Reflections on the u11 Season (2011)

Lilleshall’s under 11 cricketers have completed an all-conquering season, winning all of their eleven matches. Led by ever-present skipper and wicketkeeper Elliot Evlyn-Bufton, they started their season winning their first six matches in the pairs format of the game. The pick of these games was undoubtedly the defeat of Allscott when Joe Trickett scored the winning run off the very last ball of the game.

And it was the same story when they switched to the Twenty20 version with five more victories in even more convincing fashion as they out-batted and out-bowled their rivals.

Resounding victories against Shifnal and Wellington owed much to the outstanding batting of Joe Trickett and Elliot Evlyn-Bufton, while Sam Mottershead stole the show in the hard-fought win against Much Wenlock with a hard-hitting 25 not out.  As well as displaying his prowess with the bat, Elliot took ten catches and pulled off eight stumpings.  In total, 19 players represented the club through the season with outstanding contributions by Charlie Conquest, Will Beech, Ben Downward, Ben Buchan, Nathan Colcough and Will Lucas while Dan Bate, Harry Maddox, Thomas Brown, Tryfan Evans, Jake Leonard, Felix Price, Charlie Gamble, David Holdroyd and Connor Steele all left their mark on the games they played.

Their results were as follows:

Pairs Format (teams start with 200 runs and five runs are deducted for every wicket lost)

Lilleshall 289-3, Shifnal 247-7 (Will Beech 3 wickets); Lilleshall won by 42 runs.
Lilleshall 288-4 (Charlie Conquest 15), Wellington 256-8 (Sam Mottershead 2 wickets); Lilleshall won by 32 runs.
Allscott 273-5 (Nathan Colcough 2 wickets), Lilleshall 269-4; Lilleshall won by 1 run.
Lilleshall 330-3 (Ben Buchan 21, Ben Downward, 18), Albrighton 293-6 (Will Lucas, Nathan Colcough 2 wickets each); Lilleshall won by 52 runs.
Much Wenlock 255-9 (Charlie Conquest 3 wickets), Lilleshall 262-4; Lilleshall won by 32 runs.
Newport 254-9, Lilleshall 295-8 (Charlie Conquest 15); Lilleshall won by 26 runs.

Twenty20 Format

Shifnal 77 (Joe Trickett, Will Lucas 2 wickets each), Lilleshall 78-0 (Elliot Evlyn-Bufton and Joe Trickett both not out); Lilleshall won by 10 wickets.
Wellington 88-7 (Will Beech 3 wickets), Lilleshall 90-1 (Elliot Evlyn-Bufton 25 retired NO and Joe Tricket 26 retired NO); Lilleshall won by 9 wickets.
Allscott 86-4, Lilleshall 89-3 (Elliot Evlyn-Bufton 15); Lilleshall won by 7 wickets.
Lilleshall 94-2 (Elliot Evlyn-Bufton 30 retired NO, Joe Trickett 30 retired NO), Albrighton 46 all out (Joe Trickett 4 wickets, Sam Mottershead 2 wickets); Lilleshall won by 8 wickets.
Much Wenlock 93 all out (Will Lucas 2 wickets), Lilleshall 94-2 (Sam Mottershead 25 retired NO, Elliot Evlyn-Bufton 20 NO); Lilleshall won by 8 wickets.

 

September 19, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized