England League and Cup Discussion

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Home Ruff Royals
Away C.C.DeVille CCC
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League One Day 2.2
Date 12 Jun 20 10:00
Crowd 19,944
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Uneven

We were put into bat and, as usual, Avila has got out early.

E. Riley (rm) 3-0-4-0, F. Best 3 (9b), B. Kirk 3 (9b)
End of over 6 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(19-1) RR 3.17

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D. McKay (rfm) 5-0-21-0, R. Fontaine 8 (8b), L. Coombes 14 (19b)
End of over 17 (7 runs) - wolfberries(91-2) RR 5.35

Playing second place today, so a win is a must as we are currently third.

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E. Riley (rm) 6-0-15-1, B. Kirk 33 (46b), P. Solomon 1 (1b)
End of over 19 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(77-2) RR 4.05

Best just gone for 25, but he kinda did his job. Solomon hasn't been getting the big scores recently so it would be nice if that could change today.

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D. McKay (rfm) 5-0-21-0, R. Fontaine 8 (8b), L. Coombes 14 (19b)
End of over 17 (7 runs) - wolfberries(91-2) RR 5.35

Playing second place today, so a win is a must as we are currently third.

B. Rhodes (rws) 6-0-35-1, C. Branston 1 (3b), R. Fontaine 13 (19b)
End of over 23 (5 runs) - wolfberries(110-4) RR 4.78

Once again our joint best batsman Harford failed!

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D. Sinclair (lm) 3-0-15-2, C. Branston 8 (6b), L. Cody 0 (1b)
End of over 24 (7 runs) - wolfberries(117-5) RR 4.88

ME has been taking the CENSORED all week and it continues today

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B. Eriksson (rfm) 6-0-38-0, P. Solomon 26 (40b), J. Bass 29 (27b)
End of over 32 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(142-3) RR 4.44

Kirk is out. Solomon has been dropped twice but it's a decent total so far. We could do with 250+ though.

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F. Wise (rfm) 9-1-43-0, A. Bowers 28 (19b), P. Solomon 63 (69b)
End of over 42 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(214-4) RR 5.10

Solomon is making them pay to some extent and Bowers has been dropped too. I wouldn't mind if we got to 300.

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D. McKay (rfm) 10-1-45-2, S. Payne 3 (9b), C. Branston 63 (76b)
End of over 50 (12 runs) - wolfberries(234-8) RR 4.68

Not the worst total, 50/50 I would say.

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M. Suresh (lfs) 10-0-82-0, P. Solomon 105 (88b), E. Perry 31 (26b)
End of over 50 (10 runs) - Ruff Royals(294-5) RR 5.88

I'm very happy with that. Solomon getting an unbeaten century after being dropped twice is nice. I can't see us losing from here but let's get as big a win as possible.

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J. Walkley (rm) 5-1-11-1, R. Fernandez 7 (11b), R. Kershler 15 (40b)
End of over 10 (maiden) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(24-2). 211 runs required from 40 overs. RR 2.40 RRR 5.28

Great start by our seam bowlers today, now for our spinners.

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J. Walkley (rm) 5-1-11-1, R. Fernandez 7 (11b), R. Kershler 15 (40b)
End of over 10 (maiden) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(24-2). 211 runs required from 40 overs. RR 2.40 RRR 5.28

Great start by our seam bowlers today, now for our spinners.

L. Cody (rfs) 1-0-12-0, R. Kershler 20 (42b), R. Fernandez 14 (15b)
End of over 11 (12 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(36-2). 199 runs required from 39 overs. RR 3.27 RRR 5.10

Someone is taking the Michael

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A. McCutchin (rf) 8-2-31-2, L. van der Westhuizen 12 (29b), A. Salim 41 (68b)
End of over 35 (maiden) - C.C.DeVille CCC(141-7). 154 runs required from 15 overs. RR 4.03 RRR 10.27

Diaz yet to take a wicket but otherwise the wickets have been shared around. I'd like a 100+ run win.

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A. McCutchin (rf) 8-2-31-2, L. van der Westhuizen 12 (29b), A. Salim 41 (68b)
End of over 35 (maiden) - C.C.DeVille CCC(141-7). 154 runs required from 15 overs. RR 4.03 RRR 10.27

Diaz yet to take a wicket but otherwise the wickets have been shared around. I'd like a 100+ run win.

E. McCosker (rfs) 10-0-35-1, R. Harvey 23 (38b), P. Kapadia 13 (23b)
End of over 40 (6 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(135-7). 100 runs required from 10 overs. RR 3.38 RRR 10.00

Looks like we are both on for a win today.

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A. McCutchin (rf) 8-2-31-2, L. van der Westhuizen 12 (29b), A. Salim 41 (68b)
End of over 35 (maiden) - C.C.DeVille CCC(141-7). 154 runs required from 15 overs. RR 4.03 RRR 10.27

Diaz yet to take a wicket but otherwise the wickets have been shared around. I'd like a 100+ run win.

E. McCosker (rfs) 10-0-35-1, R. Harvey 23 (38b), P. Kapadia 13 (23b)
End of over 40 (6 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(135-7). 100 runs required from 10 overs. RR 3.38 RRR 10.00

Looks like we are both on for a win today.

Yeah, well done. I think I probably had the easier task though.

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Actually it was closer with the ratings than I thought.

Ruff Royals won by 132 runs.

Ruff Royals C.C.DeVille CCC
Batting - Top Order 13,465 13,250
Batting - Middle Order 10,820 9,822
Batting - Tail 4,262 5,282
Bowling - Seam 12,301 (40) 12,400 (40)
Bowling - Spin 12,791 (10) 12,820 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,313 14,449
Overall 220,868 213,904

Good batting got us the win here. Solomon turned up with 105 not out, with the next best being Kirk with 42. All batters managed to make it into double figures.

The bowling was pretty much a formality; Callaway had the best figures with 3-18.