England League and Cup Discussion

[Atko]

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 2 wickets
M. Wijnaldum (rws) 6.5-0-36-1, C. Mansfield 19 (21b), K. Carson 11 (20b)
End of over 44 (5 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(179-8) RR 4.07

Scraped home! 9th wicket partnership between one of our A/Rs and a tailender with finisher talent got us home! Would not have been happy with a 55k reversal, which was very much on the cards, especially given the quality of the bowling attack we were facing.

Vivi Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 11,386 11,713
Batting - Middle Order 8,274 11,998
Batting - Tail 5,591 7,535
Bowling - Seam 9,997 (40) 13,321 (30)
Bowling - Spin 11,777 (10) 14,034 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 12,876 14,943
Overall 185,810 230,315

Wow - closer than it should have been, and damned right about a 55k reversal - I'd've been contemplating a rage quit there

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Pedagogs
Batting - Top Order 13,219 13,950
Batting - Middle Order 10,659 12,165
Batting - Tail 4,415 6,863
Bowling - Seam 11,760 (40) 12,815 (30)
Bowling - Spin 11,829 (10) 13,375 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,242 16,927
Overall 216,350 241,027

Pedagogs won by 82 runs

The expected loss.

[spark]

Relegation reprobates won by 3 wickets

Relegation reprobates Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,135 14,201
Batting - Middle Order 12,205 12,702
Batting - Tail 6,320 5,023
Bowling - Seam 13,282 (20) 15,026 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,995 (30) 13,749 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,723 17,732
Overall 243,044 248,457

I think I hate this league; 4 points off top spot but 4 points off the bottom spot too. Promotion or relegation could be mine this season.

It pretty much went like I said earlier. We got an okay but lowish total. They scored quickly to start with so were never in any run rate trouble. This time we picked up 3 late wickets to make it look vaguely respectable.

[eagles123]

Trevor Francis Tracksuit v South London's Number One CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Trevor Francis Tracksuit South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 15,251 14,057
Batting - Middle Order 13,992 12,346
Batting - Tail 8,828 4,868
Bowling - Seam 14,539 (30) 13,813 (30)
Bowling - Spin 14,639 (20) 13,071 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,789 17,412
Overall 269,722 240,038

well this was an unexpected win! - 4 wicket win that hopefully kick starts what's been a pretty dreadful start to the season. big game against Atko next week ...

[casperj]

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 2 wickets
M. Wijnaldum (rws) 6.5-0-36-1, C. Mansfield 19 (21b), K. Carson 11 (20b)
End of over 44 (5 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(179-8) RR 4.07

Scraped home! 9th wicket partnership between one of our A/Rs and a tailender with finisher talent got us home! Would not have been happy with a 55k reversal, which was very much on the cards, especially given the quality of the bowling attack we were facing.

Vivi Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 11,386 11,713
Batting - Middle Order 8,274 11,998
Batting - Tail 5,591 7,535
Bowling - Seam 9,997 (40) 13,321 (30)
Bowling - Spin 11,777 (10) 14,034 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 12,876 14,943
Overall 185,810 230,315

Wow - closer than it should have been, and damned right about a 55k reversal - I'd've been contemplating a rage quit there

It's actually 45k reading it again - think I was too relieved to do the maths correctly the first time! Would still have been a record reversal for me I think, I can only remember losing with 40k better ratings before.
We're still in with an outside chance of promotion from Div 3, but that match hasn't done our NRR any good and we are now probably going to need to pull back two wins on the leaders to promote now.

[eagles123]

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 2 wickets
M. Wijnaldum (rws) 6.5-0-36-1, C. Mansfield 19 (21b), K. Carson 11 (20b)
End of over 44 (5 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(179-8) RR 4.07

Scraped home! 9th wicket partnership between one of our A/Rs and a tailender with finisher talent got us home! Would not have been happy with a 55k reversal, which was very much on the cards, especially given the quality of the bowling attack we were facing.

Vivi Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 11,386 11,713
Batting - Middle Order 8,274 11,998
Batting - Tail 5,591 7,535
Bowling - Seam 9,997 (40) 13,321 (30)
Bowling - Spin 11,777 (10) 14,034 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 12,876 14,943
Overall 185,810 230,315

Wow - closer than it should have been, and damned right about a 55k reversal - I'd've been contemplating a rage quit there

It's actually 45k reading it again - think I was too relieved to do the maths correctly the first time! Would still have been a record reversal for me I think, I can only remember losing with 40k better ratings before.
We're still in with an outside chance of promotion from Div 3, but that match hasn't done our NRR any good and we are now probably going to need to pull back two wins on the leaders to promote now.

Obviously still would have expected a more comfortable result with the ratings disparity, but RF, LF, RFM, RFM, RWS is just a way way better attack on cloudy/sticky than RFM/RM/RM/RFS/LFS so I can't say I'm overly surprised it ended up being a close game. Had the ratings difference been say 25K I would have made your opponents favourites to be honest.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets

Camberwell Carrots Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,096 8,746
Batting - Middle Order 5,016 5,183
Batting - Tail 3,533 3,646
Bowling - Seam 6,346 (12) 6,544 (16)
Bowling - Spin 7,670 (8) 6,788 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 8,093 9,756
Overall 117,713 128,889

I had forgotten what it felt like to win (it looks like our fans dropped from buoyant to jovial)! The bowlers restricted them to 118 on an uneven pitch and then the batters comfortably chased it. Mitchell got us off to a good start of our innings with 47 and then Howe saw us home with 47 not out.

