The inaugural Womens U19 ARCH Trophy has concluded in UAE with MCC unsurprisingly winning in the final against Sussex, but only by 18 runs.
Sussex managed to contain the all-England U19 MCC batting line-up, with all their bowlers bowling tight lines. After 40 overs MCC had scored just 150/6 and Sussex must have felt they were in with a shout. Five of the Sussex bowlers picked up a wicket a piece, with the other being a run-out.
In reply Sussex were hampered by the fact that Georgia Adams was carrying a hand injury and had to drop down the order, but make-shift opener Sophie Parnell blasted out of the traps with four quick boundaries, but fell soon after. Sussex proceeded to lose a succession of wickets and at 40/5 they were in deep trouble. Carla Rudd (41) and Izi Noakes (35) brought Sussex back into the game with a stand of 48, but Noakes, Adams and Silk went in quick succession to leave Sussex at 106/8 with just over 7 overs to go. Freya Davies (13no) proved a perfect foil for Rudd and they took Sussex to within 22 runs of victory, but when Rudd was out with just under four overs to go, the game was up and Sussex fell agonisingly short on 132 all out.
In the 3rd/4th play off game Devon looked to be cruising to victory over Wales. Devon scored an impressive 185/4 with Amara Carr top scoring with 70 for the south west side. Wales were struggling on 21/4, but thanks to Ellie Hopkins (70no) they managed some respectablility as they finished on 147/8. Lydia Harris took 3/14 and Rebecca Bertrand 3/19.
Lancashire claimed 5th spot with a decisive victory over Essex. They bowled out the south east side for just 101 with only Bryony Butcher (43) putting up much resistance. Sophie McArdle claimed 4/22 and Bhumika Doshi 3/26.
On Friday Scotland claimed 7th spot by beating Durham by 9 wickets, having bowled them out for just 57. Lois Wilkinson (4/13) and Sam Haggo (3/14) did the damage with the ball.
MD
23/II/13
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Showing posts with label MCC u19 ARCH Trophy UAE - Feb 2013. Show all posts
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Saturday, 23 February 2013
Thursday, 21 February 2013
U19 ARCH Trophy Day 4 Round - Up
The final day of the group games saw all eight teams in action today.
There were big wins for tournament favourites MCC and Sussex, which sees them through to the final; Wales squeezed out Lancashire to finish 2nd in Group B; and in the day/night game Devon overcame a spirited Durham team to earn the right to play Wales in the 3rd/4th play-off.
Group A
MCC 248/1 (40 ovs) Izzy Collis 132 v Essex 125 all out (35.1 ovs) Holly Armitage 5/28
MCC won by 123 runs
Devon 201/6 (40 ovs) Rebecca Bertrand 82 v Durham 147 all out (38.2 ovs) Rachel Petherick 49, Emily Ward 4/33, Lydia Harris 3/12 Devon won by 55 runs
Group B
Wales 230/5 (40 ovs) Gwennan Davies 102 v Lancashire 195/7 (40 ovs) Emma Lamb 56, Isobel Day 3/42 Wales won by 35 runs
Sussex 248/5 (40 ovs) Georgia Adams 112 no, Sophie Parnell 65 v Scotland 104/7 (40 ovs) Izi Noakes 3/14
Sussex won by 144 runs
Tomorrow is a rest day for most teams and then the play-offs on Saturday will therefore be between :-
1st/2nd MCC v Sussex
3rd/4th Devon v Wales
5th/6th Essex v Lancashire
7th/8th Durham v Scotland (Friday play-off)
You would expect all of them to be tight games, with the MCC girls favourites to win the final, given that they have 13 EWDP U19s and 1 England Academy player in their 14 girl squad. But Sussex have proved to be the class side in Group B, with three very convincing wins. They will push the MCC all the way and if they play to their potential they might just pull off the win.
There were big wins for tournament favourites MCC and Sussex, which sees them through to the final; Wales squeezed out Lancashire to finish 2nd in Group B; and in the day/night game Devon overcame a spirited Durham team to earn the right to play Wales in the 3rd/4th play-off.
