England League and Cup Discussion

[wolfberries]

Sledgingshire wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,235 6,158
Batting - Middle Order 5,416 4,524
Batting - Tail 3,593 2,086
Bowling - Seam 6,231 (16) 6,581 (16)
Bowling - Spin 7,376 (24) 6,876 (24)
Fielding/Keeping 8,239 8,385
Overall 116,694 107,937

Sledgingshire won by 4 wickets

Really struggling to compete this season, lost too many players recently to cope properly in league 1.

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Home bigsexybarry
Away Ruff Royals
Ground bigsexybarry CG
League Youth 2.2
Date 25 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 9,006
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Flat

We won the toss and bowled first.

Ashraf carried his bat as he hit 131 from 127 balls and they set us a target of 267 to win. We missed quite a few chances in the field. Clouston was the best of the bowlers with 3-44.

We seemed to lose wickets quite regularly but the RRR was never too far away and we managed to reach the total with an over to spare. Dotson scored 57, Mills 40, Ingram 42, Schneider 40 not out, and Schmidt 58 not out.

bigsexybarry Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,195 7,764
Batting - Middle Order 6,082 6,162
Batting - Tail 4,167 4,171
Bowling - Seam 7,065 (24) 6,954 (32)
Bowling - Spin 7,541 (16) 5,290 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 6,352 9,027
Overall 120,944 128,406

Ruff Royals won by 5 wickets

[wolfberries]

Home Grange XI
Away wolfberries
Ground Grange XI CG
League One Day 2.2
Date 26 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 17,430
Weather Windy
Pitch Uneven

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

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Home bluekipper8878
Away Ruff Royals
Ground bluekipper8878 CG
League One Day 1.1
Date 26 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 14,552
Weather Windy
Pitch Crumbling

Not sure why I decided to bowl first.

P. Callaway (rfs) 4-1-7-0, K. Abdul 18 (47b), R. Pike 6 (18b)
End of over 24 (2 runs) - bluekipper8878(77-4) RR 3.21

Some more wickets would be good. I'd prefer to be chasing less that 130.

[eagles123]

total disasterous batting performance so far against an incredibly average attack: 132/8 on dry/windy. game over.

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A. Diaz (rfm) 7.5-0-30-5, Z. Wartman 1 (1b)
End of over 41 (3 runs) - bluekipper8878(132-10) RR 3.22

Not bad but I suspect we'll lose a few wickets to make it look like a difficult chase. Diaz back in form with a 5 wicket haul.

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Z. Wartman (lws) 5-1-6-0, F. Best 12 (36b), C. Paton 2 (11b)
End of over 20 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(62-3). 71 runs required from 30 overs. RR 3.10 RRR 2.37

I'm worried now. A young batsman in next and then an allrounder. After that it's all bowlers who can't really bat. Best and Paton aren't known for digging in and getting crucial runs.

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B. Venkatramani (rws) 5-1-24-1, S. Hodges 10 (9b), S. Whitehead 0 (3b)
End of over 29 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(98-5). 35 runs required from 21 overs. RR 3.38 RRR 1.67

Best and Paton go in consecutive overs. Can we somehow get the 35 more runs that we need to win the game?

[eagles123]

The Six Offenders v South London's Number One CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
The Six Offenders South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 12,425 12,392
Batting - Middle Order 9,595 11,740
Batting - Tail 4,915 5,751
Bowling - Seam 12,939 (26) 12,554 (20)
Bowling - Spin 11,719 (24) 12,588 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 14,251 15,872
Overall 207,346 224,272

lost by 4 wickets, hopeless performance

[spark]

I think we're going to lose this.

R. Nero (lm) 9-0-34-5, C. Moses 0 (0b), A. Diaz 0 (1b)
End of over 37 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(125-9). 8 runs required from 13 overs. RR 3.38 RRR 0.62

Their medium pacer doing most of the damage in crumbling/windy conditions.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 1 wicket. Phew!

bluekipper8878 Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 12,533 12,410
Batting - Middle Order 11,472 9,814
Batting - Tail 6,095 4,475
Bowling - Seam 12,119 (20) 14,681 (20)
Bowling - Spin 12,677 (30) 13,338 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 14,023 15,963
Overall 218,648 219,585

It feels like that win will mean that we'll be in the race for the title more than the race to avoid relegation. I don't think we're anywhere near good enough for the title though.

[wolfberries]

Grange XI wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 11,992 12,597
Batting - Middle Order 8,071 10,913
Batting - Tail 4,375 4,974
Bowling - Seam 13,021 (30) 13,042 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,432 (20) 12,903 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 14,719 14,862
Overall 203,469 218,347

Result: Grange XI won by 4 wickets

Very very sigh...

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away The Middle Stump Lubricators
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 29 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 7,145
Weather Windy
Pitch Crumbling

Toss: The Middle Stump Lubricators won the toss and elected to bowl.

[wolfberries]

J. Clarke (rf) 1-0-2-0, J. Easton 4 (9b), C. Martel 7 (17b)
End of over 10 (4 runs) - wolfberries(67-5) RR 6.70

Getting hammered by another youth farm

[spark]

Home Castle Rock CC
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Castle Rock CC CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 29 Mar 21 10:00
Crowd 7,658
Weather Windy
Pitch Hard

I'm having to rest my best seam bowler as he played in the MKMC so I'm not that confident.

We were put in to bat first.

O. Wright (rfs) 2-0-18-0, J. Hicks 39 (29b), W. Mills 48 (31b)
End of over 11 (8 runs) - Ruff Royals(101-2) RR 9.18

It was going badly until these two got together. We need to try to get close to 200 to give us a very good chance of victory.