England League and Cup Discussion

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Home Ruff Royals
Away Snakey's Kent Stars
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Youth 2.2
Date 01 Apr 21 10:00
Crowd 10,238
Weather Sunny
Pitch Green

J. Elphinstone (lm) 4-0-22-0, J. Hicks 22 (29b), N. Gera 38 (67b)
End of over 20 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(90-1) RR 4.50

We decided to bat first and it's going okay. I'm missing my best batter and best bowler so I'm quite happy with how it's going.

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B. Attard (rm) 6-2-22-1, R. Schneider 3 (1b), M. Schmidt 2 (11b)
End of over 27 (8 runs) - Ruff Royals(121-4) RR 4.48

Struggling a bit. We need a really good partnership from these two.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Relegation reprobates
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 1.1
Date 01 Apr 21 10:00
Crowd 8,613
Weather Sunny
Pitch Crumbling

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

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C. Humphries (lm) 8-1-41-0, A. Hope 8 (10b), H. Marxsen 34 (41b)
End of over 40 (14 runs) - wolfberries(147-8) RR 3.67

Not the worst score.

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J. Macdonald (rfs) 8-0-39-3, C. Rush 1 (1b), R. Gilbert 12 (16b)
End of over 40 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(185-8) RR 4.62

It feels like we're going to be a fair bit short of the total we needed.

D. Combs (lf) 1-0-2-1, E. Lampe 8 (6b), D. Dodemaide 2 (5b)
End of over 2 (2 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(10-1). 176 runs required from 38 overs. RR 5.00 RRR 4.63

Nice to get an early wicket but we need to build the pressure.

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L. Bruce (rfs) 4-0-28-1, C. Sherriff 6 (10b), B. Goodman 18 (16b)
End of over 20 (5 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(101-4). 85 runs required from 20 overs. RR 5.05 RRR 4.25

We were doing really badly but we've made a bit of a comeback. We've still not got any run rate pressure though so I'm expecting them to win.

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J. Lister (rm) 5-0-16-2, M. McCoombe 8 (9b), B. Lette 39 (38b)
End of over 33 (8 runs) - Relegation reprobates(113-6). 35 runs required from 7 overs. RR 3.42 RRR 5.00

Need wickets ASAP.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 6,283 6,551
Batting - Middle Order 4,591 5,118
Batting - Tail 2,055 4,205
Bowling - Seam 6,471 (16) 6,057 (16)
Bowling - Spin 7,061 (24) 6,145 (24)
Fielding/Keeping 8,462 6,437
Overall 109,178 109,154

Relegation reprobates won by 2 wickets

Well that's us basically relegated, only three wickets for our two quality spinners!

This was one of the teams we needed to beat to stay up.

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Ruff Royals won by 11 runs

Ruff Royals Snakey's Kent Stars
Batting - Top Order 7,270 6,983
Batting - Middle Order 5,556 5,922
Batting - Tail 3,375 3,152
Bowling - Seam 6,088 (32) 7,120 (24)
Bowling - Spin 5,375 (8) 7,936 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,522 7,544
Overall 116,724 120,940

Schneider picked up 3-33 and Rush 2-23. The win further secures our status in division 2 as we're 12 points clear of the relegation zone and 8 points behind top spot.

[eagles123]

Tough game today against Yorkshire Puddings, won the toss and having a bowl on Cloudy/Uneven.

0.21Zubic to Olivier : [dropped] Olivier attempts to flick a full length delivery off his pads and skies it to point. Mitchell was camped under the ball for an eternity but somehow has managed to grass it. Zubic is furious as the batsmen have crossed for a single.


not the start i was hoping for dropping their best bat first ball! Hopefully it doesn't cost us too badly

[eagles123]

5.6.Johnson to Olivier : [dropped] That was a genuine chance at point, as Olivier attempted to smash a ball outside off but didn't connect very well. Ayew was moving the wrong way and has ended up grassing what he should have taken easily.

15.4.Keen to Olivier : [dropped] An edge, but Guaita's poor footwork means he's not in a position to hold the catch. Keen is livid.

guess we just don't want to get this player out

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C. Jamar (lfs) 3-0-14-1, L. Avila 5 (8b), B. Issa 43 (54b)
End of over 16 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(71-1) RR 4.44

Slow pitch and we were made to bat first. I don't particularly mind losing the toss on a slow pitch. It's a good start and I'm pleased that Issa seems to be performing again. We need to keep this partnership going.

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O. Ayaz (rfs) 3-0-28-0, A. Bowers 1 (2b), L. Avila 33 (34b)
End of over 25 (10 runs) - Ruff Royals(121-3) RR 4.84

Issa and Best gone now. The run rate is still good but if we don't keep wickets in hand then we're going to be in trouble and that run rate is going to drop.

[eagles123]

180/2 after 36, this game is lost barring some absolute miracle. Real game changing moments the early drops with Olivier closing in on a century.

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C. Jamar (lfs) 10-1-43-2, P. Callaway 5 (11b), A. Diaz 1 (4b)
End of over 39 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(174-7) RR 4.46

This needs to be enough as we're not going to be getting many more. I suspect we've wasted our good start and will struggle to win from here.