England League and Cup Discussion

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Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets

Ruff Royals wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 8,041 7,053
Batting - Middle Order 5,903 5,190
Batting - Tail 3,104 3,410
Bowling - Seam 6,426 (20) 7,377 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 6,484 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 9,121 9,406
Overall 124,587 123,415

Fairly even ratings and a vital win for my side. A very nice 58 for Evans and a 39 from Clarke got us the win. It should be another tough game against Middle Stump Lubricators next week.

[wolfberries]

Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets

Well done, easy win in the end for you today.

It looks like our youths could be relegated and promoted this season, both from division two.

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M. Roberson (lf) 4-0-40-1, J. Jude 0 (0b), M. Hartley 23 (11b)
End of over 20 (12 runs) - Relegation reprobates(184-6) RR 9.20

Hard pitch so it's chaseable. I haven't gone with my strongest batting line-up though and I'm slightly gambling that my points and NRR advantage is enough that I won't be relegated now.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Golden Lion
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 3.4
Date 13 Oct 20 10:00
Crowd 17,496
Weather Humid
Pitch Green

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

That ends the innings of wolfberries. Golden Lion will have a target of 160 to chase.

Happy with that total, just need to keep winning to secure second place.

[wolfberries]

E. Peden (rf) 4-0-16-1, G. Bezemer 18 (20b), J. Jesberg 5 (4b)
End of over 11 (6 runs) - Golden Lion(52-4). 108 runs required from 9 overs. RR 4.73 RRR 12.00

On top currently.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Golden Lion
Batting - Top Order 12,449 10,614
Batting - Middle Order 10,826 9,529
Batting - Tail 3,597 5,697
Bowling - Seam 11,365 (16) 10,613 (16)
Bowling - Spin 14,258 (4) 10,175 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 15,291 12,961
Overall 209,491 189,174

wolfberries won by 57 runs

Easy enough win in the end.

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Relegation reprobates won by 10 runs.

Relegation reprobates Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,364 12,758
Batting - Middle Order 10,097 9,327
Batting - Tail 5,534 4,762
Bowling - Seam 11,252 (20) 11,666 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 15,303 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 14,705 15,567
Overall 210,825 211,294

3 wickets falling in about 4 balls stopped us from winning. Brown hit 60 from 38 balls and Bass 40 from 26 balls but it wasn't enough. We needed about 14 from the last over and got about 4 runs instead.

[Monsieurflibble]

Relegation reprobates won by 10 runs.

Relegation reprobates Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,364 12,758
Batting - Middle Order 10,097 9,327
Batting - Tail 5,534 4,762
Bowling - Seam 11,252 (20) 11,666 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 15,303 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 14,705 15,567
Overall 210,825 211,294

3 wickets falling in about 4 balls stopped us from winning. Brown hit 60 from 38 balls and Bass 40 from 26 balls but it wasn't enough. We needed about 14 from the last over and got about 4 runs instead.

By my maths both of us safe on NRR and a chance for some game time for younger bowlers. GG as always, always better to squeak it though than not.

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Relegation reprobates won by 10 runs.

Relegation reprobates Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,364 12,758
Batting - Middle Order 10,097 9,327
Batting - Tail 5,534 4,762
Bowling - Seam 11,252 (20) 11,666 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 15,303 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 14,705 15,567
Overall 210,825 211,294

3 wickets falling in about 4 balls stopped us from winning. Brown hit 60 from 38 balls and Bass 40 from 26 balls but it wasn't enough. We needed about 14 from the last over and got about 4 runs instead.

By my maths both of us safe on NRR and a chance for some game time for younger bowlers. GG as always, always better to squeak it though than not.

I've got The Dross for the last game as well, I think. So unless they go out and buy lots of players then I should be alright anyway. I'll probably not go much lower in age terms for my bowlers as they're already reasonably young but I've got some young batsmen who will get gametime that they might not ordinarily have received.

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Home Sledgingshire
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Bunsen Beach
League Youth 1.1
Date 15 Oct 20 10:00
Crowd 9,588
Weather Humid
Pitch Slow

Big game today as it's 6th versus 7th and whoever wins takes a step towards safety. We lost the toss and were put in to bat which I was okay with but we'll see how it goes.

L. Kermode (rf) 2-0-9-0, W. Mills 5 (8b), A. Evans 5 (10b)
End of over 3 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(10-0) RR 3.33

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away OverTheRope
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 2.2
Date 15 Oct 20 10:00
Crowd 8,460
Weather Humid
Pitch Dry

Toss: OverTheRope won the toss and elected to bat.

L. Shurmer (rf) 3-0-11-0, W. Eathorne 8 (13b), A. Ali 6 (17b)
End of over 5 (5 runs) - OverTheRope(15-0) RR 3.00

Another win would go some way to ensure promotion.

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J. Lord (rm) 6-0-25-0, J. Shazad 17 (39b), G. George 11 (19b)
End of over 20 (8 runs) - OverTheRope(74-2) RR 3.70

Erm had hoped for more wickets...

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M. Weare (rf) 2-1-3-1, S. Whitehead 17 (31b), A. Clarke 0 (5b)
End of over 20 (maiden) - Ruff Royals(74-2) RR 3.70

Exactly the same score at the break! It would have been so much better if we hadn't lost a wicket in the over before the break. Could go either way here.

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D. Oatley (lfs) 6-0-21-1, A. Clarke 3 (13b), R. Norris 0 (0b)
End of over 23 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(84-3) RR 3.65

And now a wicket not long after the break. I think that has turned things massively in their favour.

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L. Shurmer (rf) 7-0-29-1, G. George 28 (48b), B. Blade 18 (20b)
End of over 30 (8 runs) - OverTheRope(123-3) RR 4.10

Not going great at the moment!