The U13's team have started their league season in tremendous form with beating Water Orton and Walmley in the first two games. Having lost to Water Orton in the Spirit of Cricket Cup this defeat was avenged in the league. Saints posted 81, after an uncertain start which left us 23-5, thanks to a steady 27 from Jack Moore with good support from Rohit Wouhra with 12. Brilliant fielding by Jack Moore with a quick pick up in the covers and direct hit at the bowlers end ran the Water Orton opener out.All of the bowlers then bowled accurately to restrict Water Orton to 68 - 8. Tom Cooper picked up 3 - 19 , John Keighley 1- 21 Harry Daniels 1 - 5 but the pick of the bowlers on the night were Ben Shough and Jack Salmon who both bowled exceptionally tight 4 over spells with Jack 4-1-7-0 and Ben bowling 4 overs for only 5 runs and 1 wicket. A good all round team performance.
This week's game saw us play old rivals Walmley who won the toss and elected to bat. Again some good all round bowling, especially John Keighley and Ben Shough who both bowled 4 overs for 8 runs and took a wicket apiece, and energetic fielding particularly from Tom Cooper making diving stops in the covers restricted Walmley to 81-5. We unfortunately lost a wicket first ball of our innings but Tom Cooper 16 and John Keighley 35 ( 4 x 4, 2 x 6) together with late support from Harry Daniels 6 after a mini collapse saw uas reach the last over needing 3 runs to win with 2 wickets in hand. Rohit Wouhra smashed the first ball high to long off, the catch was dropped and a single scored. Josh Longhorne stroked the next ball through midwicket for four and was promptly mobbed by the rest of the team. Another good team performance and great result. An honourable mention for keeper Seb Henn-Allen who has kept admirably in both games despite some variable bounce - only 3 byes in total in both games combined.
Next game home Wed 28/6 v Handsworth.
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