2007 Fixtures

Spirit Of Cricket U13 Cup

Sunday May 6th v Walmley Away

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Sunday May 13th v Nuneaton Griff Away

North Birmingham U13 League

Sunday 20th May v Handsworth Away

Sunday 3rd June v Walmley Away

Sunday 1oth June v Aston Manor Away (TBC)

Sunday 1st July v Aston Unity Home (TBC)

Sunday 8th July v Sutton Coldfield Home (TBC)

Sunday 15th July v Four Oaks Away (TBC)

U13 Match Reports

Apologies to eager blog readers for late posting of recent U13 match reports but even Saints are sometimes sinners!

Saints U13 v Sheldon Marlborough

Hatrick debut for Josh Culling.

Following on from the previous two wins against the good work continued against Sheldon Marlborough with another good team performance. Saints batted first on a hot sunny morning and got off to a solid start with an opening partnership of 42 between Jack Moore (7) and Michael Evans (24), the runs were continued by John Keighley (16) Tom Cooper (13) and Jack Salmon (11) giving a total of 96.

Good tight bowling by all 8 bowlers used saw Sheldon bowled out for 59. Pick of the bowlers were Josh Culling who on his league debut bowled 4 overs , 1 maiden and took an all bowled hatrick for 4 runs, Marc Masters also in his debut took two wickets in two balls as well.

Saints v Handsworth

Saints came up against a strong Handsworth side who bowled very accurately to restrict us to a total of 70-4 with Tom Cooper 39 not out the main run getter. Although we bowled tidily our total was never enough to pressure Handsworth who reached the target in the 16th over for the loss of one wicket taken by Ryan Sharma.

The next game was due to be against Highcroft who unfortunately didn't turn up due to a fixture mix up at their end giving us our 4th victory of the season.

Saints v Aston Manor

Aston Manor provided stiff opposition as our bowlers toiled in the heat against one particularly strong batsman whose 83 not out helped them post 173 for 3 with Jack Salmon , Ryan Sharma and Josh Culling taking a wicket apiece. Batting was just as hard with Aston Manor's spinners making life difficult for all. Aston Manor's 83 not out batsman followed up with a hatrick and despite double figure innings from Jack Moore, Jack Bingham, Jack Salmon and Ben Shough we were all out for 73.

Saints v Sutton Coldfield

The final league game of the season played this week saw us take on Sutton Coldfield on the hottest day of the year. Batting first we lost two early wickets but recovered to post a score of 95 - 6 thanks to Jack Salmon (17), Jack Moore (16) Jack Bingham ( 14) and John Keighley (11). A strong Sutton opening pair soon took control and Sutton reached the target for 2 in the 14th over, Harry Daniels taking both wickets.

So in summary 3 good wins 1 walkover and 3 defeats showing the importance of not bowling short particularly on our home slope. Thanks to all who have played and tried hard.

Great Start to League Season

The U13's team have started their league season in tremendous form with beating Water Orton and Walmley in the first two games. Having lost to Water Orton in the Spirit of Cricket Cup this defeat was avenged in the league. Saints posted 81, after an uncertain start which left us 23-5, thanks to a steady 27 from Jack Moore with good support from Rohit Wouhra with 12. Brilliant fielding by Jack Moore with a quick pick up in the covers and direct hit at the bowlers end ran the Water Orton opener out.All of the bowlers then bowled accurately to restrict Water Orton to 68 - 8. Tom Cooper picked up 3 - 19 , John Keighley 1- 21 Harry Daniels 1 - 5 but the pick of the bowlers on the night were Ben Shough and Jack Salmon who both bowled exceptionally tight 4 over spells with Jack 4-1-7-0 and Ben bowling 4 overs for only 5 runs and 1 wicket. A good all round team performance.

This week's game saw us play old rivals Walmley who won the toss and elected to bat. Again some good all round bowling, especially John Keighley and Ben Shough who both bowled 4 overs for 8 runs and took a wicket apiece, and energetic fielding particularly from Tom Cooper making diving stops in the covers restricted Walmley to 81-5. We unfortunately lost a wicket first ball of our innings but Tom Cooper 16 and John Keighley 35 ( 4 x 4, 2 x 6) together with late support from Harry Daniels 6 after a mini collapse saw uas reach the last over needing 3 runs to win with 2 wickets in hand. Rohit Wouhra smashed the first ball high to long off, the catch was dropped and a single scored. Josh Longhorne stroked the next ball through midwicket for four and was promptly mobbed by the rest of the team. Another good team performance and great result. An honourable mention for keeper Seb Henn-Allen who has kept admirably in both games despite some variable bounce - only 3 byes in total in both games combined.

Next game home Wed 28/6 v Handsworth.

v Water Orton

Tonight's game at Water Orton has been cancelled due to waterlogged pitch.

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