County Under 15 Results
County U15s Vs Marlborough College - Thursday 24 May 07
Wiltshire batted first losing a wicket in the 2nd over then Chris Aubury 13 and Steven Bullen 43 started to build the innings, further wickets fell before Chris Brewer 34 No and Dean Williamson 19 No took the score to 158/8 in their allotted 40 overs. F Fewbrown was the pick of the Marlborough bowlers 5-1-17-3 and Davis taking 3 excellent catches.
Tight bowling from D. Webb 8-2-19-2 and Dean Williamson 5-1-16-0 restricted Marlborough in the early overs then T.Pasco 25 S Rolls 41 and F Arbuthnott 32 took Marlborough to requiring 10 to win in the last over finally passing Wiltshire's score with 2 balls to spare ending up 161/5. Other notable performances were Steven Bullen behind the stumps taking a stumping and a catch. Rich Mills 5-1-11-1
Wiltshire lost by 5 wickets.
County Under 15's Wiltshire V Wales - Sunday 3rd June
On Sunday Chippenham were the hosts for the under 15's Wiltshire vs Wales. Wiltshire won the toss and put Wales into bat who scored 231 for 7 in their 50 overs the runs were shared around with J Parkhouse 45 G Partridge 39 being the top scorers. Uzi Qureshi taking 2 for 22 in 7 overs. Wiltshire lost an early wicket to an unfortunate run out. Although Wales have several West of England players Wiltshire refused to surrender with Steven Bullen 19 and Uzi Qureshi 63 putting on a 50 partnership before Steven Bullen was caught and Bowled by Parfit. Dom Webb added 19 not out in the lower order but Wiltshire never kept up with the required run rate ending up with 141 for 9 in their 50 overs
County U15s v Isle of Wight - 12 June
On 12 June Wiltshire Under 15s travelled to play the Isle of Wight in the ECB county cup. In a low scoring exciting game Wiltshire ended up winning by 8 runs.
Wiltshire won the toss and elected to bat scoring 104 all out in 35 overs Wiltshire started well with Steven Bullen hitting some nice shots before getting out caught behind for 15 Uzi Qureshi then came to the crease and was run out going for the 4th run. Richard Mills then started to rebuild the damage before he was out in the 24th over for 22 when the score was 70 Dom Webb then added 20. The pick of the I O W bowlers was J Miller taking 3/18 in 9.2 overs.
IoW started badly losing their first wicket when the score was 6 U Sattar 11 and D Russell 22 looked as if they were taking IoW comfortably to their target, when the Wiltshire spin attack of Uzi Qureshi 14/4 off 10 overs and Shaun Dixon 18/2 off his 10 overs were introduced. Working in tandem they ripped the heart out of the IoW batting leaving Dom Webb 28/3 off 10 overs to come back on with Will Collier 9/1 off 4.3 overs to finish the job cleaning up the tail. Paul Stoddard the Wiltshire coach was ecstatic stating he always knew the boys had the ability to bowl them out. He had called for them to show they had the heart and endeavour and to never give in, so he was extremely proud of them. Wiltshire travel to play Oxfordshire on Sunday.
Wiltshire won by 8 runs.
County U15'S V Oxfordshire - 17 June
Challow and Childrey CC was the venue for Oxfordshire versus Wiltshire in the Under 15's third game of the season.
After winning the toss Wiltshire elected to bat with 3 early wickets being lost for just 34 runs. Will Collier then joined Bullen and the pair steadied the ship slightly by putting on a partnership of 33 for the 4th wicket before Will fell for 10. Dean Williamson then joined Steve, adding 58 for the next wicket before becoming another victim of J Taylor. Bullen continued to hold the innings together with a score of 88 to lead Wiltshire to a total of 156 all out. J Taylor finished with figures of 5 for 35 from 20 overs for Oxfordshire.
In reply, despite tight bowling from Wiltshire, Oxfordshire took few risks in their pursuit of Wiltshires low total. They eventually reached the total after 52 overs for the loss of only 1 wicket with S Sansome (59) and N Watkins (42) the not out batsmen. Debutant Imraj Heer playing up a year bowled excellently to finish with figures of 0 for 35 from 14 overs. Will Collier also bowled well to pick up Wiltshires only wicket.
Wiltshire lost by 9 wickets
County U15's V Gloucestershire - 28th June
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bowl. Wiltshire got off to a good start with Chris Aubury and Owein Phillips putting on 47 for the first wicket before Phillips was out caught for 20. Chris Aubury then had a partnership of 59 with Uzi Qureshi, Aubury then fell one short of his half century when the score was 106. Qureshi was run out for 40 when the score was 134 Wiltshire using up their 50 overs for 157 for 9
The bowlers doing the damage for Gloucestershire were N. Gregory 4 wickets for 24 runs in 10 overs and C. Horwood 10 overs 3 for 30 L Durrans taking 3 catches in the field
Gloucestershire started their reply steadily reaching 43 before N. Harrison (9.4 overs 3 for 29) trapped S. Mustafa LBW for 21 S. Dixon (10 overs 2 for 42) then had the next 2 wickets N Gregory 36 and C Whincup 29 caught behind by the wicketkeeper. Wiltshire bowlers kept it tight but Gloucester edged towards their target L. Durrans seeing them home in the 49th over with a patient 21 not out. Dom Webb ending up with 9 overs 0 for 17
Wiltshire lost by 3 wickets
County U15's V Gwent - 10th July
Gwent won the toss and put Wiltshire in to bat. Wiltshire lost an early wicket before Steven Bullen and Owein Phillips steadied it Gwent then had another breakthrough when Phillips was caught for 13 when the score was 53. Uzi Qureshi then came to the crease and took the score on to 97 before Bullen fell for 57. Ben Upton came to the crease and he and Qureshi put on 48 before Qureshi was run out on 34 when the score was 145. Some hard hitting in the last 10 overs from Will Collier 17 and Ben Upton 77 not out enabled Wiltshire to set Gwent a target of 231 in 50 overs.
