England League and Cup Discussion

[wolfberries]

G. Lyon (lfs) 2-0-12-0, J. Sheridan 3 (7b), C. Hillsz 69 (86b)
End of over 24 (5 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(114-2). 91 runs required from 26 overs. RR 4.75 RRR 3.50

Not going well so far!

[spark]

S. Gootjes (rfm) 7-0-25-2, T. Liberatore 28 (35b), C. Paton 0 (4b)
End of over 35 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(162-4). 65 runs required from 15 overs. RR 4.63 RRR 4.33

I'm getting nervous now. Only my 2 allrounders and the bowlers left after these 2. There's still plenty of runs needed.

[eagles123]

not sure what's going on with us at the moment, especially with the bowling and fielding. wasn't expecting a result from today, but it's still a really disappointing effort with the ball that, and we look pretty much doomed to relegation.

South London's Number One CC v Ruff Royals >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 12,836 13,548
Batting - Middle Order 11,754 12,634
Batting - Tail 3,677 4,634
Bowling - Seam 12,391 (40) 13,574 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,695 (10) 13,956 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 16,163 16,791
Overall 221,143 238,024

result: lost by 5 wickets.

[spark]

not sure what's going on with us at the moment, especially with the bowling and fielding. wasn't expecting a result from today, but it's still a really disappointing effort with the ball that, and we look pretty much doomed to relegation.

South London's Number One CC v Ruff Royals >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 12,836 13,548
Batting - Middle Order 11,754 12,634
Batting - Tail 3,677 4,634
Bowling - Seam 12,391 (40) 13,574 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,695 (10) 13,956 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 16,163 16,791
Overall 221,143 238,024

result: lost by 5 wickets.

I've had seasons where I could barely win in the first half of the season and then couldn't lose in the second half so there's time to turn it around. Equally, there's plenty of time for me to get into a relegation battle!

The hattrick by Ten Dam was key. Despite no-one getting any really big scores, I was pleased with the batting as lots of players contributed a decent amount of runs.

[spark]

Home Ffoh
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Ffoh CG
League Youth Twenty20 2.1
Date 11 Oct 21 10:00
Crowd 10,387
Weather Humid
Pitch Slow

We decided to bowl first but I think we really missed my best bowler who just turned 21.

J. Westerveld (rfs) 4-0-28-2, B. Fortuyn 4 (2b), J. Fischer 48 (33b)
End of over 20 (9 runs) - Ffoh(149-5) RR 7.45

A win is still possible but it seems very unlikely. 3 wickets in the last 2 overs made the number of wickets taken look more respectable than it was.

[wolfberries]

Home today in Humid and Crumbling conditions, another loss is expected. Lost the toss and bowled first.

Opponents finished up on 145 for 5, can't see us chasing that!

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 5 wickets

Ffoh Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,181 7,092
Batting - Middle Order 5,960 5,101
Batting - Tail 3,776 3,121
Bowling - Seam 6,747 (12) 4,886 (8)
Bowling - Spin 7,180 (8) 7,022 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 9,510 8,796
Overall 127,028 115,365

A good team effort with the batting saw us to the win with a couple of balls to spare. I think that means we're still top/joint top but I'd be very surprised if we were still there at the end of the season.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Camberwell Carrots
Batting - Top Order 6,337 7,247
Batting - Middle Order 5,542 5,009
Batting - Tail 3,323 3,749
Bowling - Seam 5,021 (12) 6,223 (16)
Bowling - Spin 3,842 (8) 6,495 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 8,919 8,263
Overall 106,992 116,451

Result: wolfberries won by 5 wickets

We won

[spark]

Sticky pitch.

S. Hodges (rfs) 4-0-38-2, B. Sthalekar 15 (9b), B. Fisher 0 (0b)
End of over 20 (11 runs) - Ffoh(104-7) RR 5.20

We got off to a good start but we may have let them get too many. It's chaseable but it's a difficult pitch to bat on and I've rested some players so we might struggle.

H. Albert (rf) 4-0-14-1, C. Paton 5 (8b), T. Liberatore 19 (20b)
End of over 7 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(38-3). 67 runs required from 13 overs. RR 5.43 RRR 5.15

The batting didn't start well and I can't see us winning unless these 2 get us within 20 runs or less.

[spark]

L. Marshall (rfm) 4-0-15-4, E. McCall 2 (6b), S. Hodges 0 (2b)
End of over 11 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(47-5). 58 runs required from 9 overs. RR 4.27 RRR 6.44

Marshall has destroyed us. It's asking a lot of a young batsmen and an allrounder to get us the win from here.

[spark]

B. Friend (rfs) 3-0-20-0, S. Hodges 28 (30b), E. McCall 16 (20b)
End of over 18 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(89-5). 16 runs required from 2 overs. RR 4.94 RRR 8.00

These 2 have only gone and given me hope which they are sure to crush because that's just the kind of thing they would do.

[spark]

Ffoh won by 1 run

Ffoh Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,745 13,653
Batting - Middle Order 11,638 9,919
Batting - Tail 6,779 3,755
Bowling - Seam 12,002 (12) 12,970 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,152 (8) 13,264 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 16,148 16,010
Overall 232,627 219,317

So close to getting something from the game. If only my top 3 batters could have done a better job.

[eagles123]

struggling a bit with fatigue at the moment, considered chucking the game, but thought we had enough players at revived to give it a go. Unfortunately we let them get too many really with 160 on uneven, and despite a great 7th wicket partnership we came up 6 runs short.

Pedagogs v South London's Number One CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Pedagogs South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 12,711 12,676
Batting - Middle Order 9,823 11,220
Batting - Tail 5,554 3,258
Bowling - Seam 11,705 (20) 11,022 (12)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 12,659 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,880 15,370
Overall 212,970 209,859

[ddraig]

Toss: marks marvels won the toss and elected to bowl.
Weather: Humid
Pitch: Crumbling

Wasn't expecting much from this game, resting a lot of key players to try to manage my cup run, but they had a late batting collapse (6 wickets for 8 runs); we managed to win by 1 run!

gRhyllidae v marks marvels >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
gRhyllidae marks marvels
Batting - Top Order 11,291 11,810
Batting - Middle Order 8,437 7,342
Batting - Tail 5,319 4,211
Bowling - Seam 10,924 (8) 11,592 (16)
Bowling - Spin 10,499 (12) 12,973 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 13,815 11,801
Overall 189,661 183,991

[wolfberries]

Knockout Heroes wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 11,226 12,128
Batting - Middle Order 7,558 8,932
Batting - Tail 4,326 4,237
Bowling - Seam 10,570 (16) 11,085 (20)
Bowling - Spin 12,634 (4) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 13,703 14,593
Overall 184,143 196,158

Result: Knockout Heroes won by 33 runs