St. Faiths v Wellingborough

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.

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.