U13 Penn Vs. Wolverhampton  - Indoor Staffs League Cup Final  - Stafford Grammer School Sat 12th April 2008

Tom Kimberlin (C)
Bhavesh Patel
Aaron Patel
Josh Heath
Amelia Smith (WK)
Luke Oakley

Having won the toss Tom Choose to field,

Wolverhampton got off to a brisk start with 32 off the first 4 overs with the loss of one wicket, and then with accurate bowling the next 3 overs were retrained to Wolverhampton adding a net tally of 9. With good running between the wicket Wolverhampton surged to add 62 runs net from their remaining 12 overs. 5 byes.

Having set the score, 218 – 3 (203 net) we took to the field.

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Bhavesh Patel	3	0	26	0
Luke Oakley	2	0	9	2
Josh Heath	2	0	28	0
Tom Kimberlin	3	0	34	1
Aaron Patel	2	0	16	0

Luke and Amelia opened and with 12 runs scored after the first 2 overs looked promising. The pressure to score runs then took its toll with 4 wickets being lost in the next 2 overs and while runs were scored the net total was pegged back. 29-4 (9 runs net) from 4 overs.

Again Tom and Bhavesh got off to a good start with 19 off their first 2 overs but were then constrained to 7 of the next 2. They played good shots but invariably to fielders to prevent runs. Net 26 runs without loss. 26-0 (26 net)

Josh and Aaron took to the wicket. Josh hitting a 6 off the first ball. The duo negotiated good bowling and fielding to contribute 21 for the loss of one wicket (16net)

A valiant attempt but we came up short. 176 – 5 (151 net)

Batter	Runs Scored	Wickets Lost
Luke Oakley	10	2
Amelia Smith	12	2
Tom Kimberlin	8	0
Bhavesh Patel	14	0
Aaron Patel	6	0
Josh Heath	10	1

Luke bowled well and took 2 wickets for only 9 runs, but,

The man of the match award goes to Bhavesh Patel for a solid Batting performance and excellent bowling.

Our congratulations go to Wolverhampton for their victory in what was a good example of running between the wickets in the indoor form of the game

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The storm clouds gathered and the torrential rain fell, it must be close to the cricket season, bad light would have stopped play – good job for indoor cricket.

Having lost the toss we were put into bat,

Luke and Amelia opened and put on 19 in their 4 overs with the loss of one wicket, which was unfortunate to have found the basket ball backboard that kindly bounced to one of their fielders. (14 net)

Tom and Bhavesh played good shots –too good as they quickly went to fielder preventing runs. They scored 16 runs with 10 extras and lost 2 wickets to add 16 to the total which stood at 130 after 8 overs.

Aaron and Josh negotiated good bowling and fielding and with 11 from the final over took the total to 139net (164-5)

Batter	Runs Scored	Wickets Lost
Luke Oakley	5	1
Amelia Smith	11	0
Tom Kimberlin	14	1
Bhavesh Patel	2	1
Aaron Patel	8	0
Josh Heath	10	2

Given a limited total to defend and with the knowledge that in the league we had lost 3 more wickets than C&R in previous matches, we had to win or take at least 8 wickets to win our group.

Penn wasn’t about to disappoint,

Bhavesh opened with a wicket maiden, bowling their opener round his legs, and in our first 4 overs had restricted C&R to 112 net,

In the next 3 overs C&R had only added 3 runs net having lost 2 wickets, however the 8th and 9th overs were telling as 17 runs were added to their total.

Now at the business end of the game the team rose to the challenge.

A runout with the addition of 2 runs in the 10th over, only 2 runs scored in the next with a contentious catch decision not given left C&R needing 8 to win in the last.

In the last over Aaron bowled quickly and accurately and with a wicket with the 4th ball pretty much sealed the result.

C&R finished on 132 net (157-5)

With good morale, exceptional fielding and bowling the team were successful.

Only 2 extras were conceded in the innings with no byes!

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Bhavesh Patel	2	1	8	1
Luke Oakley	2	0	14	0
Josh Heath	2	0	11	0
Tom Kimberlin	3	0	15	1
Aaron Patel	3	0	9	2

The man of the match award goes jointly to Aaron Patel and Amelia Smith for their bowling and wicket keeping respectively and their contribution with the bat.

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