U11 V Hoddesdon

We have now won 4 out of 4 in the 8-A-Side competition but last night's performance was almost as bad as the weather, but at least we played through the rain and got the win.
Sam and Griff were very cautious at the start as were Samuel and Adam and as each pair lost 1 wicket we were only 222 at half way. Edward and Elizabeth ran positively and Ed hit 2 good boundaries to push us past 250 followed by Matthew and Vishal scoring well only to be pegged back by a run out. Our final total of 277-3 was well below par against this bowling attack.
Bowling became very difficult in the 2nd half as the ball got very wet and slippery but everyone managed to keep the ball straight and restricted the opposition to a few singles and although they never looked like overtaking our score the fielding was very poor with no backing up allowing a few extra overthrows. Vishal took the only wicket to fall but Adam, Matthew and Elizabeth all conceded less than 5 runs in their 2 overs and we won by 22 runs in the end.
Graeme