ECB County Championship Final

Shropshire U15s V Huntingdonshire U15s

Langtons CC 25^th August 2009

Hunts were outclassed by what Dave and I considered to be one of the best teams we have seen at this age group. After loosing the toss, Hunts started well having Shropshire 8 for 2 in the 3^rd over with Joe Dawborn on a hat-rick. Shropshire grafted to re-build their innings with some no risk cricket, which included some fantastic running between the wickets which put huge pressure on the Hunts fielders. Shropshire’s J. Hudson-Williams going on to make 105 out of a score of 300 for 9 in their 50 overs.

Hunts were never in the game after loosing early wickets to some quality bowling. Unfortunately Hunts kept loosing wickets the last 7 for just 5 runs to finish on 42 for 10 in 21.5 overs. It was a fantastic occasion for the boys to play in an ECB Final we lost to a very good side on the day the boys should be proud of what they have achieved this season.

Well done to the boys! - To Dave and all the other coaching staff! - Mr Lowin and all the other parents who have helped a very successful U15s team this season!!

Shropshire Batting

S Leach ct J Skidmore b J Dawborn 3

J Board b J Prime 30

T Pickerill b J Dawborn 0

J Hudson-Williams Run Out (O.Ahmedzai/J Bowers) 105

S De Weymann b J Skidmore 31

M Macintosh ct J Prime J Skidmore 11

J Edwards ct J Prime b J Trafford 1

M Prescott Run Out ( R Lowin) 8

J Shaw c & b J Skidmore 1

J Chadwick not out 21

B Morgan not out 4

Extras 37

Total 300 for 9 in 50 overs

Huntingdonshire Bowling

J Dawborn 4O 0M 18R 2W

J Trafford 10O 2M 65R 1W

O Ahmedzai 3O 0M 15R 0W

D Malem 10O 1M 39R 0W

J Skidmore 10O 0M 68R 3W

J Prime 8O 0M 43R 1W

D Bandaranaike 4O 0M 29R 0W

R Lowin 1O 0M 16R 0W

Huntingdonshire Batting

D Robinson ct M Prescott b J Edwards 5

R Lowin lbw J Astley 9

J Bowers ct S Leach b J Shaw 12

J Stimson lbw J Astley 0

D Bandaranaike ct B Morgan b J Shaw 9

J Dawborn ct M Macintosh b M Prescott 0

D Malem lbw J Shaw 0

J Trafford ct J Astley b M Prescott 0

J Prime not out 1

O.Ahmedzai lbw J Shaw 0

A Magee ct S Leach b J Shaw 0

Extras 6

Total 42 for 10 in 21.5 overs

Shropshire Bowling

J Edwards 5O 0M 16R 1W

J Astley 5O 2M 6R 2W

B Morgan 2O 0M 9R 0W

J Shaw 5.5O 1M 7R 5W

S Leach 2O 0M 3R 0W

M Prescott 2O 2M 0R 2W

ECB County Championship Division Winners - Semi Final

Huntingdonshire U15s V Wiltshire U15s

Nassington CC 14^th August 2009

Huntingdonshire lost the toss and were put in to bat on what looked like a green wicket. Having played most of my cricket at Nassington you get to know the wicket, if it looks green you think about bowling then you think again and bat!! Obviously the opposition thought the wicket was going to do all sorts. At 50 for no loss after 15 overs Hunts looked like they were on for a big score but the loss of both the openers Rob Lowin (21) and Dan Robinson (24) in consecutive overs slowed proceedings. All the batsmen seemed to get starts but again no one capitalised, at 136 for 6 and with only 10 overs left it looked like Hunts would not even get to 200. But a match winning 7^th wicket stand of 58 between Joe Dawborn (34) and Dan Malem (21) and some poor Wiltshire fielding and bowling (37 extras) put Hunts back on track. Hunts finishing on 201 for 10, loosing the last wicket on the last ball of the 50^th over.

Wiltshire got off to a slow start 28 for 1 after 10 overs, but with a asking rate of only 4 runs per over wickets in hand would be the key. At 100 for 2 in the 24^th over Wiltshire were cruising but the introduction of Jack Skidmore to the attack changed the game. The Wiltshire batsmen seemed to want to hit Jack’s big leggies against the spin towards the short boundary. C Miles Wiltshire’s England player being a prime culprit lobbing the ball to Joe Dawborn at short extra. With Wiltshire wanting to throw their wickets away Hunts were on the up! suddenly Wiltshire were 142 for 9 Jack Skidmor picking up 2 wickets in his last over to finish with figures of 5 for 38 in his 10 overs. With Dan Malem picking up the last wicket with a simple c&b the game was over in the 41^st over.

What a fantastic day, what a fantastic win!! well done to the boys!

Final here we come!!

The Final will be played at Langtons CC Leicestershire on the 25^th August - again a 50 over-a-side game!!

