After the U11B team's stirring win against Withyham B on Tuesday, the U11A opened their season with an encouraging 17 run win against King's Hill.
Having won the toss and opting to bat, skipper Ted and Cameron got the team off to a positive start before Cameron was undone by a good delivery. Bear then failed to trouble the scorer (his dad - thanks Julian) and this marked the start of the Ted and Harrison partnership, which was the cornerstone of the innings both reaching 25. They particularly ran very well between the wickets once Harrison's vocal chords got into gear. Some good blows from Ollie, and one from Tom, and good running from all the batsman enabled the team to finish on 98-6.
Harrison proceeded to clean bowl the King's Hill opener first ball and a rout was predicted. This failed to materialise as the batsmen played steadily without threatening to keep up with the required run rate. King's Hill closed on 81-5, the other 4 wickets were claimed by Ryan, Ted and Ben along with a run-out. The bowling was rather wayward at times, something the boys will need to work on in matches to come.
Castle Hill was looking its fabulous best on a sunny but rather chilly evening; thanks to Richard and Hirsty for all their work. And thanks to Hayley for some delicious sandwiches and cakes.
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