England League and Cup Discussion

[spark]

Slow pitch and playing the joint top of the league team (joint with 4 others).

N. Lewis (lfs) 2-1-11-0, W. Mills 30 (61b), A. Clarke 23 (34b)
End of over 20 (maiden) - Ruff Royals(82-2) RR 4.10

It's been a tough start. We've got wickets in hand but it could go either way.

[spark]

N. Lewis (lfs) 8-1-47-1, S. Clouston 24 (25b), R. Schneider 0 (1b)
End of over 40 (8 runs) - Ruff Royals(192-6) RR 4.80

That's okay on a slow pitch but it's also very chaseable.

Mills back with another good score of 64.

[spark]

S. Clouston (rf) 5-0-25-0, J. O'Halloran 16 (27b), A. Searle 8 (5b)
End of over 21 (9 runs) - The Middle Stump Lubricators(109-3). 84 runs required from 19 overs. RR 5.19 RRR 4.42

We're not completely out of it but I think we're conceding too many in big run overs which isn't made up by the times where we're economical.

[spark]

The Middle Stump Lubricators Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 8,115 7,446
Batting - Middle Order 6,383 5,990
Batting - Tail 3,785 3,528
Bowling - Seam 8,623 (16) 6,064 (32)
Bowling - Spin 7,583 (24) 9,269 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,179 8,822
Overall 133,883 124,325

We came back into the match but we couldn't get the 6th wicket until it was too late. We would have got the 6th wicket soon after the 5th wicket fell but my keeper dropped a chance.

The Middle Stump Lubricators won by 4 wickets.

Crucial match next week against Sledgingshire as we're in the relegation zone and 4 points behind them and safety.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Captain Speccy's Muppets
Batting - Top Order 6,289 8,794
Batting - Middle Order 5,154 5,791
Batting - Tail 3,188 3,657
Bowling - Seam 6,697 (24) 7,414 (32)
Bowling - Spin 6,585 (16) 9,469 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,891 8,327
Overall 115,275 133,424

Result: Captain Speccy's Muppets won by 6 wickets

Big loss as expected.

[wolfberries]

Home Yorkshire Puddings
Away wolfberries
Ground Shaw Lane CG
League One Day 3.4
Date 21 Aug 20 10:00
Crowd 17,310
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Uneven

Toss: Yorkshire Puddings won the toss and elected to bat.

[wolfberries]

That ends the innings of Yorkshire Puddings. wolfberries will have a target of 244 to chase.

Can't see us chasing that!

[spark]

Ruff Royals Ffoh
Batting - Top Order 10,327 12,769
Batting - Middle Order 7,948 12,062
Batting - Tail 3,225 7,591
Bowling - Seam 10,528 (20) 12,720 (40)
Bowling - Spin 9,353 (30) 12,865 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 13,151 15,654
Overall 171,348 232,808

Ffoh won by 10 wickets

Defeat was inevitable but a bit bigger than I was hoping for. 68 for Best was the only good thing about the match.

[wolfberries]

Yorkshire Puddings wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 11,993 12,411
Batting - Middle Order 10,753 11,434
Batting - Tail 6,760 4,349
Bowling - Seam 10,979 (50) 10,772 (30)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 12,674 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 12,035 14,558
Overall 202,267 209,767

Result: wolfberries won by 5 wickets

Happy with the win.

[Ffoh]

Ruff Royals Ffoh
Batting - Top Order 10,327 12,769
Batting - Middle Order 7,948 12,062
Batting - Tail 3,225 7,591
Bowling - Seam 10,528 (20) 12,720 (40)
Bowling - Spin 9,353 (30) 12,865 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 13,151 15,654
Overall 171,348 232,808

Ffoh won by 10 wickets

Defeat was inevitable but a bit bigger than I was hoping for. 68 for Best was the only good thing about the match.

Nice to see I’ve got my opponents’ morale exactly where it needs to be

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Ruff Royals
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 24 Aug 20 10:00
Crowd 9,392
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Crumbling

Toss: Ruff Royals won the toss and elected to bowl.

C. Chudasama (rf) 1-0-4-1, D. Reeler 15 (12b), S. Vawser 3 (3b)
End of over 14 (4 runs) - wolfberries(70-3) RR 5.00

Just lost three quick wickets.

[wolfberries]

C. Rush (lm) 3-0-21-0, S. Vawser 14 (13b), D. Reeler 30 (20b)
End of over 17 (9 runs) - wolfberries(96-3) RR 5.65

In these conditions it's going OK.

[wolfberries]

C. Chudasama (rf) 4-0-32-1, S. Vawser 26 (20b), D. Reeler 51 (31b)
End of over 20 (10 runs) - wolfberries(129-3) RR 6.45

In these conditions I'm very happy with that total, whether we can defend it is another thing.

Won't be easy against Sparks lads...

[spark]

C. Chudasama (rf) 4-0-32-1, S. Vawser 26 (20b), D. Reeler 51 (31b)
End of over 20 (10 runs) - wolfberries(129-3) RR 6.45

In these conditions I'm very happy with that total, whether we can defend it is another thing.

Won't be easy against Sparks lads...

I thought it wasn't going too badly for me until the last 5 overs even though we struggled to take wickets. I think this is going to be tough unless it doesn't play like the crumbling pitch that it's supposed to be.

[wolfberries]

S. Holland (rws) 2-0-7-2, A. Clarke 3 (5b), S. Whitehead 11 (9b)
End of over 11 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(63-3). 67 runs required from 9 overs. RR 5.73 RRR 7.44

Brilliant from young wrist spinner Holland so far, still touch and go.