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