33 were victorious by 3 wickets. A debut appearance saw Alex Harvey get 2 wickets, showing real promise for future years and a run chase seeing Surya James on his last appearance for school carrying his bat for a not out 81 off 48 balls walking off the field to a round applause from parents and team mates with his younger brother alongside him. U15A Boys The U15A cricket team had an outstanding season, winning 12 of their 13 matches, usually by a wide margin. The formula for success was set in the first match, away at Skinners’; this was to win the toss, bat first and then defend a total with a strong and varied bowling attack. Evan Ackerman scored 58 in Brentwood’s total of 2064 and Skinners’ were bowled out for 105, with leg-spinner FreddieWren taking 4 wickets. The team’s Essex Cup run began at Gosfield School. On a slow and wet wicket, Brentwood scored a competitive total of 151-7 (led largely by the opening stand between Ackerman andWill Howard). In response, Gosfield were bowled out for 16, with Zach Puchakayala producing a superb spell of controlled swing bowling to take 5 wickets for 2 runs. Unfortunately, Zach injured his back in his last over and did not recover in time to play again during the season. He was a big loss to the team. The team faced Shenfield in the next round, and, sticking to the formula, scored 179 batting first (Howard 74 off 36 balls). Shenfield batted well in reply and after 10 overs U15A Girls The U15 Girls’ Cricket team faced Shenfield School in what should have been a Cup cricket match from last year, however, due to the weather conditions, it had to be delayed until this academic year.With England’s typical weather conditions, unfortunately this game had to be played indoors. Shenfield batted first, setting a total of 72 off their 8 overs. Brentwood into bat, realised a lot about indoor cricket and that it’s all about placement and running first, rather than how hard you can hit the ball. Yet again, a strong start, however the wickets began to fall due to a lack of communication. Constant support from the side, gave the girls the courage to push the singles as hard as they could and fell short of 7 runs after their 8 overs. An exciting season ahead of us for summer 2022.
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