England League and Cup Discussion

[wolfberries]

wolfberries FPCC England
Batting - Top Order 5,521 6,085
Batting - Middle Order 3,935 6,085
Batting - Tail 3,191 3,663
Bowling - Seam 6,685 (16) 7,070 (12)
Bowling - Spin 5,465 (4) 7,370 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 7,804 6,926
Overall 103,018 116,400

Result: FPCC England won by 6 wickets

An expected loss!

[wolfberries]

Home wolfberries
Away If theres grass on the Wicket
Ground wolfberries CG
League Twenty20 2.2
Date 07 Mar 23 10:00
Crowd 16,300
Weather Windy
Pitch Slow

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

F. wa Wambua (rfm) 4-0-54-1, M. Scholes 86 (48b), D. Katich 42 (33b)
End of over 20 (14 runs) - wolfberries(180-3) RR 9.00

Will take that total.

[spark]

Ruff Royals Inchigeela Angels
Batting - Top Order 14,540 13,425
Batting - Middle Order 11,025 12,986
Batting - Tail 4,153 5,032
Bowling - Seam 14,361 (8) 13,431 (16)
Bowling - Spin 15,119 (12) 14,165 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 17,697 16,423
Overall 241,898 237,906

Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets

I wasn't sure we had bowled well enough on a slow pitch as they made it to 134. Mills with 39 and Clarke with 64 not out from 42 balls saw us home quite comfortably.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries If theres grass on the Wicket
Batting - Top Order 13,860 13,606
Batting - Middle Order 11,254 10,596
Batting - Tail 5,005 4,198
Bowling - Seam 14,285 (12) 10,904 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,215 (8) 11,037 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 17,073 14,384
Overall 235,980 207,339

Result: wolfberries won by 13 runs

Another win but same as last week it was far too close for comfort!

[spark]

D. Passailaigue (lfs) 7.5-0-31-1, E. Mahmud 35 (88b)
End of over 36 (1 run) - Ffoh(104-10) RR 2.89

We bowled first and we seem to have done alright. It is a sticky pitch though so anything can happen. Zondeki was great and took 2 wickets for 9 runs from his 8 overs. Fattah was even better and had a nice habit of picking up 2 wickets in an over today so finished with 6 wickets for 7 runs in his 4 overs.

[spark]

Ffoh Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,449 6,540
Batting - Middle Order 6,123 7,760
Batting - Tail 3,927 4,044
Bowling - Seam 7,666 (24) 7,477 (20)
Bowling - Spin 8,233 (16) 6,862 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 8,708 9,742
Overall 131,660 134,406

Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets

A good win for us and our first of the season in this league. Delap top scored for us with 37 and Laurence hit 28 not out in his last youth game for the club.

[wolfberries]

Bowled As Love wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,067 5,707
Batting - Middle Order 4,318 4,017
Batting - Tail 2,251 3,335
Bowling - Seam 5,685 (40) 6,754 (32)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 5,644 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 6,424 7,898
Overall 99,996 105,257

Result: wolfberries won by 100 runs

Flat and Windy conditions today, and a brilliant innings of 169 from 68 balls by opener Sandri helped us put 319 on the board. Which proved just too much for our opponents.

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D. Oatley (lfs) 10-0-48-1, T. Liberatore 62 (90b), S. Whitehead 23 (40b)
End of over 39 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(175-4) RR 4.49

A slow pitch and it's looking pretty even at the moment. These last 10 overs of our innings could be crucial.

[spark]

Z. Hornibrook (rm) 9-1-27-2, T. Liberatore 66 (96b), S. Hodges 0 (1b)
End of over 42 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(184-6) RR 4.38

Well, it's not going well since I last posted! I need Liberatore to get a ton+ now.

[eagles123]

lost the toss on dry/windy and had a bat, got 227/9 in our 50. Reasonably happy with that, but our bowling attack isn't great for this pitch with only two spinners and one of them only outstanding summary. Should be an interesting chase.

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P. Seitz (rm) 10-0-55-1, S. Hodges 37 (24b), T. Liberatore 98 (121b)
End of over 50 (12 runs) - Ruff Royals(253-6) RR 5.06

Not a ton+for Liberatore but not far off. Liberatore is not a long way off retirement so, with performances like this, I'll be sad to see him go. Hodges with a very useful and quick 37 not out. Schmidt got us off to a decent start but just missed out on a half century after being bowled for 48.

Now we need a good bowling performance.

[spark]

Sledgingshire Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,927 13,627
Batting - Middle Order 11,394 12,943
Batting - Tail 7,151 4,679
Bowling - Seam 13,786 (30) 13,424 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,406 (20) 14,783 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 17,182 17,398
Overall 242,456 243,713

Ruff Royals won by 20 runs

They got a little bit closer than I would have liked considering they were 117 for 7 and finished on 233 all out but we maintain our good start to the season.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Camberwell Carrots
Batting - Top Order 13,737 13,297
Batting - Middle Order 11,713 11,005
Batting - Tail 5,438 4,991
Bowling - Seam 13,896 (40) 13,630 (40)
Bowling - Spin 14,145 (10) 13,990 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,993 16,026
Overall 238,825 228,775

Result: wolfberries won by 103 runs

Margin of win was surprising but pleasing.

[wolfberries]

Home Castle Rock CC
Away wolfberries
Ground Castle Rock CC CG
League Youth Twenty20 3.2
Date 13 Mar 23 10:00
Crowd 7,057
Weather Windy
Pitch Hard

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

S. Kuhlengisa (rm) 2-0-13-0, W. Sandri 13 (15b), A. McAndrews 4 (4b)
End of over 3 (7 runs) - wolfberries(18-0) RR 6.00

Was happy with the start but then I remembered it was a hard wicket!

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P. Slwana (rfm) 4-0-27-2, B. Farrell 1 (1b), S. Garland 14 (6b)
End of over 20 (12 runs) - wolfberries(143-7) RR 7.15

Can't see us defending that.