England League and Cup Discussion

[spark]

We lost the toss and were put into bat. It's not going well.

T. Julian (rfs) 5-1-13-1, T. Liberatore 23 (49b), C. Paton 1 (7b)
End of over 20 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(64-3) RR 3.20

My finisher is in already and there's not that much batting to come. If these two don't get a 100+ run partnership then I can't see us setting a decent score.

[wolfberries]

E. Houston (rfs) 6-1-23-0, M. Scholes 39 (69b), D. Reeler 50 (79b)
End of over 26 (4 runs) - wolfberries(104-1) RR 4.00

Going well until.

E. Houston (rfs) 7-1-25-1, D. Reeler 51 (81b), F. Hills 0 (2b)
End of over 28 (2 runs) - wolfberries(106-3) RR 3.79

[spark]

M. Mauger (rfm) 10-0-59-1, T. Liberatore 58 (79b), B. Issa 2 (4b)
End of over 30 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(123-4) RR 4.10

It was starting to look better but we've just lost a 4th wicket. An allrounder left after these two but then we'll probably collapse. We need at least another 100+ from here. It's been a great innings from Liberatore with his accumulator talent being very useful (15 runs so far by my count).

[spark]

A. Nixon (lws) 8-1-25-2, B. Issa 10 (20b), S. Hodges 0 (0b)
End of over 35 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(146-5) RR 4.17

Liberatore just gone for 72 runs. These two need to make another 60+ but it's a very tricky time for batting with who they've got bowling at the moment.

[spark]

T. Julian (rfs) 8.4-1-24-3, P. Callaway 12 (27b)
End of over 48 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(192-10) RR 4.00

It's not a complete disaster but I don't think we've got enough. We need some great bowling to get us the win.

[wolfberries]

M. Mubalik (lfs) 9.3-1-41-3, S. Window 4 (9b)
End of over 43 (maiden) - wolfberries(152-10) RR 3.53

Tops scores of 73 & 39 with the next highest being 9, not a great performance from the majority of the batsmen.

[spark]

A. Ten Dam (rfm) 4-0-19-0, R. Niehuus 18 (27b), M. Moyle 17 (22b)
End of over 8 (4 runs) - Relegation reprobates(39-1). 154 runs required from 42 overs. RR 4.88 RRR 3.67

A great start with a wicket off the first ball of the innings but we've been rubbish since.

[spark]

P. Callaway (rfs) 2-0-7-0, R. Niehuus 28 (45b), M. Moyle 34 (46b)
End of over 15 (4 runs) - Relegation reprobates(66-1). 127 runs required from 35 overs. RR 4.40 RRR 3.63

My spinners are on but they're not taking wickets and Relegation Reprobates are well in control of both the run rate and the game.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Egham Town CC
Batting - Top Order 9,481 10,820
Batting - Middle Order 7,138 12,149
Batting - Tail 3,529 5,083
Bowling - Seam 10,700 (30) 12,479 (20)
Bowling - Spin 9,595 (20) 12,594 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 13,166 15,179
Overall 167,856 215,406

Result: Egham Town CC won by 5 wickets

Lost as expected.

[spark]

Relegation reprobates won by 3 wickets

Ruff Royals Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 14,283 13,764
Batting - Middle Order 10,940 11,800
Batting - Tail 4,505 7,598
Bowling - Seam 15,562 (20) 14,063 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,598 (30) 13,790 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 16,986 16,094
Overall 237,290 242,831

Looks like things have got very precarious for us regarding relegation and it looks like we'll only be 4 points clear of safety.

Only 2 wickets for us before the break meant that we were always going to struggle in this match after a sub-par total from my batters.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v Bowled As Love >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Bowled As Love
Batting - Top Order 12,390 11,095
Batting - Middle Order 11,047 7,646
Batting - Tail 3,833 4,196
Bowling - Seam 12,782 (40) 9,536 (50)
Bowling - Spin 14,391 (10) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 16,412 11,294
Overall 220,002 169,117

won by 231 runs.

We're in a decent position, and at the very least are safe from relegation, but to say it's a tough run in would be an understatement!!

[spark]

G. Kulmar (rfm) 3-0-16-0, N. Gera 10 (10b), J. House 27 (32b)
End of over 10 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(60-2) RR 6.00

Green pitch. I promoted House to open and he's doing okay but we need to increase our scoring rate.

[wolfberries]

Home Egham Town CC
Away wolfberries
Ground Egham Town CC CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 03 May 21 10:00
Crowd 7,380
Weather Humid
Pitch Dry

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

Another loss for sure today.

[spark]

A. Anderson (rm) 4-0-32-1, N. Gera 51 (41b), M. Schmidt 30 (15b)
End of over 20 (12 runs) - Ruff Royals(142-4) RR 7.10

Schmidt came in and then we decided to try and score quicker. It's an okay score but I think we should have been looking for at least 160+.

D. Combs (lf) 2-0-10-0, Q. Taylor 12 (9b), A. Mosena 8 (9b)
End of over 3 (4 runs) - Ouch right in the googlies(20-0). 123 runs required from 17 overs. RR 6.67 RRR 7.24

We need wickets.

[spark]

Ouch right in the googlies won by 5 wickets

Ruff Royals Ouch right in the googlies
Batting - Top Order 7,310 5,473
Batting - Middle Order 6,263 4,209
Batting - Tail 3,582 2,669
Bowling - Seam 6,329 (16) 5,352 (20)
Bowling - Spin 5,934 (4) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 8,451 5,324
Overall 121,644 89,468

That was a disgraceful performance so it's a good job it didn't really matter. Mosena was excellent for them with 88 not out from 61 balls. However, I think we should have set them a lot bigger target and Rush was disappointing with the ball, especially considering the conditions were supposed to suit him.