England League and Cup Discussion

[wolfberries]

Home Castle Rock CC
Away wolfberries
Ground Castle Rock CC CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.2
Date 23 Aug 21 10:00
Crowd 7,402
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Hard

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

Can't see us winning today's game, we've fired all players that aren't destined for our senior team.

Fingers crossed we can avoid relegation in both youth leagues.

[wolfberries]

P. Tabart (rm) 4-0-39-0, C. Martel 61 (33b), F. Clingeleffer 71 (37b)
End of over 20 (11 runs) - wolfberries(190-2) RR 9.50

Very happy with that total, we aren't defending it but I'm still happy.

[wolfberries]

Castle Rock CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,785 5,683
Batting - Middle Order 5,148 4,276
Batting - Tail 4,167 3,213
Bowling - Seam 6,030 (16) 4,834 (12)
Bowling - Spin 7,057 (4) 3,708 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,497 7,827
Overall 117,902 94,882

Result: Castle Rock CC won by 8 wickets

An expected loss, but our two relegation rivals also lost.

[spark]

Rose Creation Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,963 7,696
Batting - Middle Order 6,047 4,757
Batting - Tail 3,210 3,150
Bowling - Seam 8,186 (16) 4,260 (12)
Bowling - Spin 8,917 (4) 5,783 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,455 8,472
Overall 132,701 109,030

Rose Creation won by 75 runs

I didn't change my team in time so had some batters bowling. It did not go well.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Bowled As Love
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 3.1
Date 24 Aug 21 10:00
Crowd 14,294
Weather Sunny
Pitch Slow

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

[eagles123]

pathetic

A. Chellaiah (rfs) 3.2-0-21-2, H. Akhtar 5 (5b)
End of over 20 (maiden) - South London's Number One CC(142-10). 10 runs required from 0 overs. RR 7.10 RRR 0.00
19.2WChellaiah to Zubic : Quicker delivery that pitches and turns sharply. Zubic pushes forward to defend but fails to make contact and the ball hits the pad right in front of the stumps. He was beaten by the extra pace and the sharp turn there.A. Zubic lbw b. A. Chellaiah 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR:0.00
19.1WChellaiah to Kendall : [catch] Kendall what have you done? There was no need for that shot. Slower full ball on middle, Kendall tries to go big over long on but does not get the distance and holes out to Cheserem in the deep.G. Kendall c A. Cheserem b. A. Chellaiah 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR:0.00
J. arap Kiplimo (rfs) 4-0-25-5, G. Kendall 0 (0b), H. Akhtar 5 (5b)
End of over 19 (3 runs) - South London's Number One CC(142-8). 10 runs required from 1 overs. RR 7.47 RRR 10.00
R. Tivendale c H. Hashim b. J. arap Kiplimo 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR:0.00
That is 5 wickets for arap Kiplimo!
18.6Warap Kiplimo to Tivendale : [catch] Tivendale gets a top edge and it goes high in the air out towards the square leg boundary. Hashim running back watching the ball over his shoulder throws himself full length to hold onto to an absolute beauty, the catch of the season. He skids along the ground and only just pulls up before the rope.
S. Dann st J. Pokrovsky b. J. arap Kiplimo 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR:0.00
A hattrick for arap Kiplimo!
18.5Warap Kiplimo to Dann : [stumped] Superb guile and technique there from arap Kiplimo. He drew Dann down the wicket with a slow flighted ball which held its line, beat the outside edge and Pokrovsky finished it off with a smart stumping.
18.4Warap Kiplimo to Burrows : [catch] A loose delivery from arap Kiplimo pitched wide outside the off stump. Burrows leans back and cuts hard, ending up with a feather touch and Pokrovsky holds on well to a fairly hard chance.W. Burrows c J. Pokrovsky b. J. arap Kiplimo 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR:0.00
18.3Warap Kiplimo to Mitchell : [catch] arap Kiplimo bowls a full toss on off, Mitchell tries to go over cover but does not clear the fielder and hits it straight to Jirongo who takes the catch. The crowd has gone berserk.T. Mitchell c A. Jirongo b. J. arap Kiplimo 15 (14b 1x4 0x6) SR:107.14
18.21arap Kiplimo to Akhtar : Cheeky! Akhtar drops the ball at his feet and the batsmen scurry through for a single.
18.12arap Kiplimo to Akhtar : Played wide of mid-off and they'll come back for 2.
A. Chellaiah (rfs) 3-0-21-0, H. Akhtar 2 (3b), T. Mitchell 15 (13b)
End of over 18 (6 runs) - South London's Number One CC(139-4). 13 runs required from 2 overs. RR 7.72 RRR 6.50

