Rawtenstall C.C. under 15 's

Enfield 105-6 Rawtenstall 106-1

A great start to the league season by the under 15's saw us comfortably beat Enfield with nearly 6 overs to spare. Having chosen to bat first, Enfield made a solid start by punishing anything loose, but the breakthrough was made when captain Dean O'Brien removed the more aggressive of the opening batters, caught behind by George Bevan, the first of 4 catches during the innings. From then on tight bowling by Alex Griffiths, Sam Excell and a first bowl of the season by Joel Egan that produced 3 wickets, saw Enfield finish on 105-6.
Although we lost George Bevan early on, caught from a leading edge, Alex Griffiths and Dean O'Brien never looked in any danger and punished Enfield's attack to all parts. Alex finally retired after reaching a great 50 (rules state you have to). Sam Excell joined Dean, and they carried on the attack, reaching our target in the 14th over with Dean on 28 not out, and Sam on 15 not out.

Rawtenstall 56 all out Burnley 57-2

After the high's of the first game, the lads came down to earth with a bump. winning the toss and batting, the innings never got going. Although the Burnley bowlers bowled straight, they didn't look threatening, but suicidal run outs and bad batting all through the order, meant we could only muster a paltry 56 at the end of our innings.
What was to follow in reply could only be described as blatant cheating! Dean O'Brien opened up in the first over and had their opening batsman caught behind with an edge that everyone on the ground could hear, umpires decision, NOT OUT! His 2nd over, exactly the same, decision again, NOT OUT! What people must gain from this in junior sport is beyond me and it totally ruins any game that it happens in! (even their scorer apologised for the umpire after the game, does that not say something?). Burnley went on to win the game easily, Dean and Danny Whittle picking up a wicket apiece. A game best forgotten about in more ways than one!

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