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