England League and Cup Discussion

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251-3 to 263-9 on a hard pitch

That could have just lost us the title.

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B. Leeson (lf) 7-0-36-3, S. Clouston 5 (3b)
End of over 44 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(268-10) RR 6.09

I think we needed 300+ so this isn't going to be enough.

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S. Hodges (rfs) 2-0-5-1, L. van der Knaap 39 (47b), E. Aitchison 0 (2b)
End of over 14 (3 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(68-2). 201 runs required from 36 overs. RR 4.86 RRR 5.58

Okay start but I think they're going to consolidate well at some point and kill the game off.

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P. Massey (lfs) 3-0-16-0, S. Little 14 (18b), E. Aitchison 20 (26b)
End of over 22 (9 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(113-3). 156 runs required from 28 overs. RR 5.14 RRR 5.57

They're consolidating quite well here so we need at least one wicket before the break.

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S. Hodges (rfs) 6-0-25-1, C. Toohey 2 (10b), E. Aitchison 49 (64b)
End of over 33 (8 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(156-5). 113 runs required from 17 overs. RR 4.73 RRR 6.65

We either get Aitchison out or he wins them the match and the title.

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S. Hodges (rfs) 9-0-38-1, E. Aitchison 85 (94b), B. Leeson 2 (4b)
End of over 42 (3 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(204-7). 65 runs required from 8 overs. RR 4.86 RRR 8.12

We still need Aitchison out. I know it's 8+ an over that they require but that's not impossible on this pitch.

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It doesn't help that we've dropped him twice; this is torture!

C. Moses (rws) 10-0-50-2, E. Aitchison 110 (110b), B. Leeson 4 (6b)
End of over 45 (9 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(231-7). 38 runs required from 5 overs. RR 5.13 RRR 7.60

I can't see us stopping him now.

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WE RAN HIM OUT!

Inchigeela Angels Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,460 14,463
Batting - Middle Order 10,552 11,792
Batting - Tail 6,046 4,817
Bowling - Seam 14,566 (30) 13,681 (20)
Bowling - Spin 14,098 (20) 15,352 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 17,796 17,478
Overall 243,474 245,329

Ruff Royals won by 15 runs

We win back-to-back SOD titles!

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We win back-to-back SOD titles!

Well done and congratulations

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We win back-to-back SOD titles!

Well done and congratulations

Thanks.

Congratulations on your couple of promotions too!

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Captain Speccy's Muppets wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 13,541 13,229
Batting - Middle Order 8,886 11,515
Batting - Tail 4,592 5,014
Bowling - Seam 11,740 (30) 13,531 (40)
Bowling - Spin 14,024 (20) 13,873 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 15,785 16,933
Overall 214,108 232,817

Result: Captain Speccy's Muppets won by 7 wickets

First loss in the league this season, so finished 24 points ahead of 2nd place and 28 points ahead of 6th spot and 32 points ahead of 7th spot, apart from 1st and 8th spot this was a tight league. Although to be honest 8th spot was just 12 points behind 2nd.

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Ruff Royals Scotland Youth
Batting - Top Order 8,981 9,669
Batting - Middle Order 6,196 6,842
Batting - Tail 4,309 3,820
Bowling - Seam 5,883 (8) 7,076 (12)
Bowling - Spin 8,266 (12) 5,868 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 9,736 8,455
Overall 139,414 135,834

Fairly even ratings but we smashed them. Ruff Royals won by 10 wickets.

My wicketkeeper Jupp dropped at least 3 chances but we still managed to restrict them to 136-4 on a slow pitch. Bullock was then dropped off the first ball of our innings and he went on to hit 40 runs from 16 balls. He slowed down a bit after that but he finished on 80 not out from 56 balls and Jupp 56 from 43 balls.

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wolfberries Ffoh
Batting - Top Order 7,641 7,873
Batting - Middle Order 4,333 6,110
Batting - Tail 3,416 3,763
Bowling - Seam 6,517 (12) 7,322 (12)
Bowling - Spin 8,963 (8) 6,743 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,663 9,144
Overall 121,609 130,109

Result: Ffoh won by 7 wickets

Lost our top order too early to score a total big enough to defend.

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wolfberries YorkshireTykes
Batting - Top Order 13,529 14,303
Batting - Middle Order 11,302 11,065
Batting - Tail 5,533 5,765
Bowling - Seam 13,676 (16) 13,440 (16)
Bowling - Spin 13,683 (4) 13,739 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 16,782 15,981
Overall 234,658 234,216

Result: wolfberries won by 7 wickets

Going to be another tough season, five teams that rated in the 230's, with one in the 220's.

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Ffoh Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,569 14,508
Batting - Middle Order 12,164 12,618
Batting - Tail 7,130 5,800
Bowling - Seam 13,871 (20) 12,798 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 14,827 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 16,746 17,123
Overall 247,922 243,298

Ruff Royals won by 7 runs

A close game. I wasn't sure we had got enough with 140. McCall scored 30 and Whitehead 41 not out. With the ball, Schneider was great with 3-12 from his 4 overs which really helped us to all 4 points.