u12s Sloggers start the season in dominant fashion

If we ever wondered if the hard work over the winter was worth it...I think we found out the answer today. First league game, 4 of the first 5 batters retired on our way to 150 off 20 overs!

Away at St Margs and asked to bat first, Krish (25) hit 5 classy fours in little time, Sam B (30) was commanding and hit the season’s first 6 to reach 30. Ed F (26) batted with great maturity and technique hitting several straight driven fours. Thomas A anchored the innings patiently working his way to 25 in the penultimate over leaving Toby and Ed W a few balls to push us up to that magic 150 mark.

150 was always a massive ask for the home side and it took us just 4 balls to strike through the excellent Alex B (2-2). Kieran W-P struck with his first ball of the season closely followed by wickets for Ed F and Sam B. Then came Thomas A “golden arm” with 3 wickets in an over including two wickets with his last two balls leaving him on a hat trick in his next match. At this stage with the opposition 8 down the boys lost a bit of focus and conceded 40 odd runs in a 5 over period, but the game was effectively over and in the end the margin of victory was a remarkable 72 runs!

I’d say the first 30 overs today was the most complete performance I have seen in this age group and I’ve not even mentioned the excellent catching (esp. Ed Fs running catch) great ground fielding and excellent keeping from Krish. A truly great start to the season!