England League and Cup Discussion

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wolfberries Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 11,946 12,269
Batting - Middle Order 12,103 10,902
Batting - Tail 4,855 4,923
Bowling - Seam 11,093 (20) 11,907 (30)
Bowling - Spin 12,230 (30) 11,913 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 14,861 14,721
Overall 214,225 211,168

wolfberries won by 69 runs

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

Our opponents were of similar standard but your boys are easily a level above mine.

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Home Pedagogs
Away wolfberries
Ground Pedagogs CG
League Youth Twenty20 3.4
Date 15 Jun 20 10:00
Weather (forecast) Windy
Pitch (current) Uneven

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

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Home Mighty Minnions
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Mighty Minnions CG
League Youth Twenty20 3.1
Date 15 Jun 20 10:00
Crowd 7,425
Weather Windy
Pitch Slow

I won the toss and decided to bowl.

T. Vaughn (rm) 3-0-21-1, G. Newell 20 (20b), T. Kakde 11 (12b)
End of over 6 (6 runs) - Mighty Minnions(35-1) RR 5.83

I'd have liked more wickets but I guess it's not terrible so far.

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M. Roberson (lf) 3-1-15-0, G. Newell 47 (41b), C. Rigg 3 (5b)
End of over 13 (9 runs) - Mighty Minnions(87-3) RR 6.69

Could still go either way although 140 wouldn't be easy to chase on a slow pitch so more wickets are needed to help keep the run rate down.

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J. Rogers (rws) 4-0-36-0, M. Scholes 47 (33b), B. Hayne 34 (24b)
End of over 20 (8 runs) - wolfberries(144-4) RR 7.20

Not the worst total but I'm not 100% sure we will defend this.

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T. Ball (lws) 4-1-10-3, J. Simmons 1 (1b), C. Fredericks 1 (4b)
End of over 20 (1 run) - Mighty Minnions(114-8) RR 5.70

I'm happy with that. My spinners really helped restrict them towards the end with Ball finishing with 3-10 and Massey 2-16. We'll still need to bat well but I'd like to think there won't be too much run rate pressure.

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Pedagogs wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,270 6,691
Batting - Middle Order 5,798 5,195
Batting - Tail 4,102 3,848
Bowling - Seam 6,260 (16) 6,917 (20)
Bowling - Spin 7,370 (4) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 7,436 8,523
Overall 115,300 119,245

wolfberries won by 27 runs

Keeps us in the hunt for promotion and even a top two spot.

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Ruff Royals won by 8 wickets.

Mighty Minnions Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,719 7,758
Batting - Middle Order 6,239 5,873
Batting - Tail 4,167 3,220
Bowling - Seam 7,974 (12) 6,595 (12)
Bowling - Spin 7,943 (8) 9,193 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 6,987 8,895
Overall 129,110 129,044

Easy enough win in the end. 44 not out for Whitehead and 40 not out for McCall saw us home. 8 points clear of 5th place.

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Home wolfberries
Away Snakey's Kent Stars
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 2.2
Date 16 Jun 20 10:00
Crowd 12,256
Weather Overcast
Pitch Crumbling

Toss: Snakey's Kent Stars won the toss and elected to bat.

Playing top today and expecting a big loss, so rested a few older guys. More of an experience gaining exercise today.

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Home Castle Rock CC
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Castle Rock CC CG
League Twenty20 2.2
Date 16 Jun 20 10:00
Crowd 12,736
Weather Overcast
Pitch Slow

We were made to bat first.

M. Bridgman (lf) 3-0-9-1, P. Solomon 0 (0b), L. Avila 16 (19b)
End of over 7 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(42-1) RR 6.00

Could do with increasing the run rate but it's not too bad so far.

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S. Window (rm) 2-0-21-0, J. Sheridan 9 (15b), J. Blinman 31 (21b)
End of over 7 (18 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(45-1) RR 6.43

Windows is simply too young to put any pressure on Blinman their England squad member!

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A. Bell (rws) 1-0-3-0, B. Kirk 3 (8b), J. Bass 2 (3b)
End of over 14 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(73-3) RR 5.21

We're really struggling now and need these two with the BH talent to get us out of trouble. I would have liked 140ish before the game started but I think I'd settle for 120 now.

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H. Nettleton (rm) 4-0-33-0, J. Bass 11 (10b), B. Kirk 30 (19b)
End of over 17 (16 runs) - Ruff Royals(109-3) RR 6.41

After 30 runs in 2 overs maybe the 140+ is back on? I think I'm being overly optimistic there.

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G. Lyon (lfs) 4-0-42-1, H. Findlay 48 (33b), J. Blinman 93 (57b)
End of over 20 (13 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(163-2) RR 8.15

Well we aren't chasing that!