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Gloucestershire youngsters enjoy thrilling seven-run win

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Author: Contributed, Posted: Monday, 4th June 2018, 11:50

Bourton Vale’s Max Shepherd in action for Gloucestershire Under-15s Bourton Vale’s Max Shepherd in action for Gloucestershire Under-15s

Gloucestershire U11 Boys v Gwent U11 Boys (at Clifton College)
Friendly
Gloucestershire 173-3 (40 overs)
Gwent 166 all out (39.5 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 7 runs

Joint-captain Henry Trotman (Winterbourne) led by example to help his team to a seven-run victory over Gwent.

Trotman top-scored with 55 as Gloucestershire posted 173-3 before taking 4-20 – including the last three wickets – as Gwent were bowled out for 166 in the final over of the match.

Earlier Trotman and co-captain Lewis Rollinson (Dumbleton) won the toss and elected to bat on a good pitch. The Gwent bowlers packed plenty of pace but lacked control as Iwan Price (Thornbury) and Trotman took their team to 75-0 at the 20-over drinks break.

From this solid platform the openers attempted to push the score along and soon brought up the 100 partnership. Trotman reached his maiden county 50 before finally falling to make it 121-1.

His replacement Jamie Brooks (Bristol YMCA) added a quickfire 21 before two quick wickets left Gloucestershire on 161-3. Price kept going, carrying his bat for an unbeaten 47, as Gloucestershire closed on 173-3.

In reply Eoin Godfrey (Lansdown) and Spencer Gammon (Whitchurch) applied good pressure with the new ball and they were rewarded when Godfrey took a caught and bowled with Gwent on 14.

Second-wicket pair Iwan Jones (61) and Cruz Morgan (28) then took charge. Gloucestershire rotated their bowlers but struggled to maintain pressure as Gwent reached 125-1. But just as they had with the bat, Trotman and Price combined to good effect as a bouncer from Trotman was skied by Morgan into the safe hands of Price at midwicket.

The breakthrough swung the momentum back Gloucestershire’s way, and the run rate began to rise as the home bowlers hit their stride. Gammon returned to the attack and struck twice with his slower ball as Gwent slipped to 133-4. But with 36 balls remaining the visitors only needed 33 runs with six wickets in hand.

Gammon (3-20) then got the crucial wicket of Jones to make it 145-5. A superb stumping by Archie Newton (Bristol YMCA) off Daniel Lambert (Long Ashton) left Gwent needing 18 from the last four overs with four wickets left.

With the score on 162 Lambert (2-18) struck again to put the visitors under severe pressure.

In the 38th over Trotman bowled Taylor with the score still 162. His replacement Morris fell to the same bowler, in the same fashion without troubling the scorers.

Three runs off the penultimate over left Gwent needing nine off the last six balls. A scrambled single to fine leg made it eight required off five balls, but Trotman kept up the pressure. And he was rewarded on the fifth ball of the over as a lofted pull shot found Lambert’s hands at midwicket. It capped a remarkable comeback from Gloucestershire, who picked up the last nine wickets for 41 runs.


Gloucestershire U15 Boys v Worcestershire U15 Boys (at Dean Close School)
Friendly
Worcestershire 208-7 (50 overs)
Gloucestershire 212-7 (44.3 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 3 wickets

Gloucestershire warmed up for the start of their ECB Cup campaign with a three-wicket friendly win over Worcestershire.

In a good all-round team performance Gloucestershire restricted the visitors to 208-7 before knocking the runs off with 6.3 overs to spare.

On a hot day at Dean Close School, Worcestershire elected to bat first on a good pitch. Opening bowlers Hamdi Saleem (2-25) (Downend) and Sam Swingwood (Monmouth) started well, but it was a change of bowler that brought the first breakthrough, as left arm spinner Max Shepherd (Bourton Vale) had Oliver Hallon caught at cover for 27, with the score on 66.

