Shrewsbury School U15s claim national trophy in nail-biter
Shrewsbury School’s U15 Boys claimed their ESCA One Day Cup trophy for the first time in 21 years with a nail-biting one wicket victory over a fine Merchant Taylor’s School.
Shrewsbury School U18s beaten in national T20 final
Shrewsbury School’s Under 18s rounded off a busy Summer slipping to defeat in their national T20 final after coming up against a team featuring a Somerset regular.
Shropshire Knight/Stokes cup winners crowned
Haberdashers’ Adams and Newport Girls High are the inaugural Shropshire Schools Knight/Stoke Cup winners.
School U18s make national T20 final
Shrewsbury School Under 18s edged into to their national T20 Cup final after a nail-biting two wicket win against Scarborough College with just one ball to spare.
Hosting the semi-final, the visitors batted first and after an early loss batted well to score 186-4 from their 20 overs with opener Howson hitting 104 off just 59 balls
A superb double wicket last over from Liam Grindlay (2-13) kept Scarborough below the 200 mark which they seemed certain to reach for most of their innings.
Shrewsbury’s other wicket takers were Liam Yahathugoda and Harry Parton.
Shrewsbury’s reply was hampered by the regular loss of wickets which left them in a precarious position at 97-5.
However, a superb 62 off 37 deliveries by Shifnal’s Harry Parton batting at No 4 saw the hosts home with just one ball and 2 wickets to spare.
Parton received good support from opener Yahathugoda (39 off 26 balls), George Battersby (17off 8) and Arjan Barard (19 not out off 12).
Shrewsbury now play Kings Taunton in the final at Wormsley tomorrow (Friday, July3).
They qualified for the semi-final by beating Uppingham School in the quarter-final.
Batting first at home, they posted an impressive 192-6 with Liam Grindlay (42), Parton (35), Jack Hollinshead (48 not out off 27) and Arjan Barard 25 not out the main contributors.
The latter pair put on a crucial 50 run partnership for the seventh wicket in the last five overs of the innings.
Uppingham replied with 171-7 – 22 runs short of their target. Grindlay (3-12) and Under 15 Bryam Mudalige (2-31) were Shrewsbury’s most successful bowlers.
Shrewsbury School edge out Ellesmere in U14s final
Shrewsbury School claimed the ESCA Under 14s Shropshire Schools Final in a tight contest against Ellesmere College.
Women’s 30-over hardball Showcase Game
Cricket Shropshire is aiming to launch a new Women & Girls’ competition next Summer – and are planning a Showcase Game in August as a taster.
Another Stocking thriller at Broseley
It seems if you want to go and enjoy an exciting Furrows East Shropshire Mid-Week League game, Broseley is the place to go!
Not for the first time this season, there was a thrilling finish at The Stocking as they got the better of Albrighton with just one ball to spare.
Batting first, Albrighton finished their 20 overs on 146-2 with Ben Glendinning hitting 50 before retiring, Sam Wood 39 and Chris Morris unbeaten on 25.
In reply, Broseley reached their victory target mainly thanks to opener Fin Welch hitting a run-a-ball 31 and Thomas Holcroft a rapid 50 off 26 balls before retiring.
Charlie Mayhew claimed 3-20 for the visitors and Christopher Potter 2-39.
That leaves Broseley second in the Division Two table behind Codsall, who remain unbeaten.
This week they hosted Wheaton Aston and came out on top in a high-scoring affair.
Batting first, the visitors got off to a great start with Andy Nichol hitting 48 and Joe Marson 50 before retiring as they finished on 157-6, Karandeep Singh Aulakh claiming 2-10.
Codsall opener Aidan Boucher hit an unbeaten 46 in the reply while Prab Singh provided the fireworks with an unbeaten 53 off just 19 balls before retiring. Marson claimed 2-17 for the visitors.
In the other game in Division Two, Newport enjoyed their short trip to Lilleshall, claiming victory by 39 runs.
Batting first they finished on 181-2 with opener Swapnil Mundra hitting 29 and then Ryan Jones and Iain Anderson both hitting half centuries before retiring. Adam Binfield claimed 2-6.
Steve Boney top scored in the reply with 21 as a succession of Lilleshall batters got in but then got out as they finished on 142-9, Pankaj Shah and Ewan Woodhouse claiming two wickets apiece.
