20/05/2024
Match Report:
Game No. 2, our first home game, against a Great Eccleston team having their first game on a grass wicket.
Capt Flood won the toss again and we elected to bat first.
We were more composed this week, losing only 5 wkts, compared to the 16 against st Anne’s.
However the bowling we were facing was less as impressive. They did have 2 great bowlers but the others offered little quality to get the ball pitched up, or even on the wicket
This frustrated our batters, who couldn’t really get the bat on ball, with it either being wide, or rolling on the ground.
As a result our net score was 213 after scoring 43 runs
(Against st Anne’s we scored 84)
Notable batting:
Thomas F top scored with a net 4, batting with Henry, they both opened well, with Henry also with 2 they got us off to a great start losing no wickets
At the turn we knew they were chasing a gettable target and it was in the air. We had to field and bowl well
Our bowlers did their job with some great performances
Marissa picked of the bowlers on her debut getting 2 wickets. Oliver picked up another in the last over leaving a very tense last 3 balls. One more wicket would have won it for us
Henry caught 2 difficult balls to the knees, and after looking solid behind the stumps had to be replaced by Austin, who did well with the run out also.
Winnie was great in the field, alert with backing up and vocal supporting the bowlers.
Max had an attempt of what would have been an amazing catch, but at one point it was looking like he could have taken one to the head so thankful he was fine.
Solid performance from wills with bowling against their better batters.
All in all a frustrating game, where we played good sensible, and better quality cricket.