Huntingdonshire Batting

D Robinson lbw b B Dawson 24

R Lowin b B Gardner 21

J Bowers ct J Haines b C Miles 16

D Bandaranaike ct J Haines b T Merriman 8

J Stimson st T Weaver b J Everton-Wallach 18

C Hale ct C Turrell b J Everton-Wallach 17

D Malem b C Miles 21

J Dawborn ct M Reynolds b J Lavis 34

J Trafford ct G Brotherwood b J Lavis

J Prime not out 5

J Skidmore ct C Miles b J Lavis 0

Extras 37

Total 201 for 10 in 50 Overs

Wiltshire Bowling

C Miles 10O 1M 32R 2W

J Lavis 10O 0M 58R 3W

B Dawson 10O 3M 35R 1W

B Gardner 5O 2M 11R 1W

T Merriman 5O 0M 20R 1W

J Everton-Wallach 7O 1M 23R 2W

C Turrell 3O 0M 9R 0W

Wiltshire Batting

G Brotherwood ct D Robinson b J Skidmore 33

M Reynolds ct J Prime b J Skidmore 25

J Haines b J Dawborn 0

C Miles ct J Dawborn b J Skidmore 35

B Dawson run out (D Bandaranaike/ J Bowers) 24

J Dymoke c&b J Skidmore 8

J Everton-Wallach b J Trafford 1

B Gardner lbw J Trafford 0

T Merriman st J Bowers b J Skidmore 1

J Lavis c&b D Malem 9

T Weaver not out 6

Extras 12

Total 154 for 10 in 40.3 overs

Huntingdonshire Bowling

J Dawborn 3O 0M 17R 1W

J Trafford 10O 4M 19R 2W

O Ahmedzai 3O 0M 13R 0W

J Prime 2O 0M 20R 0W

R Lowin 3O 0M 15R 0W

D Malem 9.3O 2M 31R 1W

J Skidmore 10O 1M 38R 5W

Hunts in play off!!

Just been told by the ECB that we are in a play offs after winning Div 3B. We will play the winners of Div 4B Wiltshire or Dorset!! at home! 50 over game cup rules!

Mr Lowin please book the day off - might be 4th aug!!

Berkshire U15’s V Huntingdonshire U15s

Berkshire U15’s V Huntingdonshire U15s

Slough Cricket Club 22^nd July 2009

Huntingdonshire again won the toss (Joe must have a lucky coin) and decided to bat on a used track, which was right under the Heathrow flight path. Hunts again got off to a bad start loosing early wickets as our batters seem to want to hit the low flying aircrafts with the cricket ball and were only managing to sky the ball to Berkshire players. At 122 for 8 we looked like we were going to be turned over by a bowling attack which could be described as more propeller powered than jet propulsion. But a match winning 9^th wicket stand of 43 from Jack Prime (27) and James Trafford (26*) saw Hunts post a reasonable total of 165 in 54 overs, which meant Berkshire had 51 over to get our total.

With a required rate of only 3 runs per over Hunts had to get early wickets. Jack Skidmore provided the breakthrough but by then Berkshire had 30 runs on the board. At 85 for 2 in the 25^th over it looked like the game was slipping away for Hunts, but a poor shot by J Elias (32) of the bowling of Dan Malem let Hunts in to the game. The spin twins Malem and Prime kept chipping away at the Berkshire batters picking up wickets at crucial times. At 146 for 6, Berkshie only needed 20 runs off the last 7 overs, but a diving catch and a direct hit run out by Dan Robinson fielding at mid-on saw Berkshire hit the panic button. Dan Malem picking up the last two wickets in his 13 over, the last being a great leg side catch by Josh Bowers. Malem finishing with his first 5 fer in county cricket to give Hunts a 9 run win.

What a great way to finish the season, great win!! top of the table and League Champions!!! Hope you all enjoyed the season. Thanks to Dave Summers and all who helped me with the scoring ect. especially Mr Lowin!

Mallie

Huntingdonshire Batting

D Robinson ct L Glover b W Ellison 7

R Lowin ct G Smith b J Elias 12

J Bowers b W Ellison 9

D Bandaranaike ct C Cumming b G Smith 22

C Hale b J Elias 4

D Malem b ct S Parsons b G Smith 1

J Dawborn b W Ellison 15

B Curtis ct J Elias b J Bobb 19

J Prime run out 27

J Trafford not out 26

O Ahmedzai b G Smith 0

Extras 23

Total 165 for 10 in 54 Overs

Berkshire Bowling

W Allum 40O 0M 15R 0W

W Ellison 10O 0M 30R 3W

J Elias 9O 1M 17R 2W

J Bobb 16O 3M 46R 1W

G Smith 8O 3M 18R 3W

A Sing 4O 1M 16R 0W

C Cumming 1O 0M 12R 0W

H Grant 2O 1M 4R 0W

Berkshire Batting

S Iyer ct & b J Skidmore 9

S Parsons b J Skidmore 23

L Glover ct D Malem b J Prime 26

J Elias ct J Skidmore b D Malem 32

S Mangat b D Malem 5

W Allum ct D Roninson b D Malem 20

H Grant b J Prime 10

C Cummings ct D Robinson b D Malem 8

W Ellision run out (D Robinson) 2

G Smith not out 3

J Bobb ct J Bowers b D Malem 0

Extras 18

Total 156 for 10 in 48 overs

Huntingdonshire Bowling

J Dawborn 9O 2M 26R 0W

J Trafford 4O 0M 17R 0W

J Skidmore 9O 0M 29R 2W

O Ahmedzai 4O 1M 6R 0W

J Prime 9O 3M 34R 2W

D Malem 13O 1M 33R 5W

Huntingdonshire U15s V Bedfordshire U 15s

Huntingdonshire U15s V Bedfordshire U 15s

Nassington Cricket Club 15^th July 2009

Huntingdonshire won the toss and decided to bat and for once they got off to a solid start with the openers Dan Robinson (33) and Rob Lowin (21) putting on 60 for the first wicket. We looked good at lunch at 104 for 3. Unfortunately the same old same old we lost a wicket immediately after lunch and with two poor run outs we managed to loose the last 7 wickets for 57 runs All our batsmen seemed to get starts but again none converted. Hunts were bowled out for 161 in the 50^th over.

