THE
BALFOUR BEATTY LONDON YOUTH GAMES 2010
FINALS AT
LORDS CRICKET GROUND INDOOR
SCHOOL - SATURDAY 6TH MARCH 2010
Barking and
Dagenham Under 13 squad finished in third
place in this years London Youth Games
cricket event. It was a fantastic effort from a hard working and talented
bunch of boys. The borough has never entered a team in the event in three years,
so to do as well as they did deserves special praise.
After
winning through the group stage in fine style last week at the Harrow
qualifying event, B&D went to Lords drawn against Richmond in the quarter
finals. With a coach load of support behind them
in the stand above, they produced a superb victory.
After losing the toss and being asked to bat first the consistent pairing
of Chris Dove and Ben Irving did well again with Dove scoring 15 and Irving
retiring unbeaten on 23. Skipper Shane Barwick scored 11 and Billy Smith scored
5 as B&D made it to 79 for 4 from their 10 overs. After the turnaround,
B&D produced a remarkable performance with the ball. Liam Addison and Shane
Barwick both bowled tight overs,
before Dove and Smith took over. Dove took 2 wickets for just 7 runs, and the
spin king Smith bowling a mesmerising 4
for 5 in just 10 balls. Barwick took yet another fine stumping and with catches
from Giani and Dove B&D won by a staggering 56 runs.
After a tour
of Lords, the home of cricket, the boys
had the daunting task of taking on Redbridge, the hot
favourites and eventual
champions of the event. Shane Barwick won the toss and elected to bat first, Ben
Irving and Chris Dove continuing their consistent form yet again at the top of
the innings. Dove made 17 before being run out, Irving retired again not out on
23. Barwick scored 10, Addison hit 8 not out as B&D amassed
a very competitive 90 from their 10 overs against county standard
bowling. In reply Addison had trouble with no-balls in the first over and his 10
ball over produced 12 runs. Shane Barwick then
produced a superb over taking 2 prize
scalps, clean bowled for just 1 run and at this point victory looked on. It was
all going to depend on Billy Smith's overs as he had taken 9 wickets in the
previous four matches, however he was unable to repeat the feat in the semi
final and Redbridge's powerful batting
line up started to pick up runs at a fair rate. Barwick left it too late to come
back to bowl his second over and it meant Redbridge won the match with 10 balls
to spare.
The Barking
and Dagenham lads finished third overall out of
32 teams, winning a well deserved bronze medal in the bargain and they have put
our borough back on the sporting map. All seven members of the squad play their
club cricket in the borough for Goresbrook CC. It was a team effort
all-round with Sports
Development Officer Emma Gillan, manager
Paul Cooke, coaches Scott Barwick and Kane Messenger and
all the parents and relatives doing their bit to make this such a successful
campaign.
RUNS
SCORED in total (5 matches played)
Chris Dove
107, Ben Irving 100, Shane Barwick 62, Liam Addison 29, Billy Smith 27,
Ausman Giani 5.
WICKETS
TAKEN in total (5 matches
played)
Billy Smith
9, Shane Barwick 4, Chris Dove 4, Ben Irving
4, Liam Addison 1, Ausman Giani 0.
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QUALIFYING
TOURNAMENT AT THE HARROW LEISURE CENTRE -
SATURDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 2010
Group
results
BARKING AND
DAGENHAM 124 for 1, beat
HACKNEY 37 all out by 87 runs
BARKING AND
DAGENHAM 96 for 4, beat
WESTMINSTER 75 all out by 21 runs
BARKING AND
DAGENHAM 104 for 5, beat
CROYDON 76 for 6
by 28 runs
| GROUP
STANDINGS |
|
PLD |
WON |
LOST |
PTS |
| BARKING
& DAGENHAM |
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
| WESTMINSTER |
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
| CROYDON |
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| HACKNEY |
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
BARKING AND
DAGENHAM SQUAD: SHANE BARWICK
(capt), CHRIS DOVE, BEN IRVING , LIAM ADDISON,
AUSMAN GINLI, BILLY
SMITH. MGR: PAUL COOK. SENIOR DEVELOPMENT OFFICER: EMMA GILLAN.
A fantastic
team performance from the Barking & Dagenham Borough representative side has
ensured a day out at the home of cricket for Paul Cook's Under 13 side next Saturday. The squad, made up
entirely from Goresbrook CC players, met Hackney in their first match whom they
beat comprehensively, scoring 124 for 1
wicket in their allotted 10 overs. Ben Irving (21), Shane Barwick (20) and Liam
Addison (20) all retired not out and Chris Dove scored 15. In reply Hackney were
blown away by a fine bowling performance. Ben Irving who took 2 for 3, Shane
Barwick 1 for 3 and Billy Smith 1 for 10
were the wicket takers and there were two good run-outs as B&D ran up easy
87 run victors.
In game two
B&D played a stronger Westminster side. Again Shane Barwick won the toss and
batted first and a decent total of 96 for 4 from 10 overs was posted. Chris Dove
ended 24 not out and was backed up by Ben Irving (12), Billy Smith (10)
and Shane Barwick (9). In reply Westminster
batted well but yet again the B&D bowling was of a high standard.
Liam Addison (1 for 10), Shane Barwick (1 for 8)
and Billy Smith (1 for 15) took
the wickets and there were again three superb run outs. A mention also for
Ausman Ginli who bowled superbly again as in the first match without taking a
wicket, as B&D won by 21 runs.
In
the last and most vital game B&D
met a powerful Croydon side. Shane
Barwick again won the toss and decided to stick to batting first as in the
previous matches. Ben Irving batted consistently yet again scoring 21 before
being controversially run out. Barwick fell for 12 and then a mini collapse
ensued with Addison, Ginli and Smith
all falling cheaply before Chris Dove came back to the crease.
Dove, who retired on 20 earlier in the innings, hit a superb 36 not out
helping B&D to set Croydon a target of 105. It looked like nerves and the
pressure were getting to the boys as Croydon raced onto 40 for 0 off just 3
overs, but then enter Billy Smith who bowled a quite remarkable over taking 3
wickets with the help of Shane Barwick who
took 3 superb stumpings.
Chris Dove then picked up a wicket in the next over and suddenly Lords was in their sights again. With both openers back in after
they had replied earlier it was still game on, but two great run outs followed
with top throws from Dove and Irving and
two great takes from Barwick behind the stumps
left Croydon some 28 runs short. It was a totally awesome effort from
every member of the squad and they thoroughly deserve their day out at Lords
next weekend for the last 8
knockout stages.
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