England League and Cup Discussion

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E. Nafukho (lfm) 8-0-63-0, M. Scholes 113 (75b), T. Hopper 10 (12b)
End of over 40 (11 runs) - wolfberries(247-5) RR 6.17

Once again Scholes rescues us, can we defend it though?

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T. Vaughn (rm) 8-0-58-1, L. Mosbey 16 (11b), C. Richards 15 (10b)
End of over 40 (10 runs) - Sledgingshire(269-4) RR 6.72

That's tough to chase even on flat.

L. Kermode (rf) 1-0-3-3, A. Clarke 1 (1b), S. Whitehead 1 (1b)
End of over 1 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(3-3). 267 runs required from 39 overs. RR 3.00 RRR 6.85

And now after the first over, I'd say it's impossible.

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L. Kermode (rf) 1-0-3-3, A. Clarke 1 (1b), S. Whitehead 1 (1b)
End of over 1 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(3-3). 267 runs required from 39 overs. RR 3.00 RRR 6.85

And now after the first over, I'd say it's impossible.

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F. Hills (rm) 4-0-19-0, J. Lill 45 (59b), R. Grew 24 (30b)
End of over 16 (8 runs) - Castle Rock CC(80-1). 168 runs required from 24 overs. RR 5.00 RRR 7.00

We need wickets and quickly.

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J. Lord (rm) 6-1-23-1, T. Chandio 1 (2b), T. Driver 4 (11b)
End of over 20 (4 runs) - Castle Rock CC(94-3). 154 runs required from 20 overs. RR 4.70 RRR 7.70

That's a bit better.

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wolfberries Castle Rock CC
Batting - Top Order 6,256 6,235
Batting - Middle Order 5,360 5,366
Batting - Tail 3,664 2,504
Bowling - Seam 7,077 (26) 5,733 (32)
Bowling - Spin 5,143 (14) 7,336 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,178 6,566
Overall 113,995 103,882

wolfberries won by 36 runs

Despite some suspect catching that will do.

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Ruff Royals Sledgingshire
Batting - Top Order 7,741 6,173
Batting - Middle Order 6,070 5,418
Batting - Tail 3,205 4,058
Bowling - Seam 6,342 (24) 6,741 (24)
Bowling - Spin 9,113 (16) 8,751 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,548 8,296
Overall 127,760 121,156

Sledgingshire won by 1 run.

7 dropped catches, being 3-3 after the first over, and then only losing by one run. Pretty gutted with how it went. I'm not convinced a flat pitch is the way to go so I'll have another rethink.

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Home wolfberries
Away It's only sandpaper
Ground wolfberries CG
League One Day 3.3
Date 15 May 20 10:00
Crowd 11,224
Weather Hot
Pitch Dry

Toss: It's only sandpaper won the toss and elected to bat.

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Home Ruff Royals
Away Relegation reprobates
Ground Ruff Royals CG
League One Day 2.2
Date 15 May 20 10:00
Crowd 17,685
Weather Hot
Pitch Uneven

I lost the toss and was put in to bat; I was planning on batting anyway. 3 players away on international duty so Liberatore, Hodges, and Best get a chance to impress.

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M. Mauger (rfm) 5-0-15-0, P. Solomon 8 (14b), T. Liberatore 1 (8b)
End of over 9 (1 run) - Ruff Royals(30-2) RR 3.33

We need to go into consolidation mode and get us up to a defendable total. Avila out cheaply again; he did pretty well last season but he's not been performing this season. I guess I might need to put him lower down the order.

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S. Payne (lfs) 1-0-1-1, H. Shariki 1 (4b), S. Kureshi 1 (10b)
End of over 12 (1 run) - It's only sandpaper (45-4) RR 3.75

Very happy so far, great opening spell by our seam bowlers to take three wickets in conditions that are against them.

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L. Bourne (lfm) 2-0-8-0, T. Liberatore 11 (22b), C. Paton 5 (10b)
End of over 14 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(47-3) RR 3.36

Well, this has gone very badly. I suppose that's much like the rest of the week. Huge partnership needed and I can't see it happening as these 2 aren't that great at batting.

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S. Payne (lfs) 5-1-9-2, M. Shariff 0 (0b), S. Kureshi 21 (39b)
End of over 20 (3 runs) - It's only sandpaper (73-5) RR 3.65

Very happy so far and especially with Paynes spell until now.

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G. Lyon (lfs) 3-0-9-0, M. Shariff 9 (21b), C. Slaughter 2 (8b)
End of over 25 (4 runs) - It's only sandpaper (85-6) RR 3.40

Will take this at the halfway mark of our opponents innings.

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A. Nixon (lws) 7-2-22-1, T. Liberatore 50 (89b), C. Paton 37 (57b)
End of over 33 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(127-3) RR 3.85

We've managed to recover a bit but these 2 still have a lot of work to do before we can think we have a chance of winning.