First game of the season saw Ashfield ladies travel to Old Elizabethans, with two late drop outs we travelled with 9 players, we won the toss and fielded first, a good start with the first wicket falling for only 7 runs, the runs were steadily flowing thanks to the very small boundaries and the new fielding restrictions for the first 10 overs (2 fielders within 13 yards!!) the pick of the bowlers was Ma who bowled 8 overs straight through and picked up 4-30 including a great caught and bowled. She duly won man of the match award. A few less extras would have kept their score below 100. Set a target of 142, Ashfield were confident to achieve this target and set out positively first wicket partnership put on 33 runs, with many of the Ashfield players struggling with injuries picked up during the game quick singles were not in the equation. Third in was Chelle Hughes who took the game to Old Eliz and punished all the bad balls including a 6 which would have been 6 on ‘normal’ sized boundaries! A great supportive role by Sara and the subsequent 4 batters to aid Chelle in getting to a well controlled 47 leaving us 30 runs to get in about 12 overs. With the return of their opening bowlers they managed to get the final few wickets despite a great effort to stay at the crease, leaving Ashfield to lose by 15 runs. Despite the loss, the performance and effort showed by every member of the team was faultless and shows how far we have come since last season...with 11 players we would have won.
Notable performances
M. Kaur 8-1-30-4
M. Cole 8-2-16-2
M. Hughes 47
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