England League and Cup Discussion

[wolfberries]

J. Salmon (rfs) 4-0-34-0, B. Hayne 10 (10b), F. Hills 51 (35b)
End of over 20 (8 runs) - wolfberries(135-5) RR 6.75

Not the worst total.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 10 wickets

Ruff Royals Grange XI
Batting - Top Order 13,571 8,451
Batting - Middle Order 9,347 6,345
Batting - Tail 3,766 3,259
Bowling - Seam 13,053 (8) 7,993 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,901 (12) 9,539 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 15,850 10,561
Overall 218,336 145,248

Easy win and I picked a few youngsters. Moses took 4 wickets and Massey took 3 as we bowled them out for 56. Best hit 38 from 16 balls as we won within 5 overs.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v Gavs Boys >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Gavs Boys
Batting - Top Order 11,848 12,625
Batting - Middle Order 12,102 8,744
Batting - Tail 4,323 6,396
Bowling - Seam 13,422 (16) 13,511 (16)
Bowling - Spin 13,638 (4) 13,762 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 16,191 16,320
Overall 224,669 221,430

restricted opps to 114/7 in their 20, and a great knock of 68* from our opener saw us home to a comfortable 7 wicket victory.

[wolfberries]

Wolfberries Hay Spitfires
Batting - Top Order 12,004 10,923
Batting - Middle Order 8,762 10,500
Batting - Tail 4,137 7,956
Bowling - Seam 11,242 (16) 11,979 (12)
Bowling - Spin 11,978 (4) 10,995 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,680 13,233
Overall 196,464 207,187

wolfberries won by 6 runs.

Much needed win, and against top of the table as well.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Ruff Royals
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 2.1
Date 12 Aug 21 10:00
Crowd 6,743
Weather Windy
Pitch Crumbling

Toss: Ruff Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

Can't see us winning today against Spark's boys!

[spark]

Home wolfberries
Away Ruff Royals
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 2.1
Date 12 Aug 21 10:00
Crowd 6,743
Weather Windy
Pitch Crumbling

Toss: Ruff Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

Can't see us winning today against Spark's boys!

I was going to say that it'll be closer than you think because I've picked a few players with next season in mind. However:

C. Martel (rm) 7-0-44-1, J. Hicks 94 (75b), R. Schneider 17 (14b)
End of over 30 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(207-3) RR 6.90

Hicks has been on great form recently and Schmidt has put in his best performance so far.

[wolfberries]

I was going to say that it'll be closer than you think because I've picked a few players with next season in mind. However:

C. Martel (rm) 7-0-44-1, J. Hicks 94 (75b), R. Schneider 17 (14b)
End of over 30 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(207-3) RR 6.90

Hicks has been on great form recently and Schmidt has put in his best performance so far.

I should have picked my full side, although still we wouldn't have won. Picked a really young side today.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 6,116 7,871
Batting - Middle Order 5,322 5,541
Batting - Tail 3,257 3,271
Bowling - Seam 4,168 (32) 7,953 (24)
Bowling - Spin 3,388 (8) 5,683 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 7,996 9,034
Overall 99,577 125,790

Result: Ruff Royals won by 156 runs

Well, that went badly

[spark]

I still had a fair amount of my good players as I want them to get experience too but I could have gone a little stronger. Possibly could have left Hicks out of the team as he's not going to play much next season due to his age.

[spark]

K. wa Kabando (rfm) 4-0-18-0, E. McCall 11 (20b), F. Best 17 (31b)
End of over 8 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(31-0) RR 3.88

Uneven pitch against Danger Hotspurs. It's going to be a difficult match and I would have bowled first if I had the choice.

[spark]

E. Iqbal (rfm) 2-0-9-1, C. Paton 2 (7b), B. Issa 6 (5b)
End of over 18 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(65-4) RR 3.61

That went downhill quickly. 39-0 to 58-4, or 52-1 to 58-4 they're both not pleasant reading for me.

Edit: Lost another wicket and just noticed that their spinner has taken 3 wickets. I have picked 2 spinners though so maybe they'll do just as well. I doubt it when they haven't got a decent total to defend.

[spark]

M. wa Irungu (lf) 4-0-11-1, S. Hodges 3 (12b), E. Perry 0 (0b)
End of over 23 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(81-6) RR 3.52

There's always next week, I guess.

[DangerDave]

M. wa Irungu (lf) 4-0-11-1, S. Hodges 3 (12b), E. Perry 0 (0b)
End of over 23 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(81-6) RR 3.52

There's always next week, I guess.

Not sure this is over... hopefully my best bowler in these conditions can do better when he comes on after drinks than his first spell:

F. Wako (lf) 5 0 14 0


Dave

[eagles123]

lost the toss and having a bowl on sticky/overcast. opps doing really well so far, 165/4 with 13 overs remaining. Really need to try and restrict them as much as possible to have any chance, but to be honest this might already be too much.

[spark]

M. wa Irungu (lf) 4-0-11-1, S. Hodges 3 (12b), E. Perry 0 (0b)
End of over 23 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(81-6) RR 3.52

There's always next week, I guess.

Not sure this is over... hopefully my best bowler in these conditions can do better when he comes on after drinks than his first spell:

F. Wako (lf) 5 0 14 0


Dave

J. arap Kiplimo (rfs) 9.2-2-38-5, A. Ten Dam 1 (1b)
End of over 45 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(164-10) RR 3.64

I'm surprised we got as many as we did. I think we might have had a chance if we had made it to 180. It doesn't seem to be our day; 3 wickets lost to trigger talents and 5 wickets for a spinner (although the conditions don't actually punish spinners but it just seems more annoying when you do the hard work of coping with most of the seamers.)