[wolfberries]

Spingleberry wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 5,913 7,672
Batting - Middle Order 4,371 5,493
Batting - Tail 2,444 3,887
Bowling - Seam 5,031 (20) 5,544 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 8,471 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 4,858 10,299
Overall 88,205 125,869

Result: wolfberries won by 10 wickets

Our second ten wicket win on the run in the YT20 format, top by just four points but with a decent NRR advantage.
We really need to get out of division 2 in both the youth formats, thankfully we only lose one more player this season due to age.

[spark]

J. Westerveld (rfs) 4-1-16-4, R. Drake 1 (1b), A. Aboobucker 6 (6b)
End of over 20 (6 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(114-9) RR 5.70

A dry pitch. Westerveld did very well with 4-16 and I think that we are in a good position to chase this.

[spark]

The chase is proving much more difficult than I was expecting and it's now looking like it's going to be a loss.

R. Kapur (rm) 2-0-7-2, J. House 10 (9b), C. Dickerson 0 (2b)
End of over 8 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(45-4). 70 runs required from 12 overs. RR 5.62 RRR 5.83

The run rate required hasn't been a problem yet but we just keep on losing wickets. If it wasn't for a dropped catch Kapur would have got a hattrick and we'd be in an even worse position.

[casperj]

The chase is proving much more difficult than I was expecting and it's now looking like it's going to be a loss.

R. Kapur (rm) 2-0-7-2, J. House 10 (9b), C. Dickerson 0 (2b)
End of over 8 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(45-4). 70 runs required from 12 overs. RR 5.62 RRR 5.83

The run rate required hasn't been a problem yet but we just keep on losing wickets. If it wasn't for a dropped catch Kapur would have got a hattrick and we'd be in an even worse position.

Picking Tampling cost me this match. He made 1 from 4 balls, and then dropped Dickenson who went on to make the match winning run-a-ball 30.

[spark]

The chase is proving much more difficult than I was expecting and it's now looking like it's going to be a loss.

R. Kapur (rm) 2-0-7-2, J. House 10 (9b), C. Dickerson 0 (2b)
End of over 8 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(45-4). 70 runs required from 12 overs. RR 5.62 RRR 5.83

The run rate required hasn't been a problem yet but we just keep on losing wickets. If it wasn't for a dropped catch Kapur would have got a hattrick and we'd be in an even worse position.

Picking Tampling cost me this match. He made 1 from 4 balls, and then dropped Dickenson who went on to make the match winning run-a-ball 30.

I'm happy to pick up the win; it was looking very bad for me. The House/Dickerson partnership was huge for my lot; I'll have to send Tampling something nice to thank them for the drop.

Crestfallen Sidekicks Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,455 14,624
Batting - Middle Order 11,108 12,285
Batting - Tail 5,696 5,040
Bowling - Seam 13,492 (12) 14,860 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,889 (8) 13,636 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,393 17,695
Overall 232,773 247,697

Ruff Royals won by 4 wickets

[casperj]

The chase is proving much more difficult than I was expecting and it's now looking like it's going to be a loss.

R. Kapur (rm) 2-0-7-2, J. House 10 (9b), C. Dickerson 0 (2b)
End of over 8 (2 runs) - Ruff Royals(45-4). 70 runs required from 12 overs. RR 5.62 RRR 5.83

The run rate required hasn't been a problem yet but we just keep on losing wickets. If it wasn't for a dropped catch Kapur would have got a hattrick and we'd be in an even worse position.

Picking Tampling cost me this match. He made 1 from 4 balls, and then dropped Dickenson who went on to make the match winning run-a-ball 30.

I'm happy to pick up the win; it was looking very bad for me. The House/Dickerson partnership was huge for my lot; I'll have to send Tampling something nice to thank them for the drop.

Crestfallen Sidekicks Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,455 14,624
Batting - Middle Order 11,108 12,285
Batting - Tail 5,696 5,040
Bowling - Seam 13,492 (12) 14,860 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,889 (8) 13,636 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,393 17,695
Overall 232,773 247,697

Ruff Royals won by 4 wickets

The return leg might be your title coronation the way things are going! We've got a big match against Yorkshire Tykes next week. If we can sneak a win there then it'll keep us out of relegation trouble.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries The Spitfires
Batting - Top Order 13,470 13,089
Batting - Middle Order 12,502 9,914
Batting - Tail 5,283 5,529
Bowling - Seam 14,309 (8) 12,645 (13)
Bowling - Spin 13,396 (12) 12,148 (7)
Fielding/Keeping 17,369 15,945
Overall 240,652 218,793

Result: The Spitfires won by 24 runs

To be honest I'm not sure HTF we lost this, bowled first but we gave away 201 in cloudy and dry conditions!
Our WC spinners gave away 51 runs from his 4 overs!
Oh well, it's T20!

[spark]

The return leg might be your title coronation the way things are going! We've got a big match against Yorkshire Tykes next week. If we can sneak a win there then it'll keep us out of relegation trouble.

I was much more confident that my side would get promotion before last week's loss. Still very tight at the top and I'll cross my fingers that Wolfberries can do me a favour next week.

Three more win for you and you'll likely be safe. Two could well be enough; I think you'll be fine and end up top 4.