Our Under 13 Team is expected to be crowned one of the Cambridgeshire League Champions having only lost one game all season! The team has developed substantially this year and very nearly stayed unbeaten eventually losing their final game by two runs!
We now have a handful of friendly matches left and a fun Hundred-style game with our Under 11s on the President’s Day Sunday 24th July. Some of our Under 13s have already started to make the step up to the Under 15 team and the confidence the Under 13 league wins have given our children is great to see.
Notable batting performances this season have been Josh Heslam scoring over 100 runs and averaging 39 which is staggering considering he is an Under 11 and has to retire on 30 so there have been several Not Outs there. Aaron Nash and Sam Dawson have also chipped in with some important runs, Aaron often anchoring the innings as captain. Lewis Karim clicked recently at Thriplow with 22 not out and continues to show great potential, meanwhile Lily Hall has been gradually creeping up the batting order with some valuable runs late on in games. A special mention to Oliver Walters too who has looked technically very correct in games as well.
Lily has however emphatically taken the bowling crown though with an amazing 18 wickets at 5.67. Josh Heslam backed up his impressive batting performances with 8 wickets at 6.25. Sam Dawson was slightly unlucky not to get more wickets as our strike bowler got quicker and more accurate as the season progressed. A special mention to Finn Wisson who took a wicket with his first ball in competitive cricket at Wenden!
Our fielding stats are very similar with six boys taking catches and being involved in several run outs they are Josh Heslam, Aaron Nash, Matthew Barons, Oliver Tallis, Sam Dawson and Stanley Johnson. We also need to praise Stanley and Zachary Duke who only joined the club a short time into the season and have been whole heartadly committed in the field.
When a team wins the league and only lost one game narrowly you can arguably say every game has been a highlight. I have wracked my brains as manager and come up with these memories (sorry if I have forgotten some), I am looking forward to sharing these and others with you all soon at the end of season rewards. We are planning to get together in September watch this space!
Oliver Walters and Lewis Karim for their catches at Royston in the cup;
Josh Heslam’s match winning 32 v Royston;
Aaron Nash’s six at Wenden;
Scarlett Blaney for her run-out v City of Cambridge;
Oliver Tallis for his Ben Stokes performance at Wenden;
Stanley and Vicky bringing the win home at Wenden!
Sam Dawson’s catches at Thriplow and home v Wenden;
Lewis Karim’s batting at Thriplow and bowling v Royston;
Lily Hall and Zachary Duke on a hat-trick!
End of Term Report submitted by Richard Barlow, RCC Under 13 Team Manager.
The League Table can be seen at the Cambridgeshire Youth Cricket Association website at:
www.cyca.play-cricket.com
Then look for Division U13E