With a below par score Hunts needed a good start with the ball. Joe Dawborn provided the catalyst almost taking a hat-rick in his second over, at 17 for 2 Hunts looked in control, the Beds opening batsman (A Shah) being the only stumbling block as he moved to a very quick 51 out of a team total of 68. Hunts had to get him out if they were to stand a chance of winning. Again it was ‘Prime Time’ Jack getting Shah caught at slip by Dan Malem, with Shah out of the way the wickets started tumbling Prime taking 4 for 19 in 11 overs leaving Joe Dawborn to clean up the tail, Joe finishing with figures of 3 for 14 to give Hunts a deserved win.

Huntingdonshire batting

D Robinson lbw W Lowerson 33

R Lowin ct J S Wallace b S Williams 21

J Bowers b M Custance 13

D Bandaranaike ct W Lowerson b M Gibbons 15

J Dawborn b S Williams 22

D Malem b J Woolf 9

R Sayer run out 2

J Prime b J Woolf 15

J Trafford run out 0

J Skidmore b W Lowerson 5

O Ahmedzai not out 9

Extras 14

Total 161 for 10 in 50 Overs

Bedfordshire Bowling

J Woolf 10O 4M 25R 1W

J Wallace 10O 2M 28R 0W

S Williams 10O 3M 22R 2W

C Heaps 2O 0M 22R 0W

W Lowerson 6O 0M 16R 2W

M Custance 6O 1M 11R 1W

M Gibbons 6O 1M 26R 1W

Bedfordshire Batting

I Mull ct R Khaderzai b J Dawborn 6

A Shah ct D Malem b J Prime 51

C Heaps ct J Bowers b J Dawborn 0

J McDuell ct D Robinson b R Khaderzai 6

R Custance st J Bowers b J Skidmore 0

H Schlehmeyer ct J Prime b D Malem 11

J Wallace lbw J Prime 0

M Gibbons ct J Bowers b J Prime 1

J Parish b J Dawborn 18

S Williams ct J Trafford b J Prime 2

W Lowerson not out 13

Extras 14

Total 122 for 10 in 40.5 overs

Huntingdonshire Bowling

J Dawborn 5.4O 2M 14R 3W

J Trafford 5O 0M 20R 0W

R Khaderzai 4O 2M 7R 1W

J Skidmore 7O 1M 35R 1W

J Prime 11O 3M 19R 4W

D Malem 6O 2M 14R 1W

O Ahmedzai 2O 0M 8R 0W

Huntingdonshire U15s V Cumbria U15s

Hunts lost by 149 runs!! lets move on to wednesday please!!!!

Thanks to Josh Stimson who answered a very late call to come in for

Joe Corder

Huntingdonshire U15s V Cumbria U15s

St. Ives CC Monday 13th July (F)