Church Eaton Knights continue to lead the way in Division One after comfortably beating Priorslee by seven wickets.
Batting first the visitors finished on 125-6 with Unni Kurin chipping in with 33, Renjish Rajan 28 and Rohit Goranti 24 with Richard West and Jordan Talbot both taking two wickets for the hosts.
In the reply, Douglas Hughes hit 48 and Sam Whitehouse 47 not out from 20 balls as the Knights reached their victory target in the 15th over. Nithin Nedungattu claimed 2-34.
St Georges got back to winning ways with victory over visitors Harpers.
Batting first, Harpers lost four wickets to run outs as they made 145-8 with Madhu Jallipalli hitting 39, Bharath Bangaru 27 and Manideep Edara 24. Raja Janga and Shahnawaz Ahmad claimed two wickets apiece.
Nazir Mooman’s half century and Jagdeep Singh’s unbeaten 44 ensured the Dragons claimed the win for the loss of three wickets in the 15th over.
The other game saw hosts Forton get the better of Allscott Heath with seven balls to spare.
Batting first, Allscott Heath made 139-5 with Connor Starling hitting 36 and Dan Brentnall 25. Lewis Teale and Henry Spencer claimed two wickets apiece.
In the reply, skipper Joe Roberts hit 49 and James DuBoulay was unbeaten on 46 off 31 as Forton reached their victory target for the loss of five wickets. Todd Jenkins chipped in with 24.
They did have a scare when Matt Hutchings claimed 3-10 off his three overs, but eventually claimed the victory to remain in second place in the table.
There was another game played this week which saw Allscott Heath travel to Harpers.
The visitors batted first and were bowled out for 136 with Steve White hitting 51 and Michael Francis 29. For the hosts, Kartik Wadodkar and Harshavardhan Kolla both took 3-18 and Sunil John 2-39.
Harpers reached their victory target in the 18th over with Vivian John hitting 37, Chitti Arumilli 32 and Rama Chaitanya Bammidi unbeaten on 38.
Ben Lees did give them a scare when he claimed three wickets in four balls in the 13th over.
More success for Shrewsbury School U15s in hectic week
It continues to be a busy Summer of Success for Shrewsbury School’s Under 15 Boys.
In the past couple of days, they have qualified for the national final in the ESCA U15s One Day Cup and the Midlands Regional Finals of the ESCA/ECB U15 T20 cup.
Their hectic schedule began with a 10-wicket victory against Cathedral School Hereford in the T20 cup match.
Cathedral were dismissed for 81 with Hugo Bebb taking 4-9 off his 4 overs. Shrewsbury knocked the runs off without loss in the sixth over – Gurveen Singh Athwal hitting 54 off just 24 balls.
A few hours later, they defeated the Staffordshire winners Denstone College by eight wickets in the quarter finals.
Denstone were limited to 82-9 in their 20 overs. Shrewsbury reached their target in the 10th over for the loss of two wickets with Oscar Howarth top scoring with an undefeated 51 off 24 balls.
Shrewsbury have now qualified for the Midlands Regional Finals which they will host on Monday (June 22).
The following day, they visited Altrincham Grammar School in the ESCA U15 One day cup semi-final.
Shrewsbury won the toss and batted first scoring 205-8 in their 40 overs.
Bryan Mudalige (30), Howarth (43), Jake Adams (45) and Jack Swallow 30 were the chief run scorers.
The hosts replied with 202-7 to leave Shrewsbury the narrow winners by just three runs in a thrilling conclusion to the match.
Opening bat Rourke hit 92 off 103 deliveries and appeared to be guiding his side to victory but his dismissal with the score on 188 gave Shrewsbury an opportunity which they managed to take.
Mudalige, Jenkins and Mukherjee each took two wickets apiece.
Shrewsbury now head to the National Final against either Merchant Taylors or Marlborough College early next month.
They are pictured with England legend Andrew Flintoff after yesterday’s game in Altrincham.
Great day at Chance to Compete U12s Schools competition
We had a fantastic day at the Chance to Compete Schools Under 12s mixed competition held at Frankwell in Shrewsbury organised in conjunction with Chance to Shine.
Women’s XI heading to T20 final at Arundel
Cricket Shropshire’s Women’s XI are heading to the prestigious Arundel Castle later this month to play in the national final of their Vitality Blast T20 campaign against Dorset.