U14s lose to Trinity Mid-Whitgiftians

Addiscombe had a great start to the match with Aaryan bowling their opener on the first ball of the match. At the other end Aden warmed up well in his first match of the season. Tom came on first change to replace Aden and got a wicket with his first and third balls. Danny K came on to replace Aaryan and also bowled accurately and ACC continued to get wickets.

With runs extremely hard to come by Addiscombe had TMW at 27-7 at one stage. However, their number 8 and 9 batted sensibly and pushed the total up steadily from this point. Danny K pitched it up very well to get 3 wickets and both Danny S and Mihir also chipped in with good spells. Aaryan and Aden held onto very good catches. TMW ended their 20 overs on 75-9.

Addiscombe's bowling figures were:

Aaryan 2 wickets for 6 runs off 4 overs
Aden 0-9 off 2
Tom 3-13 off 4
Danny K 3-15 off 4
Danny S 0-17 off 3
Mihir 1-13 off 3

When we batted we realised what a tricky pitch it was with TMW bowling fast and straight and it was extremely hard to get the ball away. But instead of digging in too many ACC batsmen got out trying to hit the ball over the top instead of nudging it around. Sumith batted well for 10 and Aaryan also looked good for 8 but we got behind the rate and also lost too many wickets to mount a proper challenge.

We ended falling 21 runs short and everyone was very disappointed tnat we had failed to chase such a low total. But if we learn from this batting performance then this team will win matches this season as we have a stronger squad than ever before. Aaryan was MoM for his great opening spell, great catch and good batting.