Cumbria Batting

J Rogers ct D Malem b J Skidmore 59

J Lovell lbw b O Ahmedzai

A Granger ct J Skidmore b J Prime 29

R Davies b J Prime 4

A Curruthers run out 49

K Dawes b R Khaderzai

S Jacobson b O Ahmedzai

D Braithwaite ct O Ahmedzai b J Dawborn 37

T Milligan ct J Prime b J Trafford 12

N Watt not out 8

Extras 14

Total 228 for 9 in 50 overs

Huntingdon Bowling

J Dawborn 7O 2M 22R 2W

O Ahmedzai 9O 0M 34R 2W

J Prime 10O 2M 33R 2W

J Trafford 8O 0M 40R 1W

D Malem 4O 2M 14R 0W

D Bandaranaike 3O 0M 19R 0W

j Skidmore 4O 0M 21R 1W

R Khaderzai 5O 0M 32R 1W

Huntingdonshire Batting

R Lowin b J Cumberbatch 4

D Robinson ct T Malligan b K Davies 6

D Bandaranaike b D Braithwaite 16

J Stimson ct & b N Watt 11

D Malem b D Braithwait 0

J Prime ct J Rogers b D Braithwait 9

J Trafford ct & b N Watt 10

J Dawborn ct T Milligan b D Braithwait 3

L Grimoldby b D Braithwait 4

J Skidmore ct & b B Herron

O Ahmedzai not out 0

Extras 15

Total 79 for 10 in 33.5 overs

Cumbria Bowling

J Cumberbatch 6O 1M 15R 1W

K Dawes 5O 2M 16R 1W

D Braithwait 7O 2M 16R 5W

R Davies 3O 1M 6R 0W

N Watt 7O 0M 9R 2W

J Lovell 5O 1M 10R 0W

B Herron .5 0M 2R 1W

Hertfordshire U15s V Huntingdonshire U15s

Hertfordshire U15s V Huntingdonshire U15s

Haileybury College 5^th July 09

Huntingdonshire won the toss and elected to bat on what looked like a road of a track in the fantastic surroundings of Haileybury College. Again Hunts started badly with Dan Robinson departing 4^th ball of Sayf Ali Khan first over. With a run up twice the length of a cricket track, Ali Khan was Herts key bowler he bowled with good pace and intelligence taking 2 for 11 in his opening spell. Hunts were reduced to 49 for 4 in the 23^rd over with some good tight bowling by Herts. Captain Joe Dawborn and the new vice-captain Dan Malem (in the absence of Callum Hale - out injured) took the attack to Herts batting with good intelligence they managed to push the score past the 100 mark. Unfortunatley the lunch break came at the wrong time, the momentum which Hunts had built up was lost with the loss of the Dan Malem (39) and Joe Dawborn (21) immediately after the break. At 110 for 6 and 39 overs gone, it was “Prime Time” - Batting for 45 balls and with good support from James Trafford (23) and Jack Skidmore (11*), Jack Prime (18) and his partners saw Hunts reach a respectable total of 175 for 9 in 57 overs.

Hunts got off to a great start the opening bowlers each bagging a wickets and with Mr Prime joining in with a wicket maiden in his first over Herts were 23 for 3 and the target of 175 looked a long way off. Prime continued to bowl well taking 3 for 39 in his 14 overs but the pick of the bowlers was Dan Malem, who finished with figures of 3 for 17 in 11 overs as Herts just held on for a draw. (Herts 132 for 8).

In the absence of our professional scorer Mr Lowin can I thank Ian Tradfford an Ray Dawborn for helping out on the day, Ray I am sure you will agree Mr Lowin’s skills were sorely missed !!!

Well done again to all the boys, great team spirit, bit unlucky not to win! but we are top of the table, who would have taken bets on that!!!

Huntingdonshire Batting

D Robinson ct A Chalker b Sayf Ali Khan 2

L Grimoldby b C Emerton 20

D Bandaranaike ct N Pancharatnam b Sayf Ali Khan 12

B Curtis b L Mitchell 6

J Dawborn ct N Pancharatnam b Sayf Ali Khan 21

D Malem ct Sayf Ali Khan b L Mitchell 39

R Sayer ct C Emmerton b b Sayf Ali Khan 8

J Prime st N Pancharatnam b K Martin 18

J Trafford ct R Toms b J C Emerton 23

J Skidmore not out 11

A Magee not out 0

Extras 15

Total 175 for 9 in 57 overs

Hertfordshire Bowling

S Ali Khan 9O 3M 24R 4W

J Scott 9O 6O 1M 30R 0W

H Morecroft 6O 2M 15R 0W

L Mitchell 20O 3M 51R 2W

C Emmerton 8O 3M 19R 2W

K Martin 8O 1M 31R 1W

Hertfordshire Batting

B Mills ct R Sayer b J Prime 40

Tej Malde b J Dawborn 1

R Toms ct J Dawborn b J Trafford 3

A Chalker ct D Malem b J Prime 5

N Pancharatnam ct J Prime b D Malem 41

J Scott ct J Prime b D Malem 6

C Emerton b D Malem 7

J Morecroft not out 4

H Morecroft ct A Magee b J Prime 6

K Martin not out 0

Extras 19

Total 132 for 8 in 48 overs

Huntingdonshire Bowling

J Dawborn 7O 1M 12R 1W

J Trafford 5O 0M 9R 1W

J Skidmore 5O 0M 16R 0W

J Prime 14O 3M 39R 3W

D Bandaranaike 4O 0M 14R 0W

D Malem 11O 3M 17R 3W

R Sayer 2O 0M 13R 0W

Huntingdonshire U15s V Buckinghamshire U15s

Hunts start County Championship with a win off the last ball!!

R.Sayer J.Trafford R.Lowin J.Prime J.Dawborn C.Hale D.Robinson

J.Bowers A.Magee D.Malem D.Bandaranaike J.Skidmore

Huntingdonshire U15s V Buckinghamshire U15s

Eaton Socon CC 2^nd July 09

ECB U15s County Championship

Huntingdonshire lost the toss and to their surprise were put in to bat on a hot humid day at Eaton Socon. Hunts again got off to a bad start with Rob Lowin getting a peach of a ball and Callum Hale also departing early. At 14 for 2 Daniel Robinson and Daniel Bandaranaike set about rebuilding the innings. With Daniel Bandaranaike departing for 24 in the 14^th over it was left to Dan Robinson to glue the innings together, he got good support from Joe Dawborn and Dan Malem each getting 33. Robinson was eventually out for 82, batting for over 50 overs in the heat to give Hunts a respectable total of 238 for 10 in their 57 overs.

With 48 overs to get Hunts total Bucks got off to a slow start, it looked like they were playing for a draw, but the Hunts spinners played their part prizing out 3 quick wickets. At 132 for 3 in the 30th over Bucks looked in command but James Trafford second spell changed the game Trafford picking up 3 for 8 runs in 3 over, with Jack Skidmore also taking a wicket at the other end Bucks were suddenly 135 for 7. With the smell of victory Joe Dawborn took up the challenge grabbing the ball and taking a wicket in his second over, Bucks were now 8 down with only 4 overs left. You could see this game going down to the wire. It did, Hunts taking the last wicket with the last ball of the innings to claim their first victory of the season, a reaction catch by Callum Hale at silly mid off, off the bowling of Joe Dawborn.

Well done to all the boys!!!

