England League and Cup Discussion

[wolfberries]

R. Schneider (rm) 4-0-22-0, F. Clingeleffer 37 (24b), C. Martel 19 (13b)
End of over 20 (6 runs) - wolfberries(117-4) RR 5.85

Not sure we will defend this but at least it's something we could defend, better than I thought we would get especially after Listers innings!

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C. Penman (rf) 1-1-0-1, W. Mills 0 (0b), N. Gera 0 (1b)
End of over 1 (maiden) - Ruff Royals(0-1). 118 runs required from 19 overs. RR 0.00 RRR 6.21

Will take that start by our bowlers.

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C. Martel (rm) 1-0-9-0, N. Gera 38 (37b), W. Mills 27 (25b)
End of over 11 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(66-1). 52 runs required from 9 overs. RR 6.00 RRR 5.78

Well that's game over then.

[wolfberries]

Ruff Royals wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,541 5,936
Batting - Middle Order 5,837 4,342
Batting - Tail 3,575 2,186
Bowling - Seam 6,311 (20) 5,539 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 8,999 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 8,867 8,073
Overall 122,396 103,047

Ruff Royals won by 5 wickets

At least we made Sparks boys work a little.

[spark]

Ruff Royals wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,541 5,936
Batting - Middle Order 5,837 4,342
Batting - Tail 3,575 2,186
Bowling - Seam 6,311 (20) 5,539 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 8,999 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 8,867 8,073
Overall 122,396 103,047

Ruff Royals won by 5 wickets

At least we made Sparks boys work a little.

I feel like my side got away with that. I thought the bowling was decent and then we got off to a good start. It was a real struggle at the end as we were barely keeping up with the RRR and lost 3 quick wickets. Plenty of sighs of relief from my side!

I don't think we're going to get promoted or relegated now so it's looking like a pretty uninteresting youth season in both T20 and YOD.

[spark]

Home Ruff Royals
Away Bathaloner
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Twenty20 2.1
Date 23 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 20,314
Weather Sunny
Pitch Slow

We were made to bat first which I don't think is terrible on a slow pitch.

U. Fulwood (lm) 1-0-5-1, F. Best 10 (6b), B. Issa 1 (2b)
End of over 2 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(15-1) RR 7.50

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B. Drummond (lfm) 4-0-40-2, A. Clarke 12 (7b), C. Paton 4 (1b)
End of over 20 (12 runs) - Ruff Royals(160-3) RR 8.00

I think that's a good score. Issa out for 66 and Best out for 71 from 58 balls.

[wolfberries]

Away today in Sunny and Crumbling conditions, lost the toss and batting first.

Ended up 175 for 3 against a very fatigued opponent, we've picked a very young side as well, so we may still not defend this total.

[spark]

C. Moses (rws) 2-0-10-0, W. Vandike 3 (5b), R. Burdett 15 (18b)
End of over 9 (4 runs) - Bathaloner(43-5). 118 runs required from 11 overs. RR 4.78 RRR 10.73

Good bowling so far.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v Cestrians >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Cestrians
Batting - Top Order 10,639 10,163
Batting - Middle Order 8,148 9,605
Batting - Tail 3,304 5,103
Bowling - Seam 10,727 (20) 11,818 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 11,101 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 11,586 8,924
Overall 173,454 179,534

A bit of a mixed side with a couple of youth players in there. Won the toss and had a bowl on Sunny/Hard. Opps made a respectable score of 169/6 in their 20, and it looked like a right uphill battle at 34/3 after 5.3 overs. Fortunately a monster partnership formed and we did manage to get over the line with 11 balls to spare. A bit lucky to get the win I'd say, but I'll take it

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 70 runs.

Ruff Royals Bathaloner
Batting - Top Order 12,154 11,024
Batting - Middle Order 9,745 8,807
Batting - Tail 3,557 7,171
Bowling - Seam 14,885 (8) 10,938 (20)
Bowling - Spin 12,090 (12) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 15,483 12,827
Overall 210,761 194,013

With 2 players missing due to international duty (my best bat and best keeper) and a couple of players rested due to fatigue, I'm happy to get such a comprehensive win.

It was great work from Issa and Best to help set such a good total. The bowlers all took wickets with 2-12 by Ten Dam being the best figures.

[casperj]

Dry wickets killing me as usual this week:

Crestfallen Sidekicks Jerryhattricks
Batting - Top Order 6,201 5,908
Batting - Middle Order 5,163 4,852
Batting - Tail 3,726 3,326
Bowling - Seam 5,707 (8) 5,354 (12)
Bowling - Spin 6,276 (12) 6,285 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,626 5,803
Overall 109,759 99,063

Jerryhattricks won by 5 wicket

Sledgingshire Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 11,556 11,615
Batting - Middle Order 9,141 10,008
Batting - Tail 5,006 4,851
Bowling - Seam 12,271 (8) 12,314 (8)
Bowling - Spin 11,784 (12) 12,346 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 14,680 14,473
Overall 201,744 206,130

Sledgingshire won by 2 wickets

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Northants Steelboks wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 9,664 10,444
Batting - Middle Order 7,269 7,747
Batting - Tail 3,949 3,774
Bowling - Seam 8,947 (16) 9,541 (16)
Bowling - Spin 10,379 (4) 9,179 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 9,577 12,599
Overall 154,480 169,225

Result: wolfberries won by 34 runs

Sneaked a win.

[wolfberries]

Home Sledgingshire
Away wolfberries
Ground Bunsen Beach
League Youth 1.1
Date 25 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 9,362
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Dry

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

J. Donfeld (lfs) 3-0-4-0, T. Hopper 4 (10b), J. Lister 18 (50b)
End of over 14 (1 run) - wolfberries(50-1) RR 3.57

Not the worst start.

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M. Weare (rf) 8-0-36-3, C. Penman 10 (13b), A. Hope 8 (19b)
End of over 40 (5 runs) - wolfberries(142-8) RR 3.55

Terrible last ten overs by our bats means I can't see us defending this.