Just before our match against the Perse Prep, we played a team called Wellingborough, who are usually good at sport. Today, however, this was not the case.
Our opposition had a shaky start, with some brilliant bowling and fielding by us to add to that. Wickets were coming easily and we were not conceding many runs. They ended up with just 51 runs for 7 wickets, a record for us.
We polished off Wellingborough with some good batting, although our opening batsmen did get out when they shouldn't have, both lofting the ball to get caught out by their fielders. I was number four and the last batsman to go in. Once Sam, the No.2, had connected the last shot of the match, a boundary, we knew that this was our best performance of the season.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
St. Faiths v Perse Prep
The Perse started off their game bowling really well, getting our Nos. 1 and 2 caught out. Their fielding was good as well, but they still conceded exactly 100 runs. Our middle order batsmen saved us from being trashed by the Perse bowlers.
Unfortunately for the Perse, they were more of a bowling team, and we were getting a steady stream of wickets against them. We were starting to learn how to adjust ourselves in the field, like to cover the position for whoever is bowling, or to adjust when a left handed batsman comes on. At the end of the match, the Perse had scored a respectable 70 runs.
Unfortunately for the Perse, they were more of a bowling team, and we were getting a steady stream of wickets against them. We were starting to learn how to adjust ourselves in the field, like to cover the position for whoever is bowling, or to adjust when a left handed batsman comes on. At the end of the match, the Perse had scored a respectable 70 runs.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
St Faiths vs Kings Ely
On the bus to Ely, our team decided that we would try batting first if we won the toss because bowling first had brought us mediocre results of 1 win and a loss. The toss was in favour of Kings Ely, but they wanted to bowl first, so everyone was happy.
We batted well, and their bowlers were not the best, so we scored a lot of runs. The thing is, we didn't actually hit a lot of the bowls. If you bowl a wide or no bowl you concede 2 runs. A lot of their bowls were pea rollers, so we couldn't hit them, or wide, so we couldn't hit them. Still our batters scored many runs and two of them, Sam and Jacob, were asked to retire because they had both scored so many runs. Our final score ended up at 136.
Our bowling was good, although we did concede more no bowls and wides than we wanted to. In general, it was uneventful, but there was one batman who kept on switching hands, and his coach kept on telling him just to bat right handed. There was one play when he batted in a left handed stance, then when the bowler bowled the ball he switched and took a swing at the ball. Their final score was 63. We won, but we can still improve our game.
We batted well, and their bowlers were not the best, so we scored a lot of runs. The thing is, we didn't actually hit a lot of the bowls. If you bowl a wide or no bowl you concede 2 runs. A lot of their bowls were pea rollers, so we couldn't hit them, or wide, so we couldn't hit them. Still our batters scored many runs and two of them, Sam and Jacob, were asked to retire because they had both scored so many runs. Our final score ended up at 136.
Our bowling was good, although we did concede more no bowls and wides than we wanted to. In general, it was uneventful, but there was one batman who kept on switching hands, and his coach kept on telling him just to bat right handed. There was one play when he batted in a left handed stance, then when the bowler bowled the ball he switched and took a swing at the ball. Their final score was 63. We won, but we can still improve our game.
St Faiths vs Felsted
Felsted are one of the schools that are excellent in sport, but we still had high hopes for that away match after coming from a comfortable win over St. Johns.
We won the coin toss and chose to bowl first, so that when we batted, we knew what score we needed to beat in order to win.. We started well, collecting wickets every so often. Unsurprisingly, Toby, our best bowler, took most of them.
Suddenly,a pair of middle order batsmen started a rhythm of quick singles and sensible batting. They scored many, many runs and our confidence began to droop. However, once Toby had bowled one of them out, we started our bowling rhythm again. This was not enough, though, as Felsted scored a massive 137 runs.
After tea, we started batting to get as many runs as possible. Felsted's bowlers were excellent, though, and they held us at 97 runs all out. It was a disappointing day for the B team.
We won the coin toss and chose to bowl first, so that when we batted, we knew what score we needed to beat in order to win.. We started well, collecting wickets every so often. Unsurprisingly, Toby, our best bowler, took most of them.
Suddenly,a pair of middle order batsmen started a rhythm of quick singles and sensible batting. They scored many, many runs and our confidence began to droop. However, once Toby had bowled one of them out, we started our bowling rhythm again. This was not enough, though, as Felsted scored a massive 137 runs.