Group A
MCC 248/1 (40 ovs) Izzy Collis 132 v Essex 125 all out (35.1 ovs) Holly Armitage 5/28
MCC won by 123 runs
Devon 201/6 (40 ovs) Rebecca Bertrand 82 v Durham 147 all out (38.2 ovs) Rachel Petherick 49, Emily Ward 4/33, Lydia Harris 3/12 Devon won by 55 runs
Group B
Wales 230/5 (40 ovs) Gwennan Davies 102 v Lancashire 195/7 (40 ovs) Emma Lamb 56, Isobel Day 3/42 Wales won by 35 runs
Sussex 248/5 (40 ovs) Georgia Adams 112 no, Sophie Parnell 65 v Scotland 104/7 (40 ovs) Izi Noakes 3/14
Sussex won by 144 runs
Tomorrow is a rest day for most teams and then the play-offs on Saturday will therefore be between :-
1st/2nd MCC v Sussex
3rd/4th Devon v Wales
5th/6th Essex v Lancashire
7th/8th Durham v Scotland (Friday play-off)
You would expect all of them to be tight games, with the MCC girls favourites to win the final, given that they have 13 EWDP U19s and 1 England Academy player in their 14 girl squad. But Sussex have proved to be the class side in Group B, with three very convincing wins. They will push the MCC all the way and if they play to their potential they might just pull off the win.
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
U19 ARCH Trophy - Day Three Round-Up
Just two games played today, but both significant in their own way.
In Group A MCC took on Devon with both having won their first games easily the day before. The winner of this game seemed almost certain to progress to the Final on Saturday.
The MCC have 13 members of the England U19 development squad and one member of the England Academy (Jess Watson) in their ranks; Devon can boast 5 England U19 players and one member of the England Academy (Amara Carr).
The MCC batted first and had made rather slow progress to 124/4 after 32 overs, but with a mixture of good batting from Cordelia Griffith (28no) and Marie Kelly (21no) and a lot of extras they added an unbeaten 72 for the last wicket in just 8 overs to finish on a respectable 196/4.
In reply Devon lost the key early wickets of Cranstone, Carr and Kelly to be 29/3. Rebecca Bertrand (17) and Claire Varcoe (9) tried to rebuild, but when Bertrand went with the score at 59, Devon collapsed to 83 all out, with Hollie Armitage taking three catches, and Issy Collis three wickets in one over to end with 4/18.
In Group B Lancashire took on Scotland. The early bowling of Lois Wilkinson (4/13) had Lancashire in trouble at 60/6 with more than half their overs gone, but Bhumika Doshi (36) and Hayley Martinus (35) produced a 7th wicket stand of 73, which allowed Lancs to post a competitive total of 151 all out. Kathryn Bryce finished with figures of 3/33.
In response Scotland made steady progress after losing two early wickets, but when Liz Priddle was out for 23 Lancashire sniffed victory with Scotland on 79/3. But Scotland were not going to roll over easily. They battled to 117/5 just by hanging around and relying on extras gifted by Lancs, but then the wheels fell off with 3 wickets going in six balls. Still they were not done, but with the last over looming Abbi Aitken was run out to leave Scotland defeated by 13 runs.
The final group games being played tomorrow are :-
Group A
MCC v Essex
Durham v Devon (D/N)
Group B
Wales v Lancs
Sussex v Scotland
In Group A MCC took on Devon with both having won their first games easily the day before. The winner of this game seemed almost certain to progress to the Final on Saturday.
The MCC have 13 members of the England U19 development squad and one member of the England Academy (Jess Watson) in their ranks; Devon can boast 5 England U19 players and one member of the England Academy (Amara Carr).
The MCC batted first and had made rather slow progress to 124/4 after 32 overs, but with a mixture of good batting from Cordelia Griffith (28no) and Marie Kelly (21no) and a lot of extras they added an unbeaten 72 for the last wicket in just 8 overs to finish on a respectable 196/4.
In reply Devon lost the key early wickets of Cranstone, Carr and Kelly to be 29/3. Rebecca Bertrand (17) and Claire Varcoe (9) tried to rebuild, but when Bertrand went with the score at 59, Devon collapsed to 83 all out, with Hollie Armitage taking three catches, and Issy Collis three wickets in one over to end with 4/18.
