Today Years 5 & 6 Boys' team participated in a Cricket Tournament with 6 local schools. Little Ealing, Acton Gardens, Oaklands, Lady Margaret, St Marks and West Acton. 

 

For this competition, every school started off with 200 runs.

If the opposing team take a wicket 5 runs they will be deducted from the total score. 

 

Our first game was against Oaklands and the boys were nervous as the previous game was a very close score. They did not know what to expect. We started off well taking a few early wickets which made it very difficult for Oaklands to chase. Final score Oaklands 227 and Fielding 291. Some excellent batting from Noah (6F) who scored 47 runs. 

 

Our second game was against Acton Gardens who had an excellent fielding side. They also took some early wickets, but the boys remained confident and managed to hit quite a few sixes and fours to make up for the early wickets taken. There was a great batting partnership between the brother duo Ishaaq (6F) and Yaqoob (5S) who increased the run rate. At the end of the game, the final score was Acton Gardens 237 and Fielding 277.  

 

As a result of scoring a total of 568 runs across two games, we finished top of our group and were given a by straight into the semi-final. 

 

In the Semi-final, we played Lady Margaret School who had an excellent fielding team and they managed to run out a few players. However, the boys' kept their cool and had an excellent batting inning and managed to get quite a few early wickets. Well done to Zaki (6F) who took 4 wickets in one over. This reduced Lady Margaret's run rate drastically. The final score was Lady Margaret 227 and Fielding 264 runs, therefore, won the game. 

 

Tensions were high as we were due to play our local rival Little Ealing in the final. Both teams were equally matched in terms of ability. It was any team for the taking. I am happy to announce that Fielding won by 2 runs thanks to Noah (6F) who hit a four on the last ball. 

 

As a result, we are through to the borough finals to play the other top team in Ealing. The winner of this game will be selected to represent Ealing at the London Games. 

 

Congratulations to the Boys for coming 1st Place!

A special thanks to...

Zaki (6F), Aiden (6F), Ishaaq (6F), Noah (6F),  Leo W (6P), Arthur W (6S), Ansh (5S), Yaqoob (5S), Stanely (5P), Dylan (5P),