England U20s

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England U20 Bangladesh U20
Batting - Top Order 9,997 9,423
Batting - Middle Order 7,994 9,052
Batting - Tail 4,224 4,458
Bowling - Seam 9,329 (30) 8,578 (30)
Bowling - Spin 9,582 (20) 10,761 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 9,537 9,396
Overall 160,398 162,717

Result: England U20 won by 5 wickets

Another comfortable win today makes it 50% so far, we will need a miracle to get through though.

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Home Pakistan U20
Away England U20
Ground The VB Bullets CG
League U-20 One Day World Cup
Date 06 Nov 20 00:00
Pitch Flat
Weather (forecast) Cloudy

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Even a big win won't guarantee a semis final spot, we need the Kiwis to lose against Sri Lanka as well.

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Pakistan U20 England U20
Batting - Top Order 9,571 9,618
Batting - Middle Order 7,474 8,302
Batting - Tail 4,132 5,102
Bowling - Seam 9,003 (40) 9,195 (20)
Bowling - Spin 9,258 (10) 9,945 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 9,932 10,089
Overall 155,645 165,482

Result: Pakistan U20 won by 3 wickets

Lost off the last ball of the game, yet it didn't cost us a spot in the semis!

Bit of of rollercoaster game this, we batted first but were 6 for 2, then 240 for 5 while finally ending up 269ao and all this on a Flat pitch!

Then we dropped Bakht first ball who went on to score 45, we did have them 114 for 5 but they ended up 270 for 7.

Once against our fielding hurt us, both sides had seven chances but we missed three while Pakistan only missed one!

Even a win today would have just meant 3rd spot instead of 4th.

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Well the elections are over and I have been given the honor of two more seasons.

Thank you for all those that voted for me.

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Tour Dates 14 Dec 2020 - 18 Dec 2020
Hosting Rights Won By England
Hosting Country England
First Preferred Pitch Dry
Second Preferred Pitch Crumbling
Third Preferred Pitch Slow

Well we won the bid for this seasons first tour, squad gets set Sun 06-Dec 00:00.


Pos Team Matches Wins Losses Ties Points NRR For Against
1 Bermuda U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
2 Bangladesh U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
3 West Indies U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
4 England U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
5 Scotland U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
6 Pakistan U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0

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14 Dec 2020 10:00 U-20 One Day 1 England U20 v West Indies U20 Dry
15 Dec 2020 10:00 U-20 One Day 1 England U20 v Scotland U20 Crumbling
16 Dec 2020 10:00 U-20 One Day 1 England U20 v Pakistan U20 Dry
17 Dec 2020 10:00 U-20 One Day 1 England U20 v Bermuda U20 Dry
18 Dec 2020 10:00 U-20 One Day 1 England U20 v Bangladesh U20 Crumbling

Squad and pitches selected.

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Home England U20
Away West Indies U20
Ground Lords
League U-20 One Day 1
Date 14 Dec 20 10:00
Pitch Dry
Weather (forecast) Humid

So it all starts again for the youths tomorrow, no pressure as we a playing the reigning WC's.

match 5613612 This is the link for the game.

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England U20 West Indies U20
Batting - Top Order 9,678 9,901
Batting - Middle Order 8,714 8,002
Batting - Tail 4,309 5,982
Bowling - Seam 9,835 (20) 10,163 (30)
Bowling - Spin 11,018 (30) 9,932 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 11,321 10,828
Overall 173,188 172,397

Result: West Indies U20 won by 4 wickets

Humid weather hurt our spinners yesterday and played into the strengths of our opponents better seam bowlers, plus we missed 5 chances from 10 and 3 were by our outstanding summary keeper!

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Home England U20
Away Scotland U20
Ground Lords
League U-20 One Day 1
Date 15 Dec 20 10:00
Crowd 23,274
Weather Hot
Pitch Crumbling

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

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England U20 Scotland U20
Batting - Top Order 9,334 10,125
Batting - Middle Order 9,355 8,477
Batting - Tail 4,306 4,717
Bowling - Seam 9,619 (20) 8,269 (20)
Bowling - Spin 10,281 (30) 9,484 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 11,021 10,018
Overall 170,821 163,605

Result: England U20 won by 3 wickets

First win of the tour even though it was nerve racking at times.

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Home England U20
Away Pakistan U20
Ground Lords
League U-20 One Day 1
Date 16 Dec 20 10:00
Pitch Dry
Weather (forecast) Cloudy

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Tomorrows game is against Pakistan.

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England U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 9,517 9,097
Batting - Middle Order 9,151 7,507
Batting - Tail 4,319 4,812
Bowling - Seam 9,475 (20) 9,058 (20)
Bowling - Spin 9,775 (30) 8,801 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 10,791 10,098
Overall 168,281 155,672

Result: England U20 won by 6 wickets

Another win today takes us into third spot.

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Home England U20
Away Bermuda U20
Ground Lords
League U-20 One Day 1
Date 17 Dec 20 10:00
Pitch Dry
Weather (forecast) Sunny

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Tomorrows match link above.

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England U20 Bermuda U20
Batting - Top Order 9,236 8,750
Batting - Middle Order 8,286 8,464
Batting - Tail 4,521 5,012
Bowling - Seam 9,783 (20) 8,745 (20)
Bowling - Spin 10,255 (30) 8,846 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 10,988 10,095
Overall 166,950 158,211

Result: Bermuda U20 won by 3 wickets

Well, not sure how we lost that one!

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Pos Team Matches Wins Losses Ties Points NRR For Against
1 Bangladesh U20 4 4 0 0 16 +0.4820 849 / 187.2 810 / 200.0
2 West Indies U20 4 3 1 0 12 +0.2185 785 / 182.5 815 / 200.0
3 England U20 4 2 2 0 8 +0.0206 872 / 193.5 871 / 194.3
4 Pakistan U20 4 1 3 0 4 -0.1256 785 / 191.2 790 / 186.5
5 Scotland U20 4 1 3 0 4 -0.2100 800 / 200.0 802 / 190.3
6 Bermuda U20 4 1 3 0 4 -0.3563 748 / 199.0 751 / 182.3

We lost against the 0-3 and now we play the 4-0 team, need a win to ensure we avoid relegation!

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