Joe Miszkowski joined Rehaan Edavalath and put on a partnership 54 before Shepherd picked up his second victim, as Edavalath (52) was caught behind by Owen Lingard (Winterbourne) just after making his half century.

Two soon became three as Max Trotman (Winterbourne) ran out new batsman Matt Hatfield. And the fourth wicket fell one run later as Sam Ford chipped the ball back to Shepherd (3-40) for his third wicket of the game.

Worcestershire fought back with a fifth wicket stand of 37 before Kunal Barman (2-49) (Old Bristolians Westbury), having just swapped ends, picked up two wickets. First Milan Dogra (12) chipped the ball to Freddie Merrett (Lechlade) at cover and then Zakir Khan was stumped by Trotman for 10. Tom Stephens was then run out on the last ball of the innings to leave the visitors on 208-7.

In reply, openers Lingard and Michael Burger (Chepstow) took advantage of the flat pitch, with an opening partnership of 54 before Burger was caught behind off Edvalath’s (3-37) first ball for 21.

Lingard was joined by Barman and together the pair added 21 before the former was caught at point for 27. His replacement, Merrett, started in positive mood, finding the boundary three times off the spinners before he was caught three yards inside the boundary to leave the hosts on 116-3.

This brought Trotman to the crease and he immediately looked at ease, creaming the ball around and upping the run rate. He added 61 with Barman before the latter fell for a patient 43. This brought about a mini-collapse as Gloucestershire lost three more quick wickets – including Trotman for 44 from 37 balls (seven fours) – to slip to 188-7.

It was left to Max Shepherd and Charlie Davison (Cirencester) to see their side home with a partnership of 21.

Under-15 coach Paul Muchall said: “The boys’ performance built on the previous week’s match against Warwickshire, demonstrating their ability to reflect and move forward. As a team we have developed self-belief and this has shown in the way the boys played today. There is still work to be done and it is up to the players to develop their resilience, in particular as we move into the ECB Cup.”


Gloucestershire U11 Girls v Herefordshire U11 Girls (at Frocester CC)
Friendly
Herefordshire 71 all out (26.4 overs)
Gloucestershire 106-6 (20 overs)
Gloucestershire won by four wickets

Gloucestershire Under-11 girls got their summer off to a fantastic start with a win over Herefordshire.

After losing the toss, the girls fielded first and started the game with great intent. Every bowler bowled superb line and length and put a lot of pressure on Herefordshire throughout their innings.

Jennifer Rivers (Bradley Stoke) (3-2 off 3 overs) and Lucy Thompson (2-5 from 3 overs) (Coalpit Heath) were the pick of the bowlers as Herefordshire reached 71 before being bowled out in the 26th over.

With a target of 72 set, the Gloucestershire girls started their chase with lots of quick singles and they capitalised on anything short. The runs came quickly and there were some strong partnerships which brought Gloucestershire to their target with 17 overs to spare. They batted on in order to benefit the players’ development. Jemima Smith (Frenchay) played a timely innings and retired not out for 8, and Sophie Maggs (Bristol) found the gaps in the field very effectively to score 12.


Gloucestershire Women v Oxfordshire Women (at Bicester and North Oxford CC)
ECB Women’s County Championship, Division 3, Group C
Gloucestershire 90 all out (31.3 overs)
Oxfordshire 93-3 (32.3 overs)
Oxfordshire won by seven wickets

Gloucestershire Women’s unbeaten start to the league season came to an end with a seven-wicket defeat to Oxfordshire.

The loss sees Oxfordshire replace Gloucestershire at the top of Division 3, Group C.

The day started well for the visitors after they won the toss and reached 43-1. But the dismissal of Nat Wraith (Frenchay) for 25 started a collapse that eventually saw Gloucestershire bowled for 90. Apart from Wraith no-one else made double figures as Gloucestershire were undone by a series of poor shots.