In Group B Lancashire took on Scotland. The early bowling of Lois Wilkinson (4/13) had Lancashire in trouble at 60/6 with more than half their overs gone, but Bhumika Doshi (36) and Hayley Martinus (35) produced a 7th wicket stand of 73, which allowed Lancs to post a competitive total of 151 all out. Kathryn Bryce finished with figures of 3/33.
In response Scotland made steady progress after losing two early wickets, but when Liz Priddle was out for 23 Lancashire sniffed victory with Scotland on 79/3. But Scotland were not going to roll over easily. They battled to 117/5 just by hanging around and relying on extras gifted by Lancs, but then the wheels fell off with 3 wickets going in six balls. Still they were not done, but with the last over looming Abbi Aitken was run out to leave Scotland defeated by 13 runs.
The final group games being played tomorrow are :-
Group A
MCC v Essex
Durham v Devon (D/N)
Group B
Wales v Lancs
Sussex v Scotland
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
U19 ARCH Trophy Day 2 Round Up
The games played today were
Group A
Essex 80 all out (Lydia Harris 4/14, Aylish Cranstone 3/7) v Devon 81/0 (Amara Carr 37, Aylish Cranstone 28)
Devon won by 10 wickets
MCC 287/1 (Georgia Hennessey 108no, Lily Reynolds 98no) v Durham 63 all out (Hollie Armitage 6/19)
MCC won by 224 runs
Group BWales 144/6 (Gwennan Davies 51no) v Sussex 148/2 (Chiara Green 57)
Sussex won by 8 wickets
Essex, who had won against Durham last night, were soundly beaten by Devon. Devon’s bowlers and fielders were excellent from the start and soon had the prized wicket of Essex’s Bryony Butcher early on. Regular wickets fell with Essex all out for just 80 after 31 overs. Devon made light work of it overhauling Essex’s total without a loss of any wickets – winning the game by 10 wickets in the 14th over.
Wales, who had beaten Scotland in Abu Dhabi yesterday, were up against Sussex at the Dubai Academic City Fairs Ground in a day/night encounter. Wales decided to bat on a belter of a pitch putting the
Sussex fielders to a stern test in very trying conditions. Nevertheless, Wales could never quite score freely and lost wickets at vital stages when trying to press and put the Sussex bowlers under more pressure. Gwenan Davies batted with care and purpose – scoring 58 off 63 balls and was a fine knock given the scoreboard pressure with the middle to lower order batters.
Sussex started well with Chiara Green (57) and Georgia Adams (37) providing a good base for the chasing team to overcome the Wales score. Supported by Sophie Parnell (31) Sussex reached its target in the 29th
over.
MCC u19s batted first on the new Zayed Nursery ground v Durham CB u19s. On a good surface and fast outfield opener Marie Kelly (48), Lily Reynolds (98*) and Georgia Hennessy (108*) batted well to score an
imposing 287 for 1 in 40 overs. The Durham team worked hard in the field but found the conditions difficult in the sun. Durham found batting difficult against the accurate MCC bowling attack and excellent ground
fielding. Hollie Armitage 8 overs 6 for 19 and Grace Gibbs 2 for 21 off 6 overs bowled well as did Charlotte Pape 7 overs 0 for 4. Durham was bowled out for 63 in 32.2 overs, which was a comfortable win for a
strong MCC team.
Sussex have taken control of Group A after two emphatic victories and will look to wrap up their place in the final on Thursday when they meet Scotland.
Group B heavy hitters MCC and Devon proved today that they are just that. Their clash tomorrow will decide who wins Group B.
MD
19/II/13
Group A
Essex 80 all out (Lydia Harris 4/14, Aylish Cranstone 3/7) v Devon 81/0 (Amara Carr 37, Aylish Cranstone 28)
Devon won by 10 wickets
MCC 287/1 (Georgia Hennessey 108no, Lily Reynolds 98no) v Durham 63 all out (Hollie Armitage 6/19)
MCC won by 224 runs
Sussex won by 8 wickets
Essex, who had won against Durham last night, were soundly beaten by Devon. Devon’s bowlers and fielders were excellent from the start and soon had the prized wicket of Essex’s Bryony Butcher early on. Regular wickets fell with Essex all out for just 80 after 31 overs. Devon made light work of it overhauling Essex’s total without a loss of any wickets – winning the game by 10 wickets in the 14th over.
