England League and Cup Discussion

[casperj]

Two Star CC Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 13,162 10,683
Batting - Middle Order 8,236 11,328
Batting - Tail 4,392 7,070
Bowling - Seam 13,011 (40) 12,286 (30)
Bowling - Spin 12,926 (10) 13,786 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 14,912 15,078
Overall 208,480 218,920

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 69 runs

Even wickets not proving to be that favourable for batting. 254/9 proving to be plenty after batting first.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Camberwell Carrots
Batting - Top Order 12,805 13,962
Batting - Middle Order 11,945 11,209
Batting - Tail 5,442 6,122
Bowling - Seam 13,790 (20) 12,630 (30)
Bowling - Spin 12,873 (30) 13,667 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,984 15,685
Overall 232,481 231,335

Result: wolfberries won by 6 wickets

Very happy with today's win, we eased to victory chasing a not easy total.

[spark]

Ruff Royals Ffoh
Batting - Top Order 7,435 8,182
Batting - Middle Order 5,434 5,938
Batting - Tail 3,636 4,086
Bowling - Seam 6,609 (16) 7,867 (12)
Bowling - Spin 9,353 (4) 7,175 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 9,146 9,392
Overall 125,615 134,869

Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets

So with Bennett gone up to the senior side we lose about 10k in ratings which isn't nice! We really struggled to take wickets and they scored 159 after we made them bat first. Buck didn't enjoy his first YT20 as he went for 33 in his 2 overs. Thankfully, magnificent Mitchell turned up with the bat to score 80 not out from 52 balls and we won with 5 balls to spare.

[spark]

South Yorkshire CC Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,373 14,741
Batting - Middle Order 10,320 12,530
Batting - Tail 5,309 4,958
Bowling - Seam 13,375 (16) 13,204 (16)
Bowling - Spin 13,510 (4) 13,963 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 16,105 17,313
Overall 226,027 242,679

South Yorkshire CC won by 12 runs

We started so well. We won the toss, bowled first, and had taken 3 wickets in the first 7 balls. We didn't really push on and bowl them out but we did restrict them to only 109.

Our batting was awful. It was okay at 33-2 if we could recover a bit but Mubalik ripped out our middle order with 3 wickets in the next over. We were never going to recover from 33-5 and in the end I think we were lucky to reach 97 all out.

I was hoping to be involved in a promotion battle but we're already 8 points behind and it's looking more like we're in a relegation battle.

[casperj]

bigsexybarry Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 11,908 11,014
Batting - Middle Order 10,296 10,221
Batting - Tail 4,695 4,553
Bowling - Seam 11,443 (16) 11,860 (16)
Bowling - Spin 11,470 (4) 14,205 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 13,036 14,898
Overall 199,252 204,942

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 4 runs

Made a couple of changes to manage fatigue and to take account of the bowling conditions. Nearly cost me the match - suprised the impact it had on the team's rating. Definintely need to strengthen..

[wolfberries]

wolfberries TTS Galacticos CC
Batting - Top Order 12,879 12,491
Batting - Middle Order 9,947 8,975
Batting - Tail 4,025 6,736
Bowling - Seam 10,757 (20) 12,521 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 10,950 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 15,585 14,964
Overall 203,921 212,000

Result: TTS Galacticos CC won by 57 runs

Rested the majority of the 1st XI, so no surprise in yesterday's loss.

[spark]

Ffoh Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 8,432 7,083
Batting - Middle Order 6,162 6,220
Batting - Tail 4,182 3,674
Bowling - Seam 8,034 (24) 7,174 (26)
Bowling - Spin 7,239 (16) 7,293 (14)
Fielding/Keeping 9,406 9,243
Overall 137,720 128,046

Ffoh won by 89 runs

Some awful bowling from us. We did manage to pick up some wickets around the 30th over but 234 on a dry pitch was far too much for us to chase. We got to 145 in the end which was also terrible and owed much to a couple of bowlers who managed to get some runs for us.

It really did some damage to our net run rate.

[spark]

Home Ruff Royals
Away The Raging Speed Horns
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League One Day 2.1
Date 26 Jan 24 10:00
Crowd 20,556
Weather Sunny
Pitch Slow

It's going to be a tough game today and I'm not at all confident.

M. Calver (lm) 10-0-52-1, D. Combs 1 (3b), M. Schmidt 71 (87b)
End of over 50 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(204-8) RR 4.08

Schmidt was great with his 71 not out. We were 107-6 at one point so it was an okay recovery. Patterson's 33 was also important. I still don't think 204 is going to be enough bat at least we've got something to defend.

Their batters have got off to a flying start.

