England League and Cup Discussion

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Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets

Ruff Royals Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 6,850 7,524
Batting - Middle Order 7,060 6,126
Batting - Tail 4,421 3,559
Bowling - Seam 7,583 (32) 6,435 (32)
Bowling - Spin 9,271 (8) 7,549 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 9,301 8,151
Overall 136,406 123,025

We didn't bowl them out but we did restrict them to a maximum of 147 on a green pitch. The batting was a bit iffy to start with but Mitchell stuck in there and got 66 not out.

Early signs are that Ffoh will be the team to beat this season, followed by Staindrop Lordies and us.

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wolfberries Dunbrody Academy London
Batting - Top Order 5,921 7,683
Batting - Middle Order 5,910 6,090
Batting - Tail 3,685 3,146
Bowling - Seam 6,259 (24) 6,534 (16)
Bowling - Spin 5,562 (16) 6,493 (24)
Fielding/Keeping 9,214 8,387
Overall 115,927 122,238

Result: Dunbrody Academy London won by 4 wickets

First loss of the season, although we've been outrated every game so it may be a hard season ahead.

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Knockout Heroes Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,967 14,685
Batting - Middle Order 10,531 12,231
Batting - Tail 4,037 4,891
Bowling - Seam 12,937 (30) 14,306 (30)
Bowling - Spin 14,397 (20) 13,282 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,083 17,522
Overall 225,962 244,386

Ruff Royals won by 3 wickets

It was a crumbling pitch and they decided to bat first. I was worried when they were on 141-2 but thankfully we came back into it and they were all out for 191. That's still more than I would have liked to have chased but it wasn't out of the question. We were doing great when it was 171-3 but lost some quick wickets and struggled a bit to get over the finishing line. Schmidt was key in the chase with 50 and Clarke got 45.

It looks like it'll be tough to get promotion with several sides rating around 240k+.

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Crestfallen Sidekicks Waverley CC
Batting - Top Order 10,796 12,096
Batting - Middle Order 11,399 9,764
Batting - Tail 6,170 5,932
Bowling - Seam 11,841 (20) 11,641 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,639 (30) 11,066 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 15,315 12,859
Overall 217,832 200,873

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 4 wickets

Never like batting second on a Windy / Dry, but we just about got home. Team is rating less than I thought it would, and batting performances have not looked good. May need to get buy in a more experienced batsman when the prices come down to bolster the middle order.

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Pedagogs v South London's Number One CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Pedagogs South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 14,162 13,955
Batting - Middle Order 13,036 13,180
Batting - Tail 6,711 6,019
Bowling - Seam 13,702 (40) 13,756 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,437 (10) 13,362 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,798 17,372
Overall 247,569 247,103

Result: Lost by 5 wickets.

Won the toss and had a bat on Windy/Green, and 173 was never going to be enough. Whitworth top scored with 46 and even he was dropped in the first over

Disappointing start to the season, but we were always going to struggle without any medium bowlers and a fairly average finger spinner. Have a reasonable amount of cash to play with so might dip into the TM if I see any suitable candidates in the coming weeks ...

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Staindrop Lordies Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,570 7,693
Batting - Middle Order 6,171 5,848
Batting - Tail 3,510 4,342
Bowling - Seam 7,861 (8) 7,560 (16)
Bowling - Spin 8,109 (12) 9,086 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 9,208 9,260
Overall 133,174 134,302

Ruff Royals won by 4 runs

It was a very close game on a flat pitch. I didn't think 179 was going to be enough as we were made to bat first. Mitchell was the main contributor to that with 79 from 43 balls.

A mixed performance with the ball and it was generally the younger players who did better. Staindrop Lordies needed 15 an over for the last 4 overs which is a lot but not impossible on a flat pitch and they very nearly did snatch the victory away from us. Much credit must go to our fielders who inflicted 4 run outs on them.

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Crestfallen Sidekicks South Yorkshire CC
Batting - Top Order 5,406 6,211
Batting - Middle Order 4,164 5,051
Batting - Tail 3,019 4,214
Bowling - Seam 4,935 (12) 6,655 (8)
Bowling - Spin 5,664 (8) 7,438 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 6,367 6,930
Overall 92,576 114,109

South Yorkshire CC won by 7 wickets

No repeat of last weeks heroics. An expected loss.