Wales, who had beaten Scotland in Abu Dhabi yesterday, were up against Sussex at the Dubai Academic City Fairs Ground in a day/night encounter. Wales decided to bat on a belter of a pitch putting the
Sussex fielders to a stern test in very trying conditions. Nevertheless, Wales could never quite score freely and lost wickets at vital stages when trying to press and put the Sussex bowlers under more pressure. Gwenan Davies batted with care and purpose – scoring 58 off 63 balls and was a fine knock given the scoreboard pressure with the middle to lower order batters.
Sussex started well with Chiara Green (57) and Georgia Adams (37) providing a good base for the chasing team to overcome the Wales score. Supported by Sophie Parnell (31) Sussex reached its target in the 29th
over.
MCC u19s batted first on the new Zayed Nursery ground v Durham CB u19s. On a good surface and fast outfield opener Marie Kelly (48), Lily Reynolds (98*) and Georgia Hennessy (108*) batted well to score an
imposing 287 for 1 in 40 overs. The Durham team worked hard in the field but found the conditions difficult in the sun. Durham found batting difficult against the accurate MCC bowling attack and excellent ground
fielding. Hollie Armitage 8 overs 6 for 19 and Grace Gibbs 2 for 21 off 6 overs bowled well as did Charlotte Pape 7 overs 0 for 4. Durham was bowled out for 63 in 32.2 overs, which was a comfortable win for a
strong MCC team.
Sussex have taken control of Group A after two emphatic victories and will look to wrap up their place in the final on Thursday when they meet Scotland.
Group B heavy hitters MCC and Devon proved today that they are just that. Their clash tomorrow will decide who wins Group B.
MD
19/II/13
Monday, 18 February 2013
U19 ARCH Trophy - Day One Round-Up
The first three games of the ARCH Trophy have been played and, despite a few technical issues with CricHQ scorecard for the Sussex v Lancs game, which are yet to be rectified, the results are in.
Group A
Essex 148 all out (33.1 overs) Bryony Butcher 56, Rachel Petherick 3/30 v Durham 103 all out (35.5 overs) Laura Ellison 41, Shona Keany 4/23, Kelly Castle 3/15, Hannah Courtnell 3/21
Essex won by 45 runs
Group BSussex 245/7 (40 overs) Georgia Adams 59, Chiara Green 38 v Lancashire 147/7 (40 overs) Rebecca Silk 2/24, Freya Davies 2/16 (more details when full scorecard available)
Sussex won by 98 runs
Wales 202/7 (40 overs) Ellie Hopkins 4, Rebecca Struthers 39no, Lois Wilkinson 3/24 v Scotland 96 all out (33.3 overs) Gwenan Davies 3/9
Wales won by 106 runs
Essex therefore top Group A, but there are two big group A games tomorrow when the MCC take on Durham and Essex take on Devon. Both MCC and Devon will be playing their first games in the tournament and will be keen to get off to a winning start.
Sussex and Wales are the early pacesetters in Group B and they meet tomorrow in what should be a fascinating the day/night game at the Fairs Ground.
MD
18/II/13
Group A
Essex 148 all out (33.1 overs) Bryony Butcher 56, Rachel Petherick 3/30 v Durham 103 all out (35.5 overs) Laura Ellison 41, Shona Keany 4/23, Kelly Castle 3/15, Hannah Courtnell 3/21
Essex won by 45 runs
Group BSussex 245/7 (40 overs) Georgia Adams 59, Chiara Green 38 v Lancashire 147/7 (40 overs) Rebecca Silk 2/24, Freya Davies 2/16 (more details when full scorecard available)
Sussex won by 98 runs
Wales 202/7 (40 overs) Ellie Hopkins 4, Rebecca Struthers 39no, Lois Wilkinson 3/24 v Scotland 96 all out (33.3 overs) Gwenan Davies 3/9
Wales won by 106 runs
Essex therefore top Group A, but there are two big group A games tomorrow when the MCC take on Durham and Essex take on Devon. Both MCC and Devon will be playing their first games in the tournament and will be keen to get off to a winning start.
