Brixworth U11 Vs Horton House

As with all matches teams start on 200 and lose 5 runs for wicket lost.

Brixworth won the toss and bowled first

Horton House. Score of 272 for 6 wickets = Net 242

Good bowling by Jasper Cooper taking 1 wicket from 2 overs, Jasper managed to break a bail meaning he keeps it as a momento. Toby Haxby with an excellent bowling performance taking 2 wickets in 3 overs conceding just 7 runs, 1 of the wickets being a superb caught and bowled. Jaden Malcom taking 3 wickets for just 3 runs in 3 overs, 1 of the wickets being a great catch by wicket keeper Tom Moxon.

Brixworth 270-8 net 230 (Horton House won by 12 runs)

First pair of Joseph Mansfield and Oliver Rose did not start well with a run out off the first ball, 3 more wickets fell during this partnership with accurate bowling by Horton. 2nd Pair of Bethany Coulton and Isaac Beetham-Green lost 3 wickets to accurate bowling. Brixworth at this point were on 185 (-15 runs from the starting score of 200). 3rd pair of Jasper Cooper and Tom Moxon batted well and only lost 1 wicket whilst scoring 20 runs which meant Brixworth required 43 runs to win from the last partnership. The final pair of Toby Haxby and Jaden Malcolm did not lose a wicket and scored an excellent 30 runs with quick singles and Jaden who was Man of the Match top scoring with 20 which included 4 boundaries.

Areas to work on :

- For a second week in a row....Running between wickets. This must improve as we have now done numerous drills on this including the final drill on Friday evening. Today I still saw many instances of a) non striker not backing up b) batters when going for a quick single slowing down as they approached the crease c) not running their bat in and d) the run out was unneccessary as the ball was struck straight to a fielder giving the batsmen no chance of making the run.

- Walking in and backing up in the field. Also think "is it neccessary to throw the ball in hard when the batsmen has clearly made the run".

- Batting , Batters are still trying to play across the line to balls that are bowled on the offside or are a full length on the stumps. This resulted in 4 of our batsmen being bowled.

*** Thanks as always to everyone for attending and supporting. Special thanks to Devon for helping with the warm up and Will Haxby for scoring ****