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Goondiwindi wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,901 6,542
Batting - Middle Order 4,908 4,733
Batting - Tail 3,983 3,499
Bowling - Seam 6,008 (12) 4,666 (12)
Bowling - Spin 6,034 (8) 5,562 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,322 8,943
Overall 111,243 107,551

Result: wolfberries won by 14 runs

We lost our gun quick to the senior side over the weekend, so very happy with todays win.

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Crestfallen Sidekicks Hay Spitfires
Batting - Top Order 11,429 12,777
Batting - Middle Order 10,103 11,002
Batting - Tail 5,816 6,239
Bowling - Seam 12,683 (8) 11,660 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,639 (12) 11,402 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 15,300 14,811
Overall 215,759 216,053

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 2 runs

Match engine produces logical result shock!! Evenly matched, but home advantage and a spinning wicket got us through to a narrow win.

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Camberwell Carrots wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 14,010 12,914
Batting - Middle Order 10,142 11,330
Batting - Tail 5,324 5,173
Bowling - Seam 12,684 (16) 12,043 (16)
Bowling - Spin 14,019 (4) 15,076 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 15,662 16,787
Overall 224,323 226,105

Result: Camberwell Carrots won by 4 wickets

Five of our top six batsmen failed today, we were always going struggle to win from there.

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Ruff Royals Daniel's XI
Batting - Top Order 14,640 13,004
Batting - Middle Order 12,048 11,750
Batting - Tail 4,874 6,217
Bowling - Seam 14,020 (12) 13,348 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,151 (8) 13,306 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 17,266 15,787
Overall 241,536 231,685

Ruff Royals won by 5 wickets

We bowled them out for 97 on a slow wicket with Westerveld taking an impressive 6-13. Our batting was a bit more mixed but House scored 46 from 34 balls and, despite losing some quick wickets at the end, we got the win with 5 overs to spare.

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E. Casperson (rfm) 8-0-56-1, J. Marwat 28 (15b), J. Harrison 32 (37b)
End of over 40 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(207-4) RR 5.17

I thought we could have gone a bit faster a bit earlier considering we had wickets in hand. It's still an okay total but not unchaseable. Galindo scored 69 which was nice. Mitchell hit 45.

G. Pithey (lf) 2-0-10-0, D. Thollar 5 (8b), S. Haggett 7 (10b)
End of over 3 (10 runs) - Snakey's Kent Stars(16-0). 192 runs required from 37 overs. RR 5.33 RRR 5.19

Not a brilliant start with the ball.

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Ruff Royals won by 30 runs

Ruff Royals Snakey's Kent Stars
Batting - Top Order 7,317 7,718
Batting - Middle Order 6,727 6,025
Batting - Tail 4,435 3,624
Bowling - Seam 7,660 (32) 6,530 (40)
Bowling - Spin 9,353 (8) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 9,344 9,156
Overall 137,510 125,967

It was a good enough total in the end. 3 wickets apiece for Bennett and Reynolds. Sad times though as Bennett is now too old for the youths so will be moving to the seniors. That's one less allrounder. I could really do with a young allrounder but haven't had much luck with pulls or on the market with that.

I think that win puts me top of the league.

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wolfberries Pedagogs
Batting - Top Order 5,993 6,371
Batting - Middle Order 5,373 5,596
Batting - Tail 3,700 3,087
Bowling - Seam 4,491 (32) 5,776 (24)
Bowling - Spin 6,075 (8) 8,122 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,779 7,863
Overall 106,948 114,296

Result: Pedagogs won by 5 wickets

That's 0-2 for the season so far, need a win next week.

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Surrey Cricket Club Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 9,623 14,081
Batting - Middle Order 8,296 12,133
Batting - Tail 3,885 4,868
Bowling - Seam 10,813 (20) 14,137 (30)
Bowling - Spin 12,104 (30) 13,161 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 11,342 17,232
Overall 175,301 239,895

Ruff Royals won by 105 runs

A nice big win to help the NRR which could be crucial come the end of the season. I even managed to rest my veteran keeper with his replacement batter coming in and top scoring in the match with 60. Top scoring on a crumbling pitch wasn't even enough for a top 3 place in man of the match scoring.

We got off to a very good start with the bat. House getting 51 to go alongside Dickerson's total but we collapsed towards the end and finished on 212 with almost 9 overs left to bat. The wickets fell regularly when we were bowling. Schneider took 4-28 and Westerveld 3-13.

A good start so far but we've played the only 2 sides that have lost both games. Plenty of tough games to come.