England League and Cup Discussion

[spark]

Q. Fattah (rfs) 8-0-25-3, A. Mcdonald 34 (44b), M. Sanford 9 (12b)
End of over 40 (5 runs) - The Dross(171-9) RR 4.28

Not too bad a bowling effort on a dry pitch. Fattah took 3-25 and Pithey impressed with 2-19.

The batters have a bit of work to do though.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Crestfallen Sidekicks
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 3.1
Date 28 Sep 23 10:00
Crowd 8,382
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Dry


Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

S. Sikander (rfs) 8-0-53-0, B. Galloway 26 (19b), G. Gee 68 (46b)
End of over 40 (12 runs) - wolfberries(202-7) RR 5.05

Will take that total, now for the chase.

[spark]

M. Sanford (rfs) 2-1-2-1, O. Delap 0 (0b), L. Durham 14 (22b)
End of over 11 (maiden) - Ruff Royals(38-3). 134 runs required from 29 overs. RR 3.45 RRR 4.62

We're struggling with the bat. We were going okay but then lost 2 quick wickets. It looks like I'm going to need Delap to perform great with the bat in his final youth game.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 4,834 5,039
Batting - Middle Order 4,864 5,516
Batting - Tail 3,334 2,599
Bowling - Seam 5,157 (24) 5,247 (24)
Bowling - Spin 4,127 (16) 4,669 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,253 7,771
Overall 97,280 98,413

wolfberries won by 2 runs

Blimey, two from two for our youth side this week!

[spark]

The Dross Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,714 7,509
Batting - Middle Order 6,317 7,469
Batting - Tail 4,774 5,396
Bowling - Seam 6,972 (16) 7,053 (24)
Bowling - Spin 7,944 (24) 8,756 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 9,136 9,172
Overall 135,633 142,288

Ruff Royals won by 2 wickets

That was closer than I would have liked but a win is a win.

Delap signs off his youth career with 68 not out which effectively wins us the game.

[spark]

Home Inchigeela Angels
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Tir na Spideoga
League One Day 1.1
Date 29 Sep 23 10:00
Crowd 19,739
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Crumbling

I didn't think it would go well but I also wasn't expecting it to be this much of a disaster.

B. Munaver (rfs) 2-0-7-0, I. Dennehy 10 (29b), R. Schneider 10 (22b)
End of over 13 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(39-5) RR 3.00

The really bad thing is that this represents something of a recovery from 16-5.

[spark]

B. Munaver (rfs) 8-0-23-1, M. Patterson 13 (16b), I. Dennehy 21 (62b)
End of over 25 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(74-6) RR 2.96

We made it to the break! Can we make it to 100? I'm going to say no; we'll probably lose 4 more wickets before the 30th over.

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A. Hyland (rfs) 6.2-1-20-2, D. Combs 4 (12b)
End of over 34 (maiden) - Ruff Royals(91-10) RR 2.68

We made it past the 30th over but didn't make it to 100.

D. Combs (lf) 1-0-4-0, A. Mac Okumu 2 (3b), R. Cornelius 1 (4b)
End of over 1 (4 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(4-0). 88 runs required from 49 overs. RR 4.00 RRR 1.80

I don't think they're going to struggle to chase this.

[spark]

Inchigeela Angels won by 10 wickets

Inchigeela Angels Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,492 14,298
Batting - Middle Order 13,332 11,952
Batting - Tail 6,238 4,631
Bowling - Seam 14,314 (20) 13,573 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,600 (30) 12,725 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,702 17,271
Overall 252,552 236,879

We couldn't even get a consolation wicket in crumbling/cloudy conditions. It's early days but I've already got a feeling that I should accept a double relegation and perhaps concentrate on a cup run before attempting promotions next season.

If we keep playing like this it might not be impossible for a few players to get to atrocious form!

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v South Yorkshire CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC South Yorkshire CC
Batting - Top Order 13,516 13,632
Batting - Middle Order 12,727 10,045
Batting - Tail 6,218 4,927
Bowling - Seam 13,989 (40) 12,891 (50)
Bowling - Spin 13,074 (10) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 17,001 15,918
Overall 243,663 221,701

won the toss and had a bat on cloudy/uneven. Was looking very dodgy at 85/5, but 76 (89) from Zaha, 33 (47) from Kouyate and an unbeaten 47* (46) from Olise saw us reach a respectable 229/9 in our 50. opps had a strong opening partnership of 67, but from there the wickets kept tumbling on a regular basis, with Olise again being the star of the show with figures of 8-1-34-3. In the end we came out with a 56 run win.

Looks like it'll be a very competitive league, plenty of strong teams, so pleasing to get off to a winning start.

[spark]

Ruff Royals Camberwell Carrots
Batting - Top Order 7,282 7,117
Batting - Middle Order 6,938 4,844
Batting - Tail 4,796 3,600
Bowling - Seam 6,841 (16) 7,110 (12)
Bowling - Spin 7,671 (4) 7,136 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,987 8,891
Overall 133,268 120,923

Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets

It was closer than a 6 wicket win might suggest. Good bowling from Pithey with 4-16 on a crumbling pitch but we struggled to reach 115 to win. We were just behind the run rate required with 2 overs to go but Obuya saved us by smashing 18 runs in 5 balls of the penultimate over. Ames hit 37 and Obuta ended up 28 not out from just 13 balls.

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wolfberries Old Baldonians
Batting - Top Order 4,848 4,875
Batting - Middle Order 4,587 4,480
Batting - Tail 3,269 3,775
Bowling - Seam 5,107 (12) 5,547 (12)
Bowling - Spin 4,088 (8) 6,330 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,238 9,235
Overall 95,759 105,755

Result: Old Baldonians won by 6 wickets

And our youths got back to their losing ways...

[wolfberries]

Inchigeela Angels wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 13,978 13,992
Batting - Middle Order 13,271 10,578
Batting - Tail 6,242 6,174
Bowling - Seam 14,276 (8) 12,503 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,328 (12) 12,381 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 16,747 16,461
Overall 246,504 228,336

Inchigeela Angels won by 5 wickets

An expected loss.

[casperj]

New season, same old sh*t

Fiery's XI Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 12,396 12,707
Batting - Middle Order 11,284 12,194
Batting - Tail 4,892 5,739
Bowling - Seam 11,412 (16) 11,149 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,144 (4) 13,735 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,313 15,263
Overall 210,129 223,532

Fiery's XI won by 8 wickets

Cavendish Zeros Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 11,477 12,611
Batting - Middle Order 8,885 11,455
Batting - Tail 5,940 4,898
Bowling - Seam 9,774 (16) 10,851 (16)
Bowling - Spin 9,189 (4) 13,475 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 11,173 14,835
Overall 181,076 212,348

Cavendish Zeros won by 12 runs

Just the 31k rating differential this week. Going to enjoy playing in Division 4 next season against a load of bots

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Ruff Royals Danger Hotspurs
Batting - Top Order 14,366 14,401
Batting - Middle Order 11,714 11,270
Batting - Tail 4,596 4,504
Bowling - Seam 13,494 (12) 14,199 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,725 (8) 14,599 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 17,225 17,736
Overall 235,722 241,203

Danger Hotspurs won by 53 runs

Our bowling just isn't strong enough for this league this season. Our batting wasn't great either but I usually think poor batting is the result of bowling not being good enough even if the opponents don't score an insurmountable total.

3-28 for Combs was a decent effort. Patterson needs to improve quickly.