On a sunny afternoon with a chilly wind, Merrow U11s got off to a great start in their match against Churt. After the first over of the match, KA had managed to take two wickets at a cost of two runs. Some very tidy bowling followed and, accompanied by some great work behind the stumps by both BH and GS and some tight fielding, we managed to keep Churt down to 70 runs off their allotted 16 overs. TE almost had two caught and bowled! Both our openers batted very sensibly with some lovely shots through the off-side. KA retired on 30 and with the game already won HS nobly retired on 22 not out in order to let the other batters have some time at the crease. Churt soldiered on admirably - despite the fact that the result had already been decided - and managed to take a few wickets in the process.

A few things to note:
EVERY wicket that fell was BOWLED - so the batters need to concentrate on getting behind the ball - especially if it's a straight one!
Churt scored 70 runs - ONLY 28 of them were actually off the bat - the remaining 42 were ALL extras - so we need to make sure that we try our best to bowl as straight as we can.

That said and considering that this was the first match of the season, the performance of Merrow was very solid and it was good to hear the support and encouragement offered to each other in the field.

Well done all of you - keep practicing whenever you can.

Bill