Don's XI v. Counties 1
Counties 70/20 overs (Angus Nicoll 3/17, Bjorn Wojt 3/11, Faisal Ganchi 2/5)
Dons XI 90/20 overs (Reid Hastie 20 Not Out, Cole Briggs 21 Not Out)
Don's XI win
Colin's XI v. Counties 2
Counties 87/20 overs (Steven Newey 2/17, Harry Bartlett 2/12)
Colin's XI 82/All Out (Eru Hudson 27)
Colin's XI lost
Don's XI v. Counties 2
Don's XI 99/20 overs (Bjorn 43 Not Out, Jake Skellern 23 Not Out)
Counties 50/All Out (Asher Robb 3/9, Kit Freeman 2/10, Chris Woodard 2/1)
Don's XI win
Colin's XI v. Counties 1
Colin's XI 110/20 overs (Steven Newey 47 Not Out, Evan Cronje 24 Not Out)
Counties 30/All Out (Max Lewis 2/4)
Colin's XI win
So we win 3 out of 4 games and I think, if we are honest, we should have won all 4 games. Colin's XI slumped after losing 4 wickets in 4 balls and were kicking themselves.
Don's XI under the guidance of Reid Hastie showed excellent tactical fielding, making good use of slips and a line of sight short mid-off. There was some fantastic slip catching with four really top class catches taken off sharp bowling from Angus Nicoll, Asher Robb and Bjorn Wojt (Reid Hastie and Chris Woodard with cat like reflexes). This backed up by some good batting; Cole Briggs, Reid Hastie, Bjorn Wojt and Jake Skellern showing a good range of skills - moving the game on when it needed and batting sensibly at the start of the innings.
Colin's XI, as mentioned above, will be disappointed with their first game (only Eru Hudson will be able to sleep without batting nightmares from the first game) however, made up for this in the second game. A good sensible start, from Max Lewis and Steven Newey, gave a solid base for the team to build on. Steven and Evan Cronje did this very well and really set a good strong target. Poor Luke Dewar was treated to a "Yes, No, Sorry" call and run out for a diamond duck but, he took it well and will be back to fight another day. Then the bowlers went to work and ripped apart the opposition - the fielding was aggressive and they deserved their win.
All in all a very impressive display from both teams, with everyone contributing in some form or another. The bowlers that had to work in to the wind, worked out that a shorter run up and concentrating on line and length was the best way forward. However, it took the batsmen a little longer to realise that the ball held up and did not go as far when hitting in to the wind. We also need to work on turning dot balls in to 1's and 1's in 2's by putting pressure on the field and running the first run hard. The fielding/bowling was very good although, we did find that it got a bit ragged about half way through the innings as we started to lose concentration - we must work on focus throughout the game and driving home an advantage. Similarly, whilst batting, the rest of the team should work on keeping up to date with the position of the game and keeping ther batsmen well informed of what is required.
Well done to everyone and thanks to Colin, Don, scorers and parents that turned up and helped out.
Counties 70/20 overs (Angus Nicoll 3/17, Bjorn Wojt 3/11, Faisal Ganchi 2/5)
Dons XI 90/20 overs (Reid Hastie 20 Not Out, Cole Briggs 21 Not Out)
Don's XI win
Colin's XI v. Counties 2
Counties 87/20 overs (Steven Newey 2/17, Harry Bartlett 2/12)
Colin's XI 82/All Out (Eru Hudson 27)
Colin's XI lost
Don's XI v. Counties 2
Don's XI 99/20 overs (Bjorn 43 Not Out, Jake Skellern 23 Not Out)
Counties 50/All Out (Asher Robb 3/9, Kit Freeman 2/10, Chris Woodard 2/1)
Don's XI win
Colin's XI v. Counties 1
Colin's XI 110/20 overs (Steven Newey 47 Not Out, Evan Cronje 24 Not Out)
Counties 30/All Out (Max Lewis 2/4)
Colin's XI win
So we win 3 out of 4 games and I think, if we are honest, we should have won all 4 games. Colin's XI slumped after losing 4 wickets in 4 balls and were kicking themselves.
Don's XI under the guidance of Reid Hastie showed excellent tactical fielding, making good use of slips and a line of sight short mid-off. There was some fantastic slip catching with four really top class catches taken off sharp bowling from Angus Nicoll, Asher Robb and Bjorn Wojt (Reid Hastie and Chris Woodard with cat like reflexes). This backed up by some good batting; Cole Briggs, Reid Hastie, Bjorn Wojt and Jake Skellern showing a good range of skills - moving the game on when it needed and batting sensibly at the start of the innings.
Colin's XI, as mentioned above, will be disappointed with their first game (only Eru Hudson will be able to sleep without batting nightmares from the first game) however, made up for this in the second game. A good sensible start, from Max Lewis and Steven Newey, gave a solid base for the team to build on. Steven and Evan Cronje did this very well and really set a good strong target. Poor Luke Dewar was treated to a "Yes, No, Sorry" call and run out for a diamond duck but, he took it well and will be back to fight another day. Then the bowlers went to work and ripped apart the opposition - the fielding was aggressive and they deserved their win.
All in all a very impressive display from both teams, with everyone contributing in some form or another. The bowlers that had to work in to the wind, worked out that a shorter run up and concentrating on line and length was the best way forward. However, it took the batsmen a little longer to realise that the ball held up and did not go as far when hitting in to the wind. We also need to work on turning dot balls in to 1's and 1's in 2's by putting pressure on the field and running the first run hard. The fielding/bowling was very good although, we did find that it got a bit ragged about half way through the innings as we started to lose concentration - we must work on focus throughout the game and driving home an advantage. Similarly, whilst batting, the rest of the team should work on keeping up to date with the position of the game and keeping ther batsmen well informed of what is required.
Well done to everyone and thanks to Colin, Don, scorers and parents that turned up and helped out.
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