League Table

I should have done this from the start, but lack of time precluded it. I have now produced a proper league table, which is shown below (I will update it each week).

Points are allocated on a simple basis: 20 for the winning side, with the losing team scoring 1 point per wicket taken (if fielding second) or 10% of the opposition score (if batting second) – thus losing sides can score a maximum of 9 points. Matches abandoned or drawn will earn 15 points for each team.

So, with two more matches to play until the half-way stage in the season, we are currently sitting (just) in third place. The top two teams in the league are promoted to the next division, so we’ll have to try a little harder (but not, of course, going so far as to tamper with the ball) if we are to move up.

Next Saturday we are at home to Touch and Go CC, who you will note are just above us, and so a decisive win may be all we need to move up – on the other hand a bad loss, and any one of five teams could overtake us.