England League and Cup Discussion

[spark]

P. Callaway (rfs) 10-1-44-3, L. Galt 6 (15b), J. Marcy 11 (8b)
End of over 50 (12 runs) - Inchigeela Angels(251-9) RR 5.02

Also on a dry pitch and they got even more than Gully Boys did. It wasn't looking too bad when we had them at 172-6. I don't think we've got any chance of a win here especially with it being windy. Pretty much a damage limitation exercise now.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v gRhyllidae >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC gRhyllidae
Batting - Top Order 12,693 10,799
Batting - Middle Order 10,929 6,714
Batting - Tail 4,779 4,528
Bowling - Seam 11,852 (40) 7,913 (30)
Bowling - Spin 14,048 (10) 11,161 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 15,986 12,765
Overall 218,243 167,996

a comfortable enough 7 wicket win in the end, was worried at 4-2 but thankfully one of our more experienced bats came through for us with an unbeaten 92. Definitely a closer game than I was expecting so fair play to opps, but the win is all that matters!

[casperj]

Gully Boys CC won by 71 runs
M. Ejaz (rm) 8-0-30-2, A. Idroos 4 (10b)
End of over 46 (6 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(178-10). 72 runs required from 4 overs. RR 3.87 RRR 18.00

Didn't even get close. A bad result as it's not only hit my NRR, but the bottom two have both won, which has tightened the league back up again. In for a real '8-pointer' next week!

Gully Boys CC Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 13,803 10,682
Batting - Middle Order 10,264 11,586
Batting - Tail 6,198 5,972
Bowling - Seam 12,835 (20) 11,489 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,802 (30) 12,836 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 15,856 14,418
Overall 229,513 211,733

[spark]

Ruff Royals Inchigeela Angels
Batting - Top Order 13,893 14,431
Batting - Middle Order 12,971 14,562
Batting - Tail 4,744 6,386
Bowling - Seam 14,060 (20) 14,535 (20)
Bowling - Spin 14,041 (30) 14,785 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 17,086 17,287
Overall 243,191 260,421

Ruff Royals won by 2 wickets

It went down to the last ball and we needed 5 runs to win. Issa was on strike and hit a long hop for 6 to win us the game! Issa got the man of the match with 81 not out from 84 balls as we successfully chased 251.

It was a very handy win and we're now 12 points clear of the relegation zone with 4 games to go.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries vale farm cc
Batting - Top Order 12,672 11,651
Batting - Middle Order 10,422 9,409
Batting - Tail 4,564 5,392
Bowling - Seam 12,631 (50) 12,883 (30)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 13,766 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 15,746 12,565
Overall 216,463 204,297

Result: wolfberries won by 80 runs

Nice win to put us in a prize money spot.

[wolfberries]

Home Walmer Wanderers
Away wolfberries
Ground Walmer Wanderers CG
League Youth Twenty20 3.1
Date 14 Mar 22 10:00
Crowd 7,704
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Green

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

Need a win over our relegation rivals today!

S. Morshed (lfm) 2-0-17-1, G. Ebeling 5 (5b), G. Lampe 0 (1b)
End of over 15 (6 runs) - wolfberries(85-5) RR 5.67

Not going great so far!

[wolfberries]

S. Watmuff (rm) 4-0-23-1, G. Ebeling 35 (19b), T. Benneworth 13 (10b)
End of over 20 (10 runs) - wolfberries(134-6) RR 6.70

Happy enough with the total, but need early wickets against their quality top order if we are to defend this.

[wolfberries]

Walmer Wanderers wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,907 7,145
Batting - Middle Order 4,637 5,328
Batting - Tail 3,541 2,760
Bowling - Seam 5,503 (20) 5,170 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 6,167 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 6,157 8,254
Overall 106,793 109,782

Walmer Wanderers won by 8 wickets

Just didn't have the bowling to break through their top order, especially on this pitch!

[spark]

Staindrop Lordies Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,777 7,006
Batting - Middle Order 5,384 5,878
Batting - Tail 3,842 3,704
Bowling - Seam 8,273 (12) 7,039 (8)
Bowling - Spin 6,863 (8) 8,149 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 9,210 9,392
Overall 130,349 129,353

Ruff Royals won by 2 wickets

An important win against the team who were 2nd in the table.