In reply it took Oxfordshire 32.3 overs to knock off the required runs, losing three wickets. Spinner Charlie Phillips (Brislington) was the pick of the bowlers, recording the miserly figures of 1-16 from her 10 overs

Coach Gareth Dawson said: “The major positive out of the game was that this was by far the ladies’ best bowling performance of the season. If a couple of chances had been taken at crucial times, then the game may have ended up a closer contest.”


Stroud and South Gloucestershire Under 13 v Gloucester & Forest of Dean Under 13
League
SSG 234-4 (35 overs)
GFOD 194-6 (35 overs)
SSG won by 40 runs

SSG Under-13s made it two wins from two with a 40-run victory over GFOD.

Thornbury’s Saiyajat Kenche was the star of the show with an unbeaten 72 as SSG racked up 243-5 from their 35 overs before limiting their opponents to 194-6 in reply.

GFOD won the toss but found themselves on the back foot as SSG openers George Britton (Carsons and Mangotsfield) and Owen Peacock (Bradley Stoke) added 49 for the first wicket, before the latter was dismissed by leg-spinner Kameel Sahabadeen (Chepstow) for 17.

This brought Kenche to the crease and together with the patient Britton (39), the pair took the score to 88 before the opener was run out.

Tom King (Carsons and Mangotsfield) replaced his clubmate and hit 32 off 26 balls before Caleb White (2-29) (Kingsholm) made the breakthrough. Two more quick wickets followed but Kenche found a willing ally in Tim Dobinson (Frenchay), who smashed 31 not out off 19 balls (5 fours, 1 six) to take the score to 234-5 at the close of the innings. Kenche finished unbeaten on 72 off 80 balls, a superb innings that included 10 fours.

In reply GFOD made a great start with an opening stand of 71 between Sahabadeen (29) and Michael Nixon (Dymock), who struck 34 off 27 balls before becoming the first man to fall. Louis Sabbagh Holt (3-21) (Cirencester) removed both openers as GFOD lost three wickets for 14 runs.

Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals as Joe Eden Bull (Hanaham) claimed 2-26, but the GFOD innings was held together by a magnificent 68 not out from White. A number of middle and lower order batters were able to hang around but, with no‑one able to up the scoring rate, GFOD eventually finished 40 runs short on 194-6.


Cheltenham and Cotswolds Under 13 v Bristol Under 13 (at Cirencester)
League
Bristol 166-7 (35 overs)
C&C 161 all out (33.1 overs)
Bristol won by five runs

Kieran Gallagher (Stoke Bishop) ripped through the C&C middle order, taking 5-22 to help Bristol to a five-run victory in a hard fought match at Cirencester CC.

His devastating display saw the home side finish agonisingly short of their target as Bristol completed their first win of the season.

Earlier the visitors made 166-7 from their 35 overs after being put in to bat. Six players made scores of over 20 including Charlie Allan (28) (Bristol YMCA) and Ahmed Tabraiz (24) (Pak Bristolians).

Harry Dawson (2-8) (Cheltenham) and Harry Brownless (2-13) (Cirencester) were the pick of the home bowlers with two wickets each.

In reply, opener Joseph Tagg (Dumbleton) scored 24 before becoming one of two players to fall to Tabraiz (2-29).

Gallagher changed the game in his side’s favour with a succession of wickets but C&C provided stern resistance in the shape of Archie Bailey (Dumbleton). The number seven scored 59 before finally succumbing to Gallagher. In the end Bailey’s heroics were in vain as C&C were bowled out for 161 – just six runs short of their target – in the 34th over.

Other Images

Gloucestershire U11 girls, back row, L-R, Ellie Wookey (coach), Talia Scott, Amelia Clarke, Jemima Smith, Sophie Maggs, Daisy Romanek. Front row, from left, Taylor Hodgson, Emily Austen, Grace Hopkins, Jennifer Rivers, Alice Bailey, Lucy Thompson
Hamdi Saleem, who plays for Downend, in action for Gloucestershire Under-15s

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