England League and Cup Discussion

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T. Ball (lws) 4-0-31-1, E. Harris 37 (34b), S. Bradshaw 2 (3b)
End of over 20 (11 runs) - The Ashes CC(108-7) RR 5.40

Uneven pitch and we bowled quite well so I'm happy. 3 wickets for Massey and 2 for Chudasama.

N. Gunter (rfm) 2-0-15-0, A. Evans 21 (24b), S. Whitehead 2 (7b)
End of over 8 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(55-1). 54 runs required from 12 overs. RR 6.88 RRR 4.50

We're off to a great start with the bat.

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Home wolfberries
Away Gold Prospectors X1
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 27 Jul 20 10:00
Crowd 6,570
Weather Overcast
Pitch Green

Toss: Gold Prospectors X1 won the toss and elected to bowl.

That ends the innings of wolfberries. Gold Prospectors X1 will have a target of 135 to chase.

Not the worst total.

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L. Shurmer (rf) 4-0-31-1, P. Fredericks 4 (2b), H. Daley 4 (2b)
End of over 19 (10 runs) - Gold Prospectors X1(122-4). 13 runs required from 1 overs. RR 6.42 RRR 13.00

Then

19.1 nb4 Salvana to Fredericks : Short, wide, four. No need to go into detail, that was dispatched to the boundary and I wouldn't expect anything less!

Then we lost off the last ball, ME is taking the CENSORED already

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The Ashes CC Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 6,318 7,376
Batting - Middle Order 4,661 6,298
Batting - Tail 3,161 2,807
Bowling - Seam 6,378 (20) 6,045 (12)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 9,886 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,681 9,185
Overall 108,334 128,588

Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets.

A great win with Evans hitting a half century which was a big surprise considering how rubbish he's been in almost all of his previous 30+ games for the club.

I played a full strength team; it feels like such a long time since I've done that with my youths!

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I played a full strength team;

Looking at the standard of the league this is something you may need to do at lot, looks like I'm going to struggle to avoid relegation!

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I played a full strength team;

Looking at the standard of the league this is something you may need to do at lot, looks like I'm going to struggle to avoid relegation!

It's not the easiest thing to judge now as you've also got to look at the exact ages of opposition players to see when they move to the senior team. A key player could move (such as a keeper, the main wicket taker, best bat or whatever) and it could massively weaken a team. A quick look at your team suggests you're not going to lose that many players compared to most others this season whereas Penn CCC look like they'll lose about half there team by halfway through the season.

Some may find losing players throughout a season annoying but personally I think it just makes things more interesting.

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It's not the easiest thing to judge now as you've also got to look at the exact ages of opposition players to see when they move to the senior team. A key player could move (such as a keeper, the main wicket taker, best bat or whatever) and it could massively weaken a team. A quick look at your team suggests you're not going to lose that many players compared to most others this season whereas Penn CCC look like they'll lose about half there team by halfway through the season.

Only issue I will have is if those cheeky chaps start buying players in

Some may find losing players throughout a season annoying but personally I think it just makes things more interesting.

Yes I agree, makes it more fun.

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Home wolfberries
Away The Sofa Kings
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 3.4
Date 28 Jul 20 10:00
Crowd 16,109
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Dry

Toss: The Sofa Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

E. McCosker (rfs) 1-0-7-0, H. Alvarado 10 (8b), L. Mujuru 12 (13b)
End of over 5 (7 runs) - The Sofa Kings(31-1) RR 6.20

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That ends the innings of The Sofa Kings. wolfberries will have a target of 145 to chase.

Well will need to be on top of our game to chase that!

C. de Kock (rfs) 2-0-18-0, R. Fontaine 9 (9b), E. McGhee 47 (35b)
End of over 11 (8 runs) - wolfberries(81-2). 64 runs required from 9 overs. RR 7.36 RRR 7.11

Going well enough now.

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Ruff Royals Pedagogs
Batting - Top Order 14,602 13,972
Batting - Middle Order 9,820 11,579
Batting - Tail 4,498 7,312
Bowling - Seam 11,174 (16) 12,195 (16)
Bowling - Spin 14,239 (4) 12,416 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 16,080 16,132
Overall 218,362 233,734

Match tied.

I'll take that to start with. Pedogogs hit 118 but soon reduced us to 41 for 5 on an uneven pitch. I thought we bowled decently but batted poorly until the end. Paton (45 not out) and Perry did well but the main batsmen were generally awful.

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wolfberries The Sofa Kings
Batting - Top Order 12,519 12,954
Batting - Middle Order 11,470 8,883
Batting - Tail 4,630 6,705
Bowling - Seam 11,474 (8) 11,661 (8)
Bowling - Spin 12,229 (12) 11,411 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 15,115 13,894
Overall 214,831 206,703

Result: wolfberries won by 6 wickets

First win of the season.

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Home Staindrop Village CC
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Theatre Of Cricket
League Youth 1.1
Date 30 Jul 20 10:00
Crowd 7,287
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Crumbling

Tough game today. We were made to bowl first which I was okay with. The first 5 overs weren't great but we've come back into the game now.

T. Vaughn (rm) 5-1-12-2, J. Van Dijk 2 (9b), M. Khumalo 2 (2b)
End of over 10 (4 runs) - Staindrop Village CC(42-3) RR 4.20

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P. Massey (lfs) 5-0-20-0, J. Van Dijk 23 (49b), R. Bingham 6 (12b)
End of over 22 (4 runs) - Staindrop Village CC(85-4) RR 3.86

They've started to get a few too many runs and unless we get them all out for about 120 then I think it's going to be a very difficult chase.

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Home Pedagogs
Away wolfberries
Ground Pedagogs CG
League Youth 2.2
Date 30 Jul 20 10:00
Crowd 8,862
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Uneven

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

E. Lukoye (rfm) 5-0-15-1, D. Katich 2 (5b), D. Reeler 62 (71b)
End of over 22 (2 runs) - wolfberries(101-3) RR 4.59

Going well enough but we lost the third wicket 2 balls before the drinks break!

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R. Tamir (rfm) 8-0-47-2, D. Reeler 108 (122b), L. Shurmer 0 (1b)
End of over 40 (6 runs) - wolfberries(220-5) RR 5.50

Will take that score, fingers crossed our seam bowlers have enough to defend this.

Oh and lets not forget a brilliant 108no from 122 balls by no3 Reeler.