England League and Cup Discussion

[wolfberries]

Home Gold Prospectors X1
Away wolfberries
Ground Gold Prospectors X1 CG
League Youth 3.1
Date 05 Oct 23 10:00
Crowd 6,788
Weather Windy
Pitch Dry

Toss: Gold Prospectors X1 won the toss and elected to bowl.

T. Hogg (rws) 8-1-41-3, E. Reinders 1 (1b), B. Galloway 5 (6b)
End of over 40 (5 runs) - wolfberries(165-8) RR 4.12

Losing five wickets in fourteen balls near the end didn't help!

[spark]

Q. Fattah (rfs) 8-0-30-2, F. Jarvis 10 (6b), G. Jeffries 64 (73b)
End of over 40 (8 runs) - Relegation reprobates(216-6) RR 5.40

We struggled to take wickets especially in the second half of their innings. That's not going to be an easy total to chase on a slow pitch.

N. Solomon (rf) 8-0-40-0, H. Mitchell 49 (65b), J. Harrison 65 (83b)
End of over 24 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(124-0). 93 runs required from 16 overs. RR 5.17 RRR 5.81

We're doing okay but that run rate required keeps going up. Harrison has been very lucky so far; he's only been dropped 5 times!

[spark]

Ruff Royals Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 7,584 7,978
Batting - Middle Order 7,053 7,129
Batting - Tail 4,873 4,368
Bowling - Seam 6,822 (32) 8,276 (24)
Bowling - Spin 7,762 (8) 7,217 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 9,031 7,778
Overall 135,313 136,128

Ruff Royals won by 3 wickets

Very close game. We needed 12 from the last over. There were 4 runs and a run out in the first 4 balls. Then a misfield 4. Then another 4 to win the match. Looks like my fielding really made a difference.

[wolfberries]

Home South Yorkshire CC
Away wolfberries
Ground South Yorkshire CC CG
League One Day 2.1
Date 06 Oct 23 10:00
Crowd 13,457
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Even

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

J. John (lfm) 4-1-19-1, D. Reeler 25 (29b), B. Hayne 32 (45b)
End of over 17 (8 runs) - wolfberries(86-2) RR 5.06

Not the worst start.

[spark]

J. Westerveld (rfs) 9.4-0-52-3, J. Birch 12 (17b)
End of over 50 (3 runs) - Topmen(224-10) RR 4.48

Not terrible but it still feels like too much to chase on a slow pitch.

[spark]

Ruff Royals Topmen
Batting - Top Order 14,315 14,254
Batting - Middle Order 11,876 13,419
Batting - Tail 4,623 5,841
Bowling - Seam 13,555 (30) 14,566 (40)
Bowling - Spin 12,629 (20) 14,194 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 17,221 16,251
Overall 236,219 249,430

Topmen won by 53 runs

We went from 159-5 to 171 all out. It would have been nice to get at least a bit closer than that. 56 for Mills was the highlight of our batting closely followed by Clarke's 41.

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South Yorkshire CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 13,545 14,026
Batting - Middle Order 9,851 11,570
Batting - Tail 5,233 4,990
Bowling - Seam 12,684 (50) 13,539 (40)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 14,850 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 15,570 17,162
Overall 219,417 237,846

Result: wolfberries won by 100 runs

Big win in the end.

[spark]

Staindrop Lordies won by 7 wickets

Staindrop Lordies Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,287 7,414
Batting - Middle Order 6,188 6,975
Batting - Tail 3,899 4,546
Bowling - Seam 7,326 (12) 6,430 (16)
Bowling - Spin 8,100 (8) 7,762 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 9,093 8,968
Overall 131,062 131,583

It was a slow pitch and we batted really slowly. We didn't seem to take many risks with the bat to get us to a good enough total. We ended up with just 117 and we probably needed to get 140ish or at least 130.

With so little run rate pressure they batted with ease and comfortably got over the winning line.

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All Leeds Aren't We wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 4,476 4,877
Batting - Middle Order 3,634 4,646
Batting - Tail 2,728 3,375
Bowling - Seam 4,746 (12) 5,158 (12)
Bowling - Spin 6,310 (8) 4,308 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 4,719 8,326
Overall 81,644 97,288

Result: wolfberries won by 53 runs

Blimey, another win for our youths!

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v St. Marks Hill Strollers >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC St. Marks Hill Strollers
Batting - Top Order 13,291 13,409
Batting - Middle Order 11,211 10,545
Batting - Tail 4,182 6,699
Bowling - Seam 13,090 (16) 12,415 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,031 (4) 13,966 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,272 15,848
Overall 223,764 228,638

lost the toss and had a bat on overcast/sticky. Batted decently to get 129/5 in our 20, no-one scoring particularly well, but most of them making decent contributions. In reply Franca ripped apart the opps top order with 4 wickets in his first 2 overs, to leave them 12/5 at one stage. In fairness they did pretty well to make a game of it from there, but fell 22 runs short on 107/9. A decent win, and an excellent performance from our NBB quick that really turned the match in our favour.

