Brixworth U11 Vs Horton House

Sunday 22nd May : Brixworth U11 away v Horton House U11

Brixworth won toss and elected to field

Teams start on 200 and lose 5 runs for each wicket lost

Horton House 285-6 (net 255)

1st pair scored 24 runs through quick singles but lost 2 wickets, James Henry bowling one batsmen then performing a brilliant run out when fielding off his own bowling.

2nd pair scored 15 runs with 1 wicket lost with James involved again taking a catch off Robert Vizor's bowling

3rd pair scored 27 runs with 1 wicket lost, Jessica Wright taking the wicket with a bowled to cap off good bowling figures of 3 overs 1 wicket for 10 runs

4th pair scored 19 runs with 2 wickets lost, Robert (3-0-9-2) bowling a batsmen before returning the favour to James (3-0-18-2) by catching a batsmen off James bowling

Brixworth 235-5 (net 210)

1st pair of William Clarke and Jessica Wright scored 7 runs, William scoring 4 not out with the loss of 1 wicket through a run out.

2nd pair of Tom Moxon (1 not out) and John Magson scored 5 runs with the loss of 1 wicket

3rd pair of James Henry (11 not out) and Owen Mitchell (2 not out) scored 14 runs in an unbeaten partnership

4th pair of Robert Vizor (3 not out) and George Darlington (1 run) scored 9 runs but unfortunately lost 3 wickets.

RESULT : Horton House won by 45 runs

Positives :

I was very proud of the team and how competitive they were in the field considering we had 3 players making debuts all of whom put in a great effort. Against a side which bowled very accurately we took more wickets 6 v 5, I saw some great stops in the field by George and John

Good defensive batting by Tom Moxon who in 1 over played 4 super forward defensive shots to 4 balls that would have hit the stumps.

Excellent bowling by James , Robert , Jessica and William who was unfortunate not to take a wicket and only conceded 6 runs in 3 overs

Areas to work on :

Extras (Wides and No Balls) , HH were very accurate with only 6 extras ( 3 wides ) where as Brixworth conceded 31 extras through wides and no balls , as you can see 25 runs difference would have made the score very close

Non striker backing up and running between the wickets. It is very important that every ball the non striker walks out with the bowler and is looking for the single also when running clear communication about how many you are running as well as looking for any over throws or mis fields

Batting , knowing when to defend and when to attack. If a ball is a "good length" and on the stumps then the decision must be made quickly to play straight and defend. We will work on technique again this Friday

Thank yous

Thanks to all for attending and supporting with special thanks to Arthur for scoring and helping the team before they came out to field and bat.

Next match

Due to the bank holiday/half term we have no competitive fixture until 5th June therefore I have planned some practice matches at home as follows (invites have been sent out)

Sun 29th May - 10:30am (Open to all)

Weds 1st June - 2:30pm (Open to all)