England League and Cup Discussion

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B. O'Donohue (rm) 4-0-38-0, T. Benneworth 29 (29b), D. Tumilty 69 (42b)
End of over 20 (17 runs) - wolfberries(164-3) RR 8.20

Very happy with this total.

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wolfberries Leyland Lions
Batting - Top Order 7,689 6,735
Batting - Middle Order 4,027 5,159
Batting - Tail 2,848 4,472
Bowling - Seam 6,659 (16) 6,812 (12)
Bowling - Spin 9,506 (4) 7,487 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,489 7,289
Overall 117,018 118,271

wolfberries won by 26 runs

Much needed win as we will be losing our three U20's England Internationals very soon, both to tours and to the seniors!

Then, we will be well and truly screwed!

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Ruff Royals Staindrop Lordies
Batting - Top Order 8,326 7,800
Batting - Middle Order 6,937 6,559
Batting - Tail 4,101 3,095
Bowling - Seam 6,745 (8) 7,290 (12)
Bowling - Spin 7,113 (12) 7,071 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 9,592 9,619
Overall 136,965 131,591

Ruff Royals won by 7 wickets

We restricted them to 115 on a crumbing pitch. The batting wasn't easy but 43 from Banerjee and 66 not out for Dickerson got us the win.

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Home wolfberries
Away South London's Number One CC
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 2.2
Date 13 Dec 22 10:00
Crowd 16,628
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Slow

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

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C. Gallagher (lfm) 4-0-17-4, D. Bonnor 0 (0b), C. Penman 0 (1b)
End of over 20 (2 runs) - wolfberries(118-9) RR 5.90

We aren't defending this!

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Zippys Rainbow Destroyers won by 9 wickets

Ruff Royals Zippys Rainbow Destroyers
Batting - Top Order 12,046 14,645
Batting - Middle Order 10,081 11,191
Batting - Tail 4,132 4,976
Bowling - Seam 11,756 (8) 14,375 (12)
Bowling - Spin 10,005 (12) 14,398 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 14,618 17,152
Overall 198,288 241,653

Two players on international duty + resting players due to fatigue issues means we were never likely to win this. The last couple of weeks has massively hurt our NRR.

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wolfberries South London's Number One CC
Batting - Top Order 10,102 13,255
Batting - Middle Order 8,594 10,236
Batting - Tail 4,736 4,539
Bowling - Seam 9,951 (8) 12,812 (12)
Bowling - Spin 10,890 (12) 11,447 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 13,495 15,385
Overall 182,049 215,068

Result: South London's Number One CC won by 9 wickets

And we certainly didn't defend it, at least some lads got experience and we just got the sponsorship for the game.

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Home Egham Town CC
Away wolfberries
Ground Vicarage Road
League Youth 2.2
Date 15 Dec 22 10:00
Crowd 6,740
Weather Overcast
Pitch Sticky

Toss: Egham Town CC won the toss and elected to bowl.

I hate sticky pitches!

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C. Austen (lfm) 8-0-20-2, B. Swanson 2 (9b), B. Farrell 6 (13b)
End of over 40 (1 run) - wolfberries(167-7) RR 4.17

Not the worst score in the conditions.

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Egham Town CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 5,783 7,843
Batting - Middle Order 5,618 4,160
Batting - Tail 3,469 2,930
Bowling - Seam 5,645 (32) 6,790 (32)
Bowling - Spin 4,646 (8) 9,773 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,074 8,634
Overall 107,462 119,643

Toss: Egham Town CC won the toss and elected to bowl.

End of over 32 (maiden) - Egham Town CC(102-10). 66 runs required from 8 overs. RR 3.19 RRR 8.25
H. Kimber 6 (14b), S. Garland (rf) 7.3-3-14-6

Much needed win today in our battle to avoid relegation and an amazing performance from quick bowler Garland.

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Oxhey Players Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 8,190 8,608
Batting - Middle Order 6,786 7,446
Batting - Tail 4,137 4,193
Bowling - Seam 7,379 (32) 6,229 (24)
Bowling - Spin 8,640 (8) 7,881 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 6,326 9,866
Overall 129,452 140,848

Oxhey Players won by 2 wickets

A close defeat. I thought our 218 total was decent enough on a green pitch but we ended up losing on the last ball of their 40 overs. Laurence scored 66 not out for us and Dickerson 76. All our bowlers except Fareed picked up a couple of wickets.

Sadly, the season is only going to get harder from here on in. I've got 3 Americans on international duty next week and then 2 players move up to the senior level (that means it was Dickerson's last game for the youths this week). Relegation is a real possibility.

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Home wolfberries
Away Camberwell Carrots
Ground wolfberries CG
League One Day 2.2
Date 16 Dec 22 10:00
Crowd 13,782
Weather Overcast
Pitch Green

Can't see us winning as we've selected a very young team.

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wolfberries Camberwell Carrots
Batting - Top Order 10,374 13,181
Batting - Middle Order 8,376 10,552
Batting - Tail 4,053 4,539
Bowling - Seam 11,052 (50) 12,516 (50)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 13,688 15,079
Overall 183,488 216,368

Camberwell Carrots won by 10 wickets

Big loss in the end!

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Inchigeela Angels won by 20 runs

Inchigeela Angels Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,323 14,219
Batting - Middle Order 10,158 11,156
Batting - Tail 5,334 4,007
Bowling - Seam 13,502 (30) 12,339 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,956 (20) 14,973 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,187 16,750
Overall 233,908 230,738

Our season of struggles continues.

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Fiery's XI wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,248 6,395
Batting - Middle Order 5,312 3,542
Batting - Tail 3,911 2,915
Bowling - Seam 7,148 (16) 6,473 (20)
Bowling - Spin 6,656 (4) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 8,130 8,149
Overall 121,611 105,308

Result: Fiery's XI won by 7 wickets

Didn't have a chance with two players out on U20 tours.