Huntingdonshire Batting

R Lowin b M Lomas 1

D Robinson b T Helm 82

C Hale ct Rendell b T Helm 9

D Bandaranaike b J Triggs 24

J Dawborn ct Maciver b V Saxena 33

D Malem run out 33

R Sayer b J Triggs 10

J Prime b T Helm 10

J Bowers ct Simmons b Helm 1

J Trafford b J Triggs 17

A Magee not out 0

Extras 18

Total 238 for 10 in 56.1 overs

Buckinghamshire Bowling

T Helm 8O 2M 28R 3W

M Lomas 9O 1M 27R 1W

J Maciver 7O 0R 0W 44R

R Marsh 7O 1M 25R 0W

J Triggs 8.1O 1M 26R 4W

G Jenkins 11O 2M 42R 0W

A Ellemore 3O 0M 19R 0W

V Saxena 3O 0M 18R 1W

Buckinghamshire Batting

W Simmons b J Skidmore 15

J Triggs b J Prime 33

T Helm b J Prime 15

N Cadman ct D Robinson b J Trafford 29

N Janed ct J Trafford b D Malem 30

O Rendell lbw J Trafford 0

J Mciver ct & b J Trafford 0

G Jenkins not out 19

A Ellemore lbw J Dawborn 11

R Marsh ct D Malem b J Skidmore 12

V Saxena ct C Hale b J Dawborn 1

Extras 24

Total 189 for 10 in 48 overs

Huntingdonshire Bowling

J Dawborn 10O 3M 35R 2W

J Trafford 9O 3M 28R 3W

J Skidmore 8O 0M 32R 2W

D Bandaranaike 3O 0M 10R 0W

J Prime 8O 0M 37R 2W

R Sayer 5O 1M 24R 0W

D Malem 6O 3M12R 1W

Huntingdonshire U15s V Leicestershire U15s

Huntingdonshire U15s V Leicestershire U15s

Nassington Cricket Club 16^th June 2009

(Cup 50 overs per side)

Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat on what looked like a good batting track at Nassington. Sure enough Leicestershire piled up the runs with the aid of some poor fielding and some inaccurate bowling, J Kirkham scoring his first ton for Leicestershire. Hunts pulled things back in the last 10 overs with Daniel Malem taking 4 for 25 in his 6 overs. Leicestershire finished on 271 for 8 in their 50 overs a total which at one point looked like being well over 300 great credit to all the Hunts boys for pulling things back.

Hunts got off to a solid start with Rob Lowin and Daniel Robinson opening the innings. The openers put on 124 for the first wicket (Daniel Robinson 36) as Hunts kept up with the run rate. Rob Lowin took the attack to Leicestershire as he seemed to grow in confidence with every shoot. Leicestershire squeezed the game in the middle overs by denying Lowin the strike and bowling at the new batsmen. Rob Lowin was eventually bowled out for 88 in the 36^th over. Hunts were all out for 233 in the 48^th over with Joe Dawborn unbeaten on 32. A great effort by the Hunts batters, the Leicestershire coaches were also all full of praise for our effort with the bat.

Leicestershire Batting

R Ghuman b Prime 46

A Patel ct Bandaranaike b Dawborn 20

J Kirkham Run Out (Bandaranaike) 104

T Richardson b Malem 57

B Hincliffe b Malem 11

J Valand Run Out (Trafford) 2

Z Mir b Malem 0

S Gale Not Out 1

M Chauhan ct Curtis b Malem 0

Extras 30

Total 271 for 8 in 50 overs

Huntingdonshire Bowling

J Trafford 10O 0M 55R 0W

J Dawborn 5O 1M 18R 1W

J Skidmore 5O 0M 32R 0W

D Bandaranaike 9O 0M 69R 0W

J Prime 10O 0M 37R 1W

A Magee 4O 0M 24R 0W

D Malem 6O 0M 25R 4W

Huntingdonshire Batting

R Lowin b Mir 88

D Robinson ct Gomania b Thakkar 36

C Hale ct Kirkham b A Patel 3

D Bandaranaike ct Gomania b Chauhan 0

J Bowers ct & b Chauhan 5

J Dawbown Not Out 32

D Malem ct Ghuman b A Patel 5

B Curtis b Valand b Ghuman 5

J Trafford b Ghuman 8

J Prime ct A Patel b Ghuman 9

J Skidmore st Richardson b Thakrar 2

Extras 34

Total 223 for 10 in 48.3 overs

Leicestershire Bowling

L Gomania 4O 0M 12R 0W

S Gale 5O 2M 14R 0W

R Dawson 4O 1M 17R 0W

B Hincliffe 2O 0M 18R 0W

J Valand 3O 0M 32R 0W

T Thakkar 8.3O 0M 42R 2W

A Patel 10O 2M 29R 2W

Z Mir 5O 1M 12R 1W

R Ghuman 4O 0M 24R 3W

M Chauhan 4O 1M 15R 2W

Norfolk U15s V Huntingdonshire U15s

Norfolk U15s V Huntingdonshire U15s

Great Melton CC 09^th June 2009

(ECB Cup 50 Overs per side)

The conditions were damp and ideal for bowling, so it was no surprise when Hunts elected to bowl after winning the toss. James Trafford and Joe Dawborn were again very unlucky not to pick up early wickets as they kept things tight. Norfolk made slow progress eventually loosing their first wicket in the 17^th over with the score on 39.