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Bowled As Love
Batting - Top Order 11,394 10,488
Batting - Middle Order 8,258 7,068
Batting - Tail 4,227 3,431
Bowling - Seam 11,737 (12) 9,360 (20)
Bowling - Spin 11,507 (8) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 14,707 10,974
Overall 193,639 160,241

Result: wolfberries won by 39 runs

That's relegation avoided then.

[spark]

Ruff Royals Topmen
Batting - Top Order 13,501 13,424
Batting - Middle Order 9,707 12,126
Batting - Tail 4,229 6,225
Bowling - Seam 10,177 (8) 14,003 (12)
Bowling - Spin 14,335 (12) 12,215 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,638 15,655
Overall 215,797 234,285

Topmen won by 4 runs

We needed 9 from the last over with 4 wickets remaining but sadly we lost 4 wickets (with 2 run outs).

I was happy with the effort from a younger team than normal. Clarke showed his inexperience behind the stumps by missing a couple of chances and Massey probably showed a lack of endurance by going for 9 an over on dry. Issa at 27 and 10 weeks was my 2nd oldest player and he contributed well with 67 runs.

[casperj]

Crestfallen Sidekicks Bedfordshire Jats
Batting - Top Order 13,317 12,855
Batting - Middle Order 10,459 11,801
Batting - Tail 4,791 5,559
Bowling - Seam 12,964 (12) 13,744 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,589 (8) 12,227 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,723 14,894
Overall 220,719 225,673

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 16 runs

Relegation from Div 2 avoided (for T20 at least) and still a chance of a top 4 finish!

[wolfberries]

Home bigsexybarry
Away wolfberries
Ground bigsexybarry CG
League Youth 2.1
Date 26 Aug 21 10:00
Crowd 8,597
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Flat

Toss: bigsexybarry won the toss and elected to bowl.

Our main relegation rivals, even with a loss today I can't see us going down.

[spark]

Home The Raging Speed Horns
Away Ruff Royals
Ground The Horn
League Youth 2.1
Date 26 Aug 21 10:00
Crowd 6,583
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Sticky

I actually picked a team today so there'll be no batters bowling. Well, that's not technically true as I've given House some overs at the beginning and he's going to be a batsman. However, his average bowling summary is better than the seam bowler I didn't pick.

S. Ravana (rfs) 2-0-6-0, M. Schmidt 28 (42b), J. House 25 (49b)
End of over 16 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(57-1) RR 3.56

Decent start.

[spark]

M. Speed (lf) 6-1-14-3, A. Dotson 5 (12b), A. Patterson 0 (4b)
End of over 23 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(71-4) RR 3.09

Struggling now and it looks like it's going to be difficult to get to 120 let alone 150.

[spark]

M. Speed (lf) 8-1-23-3, B. Gardiner 7 (15b), M. Patterson 11 (8b)
End of over 40 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(143-8) RR 3.58

We've got a chance but I'm not sure we're favourites.

[ddraig]

L. Dougall (rm) 1-1-0-0, D. Chappell 0 (2b), E. Bishop 0 (10b)
End of over 2 (maiden) - gRhyllidae(1-0). 191 runs required from 38 overs. RR 0.50 RRR 5.03

What on earth is going on in this match? We're playing the bottom team, and it's certainly looking dodgy at the moment.

[wolfberries]

R. Sibanda (rm) 8-0-66-0, W. Chittleborough 25 (16b), C. Martel 56 (40b)
End of over 40 (11 runs) - wolfberries(273-5) RR 6.83

Not the worst total, but can't see us defending that.