England League and Cup Discussion

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South Hill Slammers won by 1 wicket

That might have helped relegate us

I thought you wouldn't be happy. It's not a game I should've been losing.

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Home Relegation reprobates
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Relegation reprobates CG
League One Day 1.1
Date 15 Jul 22 10:00
Crowd 18,001
Weather Humid
Pitch Uneven

With the title in the bag, it's time to give experience to some of the younger players.

T. Julian (rfs) 7.5-1-25-2, P. Massey 1 (4b)
End of over 46 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(132-10) RR 2.87

Very disappointed with the batting as 3 (probably 4) of the batters (including keeper) will be starters next season. We only got to that total thanks to 47 from allrounder Schneider; he's certainly pushing his case to be a starter next season as I look to play some younger players.

R. Schneider (rm) 2-0-4-1, M. Moyle 15 (35b), R. Whitesides 1 (5b)
End of over 10 (2 runs) - Relegation reprobates(36-1). 97 runs required from 40 overs. RR 3.60 RRR 2.42

Schneider with the wicket too.

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South Hill Slammers won by 1 wicket

That might have helped relegate us

I thought you wouldn't be happy. It's not a game I should've been losing.

Todays farce has made me even more unhappy

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wolfberries Bathaloner
Batting - Top Order 13,641 12,943
Batting - Middle Order 10,871 11,339
Batting - Tail 5,398 7,953
Bowling - Seam 13,381 (40) 12,176 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,532 (10) 14,943 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,393 15,773
Overall 230,484 231,958

Result: Bathaloner won by 4 wickets

Bowled out for 116 in 32.4 overs

How the CENSORED did their seam attack bowl us out of that...

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Relegation reprobates Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,273 12,035
Batting - Middle Order 11,399 10,880
Batting - Tail 5,331 4,494
Bowling - Seam 11,638 (40) 12,029 (40)
Bowling - Spin 14,159 (10) 15,333 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 15,390 16,023
Overall 225,565 216,669

Relegation reprobates won by 7 wickets

Whilst I was disappointed with the batting, I think I can be quite happy with the ratings given that my players were all under 28.

Schneider even managed to pick up player of the match and it could be a battle between him and Clouston as to who will be my 2nd seamer. They both need experience though and with Schneider being american I'm probably more likely to side with him anyway.

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Crestfallen Sidekicks Daniel's XI
Batting - Top Order 11,809 13,511
Batting - Middle Order 12,542 11,389
Batting - Tail 6,410 4,637
Bowling - Seam 11,957 (50) 11,805 (40)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 14,351 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 14,992 15,375
Overall 221,398 221,213

End of over 42 (1 run) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(148-10). 22 runs required from 8 overs. RR 3.52 RRR 2.75
A. Idroos 8 (11b), J. Hafeez (rfs) 9-0-26-3
Daniel's XI won by 21 runs

Another disappointing loss at Home - their spinner took 3/26 on a Humid /Green to turn the match!!!
5 defeats out of the last 6 now. Another defeat next week will mean relegation.

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Match Details
Home Greasbrough Tykes
Away wolfberries
Ground Greasbrough Tykes CG
League Youth Twenty20 3.3
Date 18 Jul 22 10:00
Crowd 5,320
Weather Humid
Pitch Green

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

Playing bottom today and a win ensures second spot, a loss and technically we could end up 5th, but I really can't see that happening with our NRR.

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T. Kaushal (rfm) 4-0-37-1, G. Lampe 0 (0b), W. Chittleborough 60 (32b)
End of over 20 (9 runs) - wolfberries(161-4) RR 8.05

Would be upset if we are unable to defend this.

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B. Farrell (lf) 1-0-4-0, A. Minchin 32 (31b), E. Cunningham 2 (7b)
End of over 10 (4 runs) - Greasbrough Tykes(53-4). 109 runs required from 10 overs. RR 5.30 RRR 10.90

Bowlers doing well so far.

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Greasbrough Tykes wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 5,278 7,298
Batting - Middle Order 3,917 5,441
Batting - Tail 2,825 3,407
Bowling - Seam 5,410 (20) 5,551 (12)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 7,715 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 6,150 9,363
Overall 90,758 121,354

wolfberries won by 57 runs

Second spot here we come...

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Staindrop Lordies won by 6 wickets

Ruff Royals Staindrop Lordies
Batting - Top Order 7,612 8,691
Batting - Middle Order 5,253 6,182
Batting - Tail 3,812 4,133
Bowling - Seam 6,691 (8) 8,410 (12)
Bowling - Spin 6,838 (12) 9,025 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,726 9,452
Overall 122,974 143,534

Bowled out for 95 on sticky and it was always going to be tough to defend that against the league winners. I still consider it a successful season as we finish in 3rd place. Next season is going to be tough and avoiding relegation could be a real challenge.

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Home Inchigeela Angels
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Tir na Spideoga
League Twenty20 1.1
Date 19 Jul 22 10:00
Weather (forecast) Sunny
Pitch (current) Flat

It's the big match today. A tie would win me the league but it would also probably give me a heart attack. It's going to be very tough and I would make them favourites as I'm expecting them to rate 10-15k higher than my lot. I was surprised they changed their pitch to flat as they seem to have been playing on green for the whole season.

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C. Moses (rws) 2-0-14-2, W. Troisi 1 (2b), D. McLeod 10 (5b)
End of over 10 (7 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(84-4) RR 8.40

It was going very badly but have taken this after that bad start. They're still scoring quite quickly though.

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Home wolfberries
Away If theres grass on the Wicket
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 2.1
Date 19 Jul 22 10:00
Crowd 17,508
Weather Sunny
Pitch Dry

Toss: If theres grass on the Wicket won the toss and elected to bowl.

M. Bannerman (rfs) 2-0-17-0, T. Hopper 9 (9b), D. Reeler 46 (30b)
End of over 11 (7 runs) - wolfberries(92-3) RR 8.36

Possible chance of forth spot, need a win though.

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S. Hodges (rfs) 4-0-36-2, L. da Vinci 15 (10b), C. Toohey 0 (0b)
End of over 20 (8 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(175-8) RR 8.75

I'm nervous. It's chaseable but I don't think we'll do it.