Wiltshire had an early breakthrough then A Tatnell 14 and A Milliinchip took the score to 49 before Tatnell was Caught and Bowled by Shaun Dixon. N Payne 60 then came to the crease taking the score to 127 before Milllinchip fell for 61. Just as Gwent looked as if they were going to reach their target. Will Colllier had other ideas coming on to bowl he ripped the heart out of Gwents middle order ending up with figures of 4 wickets for 40 of 8 overs Gwent required 31 to win off the last 5 overs but Collier and Harrison (10 overs 1 for 39) keeping it tight made it difficult for Gwent to score freely who ended up with 222 all out in the last over. Paul Stoddard the Wiltshire coach was quoted as saying he was very pleased with Wiltshire's all round performance although he would have liked another 20 runs, tight fielding made Gwent work for every run. and the bowlers kept their nerve at the end.
Wiltshire won by 9 runs
Wiltshire U15's v Worcestershire - 19th July
Wiltshire won the toss and put Worcestershire into bat. Tight bowling by Dom Webb (5 overs 0 for 11 runs)restricted Worcestershire in the early overs losing their fist wicket when the score was 35 after 11 overs Imraj Heer then had C Ayliffe removed for 29 the score being 61 Imraj ending up with 12 overs 1 for 29. The slow bowlers continued to dominate with Shaun Dixon taking the next 4 wickets ending up with figures of 17 overs 4 for 65 runs. A late onslaught by B D'Oliviera 60 and S Harris 49 took Worcestershire to 202 for 7 declared after 57 overs
Some fine bowling by B Hawker (10 overs 2 for 26) and S Harris (5 overs 1 for 6) meant Wiltshire were unable to negotiate a difficult 7 overs before tea. The score was 18 when they lost 3 wickets just before they went in for the break. After tea Uzi Qureshi 46 and Ben Upton 34 set about repairing the damage, Upton was the next to fall for 34 when the score was 92 Qureshi followed not long after and it was left to Will Collier 8 not out and Dom Webb 5 not out to hold out for a draw Wiltshire ending up with 130 for 7 wickets after 51 overs
Wiltshire Drew
Wiltshire Under 15's v Isle of Wight - 31st July 07
Isle of Wight won the toss and put Wiltshire in to bat. Wiltshire lost their first wicket after 8 overs when the score was 19 another wicket quickly fell before Owein Phillips 22 and Uzi Qureshi 57 steadied it, taking it to 51 before Phillips fell. J Miller (15 overs 3 for 44) then had the next 3 batsmen stumped by C. Sammons. Will Collier 20 and Dom Webb 15 No out added late runs taking the score to 173 for 9 T Barton taking 3 wickets for 23 in 10 overs.
Isle of Wight had an early setback losing their first wicket in the fifth over when the score was 8 T Barton 49 was then joined by C Mitchell 78 who took the score to 134 Both fell to the bowling of Imraj Heer who had figures of 7 overs 2 wickets for 26 runs M Mills 22 No and A Hose 6 No then saw Isle of Wight to victory taking them to 175 for 3 off of 38 overs
Wiltshire lost by 7 wickets
Wiltshire Under 15's v Cornwall - 6th August 07
Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat. Steve Bullen 25 and Haydon Amor 5 made a steady start before Amor was out in the 9th over when the score was 31 Bullen looked set before he was given out caught behind. Chris Aubury and Uzi Qureshi then came together taking the score to 89 when Aubury fell for 39 Phillips then joined Qureshi Taking the score to 165 before Qureshi fell 48. Phillips 52 went on to make his maiden half century for the under 15's Wiltshire ended up on 203 for 9 The pick of the bowlers were L Norwell 8 overs 2 wickets for 24 runs, J Marsden 16 overs 2 wickets for 42 runs and R Keast 8 overs 3 wickets for 26 runs
Cornwall started well with the openers M Manuell and L Marsh taking the score to 57 when Marsh was out for 27 Manuell was then joined by T Williams They took the score to 137 when Williams fell for 65 in the 39th over Wiltshire eventually had Manuell run out for 74 when the score was 188. Norwell and Hawkins then saw Cornwall home with 5 balls to spare The pick of the bowlers was Will Collier 10 overs 3 wickets for 29 runs
Wiltshire lost by 4 wickets
