England League and Cup Discussion

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My best wicketkeeper and my best bowler are away on international duty. That's going to be my excuse for this week.

Q. Fattah (rfs) 3-0-26-0, J. Walshe 18 (13b), I. Furlong 3 (3b)
End of over 20 (9 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(127-5) RR 6.35

Crumbling pitch. Passailaigue did well but the rest of my spinners weren't good enough. We're going to struggle to chase this.

[spark]

Snakey's Kent Stars won by 12 runs

Sadly, we batted too slowly. A great 54 for Bennett and a 35 by Schwartz but their opening bowlers were very economical.

Ruff Royals Snakey's Kent Stars
Batting - Top Order 6,569 7,875
Batting - Middle Order 5,826 5,370
Batting - Tail 4,474 3,626
Bowling - Seam 6,594 (9) 5,656 (12)
Bowling - Spin 6,907 (11) 6,135 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,685 8,440
Overall 119,890 118,424

Looks like we're really going to struggle on international weeks.

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Middlesex Gurus wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,723 5,839
Batting - Middle Order 4,417 4,040
Batting - Tail 3,424 3,248
Bowling - Seam 5,625 (8) 6,521 (12)
Bowling - Spin 8,312 (12) 4,919 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 5,629 8,098
Overall 107,909 102,957

Result: wolfberries won by 8 runs

Surprised but happy with our win, despite losing our best bowler to Internationals we managed to sneak a win.

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Home wolfberries
Away St. Marks Hill Strollers
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 2.2
Date 04 Apr 23 10:00
Crowd 17,712
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

Not quite our full strength side out, but we'll see how it goes.

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P. Crowe (lm) 4-0-20-2, C. Martel 4 (4b), L. Lawrence 30 (15b)
End of over 20 (7 runs) - wolfberries(145-5) RR 7.25

Not the worst total in these conditions, lets see if our weakened bowling attack can defend this.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries St. Marks Hill Strollers
Batting - Top Order 13,619 12,592
Batting - Middle Order 10,333 9,952
Batting - Tail 4,658 6,113
Bowling - Seam 11,583 (12) 11,854 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,624 (8) 13,266 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 16,646 15,147
Overall 221,720 217,467

wolfberries won by 12 runs

Will take that win.

[spark]

Snakey's Kent Stars Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,310 14,728
Batting - Middle Order 11,583 10,229
Batting - Tail 7,183 6,200
Bowling - Seam 14,008 (8) 13,613 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,564 (12) 14,381 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,642 17,328
Overall 233,759 240,016

Ruff Royals won by 8 wickets

I thought they might have scored too much on a slow pitch but we managed to reach 131 with an over to spare. McCall's 62 from 46 balls was key. 4 points above the relegation zone now and we should be getting another 4 points next week too.

[spark]

Home Bathaloner
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Fish Bowl
League Youth 2.2
Date 06 Apr 23 10:00
Crowd 9,696
Weather Sunny
Pitch Slow

We decided to bowl first after winning the toss. We need to win to maintain our push for top spot.

Q. Fareed (rfm) 1-0-1-0, B. Timmins 1 (3b), J. Keith 4 (9b)
End of over 2 (1 run) - Bathaloner(6-0) RR 3.00

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Home wolfberries
Away Daredevil rocker
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 3.1
Date 06 Apr 23 10:00
Crowd 8,400
Weather Sunny
Pitch Uneven

Toss: Daredevil rocker won the toss and elected to bowl.

T. Lowry (rm) 1-0-2-0, H. Goodrick 2 (4b), A. McAndrews 18 (24b)
End of over 17 (2 runs) - wolfberries(68-3) RR 4.00

An OK start by our batsmen.

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A. Bennett (rm) 7.2-0-26-2, A. Faunce 12 (15b)
End of over 39 (2 runs) - Bathaloner(154-10) RR 3.95

Pretty decent from us but I thought it would be so much better when we had them down to 115-8. D. Passailaigue (lfs) 8-0-26-4 had the best figures for us.

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T. Lowry (rm) 8-0-55-0, G. Gee 40 (32b), H. Goodrick 63 (80b)
End of over 40 (11 runs) - wolfberries(211-4) RR 5.28

Very happy with our score in the conditions, especially as the two above batsmen are only 17 & 16y 12w old respectively.

[spark]

Bathaloner Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 6,887 6,707
Batting - Middle Order 5,537 6,012
Batting - Tail 4,650 4,555
Bowling - Seam 5,928 (32) 6,535 (22)
Bowling - Spin 5,767 (8) 7,135 (18)
Fielding/Keeping 8,327 7,757
Overall 118,111 121,843

Ruff Royals won by 8 wickets

70 for Schwartz as he looks to up his fairly poor YOD average. That's a big win with almost 10 overs to spare.

Results elsewhere went our way as the two teams who were level with us both lost so we're now out on our own at the top of the table.

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wolfberries Daredevil rocker
Batting - Top Order 6,038 5,622
Batting - Middle Order 4,144 5,859
Batting - Tail 3,352 4,027
Bowling - Seam 6,581 (24) 6,392 (40)
Bowling - Spin 5,064 (16) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 8,147 4,697
Overall 105,100 104,060

Result: wolfberries won by 83 runs

Today's win took us to top of the table on NRR.

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L. Kukadiya (lws) 2-0-12-0, S. Whitehead 14 (26b), M. Schmidt 17 (26b)
End of over 14 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(60-3) RR 4.29

It's been a bad start on a slow pitch. It would be unusual for Whitehead in particular to get much more than this.

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G. Morgan (rfs) 7-1-16-0, S. Hodges 1 (2b), R. Schneider 13 (31b)
End of over 35 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(141-6) RR 4.03

A decent effort by Schmidt who just got out for 57 but everyone else has been rubbish.

Edit: Schneider has just got out now too.