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