England League and Cup Discussion

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Can't see us defending that.

Castle Rock CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 6,612 5,543
Batting - Middle Order 5,734 3,999
Batting - Tail 3,625 3,195
Bowling - Seam 6,917 (12) 6,754 (16)
Bowling - Spin 7,332 (8) 5,531 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 7,203 7,876
Overall 117,288 103,936

Result: Castle Rock CC won by 7 wickets

We certainly didn't.

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The Dross Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 6,310 6,794
Batting - Middle Order 6,774 5,810
Batting - Tail 4,799 3,986
Bowling - Seam 7,067 (14) 7,477 (10)
Bowling - Spin 7,616 (6) 6,804 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 7,951 9,552
Overall 126,750 126,742

Ruff Royals won by 8 wickets

Lost my best batter to the senior side so I've basically now got a team with 7 bowlers in it (albeit most of them are good at batting).

We restricted them to 110 on a crumbling pitch and then Schwartz (44 not out) and Banerjee (41 not out) saw us home.

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Home Gavs Boys
Away wolfberries
Ground Gavs Boys CG
League Twenty20 2.2
Date 14 Mar 23 10:00
Crowd 16,168
Weather Windy
Pitch Dry

Toss: wolfberries won the toss and elected to bat.

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S. Lucas (lfs) 4-0-34-0, R. Schneider 45 (36b), I. Dennehy 67 (48b)
End of over 20 (12 runs) - Ruff Royals(151-5) RR 7.55

It wasn't the best of starts but Dennehy and Schneider did very well to get us to a competitive total. We're going to need to bowl well though.

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Gavs Boys wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 13,716 13,771
Batting - Middle Order 8,867 11,073
Batting - Tail 4,795 4,591
Bowling - Seam 12,375 (8) 14,585 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,665 (12) 11,833 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 15,749 16,603
Overall 217,711 227,630

wolfberries won by 9 runs

Wasn't expected to win but happy to.

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Ffoh Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 14,689 14,612
Batting - Middle Order 13,046 11,010
Batting - Tail 8,727 5,918
Bowling - Seam 13,476 (16) 13,475 (16)
Bowling - Spin 13,579 (4) 14,165 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 16,562 17,017
Overall 254,290 239,361

Ffoh won by 7 wickets

It seems it was a mistake playing my fast bowlers on a green pitch. Both went for more than 10 per over; I guess they really didn't like the windy conditions. I wish I had picked at least one more of my spinners considering the weather and how well the spinner I picked did (2-19 from 3 overs). It was always going to be a tough game with the ratings that Ffoh can put out.

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Home wolfberries
Away Lippas Lads
Ground wolfberries CG
League Youth 3.1
Date 16 Mar 23 10:00
Crowd 7,419
Weather Overcast
Pitch Uneven

Toss: Lippas Lads won the toss and elected to bowl.

Wanted to bat first anyway.

F. Finch (rfs) 4-0-18-1, A. McAndrews 26 (47b), J. Buckingham 0 (0b)
End of over 16 (6 runs) - wolfberries(61-1) RR 3.81

Not the worst start.

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I can't remember my reasoning for setting my home pitch to flat. It might be something to do with only having 4 proper batsmen albeit several bowlers who can bat. Choosing which of my 7 bowlers would bowl and how much they would bowl wasn't easy. I had thought that my medium pacers might be the most economical but that wasn't the case. With economy of 9.83 and 7.38, I might have to rethink things.

O. Delap (lfs) 4-0-31-0, M. Gony 24 (16b), K. Miller 123 (116b)
End of over 40 (12 runs) - The Middle Stump Lubricators(253-5) RR 6.33

It's still perfectly possible to chase this but I'm not convinced a flat pitch is the right tactic in the medium to long term.

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N. Winding (rfm) 8-1-38-1, G. Gee 36 (39b), B. Swanson 21 (23b)
End of over 40 (10 runs) - wolfberries(173-5) RR 4.33

Not the worst total, now over to our bowlers.

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P. Faraday (lm) 3-0-19-2, Y. Banerjee 6 (10b), S. Obuya 0 (2b)
End of over 13 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(81-4). 173 runs required from 27 overs. RR 6.23 RRR 6.41

Seems like it's just my medium pacers that do terribly on flat.

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Ruff Royals won by 5 wickets

Ruff Royals The Middle Stump Lubricators
Batting - Top Order 6,239 7,633
Batting - Middle Order 6,753 5,495
Batting - Tail 4,441 3,440
Bowling - Seam 6,743 (32) 6,575 (40)
Bowling - Spin 7,457 (8) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 9,538 6,557
Overall 128,342 115,384

We won with just under 2 overs to spare. Banerjee top scored for us with 88 not out and Passailaigue got 42 not out.

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Home Egham Town CC
Away wolfberries
Ground Egham Town CC CG
League One Day 2.2
Date 17 Mar 23 10:00
Crowd 17,629
Weather Windy
Pitch Hard

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

Going to be a tough game today!

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S. Holland (rws) 9.4-0-54-4, L. O'Connell 78 (62b)
End of over 50 (7 runs) - Egham Town CC(302-10) RR 6.04

That's going to be a tough chase.

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Slow pitch against Topmen and we decided to bowl first. At one stage, I thought we'd be facing 250+ but managed to eventually restrict them to 229 which is still going to be tough to chase but not impossible. It could have been better but for this from my keeper:

3.5 . Schneider to Anurasiri : [dropped] Clarke dives to his right and is unable to glove the chance cleanly. (Anurasiri was on 11 and went on to get 58)

41.2 . Massey to Bratton : [dropped] An edge, but Clarke's poor footwork means he's not in a position to hold the catch. Massey is livid.

49.2 . Hodges to Seccombe : [dropped] An edge, but Clarke's poor footwork means he's not in a position to hold the catch. Hodges is livid.

The last two weren't as costly but not sure what I can do to stop him dropping catches. To be fair, he has only got world class keeping and exceptional fielding (and world class endurance)!

My captain also dropped one fairly early on.

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It wasn't going too bad at 70-1 and 94-2.

D. Chilvers (rws) 4-1-15-0, A. Clarke 1 (4b), S. Whitehead 0 (1b)
End of over 19 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(95-4). 135 runs required from 31 overs. RR 5.00 RRR 4.35

We're in real trouble now and I can't see us successfully chasing this total.