HYTHE & DIBDEN CRICKET CLUB
HYTHE UNDER 15'S Vs PYLEWELL PARK
4th May @ Jones Lane, Hythe
Lack of Runs Under 15's Downfall
Hythe Under 15's opened their league season with a 7 wicket defeat at the hands of Pylewell Park on Sunday morning.
On a bright morning Pylewell Park won the toss and decided to field first on a slow paced wicket.
The Hythe batting started very slowly and tentatively. Captain Jonjo Stovell 0 fell early and a blow to Hythe was losing Sam Mead 9 and Matt Young 3. Harry Smith though played with caution and carried his bat through the innings for 21 runs.
A late surge from Smith and Tom Richards 12* took the Hythe total to 55 for 3 at the close but the total was never going to be enough.
Hythe opened the bowling with Stovell and Richards and started brightly with Stovell taking 2 early wickets. But at first change Harry Smith decided to try his hand at spin which was much to the liking of the Pylewell batsman. Despite Stovell claiming a third wicket Smiths 2 overs went for 16 and that was game over in just 10.4 overs.
Under 15's Coach Sally Harding described the first game of the season as a rusty performance from her side.' There was some dodgey running and calling in our batting with much indecision. Harry batted well and Sam Mead looked good for his 9 including a lovely boundary for four.Other than Tom Richards picking up the pace late on we were thirty runs short of a decent total'.
Sally also praised Jonjo Stovell for his 3-18 and thanked Gareth Mead for umpiring and Mrs Harmson for scoring at her first attempt, well-done, all.
Toss Won by : Pylewell Park
Innings of : HYTHE 55 FOR 3 (18 Overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Runs |
| 1. H.Smith | Not | Out | 21 |
| 2. *J.Stovell | Run | Out | 0 |
| 3. S.Mead | Bowled | Losety | 9 |
| 4. +M.Young | Bowled | Homan | 3 |
| 5. T.Richards | Not | Out | 12 |
| 6. R.Taylor | Run | Out | 1 |
| 7. T.Huxley | |||
| 8. T.Powell | |||
| 9. N.Shrive | |||
| 10. L.Phillips | |||
| 11. P.Harmson | |||
| Extras 10 | TOTAL | 55 For | 3 |
Innings of : PYLEWELL PARK 58 For 3 (10.4 Overs)
Hythe Bowling
| Bowler | Ov | Mn | Runs | Wkts |
| J.Stovell | 3.4 | 1 | 18 | 3 |
| T.Richards | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| T.Powell | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| H.Smith | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| N.Shrive | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Result : PYLEWELL PARK Beat HYTHE by 7 Wickets |
CLUB POLICY
Could I ask all parent to please support the coaches in what they do and especially around the players.
If anyone thinks that they can do better as a coach then great let us know - we'll even put you forward for coaching courses but the coaches put a lot of their own time into running their teams and are valued by the club