England League and Cup Discussion

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P. Massey (lfs) 5.2-2-13-5, D. Chilvers 0 (7b)
End of over 38 (maiden) - Topmen(146-10) RR 3.84

A decent effort by the bowlers. I was getting a bit worried when we couldn't seem to get the 6th wicket but when we finally got it the others fell quite quickly.

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Ruff Royals won by 4 wickets

Ruff Royals Topmen
Batting - Top Order 14,335 14,020
Batting - Middle Order 12,536 12,689
Batting - Tail 4,848 5,269
Bowling - Seam 12,868 (20) 13,155 (30)
Bowling - Spin 15,451 (30) 14,011 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,387 16,136
Overall 246,283 238,538

We lost a few more wickets than I would have liked at the end but it was still a very good win. Massey was the man of the match with 5-13 from his 5.2 overs.

Next week is just the small matter of the title decider against Inchigeela Angels in a winner takes all match!

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Grays Thurrock CC
Batting - Top Order 12,955 12,022
Batting - Middle Order 11,472 9,852
Batting - Tail 5,572 5,279
Bowling - Seam 14,197 (40) 11,314 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,391 (10) 11,354 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,978 15,926
Overall 235,543 207,767

Result: wolfberries won by 111 runs

13 from 13 so far, top by 24 points now.

[casperj]

Relegated today to Division 3. Season was going well, but have fallen away with 5 defeats on the bounce. Going to be weird playing in division 3 with a team that rates 230k!

YorkshireTykes Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 14,201 12,038
Batting - Middle Order 11,104 12,507
Batting - Tail 5,617 7,072
Bowling - Seam 13,649 (40) 13,312 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,911 (10) 14,067 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,128 15,611
Overall 234,971 233,550

YorkshireTykes won by 74 runs

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Ruff Royals won by 54 runs

Ruff Royals Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 9,053 7,604
Batting - Middle Order 6,114 6,512
Batting - Tail 4,202 4,597
Bowling - Seam 5,804 (8) 6,310 (12)
Bowling - Spin 8,254 (12) 8,797 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 9,872 7,847
Overall 139,264 130,326

Good win to finish of the YT20 season. 104 runs for Jupp set up a huge score of 191 on slow. Delap had the best figures for us with 2-25.

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C.C.DeVille CCC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,209 7,616
Batting - Middle Order 4,975 4,219
Batting - Tail 4,717 2,735
Bowling - Seam 7,460 (20) 6,499 (12)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 9,217 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,755 8,595
Overall 119,455 119,264

Result: C.C.DeVille CCC won by 5 wickets

We'd promoted anyway, so the loss wasn't an issue.

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Ruff Royals won by 1 run

Ruff Royals Inchigeela Angels
Batting - Top Order 14,309 13,898
Batting - Middle Order 11,504 10,955
Batting - Tail 4,183 5,895
Bowling - Seam 13,850 (8) 14,275 (12)
Bowling - Spin 15,343 (12) 13,900 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 17,478 16,593
Overall 241,968 237,507

That should mean I get 2nd place. 3 teams level on points at the top but I was way behind Zippys Rainbow Destroyers on the NRR.

It was excellent batting by Mills who hit 73 (from 48 balls) of our total of 146. The bowlers struggled a bit but we just managed to defend the total after only conceding 5 runs from the last over.

[wolfberries]

Daniel's XI wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 13,014 12,999
Batting - Middle Order 9,936 11,669
Batting - Tail 5,354 5,306
Bowling - Seam 11,749 (8) 14,624 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,517 (12) 13,068 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 14,559 17,112
Overall 215,591 234,381

Result: wolfberries won by 6 wickets

Finished in second spot.

End of over 14 (27 runs) - wolfberries(85-4). 20 runs required from 6 overs. RR 6.07 RRR 3.33
D. Reeler 39 (31b), T. Hopper 2 (3b), P. Aponso (rfm) 4-0-38-0

This over helped us.

[spark]

L. Oosthuizen (rfs) 8-0-47-2, O. Delap 10 (5b), B. Jupp 133 (125b)
End of over 40 (10 runs) - Ruff Royals(286-6) RR 7.15

It was looking a bit dodgy when they had us at 35-3 but Laurence scored 69, Schwartz 43 (from 25 balls), and Jupp an astonishing 133 not out. Time for the bowlers to finish things off on an uneven pitch.

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away Buffalos
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 2.1
Date 03 Nov 22 10:00
Crowd 8,492
Weather Windy
Pitch Hard

Toss: Buffalos won the toss and elected to bowl.

R. Inglekar (rfs) 8-0-52-2, J. Buckingham 3 (2b), T. Benneworth 21 (20b)
End of over 40 (6 runs) - wolfberries(265-5) RR 6.62

Decent enough total, if we win, we could finish in 3rd spot.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 114 runs

The Middle Stump Lubricators Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 6,711 8,767
Batting - Middle Order 5,632 6,890
Batting - Tail 4,036 4,043
Bowling - Seam 4,948 (24) 6,420 (16)
Bowling - Spin 5,237 (16) 8,334 (24)
Fielding/Keeping 5,642 9,872
Overall 103,724 142,218

Finished off the youth season with a big win. Fareed took 4-38 in a rare appearance for us.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Buffalos
Batting - Top Order 7,944 6,240
Batting - Middle Order 4,436 3,861
Batting - Tail 3,402 2,458
Bowling - Seam 6,384 (24) 4,867 (24)
Bowling - Spin 9,327 (16) 5,933 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,682 6,648
Overall 123,583 94,188

Result: wolfberries won by 120 runs

Finished third which I'll take.

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Home Inchigeela Angels
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Tir na Spideoga
League One Day 1.1
Date 04 Nov 22 10:00
Crowd 20,000
Weather Windy
Pitch Hard

A huge game today as whoever wins this match wins the title. I was not sure whether to bat or bowl first. Eventually, I decided to bat first and we won the toss so that's what we're doing.

B. Leeson (lf) 2-0-11-1, E. McCall 10 (12b), A. Clarke 3 (1b)
End of over 4 (7 runs) - Ruff Royals(26-1) RR 6.50

We just lost our first wicket so now we need a good partnership.

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K. Kodipillie (lfs) 7-0-52-0, A. Clarke 50 (64b), E. McCall 77 (67b)
End of over 23 (7 runs) - Ruff Royals(147-1) RR 6.39

You can never be sure what is going to be a good enough total on a hard pitch so we need to keep this partnership going and keep scoring quickly.

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C. Toohey (rws) 8-0-44-0, B. Issa 13 (9b), T. Liberatore 23 (22b)
End of over 36 (8 runs) - Ruff Royals(229-3) RR 6.36

We lost the two batters who were in. McCall just 3 runs short of his century and Clarke for 75. It would be great if we could add another 100+ runs in these last overs.