England League and Cup Discussion

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wolfberries Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 6,893 7,678
Batting - Middle Order 4,602 6,076
Batting - Tail 3,238 4,592
Bowling - Seam 6,877 (6) 7,827 (14)
Bowling - Spin 7,905 (14) 6,579 (6)
Fielding/Keeping 8,755 10,523
Overall 119,949 137,625

Result: Ruff Royals won by 4 wickets

We were already relegated, but a last ball loss always stings.

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bigsexybarry wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 11,060 13,961
Batting - Middle Order 10,852 9,461
Batting - Tail 6,302 5,917
Bowling - Seam 10,570 (16) 13,509 (16)
Bowling - Spin 8,743 (4) 15,143 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 13,264 16,584
Overall 197,376 230,378

Result: wolfberries won by 10 wickets

A big win today, but we still end up in 2nd place and division 3 next season!

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bigsexybarry wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,190 7,081
Batting - Middle Order 5,105 4,725
Batting - Tail 3,138 3,583
Bowling - Seam 6,652 (32) 7,100 (12)
Bowling - Spin 6,833 (8) 7,995 (28)
Fielding/Keeping 6,121 8,806
Overall 110,403 123,023

wolfberries won by 88 runs

Today's win means we promote to division one, which is certainly a double edged sword. I can't see anything but another relegation as we did from division one in the YT20 this season, but it's more experience and sponsorship though.

[Pedagog]

Well done Topman for winning Div 1 - it was close but not close enough in the end for my lot.

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Leyland Lions wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,265 7,006
Batting - Middle Order 5,754 4,862
Batting - Tail 3,795 3,599
Bowling - Seam 6,766 (12) 6,453 (8)
Bowling - Spin 7,329 (8) 8,474 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 7,857 8,979
Overall 121,993 123,539

Result: Leyland Lions won by 24 runs

Not a great start to the season, but happy enough with those ratings.

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wolfberries Parkfield Amateurs
Batting - Top Order 14,093 10,718
Batting - Middle Order 10,740 8,014
Batting - Tail 5,502 4,946
Bowling - Seam 13,888 (12) 9,781 (16)
Bowling - Spin 14,086 (8) 11,212 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 16,756 11,136
Overall 235,945 173,510

Result: wolfberries won by 9 wickets

Division 3 this season and we need to promote.

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wolfberries Dunbrody Academy London
Batting - Top Order 6,052 6,972
Batting - Middle Order 4,975 5,063
Batting - Tail 3,250 3,690
Bowling - Seam 5,050 (6) 5,376 (12)
Bowling - Spin 8,104 (14) 6,665 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 8,828 7,360
Overall 116,282 110,754

Result: wolfberries won by 53 runs

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bluekipper8878 wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 12,804 13,971
Batting - Middle Order 11,195 10,111
Batting - Tail 5,977 4,881
Bowling - Seam 11,044 (8) 13,918 (8)
Bowling - Spin 12,851 (12) 13,058 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 14,465 16,515
Overall 217,968 227,529

Result: wolfberries won by 5 wickets

Two from two so far, in division 3 and we really need to promote this season.

[casperj]

At home, equal ratings, opponents chased our meagre total down with 19 overs and 7 wickets to spare!!!!!

Crestfallen Sidekicks Ffoh
Batting - Top Order 13,859 13,912
Batting - Middle Order 11,517 11,718
Batting - Tail 5,089 6,544
Bowling - Seam 13,526 (30) 12,964 (50)
Bowling - Spin 14,487 (20) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 16,696 16,656
Overall 236,412 236,946

Ffoh won by 7 wickets

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Sledgingshire wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,030 6,451
Batting - Middle Order 6,633 5,184
Batting - Tail 4,280 3,221
Bowling - Seam 6,482 (16) 5,375 (12)
Bowling - Spin 7,449 (24) 8,204 (28)
Fielding/Keeping 9,362 9,036
Overall 130,889 120,093

Result: Sledgingshire won by 4 wickets

0-4 this season so far, opponents 80 run 6th wicket partnership meant they chased down the total after 39.5 overs!

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he Spitfires wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 7,436 6,004
Batting - Middle Order 5,544 4,564
Batting - Tail 3,698 3,611
Bowling - Seam 6,119 (12) 4,463 (14)
Bowling - Spin 6,946 (8) 6,523 (6)
Fielding/Keeping 7,930 7,057
Overall 119,058 99,682

Result: The Spitfires won by 8 wickets

We lost to the bottom team today, unfortunately we had to rest three of our best players today!

[spark]

Egham Town CC won by 6 wickets

Egham Town CC Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 8,832 7,476
Batting - Middle Order 5,905 6,057
Batting - Tail 3,962 4,253
Bowling - Seam 7,385 (12) 6,812 (16)
Bowling - Spin 6,034 (8) 8,775 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 9,519 9,199
Overall 133,619 130,517

Possibly the wrong decision by me to bat first on an even pitch. I feel I still haven't found quite the right balance to my orders after losing a few players to the senior side. We could really do with picking up a lot of points over the next 4 weeks in particular as I think we're going to struggle after that (and probably next season too).

107 for Kutty and 61 for Daniel but we seemed to start off relatively slowly despite managing to make 196.

Two points clear of the relegation zone.

[spark]

Gully Boys CC Ruff Royals
Batting - Top Order 13,942 14,194
Batting - Middle Order 9,015 11,918
Batting - Tail 5,906 6,184
Bowling - Seam 12,902 (12) 12,930 (16)
Bowling - Spin 12,840 (8) 15,038 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 15,794 17,072
Overall 221,319 240,976

Ruff Royals won by 5 wickets

6 points clear at the top now.

My allrounder Bennett continues to do well as an opener with 47 from 35 balls as we chased 146 for the win. Zondeki took 4 wickets so I can forgive him for being a little expensive and Patterson was economical despite not being suited to the conditions. A mention must also go to Banerjee who at one stage was on 22 after just 6 balls but then slowed down to end on 34 from 18 balls.

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Parkfield Amateurs wolfberries
Batting - Top Order 11,594 12,763
Batting - Middle Order 7,335 10,861
Batting - Tail 2,758 6,351
Bowling - Seam 10,380 (12) 12,698 (8)
Bowling - Spin 9,859 (8) 13,683 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 10,976 16,069
Overall 167,777 228,203

Result: wolfberries won by 10 wickets

After being knocked out of round six of the cup I best start concentrating on the leagues, it's looks like we won't get promoted from division 3 again this season, but we need to finish second place at least.

[spark]

Ruff Royals won by 16 runs and are now 4 points clear at the top.

Ruff Royals Sledgingshire
Batting - Top Order 7,977 7,333
Batting - Middle Order 6,094 6,944
Batting - Tail 4,452 4,462
Bowling - Seam 6,979 (32) 6,708 (16)
Bowling - Spin 8,838 (8) 7,896 (24)
Fielding/Keeping 9,394 9,802
Overall 134,581 137,009

Matambanadzo with 74, Vasquez 49, Carr 45 not out, and Needham 43 not out from 27 balls. That meant they needed 237 to win on a slow pitch.

We were always just about in control when we were bowling. Milton had the best figures with 4-47.