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