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Week 10 Blog from Chambers Jnr!Posted on Thursday Jul 2 0:00:00 BST 2009 The kids are alright… Shame about the oldies.
As you have probably guessed from above us kids were in fine form this weekend well and truly showing the older and supposedly wiser lot how to do it. We will go in age order this week so as to leave the worst till last…
Tuffnell’s U10’s began by smashing Ansty in a pairs game in which Ansty’s run tally was in fact negative giving Chilt the win by 130 runs and so setting the tone for double header against Ansty over the weekend.
Next are the U11’s who came through a tight match on Wednesday against Steyning. That’s all I am going to say as Sherpa’s match report (http://wct.play-cricket.com/content/view.asp?id=10248625&cid=218.) is far better than anything I shall be able to compose so rather pathetically I am not even going to try!
U13’s continued their impressive unbeaten run with a solid victory against Goring. Looking over the scorecard now it becomes clear why Martin was receiving so many texts from Has whilst we were down at Ansty: Toby took best bowling figures of 2-12 and followed it up with a retirement including yet another six for the third game in the row. All he needs now is a pair of yellow sunglasses! Equally important were Gatland’s figures of 2-13 and Tavares’ 25*.
The juniors then continued to show how it was done with the U14’s smashing Wisborough Green on a fine Saturday morning. Chilt batted first and posted a daunting total of 149-6 with B Miller and T Chambers retiring along with DGJ who put in a rare guest performance failing to live up to the unwanted and rather harsh nickname of Duckie with a superb retirement. Green were then blown away by Hasler (4-20) and Chambers (3-3) for 84.
Finally to the U16’s game against Ansty and as it was the only game I was involved in all weekend this will probably be far too long and detailed a report…
First some history we, that is the current U16’s, had never beaten Ansty. In our runners up season of 2007 it was they whom denied us victory on both occasions we met; particularly humiliating was the final that year where we found ourselves at 5-5. So it was far to say we wanted this. The side we were playing against was their U15’s so not the same men who had beaten us in 07 but nevertheless as we have a majority of U15’s it was still a big game. We bowled economically from the off and took wickets throughout to help restrict the run rate. Fielding was superb, a special mention to our boundary riders JT and Fermo who cut off almost everything. JT bowled well at the start with 3 overs for 11 in tandem with DBD who finished with 5 overs 14-2. JT was no needed to bowl at the end due to a superb spell from Jack “Hollywood” Hasler finishing with figures of 4 overs 11-2. Due to our economical bowling and superb fielding we managed to keep Ansty down to 104 – 9 off their 25. We began our inning well with 5 wides from the first delivery and we continued to score at a good rate Until we lost both Jack “Boycott” Glover and Will “One Leg” Hay in quick succession leaving us 37-2 after 7 overs. Run rate was not a problem but there was certainly a bit of a worry in the camp that we may collapse again. However thanks to a superb partnership from Jake “Roy” Hodgson (29) and David “Johnson” BD (20*) we got ourselves to 72-3. At this stage we decided things were going a bit too well so we decided to spice things up a little and have a mini collapse losing Tolson and Wyatt cheaply who won’t thank me for mentioning that they both lost their wicket to Megan “Murali” Janman followed soon after by J Reeves. We had things under control the whole time!? And DBD and C Reeves saw us home by the convincing margin of 4 wickets and 5 overs. I think it’s fair to say we mauled ‘em!
Now if you are of a depressive nature its probably best to scroll down to the last paragraph if not then read on… The oldies didn’t go well this week with the exception of the 2nd XI.
We will begin with them playing at home against Broadbridge Heath where Fingers finally decided to win the toss and put the oppo into bat, therefore removing from the equation the frustrating bore draws of late. Thanks to a 5 for from Big Al Heath only posted 174-7 in their 49, 39 of which were byes which we will blame on fellow blogger Goring for being off gallivanting and therefore unavailable! In reply Jeffries (81) and Aylward (30) shared a ton stand allowing Chilt to make it home easily with 5 wickets to spare.
To say that the 1st XI were not quite as successful against the same opponent would probably be the understatement of the century. Having been put into bat Chilt posted a woeful 87 all out begging the question what on earth is going on with our batting this season. Predictably Heath comfortably got there with 8 wickets to spare leaving us languishing in 5th place in a division that is very similar to the one we dominated a few years back.
The Sunday Superstars didn’t fare much better although I would like to apologise to the team for my late withdrawal due to injury. We batted first making 141 all out with our ringer Peter Hasler posting a highest score of 44. This was never enough and Fittleworth got there relatively easily with 4 wickets to spare although Roy did manage to take 2-33. I think that’s enough bad news so I’m going to try and finish with what I see as a huge positive.
For those of you who aren’t aware here are the standings for all our junior teams. U10’s Played 6 Won 6 1st U11’s Played 6 Won 2 5th U12’s Played 7 Won 4 4th U13’s Played 3 Won 1 3rd U14’s Played 9 Won 6 3rd U16’s Played 5 Won 5 1st
Now, considering that when I joined the club in 2007 I joined a junior section that in the prior season had one age group playing competitive cricket, the U14s who in that season won just one game, a friendly against Pulborough. That same team with only one or two new additions now lies top of the U16 table unbeaten all season and has spawned the highly successful teams you see above. That rapid progression and great success is something that we as a club should be very proud of.
It should now only be a matter of time before the success that we see in the junior leagues mirrors itself in the Senior XI’s, I hope! |
Yet another sensational effort, yet I fear that the 39 byes were my fault as I could have actually attended the game if not sitting in a deckchair with your fine self at "work". Good times...