[wolfberries]

Home Leyland Lions
Away wolfberries
Ground Leyland Lions CG
League Twenty20 3.1
Date 15 Mar 22 10:00
Crowd 16,000
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

Toss: Leyland Lions won the toss and elected to bowl

K. Mac Obuya (rfs) 4-0-37-2, L. Lawrence 19 (8b), L. Shurmer 0 (1b)
End of over 20 (10 runs) - wolfberries(146-6) RR 7.30

Not the worst total in these conditions, we are top and four points ahead of our second placed opponents, so a win is critical.

[spark]

Home Ruff Royals
Away Relegation reprobates
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Twenty20 1.1
Date 15 Mar 22 10:00
Crowd 20,314
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Dry

It seems I forgot to pick my team so didn't replace the 2 players away on international duty. The game decided to bring in a bowler, Clouston, as the opening bat (it also decided that he would bowl too which was handy). So, naturally, we were put in to bat first and Clouston was out for 34 from 32 balls in an opening partnership of 77.

It all went a bit downhill from there as not long later my 3 most senior batters were dismissed by McPetrie getting a hattrick.

T. Julian (rfs) 4-0-15-2, P. Callaway 3 (6b)
End of over 20 (6 runs) - Ruff Royals(141-10) RR 7.05

Clarke top-scored for us with 72 from 46 balls. Clouston was 2nd best with his 34. It was an okay score but I certainly think Relegation reprobates would be favourite from here.

S. Hodges (rfs) 4-0-31-0, M. Moyle 38 (26b), R. Whitesides 21 (17b)
End of over 16 (12 runs) - Relegation reprobates(116-3). 26 runs required from 4 overs. RR 7.25 RRR 6.50

[eagles123]

really needed a win today to boost our survival chances, and fortunately we scraped over the line with a ball to spare!

South London's Number One CC v Yorkshire Puddings >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Yorkshire Puddings
Batting - Top Order 13,940 12,833
Batting - Middle Order 11,273 12,005
Batting - Tail 4,140 6,617
Bowling - Seam 13,326 (16) 12,634 (16)
Bowling - Spin 14,177 (4) 13,540 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 17,475 14,323
Overall 233,182 226,250

Had a bowl first on sticky, restricted the opps to 97/10 and we just about limped over the line to win by 6 wickets. The key differences was opps poor fielding levels, missing several chances that probably would have won them the game.

[wolfberries]

Leyland Lions wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 12,686 12,858
Batting - Middle Order 10,484 10,139
Batting - Tail 7,736 5,245
Bowling - Seam 12,927 (8) 12,491 (16)
Bowling - Spin 11,450 (12) 12,474 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 13,094 15,687
Overall 215,375 217,229

wolfberries won by 6 runs

A bit too close for comfort, but a win is a win and puts us eight points ahead of second place.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 8 runs

Ruff Royals Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 12,282 13,499
Batting - Middle Order 10,585 10,462
Batting - Tail 6,611 5,828
Bowling - Seam 11,652 (8) 12,684 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,703 (12) 13,422 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 16,140 15,677
Overall 224,138 225,996

Well, that was a weird game. It started with a 77-run opening partnership from Clarke and an average skilled 'batter' (allrounder for this game, I guess). Then there was a hattrick to take out my best batsmen. Then, when they only needed 18 runs in 3 overs to win, we took 6 wickets in those 3 overs to bowl them out. That included 4 wickets in 5 balls and would have been 5 in 6 but for a missed stumping to deny Moses a hattrick of his own.

Absolutely crazy game which leaves me 8 points clear of the relegation zone.

[wolfberries]

Home Gold Prospectors X1
Away wolfberries
Ground Gold Prospectors X1 CG
League Youth 2.1
Date 17 Mar 22 10:00
Crowd 6,943
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Dry

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

V. Cunningham (rfm) 3-0-20-0, S. Munday 10 (11b), K. Sheehan 30 (19b)
End of over 5 (13 runs) - wolfberries(41-0) RR 8.20

Not the worst start in this battle between 4th and 5th placed teams.