England League and Cup Discussion

[wolfberries]

South London's Number One CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 13,480 13,974
Batting - Middle Order 12,929 11,283
Batting - Tail 5,831 4,878
Bowling - Seam 13,227 (40) 13,427 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,538 (10) 14,506 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,793 16,841
Overall 239,958 234,404

Result: South London's Number One CC won by 4 wickets

It's going to be a tough season.

[casperj]

Through to round 5 for only the second time (and I think the first time was before they reduced the competition size). Got a chance of getting to round 6, although going to need to find a way of getting more out of the squad; performances are still not really reflecting ratings.

Cork City Cobra's Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 12,169 13,095
Batting - Middle Order 7,966 11,446
Batting - Tail 4,403 5,814
Bowling - Seam 9,524 (20) 11,107 (30)
Bowling - Spin 12,087 (30) 13,212 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 13,882 15,216
Overall 190,708 220,999

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 6 wickets

[spark]

A disappointing weekend as we got knocked out of the cup when we rated slightly higher and they successfully chased 200+ on a sticky pitch. That essentially means my senior season is over already.



Relegation reprobates Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 8,008 7,057
Batting - Middle Order 6,233 7,701
Batting - Tail 3,402 4,662
Bowling - Seam 7,654 (16) 7,227 (16)
Bowling - Spin 8,345 (4) 7,944 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 7,764 9,146
Overall 129,423 137,311

Relegation reprobates won by 14 runs

More disappointment today as we were expensive in the last few overs (19 off the penultimate over didn't help).

170 on a hard pitch wasn't out of the question but we batted too slowly especially in the first 4 overs and the last 7 overs.

It means we're 8 points behind top spot so the title is looking unlikely this season. Good ratings but we'll be losing 2 players to international duty next week.

[spark]

Home Ruff Royals
Away Bathaloner
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Twenty20 1.1
Date 24 Oct 23 10:00
Crowd 14,474
Weather Overcast
Pitch Slow

It feels like we've lost the toss a lot this season. I just checked and we have won the toss in senior T20 once. We didn't bat well and were bowled out for 84. Then we didn't bowl well and they chased the total down with more than 8 overs left.

Bathaloner won by 7 wickets

Ruff Royals Bathaloner
Batting - Top Order 13,100 13,057
Batting - Middle Order 11,025 10,255
Batting - Tail 5,650 8,249
Bowling - Seam 11,095 (12) 12,862 (16)
Bowling - Spin 11,116 (8) 14,531 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 15,367 15,335
Overall 215,077 229,986

On the plus, the main aim was achieved this week in that we rated more than 200k.

[eagles123]

The Spitfires v South London's Number One CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
The Spitfires South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 12,515 12,802
Batting - Middle Order 10,300 8,458
Batting - Tail 5,700 4,344
Bowling - Seam 11,735 (17) 11,939 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,737 (3) 11,104 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,454 14,465
Overall 214,152 199,495

really struggling with fatigue at the moment so played a highly rotational side and it showed - result: Lost by 48 runs. Only real highlight was our youth bat Riakporhe hitting an unbeaten 31 - really need to get game time into him as he's a pretty decent prospect.

[wolfberries]

Danger Hotspurs wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 12,529 13,544
Batting - Middle Order 10,415 10,290
Batting - Tail 4,677 4,376
Bowling - Seam 12,843 (8) 10,075 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,101 (12) 11,292 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,505 15,844
Overall 220,310 208,808

Result: Danger Hotspurs won by 8 wickets

I should have played by full team.

[spark]

J. Njagi (lfs) 4-0-25-0, L. Durham 43 (36b), J. Harrison 40 (47b)
End of over 21 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(113-1) RR 5.38

Green pitch. If I remember my orders correctly, one of these batters is on aggressive and one is on defensive.

[spark]

J. Njagi (lfs) 8-0-57-0, S. Obuya 65 (52b), J. Harrison 96 (95b)
End of over 40 (13 runs) - Ruff Royals(253-2) RR 6.33

The man on aggressive gets 96 not out whilst the defensive Durham was out for 56 from 50 balls. It's a shame Harrison didn't reach what would have been a second ton; a good effort nonetheless from the allrounder. Obuya also does nicely for his 65 not out.

