From The Pavilion

Dunbrody Academy London Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 7,043 6,542
Batting - Middle Order 6,425 6,239
Batting - Tail 4,412 4,023
Bowling - Seam 6,816 (32) 7,884 (16)
Bowling - Spin 6,038 (8) 9,015 (24)
Fielding/Keeping 8,077 9,064
Overall 124,643 133,202

Ruff Royals won by 51 runs

I'm very happy with that win. We're still first (joint top) but I'd still expect Danger Hotspurs to overtake us at some point.

Once again Westerveld has the best figures with 3-25. This was his last game for the youth team and will now move to the seniors. He's had a pretty decent youth career with averages of less than 20 in both YT20 and YOD and ends as my 3rd highest wicket taker of all time in YOD.

Danger Hotspurs wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,553 7,670
Batting - Middle Order 6,584 6,201
Batting - Tail 3,854 2,960
Bowling - Seam 7,017 (32) 5,639 (32)
Bowling - Spin 8,121 (8) 6,765 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,833 8,975
Overall 130,804 120,609

Result: Danger Hotspurs won by 5 wickets

Couldn't defend the total after all!

Home to Inchigeela on sticky/humid, won the toss and having a bat. Think the big question today is not the result, we're obviously gonna lose, but can we reach three figures??

S. Bullock (rfs) 5-0-19-0, S. Hodges 0 (1b), A. Clarke 9 (13b)
End of over 25 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(95-5) RR 3.80

Dry pitch and in these conditions I would have expected us to do a lot better. I would have liked about 220 to give us a chance but we're not going to get there.

errr ok then, 104/2 at drinks. was expecting to be about 60/7 lol. To be honest the bats have been pretty decent so far this season, but we'll need to get probably 300+ to give our bowlers a chance, even on sticky/humid

203/10 in 49.5, certainly a lot better than I was expecting against an incredible Inchigeela side. Would be surprised if we can defend it even on sticky, but who knows, it gives us an outside chance I guess. Star bats were Riedewald and Edouard,with 64 and 65 respectively.

H. Abdel (lfm) 9.1-1-37-1, C. Moses 0 (3b)
End of over 49 (maiden) - Ruff Royals(200-10) RR 4.08

42 from my bowler Clouston has given us a slight chance but, given the conditions, I think we are very much second favourites. There's going to have to be a some very good bowling performances from us (and fielding too).

Ffoh Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 12,105 13,401
Batting - Middle Order 10,751 11,385
Batting - Tail 5,059 4,397
Bowling - Seam 10,826 (20) 12,198 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,260 (30) 13,961 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 15,070 16,323
Overall 213,246 227,584

Ruff Royals won by 26 runs

Clouston's 42 won us the game although we did bowl well too. Hodges' 3-36 were the best figures and we go back top in what is proving to be a very tight league.

An excellent performance today, easily our best of the season so far. Ended up falling just short, but hardly surprising with the squad Inchigeela has. Ironically it was their youngster that did the damage with the bat, a real spring chicken in their lineup at 29.05 years old

South London's Number One CC v Inchigeela Angels >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Inchigeela Angels
Batting - Top Order 13,865 14,485
Batting - Middle Order 10,982 13,546
Batting - Tail 4,405 7,544
Bowling - Seam 11,748 (30) 13,506 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,583 (20) 13,526 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,407 16,240
Overall 224,240 251,048

result: Lost by 3 wickets

Home Ruff Royals
Away Staindrop Village CC
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Youth Twenty20 1.1
Date 23 May 22 10:00
Crowd 10,128
Weather Sunny
Pitch Dry

R. Wheeler (rfs) 4-0-31-1, J. Norris 49 (45b), A. Mpitsang 0 (0b)
End of over 20 (7 runs) - Staindrop Village CC(127-3) RR 6.35

Not a bad bowling effort. Gardiner with 2-12 was the best bowler.

J. Edge (rm) 3-0-23-0, B. Jupp 8 (11b), A. Patterson 1 (4b)
End of over 6 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(48-2). 80 runs required from 14 overs. RR 8.00 RRR 5.71

We got off to a super start with the bat but I think we might begin to struggle now.

Ruff Royals Staindrop Village CC
Batting - Top Order 7,104 8,440
Batting - Middle Order 5,428 6,003
Batting - Tail 3,593 3,769
Bowling - Seam 7,884 (8) 8,148 (8)
Bowling - Spin 8,069 (12) 8,051 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 8,837 8,637
Overall 127,396 135,441

43 not out from Jupp and 32 for Alphonso Patterson helped us get the win with a couple of overs to spare, which I was not really expecting.

Ruff Royals won by 6 wickets

Relegaion Reprobates take top spot off Staindrop Village albeit on NRR.

Away in sticky/sunny, lost the toss and having a bowl but would have bowled anyway. A fairly rotational side out today, still holding out some hope of survival in the OD league and want to have a fully rested first choice side going into Friday's game against Topmen.

4 overs gone, opps 17/2.

Home Ffoh
Away Ruff Royals
Ground Ffoh CG
League Twenty20 1.1
Date 24 May 22 10:00
Crowd 21,726
Weather Sunny
Pitch Slow

We were made to bat first in a match we could really do with winning.

Issa got 38 and McCall was excellent for his 64. It was a good recovery from 2 wickets in the first over but after that recovery it was a huge collapse from 116-3 to 136 all out.

Ffoh Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 12,381 14,760
Batting - Middle Order 11,467 12,270
Batting - Tail 6,690 4,058
Bowling - Seam 12,938 (12) 14,311 (8)
Bowling - Spin 12,849 (8) 14,059 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 15,618 16,883
Overall 226,828 241,744

Ruff Royals won by 1 run

Closer then it should have been considering we had them at 92-8 with them needing another 45 runs to win. 2 runouts in the last 2 balls got us the win and move us out of the relegation zone.

Home Ruff Royals
Away South Hill Slammers
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League Youth 2.2
Date 26 May 22 10:00
Crowd 9,906
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Dry

D. McGregor (lm) 3-1-10-0, C. Schwartz 10 (19b), F. Bullock 9 (17b)
End of over 6 (5 runs) - Ruff Royals(19-0) RR 3.17