A fantastic catch by Josh Bowers of the bowling of Daniel Bandaranaike saw Norfolk loose their other opener for 49 in the 29^th over. Not wanting to be out done by Bowers, Jack Prime dived full length to hold on to a beauty to get rid of danger man Ollie Stone off the bowling of Jack Skidmore. At this stage Hunts were well in the game as Norfolk had only 145 runs on the board and we were in the 41^st over. The last 9 overs saw all the hard work done earlier disappear as Hunts failed to contain the Norfolk’s No.5 and No.6 who put on 73 in those 9 overs. Norfolk finished on 218 for 4 in their 50 overs, 40 runs to many in my opinion.

Hunts top order was blown away by Ollie Stone who finished with figures of 3 for 13 in his first spell. Hunts never recovered, loosing wickets at regular intervals and eventually were bowled out for 90 in the 27^th over. I must say I was disappointed with our batting performance, thought we played the reputation of Ollie Stone rather than his bowling considering that this was the first time he had bowled this season.

Come on batters!! Lets put the batting right in the next game!!!

Norfolk Batting

L Denmark ct Dawborn b Bandaranaike 16

J Larter ct Bowers b Bandaranaike 49

O Stone ct Prime b Skidmore 49

R Bridgestock st Bowers b Skidmore 16

D Mickeltwaite not out 44

T Fletcher not out 29

15 Extras

Total 218 for 4 in 50 overs

Huntingdonshire Bowling

J Dawborn 7O 1M 37R 0W

J Trafford 9O 3M 39R 0W

D Bandaranaike 10O 1M 35R 2W

J Prime 6O 0M 31R 0W

J Skidmore 8O 1M 28R 2W

A Magee 5O 0M 29R 0W

R Lowin 5O 0M 16R 0W

Huntingdonshire Batting

D Robinson ct Barker b Stone 0

R Lowin ct Denmark b Bryan 4

C Hale ct Bryan b Stone 4

D Bandaranaike ct Mickeltwait b Bates 14

B Curtis b Stone 0

J Dawbown ct Stone b Pearce 17

D Malem ct Larter b Bryan 25

J Trafford ct Bridstock b Bryan 7

J Bowers ct Stone b Denmark 0

J Prime not out 0

A Magee b Denmark 4

Extras 15

Total 90 for 10 in 27 overs

Norfolk Bowling

O Stone 7O 2M 19R 3W

W Bryan 6O 2M 16R 3W

L Bates 4O 0M 26R 1W

R Pearce 5O 1M 130R 1W

L Denmark 5O 1M 15R 2W

Huntingdonshire U15s V Cambridgeshire U15s

Huntingdonshire U15s V Cambridgeshire U15s

St Ives Cricket Club 31^st May 2009

(Cup 50 overs per side)

Outclassed and outplayed on a flat St Ives track, Hunts were always behind the black ball after failing to post a decent total after winning the toss and electing to bat on a hot sunny day. Hunts got off to the worst possible start loosing two early wickets in the first 4 overs. At 8 for 2 Billy Curtis and Daniel Bandaranaike set about rebuilding the innings against some good tight bowling. Progress was slow as Hunts. only managed to get the score passed the hundred mark in the 35^th over. The innings was given some impetus from the late order with Rob Lowin (24) and an unbroken last wicket stand of 34 from James Trafford (11) and Jack Prime (20). Hunts finished on 177 for 9 in their 50 over with Daniel Bandaranaike (39) top scoring.

Cambs got off to a flyer scoring at 6 per over. Unfortunately a controversial catch at slip off the bowling of Jack Skidmore changed the game for Hunts, the umpire gave the batsman out and then the square leg umpire reversed the decision. This seem to upset the whole team who lost their focus and just seem to be going through the motions. Cams got to Hunts total in the 30^th over for the loss of two late wickets. The unlucky Luke Spears being bowled by James Trafford on 99 when the score was on 168.

Huntingdonshire Batting

B Curtis b Winter 29

J Stimson b Upton 0

C Hale c&b Upton 5

D Bandaranaike b Craze 39

J Dawbown ct Darling b Craze 15

J Bowers ct Hooley b Craze 7

D Malem ct McGahey b Craze 5

R Lowin ct Sherwin b Ripington 24

J Corder ct Darling b Ripington 8

J Trafford Not Out 2

J Prime Not Out 2

Extras 17

Total 177 for 9 in 50 overs

Cambridgeshire Bowling

S Ripington 8O 4M 18R 2W

J Upton 5O 3M 10R 2W

W McGahey 7O 1M 28R 0W

G Darling 5O 0M 20R 0W

R Turner 10O 2M 28R 0W

R Craze 10O 0M 32R 4W

M Winter 5O 0M 35R 1W

Cambridgeshire Batting

T McKibbin Not Out 66

L Spears b Trafford 99

T Sherwin Run Out 3

W Hooley Not Out 0

10 Extras

Total 178 for 2 in 30 overs

Huntingdonshire Bowling

J Dawborn 3O 0M 15R 0W

J Trafford 8O 1M 29R 1W

J Skidmore 5O 1M 36R 0W

J Prime 7O 0M 35R 0W

D Bandaranaike 4O 0M 42R 0W

R Lowin 4O 0M 20R 0W

Northamptonshire U15s V Huntingdonshire U15s

Northamptonshire U15s V Huntingdonshire U15s

Rushden Cricket Club 28^th May 2009

(Cup 50 overs per side)

Having lost the toss on a cold summers day, Huntingdonshire were put in to bat by Northants, Hunts lost an early wicket and were 6 for 1 after 3 overs. Calum Hale showed his positive intent by getting off the mark with a beautifully timed on drive, he carried on with this aggressive approach scoring 45 runs off 52 balls, but the loss of 3 middle order wickets meant Hunts had to re-build the innings. Callum got great support from Rob Lowin and we looked like we could post a total of well over 200, but a bad umpiring decision on Rob Lowin meant the momentum was halted. Hunts finished on 173 for 3 which in my opinion was 30 runs short, again we did not bat our overs, Callum Hale was the star of the show finishing on 82 – which included 3x6’s and 12x4’s, Rob Lowin finished on 29 with 1x6 and 3x4’s.

