Lancashire Cricket Board: U13s triumph in Malvern

U13s triumph in Malvern
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Jenny Laycock on 19/08/2011 11:13:00

Some top performances give the girls confidence heading into National Semi
finals

The Annual trip to Malvern College for the U13s girls, myself, Chris Chambers
and Tony Potter is completed with success. We faced Leicestershire, Somerset and
Essex over the 3 days in 40 over games. The 40 overs allowed us to push the
girls out of their comfort zone as they normally only play 30 overs. Day 1 and
tiredness from the late night showed in the field, 24 wides bowled and some poor
fielding allowed Leicestershire to post 192 all out. This was however not enough
to prevent us taking game 1. An excellent run chase was composed and we knocked
off the runs with 7 overs to spare losing just 3 wickets.
Wednesday brought Somerset and a bumpy outfield to test our fielding! Batting
first we posted 207 off 40 overs with a changed batting order. Somerset got off
to a decent start with our openers going for 42 in first 8 overs. We pulled it
back to 59 for 1 off 14. This wicket began the collapse and we ended up bowling
them out for 112 in 33 overs.
Day 3 and some very tired girls embarked on gaining boarding house dominance
over Essex! Bowling first I was concerned we would struggle again in the field
but a pre-match talk from myself and Chirs seemed to work and we bowled straight
and fielded very well. 93 all out off just 24 overs meant a short game and an
early return north. We knocked off the runs losing just 1 wicket in 16 overs.
Performances:
Day 1 vs Leicestershire
Hannah Jones 5 for 29 off 8
Emma Lamb 90*
Sami Fowler 39
Rachel Dickinson 28*
Day 2 vs Somerset
Abi Culshaw 72
Nalisha Patel 56
Emily Weetman 28*
Emily Ball 2 for 0 off0.4
Emma Lamb 5 outfield catches
Day 3 vs Essex
Hannah Jones 4 for 16 off 4.5
Ellie Threlkeld 46*
Sami Fowler 23*
Well done to all the girls this week you played some excellent cricket. Thank
you to all the parents and Grandparents for their support and transport. A week
of cricket at Malvern complete, batters in form and bowlers on top notch we
await the semi finals with baited breath! Semi finals will be played at Derby
Cricket Club on 30th August followed by the finals on 31st August at the same
ground.