U13 Girls in fine form this season
Cricket Shropshire’s Under 13 Girls have been in fine form this season and are unbeaten – with skipper Mills Jones hitting a century in one of their games.
They maintained their fine start to the season when they beat Herefordshire U15s in two games at Ludlow CC.
In the first game Herefordshire batted first and were restricted to 119-8 in 20 Overs in an innings that featured four run outs and wickets shared around.
In the reply, skipper Mills Jones hit 20 off 15 and Ava Mainwaring an unbeaten 38 off 30 balls to see Shropshire claim victory by six wickets with more than two overs to spare.
The teams then played a 10-overs-a-side game with Shropshire batting first and making 88-4 before restricting Herefordshire to 65-7 with Daisy Hogan claiming 2-10 and three more run outs.
They had earlier travelled to Redditch CC to take on Worcestershire where Jones hit a brilliant 101 off 106 balls to help her side to a total of 207.
In reply, Worcestershire were bowled out for 106 with Sophia Kundu claiming 3-6 and Emma Brown 2-5.
The Under 15 Girls enjoyed a victory in a low scoring game against Cricket Wales Under 16s.
Batting first, they were bowled out for 129 with Ellie Barlow top scoring with 35. That proved to be enough as they dismissed Wales for 85 with Charlotte Bell claiming 3-10, Sophia Parton 2-10 and Annabelle Burton 2-6.
They found the going tougher when they travelled to Walmsley to take on Warwickshire as their hosts finished their 40 overs on 280-9, Sophia Parton, Alice Deacon and Annabelle Burton all claiming two wickets.
In the reply, Ellie Barlow hit 46, Sophia Bell 30 and Isabelle Crann 28 as they were bowled out for 169.
The Under 14 Boys enjoyed their trip to Buckden Cricket Club to take on Bedfordshire as they returned with a 39-run victory.
Batting first, middle order runs from Will Ackernley (25), Bobby Langton (20) and B Reed (38) helped them reach 103 before they were bowled out in the 30th over.
The bowlers then took over to dismiss the hosts for just 64 with Freddie Barker claiming 3-12, Ruben Pembleton 2-37, Ralph Davies 2-7 and Dylan Barkley 2-2.
The Under 18 Boys travelled to Kibworth CC to take on Leicestershire in the second round of the County Cup and found the Foxes batters hard to contain as they finished their 50 overs on 363-8.
Matt Morris and Hugo Lowther both claimed three wickets apiece and Issac Simmons two.
In the reply, Shropshire lost both openers early on, but Finn Jones hit 79, Morris 34 and Lowther was unbeaten on 22 as they were bowled out for 200.
They found runs hard to come by when they took on Staffordshire in a T20 at Sentinel CC as they were dismissed for 82 before seeing Staffs knock off the runs for the loss of two wickets.
They then took on Oxfordshire and Morgan Ward hit 33, Finn Jones 57 off 52 balls, Ed Prideaux 23 and Wilf Peers 25 off 14 as Shropshire finished their 20 overs on 166-7.
Peers then claimed 3-22 in the reply, but Oxfordshire got to their victory target for the loss of five wickets with 11 balls to spare.
The Under 15 Boys enjoyed the better of a two-day game against Staffordshire at the Roy Thompson Memorial Ground at Eccleshall.
After winning the toss and batting first, they declared their first innings on 288-9 with Lakmin Illeperuma hitting 88 off 78 balls, Harry Harrison and Harmilan Grover both hitting 39, Harry Dillon 28 and Ollie Dyson 24.
In the Staffs first innings, Ralph Davies claimed 4-55 from 19 overs as the hosts reached 149-9 before declaring. Sayak Mukherjee claimed 2-2 and Dyson 2-19.
In their second innings, Matthew Smith hit 40 and Dyson 43 before Shropshire again declared, this time on 124-5.
They then had their hosts 116-7 in their second innings when time was called, with Davies and Mukherjee claiming two wickets apiece.
They had earlier travelled to Northwich to take on Cheshire and saw the hosts post 252-6 off their 45 overs batting first with Matthew Smith taking 2-47.
In the reply openers Grover (27) and Matthew Smith (21) set a platform, and Dyson finished on 54 not out, but the rest of the batting fell away as they were dismissed for 133.
The Under 16 Boys just fell short in their run chase when they took on Herefordshire at Bridgnorth CC.
The visitors batted first and were dismissed for 225 with Luca Evans claiming 5-45 and Ollie Dyson and Charlie Wheldon chipping in with two wickets apiece.
Shropshire were in early trouble as they were reduced to 67-5 – but then Ahaan Gowda (33) joined wicket-keeper Bertie Kyte to lead the recovery.
Kyte finished on 82 not out but ran out of partners as Shropshire were bowled out for 212 to give the visitors victory by 13 runs.
They then travelled to Collingham CC to take on Nottinghamshire where Dyson led the attack with 3-42 and Finn Jones claimed 2-35 as the hosts scored 296-7.
Jones hit 30 in the reply and Lakmin Illeperuma 24 but Shropshire were bowled out for 148.
The Under 18 girls made 175 batting first against Worcestershire at Seth Somers Park with Mille Parry top scoring with 49, Amy Connelly hitting 25 and Anusha Singh 26.
Esther Hurford claimed 3-18 off seven overs in the reply, but the hosts claimed the victory by seven wickets.
Shropshire’s Under 11 Boys hosted Derbyshire at Bomere Heath and saw the visitors hit 231-6 off their 40 overs with Jasper Tomkins taking 2-35 and four runouts helping the cause.
In the Shropshire reply, Kyle Rudge hit 74 off 86 balls, Will Jones 31 and Billy Anders 26 not out as they fell 34 runs of their victory target, being bowled out for 197.