England League and Cup Discussion

[spark]

J. Shaw (rm) 4-0-29-0, E. Perry 2 (2b), S. Hodges 14 (10b)
End of over 20 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(139-6) RR 6.95

Avila's 57 from 55 balls helped us to a decent total although I still don't think we'll win.

[wolfberries]

F. Hills (rm) 4-0-28-1, A. Mahadeo 19 (18b), M. Shariff 2 (1b)
End of over 20 (8 runs) - It's only sandpaper (108-7) RR 5.40

Need opener McGhee to score big to chase this.

[wolfberries]

It's only sandpaper wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 8,874 9,696
Batting - Middle Order 7,893 6,563
Batting - Tail 5,302 3,843
Bowling - Seam 9,193 (16) 10,026 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,225 (4) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 10,429 12,595
Overall 164,258 164,484

wolfberries won by 8 wickets

Wasn't expecting such an easy win.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 25 runs

Danger Hotspurs Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 12,975 13,659
Batting - Middle Order 10,159 11,218
Batting - Tail 5,006 4,566
Bowling - Seam 12,970 (12) 12,767 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,182 (8) 12,789 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 15,648 16,351
Overall 219,774 226,164

Diaz picked up 3 wickets late on but was expensive. So I'd argue Perry was actually more important even though he only got 1 wicket as he helped restrict runs early on and only went for 14 runs. Callaway was the pick of the bowlers though with 3-19 runs. Avila's 57 runs with the bat was key and set us up for a good total.

[spark]

The big news is that I remembered to change the toss decision to bat first when I wanted to bat first.

J. Brewer (rfm) 6-0-27-3, C. Ingram 8 (7b), M. Schmidt 0 (2b)
End of over 35 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(227-4) RR 6.49

We made a great start on this green pitch. There's been a bit of a collapse but it's still looking alright. Mills hit 112 from 101 balls and Gera got 77 from 75 balls.

[spark]

A. Rahman (rm) 8-0-57-1, M. Schmidt 30 (22b), C. Ingram 30 (18b)
End of over 40 (14 runs) - Ruff Royals(281-4) RR 7.03

I would have been happy to accept that if it had been offered to me at the start of the innings. Wyatt Mills hadn't got a century before the start of this season and now he has 2 in youth 2.2!

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Bathaloner
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 1.1
Date 04 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 7,030
Weather Hot
Pitch Uneven

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

[spark]

S. Clouston (rf) 6-0-21-0, V. Preston 28 (27b), A. Rahman 22 (24b)
End of over 23 (4 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(117-3). 165 runs required from 17 overs. RR 5.09 RRR 9.71

We were struggling to take wickets but we finally managed to pick up 3 in 5 overs. The RRR is going up but we need to make sure they've got much more than 10 an over to get in the last 10 overs.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 116 runs.

Ruff Royals Inchigeela Angels
Batting - Top Order 7,047 7,215
Batting - Middle Order 6,396 6,039
Batting - Tail 4,006 3,039
Bowling - Seam 6,770 (32) 6,189 (32)
Bowling - Spin 4,760 (8) 6,992 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,645 6,144
Overall 123,566 112,319

A comprehensive win which should also repair some of last week's NRR damage.

Rush weighed in with 4-34 and Schneider 3-33.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Bathaloner
Batting - Top Order 5,959 7,427
Batting - Middle Order 5,843 5,699
Batting - Tail 2,920 5,116
Bowling - Seam 6,904 (24) 6,713 (32)
Bowling - Spin 7,898 (16) 7,259 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,543 8,607
Overall 118,107 127,789

Bathaloner won by 5 wickets

Going to be a long tough season!

[eagles123]

won the toss and having a bat on hot/sticky, about evens so far, 95/3 at drinks.

[spark]

P. Callaway (rfs) 6.5-0-26-4, W. Morres 3 (12b)
End of over 34 (maiden) - Gavs Boys(130-10) RR 3.82

A good bowling and fielding performance on a slow pitch. 2 runouts and 4 wickets for Callaway were very useful. If it wasn't for a few BH triggers for Pye it could have been even better.

S. Goodman (rm) 2-0-7-0, F. Best 0 (4b), T. Liberatore 5 (11b)
End of over 4 (8 runs) - Ruff Royals(22-1). 109 runs required from 46 overs. RR 5.50 RRR 2.37

We lost an early wicket though so the job isn't done yet.

[eagles123]

232-7 gotta be very happy with that.

[spark]

232-7 gotta be very happy with that.

That's pretty great on a sticky pitch; you shouldn't lose from there.

[spark]

A. Lansom (rws) 1-0-1-0, F. Best 27 (45b), A. Bowers 12 (28b)
End of over 20 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(81-3). 50 runs required from 30 overs. RR 4.05 RRR 1.67

Pye's having a good game for them with the runs he got and now a couple of important wickets. At least there's no real run rate pressure, but I don't want to lose any more wickets.

Edit: And we just lost Best whilst Bowers was dropped. We've got a long tail so I'm not that confident now.