England League and Cup Discussion

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Penn CCC
Batting - Top Order 6,447 4,868
Batting - Middle Order 5,303 5,354
Batting - Tail 3,422 5,248
Bowling - Seam 7,673 (16) 2,529 (8)
Bowling - Spin 6,954 (4) 4,175 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 9,297 5,462
Overall 122,807 90,606

Result: wolfberries won by 151 runs

Will take that win.

[spark]

The Ashes CC won by 5 wickets

Ruff Royals The Ashes CC
Batting - Top Order 7,807 6,142
Batting - Middle Order 5,954 4,993
Batting - Tail 3,164 3,534
Bowling - Seam 6,762 (20) 6,156 (20)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 8,457 8,279
Overall 123,721 110,763

Evans aside, who hit a fantastic 76 from 60 balls, my batsmen were useless as we struggled to 121 on a green pitch. The bowling wasn't too bad but fast bowler Chudasama did what he has done many times before and lost us the match with some extremely poor and uneconomical bowling.

It's looking like this season's aim in Youth T20 is to avoid relegation.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Betty Swallocks
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 3.1
Date 10 Nov 20 10:00
Crowd 15,323
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

Toss: Betty Swallocks won the toss and elected to bat.

D. Ylyett (rm) 2-0-11-1, P. Bradshaw 13 (12b), H. Kedar 0 (0b)
End of over 4 (4 runs) - Betty Swallocks(25-1) RR 6.25

Can't see us winning today as played a very young side, cup and all...

[spark]

B. Sthalekar (rm) 4-0-31-2, F. Best 39 (27b), P. Callaway 0 (1b)
End of over 20 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(151-8) RR 7.55

Uneven pitch and it was a bit of a rollercoaster of an innings but it finished quite well, I'd say. We've given ourselves a chance but we'll need to bowl well. 45 for Bowers and 39 not out for Best were the two performances that got us to a decent total.

[spark]

E. Perry (rm) 2-0-12-0, D. Gunn 16 (13b), C. Gomez 14 (12b)
End of over 4 (10 runs) - Ffoh(31-0). 121 runs required from 16 overs. RR 7.75 RRR 7.56

No wickets so far and it's not looking good as we really needed Diaz to pick up a couple.

[spark]

A. Diaz (rfm) 4-0-28-4, S. Schmidt 7 (9b), B. Sthalekar 0 (0b)
End of over 15 (6 runs) - Ffoh(85-5). 67 runs required from 5 overs. RR 5.67 RRR 13.40

So it's an uneven pitch and it was time for my spinners to bowl after my seamers did nothing. Hodges got a wicket in his first over and both spinners didn't concede many runs. RRR increased and Diaz came back and picked up a couple of wickets in his next over and a couple more in his final over. The spinners have really helped turn things around for me.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Betty Swallocks
Batting - Top Order 10,270 11,968
Batting - Middle Order 9,194 7,259
Batting - Tail 3,503 4,833
Bowling - Seam 8,546 (12) 12,405 (8)
Bowling - Spin 8,101 (8) 12,358 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 13,092 12,094
Overall 169,484 189,579

Betty Swallocks won by 39 runs

Yes, we were never in with a chance.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 13 runs

Ffoh Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,090 13,786
Batting - Middle Order 12,755 10,958
Batting - Tail 6,528 4,759
Bowling - Seam 13,921 (20) 12,743 (12)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 12,889 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,565 16,580
Overall 246,270 227,008

I'm very happy with that result.

I got slightly worried when they needed 41 runs from 2 overs that they hit 19 runs off the penultimate over but Hodges did the job in the final over. The spinners (and Diaz) turned the game for me as the RRR shot up from 7.58 to 9.75 and enabled Diaz to come back strong with 4 wickets.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v Egham Town CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Egham Town CC
Batting - Top Order 11,821 10,618
Batting - Middle Order 9,831 9,669
Batting - Tail 5,676 4,349
Bowling - Seam 12,946 (12) 10,719 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,872 (8) 11,785 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,247 13,48
Overall 213,965 190,383


Result: Won by 7 wickets. opponents 156/5 was never likely to be very competitive on flat, and we duly chased it down in 17.1 overs. Highlight of the game a debut unbeaten 50 from our new 21-year old captain.

Had a big reprieve staying in Div 3, and defintely looking to improve on last season's performance!!

[montyh]

South London's Number One CC v Egham Town CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Egham Town CC
Batting - Top Order 11,821 10,618
Batting - Middle Order 9,831 9,669
Batting - Tail 5,676 4,349
Bowling - Seam 12,946 (12) 10,719 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,872 (8) 11,785 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,247 13,48
Overall 213,965 190,383


Result: Won by 7 wickets. opponents 156/5 was never likely to be very competitive on flat, and we duly chased it down in 17.1 overs. Highlight of the game a debut unbeaten 50 from our new 21-year old captain.

Had a big reprieve staying in Div 3, and defintely looking to improve on last season's performance!!

Yep - too strong for us, well done.

Not sure how you fared so badly last season, I speculate you were focussing upon OD. Which is unfortunate for sides like mine...

If you keep it together this year you should have a great shot at promotion.

I had a chuckle on the discord, well more of a whinge really - $200k vs. $117k Senior Squad wage variance in your favour. Pleased we didn't humiliate ourselves!

See you later in the season
Montyh

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Sledgingshire
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 1.1
Date 12 Nov 20 10:00
Crowd 6,864
Weather Overcast
Pitch Uneven

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

First game in the youths division 1 for quite a while, fingers crossed we can compete this season.

M. Weare (rf) 2-1-2-1, D. Katich 13 (18b), T. Hopper 0 (0b)
End of over 15 (maiden) - wolfberries(46-2) RR 3.07

Wicket maiden certainly hasn't helped us.

[wolfberries]

C. Richards (rfs) 4-0-19-0, T. Hopper 12 (16b), D. Katich 20 (32b)
End of over 20 (2 runs) - wolfberries(66-2) RR 3.30

Very seam friendly conditions today but we certainly need to up the RR.

[wolfberries]

M. Weare (rf) 8-1-47-1, L. Shurmer 35 (25b), F. Clingeleffer 18 (22b)
End of over 40 (12 runs) - wolfberries(170-6) RR 4.25

Very happy with that score.

[spark]

Back down to division 2 in the youths and it's not proving easy.

T. Vaughn (rm) 8-2-26-1, E. Allport 84 (109b), P. Arnold 19 (17b)
End of over 40 (8 runs) - Bathaloner(215-3) RR 5.38

Quite a difficult target to chase on a green pitch. As usual my bowlers can't take any wickets, maybe I should switch to flat or hard as then at least they have some kind of excuse (other then their age).

W. Takarusenga (rm) 5-0-23-1, S. Whitehead 1 (1b), W. Mills 40 (66b)
End of over 25 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(109-2). 107 runs required from 15 overs. RR 4.36 RRR 7.13

Just lost our second wicket and we're struggling to keep up with the RRR. It's not impossible but only if we don't lose any more wickets, get into the 30th over and really start to go for the runs.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Sledgingshire
Batting - Top Order 6,323 6,433
Batting - Middle Order 5,638 4,784
Batting - Tail 3,460 3,611
Bowling - Seam 7,726 (32) 7,074 (24)
Bowling - Spin 6,898 (8) 6,094 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 9,289 8,163
Overall 123,898 113,602

Result: wolfberries won by 81 runs

Nice big win to start division 1 with , will be interesting to see how the other teams rate.