Under 16s win again
Austrey 118-8, Fillongley 122-5
Another win for the juniors, who have lost just once this season, and that by a narrow margin at Bedworth. It wasn’t all that easy though, with Austrey posting a useful 118-8, enough to set up a decent game. Like several other teams in this league they have to include younger players in order to field a side, but some of them looked very promising and so in a year or two they are likely to be strong again. Once the openers were gone we made customary inroads but a stand by 13 year olds Allen and Shakeshaft allowed good runs to be made late on.
We lost Matt Smith in the first over then Avill bowled Will Vines in the third over of the innings, though the over also included nine wide balls, two fours and two singles. At 40-2 after 3 overs the rate wasn’t going to be a problem but wickets might be since we only had 9 men. It was relatively plain sailing though. Jonny Brown (24) and Kyle Taylor (52 off 33 balls) saw us most of the way home and we reached the target with more than five overs left. Kyle is making his first team debut tomorrow – a terrific milestone for a talented young lad – and we all wish him all the best.