England League and Cup Discussion

[eagles123]

away in Hot/Dry, lost the toss and having a bat (Would've batted anyway). Not the ideal conditions for us with only two spinners, hopefully our bats can put a decent total on the board!

[eagles123]

130-7 absolute joke of a performance

[eagles123]

tailed wagged and we got up to 175-10 but seems a long way below par, two runouts didn't help us . If either of the opps BH openers fire this game could be over very quickly.

[spark]

Home Ruff Royals
Away Topmen
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League One Day 1.1
Date 26 Feb 21 10:00
Crowd 16,065
Weather Hot
Pitch Slow

I'm expecting another defeat. I really must remember to check to see whether I've set it to bat or bowl as that's the second time this week that I've chosen to do the wrong thing.

C. Moses (rws) 8.3-0-39-5, D. Chilvers 1 (3b)
End of over 43 (1 run) - Topmen(230-10) RR 5.35

A mixed bag of bowling from my side today. Diaz was expensive although he did pick up a couple of wickets and Hodges was expensive without picking up any. Moses took 5 which is now his personal best and Callaway was good as usual with 3-24.

A. Louw (lfm) 2-0-12-0, T. Liberatore 5 (8b), B. Issa 17 (16b)
End of over 4 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(22-0). 209 runs required from 46 overs. RR 5.50 RRR 4.54

Okay so far but I'm still expecting to lose.

[wolfberries]

A. Cummins (rf) 10-0-61-3, S. Payne 1 (1b), M. Scholes 14 (20b)
End of over 50 (5 runs) - wolfberries(276-8) RR 5.52

Hopefully we can defend this.

[spark]

A. Louw (lfm) 5-0-34-0, T. Liberatore 16 (23b), B. Issa 42 (38b)
End of over 10 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(59-0). 172 runs required from 40 overs. RR 5.90 RRR 4.30

I think that's the first half decent innings by Issa since I signed him. It looks like I'll keep him as an opener for a bit and see if he likes it there. I'm still expecting to lose.

[spark]

J. Jennings (lws) 1-0-3-0, B. Issa 75 (83b), T. Liberatore 39 (51b)
End of over 22 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(122-0). 109 runs required from 28 overs. RR 5.55 RRR 3.89

It goes from 'I think we might actually have a chance' to 'we're obviously going to lose now' in the space of about an over.

J. Jennings (lws) 2-1-3-2, L. Avila 0 (0b), A. Bowers 0 (1b)
End of over 24 (maiden) - Ruff Royals(122-3). 109 runs required from 26 overs. RR 5.08 RRR 4.19

The wrist spinners are killing us.

[wolfberries]

S. Payne (lfs) 3-0-14-1, B. Medwynter 8 (11b), E. Rowland 41 (51b)
End of over 25 (2 runs) - If theres grass on the Wicket(115-3). 162 runs required from 25 overs. RR 4.60 RRR 6.48

We were 140 for 1 at this stage.

[eagles123]

Sledgingshire v South London's Number One CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Sledgingshire South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 12,909 12,380
Batting - Middle Order 9,302 11,574
Batting - Tail 5,158 6,770
Bowling - Seam 12,968 (20) 13,575 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,116 (30) 13,195 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,205 16,027
Overall 218,224 231,328

absolute rubbish performance today lost by 3 wickets, but in reality it was far more comfortable than that for our opponents. seems really worth it to have a strong middle order batting, for 5-8 to score a combined 14 runs between that and several weeks of terrible youth drafts having invest hundreds of thousands into the academy, feeling pretty fed up at the moment

at least my affiliate are doing okay in their debut OD game

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets

Ruff Royals Topmen
Batting - Top Order 13,398 14,148
Batting - Middle Order 12,154 13,475
Batting - Tail 4,593 6,233
Bowling - Seam 12,876 (20) 13,446 (30)
Bowling - Spin 12,951 (30) 13,337 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,492 16,480
Overall 230,072 245,647

Well, that was unexpected; what a great return to division 1.

Some great performances with the bat although there were a couple of drops in there. Issa hit 75 runs in an opening stand of 122. Bowers got 48 not out from 47 balls and hit the winning runs.

We had no right to win that game especially after a mixed bowling effort. Topmen only lost twice in the league last season so to inflict a defeat on them, and, more importantly, pick up 4 points is brilliant for us.

[wolfberries]

If theres grass on the Wicket wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 12,175 12,420
Batting - Middle Order 8,418 11,257
Batting - Tail 5,335 5,301
Bowling - Seam 10,941 (25) 13,057 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,524 (25) 12,703 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 13,660 14,769
Overall 200,523 219,143

wolfberries won by 46 runs

Nice start to the season.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets.

The Ashes CC Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 6,832 6,928
Batting - Middle Order 5,177 6,337
Batting - Tail 3,226 3,996
Bowling - Seam 6,042 (20) 6,756 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 4,703 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 7,170 8,724
Overall 109,436 122,952

We bowled them out for 79 with Clouston taking a hattrick. The batting wasn't great, as we lost 4 wickets, but at least we didn't have much to chase.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Castle Rock CC
Batting - Top Order 6,018 6,825
Batting - Middle Order 5,519 5,599
Batting - Tail 2,892 3,786
Bowling - Seam 6,793 (12) 6,225 (12)
Bowling - Spin 7,686 (8) 6,446 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,480 6,777
Overall 116,018 112,955

Result: wolfberries won by 28 runs

Another win, very happy with that.

[wolfberries]

Home It's only sandpaper
Away wolfberries
Ground It's only sandpaper CG
League Twenty20 3.4
Date 02 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 11,044
Weather Humid
Pitch Green

Toss: It's only sandpaper won the toss and elected to bat.

Battle of the weakened sides today.

[spark]

Home Danger Hotspurs
Away Ruff Royals
Ground White Hot Lane
League Twenty20 2.1
Date 02 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 18,001
Weather Humid
Pitch Dry

I'm not confident of getting anything from this game and losing the toss and batting first hasn't helped.

K. wa Kabando (rfm) 2-0-8-1, L. Avila 13 (13b), T. Liberatore 0 (1b)
End of over 4 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(25-2) RR 6.25

Lost two early wickets so there's already a lot of pressure on Avila to get most of the runs for us to get us to a good total.