batting - Middle Order 4,311 6,870
Batting - Tail 2,917 5,022
Bowling - Seam 4,504 (24) 6,453 (24)
Bowling - Spin 3,448 (16) 7,804 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 7,790 8,613
Overall 90,745 130,566

A good win. 5 wickets for Delap and 54 runs for Mitchell. That means we're now top of the league on our own which is a little bit of a surprise and not something I think will continue.

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P. Massey (lfs) 10-0-48-0, J. Birch 45 (80b), C. Bratton 15 (26b)
End of over 39 (2 runs) - Topmen(148-6) RR 3.79

We lost the toss and were made to bowl first. It was looking great at 64-5 but we've struggled to take wickets since. I think this may already be too much for our usually pretty rubbish batters.

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J. Westerveld (rfs) 9-0-38-2, S. Saverimuttu 2 (8b)
End of over 48 (4 runs) - Topmen(191-10) RR 3.98

Roberson was our best bowler with 4-37 but I think we're going to struggle with the bat.

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J. Birch (lm) 5-0-30-1, M. Schmidt 19 (35b), E. McCall 0 (1b)
End of over 20 (7 runs) - Ruff Royals(80-3). 112 runs required from 30 overs. RR 4.00 RRR 3.73

I don't think we can afford to lose another wicket until we're within 40 runs of winning just to give ourselves a chance.

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Ruff Royals Topmen
Batting - Top Order 14,644 13,478
Batting - Middle Order 11,205 11,302
Batting - Tail 4,380 5,485
Bowling - Seam 14,599 (30) 13,677 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,517 (20) 13,229 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 17,675 15,132
Overall 240,395 228,909

Ruff Royals won by 5 wickets

Schmidt was great and his 75 not out held together our batting line-up as we got the win with about 5 overs to spare.

I think that win will put us 8 points clear of the drop zone.

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wolfberries Camberwell Carrots
Batting - Top Order 13,893 14,087
Batting - Middle Order 11,893 11,306
Batting - Tail 4,991 5,154
Bowling - Seam 13,860 (40) 14,291 (20)
Bowling - Spin 14,625 (10) 13,268 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 17,186 15,901
Overall 239,744 233,127

Result: wolfberries won by 65 runs

Keeps us four points ahead of second place.

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Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets

Danger Hotspurs Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 6,907 6,988
Batting - Middle Order 5,108 6,527
Batting - Tail 3,820 4,916
Bowling - Seam 5,331 (12) 6,418 (14)
Bowling - Spin 6,463 (8) 8,404 (6)
Fielding/Keeping 8,535 8,616
Overall 114,049 129,730

Bennett took 3-10 to restrict Hotspurs to 123 on a green pitch. He then scored 41 from 32 balls. Delap wasn't quite as good but took 2-28 and then hit 37 from 32 balls.