I'm happy with the total.

[spark]

J. Harrison (rfm) 5-1-19-2, B. arap Cheruiyot 11 (25b), D. arap Ruto 7 (14b)
End of over 10 (3 runs) - Danger Hotspurs(37-2). 217 runs required from 30 overs. RR 3.70 RRR 7.23

There's a strong chance that Harrison might get man of the match.

[spark]

Ruff Royals Danger Hotspurs
Batting - Top Order 7,958 7,090
Batting - Middle Order 7,313 6,090
Batting - Tail 5,004 3,995
Bowling - Seam 7,137 (34) 5,113 (24)
Bowling - Spin 8,017 (6) 7,971 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 9,331 7,781
Overall 140,440 119,333

Ruff Royals won by 106 runs

Pithey took 3-23 so was the best of our bowlers. I'm happy with the ratings and happy with the performance on a green pitch; the switch for a slow pitch seems to have gone well.

[wolfberries]

Captain Speccy's Muppets wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 4,791 5,121
Batting - Middle Order 4,676 5,187
Batting - Tail 3,638 3,364
Bowling - Seam 5,808 (40) 5,503 (24)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 4,586 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 5,966 8,525
Overall 95,726 102,582
Club Champion / Fantasy Points

Result: wolfberries won by 22 runs

Another couple of seasons and we might actually have an alright team!

[spark]

N. Mafadzwa (lfs) 8.4-2-16-3, D. Combs 4 (7b)
End of over 47 (maiden) - Ruff Royals(179-10) RR 3.81

Slow pitch. Not our worst batting performance ever but it'll not be enough to win. 66 from Bullock was very promising, especially as he'll probably get plenty of games between now and the end of the season.

[spark]

Ruff Royals Bathaloner
Batting - Top Order 12,941 14,705
Batting - Middle Order 12,201 11,458
Batting - Tail 4,729 8,312
Bowling - Seam 12,593 (40) 13,301 (40)
Bowling - Spin 11,463 (10) 14,545 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,135 16,554
Overall 224,998 246,997

Bathaloner won by 2 wickets

It was a good effort by the bowlers in particular. We had them down to 108-7 and 147-8 but couldn't take those last couple of wickets before they got to 180 to win the game.

Patterson was much better with the ball this week with 4-37. Rush was a bit disappointing with just the 1-41.

[eagles123]

Danger Hotspurs v South London's Number One CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Danger Hotspurs South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 13,341 13,647
Batting - Middle Order 11,041 11,774
Batting - Tail 4,542 6,543
Bowling - Seam 14,263 (20) 13,939 (30)
Bowling - Spin 14,008 (30) 13,622 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,052 16,963
Overall 232,865 241,267

lost the toss and put in to bat on overcast/dry, but would have batted anyway. Got off to a fantastic start with a 146 run opening partnership between Van Den Bergh and Whitworth, before a slight collapse to 190/5. Young Puncheon did well though, hitting an unbeaten 58 to bring us to a strong score of 245/5 in our 50. In reply opps seemed extremely well set at 164/3, but Doucoure came through with an excellent four wicket spell, and we managed to eek out a 37 run win.

A bit fortunate to be playing Danger Hotspurs this week as they had three players on nat duty, but we were without our best bat as well ... overall a great win for us, and the great start to the season continues! Next up a home game against Bedfordshire Jats who have lost their first five games, but will be far from an easy game such is the competitive nature of this division.

Fatigue a real issue now, can't see us playing a particularly strong side on Tuesday in the T20 league.

[casperj]

nagaland Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 11,379 13,071
Batting - Middle Order 11,017 11,436
Batting - Tail 7,865 5,850
Bowling - Seam 10,769 (40) 11,239 (30)
Bowling - Spin 10,346 (10) 13,913 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 12,459 15,036
Overall 203,982 222,238

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 5 wickets

Through to Round 6 for the first time. Next round is going to be tough, although the 'weaker' team won the opposing tie with a 25k ratings reversal (nice to know it doesn't just happen to me) so there is a glimmer of a hope for the next round.