U9 Softball Cricket v Ayscoughfee Hall (A) 2.15pm

Match Report

Pink Team:

Result: Won 235-6 v 209-4

The U9 Pink team lost the Rock Paper Scissors and were put into bat.
Our first pair of Otto and Captain Joshua lost a wicket to the first ball of the game caught out, but they then recovered scoring 41 from their 3 overs with Otto scoring three 4s in a row.
The second pair of Lana and Valentina also lost a wicket in their first over but both girls scored 4 and finished with 21 runs.
The next pair was Reuben and George P. Both boys scored 6s but they lost two wickets by hitting their wicket.  They finished on 19 runs.
Verity and Monty K were up next, they too lost two wickets but scored 20 runs in their three overs.
Albie and Monaco finished our innings.  Both players hit 4s and Albie hit two 6s too.  We lost two wickets in our lost two balls but still scored 34 runs.
St Hugh’s finished on 235 for 8.

Ayscoughfee replied to our score but struggled from the off as Otto secured a wicket maiden in our first over.  
Their first pair scored 16 for 1.
Some tight bowling from Valentia and Lana kept their second pair to only score 13 with Valentia taking a wicket.
George and Reuben were frugal, allowing only 5 runs from their three overs with George taking a wicket caught.
Our 4th pair conceded 33 runs and our 5th pair 42 runs a Ayscoughfee pushed on.  They finished on 209 for 4.
Player of the Game was Valentina.

Green Team:

Result:  Won by 4 overs

The U9 Green team lost the toss and Ayscoughfee opted to bat first. Our opening pair Freddie and Bertie (captain) started strong with some really great bowling taking a number of wickets from Ayscoughfee’s opening pair. St Hugh’s continued with some great partnerships between bowling and keeping wicket. Eme and Flo bowled well to keep the run rate down. A few runs were given away in the fielding through over throws and not backing up, but lots of learning was taken from this first fixture. Ayscoughfee finished their batting innings with a respectable 284.

St Hugh’s Green team stepped into bat to chase down Ayscoughfee’s score. We started out slowly until players had found their feet. Ottilie and Monty R connected with some great shots to keep the St Hugh’s score ticking over. Nora and Halle batted well, finding space in the field. Barnes and Bertie finished the batting innings for St Hugh’s Green team in style hitting the boundary for a high scoring final over. Unfortunately due to being tight for time some of our batting pairs only received 1 over, but they made the most of this by scoring lots of runs for their team. Taking into account the missing overs St Hugh’s Greens were awarded the win by four overs. Well played to everyone involved, fantastic team effort.