Long Itchington Cricket Club

Long Itchington won the toss and asked Willoughby to bat first, Ben Hollis top-scored for Willoughby with 19 as they reached 68 for 6 wickets in their 20 overs. Adam Angove took 3 for 15 in 3 overs for Long Itchington.
In reply Long Itchington scored 69 for 5 wickets in 16.2 overs. Nathan Hooker retired on 27 for Itchington and S. Mohammed took 3 for 14 in 4 overs for Willoughby.
Special mention goes to 11 year old Jake Butler who making his U13 debut for Long Itchington took 1 for 1 with his bowling and scored the winning boundary in his 9 not out.
Long Itchington therefore won the match by 5 wickets.

Long Itchington won the toss & elected to bowl. Bablake scored 82 for 9 wickets in their 20 overs, Clarke top-scoring with 25 but good bowling by Sam Hain 3 for 9 & Ryan Stephen 2 for 11 kept the total in check.
In reply 10-man Long Itchington were dismissed for 72 Jamie Breakwell top-scored with 35 but eventually ran out of partners, Clarke took 2 for7 for Bablake.
Bablake therefore won the match by 10 runs and proceed to the next round.

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