England U20s

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England U20 South Africa U20
Batting - Top Order 10,040 10,057
Batting - Middle Order 8,652 9,041
Batting - Tail 3,724 5,573
Bowling - Seam 9,066 (8) 9,638 (8)
Bowling - Spin 11,014 (12) 10,867 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 11,353 10,756
Overall 171,176 177,259

Result: South Africa U20 won by 5 wickets

Well, that didn't go well.

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Home West Indies U20
Away England U20
Ground West Indies U20 CG
League U-20 Twenty20 1
Date 03 Aug 21 15:00
Pitch Uneven
Weather (forecast) Sunny

player 5821299

Must win tomorrow.

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Toss: West Indies U20 won the toss and elected to bowl.

J. Sarel (rfm) 4-0-35-0, J. Baratheon 61 (55b), T. Hussain 62 (40b)
End of over 20 (11 runs) - England U20(148-1) RR 7.40

Very happy with this score, but I'm not 100% we can defend this with our seam attack. Fingers crossed...

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West Indies U20 England U20
Batting - Top Order 9,646 10,321
Batting - Middle Order 8,866 8,899
Batting - Tail 4,930 3,984
Bowling - Seam 9,713 (16) 8,945 (16)
Bowling - Spin 10,732 (4) 10,619 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 10,779 11,675
Overall 170,765 170,260

Result: England U20 won by 38 runs

Very happy with today's win, despite the fact we missed five of seven fielding chances!

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Home India U20
Away England U20
Ground Krypton Cricket Headquarters
League U-20 Twenty20 1
Date 04 Aug 21 15:00
Pitch Hard
Weather (forecast) Humid

match 5821306

Tomorrow's game is critical against maybe one of our relegation rivals.

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India U20 England U20
Batting - Top Order 9,932 9,681
Batting - Middle Order 8,685 8,788
Batting - Tail 4,902 3,921
Bowling - Seam 9,991 (16) 8,925 (16)
Bowling - Spin 10,388 (4) 11,739 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 11,144 10,987
Overall 172,961 166,040

Result: India U20 won by 2 wickets

Not sure what to say really, last two overs and we only score ten runs yet we can't defend fourteen from India's last over, especially with their numbers 9 & 10 batting!

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Pos Team Matches Wins Losses Ties Points NRR For Against
1 Australia U20 3 3 0 0 12 +0.6338 395 / 55.3 389 / 60.0
2 New Zealand U20 3 1 1 1 6 -0.2192 401 / 58.5 401 / 57.0
3 South Africa U20 3 1 1 1 6 -0.7779 449 / 59.1 502 / 60.0
4 England U20 3 1 2 0 4 +0.5040 445 / 60.0 409 / 59.1
5 West Indies U20 3 1 2 0 4 +0.2000 467 / 60.0 455 / 60.0
6 India U20 3 1 2 0 4 -0.3353 410 / 60.0 411 / 57.2

Not looking good so far, bottom two play each other today and we have the top two to play now!

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Home England U20
Away New Zealand U20
Ground Space Wolves CG
League U-20 Twenty20 1
Date 05 Aug 21 15:00
Crowd 20,000
Weather Humid
Pitch Slow

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

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England U20 New Zealand U20
Batting - Top Order 9,791 9,911
Batting - Middle Order 8,673 7,948
Batting - Tail 3,668 4,581
Bowling - Seam 8,716 (12) 9,345 (12)
Bowling - Spin 10,466 (8) 10,499 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 11,001 10,837
Overall 164,946 166,722
Club Champion / Fantasy Points

Result: New Zealand U20 won by 6 wickets

Couldn't defend 142

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Home Australia U20
Away England U20
Ground Test Valley Stadium
League U-20 Twenty20 1
Date 06 Aug 21 15:00
Pitch Hard
Weather (forecast) Humid

match 5821298

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Australia U20 England U20
Batting - Top Order 9,715 9,278
Batting - Middle Order 8,749 8,662
Batting - Tail 5,401 3,963
Bowling - Seam 9,927 (8) 8,793 (16)
Bowling - Spin 10,911 (12) 11,739 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 11,219 11,082
Overall 176,304 163,809

Result: Australia U20 won by 5 wickets

No real surprise we lost, but at least it took till 19.5 overs for them to beat us.

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Pos Team Matches Wins Losses Ties Points NRR For Against
1 Australia U20 5 5 0 0 20 +0.7545 683 / 91.3 671 / 100.0
2 West Indies U20 5 2 2 1 10 +0.3500 817 / 100.0 782 / 100.0
3 New Zealand U20 5 2 2 1 10 -0.2213 720 / 97.2 739 / 97.0
4 South Africa U20 5 2 2 1 10 -0.7849 743 / 99.1 796 / 96.1
5 India U20 5 1 3 1 6 -0.2411 730 / 100.0 734 / 97.2
6 England U20 5 1 4 0 4 +0.1067 744 / 100.0 715 / 97.3

Not a great tour, but we were out rated in every game!

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Next Tour details.


Tour Dates 23 Aug 2021 - 27 Aug 2021
Hosting Rights Won By UAE
Hosting Country Australia
First Preferred Pitch Crumbling
Second Preferred Pitch Slow
Third Preferred Pitch Dry

Standings
Pos Team Matches Wins Losses Ties Points NRR For Against
1 Netherlands U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
2 USA U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
3 Zimbabwe U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
4 Pakistan U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
5 England U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0
6 UAE U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0.0 0 / 0.0

Tour selection is finalised this Saturday.

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Home UAE U20
Away England U20
Ground west tigers CG
League U-20 One Day 3
Date 23 Aug 21 00:00
Pitch Slow
Weather (forecast) Sunny

Current conditions for the first tour game on Monday, match link below.

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UAE U20 England U20
Batting - Top Order 10,228 10,687
Batting - Middle Order 9,596 9,532
Batting - Tail 5,320 4,537
Bowling - Seam 9,892 (30) 9,760 (30)
Bowling - Spin 11,937 (20) 10,361 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 11,384 12,047
Overall 182,963 180,631

Result: UAE U20 won by 2 runs

So close, then you realise that we missed 6 chances from 13 , while the UAE missed 2 from 7!

Fingers crossed our fielding improves tomorrow.