Squirrels vs Wooburn Narkovians Toun U8 & U10

The enthusiasm and excitement shown by the team today was amazing. On top of that, was the talent, which meant we finished the Junior season on a high. After losing the first two games, el presidente Matt Reavey turned up…sprinkled some magic on the kids ….. and we went onto win our final two games, narrowly missing out on qualifying for the knockout stages. 

Luka hit the first ball of our tournament for a four, and continued in that fashion – also fielding brilliantly. I think everyone hit a boundary at least once, with Jack, Ethan, Kush, regularly clearing the boundary, and Hugo winning one game with a couple of 6s in the final over. Our fielding was spot on, and safe hands WK Max saved a number of runs, with a couple of run outs in the mix too. Our bowling was superb, Alfie forced a runout, Ethan and Jack with some miserly bowling in the final two overs to win us a game and Kush displaying his talent as a future fast bowler.

Thanks to HW who lent us a couple of players (Kush + Hugo) so we could enter a team.

When results don’t go our way, the kids have reacted in the right way, and we want to ensure they keep enjoying their cricketing journey.  Today after a couple of wins, the smiles were just that little bit wider (coaches and parents too!) – and it was great to see.  

Usually, after cricket ends, a football comes out and off they go. Today, they setup stumps and continued playing cricket. Roll on next season!