R. Schneider (rm) 3-0-16-0, J. Shalidor 19 (30b), P. Labyrinth 29 (30b)
End of over 10 (3 runs) - The Raging Speed Horns(48-0). 157 runs required from 40 overs. RR 4.80 RRR 3.92

[spark]

J. Westerveld (rfs) 4-0-11-1, P. Labyrinth 57 (78b), H. Charlton 2 (5b)
End of over 25 (2 runs) - The Raging Speed Horns(115-1). 90 runs required from 25 overs. RR 4.60 RRR 3.60

A wicket in the 25th over. My medium pacers have been poor so far despite the conditions. Rush has been particularly disappointing considering he's a quality bowler (made it to elite summary last season). We're going to need a big improvement just to reduce the net run rate damage.

[spark]

Ruff Royals The Raging Speed Horns
Batting - Top Order 14,722 14,058
Batting - Middle Order 12,073 10,865
Batting - Tail 4,950 4,364
Bowling - Seam 14,169 (30) 13,995 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,540 (20) 14,508 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,468 18,063
Overall 244,020 237,975

The Raging Speed Horns won by 4 wickets

We didn't score enough and the medium pacers let us down. The biggest test in SOD so far this season was comprehensively failed and only losing by 4 wickets is somewhat generous to us.

[wolfberries]

Leyland Lions wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 11,830 13,062
Batting - Middle Order 9,547 11,495
Batting - Tail 5,468 4,753
Bowling - Seam 13,151 (20) 13,342 (30)
Bowling - Spin 12,203 (30) 13,960 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 13,083 17,210
Overall 204,074 232,068

Leyland Lions won by 1 wicket

Poor batting and bowling today allowed us to be beaten!

[Atko]

Ruff Royals The Raging Speed Horns
Batting - Top Order 14,722 14,058
Batting - Middle Order 12,073 10,865
Batting - Tail 4,950 4,364
Bowling - Seam 14,169 (30) 13,995 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,540 (20) 14,508 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,468 18,063
Overall 244,020 237,975

The Raging Speed Horns won by 4 wickets

We didn't score enough and the medium pacers let us down. The biggest test in SOD so far this season was comprehensively failed and only losing by 4 wickets is somewhat generous to us.

This is a tight league with a nice balance between teams - top 5 on 8 points. It could end up decided on NRR (and mine's abysmal) if no one gets away from the pack.

Yeah, I missed the bulk of this game due to Burns Night alcohol abuse...probably for the best - that mini collapse towards the end of the innings wouldn't have been good for my constitution - but we muddled through in the end - Labyrinth was blatantly out to impress the tour selectors, the little show off

[eagles123]

Ruff Royals The Raging Speed Horns
Batting - Top Order 14,722 14,058
Batting - Middle Order 12,073 10,865
Batting - Tail 4,950 4,364
Bowling - Seam 14,169 (30) 13,995 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,540 (20) 14,508 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,468 18,063
Overall 244,020 237,975

The Raging Speed Horns won by 4 wickets

We didn't score enough and the medium pacers let us down. The biggest test in SOD so far this season was comprehensively failed and only losing by 4 wickets is somewhat generous to us.

This is a tight league with a nice balance between teams - top 5 on 8 points. It could end up decided on NRR (and mine's abysmal) if no one gets away from the pack.

Yeah, I missed the bulk of this game due to Burns Night alcohol abuse...probably for the best - that mini collapse towards the end of the innings wouldn't have been good for my constitution - but we muddled through in the end - Labyrinth was blatantly out to impress the tour selectors, the little show off

haha he was always touring, but hopefully that knock gives him a timely form boost

[casperj]

Crestfallen Sidekicks Penn CCC
Batting - Top Order 11,718 12,154
Batting - Middle Order 11,267 8,707
Batting - Tail 5,264 4,371
Bowling - Seam 11,423 (40) 12,157 (10)
Bowling - Spin 14,221 (10) 12,675 (40)
Fielding/Keeping 14,878 14,513
Overall 212,279 202,959

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 55 runs

Might have expected a bigger victory given my opponent decided to play 4 right -arm finger spinners on a Sunny/hard wicket! Still my finger spinner had the best bowling figures of the match, so what do I know!!

[eagles123]

Add this game to your bookmarks South London's Number One CC v Topmen >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Topmen
Batting - Top Order 13,048 13,979
Batting - Middle Order 12,447 11,981
Batting - Tail 4,270 5,829
Bowling - Seam 13,134 (50) 12,062 (50)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 16,613 15,674
Overall 230,302 228,663

Result: Won by 5 wickets.

Very strong performance, especially with the bat with all our bats getting decent contributions, Van Den Bergh top scoring with 67 (77). Good result after a couple of defeats, feel like our home form is going to be crucial this season if we are to stay up. Really need to improve our spin resources if we're to be more competitive away from home ...