England U20s

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England U20 Bangladesh U20
Batting - Top Order 9,608 9,649
Batting - Middle Order 8,730 8,168
Batting - Tail 4,426 4,378
Bowling - Seam 9,730 (4) 8,845 (8)
Bowling - Spin 9,912 (16) 9,784 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 10,076 10,016
Overall 166,236 161,497

Result: England U20 won by 22 runs

Happy enough with the start to the tour.

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Home England U20
Away Netherlands U20
Ground Lords
League U-20 Twenty20 1
Date 22 Sep 20 10:00
Pitch Dry
Weather (forecast) Windy

match 5472360

Fingers crossed for two in two...

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England U20 Netherlands U20
Batting - Top Order 9,482 10,002
Batting - Middle Order 7,902 8,043
Batting - Tail 4,411 4,274
Bowling - Seam 9,709 (4) 9,075 (8)
Bowling - Spin 9,620 (16) 9,545 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 9,596 9,388
Overall 159,750 159,952

Result: England U20 won by 18 runs

That's two from two now.

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Home England U20
Away India U20
Ground Lords
League U-20 Twenty20 1
Date 23 Sep 20 10:00
Pitch Dry
Weather (forecast) Wind

match 5472358

50/50 game tomorrow.

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England U20 India U20
Batting - Top Order 9,491 9,467
Batting - Middle Order 8,023 7,104
Batting - Tail 3,926 4,185
Bowling - Seam 9,730 (4) 9,029 (8)
Bowling - Spin 9,541 (16) 9,887 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 9,398 9,781
Overall 157,928 155,898

Result: India U20 won by 5 runs

Couldn't make it three from three.

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England U20 Scotland U20
Batting - Top Order 9,384 9,700
Batting - Middle Order 8,405 9,009
Batting - Tail 5,175 5,229
Bowling - Seam 9,351 (12) 8,275 (8)
Bowling - Spin 9,921 (8) 9,432 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 10,086 10,084
Overall 164,839 165,627

Result: Match tied

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Home England U20
Away West Indies U20
Ground Lords
League U-20 Twenty20 1
Date 25 Sep 20 10:00
Pitch Dry
Weather (forecast) Cloudy

match 5472364

Thankfully can't relegate now but would be nice to finish top.

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England U20 West Indies U20
Batting - Top Order 9,093 9,243
Batting - Middle Order 7,937 8,406
Batting - Tail 3,574 6,329
Bowling - Seam 9,515 (4) 9,403 (8)
Bowling - Spin 9,394 (16) 10,266 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 9,783 10,711
Overall 155,284 171,325

Result: West Indies U20 won by 8 wickets

Lost but finished third in the league in the end, not too bad.

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Pos Team Matches Wins Losses Ties Points NRR For Against
1 West Indies U20 5 4 1 0 16 +0.1318 630 / 97.3 595 / 94.0
2 India U20 5 3 2 0 12 +0.5066 669 / 100.0 607 / 98.1
3 England U20 5 2 2 1 10 +0.2235 658 / 100.0 624 / 98.1
4 Netherlands U20 5 2 3 0 8 +0.0000 686 / 100.0 686 / 100.0
5 Bangladesh U20 5 2 3 0 8 -0.6395 682 / 98.5 754 / 100.0
6 Scotland U20 5 1 3 1 6 -0.2326 560 / 94.0 619 / 100.0

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Tour Dates 21 Sep 2020 - 25 Sep 2020
Hosting Rights Won By England
Hosting Country England
First Preferred Pitch Dry
Second Preferred Pitch Crumbling
Third Preferred Pitch Slow

Tonight the squad gets fixed for the next OD tour, fingers crossed the final pitches are kind.

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New Zealand U20 v England U20 Crumbling
England U20 v Australia U20 Uneven
West Indies U20 v England U20 Crumbling
England U20 v Scotland U20 Uneven
Pakistan U20 v England U20 Green

Happy enough with those pitches.

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Home New Zealand U20
Away England U20
Ground Wools Wanderers CG
League U-20 One Day 1
Date 05 Oct 20 15:00
Crowd 22,500
Weather Sunny
Pitch Crumbling

Toss: England U20 won the toss and elected to bat.

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Tour starts today against the Kiwis.

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New Zealand U20 England U20
Batting - Top Order 10,522 10,387
Batting - Middle Order 8,095 8,525
Batting - Tail 5,197 4,476
Bowling - Seam 10,044 (20) 9,991 (20)
Bowling - Spin 9,741 (30) 10,083 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 10,583 10,217
Overall 171,122 169,962

Result: New Zealand U20 won by 3 wickets

Disappointed to not be able to defend 173 with our spinners.

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Home England U20
Away Australia U20
Ground Test Valley Stadium
League U-20 One Day 1
Date 06 Oct 20 15:00
Crowd 21,000
Weather Sunny
Pitch Uneven

Toss: Australia U20 won the toss and elected to bat.

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Can't see us getting anywhere near the Aussies today, not only do they have a quality side but we have very weak quicks.

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England U20 Australia U20
Batting - Top Order 9,325 10,240
Batting - Middle Order 8,564 8,653
Batting - Tail 4,864 4,997
Bowling - Seam 8,627 (50) 9,687 (50)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 10,161 10,708
Overall 159,771 171,125

Result: England U20 won by 4 wickets

Well that was a surprising win but we will take it.