Rawtenstall u11 a team gained their first win of the season with a fairly easy victory against Salesbury.Winning the toss Rawtenstall decided to bat first. Runs flowed throughout the innings, unfortunately we also lost wickets at regular intervals. The home side ending on 243 despite losing 42 runs in dismissals 'Elbow' Hussey again top scoring with 21, Blake Pickup getting into the teens playing some excellent shots on the way, and Charlie Scott batted very well getting into double figures, even though the lads lost 7 wickets, they are showing great promise, and trying to play correctly, they can only keep on improving in this department.
Once in the field, Rawtenstall started to dominate the opposition, keepin the runs down and taking regular wickets, Salesbury finished on 226, wicket takers bwig Cameron Holder, Dean Metcalfe And Ellis Hussey. One slightly disapointing aspect of the game was that a few of the lads seemed to 'dose' off occasionally and end up wandering about, but they are still young and their concentration levels can only improve. All in all a damn good win, lets hope for more to come. Man of the match was Cameron Holder

til next time
Garry Holder

Colne C.C. 274 v RC.C. 248

This might sound like a comfortable defeat, but in all honesty the best cricket was played by Rawtenstall in there first game of the season. Batting first, Colne got off to a good start hitting numerous boundaries, especially to the short boundary. But it wasnt until the last pair of Colne batsmen came to the crease that any 'proper' cricket shots were played. In the field the Rawtenstall lads performed with great credit, no misfields, always backing up, encouraging each other all in all great work. with the ball everybody bowled well wicket takers being Cameron Holder and Bradley Ainsworth there was also a great run out by Joshua Emmott. Only 2 wides and not one no-ball tells its own story.

When Rawtenstall went out to bat it was good to see the lads playing 'with a straight bat'. In fact the only crossbat shot to remember was by Ellis Hussey who skied one to mid wicket, but no criticism can be pointed at 'Elbow' because he batted superbly, scoring 26, one straight drive in particular any batsmen would be proud of. A special mention to Charlie Scott who was 'pressganged' into wicketkeeping and did a splendid job and let nobody down.
It might sound harsh on Colne they won fair and square they are young and can only get better, but if the RCC lads carry on with the basics of bowling line and length, playing straight with the bat i can see more of this squad going on to better things than their counterparts

Thanks for Now

Gary Holder- Team Manager

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