England League and Cup Discussion

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Leyland Lions Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,338 7,478
Batting - Middle Order 6,182 6,195
Batting - Tail 3,613 3,006
Bowling - Seam 6,037 (24) 6,177 (40)
Bowling - Spin 6,263 (16) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 7,489 8,661
Overall 118,026 120,581

Leyland Lions won by 7 wickets.

We didn't score enough and then we never looked like getting the early wickets that we would have needed to give ourselves a chance. We're 4 points from safety and it's looking very much like a relegation season.

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S. Zuniga (rfm) 5-1-18-1, T. Liberatore 10 (29b), F. Best 12 (22b)
End of over 9 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(28-1) RR 3.11

Probably the last Friday that I'll rest players because of a cup game as I'm pretty sure I'll be out of the cup on sunday. Slow pitch and we lost an early wicket. These two will need to get almost all of the runs as there's only Paton left who could be called a good enough batsman for this level.

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Home Surrey Cricket Club
Away wolfberries
Ground The Oval
League One Day 3.4
Date 04 Sep 20 10:00
Crowd 11,411
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Crumbling

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

B. Boota (lws) 4-1-16-0, C. Branston 27 (38b), R. Fontaine 4 (7b)
End of over 19 (5 runs) - wolfberries(80-2) RR 4.21

Will take this score currently in these conditions.

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S. Hassan (lfs) 5-0-17-0, C. Paton 12 (16b), T. Liberatore 40 (71b)
End of over 25 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(86-3) RR 3.44

It wasn't too bad at that stage. It got a lot worse.

S. Zuniga (rfm) 6-1-22-2, P. Massey 1 (1b), J. Hicks 10 (17b)
End of over 30 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(103-7) RR 3.43

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J. Mac Akumu (rws) 5.3-1-13-1, C. Moses 5 (14b)
End of over 42 (maiden) - Ruff Royals(138-10) RR 3.29

Not enough but we could do with making this last as long as possible.

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Finished on 233 for 8, will take that in these conditions.

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It was nice to get two early wickets but I think we'll not get another one.

C. Rush (lm) 6-1-29-1, H. wa Kaloki 31 (32b), H. Mwahima 15 (23b)
End of over 11 (9 runs) - Danger Hotspurs(51-2). 88 runs required from 39 overs. RR 4.64 RRR 2.26

Wa Kaloki's BH talent seems to be triggering all the time.

Edit: 24 runs from his BH trigger out of the 39 runs he currently has.

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Ruff Royals Danger Hotspurs
Batting - Top Order 10,413 12,862
Batting - Middle Order 8,677 9,966
Batting - Tail 3,021 4,039
Bowling - Seam 7,446 (20) 11,932 (20)
Bowling - Spin 9,904 (30) 13,112 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 12,932 15,252
Overall 168,824 212,389

Danger Hotspurs won by 5 wickets.

I didn't think the bowling was too bad really. If it wasn't for the 71 not out for Wa Kaloki we might have done even better.

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Hard to know what to do about this, outrated opponent on every aspect, overall rating >20% better, at home, still lost.

Crestfallen Sidekicks Cavendish Zeros
Batting - Top Order 10,711 10,475
Batting - Middle Order 12,368 8,259
Batting - Tail 5,096 5,060
Bowling - Seam 12,490 (30) 10,591 (40)
Bowling - Spin 12,884 (20) 11,580 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 15,145 11,036
Overall 216,279 177,169

End of over 47 (maiden) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(178-10). 6 runs required from 3 overs. RR 3.79 RRR 2.00
D. Sinclair 5 (11b), R. Kierse (rfm) 8.1-0-36-3
Cavendish Zeros won by 5 runs

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C. Chudasama (rf) 4-0-24-2, J. de Reuck 6 (3b), K. Hunt 2 (3b)
End of over 20 (4 runs) - Staindrop Village CC(117-6) RR 5.85

Crumbling pitch so it's not too bad a bowling effort but I can still see this being a difficult chase.

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Staindrop Village CC won by 9 runs

Staindrop Village CC Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,392 7,175
Batting - Middle Order 5,970 6,220
Batting - Tail 4,837 3,584
Bowling - Seam 6,485 (12) 6,352 (16)
Bowling - Spin 8,127 (8) 9,929 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 8,729 8,945
Overall 129,863 126,508

Had wickets in hand for a while but just couldn't score quickly enough.

We're in a real scrap for a top 4 place now after it was looking good for us in the first few weeks.

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Relegation reprobates wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,264 6,047
Batting - Middle Order 5,613 4,371
Batting - Tail 3,849 3,626
Bowling - Seam 6,913 (8) 7,659 (12)
Bowling - Spin 8,138 (12) 6,720 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,257 8,906
Overall 119,072 115,685

Result: Relegation reprobates won by 7 wickets

That didn't go well!

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Home The Dross
Away Ruff Royals
Ground The Dross CG
League Twenty20 1.1
Date 08 Sep 20 10:00
Crowd 11,340
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Sticky

I'd be absolutely gutted if we didn't win today even though I've picked a much weakened team.

We won the toss and decided to bat first to try to improve NRR.

N. Clemons (rfm) 1-0-9-0, I. Santos 3 (3b), F. Best 6 (3b)
End of over 1 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(9-0) RR 9.00

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Home marks marvels
Away wolfberries
Ground marks marvels CG
League Twenty20 3.4
Date 08 Sep 20 10:00
Crowd 15,794
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow


Toss: marks marvels won the toss and elected to bowl.

R. Venkasammy (rfm) 3-0-29-0, E. McGhee 40 (27b), M. Herdegen 40 (33b)
End of over 10 (8 runs) - wolfberries(82-0) RR 8.20

Decided to play a full strength side today, have been playing prospects recently but our opponents are too good for that.

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B. Clifton (rws) 4-0-37-1, R. Fontaine 26 (21b), E. McCosker 12 (7b)
End of over 20 (14 runs) - wolfberries(161-4) RR 8.05

Will take that score.