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Cricket: Hunts batsmen show some explosive form
HUNTS batsmen were in explosive form as they saw off Cambs by 63 runs in an under 17 friendly at Sawston.
HUNTS batsmen were in explosive form as they saw off Cambs by 63 runs in an under 17 friendly at Sawston.Opener Chris Budd (Nassington) set the tone by smacking his second ball for six on his way to an aggressive 45 off just 33 balls faced.
Captain Jonathan Carpenter (Granta) played the anchor role as Simon Cafferkey (Godmanchester) hammered 49 off 37 balls and Chris Milner (Peterborough Town) and Alex Bandaranaike (Nassington) smacked 50 for the sixth wicket in just eight overs.
Carpenter contributed the top score of 73 as Hunts closed on 266-9 from their 50 overs.
Cambs struggled in reply from the start and managed just 26 from their opening 10 overs thanks to tight bowling from Ali Fox (Wollaston) and Alex Laud (Orton Park).
Patrick Atkinson-Dalziel (Nassington) and Carpenter each took two wickets, while there was a first wicket at county under 17 level for Richard Hingston (Peterborough Town) before Cambs closed on 203-9.
Hunts
J. Carpenter c Rippington b Smith73
C. Budd lbw Smith45
T. West st Summerskill b Richer13
S. Cafferkey c Drake b Richer49
S. Donald lbw Smith0
A. Bandaranaike st Summerskill b Ives28
C. Milner run out20
A. Laud not out8
P. A-Dalziel b Drake7
R. Hingston not out4
Extras 19
TOTAL (8 wkts) 266
Bowling: S. Smith 10-2-38-3; T. Bourne 2-0-28-0; S. Rippington 10-2-48-0; M. Ellis 2-0-17-0; J. Ives 9-0-51-1; R. Van Waterschoot 3-1-2-0; P. Richer 10-0-52-2; O. Drake 4-0-21-1.
Cambs
P. Richer run out11
A. Reynolds c Budd b Carpenter43
W. O'Reilly lbw Hingston15
P. Summerskill c Cafferkey b Bandaranaike32
O. Drake b Laud43
G. Skinner lbw West2
S. Rippington lbw A-Dalziel6
M. Ellis c Milner b Carpenter1
T. Bourne lbw A-Dalziel0
J. Ives not out30
R. Van Waterschoot not out2
Extras 18
TOTAL (9 wkts) 203
Bowling: A. Fox 6-0-16-0; A. Laud 8-0-25-1; S. Cafferkey 3-0-18-0; P. Atkinson-Dalziel 8-0-34-2; J. Carpenter 6-1-25-2; R. Hingston 5-0-27-1; T. West 9-0-37-1; A. Bandaranaike 5-0-17-1.
CASTOR 2nds beat Wansford by 10 wickets in a friendly.
Scores: Wansford 67 (L. Buchan 25, M. Underwood 3-12), Castor 70-0 (R. Porter 28no, M. Shamim 25no).
n DAN Malem (74no & 5-8) was in blistering form again as Ramsey Under 15s beat Warboys by 49 runs.
Scores: Ramsey U15s 130-5 (D. Malem 74no, A. Wells 24) beat Warboys 81 (J. Trafford 21, D. Malem 5-8) by 49 runs.
OTHER Ramsey junior scores:
Ramsey U11s 348-3 (net 333) (L. Smith 23no) beat Warboys 287-8 (net 247) by 86 runs.
Ramsey U17s 100-2 (J. Webb 30no, E. Manchett 27) beat Upwood 99-5 (C. Newton 25, R. Drage 25) by 8 wkts.
Ramsey U11s 243-6 (L. Smith 20) lost to Huntingdon 243-6 by 21 runs.ALL Saints and Matley won the year five Kwik Cricket competitions at Peterborough Town CC and Stanground College this week.
They will be joined in the county finals at St Ivo next month by runners-up The Beeches and West Town.
All Saints and Beeches both remained unbeaten at Bretton Gate, but the former won the competition because of a superior runs per wicket ratio.
West Town were one of four schools to win one match apiece at Stanground, but again they qualified behind unbeaten Matley by boasting a superior runs per wicket ratio.
Peterborough Town
Results: Peterborough Town: All Saints 291-1 beat Newark Hill 189-9 by 102 runs; Bishop Creighton 258-4 beat St.Johns, Orton 226-3 by 32 runs; The Beeches 304-2 beat Welland 189-10 by 115 runs; All Saints 379-0 beat Welland 217-6 by 162 runs; Newark Hill 250-4 beat Bishop Creighton 240-5 by 10 runs; The Beeches 293-2 beat St.Johns, Oron 221-4 by 72 runs; All Saints 305-3 beat St.Johns, Orton 201-8 by 104 runs; Bishop Creighton 278-2 beat Welland 186-11 by 92 runs; The Beeches 305-3 beat Newark Hill 220-6 by 85 runs.
Stanground
Results: Dogsthorpe 303-1 beat Heritage Park 283-2 by 20 runs; Matley 249-5 beat Leighton 210-10 by 39 runs; West Town 270-0 beat Ramsey 229-4 by 41 runs; Leighton 271-2 beat Dogsthorpe 231-6 by 40 runs; Matley 258-1 beat West Town 250-2 by 8 runs; Ramsey 255-5 beat Heritage Park 229-4 by 26 runs.
MOTLEY Crew recorded three recent friendly wins. Andy Cody scored a ton in the six-wicket victory over Ashton Wold.
Scores: Motley Crew 145-7 (A. Cody 32no, T. Ali 30no) beat Bourne Rugby Club 142-8 (T. Dixon 32no, J. Burgin 26ret, J. Clark 21no) by 3 wkts.
Motley Crew 129-3 (J. Munford 30no, R. Dickinson 28ret, J. Bones 26ret, J. Wilkins 22) beat Ramsey Gonads 116-3 by 13 runs.
Motley Crew 212-6 (A. Cody 102) beat Ashton Wold 208-4 (H. Chapman 69, M. Buckley 51no).
CAMRA beat Stragglers by 68 runs in a weekend friendly
Scores: CAMRA 274 (A.Mclean 74, N.Holmes 70, D.Geldart 34), Stragglers 206.
HUNTS lost their second successive match in the East of England Under 19 Championships as Essex won a tight game by three wickets at Billericay.
Scores: Hunts 180 (J. Carpenter 46, W. Bradley 46), Essex 181-7 (T. West 4-37).
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