England U20s

[wolfberries]

That will be it then, unless his fielding is up to reliable he won't be selected.

I train my players to make the England squad if good enough, we all have different priorities I suppose.

[wolfberries]

Australia U20 England U20
Batting - Top Order 10,059 9,443
Batting - Middle Order 8,682 7,853
Batting - Tail 5,966 3,915
Bowling - Seam 9,834 (40) 8,532 (40)
Bowling - Spin 11,382 (10) 9,236 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 11,517 10,626
Overall 178,133 156,178

Result: Australia U20 won by 6 wickets

Well, we were slightly out rated there

[wolfberries]

Home England U20
Away Sri Lanka U20
Ground The Whiskey Shed
League U-20 One Day World Cup
Date 04 Jun 21 08:00
Pitch Flat
Weather (forecast) Hot

match 5721812

Well we are out of the finals but we could come third in the group.

[wolfberries]

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

Currently

D. Mendis (lws) 1-0-7-0, J. Baratheon 9 (10b), J. Hutchison 43 (52b)
End of over 14 (7 runs) - England U20(83-1) RR 5.93

Not the worst start.

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A. Casie Chetty (rfm) 8.2-0-43-2, J. Dennis 13 (11b)
End of over 47 (1 run) - England U20(271-10) RR 5.77

Can't see us defending that.

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England U20 Sri Lanka U20
Batting - Top Order 9,941 9,849
Batting - Middle Order 8,491 8,177
Batting - Tail 5,147 4,761
Bowling - Seam 10,076 (20) 9,388 (20)
Bowling - Spin 10,263 (30) 10,264 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 11,010 10,441
Overall 173,144 167,283

Result: England U20 won by 55 runs

Unexpected win but finally we could play two all rounders.

[wolfberries]

Pos Team Matches Wins Losses Ties Points NRR For Against
1 Australia U20 5 5 0 0 20 +0.4563 1174 / 232.0 1151 / 250.0
2 New Zealand U20 5 4 1 0 16 +0.5389 1351 / 248.2 1209 / 246.4
3 South Africa U20 5 2 3 0 8 +0.3041 1273 / 250.0 1189 / 248.2
4 England U20 5 2 3 0 8 +0.1161 1128 / 250.0 1066 / 242.3
5 Canada U20 5 1 4 0 4 -0.3306 1225 / 249.4 1270 / 242.3
6 Sri Lanka U20 5 1 4 0 4 -1.0640 1011 / 250.0 1277 / 250.0

Disappointed but not unexpected due to our squad.

[wolfberries]

i think you need to be flexible. In u19s I had a scoring system that included fielding. there was always the odd star that expectations were made.

the ratings are very important measure

Grove will certainly be good enough to make the England squad soon, will you be training his fielding though?

[rss1969]

What on earth has happened to England U20's?

Are the players available really bad?

Have the weaker teams caught up?

The last few world cups have been awful and they now sit at the bottom of div 3 having taken some right beatings this week.

Something is not right.

[wolfberries]

Hi, sorry for the late reply, but I've had laptop issues!

Yes, we certainly are in a real pickle currently, and I'm afraid it's basically down to poor squads! If you look at the recent tours and WC's match ratings, you will see that we are easily being out rated by the majority of teams. We've really struggled for quality all rounders as well, this has certainly hurt.

Even this tour coming up starting on Monday, we are struggling for seam bowlers! fingers crossed we can sneak enough points to avoid relegation.

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Tour Dates 02 Aug 2021 - 06 Aug 2021
Hosting Rights Won By West Indies
Hosting Country West Indies
First Preferred Pitch Hard
Second Preferred Pitch Slow
Third Preferred Pitch Uneven


Pos Team Matches Wins Losses Ties Points NRR For Against
1 West Indies U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
2 Australia U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
3 New Zealand 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 South Africa U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
6 India U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0

[wolfberries]

Home England U20
Away South Africa U20
Ground Ocracoke Inlet
League U-20 Twenty20 1
Date 02 Aug 21 15:00
Pitch Slow
Weather (forecast) Cloudy

Current conditions for the first game in the T20 tour.

match 5821293

[wolfberries]

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

We will soon see if this was the correct decision.

[wolfberries]

A. Douglas (lm) 4-0-20-1, M. A'Beckett 8 (13b), J. Hutchison 56 (42b)
End of over 12 (7 runs) - England U20(77-3) RR 6.42

Not the worst start to be fair, long way to go though.