Hunts opening bowlers were very unlucky not to pick up early wickets as they constantly beat the bat, James Trafford did pick up the one of the Northants openers in his 5^th over but by then Northants were 34 runs to the good. An inspired change by Joe Dawborn giving debutant Jack Skidmore the ball in the 10^th over tied things up for Hunts, with pressure at both ends Hunts took 2 quick wickets, reducing Northants to 73 for 3. The Northants innings was held together by their Captain N. Castleman, who went on to score 78 not out. Hunts were briefly in the game when again 2 quick wickets fell either side of the drinks interval. Northants finished on 174 for 5 in the 39^th over. Again good team spirit, but we need to start batting as a unit, overall the fielding was better but those 30 runs would have made a big difference. Well done to Callum Hale and debutant Jack Skidmore who finished with figures of 8 over’s 1 for 36.

Huntingdonshire Batting

B Curtis b Humphreys 1

J Stimson b Archer 11

C Hale ct Wigley b Ruff 82

D Bandaranaike lbw Archer 0

D Malem lbw Patel 4

J Dawborn ct Kirk b Patel 0

R Lowin st Cook b Ruff 29

J Trafford b Ruff 2

D Robinson not out 11

J Prime st Cook b Ruff 2

J Skidmore ct Kirk b Ruff 0

Extras 31

Total 173for 10 in 43 overs

Northants Bowling

G Humphreys 8O 1M 25R 1W

J Wigley 10O 1M 24R 0W

J Kirk 3O 0M 26R 0W

N Archer 2O 0M 16R 2W

P Patel 10O 2M 36R 2W

E Ruff 10O 0M 40R 5W

Northants Batting

T Gurney ct Prime b Skidmore 18

D Cook b Trafford 13

N Castelman not out 78

A McClure b Bandaranaike 9

D Purcer ct & b Dawborn 7

L Bates b Magee 11

E Ruff not out 16

22 Extras

Total 175 for 5 in 41.3 overs

Hunts bowling

J Dawborn 9O 1M 24R 1W

J Trafford 9O 0M 35R 1W

J Skidmore 8O 0M 36R 1W

D Bandaranaike 5O 0M 24R 1W

A Magee 4O 0M 20R 1W

J Prime 6.3O 0M 31R 0W

Hertfordshire U15s V Huntingdonshire U15s

Hertfordshire V Huntingdonshire

U15s at Berkhamsted CC

10^th May 09

(45 overs per side)

Having won the toss on a beautiful sunny day, and playing at one of the most picturesque setting for a game of cricket, everyone was looking forward to a great game. The only let down was that the groundsman had decided that the game would be played on the end wicket, which was very disappointing considering it was a county game. With awkward slopes at each end, it was going to be a challenge to bowl good lines to the batsmen. This proved to be the case as Hunts. racked up 20 wides in their 45 overs.

Hunts got off to a good start with James Trafford providing the early breakthrough. Aaron Magee continued the success with two quick wickets the second a very sharp caught and bowled which reduced Herts. to 75 for 3 in the 20^th over.

Dropping England hopeful W Ray on 23 was the turning point of the game as Herts. were able to consolidate, Ray going on to score 64. With another half century by L Anthony Herts. were able to post a challenging total of 253 in their 45 overs.

The Hunts. top order were blown away by the extra bounce created by the Herts. opening bowlers, with the score on 68 for 5 in the 22^nd over it looked like we were going home early but Joe Dawborn had other ideas, hitting the ball straight and getting right behind it he finished with a very accomplished 64, with good support from Daniel Malem, Rob Lowin and James Trafford Hunts. managed to get to a total of 203 in their 45 overs. It was good to see Hunts bat the 45 overs and not loose all their wickets. Looking at the score book I thought we bowled too many wides but Herts. managed to double our total bowling 40 wides showing how difficult it was to bowl on that wicket.

All in all a better team performance than last week but we need the top order to start scoring. Overall it would be good to see more energy from the players between the overs and the fielding needs to be sharper to cut out those easy singles. Team spirit was again excellent and I can honestly say we are getting better with every game.

Well done to everyone!!

well done Joe!!

lets see a few more 50’s from that top order!!

