Season 2008 - Thongsbridae U/11 Cricket Report
Opposition;
Marsden
Game: League
Date: Sunday 29 June 2008
Venue: Thongsbridge
Weather: Damp & overcast
Thongsbridge players making debut @ U/11: Kate Marshall
Toss won by: Marsden
Who batted first: Thongsbridge
Summary of team batting firsts innings:
Tommy Woodhead and Jasper Donlon opened the batting with a good solid
partnership adding 13.Ben Lindley (5) and Lewis Kenworthy (14) added a great 19.
Kate Marshall making her debut came in next with Jack Wilson with the latter
scoring a superb 21. Heather Crossley and Fabien Cullaigh played well and lost
no wickets adding a further 9 runs. The last pair of Andrew Cuthill (7) and Max
Mellor (9) finished the innings with Max scoring a great boundary. A good solid
batting performance from the team.
Final innings score: 286-2 (270 net score)
Summary of team batting second innings:
Marsden struggled against some very good bowling from Thongsbridge. AII the
bowlers took wickets, which was pleasing to see. Kate Marshall on her debut and
Max Mellor bowled straight and both took a wicket which will be good for their
confidence. Heather Crossley finished with figures of 2-0 with some great
bowling.The pick of the bowling however was from Jack Wilson with a season best
of 4-2 off 2 overs. In the field their were catches for Lewis Kenworthy and
Tommy Woodhead and a great stumping from Jasper Donlon.One of the best bowling
performances of the season overall.
Final innings score: 230-13 (126 net score)
Result: Thongsbridge won by 144 runs
Match Summary: Overall a very good batting and bowling performance from Thongsbridge against a young but enthusiastic Marsden side. Credit to Marsden for not giving up, well done.
Next game: v Meltham, Away, League - Sunday 6
July 2008, 9.30 am start
Man of Match (as selected bv the team): 1. Jack Wilson
2. Jasper Donlon
Report by: Ben Lindley