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W H I N C H AT
Cricket
C R I C K E T R E P O RT WORDS BY
Mr Simon Lincoln, Head of Cricket
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throughout the season has meant they have been a very enjoyable group to coach and their teamwork has brought them success. The side played 12 games winning 11 and only narrowly losing to a very strong Derbyshire CC U13 side. Within the team success there were outstanding individual performances and with captain Danny Chapman and Mustafa Harron leading the batting line up we were always competitive whether we were chasing or setting a target. The consistency of our bowling attack with so many options Age Level P W D L Boys-U13A 11 10 0 1 depending on what the game required coupled with some excellent fielding meant Win Ratio 90.9% that sides were always under pressure when batting. Winning the BPS T10 competition The U13A Team have enjoyed a hugely with 3 wins against Bedfordshire, The Hall successful season playing some fantastic and Haberdashers Askes was a real highlight cricket and always playing the game in the for the season with the orange balls, coloured correct spirit. The way they have worked kit and flashing stumps making the day even as a team and supported others efforts n March we all received the wonderful news that we would have as close to ‘normal’ a cricket season as possible and considering we are still very much in a worldwide pandemic, we did manage to get a fair amount of cricket in at all age levels. This report will cover all age groups, however a specific mention for the U13s who, as an age group, only lost one game and that was against a county team. Very well-done boys.
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more enjoyable. Well done to the whole squad for their performances this season and for playing so well together. Mr Lincoln
Age Level P W D L Boys-U13B 10 10 0 0 Win Ratio 100.0%
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An unbeaten season for the Prep 2nd team, who were ably led by Captain Luka Illic, who also finished up as top wicket taker, with his ability to mop up the increasingly long tails of the opposition. Other notable performers with the ball were Alex ‘the Bedford Express’ Carlton-Smith, who rarely failed to take a wicket in the opening over and Henry Gillam, who deserved his call up to the 1sts. With the
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