England League and Cup Discussion

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wolfberries Gully Boys CC
Batting - Top Order 9,116 12,785
Batting - Middle Order 10,045 10,244
Batting - Tail 4,652 4,310
Bowling - Seam 11,035 (8) 11,383 (16)
Bowling - Spin 9,928 (12) 10,672 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 12,554 12,365
Overall 180,119 198,343

Result: wolfberries won by 18 runs

We looked very lucky to get the win on Tuesday, although all of our better players performed to make a mockery of the ratings.

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Home BWB Phoenixs
Away wolfberries
Ground BWB Phoenixs CG
League Youth 2.2
Date 13 Aug 20 10:00
Crowd 6,710
Weather Sunny
Pitch Dry

Toss: BWB Phoenixs won the toss and elected to bat.

J. Lord (rm) 6-1-22-1, D. Bronca 1 (6b), G. Baister 2 (6b)
End of over 20 (3 runs) - BWB Phoenixs(69-4) RR 3.45

Very happy with the start from our bowlers, well the seam bowlers that is as our spinners haven't looked threatening!

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G. Lashley (rfs) 5-0-27-0, N. Gera 6 (12b), S. Clouston 9 (11b)
End of over 33 (8 runs) - Ruff Royals(137-5) RR 4.15

We recovered a bit but two wickets in two overs has put us back in trouble. It was a nice 51 for Norris which is his best score so far.

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R. Salvana (rfm) 7.4-1-33-3, J. Guthrie 1 (4b)
End of over 40 (1 run) - BWB Phoenixs(147-10) RR 3.67

Happy enough with having to defend that total.

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K. Uthenwoldt (lfm) 6-0-25-0, B. Hayne 50 (62b), D. Katich 19 (26b)
End of over 20 (1 run) - wolfberries(87-1). 61 runs required from 20 overs. RR 4.35 RRR 3.05

Looking good so far.

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BWB Phoenixs wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,624 5,677
Batting - Middle Order 4,783 5,647
Batting - Tail 2,907 3,474
Bowling - Seam 4,080 (24) 7,125 (24)
Bowling - Spin 8,781 (16) 6,429 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 5,477 8,988
Overall 100,582 116,915

Result: wolfberries won by 7 wickets

Easier than I thought and a weaker team than I expected to face.

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Gold Prospectors X1 Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 8,326 8,033
Batting - Middle Order 6,955 5,340
Batting - Tail 4,448 2,782
Bowling - Seam 8,510 (16) 6,195 (24)
Bowling - Spin 7,184 (24) 9,531 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 9,281 9,145
Overall 140,891 126,921

Gold Prospectors X1 won by 8 wickets

Outrated and outplayed. We only managed to get 183 and probably needed 40 more than that. Only 2 of my bowlers did okay and one of those didn't get a wicket.

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Home wolfberries
Away Centurion
Ground wolfberries CG
League One Day 3.4
Date 14 Aug 20 10:00
Crowd 17,148
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Dry

Toss: Centurion won the toss and elected to bowl.

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Home Snakey's Kent Stars
Away Ruff Royals
Ground St Lawrence Ground
League One Day 1.1
Date 14 Aug 20 10:00
Crowd 17,994
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

I've picked a young team as I was expecting to be relegated from this division and wanted to go as far as possible in the cup. It turns out I'd probably have a chance of staying up this season but I want to stick to my pre-season plan anyway.

They decided to bat first and we got off to a great start.

E. Perry (rm) 2-0-5-1, J. Blinman 3 (4b), H. Findlay 0 (0b)
End of over 4 (1 run) - Snakey's Kent Stars(16-2) RR 4.00

The expected recovery then came but I'm still reasonably happy with how things have gone considering the team I've picked. My oldest bowler is 24 and 2 weeks!

T. Ball (lws) 3-0-16-0, H. Findlay 27 (54b), B. Bult 6 (4b)
End of over 20 (6 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(80-3) RR 4.00

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C. Biema (rm) 4-1-11-0, M. Herdegen 49 (92b), C. Branston 23 (48b)
End of over 25 (4 runs) - wolfberries(93-1) RR 3.72

Going OK at the moment.

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M. Roberson (lf) 8-0-44-1, B. Bult 59 (74b), J. Masakadza 36 (28b)
End of over 41 (13 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(199-4) RR 4.85

Our lack of skill is now telling. We were just about getting away with it before the break but now that RR is out of control and only likely to get worse.

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M. Sulemani (lfm) 10-0-42-4, E. McCosker 1 (1b), E. Peden 0 (0b)
End of over 50 (5 runs) - wolfberries(246-7) RR 4.92

Happy enough with this total.

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P. Massey (lfs) 10-0-82-0, J. Masakadza 86 (61b), C. Hillsz 15 (9b)
End of over 50 (10 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(279-5) RR 5.58

Massey turns 21 next week; he didn't enjoy this early taste of senior cricket.

E. Kamal (rfm) 4-0-13-0, T. Liberatore 3 (7b), E. McCall 11 (24b)
End of over 8 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(20-1). 260 runs required from 42 overs. RR 2.50 RRR 6.19

We're not going to win so we've just got to get as close as we can.

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P. O'Mara (rm) 7-1-17-3, E. Perry 10 (19b), T. Ball 1 (6b)
End of over 29 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(85-6). 195 runs required from 21 overs. RR 2.93 RRR 9.29

Well, we're not going to be getting very close at all!

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Snakey's Kent Stars won by 183 runs.

Snakey's Kent Stars Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,113 10,302
Batting - Middle Order 11,583 8,361
Batting - Tail 5,797 3,435
Bowling - Seam 12,688 (30) 8,536 (20)
Bowling - Spin 12,019 (20) 9,233 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 15,807 13,331
Overall 225,700 169,721

I thought the batters could have done a little bit better than they did but we were never going to win.