Our Under 17’s Cup Campaign

We’ve had a really good Under 17’s Cup campaign this year - with plenty of learning along the way!

The Under 17’s cup is a national Competition, played across the Summer Term and is a straight knock out format.

Our first round draw was against King’s School, Macclesfield - who unfortunately had to withdraw before we were able to play.

We were the drawn against Manchester Grammar School in the second round - we played that at Ashton on Mersey and fielding first, restricted MGS to 148-8 from their 25 overs. a good effort with the ball on a fast scoring ground. We were able to reach that target for the loss of five wickets, led from the front by a fine innings of 88* from Nathan Walker.

Round three also saw us drawn at home, this time against Myerscough (Preston) - They won the toss and elected to bat. they finished 127 all out with the wickets shared around on a tough wicket to bat on. We reached their score for the loss of five wickets, a middle order half century from Max Fisher steadying us up a little bit.

That meant we progressed onto the Last sixteen of the National Competition, and played Sedbergh School, We travelled up with two teams, the under 17’s fixture was the main fixture on the same ground that has hosted county cricket for the last couple of years - a lovely place to play cricket!

Batting first, we scored 149-8 from our 30 overs, which felt a little short of a good score.

We bowled well but were eventually defeated by some good batting on a flat pitch, with Sedbergh reaching our score for the loss of five wickets.

A shame to be beaten by Sedbergh in both our cup competitions this year - but plenty of learning this year for our first year group as they step up and lead our cricket programme next year!