County Under 13: Last season
UNDER 13 AGE GROUP – 2007 SEASON
Manager – Jon Haines
Coach – Shaun White
Captain - Guy Brothwood (Chippenham)
Brad Dawson (Goatacre) Greg Davies (Wootton Bassett) Jack Dymoke (Wootton Bassett) Leo Dennis (Burbage) Jack Haines (Goatacre) James Haggaty (South Wilts) Harry Hawkins (South Wilts) James Lavis (Burbage) Craig Miles (Purton) Michael Reynolds (Trowbridge) Tom Richards (Calne) Jamie Smith (South Wilts) Charles Turrell (Rockhampton) Joe Weare (Westbury)
Wiltshire v Gwent - Wiltshire 160-7 v Gwent 142 - 10
Wiltshire won by 18 runs
With the original Newport wicket rather damp(!) the game was switched to the artificial wicket. Excellent batting from Joe Weare (55) and Michael Reynolds (56) set a respectable target of 160 from 40 overs, Gwent in reply got off to a flying start putting on 78 for the first wicket, the introduction of spin changed the momentum of the game and with the seam bowling of Leo Dennis on his debut taking 5-13 from 7 overs along with Brad Dawson 3-20 from 8 overs, Gwent were all out in the 40th over.
ECB COUNTY CUP COMPETITION
Wiltshire v Isle of Wight - Wiltshire 173 – 5 v IOW 46 - 10
Wiltshire won by 127 runs
A comfortable victory by the huge margin of 127 runs. Good batting from Tom Cowley (34), Jamie Smith (25) and Craig Miles (34 N.O.) ensured a decent target. An excellent fielding display resulting in 3 run outs and with all the bowlers sharing wickets a comfortable victory was ensured.
Wiltshire v Dorset -Dorset 143 - 10 v Wiltshire 144 - 6
Wiltshire won by 4 wickets
A good day at the office, an excellent display from the bowlers restricting Dorset to 143 all out, the spinners again cleaning up with Jack Haines taking 3-25 from 7 and Charlie Turrell taking 3-27 from 7. In reply a magnificent 87 from Michael Reynolds saw Wiltshire home with seventeen overs to spare.
ECB COUNTY CUP COMPETITION
Wales v Wiltshire - Cancelled
Wiltshire v Gloucestershire - Cancelled
Oxfordshire v Wiltshire - Cancelled
Wiltshire v Berkshire - Berkshire 103 - 10 v Wiltshire 104 - 8
Wiltshire won by 2 wickets
A big “Thank you” to all at Purton, who worked miracles to get the game on after all the rain. Wiltshire’s bowlers again all bowled well with Greg Davies 3-4 from 4.2 and Jack Haines 3-8 from 6 overs being the pick of the bowlers. With only Guy Brothwood and Jack Haines getting into double figures, we scraped over the line to victory by 2 wickets.
Wiltshire v Dorset - Wiltshire 151 - 9 v Dorset 152 - 6
Dorsetwon by 4 wickets
After a steady start through Joe Weare (29), Michael Reynolds (34) and James Haggaty (26) we never really pushed on and stuttered to a final total of 151 from the allotted 40 overs, with our bowlers on a rare off day and finding the crucial wickets hard to come by, the game came down to the last over and with some adventurous batting Dorset won a tight game with 1 ball to spare.
Wiltshire v Hampshire- Hampshire 157 - 8 v Wiltshire 154 - 9
Hampshire won by 3 runs
The Final Game of the season was a similar story another “nearly game”, Hampshire on a damp track batted first and scored a modest 157 from 45 overs, Leo Dennis returning figures 3-15 from 8 overs. In reply another excellent innings from Michael Reynolds (53) seemed to have put us in a winning position, but the middle order failed to capitalise, with only Craig Miles (19) and a spirited (10) from James Lavis leaving us 3 agonising runs short at the end.
Summary
Overall the season was a success, although unfortunately hampered by the weather, winning 4, losing 2, with three games cancelled due to the weather.
Our E.C.B. County Cup Competition was decimated by the weather, only managing to play one game out of four. Wales the winners of our group (by the fact they played and won one more game than us) went on to win the competition.
Michael Reynolds batted magnificently throughout scoring 230 runs at an average of 46.00, Joe Weare and Craig Miles also contributed with strong batting performances during the season.
In the bowling department, Leo Dennis was the leading wicket taker, taking 10 wickets with his accurate seam bowling, Charlie Turrell. Jack Haines and Brad Dawson consistently tied sides down and took wickets with their spin.
I would like to thank Shaun White our coach for his help, hard work and enthusiasm throughout the season and winter coaching.
My thanks must also go to all the parents for their support and help at all our matches especially Dave Reynolds who has helped with the scoring throughout the season
Finally and most importantly I would like to thank all of the players who represented the County under 13’s this season, the whole squad gave 100%, showed great commitment and have created such a great team spirit both on and off the field.
Jon Haines (U13 Manager)
