England League and Cup Discussion

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Crestfallen Sidekicks Daniel's XI
Batting - Top Order 4,763 7,810
Batting - Middle Order 5,186 5,326
Batting - Tail 2,475 3,353
Bowling - Seam 4,877 (32) 4,827 (24)
Bowling - Spin 6,303 (8) 6,571 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 7,170 5,020
Overall 94,544 105,292

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 7 wickets

Another win against the ratings for my youth team. Not sure what I'm doing right with them at the moment, but hoping that it continues. Opponent had a pretty 1-dimensional bowling attack (3xrms) and two spinners on an overcast-green, so that might explain the result.

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ME continuing to play funny games,

Loddington CC Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 12,297 13,443
Batting - Middle Order 9,239 11,722
Batting - Tail 5,997 5,073
Bowling - Seam 12,274 (40) 13,339 (30)
Bowling - Spin 12,528 (10) 14,095 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 14,430 16,456
Overall 209,053 233,458

Loddington CC won by 60 runs.

Never remotely in the match once they'd had a 100+ second wicket stand in the first innings.

[Atko]

Egham Town CC vs The Raging Speed Horns
League One Day 1.1

Weather Windy
Pitch Dry

Result: Egham Town CC won by 8 wickets

Match Ratings
Egham Town CC The Raging Speed Horns
Batting - Top Order 14,581 12,412
Batting - Middle Order 12,175 8,552
Batting - Tail 5,098 5,279
Bowling - Seam 14,249 (20) 10,942 (40)
Bowling - Spin 15,106 (30) 10,967 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 17,974 15,271
Overall 250,060 200,242

The ratings disparity underlines the problem we'll have this season in compiling any points

Ordinarily we'd rate 210k, but MKMC fatigue is already taking a toll. I was planning on getting xp boosts from the cup for three or four weeks, but with a 12-man squad, that's gonna start to hit my bottom line - only just kept the sponsors happy this week by 242 more bums on seats than minimum requirement! I think I might take a dive in the MKMC this Sunday to keep the team functional.

I'm hopeful of scraping a few points together from fatigued teams, or teams who just plain see us as an option to field their 2nd XI. We can certainly beat stronger teams (we knocked over a 245k side in a friendly this Wednesday), but it'll be a big ask.

As to todays game - we didn't bat too badly, managing 199-10 off 46 overs. But our bowling is really weak, at sub-11k in both spin and seam. Consequently Egham Town just thumbed their noses at us as they knocked off the runs in short order for the loss of just two wickets. Lean times ahead

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Crestfallen Sidekicks Goondiwindi
Batting - Top Order 13,805 14,176
Batting - Middle Order 11,707 9,442
Batting - Tail 5,716 4,869
Bowling - Seam 12,888 (12) 12,083 (12)
Bowling - Spin 14,034 (8) 12,699 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,218 15,678
Overall 234,582 217,761

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 38 runs

Three wins out of 3 to start the season! No-one made a big score batting first, but lots of contributions and all the batters scored quickly, which meant we set a challenging target. After a good opening stand, they fell away and we won reasonably comfortably .

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Snakey's Kent Stars wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 8,052 6,315
Batting - Middle Order 5,544 4,634
Batting - Tail 3,914 3,201
Bowling - Seam 7,129 (12) 6,903 (12)
Bowling - Spin 6,596 (8) 6,450 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 9,552 7,315
Overall 129,370 108,951

Result: Snakey's Kent Stars won by 10 wickets

We received a ten wicket hammering yesterday, our bowling just wasn't good enough to get past our opponents quality top order.

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wolfberries Daniel's XI
Batting - Top Order 14,124 13,213
Batting - Middle Order 11,305 10,783
Batting - Tail 5,234 5,267
Bowling - Seam 12,484 (12) 12,563 (16)
Bowling - Spin 12,656 (8) 13,087 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 16,917 15,081
Overall 230,936 220,367

Result: Daniel's XI won by 22 runs

Chasing 142 to win we collapsed to 36 for 5, after that we did well to get this close.

[Atko]

Oxhey Players vs The Raging Speed Horns
League Youth 2.1

Weather Cloudy
Pitch Green

Result : The Raging Speed Horns won by 53 runs

Match Ratings
Oxhey Players The Raging Speed Horns
Batting - Top Order 5,821 6,441
Batting - Middle Order 4,612 6,704
Batting - Tail 3,539 4,086
Bowling - Seam 6,359 (32) 6,469 (12)
Bowling - Spin 7,998 (8) 7,606 (28)
Fielding/Keeping 6,995 9,498
Overall 106,774 129,661

By the numbers win this week. My mob were a little fatigued after filling in for the seniors in the MKMC on Sunday, but the gap between the teams was too much. Bit of a low-ish scoring game - we made hard going getting to 201-2 in our innings - is green meant to do that? My lot weren't on defensive orders but you could've been forgiven for thinking they were. The top order were all in the runs, and the bowlers limited the oppo to 148-9 off their 40. 4 points in the bag, and that's us three for three this week - we'll lose tomorrow, but I'm hoping the supporters' mood might come out of freefall after that!

