U11 Rockets v Heyford CC

Captain for the day, Sam won the toss and decided to bowl on a sunny, blustery day at Denton Road. Unfortunately we were 2 short so, in the hope that they were on their way, Heyford agreed that we could bat first. Our opening pair of Harry and Ethan put on 43 in their 4 overs without conceding any wickets, playing strokes all round the ground. Jared and Jacob were in next and they batted sensibly adding a further 21 runs with no loss of wickets. Noah and Sam were next in and they added 31 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. Due to the “no shows” Heyford selected 2 of our batsmen to bat the final 4 overs so in stepped Noah and Jared for a bit of extra batting practice in the middle. They added a further 21 runs for the loss of 2 wickets which meant we ended our innings on a good score of 315-3.

With 2 fielders kindly donated by Heyford, we got off to a nervous start conceding 20 runs in the first over but we soon settled down and wickets fell at regular intervals. Sam got 4, Noah got 3, Harry got 2 and Jacob and Jared got 1 each. From a fielding point of view, Sam set good fields and put pressure on the batters throughout the innings with the result being an excellent 67 run win for the Rockets. We sit 2nd in the table with our next match at home against Towcestrians. A big thanks to all the helpers especially David, Chris and Lucy.