England League and Cup Discussion

[spark]

S. Tovey (rfm) 2-0-28-0, E. McCall 92 (50b), T. Liberatore 106 (46b)
End of over 20 (16 runs) - Ruff Royals(238-2) RR 11.90

Now to try and bowl them out for less than 20.

[wolfberries]

E. Peden (rf) 2-0-25-0, E. Murdock 15 (11b), J. Ballance 18 (8b)
End of over 3 (18 runs) - marks marvels(34-0). 128 runs required from 17 overs. RR 11.33 RRR 7.53

Oh well it's not going great!

[spark]

We couldn't get them out for less than 20: they managed to get 24.

Ruff Royals won by 214 runs.

The Dross Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 696 10,167
Batting - Middle Order 740 9,255
Batting - Tail 959 3,297
Bowling - Seam 832 (12) 10,262 (8)
Bowling - Spin 735 (8) 9,830 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 936 13,590
Overall 15,399 178,363

We'll be at least 4 points clear of the relegation zone (possibly at the halfway stage of the season. I'm expecting a tougher second half to the season though.

[wolfberries]

marks marvels wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 12,599 12,801
Batting - Middle Order 9,486 11,514
Batting - Tail 4,843 5,033
Bowling - Seam 12,255 (12) 11,989 (8)
Bowling - Spin 12,309 (8) 11,959 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 13,944 15,305
Overall 206,089 218,134

wolfberries won by 11 runs

Glad we put out a full strength side.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away bigsexybarry
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 2.2
Date 10 Sep 20 10:00
Crowd 8,852
Weather Windy
Pitch Crumbling

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat

Going to be a tough game today.

[spark]

Huge game for us against the bottom team. We're 4 points clear of them and 4 points (and NRR) away from safety. I'd say a loss pretty much relegates us while a win gives us something to play for.

Green pitch and unusually we decided to bowl first.

C. Chudasama (rf) 1-0-7-0, S. Swarnkar 5 (9b), L. Latham 20 (24b)
End of over 9 (7 runs) - Relegation reprobates(51-2) RR 5.67

We've got a couple of wickets but it's not T20 so that run rate is troubling.

[spark]

T. Ball (lws) 4-0-17-0, N. Beatty 8 (6b), M. Mol 4 (6b)
End of over 24 (3 runs) - Relegation reprobates(124-5) RR 5.17

3 quick wickets after the break has really helped us. That run rate is still high so we'll need to bowl them out soonish to take advantage of the wickets we've got so far.

[wolfberries]

J. Chaudhry (rfm) 8-1-44-2, D. Bonnor 3 (3b), A. Hope 1 (2b)
End of over 40 (4 runs) - wolfberries(172-9) RR 4.30

Not the worst total for the conditions, now for our spinners to step up.

[spark]

T. Ball (lws) 7.1-0-31-1, C. Eime 0 (3b)
End of over 36 (maiden) - Relegation reprobates(164-10) RR 4.56

Seems like a decent bowling performance to me. Clouston was excellent with 5-47.

N. Beatty (rm) 2-0-9-0, A. Evans 14 (14b), R. Norris 1 (9b)
End of over 4 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(18-1). 147 runs required from 36 overs. RR 4.50 RRR 4.08

We've lost an early wicket though.

[wolfberries]

J. Lord (rm) 1-0-3-0, S. Mulcahy 9 (12b), B. Kelly 1 (1b)
End of over 2 (7 runs) - bigsexybarry(16-0). 157 runs required from 38 overs. RR 8.00 RRR 4.13

Nine of those runs due to byes and extras, already

[wolfberries]

S. Holland (rws) 1-0-4-0, A. Shad 2 (6b), S. Mulcahy 17 (28b)
End of over 9 (4 runs) - bigsexybarry(39-1). 134 runs required from 31 overs. RR 4.33 RRR 4.32

Need the spinners to take wickets now.

[spark]

We've lost some wickets but the run rate isn't a problem at the moment. They were in a similar position though; we've got 6 more runs than they did at this stage but we've lost 1 more wicket.

R. Mangan (lf) 6-0-29-1, S. Whitehead 34 (35b), A. Clarke 11 (14b)
End of over 20 (8 runs) - Ruff Royals(105-3). 60 runs required from 20 overs. RR 5.25 RRR 3.00

[wolfberries]

We've lost some wickets but the run rate isn't a problem at the moment. They were in a similar position though; we've got 6 more runs than they did at this stage but we've lost 1 more wicket.

R. Mangan (lf) 6-0-29-1, S. Whitehead 34 (35b), A. Clarke 11 (14b)
End of over 20 (8 runs) - Ruff Royals(105-3). 60 runs required from 20 overs. RR 5.25 RRR 3.00

You are looking strong favourites there.

[wolfberries]

J. Lord (rm) 6-0-22-3, L. Murray 5 (5b), V. Caesar 12 (30b)
End of over 20 (1 run) - bigsexybarry(84-5). 89 runs required from 20 overs. RR 4.20 RRR 4.45

We certainly have the wickets needed, although we were 64 for 2 at the same stage.

[spark]

We've lost some wickets but the run rate isn't a problem at the moment. They were in a similar position though; we've got 6 more runs than they did at this stage but we've lost 1 more wicket.

R. Mangan (lf) 6-0-29-1, S. Whitehead 34 (35b), A. Clarke 11 (14b)
End of over 20 (8 runs) - Ruff Royals(105-3). 60 runs required from 20 overs. RR 5.25 RRR 3.00

You are looking strong favourites there.

It's easier when the batters know exactly what they need and the RRR isn't that challenging.