[casperj]

New season, same old sh*t

Fiery's XI Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 12,396 12,707
Batting - Middle Order 11,284 12,194
Batting - Tail 4,892 5,739
Bowling - Seam 11,412 (16) 11,149 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,144 (4) 13,735 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,313 15,263
Overall 210,129 223,532

Fiery's XI won by 8 wickets

Cavendish Zeros Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 11,477 12,611
Batting - Middle Order 8,885 11,455
Batting - Tail 5,940 4,898
Bowling - Seam 9,774 (16) 10,851 (16)
Bowling - Spin 9,189 (4) 13,475 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 11,173 14,835
Overall 181,076 212,348

Cavendish Zeros won by 12 runs

Just the 31k rating differential this week. Going to enjoy playing in Division 4 next season against a load of bots

Crestfallen Sidekicks Run Machine
Batting - Top Order 11,788 12,032
Batting - Middle Order 11,019 8,225
Batting - Tail 4,321 4,242
Bowling - Seam 10,771 (16) 10,567 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,494 (4) 12,136 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,638 12,086
Overall 204,683 185,983

Run Machine won by 3 runs

Not even surprised by this point! Going to have to work out how the machine engine works, or will be in Div 4 next season. I guess playing two spinners on an Overcast/Uneven must be the route to victory!!!

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Egham Town CC won by 2 wickets

Egham Town CC Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 12,612 13,313
Batting - Middle Order 12,294 11,778
Batting - Tail 5,240 3,657
Bowling - Seam 14,268 (20) 12,362 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 13,137 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 17,563 16,778
Overall 239,378 224,260

A decent effort but it was not enough. 87 for Mills was great.

The senior season continues to look ominous.

[eagles123]

New season, same old sh*t

Fiery's XI Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 12,396 12,707
Batting - Middle Order 11,284 12,194
Batting - Tail 4,892 5,739
Bowling - Seam 11,412 (16) 11,149 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,144 (4) 13,735 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,313 15,263
Overall 210,129 223,532

Fiery's XI won by 8 wickets

Cavendish Zeros Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 11,477 12,611
Batting - Middle Order 8,885 11,455
Batting - Tail 5,940 4,898
Bowling - Seam 9,774 (16) 10,851 (16)
Bowling - Spin 9,189 (4) 13,475 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 11,173 14,835
Overall 181,076 212,348

Cavendish Zeros won by 12 runs

Just the 31k rating differential this week. Going to enjoy playing in Division 4 next season against a load of bots

Crestfallen Sidekicks Run Machine
Batting - Top Order 11,788 12,032
Batting - Middle Order 11,019 8,225
Batting - Tail 4,321 4,242
Bowling - Seam 10,771 (16) 10,567 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,494 (4) 12,136 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,638 12,086
Overall 204,683 185,983

Run Machine won by 3 runs

Not even surprised by this point! Going to have to work out how the machine engine works, or will be in Div 4 next season. I guess playing two spinners on an Overcast/Uneven must be the route to victory!!!

meh haven't done any in depth analysis, but a quick glance at your game shows that your opponent has basically one gun bat (NAT in div 3 is pretty rare), and he happened to fire today - it can happen. Frustrating I know, but one player hitting 80 on uneven/overcast is very likely to impact the result of the game even if there is an overall ratings advantage to the other side.

[casperj]

meh haven't done any in depth analysis, but a quick glance at your game shows that your opponent has basically one gun bat (NAT in div 3 is pretty rare), and he happened to fire today - it can happen. Frustrating I know, but one player hitting 80 on uneven/overcast is very likely to impact the result of the game even if there is an overall ratings advantage to the other side.

Thing is, it's happening every week in senior T20 - 3 weeks in a row now with this team, and there was another T20 match at the end of last season where I rated 30k higher and got beat. I get the odd 'surprise' result, but not when it happens this frequently (and always in the same direction)! Feels like tactics and team strength mean very little to T20 match results.

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wolfberries Topmen
Batting - Top Order 11,129 13,666
Batting - Middle Order 9,998 10,700
Batting - Tail 4,571 5,063
Bowling - Seam 10,150 (12) 13,148 (12)
Bowling - Spin 12,812 (8) 12,895 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,195 15,208
Overall 196,883 223,511

Result: Topmen won by 7 wickets

We even lost out on our sponsorship today!