England League and Cup Discussion

[montyh]

tough game today against Egham, expecting to be outrated by 15K or so. Not going well so far, 74/5 after 25 on uneven. Even had a couple of drops along the way Really need to get up to 150 or so even give ourselves a fighting chance.

I was really impressed with our attack, getting you out for 145 was a great effort. Pleased to chase it too, it's a tight league so every result counts!

All the best,
Montyh

[spark]

Ruff Royals The Dross
Batting - Top Order 8,719 7,341
Batting - Middle Order 5,919 7,025
Batting - Tail 4,084 5,464
Bowling - Seam 5,561 (8) 7,529 (8)
Bowling - Spin 7,725 (12) 7,122 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 9,515 9,358
Overall 133,647 138,358

We were okay but we just didn't have that extra bit of quality on the day to get a win. We scored 140 on a slow pitch but any big overs were always followed by low scoring ones. It wasn't quite enough for us to successfully defend it and they won with 3 overs to spare.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries Middlesex Gurus
Batting - Top Order 7,420 7,574
Batting - Middle Order 4,381 4,066
Batting - Tail 3,341 3,169
Bowling - Seam 6,402 (16) 7,971 (8)
Bowling - Spin 8,858 (4) 6,941 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 8,214 6,375
Overall 116,337 111,961

Result: wolfberries won by 15 runs

Today's win takes us 12 points ahead of 2nd spot.

[eagles123]

South London's Number One CC v Snakey's Kent Stars >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
South London's Number One CC Snakey's Kent Stars
Batting - Top Order 13,426 13,772
Batting - Middle Order 9,354 11,635
Batting - Tail 4,641 6,619
Bowling - Seam 12,119 (8) 14,119 (8)
Bowling - Spin 12,418 (12) 12,422 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 16,432 16,122
Overall 215,833 235,361

Won the toss on windy and sticky, had a bowl. Opps reached 119/7 in their 20 which seemed maybe a little below par. In response we were cruising at 83/1, before the usual FTP collapse had us at 88/5 Fortunately our finisher came in and hit an unbeaten 25 from 14 balls to get us over the line. Still going to be tough to stay up, but excellent results in the last couple of games have certainly given us a chance.

[spark]

Ruff Royals Topmen
Batting - Top Order 14,336 13,025
Batting - Middle Order 12,573 10,736
Batting - Tail 4,910 6,433
Bowling - Seam 12,746 (8) 13,410 (12)
Bowling - Spin 13,416 (12) 13,178 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 16,967 15,011
Overall 239,013 225,966

Topmen won by 5 wickets

It was a tight game but we didn't do well enough in the last 7 overs when we were bowling. 10 runs off the last 2 balls of the penultimate over was what really turned things in their favour.

[casperj]

Fiery's XI Crestfallen Sidekicks
Batting - Top Order 11,562 13,561
Batting - Middle Order 10,504 9,594
Batting - Tail 5,103 5,148
Bowling - Seam 10,964 (16) 10,929 (12)
Bowling - Spin 11,773 (4) 13,096 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 13,011 14,954
Overall 198,240 211,909

End of over 20 (11 runs) - Crestfallen Sidekicks(159-3) RR 7.95
K. Luckhurst 26 (21b), P. Sittamige 21 (14b), J. Widows (rfm) 4-0-39-1
Crestfallen Sidekicks won by 7 wickets

Narrow win (despite the wicket margin) as my batsmen inexplicably dawdled in the middle overs and needed a run off the last ball to get the win. Top team in the division got merked by the match engine and lost to the bottom club, meaning that I'm now favourite for promotion with 4 matches left.

[wolfberries]

Egham Town CC wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 12,067 12,678
Batting - Middle Order 12,959 11,428
Batting - Tail 6,078 5,164
Bowling - Seam 14,306 (8) 14,087 (8)
Bowling - Spin 13,948 (12) 12,718 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 16,907 16,657
Overall 239,520 228,219

Result: Egham Town CC won by 5 wickets

Our weaker spinners were the difference today, still in second spot though.

