England League and Cup Discussion

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Egham Town CC
Batting - Top Order 11,590 10,759
Batting - Middle Order 9,442 10,061
Batting - Tail 5,452 4,302
Bowling - Seam 13,116 (8) 11,462 (8)
Bowling - Spin 11,766 (12) 11,760 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 13,734 13,455
Overall 203,222 194,758

wolfberries won by 7 runs

Much needed win as we were 3rd from bottom in league 3.1.

[aarong]

Been putting it off for a couple of seasons, but think that’ll be that for the Outlaws after this season. An old squad with nothing coming through so all to go in a couple of months.

[wolfberries]

Been putting it off for a couple of seasons, but think that’ll be that for the Outlaws after this season. An old squad with nothing coming through so all to go in a couple of months.

Are you planning on starting again with a young squad?

Some very cheap decent 21 year olds to be had nowadays.

[aarong]

Yeah, Outlaws have money but I think a season or two saving will be needed to be competitive and get the academy upgraded.
Will look at moving to another country, play some new teams as it’s a bit repetitive playing the same teams season after season.

I did it with my Affiliate a few seasons ago, thankfully I did it at the right time as it was the season before youths went to 20, so my senior 20 yr olds benefited with a deluxe academy.

[wolfberries]

Well, good luck whichever Country you decide to go for, just checked our rivalry and you are up 5 - 1 but I prefer to focus on our last game which we won

[aarong]

Cheers mate.
It’s been a long time that our English teams have met, a different story in the WI as we seem to be paired a fair bit recently! Always a good tussle

[spark]

Been putting it off for a couple of seasons, but think that’ll be that for the Outlaws after this season. An old squad with nothing coming through so all to go in a couple of months.

I thought you meant that you were leaving the game for a moment; glad to hear that's not the case. Good luck in your new adventure!

[spark]

T. Vaughn (rm) 1-0-2-0, J. Shazad 4 (12b), W. Eathorne 11 (15b)
End of over 5 (2 runs) - OverTheRope(16-1) RR 3.20

Good start with a wicket in the first over on a green pitch. More wickets needed to keep up a promotion challenge.

[wolfberries]

Home The Chumps CC
Away wolfberries
Ground The Chumps CC CG
League Youth 1.1
Date 17 Dec 20 10:00
Crowd 5,919
Weather Sunny
Pitch Green

Toss: The Chumps CC won the toss and elected to bowl.

S. Macmillan (lfm) 6-1-21-0, B. Hayne 34 (47b), T. Hopper 15 (20b)
End of over 20 (4 runs) - wolfberries(89-1) RR 4.45

Going OK so far.

[spark]

S. Clouston (rf) 6-0-17-0, W. Eathorne 50 (73b), G. George 37 (45b)
End of over 23 (4 runs) - OverTheRope(103-2) RR 4.48

Not enough wickets and the run rate is too high; it's not going too well so far. Rush with 2 wickets is the only good thing but we need others to contribute too.

[wolfberries]

P. Ortega (rfs) 8-0-42-0, T. Hopper 99 (82b), B. Hayne 95 (107b)
End of over 40 (12 runs) - wolfberries(237-1) RR 5.92

Will take that score.

[spark]

T. Vaughn (rm) 8-1-33-2, E. Harvey 3 (8b), C. Dolman 0 (0b)
End of over 40 (1 run) - OverTheRope(211-9) RR 5.28

This could be a tough chase. Their batter with the finisher talent, Eathorne, opened the batting and scored 106.

[spark]

A. Ali (rfm) 5-0-21-1, R. Norris 22 (22b), N. Gera 0 (0b)
End of over 20 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(91-2). 121 runs required from 20 overs. RR 4.55 RRR 6.05

Huge blow to our chances in the ball before the break as Evans gets out. I'm not confident of chasing this now and not being able to call upon Whitehead could cause us problems.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets

OverTheRope Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,525 7,658
Batting - Middle Order 5,799 6,120
Batting - Tail 3,627 3,094
Bowling - Seam 6,444 (32) 6,979 (40)
Bowling - Spin 6,883 (8) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 8,167 8,592
Overall 121,342 125,070

I'm not sure I'd say it was comfortable in the end but we got over the line. Norris and Gera both got their personal best scores with Norris hitting 66 and Gera 62 not out.

I'm one of three teams at the top that are still level on points. That's should change next week as I'm playing one of the other top teams.

[wolfberries]

The Chumps CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,966 6,310
Batting - Middle Order 4,702 5,346
Batting - Tail 3,943 3,429
Bowling - Seam 4,804 (32) 6,726 (32)
Bowling - Spin 9,589 (8) 7,509 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 6,476 8,199
Overall 106,742 115,927

Result: wolfberries won by 96 runs

Much needed win.