HYTHE & DIBDEN UNDER 11's

NEW FOREST LEAGUE SOUTH DIVISION

HYTHE UNDER 11's vs NEW MILTON 'A'

Sunday 21st June

Archie GILBERT 13

Under 11’s Glad To See The Back Of The ‘A' Teams’

After three tough weeks of fixtures against the 'A' teams of the arguarbly New Forests top three club sides - the young green caps will look forward to next week in search of their first win. Hythe went down on Sunday to New Milton 'A' by 56 runs although coach JP will be pleased with the lads batting display as not many sides will only lose three wickets to New Milton 'A'

Hythe were asked to bowl first after captain Sam Kelly lost the toss. New Milton's opening pair blasted 7 boundaries in their four over spell, the scoring slowed down briefly by a clean bowled by Ali Bryers. The fielding was an improvement on recent efforts with fewer overthrows being given away and a reduction in the number of twos being run. After recent reductions in the number of wides and no balls, it was disappointing that these increased again today. However runs off the bat were proving hard to come by, and Ben Fenton took his first wicket of the season (much to Richie Froggett’s relief as he is in his fantasy team) with another clean bowled in the twelfth over. Gilbert and Kelly both came back on at the end and responded well with some accurate bowling to close the New Milton innings on 316 for 2.

This was always going to be a tall order but all the boys responded fantastically and put in an excellent batting performance without exception. Kelly and Copley scored steadily, losing just the one wicket to an indecisive run out. Kelly pulling a couple of boundaries in the final over made up for this. Excellent running between the wickets was evident by all the pairs, stealing plenty of quick singles with more decisive calling. Fenton and Bennett came in as the second pair and continued to make the scoreboard tick over. Bennett snuck a beautifully cut four before losing his middle stump to the one straight ball of the over.

Keates and Reid then came to the crease, running well once again. Reid was unlucky to be out to a fantastic running catch, Keates glancing a lovely four down towards the pavilion. Finally Bryers and Gilbert came to the crease scoring regularly, with Gilbert pulling a couple of successive boundaries in one over.

All partnerships contributed positively to the total of 260 for 3, and after three weeks of Lymington, Bashley and New Milton’s A teams we look forward with confidence to Fawley next week. Cup match next Monday night as well against Farley!

Toss Won By : New Milton 'A'

Innings of : NEW MILTON 'A' 316 For 2 (16 Overs)

Hythe Bowling

Innings of : HYTHE 263 for 3 (16 Overs)

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