U10A v The Elms Won 17 1/2 - 7 1/2

The under 10s had an excellent match on Wednesday and played beautifully as a team.

Fielding first, we were a little slow to react to some balls, but improved through the innings. The Elms totalled 6.5 rounders from 27 good balls. Coming into bat, the under 10s achieved 5 whole rounders  and 6.5 rounders from reaching second post or from receiving two consecutive no balls, so a total score of 11.5 rounders. This included Clare T achieving a whole rounder: half from reaching 2^nd post and half from an obstruction.

In the second innings S.Anselms’s fielding was spot on and reduced The Elms to one rounder. In contrast, S.Anselms batted well and through a combination of strategically ordering the batters and the girls being aware of the game and running when weak fielding occurred. In total our team accumulated a further 6 rounders, 4 of which were full rounders.

All the girls played well and it is difficult to single one player out. However for this match I am awarding Yasmin Dugdale ‘Player of the Match’, for game awareness and picking up full rounders from fielding errors.

AJW