U12D Cricket vs Brighton Prep U15A Victorious against Brighton College

The U12D team faced Brighton College Prep school at home on Wednesday. We started batting and scored the highest number of runs we have scored yet this season! There was particularly strong batting from Saffron, Georgia, Tilly, and Tilly. We went into field on 317 runs.

We started strongly, with slick fielding and bowling. Unfortunately, our form dropped slightly in the middle of the innings, and this allowed Brighton to quickly make some headway with their runs.

We picked up again for the final 8 overs and tried to minimise their runs as much as possible. Brighton took the win, but a huge well done goes to our girls for a massive improvement in their batting performance. Special mention to Georgia who received Batter of the Match and Tilly, who received Bowler of the Match. Well done!

The U15A had their final Sussex Cup League game this week against local opposition, Brighton College. After spying their results, we knew they have had a good season so far, and we were ready to stop this train rumbling on.

We lost the toss and we were put in to bat, not a decision we would have opted for. Eloise and Orla headed out to middle to face their opening bowler. It was not the start we wanted, as we were 8/3 off 3, losing Eloise, Dot, and Tilly quickly to some very good bowling. It was up to Orla and Grace to dig deep and bring the team back into contention, and that they did.

With some genuinely excellent cricket shots, they put 71 on the board after 12 overs before losing Orla (18) to a decent ball. More wickets fell around Grace (32), but a final partnership with Indigo meant we finished with a total of 115, a total which felt defensible.

The ball was given to Tilly to open the bowling, and she kept her tight line against the openers, but it was Grace who took the wickets of the first two batters, one in the 4th and the second in the 5th over. We then took wickets at regular intervals leaving Brighton at 51/5 at the halfway mark, courtesy of Orla (2) and Maya (caught Eloise).

With the opposition on the charge, looking for runs in any way they could, there were lots of run out chances, but Mia took to the opportunity to run out the dangerous number 6 who had backed up so far, she couldn’t get back in her ground when a straight drive was fired back down the pitch. Dot, Eloise, and Tilly all pitched in for the final wickets, and, with the opposition needing 19 off the final over, we were able to limit them and take an excellent 14 run win.