Senior Cricket

Written by Jenny Dawson

My time at the GDST select cricket match was one that will stay with me We all met at South Hampstead Cricket Club for our match against the esteemed MCC team for later on in the day. Even though the team had never played together before, we all managed to rally around one another in a way I haven’t seen before in the sport which was amazing to be a part of. I was named as co-captain later on in the day, which was a great accolade to receive playing within such a talented team After a positive training session and a few interviews, we enjoyed our lunch and discussed tactics for the game at 2pm

I then took part in the toss, in which the MCC won and elected to bat Going on to the pitch was a great feeling, with such a strong team behind me and amazing opposition, I knew it was going to be a close match I opened the bowling and bowled three overs in my first spell, looking to bowl my last later in the match Our fielding was exemplary and with a few dives on the square, my white trousers were a grassy mess We had managed to keep the MCC well under 50 runs in the first 10 overs which, in itself, was a great achievement In the 19th over, I bowled my final over and, thankfully, got a wicket caught and bowled The MCC scored 99 overall and I was extremely happy we had kept them under 100, which was our initial aim