32 cricket 1st XI After the delayed season got underway, our first fixture saw us face Felsted. Initially a twoday game, the first Saturday was washed out leaving us to play a reduced game the following week. Felsted posted a total of 149 in 35 overs with the game ending in a tie, Callum Balsom the pick of the batters with 64. The next few fixtures kept up the same trend of excitement with the game against Ipswich also going down to the last ball. Runs for Surya James (66) and Jack Levy (54) saw Brentwood post 205. Ipswich reached the total on the very last ball with 5 wickets to spare. Two mid week T20’s against New Hall in the Essex Cup and Forest showed off some very exciting talent from both teams, going down to both teams with lots of batters getting starts and wickets for Callum Balsom and Thinod don Balage in both games. A clear turning point for the team was a decisive victory by 10 wickets against Bancroft’s which truly got the season going.Wickets shared around reduced them to 150. This was chased down by the two openers James Abbott (82) and Thinod (62). The good run of form continued against Old Brentwoods and the MCC, on both occasions chasing down totals of over 200; Surya James (100) against Old Brentwoods, the standout with Callum Balsom (68) and Jack Levy (53) contributing to the win over the MCC. The season once again finished with the annual Schools’ Cricket festival, this year being held at Brentwood with all games being played on the same day. This was a real opportunity to experiment with the new 100 format in a school environment. Sadly Oundle School were unable to attend due to Covid restrictions, however St John’s Leatherhead and Abingdon took up their usual places. The highlight of the day was the game between Brentwood and St John’s Leatherhead, in which the Brentwood boys
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