England League and Cup Discussion

[spark]

Ruff Royals Sledgingshire
Batting - Top Order 13,650 13,987
Batting - Middle Order 11,861 11,729
Batting - Tail 4,253 5,904
Bowling - Seam 13,745 (8) 13,499 (12)
Bowling - Spin 14,451 (12) 13,233 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,926 16,238
Overall 236,429 236,255

Sledgingshire won by 4 wickets

We only scored 118 on a slow pitch with Mills getting 48. Generally, we bowled quite well and when we got them to 6-72 I thought we had a chance. Sadly, they didn't lose another wicket and won with almost 2 overs to spare. Very much in a relegation battle now; a win today could have eased my concerns a fair bit.

[wolfberries]

Killingworth CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 11,398 13,921
Batting - Middle Order 8,369 11,895
Batting - Tail 3,954 5,189
Bowling - Seam 8,579 (12) 12,942 (16)
Bowling - Spin 10,766 (8) 14,619 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 12,312 16,676
Overall 175,139 235,252

Result: wolfberries won by 76 runs

Coasted to victory as should be expected, still top by four points. Its going to be an interesting last six games.

[wolfberries]

Home Grays Thurrock CC
Away wolfberries
Ground Grays Thurrock CC CG
League Youth 3.1
Date 20 Apr 23 10:00
Crowd 7,266
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

Toss: Grays Thurrock CC won the toss and elected to bowl.

Despite losing the toss we are batting as we would have chosen to.

[wolfberries]

L. Loh (rfm) 8-1-23-3, S. Garland 9 (10b), B. Farrell 2 (8b)
End of over 40 (4 runs) - wolfberries(153-7) RR 3.83

An OK total for the conditions, 50/50 I would say. All depends on how our two quicks and the new ball specialist does.

[spark]

Top of the table clash against Oxhey Players. They've scored a lot of runs 267-6. It's a flat pitch so it's not impossible to chase this but I'd make them favourites, especially after our start.

A. Matin (rm) 1-0-1-1, J. Harrison 1 (4b), L. Durham 0 (0b)
End of over 1 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(1-1). 267 runs required from 39 overs. RR 1.00 RRR 6.85

[spark]

A. Matin (rm) 4-0-11-2, C. Schwartz 4 (7b), L. Durham 2 (12b)
End of over 7 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(27-3). 241 runs required from 33 overs. RR 3.86 RRR 7.30

We're not coming back from this. We're making this seem like we're batting on a sticky pitch.

[wolfberries]

Grays Thurrock CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 5,626 6,167
Batting - Middle Order 5,427 4,425
Batting - Tail 3,130 3,422
Bowling - Seam 6,082 (40) 7,487 (32)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 6,042 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,824 8,496
Overall 110,488 114,117

Result: Grays Thurrock CC won by 3 wickets

Our middle order just didn't perform well enough after our top order set them up, then our bowling just didn't put enough pressure on the opposition batsmen. We are still top but just by NRR now.

[spark]

Oxhey Players Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 8,688 6,791
Batting - Middle Order 6,874 7,094
Batting - Tail 3,986 5,062
Bowling - Seam 8,150 (24) 6,607 (22)
Bowling - Spin 8,457 (16) 7,690 (18)
Fielding/Keeping 6,738 9,915
Overall 135,790 135,943

Oxhey Players won by 59 runs

I'm not completely sure whether to blame my bowlers or my batsmen so I think it's fair that I blame both! With that win they go above us on NRR. I guess I'm not too unhappy though as I've got a bit of a weird youth team at the moment.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Ffoh
Ground wolfberries CG
League One Day 2.2
Date 21 Apr 23 10:00
Crowd 19,140
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

A. Simmons (rm) 4-0-16-0, D. Reeler 39 (51b), D. Katich 28 (48b)
End of over 25 (8 runs) - wolfberries(114-4) RR 4.56

Not the worst position but a few wickets and we'd be struggling!

[eagles123]

tough game today against a strong Egham side, won the toss and having a bat on sticky/cloudy. 84/3 at drinks, need to try and get to at least 150 to post a competitive total.

[eagles123]

200/7 in our 50, really happy with that. Probably a 50:50 score with the opps batting strength, but would've taken it for sure in bowler friendly conditions.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v Egham Town CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Egham Town CC
Batting - Top Order 13,394 14,044
Batting - Middle Order 11,532 11,176
Batting - Tail 5,290 5,360
Bowling - Seam 13,294 (40) 13,605 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,512 (10) 13,997 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,421 16,809
Overall 231,532 236,194

Result: won by 49 runs


fortunate that opps weren't at full strength due to their impressive cup run, but still a very good win for us that gets us one step closer to our aim of survival. Think it's very possible a team will go down on a 6/8 record this season, so looking for another couple of wins from our remaining games to make sure. Whitworth the standout player today with a great knock of 60 in the middle order making a huge difference. Back to back losses for Egham suddenly make the title race more interesting, but I can't see us being in that conversation come the end of the season.

Big game against Relegation Reprobates next, our third home game in a row!

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Ffoh
Batting - Top Order 14,055 12,641
Batting - Middle Order 11,955 10,858
Batting - Tail 5,073 5,454
Bowling - Seam 12,964 (40) 13,647 (40)
Bowling - Spin 14,650 (10) 11,928 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 17,041 16,772
Overall 236,889 227,195

Result: wolfberries won by 15 runs

Close, but losing six wickets for ten runs didn't help. Yet, a win is a win.

[wolfberries]

Home FPCC England
Away wolfberries
Ground The Mark Nicholson Pub
League Youth Twenty20 3.2
Date 24 Apr 23 10:00
Crowd 5,009
Weather Windy
Pitch Flat


Toss: FPCC England won the toss and elected to bowl.

Never keen on flat wickets but not too bad in T20, we have lost our best bowler and quick to the seniors so may struggle at little, but at least the weather conditions suit his replacement.

[wolfberries]

S. Juarez (rfs) 4-0-52-0, A. McAndrews 96 (54b), B. Swanson 34 (20b)
End of over 20 (12 runs) - wolfberries(195-4) RR 9.75

Not the worst total while opener and keeper McAndrews just misses out on a century, only time will tell if we can defend it.