England League and Cup Discussion

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A. Hyland (rfs) 1-0-11-0, W. Mills 34 (34b), I. Dennehy 24 (25b)
End of over 12 (11 runs) - Ruff Royals(81-1). 237 runs required from 38 overs. RR 6.75 RRR 6.24

Still very much in the balance.

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J. Mateta (rf) 5-0-10-0, F. Clingeleffer 60 (89b), L. Lawrence 16 (24b)
End of over 25 (3 runs) - wolfberries(111-3). 113 runs required from 25 overs. RR 4.44 RRR 4.52

Also very much in the balance.

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R. Livingston (lws) 3-0-22-0, T. Liberatore 6 (5b), W. Mills 65 (77b)
End of over 25 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(150-3). 168 runs required from 25 overs. RR 6.00 RRR 6.72

McCall getting out for a duck and the run rate required increasing probably makes Inchingeela the favourites to win this match now.

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A. Wallace (rm) 8-0-40-1, M. Roberson 9 (7b), A. Clarke 7 (6b)
End of over 36 (11 runs) - Ruff Royals(222-6). 96 runs required from 14 overs. RR 6.17 RRR 6.86

No chance now. Roberson's not great with the bat but once the next wicket goes it'll just be really poor batters trying to get us the win.

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Inchigeela Angels won by 40 runs

Inchigeela Angels Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,081 13,906
Batting - Middle Order 13,122 11,462
Batting - Tail 5,523 4,160
Bowling - Seam 13,651 (30) 13,769 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,968 (20) 14,714 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,792 17,291
Overall 244,652 236,563

The performance of my wrist spinner was probably the difference between the two sides; quite possibly one of his most expensive bowling efforts yet.

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wolfberries South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 13,805 13,855
Batting - Middle Order 11,456 11,047
Batting - Tail 5,129 5,127
Bowling - Seam 13,902 (30) 12,767 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,298 (20) 13,065 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,800 16,154
Overall 235,139 227,590

Result: wolfberries won by 6 wickets

Keeps us in second place.

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Home wolfberries
Away Henley Cricket Club
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth Twenty20 3.2
Date 27 Mar 23 10:00
Crowd 8,178
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Uneven

Toss: Henley Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bowl.

R. Regan (rfs) 1-0-10-0, G. Gee 3 (2b), W. Sandri 27 (26b)
End of over 9 (10 runs) - wolfberries(50-3) RR 5.56

An OK start.

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wolfberries Henley Cricket Club
Batting - Top Order 5,784 6,619
Batting - Middle Order 4,133 5,035
Batting - Tail 3,202 2,483
Bowling - Seam 6,968 (16) 5,841 (12)
Bowling - Spin 5,665 (4) 4,216 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,161 7,971
Overall 107,297 103,938

wolfberries won by 11 runs

Brilliant by Garland who finished with figures of 5 for 7 from his 4 overs.

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Home Dunbrody Academy London
Away Ruff Royals
League Youth Twenty20 1.1
Crowd 5,576
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

Good bowling (and the pitch) meant that we restricted them to 119. Delap took 3-31 and then went on to score 34 as he got our innings off to a good start. Durham got 31, Banerjee 31 not out and Schwartz 22 not out. We reached 122 with more than a couple of overs to spare and we remain 4 points clear at the top.

Dunbrody Academy London Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,675 7,334
Batting - Middle Order 5,633 5,717
Batting - Tail 3,737 4,313
Bowling - Seam 6,547 (12) 6,890 (13)
Bowling - Spin 7,400 (8) 7,510 (7)
Fielding/Keeping 7,837 9,706
Overall 122,400 129,800

Ruff Royals won by 8 wickets

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Home Topmen
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Topmen CG
League Twenty20 1.1
Date 28 Mar 23 10:00
Crowd 19,485
Weather Windy
Pitch Sticky

An important game and one which could see us in the relegation zone if we lose. It's not helped that we've got 3 players away on international duty and I don't think they've got any. It's going to be a very tough game and I'm not confident we'll get away with a win.

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Home Knockout Heroes
Away wolfberries
Ground Hit it or Knockout CG
League Twenty20 2.2
Date 28 Mar 23 10:00
Crowd 17,000
Weather Windy
Pitch Green

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

Windy & Green eh!

J. Pattinson (rfm) 3-0-28-0, L. Lawrence 15 (13b), M. Scholes 19 (12b)
End of over 13 (6 runs) - wolfberries(105-3) RR 8.08

Decent enough start by our batsmen, thankfully Lord hasn't been taken on tour this week so our bowling is at full strength.

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C. Bratton (rws) 4-0-30-2, S. Hodges 26 (19b), S. Clouston 3 (2b)
End of over 20 (11 runs) - Ruff Royals(125-7) RR 6.25

Okay considering the conditions but the danger is always going to be the batting triggers of Topmen. I've got 2 medium pacers playing too so we might not take the wickets we need.

McCall was the pick of the batters with 37 and Hodges hit a creditable 26 not out.

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S. Clouston (rf) 4-0-19-0, O. McCarthy 25 (26b), C. Geel 30 (35b)
End of over 11 (2 runs) - Topmen(61-1). 65 runs required from 9 overs. RR 5.55 RRR 7.22

We're not getting enough wickets here and they haven't even had any batting triggers either.

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C. Rush (lm) 3-0-13-1, C. Ngidhi 8 (7b), C. Geel 52 (49b)
End of over 17 (10 runs) - Topmen(102-4). 24 runs required from 3 overs. RR 6.00 RRR 8.00

With only medium pacers left to bowl, and the one who has 2 overs left being expensive for his first 2 overs, I think we're going to lose this game.

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Topmen Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,375 13,842
Batting - Middle Order 11,690 11,974
Batting - Tail 6,983 5,305
Bowling - Seam 14,195 (12) 13,145 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,985 (8) 13,729 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,984 16,604
Overall 234,721 235,889

Topmen won by 5 wickets

Schneider going for 10.29 runs an over was the difference. I need him to start improving his bowling especially in T20.

I believe I'm in the relegation zone now and there's another crucial match in the relegation battle next week against 6th place Snakey's Kent Stars.