[spark]

Ruff Royals Daredevil rocker
Batting - Top Order 8,493 7,595
Batting - Middle Order 6,570 6,314
Batting - Tail 4,152 3,297
Bowling - Seam 5,599 (16) 4,951 (40)
Bowling - Spin 7,789 (24) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 9,588 6,225
Overall 136,038 108,962

Ruff Royals won by 110 runs

Happy with those rating with an U17 player in the team. We scored a massive 295 on a slow pitch with Banerjee doing well again with 57. Jupp was the star though with 132 from 83 balls. We struggled with the bowling to start with but 3-48 runs by Patterson and 5-25 for Wheeler made it comfortable in the end.

Still 4 points behind the juggernaut that is Dunbrody Academy London.

[wolfberries]

wolfberries The Middle Stump Lubricators
Batting - Top Order 7,505 7,792
Batting - Middle Order 4,758 5,359
Batting - Tail 3,566 2,747
Bowling - Seam 6,521 (24) 5,583 (24)
Bowling - Spin 8,719 (16) 6,001 (16)
Fielding/Keeping 8,321 5,606
Overall 121,720 106,416

Result: wolfberries won by 31 runs

Third place after todays win.

[spark]

B. Strudwick (lfs) 1-0-9-0, T. Liberatore 9 (8b), A. Clarke 6 (13b)
End of over 16 (9 runs) - Ruff Royals(76-2) RR 4.75

Slow pitch. It's going to be a tough game and it's one we need to win.

[spark]

105-2 and it was looking pretty good for us but:

L. Kermode (rf) 7-1-28-1, B. Issa 11 (13b), S. Whitehead 0 (0b)
End of over 28 (4 runs) - Ruff Royals(117-4) RR 4.18

We're in a lot of trouble now. We've got a long tail today.

[spark]

J. Donfeld (lfs) 7.2-0-35-3, C. Moses 2 (11b)
End of over 45 (3 runs) - Ruff Royals(188-10) RR 4.18

I would certainly have liked more but if we bowl really, really well then we might have a chance.

M. Roberson (lf) 1-0-11-0, A. Dickinson 11 (6b), T. Geeves 0 (0b)
End of over 1 (11 runs) - Sledgingshire(11-0). 178 runs required from 49 overs. RR 11.00 RRR 3.63

Thanks to 10 runs from BH trigger in their first over batting, we haven't started really, really well.

[spark]

Sledgingshire Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,279 14,261
Batting - Middle Order 12,469 11,733
Batting - Tail 5,379 4,070
Bowling - Seam 13,720 (20) 13,806 (20)
Bowling - Spin 13,400 (30) 15,163 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 17,076 17,435
Overall 238,000 241,596

Sledgingshire won by 5 wickets

We didn't score enough so there wasn't enough run rate pressure. Spinners were a little disappointing.

[wolfberries]

Leyland Lions wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 12,939 13,500
Batting - Middle Order 10,190 11,325
Batting - Tail 6,839 5,530
Bowling - Seam 10,961 (30) 13,993 (40)
Bowling - Spin 12,423 (20) 13,363 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 13,530 16,891
Overall 211,354 235,901

Result: wolfberries won by 82 runs

Todays win ensures promotion to division2 at the end of the season.

Happy with today's ratings as the oldest in the squad bar one (who wasn't playing today) is 28.9.

[casperj]

Crestfallen Sidekicks Relegation reprobates
Batting - Top Order 12,187 14,239
Batting - Middle Order 12,502 10,751
Batting - Tail 6,748 5,019
Bowling - Seam 12,606 (50) 11,181 (40)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 13,662 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 15,268 14,727
Overall 227,839 217,588

Relegation reprobates won by 37 runs

Overcast Green, so naturally the lower rated team with worse seamers won comforably

Relegation a real possibility now.