England League and Cup Discussion

[eagles123]

rotated a bit today and the result was about as expected: lost by 5 wickets. None of our bats made a significant score, the top four all out for between 12-21 runs.

Snakey's Kent Stars v South London's Number One CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Snakey's Kent Stars South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 13,754 13,541
Batting - Middle Order 10,493 10,844
Batting - Tail 4,961 3,925
Bowling - Seam 14,952 (8) 11,266 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,573 (12) 11,188 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,512 16,149
Overall 226,035 213,937

[casperj]

Were 74/0 off 6 overs, but the usual collapse + a disappointing bowling performance meant we nearly lost from such a strong start.

If theres grass on the Wicket Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 12,891 13,669
Batting - Middle Order 9,501 9,475
Batting - Tail 5,106 4,790
Bowling - Seam 13,184 (12) 12,077 (16)
Bowling - Spin 11,732 (8) 12,766 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 14,493 14,884
Overall 211,385 212,672

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 14 runs

[spark]

A tough pitch to bat on and we won the toss and made them bat first.

We bowled them out for 82 with Ten Dam taking 4-21 and Callaway 3-8. It would be a nice way to end his career if that is Callaway's last match for the club. We got the runs we needed with about 6 overs to spare.

Pedagogs Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 12,460 14,132
Batting - Middle Order 12,917 11,694
Batting - Tail 7,746 4,965
Bowling - Seam 13,406 (16) 13,988 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,828 (4) 14,822 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,849 17,170
Overall 241,745 241,317

Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets

[wolfberries]

wolfberries South Hill Slammers
Batting - Top Order 12,106 12,130
Batting - Middle Order 10,323 8,952
Batting - Tail 5,162 4,372
Bowling - Seam 12,332 (12) 10,574 (16)
Bowling - Spin 12,070 (8) 10,927 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 15,663 13,762
Overall 213,330 191,963

Result: wolfberries won by 24 run

That keeps us eight points ahead of second place.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away TTS Galacticos CC
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 2.1
Date 24 Mar 22 10:00
Crowd 8,480
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Uneven

Toss: TTS Galacticos CC won the toss and elected to bat.

Have a chance of finishing in 4th spot this season, but a win today is needed.

[wolfberries]

K. Hartigan (lm) 8-0-42-1, C. Mentor 106 (121b), A. Hempenstall 9 (18b)
End of over 40 (11 runs) - TTS Galacticos CC(192-4) RR 4.80

That's not going to be easy to chase!

[spark]

Scotland Youth Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 8,381 6,410
Batting - Middle Order 6,752 6,055
Batting - Tail 4,384 3,148
Bowling - Seam 8,031 (32) 6,301 (24)
Bowling - Spin 9,595 (8) 7,817 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,537 9,196
Overall 141,018 121,431

Scotland Youth won by 6 wickets

Gilbert scored 53 not out and Williams 47 not out as we made 192. Their batting was unstoppable though and they chased our total down with 5 overs to spare.

Despite how highly they rate, they only had 1 player on international duty compared to my 2 players away.

[wolfberries]

CENSORED ridiculous loss today for us

[eagles123]

vital match in our relegation fight today against Relegation Reprobates. Lost the toss and put in to bat on uneven/cloudy, but would have batted anyway. Not a great start, our two best bats out cheaply, including Guaita following his century last week with a first baller this week

53/2 from 15, have three all-rounders playing for the first time this season I think, so we do bat to 9 today. Need at least 200 I reckon to be competitive ... we'll see.

[eagles123]

144/4 from 33, their best bowler is bowled out which is a relief, took 4-38. Game on a knife edge at the moment, need to try and bat out our overs and get to a decent total.

[spark]

B. Fisher (rfs) 10-0-33-2, P. Callaway 10 (14b), C. Moses 3 (8b)
End of over 50 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(181-9) RR 3.62

A crumbling pitch so that's not too bad a score. We need the bowlers to do well though.

Whitehead was the key to a decent total with 81; it looks like he's enjoying playing as an opener but we'll see if he can continue that next season as well.

[eagles123]

opps 97/4 at drinks, seems a pretty even game at this point.

[spark]

C. Moses (rws) 5-1-12-2, J. McLaughlin 16 (47b), B. Fisher 12 (12b)
End of over 25 (1 run) - Ffoh(68-6). 114 runs required from 25 overs. RR 2.72 RRR 4.56

I'm happy with this at the break but I want to get these out before they really get a partnership going.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 77 runs

Ffoh Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,190 13,601
Batting - Middle Order 11,566 11,462
Batting - Tail 5,146 4,887
Bowling - Seam 14,443 (20) 14,060 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,541 (30) 14,578 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 16,056 17,238
Overall 232,144 238,485

A big win and division 1 status is now mathematically secure.

Whitehead hit 81 and Callaway took 3-17. It just occurred to me that I might have said that Callaway had already played his last game for me and that means I probably should have played Massey.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v Relegation reprobates >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 14,206 13,824
Batting - Middle Order 12,351 11,566
Batting - Tail 5,751 6,196
Bowling - Seam 13,438 (40) 11,838 (40)
Bowling - Spin 14,600 (10) 13,367 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 17,600 15,832
Overall 244,636 228,367

result: won by 32 runs.

A vital win today, and whilst we're not safe yet, we're in a much better position now than before especially with 6th and 7th facing off next week. Disappointed with our batting today against an ordinary attack by Div 1 standards, but the bowlers made up for it, especially Gootjes with 4-27 from his 10.