Playing wolfie next week - should be an easy win

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The Raging Speed Horns vs Topmen
League One Day 1.1

Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

Result: Topmen won by 7 wickets

Match Ratings
The Raging Speed Horns Topmen
Batting - Top Order 12,154 14,300
Batting - Middle Order 8,667 11,621
Batting - Tail 5,403 5,493
Bowling - Seam 11,169 (40) 13,798 (50)
Bowling - Spin 11,020 (10) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 15,145 16,779
Overall 200,627 239,492

The expected loss. I've switched to slow for no other reason than that my lot managed their one win against decent opposition on a slow track. Needs must when the Devil rides and all that. We managed to post something to bowl at in our fifty overs, plodding to 196-7. Far too little against quality opposition like Topmen, but enough to give the crowd hope. In fact when the oppo were 58-3, a glimmer was definitely visible. However, their No's 3 and 5 steered them home with a bucketful of overs to spare.

Shout out to Silas Morningstar (RFM) who managed figures of 3-51 and got himself 3rd spot on the MotM roster; not bad for a 23yo outstanding summary bowler. Other than Bozelli anchoring the innings with a painfully slow 54 off 111 balls, there wasn't too much else to get excited about.

Once again, we just managed to squeak maximum sponsorship!

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Crestfallen Sidekicks St. Marks Hill Strollers
Batting - Top Order 11,688 13,117
Batting - Middle Order 12,813 12,314
Batting - Tail 5,659 5,929
Bowling - Seam 12,990 (40) 13,073 (36)
Bowling - Spin 14,083 (10) 13,446 (14)
Fielding/Keeping 16,533 16,343
Overall 230,628 234,426

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 30 runs

Bounceback from last weeks disappointment. Made a decent total, but our seamers were largely ineffective on a Cloudy/Uneven. Fortunately the one spinner I picked knocked over their middle order and tail, ending with 6/42 and snatching the win for us.

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Lost to a team with no spinners on a Sunny/Dry.

Crestfallen Sidekicks Abercynon Chiefs
Batting - Top Order 5,320 5,141
Batting - Middle Order 4,664 5,061
Batting - Tail 2,446 3,593
Bowling - Seam 5,597 (8) 5,899 (20)
Bowling - Spin 5,551 (12) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 7,359 6,184
Overall 97,201 99,638

Abercynon Chiefs won by 8 runs

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Lost to a team with no spinners on a Sunny/Dry.

I really hate when that happens!

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YorkshireTykes Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 12,472 13,577
Batting - Middle Order 11,081 11,603
Batting - Tail 5,571 5,202
Bowling - Seam 13,272 (16) 13,036 (16)
Bowling - Spin 13,643 (4) 14,594 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 15,603 16,007
Overall 224,470 231,085

YorkshireTykes won by 22 runs

First defeat of the season. My FM bowlers didn't perform on a humid uneven, then oppo's modest wrist spinner took 3 wickets?!

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The Raging Speed Horns vs wolfberries
League Youth 2.1

Weather Cloudy
Pitch Crumbling

Playing the wolfman at home today. Popped 'em in to bat, and our bowlers, although not getting many wickets, have more or less restricted the scoring, although -

L. Delameter (lfm) 8-0-29-2, B. Schrader 77 (99b), D. Hendricks 6 (7b)
End of over 40 (4 runs) - wolfberries(172-4) RR 4.30

- looks to be 20 runs more than I'd like to be chasing.

Gah - What can go wrong...?

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Not much, it would seem -

Result: The Raging Speed Horns won by 6 wickets

Match Ratings
The Raging Speed Horns wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,603 6,340
Batting - Middle Order 6,901 4,801
Batting - Tail 4,239 3,253
Bowling - Seam 6,897 (12) 7,125 (24)
Bowling - Spin 7,802 (28) 6,645 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 9,728 7,373
Overall 133,578 111,110

Big ratings difference dictated the result. Kudos to wolfie's mob for digging in during their innings, especially Brendan Schrader, whose unbeaten 77 got him MotM. My lot were there or thereabouts and brought it home with few scares. Pleased with Ruk'Soth's 67no - he's an opener, but primarily a bowler who doesn't bowl much . I'm waiting for his tech to hit reasonable - he's been seriously unbalanced since being pulled with poor tech, but there was no way I was dumping an opener/OBB LFM. He'll be a good'un in years to come...

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Danger Hotspurs Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 12,386 13,471
Batting - Middle Order 10,723 11,509
Batting - Tail 5,531 5,856
Bowling - Seam 14,002 (20) 13,423 (30)
Bowling - Spin 14,270 (30) 13,903 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,183 16,517
Overall 228,397 235,115

Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 5 wickets

6/31 on a crumbling wicket for fs Carson did the damage in the first innings, although we did our best to throw it away after a 75 run opening stand