England League and Cup Discussion

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Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets

Ruff Royals Sledgingshire
Batting - Top Order 14,308 12,972
Batting - Middle Order 9,627 10,579
Batting - Tail 3,989 6,486
Bowling - Seam 11,805 (8) 12,473 (8)
Bowling - Spin 14,400 (12) 12,314 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 16,462 15,658
Overall 223,907 222,524

4 wickets for Moses helped see them bowled out for just 97 on a dry pitch. 41 not out for Issa and 38 for Liberatore made it a comfortable win.

[wolfberries]

Another easy loss today, 7 wicket defeat!

[wolfberries]

Sunny and slow conditions today, lost the toss and batting first.

[wolfberries]

205 for 2 from 39 overs, our expert summary batsmen is facing the first ball of the last over. Would be happy with at least 10 runs from the last over, although not the actual BS 2 runs and a wicket that happened

207 for 3 then....

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L. Bruce (rfs) 8-0-20-4, T. Head 4 (9b)
End of over 39 (3 runs) - Yorkshire Puddings(144-10) RR 3.69

Slow pitch. We didn't start off great but turned it around. 4-20 from Bruce was key.

[wolfberries]

Opponents are 76 for 2 at the halfway mark of their innings, happy enough with that so far.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 9 wickets

Ruff Royals Yorkshire Puddings
Batting - Top Order 8,751 7,124
Batting - Middle Order 7,098 6,057
Batting - Tail 3,255 2,857
Bowling - Seam 7,843 (24) 6,187 (32)
Bowling - Spin 6,354 (16) 5,686 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 9,487 6,356
Overall 137,858 110,802

Comfortable win in the end. House out for 41 whilst Mills was 65 not out.

Next week should be difficult as I think I've got 3 players away on international duty and I'll be losing my 2nd best bat who turns 21.

[wolfberries]

Despite five missed chances we snuck a 7 run win.

We just lose one player next week to the Internationals, basically that's a loss then!

[spark]

Home Relegation reprobates
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Relegation reprobates CG
League One Day 1.1
Date 30 Jul 21 10:00
Crowd 16,595
Weather Sunny
Pitch Dry

I could do with a win here. I lost the toss so I'm batting first.

R. McPetrie (rws) 2-0-19-0, T. Liberatore 29 (38b), F. Best 23 (28b)
End of over 13 (15 runs) - Ruff Royals(67-1) RR 5.15

Lost an early wicket but we recovered a bit. Let's see how we do against the spinners.

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G. Gehrs (rf) 8-0-46-2, L. Avila 19 (21b), C. Paton 8 (2b)
End of over 26 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(142-4) RR 5.46

We keep losing wickets at regular intervals. Best just out for 53. We need another 100+ runs for sure; that's going to be tough to do.

[eagles123]

lost the toss and put into bat on dry/sunny, strange innings with all the top 8 getting into double figures, but no-one hitting a 50. 211-10, a little under-par I feel, but not a disaster either.

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Q. Sad (rws) 9.4-1-41-3, A. Ten Dam 13 (14b)
End of over 49 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(238-10) RR 4.86

I feel like we could have got more. It'll all depend on how well we bowl.

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P. Callaway (rfs) 2-0-8-2, C. Fraser 3 (1b), A. Bettington 14 (25b)
End of over 15 (5 runs) - Relegation reprobates(57-3). 182 runs required from 35 overs. RR 3.80 RRR 5.20

Good start by Callaway. We need to keep it going.

[eagles123]

unfortunately our fielders haven't bothered to turn up. Looking like an easy win for our opponents.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 115 runs

Relegation reprobates Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,816 13,398
Batting - Middle Order 12,249 11,344
Batting - Tail 5,918 4,700
Bowling - Seam 13,171 (20) 13,273 (20)
Bowling - Spin 12,647 (30) 14,526 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 15,830 16,924
Overall 233,788 233,967

I'm very happy with that win. 53 by Best and 41 for Paton. 3-11 for Callaway and 2 wickets each for Hodges, Ten Dam, and Moses.

This means I've got an 8 point buffer to the drop zone.