After tea, we started batting to get as many runs as possible. Felsted's bowlers were excellent, though, and they held us at 97 runs all out. It was a disappointing day for the B team.
Friday, May 8, 2009
St. Faiths vs. St. Johns
My very first cricket match ever was a thriller to participate in. I really felt more English than ever while playing. It's too bad that we have to move back to America in 2 1/2 months.
Anyway, we lost the coin toss at the beginning, but we still got to bowl, which was what we wanted; we would know what score to beat when we moved on to batting. Toby, our captain, bowled brilliantly, collecting 6 wickets in the 8 overs (1 over=6 bowls) that he bowled. Our other bowlers added another three wickets to our resume, and Sam caught one of their shots as well. After we had gotten their last batter out, we had only conceded 77 runs. Therefore, we needed only around 3 to 4 runs per over in order to win, considering that the maximum was 25 overs.
We batted so-so; we need to play more reasonable shots rather than just trying to club the ball every time. However, our opening batsman, John, stayed in for the duration of our innings, scoring about half of our total runs. It was our No. 8 batsman who sealed the win with the winning 4 runs, though.
Anyway, we lost the coin toss at the beginning, but we still got to bowl, which was what we wanted; we would know what score to beat when we moved on to batting. Toby, our captain, bowled brilliantly, collecting 6 wickets in the 8 overs (1 over=6 bowls) that he bowled. Our other bowlers added another three wickets to our resume, and Sam caught one of their shots as well. After we had gotten their last batter out, we had only conceded 77 runs. Therefore, we needed only around 3 to 4 runs per over in order to win, considering that the maximum was 25 overs.
We batted so-so; we need to play more reasonable shots rather than just trying to club the ball every time. However, our opening batsman, John, stayed in for the duration of our innings, scoring about half of our total runs. It was our No. 8 batsman who sealed the win with the winning 4 runs, though.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Cricket
Today was our first cricket training session. We played a bunch of cricket games, and tomorrow we will do cricket drills. I am quite liking the sport, and I've recently been playing at break. I have already bowled out 3 people so far. Pretty lucky for a rookie, eh?
Sunday, March 22, 2009
U11 Cambs Mini Hockey Tournament Part 2
Right now you are probably thinking, "Huh? I thought St. Faiths already did the tournament and were runners-up to St. Johns." Well, St. Johns were disqualified after they won the tournament because of their over age player, so the semi-finalists and the team that moved up from St. Johns' group to take their place played against each other to decide who would go to the East playoffs. Since only three teams showed up, we all played the other two teams and the Cambs winner would be decided by goal difference.
First, we played Saffron Walden. They lost to us in the normal tournament semi-finals, and the outcome in today's game proved similar, with our team winning 3-0. However, our coach told us that we could have played even better. All the training we had done on defending and utilizing set pieces paid off.
We then faced Rackham, who have an electric centre-half (by this, I mean he has very, very good control over the ball when he has it) who proved almost impossible to tackle. During the match, we held him off maybe a bit better than last time, but not enough to prevent him from scoring the winning, and only, goal of the match. We had plenty of times in which we could have converted chances at goal, too, but sadly, they were of no use to us.
While the team were playing around with some hockey balls and shooting at the spare goals, we stole some glances at Saffron Walden losing 2-1 to Rackham. Rackham went to the Eastern playoffs for the second year in a row and we ended up with the same runners-up medals that we had been awarded earlier.
First, we played Saffron Walden. They lost to us in the normal tournament semi-finals, and the outcome in today's game proved similar, with our team winning 3-0. However, our coach told us that we could have played even better. All the training we had done on defending and utilizing set pieces paid off.
We then faced Rackham, who have an electric centre-half (by this, I mean he has very, very good control over the ball when he has it) who proved almost impossible to tackle. During the match, we held him off maybe a bit better than last time, but not enough to prevent him from scoring the winning, and only, goal of the match. We had plenty of times in which we could have converted chances at goal, too, but sadly, they were of no use to us.
While the team were playing around with some hockey balls and shooting at the spare goals, we stole some glances at Saffron Walden losing 2-1 to Rackham. Rackham went to the Eastern playoffs for the second year in a row and we ended up with the same runners-up medals that we had been awarded earlier.
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