Hertfordshire Batting

W Ray ct Dawborn b Malem 64

T Malde lbw Trafford 10

N Pancharat’n ct Malem b Magee 12

J Scott lbw c & b Magee 0

L Anthony ct Robinson b Lowin 74

A Chalker ct Robinson b Lowin 15

C Emmerton Run Out 4

R Toms Run Out 35

H Morecroft Not Out 1

Extras 30

Total 253 for 8 in 45 overs

Huntingdonshire Bowling

J Dorbown 7O 0M 52R 0W

J Trafford 8O 2M 37R 1W

A Magee 5O 0M 16R 2W

D Bandaranaike 9O 0M 42R 0W

D Malem 8O 0M 41R 1W

J Prime 8O 0M 38R 0W

R Lowin 2O 0M 20R 2W

Huntingdonshire Batting

J Stimson ct Ray b Scott 7

C Hale ct Martin b Khan 7

D Bandaranaike lbw Patni 1

D Malam b Morecroft 23

J Corder ct Emmerton b Mitchel 9

J Dorbown ct Ray b Khan 64

R Lowin ct Anthony b Mitchell 11

D Robinson ct Morecroft b Martin 12

J Trafford Not Out 16

B Curtis Not Out 28

Extras 45

203 for 8 in 45 overs

Hertfordshire Bowling

S Knan 9O 1M 28R 2W

V Patni 5O 0M 9R 1W

H Morecroft 6O 1M 30R 1W

J Scott 5O 1M 20R 1W

L Mitchell 8O 0M 46R 2W

L Anthony 4O 0M 19R 0W

R Toms 4O 0M 30R 0W

C Martin 4O 0M 19R 1W

Hunts V Dorset 4th May

Hunts U15s V Dorset U15s played at Godmanchester CC - 4^th May 2009

Hunts won the toss on an overcast bank holiday monday and decided to bowl. Their decision paid off as Captain Joe Dawborn steamed in to reduce Dorset to 16 for 3 after 7 overs. He finished his spell of 5 overs with figures of 3 for 8. Joe was well supported at the other end by the unlucky James Trafford. Joe was replaced by Daniel Bandaranaike who kept things tight at one end with a spell of 5 overs for 6 runs. Dorset pulled their innings back with a stand of 80 runs, but 2 quick wickets by Jack Prime again swing things Hunts way. Some good running between the wickets by the lower order saw Dorset post a challenging total of 218 in their 50 overs. Joe Dawborn finishing with figures of 4 for 39.

In reply Hunts got off to a solid start with Billy Curtis and Calum Hale putting on 56 for the first wicket. Tight bowling by Dorset made it difficult for Hunts to keep up with the scoring rate. The top order all got starts but failed to convert – Daniel Bandaranaike top scoring with 21 runs. Hunts finished on 139 all out in the 42 over with Rob Lowin adding some late impetus with a quick fire 17.

A good start to the season with plenty to work on especially with our running between the wickets and the fielding. We were competitive throughout the game and the team spirit was terrific especially early on when Dorset were put on the rack.

Well done to all today!! Lets put it right on Sunday!

Dorset Batting

J Rowett b Dawborn 6

G Russell ct Bowers b Dawborn 8

L McManns b Prime 59

J Burns lbw Dawborn 1

O Green ct Dawborn b Bandaranaike 52

J Randall lbw Prime 0

R Triniman b Lowin 14

J Hurley b Dawborn 29

J Brown b Bandaranaike 1

C Quinn not out 22

J Hicks not out 8

Extras 18

Total 218 for 9 in 50 overs

Hunts Bowling

J Dawborn 10O 3M 39R 4W

J Trafford 10O 1M 45R 0W

D Bandaranaike 8O 0M 28R 2W

S Mansar 3O 0M 16R 0W

A Magee 4O 0M 27R 0W

J Prime 10O 1M 33R 2W

R Lowin 5O 0M 27R 1W

Hunts Batting

B Curtis b J Brown 17

C Hale ct Quinn b Green 19

D Bandaranaike b Rowett 21

D Malem ct Russell b Rowett 11

L Grimoldsby ct Randall b Rowett 7

J Bowers ct Hurley b Hicks 2

J Dawborn ct Hurley b Arnold 7

R Lowin ct Quinn b Hicks 17

J Prime st McManus b Arnold 0

J Trafford ct Rowett b Hicks 2

S Mansa not out 2

Extras 34

Total 139 for 10 in 42 overs

Dorset Bowling

R Trinaman 5O 0M 20R 0W

J Hicks 7O 1M 25R 2W

J Randall 5O 0M 13R 0W

J Brown 10O 0M 25R 1W

O Green 4O 1M 16R 1W

J Rowett 5O 1M 11R 3W

C Arnold 6O 0M 19R 2W

The Wall

Final challenge involved every member of the team climbing the wall to collect a bit of a puzzle that was on top of the wall, the team had to relay information to create the puzzle which was again described to them by one of their team mates. This involved good communication skills and team work, some of the Under 14's decided to take charge. Very impressed with the youngest member Mo for his enthusiasm and Josh B for his commitment on scaling the hardest part of the wall. Can I also

say I was very impressed with all the other Under 14's and Under 15's who again contributed to a fantastic day.

I will put up some more questions over the next few days, but lets kick off with this ones.

1) How do you feel now the team building event has finished?

2) What did you learn about your team mates?

3) What did you learn about yourself ?

Cal

Callum having a break, was always hungry

Lego Challenge

Th second team did slightly better than the first team. Teams had to make a figure which was described to them by other team members (the one on the right was the model to copy - picture below - it was the one on the left) think there was a slight problem with the communication in this one!!

11:37

The second task was when the Under 15's discovered team work it was at 11:37

Joe

Blind leading the blind, Joe leading Dan Robinson

Bind

Blind folded they had to work as a team through an assault course full of duck poo and mud, team worked well together and had a lot of fun