Sussex and Wales are the early pacesetters in Group B and they meet tomorrow in what should be a fascinating the day/night game at the Fairs Ground.
MD
18/II/13
Sunday, 17 February 2013
Young women out in UAE - tournament starts tomorrow
As the Women's World Cup draws to a close, some of the best u19 women's talent is out in Dubai for the inaugural MCC Women's U19 ARCH Trophy. There are eight teams out there who will play in two groups of four initially, and then the trophy will be contested between the two group winners.
The two groups are
Group A
Devon
Durham
Essex
MCC XI
Group B
Lancashire
Scotland
Sussex
Wales
At first glance Group A favourites will probably be the MCC side, which has been selected from the England U19 development squad, but many of the EWDP U19s were already committed to the tournament for their counties, including five of the Devon squad and four in the Sussex squad. The MCC squad obviously have the potential to perform well and will expect a lot of themselves, but they will be pushed all the way by Devon and Essex, with Durham the potential West Indies of the group.
In Group B Scotland will be looking to show how far women's cricket has come north of the border, but they will have their work cut out against experienced county sides Lancashire (last season's U17 county champions) and Sussex (including one academy and four EWDP players) and Wales.
The first round of fixtures start on Monday, with the following games :-
Sussex v Lancashire
Scotland v Wales
Durham v Essex
You should be able to follow the scores live on CricHQ (http://www.crichq.com/competitions/328-u19-women-s-arch-trophy-2013), if scorers use the system over in UAE and I will be tweeting updates (@wmnscricketblog) as and when I get them, using the hashtag #archtrophy. Match scores and reports will be posted to this blog during the week. It should be a great week for all the girls.
MD
17/II/13
The two groups are
Group A
Devon
Durham
Essex
MCC XI
Group B
Lancashire
Scotland
Sussex
Wales
At first glance Group A favourites will probably be the MCC side, which has been selected from the England U19 development squad, but many of the EWDP U19s were already committed to the tournament for their counties, including five of the Devon squad and four in the Sussex squad. The MCC squad obviously have the potential to perform well and will expect a lot of themselves, but they will be pushed all the way by Devon and Essex, with Durham the potential West Indies of the group.
In Group B Scotland will be looking to show how far women's cricket has come north of the border, but they will have their work cut out against experienced county sides Lancashire (last season's U17 county champions) and Sussex (including one academy and four EWDP players) and Wales.
The first round of fixtures start on Monday, with the following games :-
Sussex v Lancashire
Scotland v Wales
Durham v Essex
You should be able to follow the scores live on CricHQ (http://www.crichq.com/competitions/328-u19-women-s-arch-trophy-2013), if scorers use the system over in UAE and I will be tweeting updates (@wmnscricketblog) as and when I get them, using the hashtag #archtrophy. Match scores and reports will be posted to this blog during the week. It should be a great week for all the girls.
MD
17/II/13
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Young Women head to UAE
Some of the best young female cricketers will be heading to the UAE in February for the first ever u19 Womens ARCH (Arabian Challenge) Trophy. Eight teams (Devon, Durham, Essex, Lancashire, Scotland, Sussex, Wales and an MCC XI) will compete for the inaugural trophy, and the teams will include all of the current EWDP (England Womens Development Programme) u19 players so the standard is bound to be high. There will be 2 groups and the format will be 40 over games, with the top team in each group playing in the final.
There will be a dedicated website online at http://www.archtrophy.com/html/womens_u19_-_home.html) and the scores will be available via the cricHQ platform (http://www.crichq.com/competitions/328-u19-women-s-arch-trophy-2013). Follwo the links for more information.
We will try and post daily updates with reports and scorecards, subject to the info we receive from the teams taking part - If you'd like to email me match reports please do so at martin@lawdox.co.uk
The 2 groups are:-
Group A - MCC, Durham, Devon, Essex
Group B - Sussex, Scotland, Wales, Lancs
The scheduled games are
Mon 18th Feb
Durham v Essex (D/N)
Sussex v Lancs
Scotland v Wales
Tues 19th Feb
Wales v Sussex (D/N)
Devon v Essex
MCC v Durham
Wed 20th Feb
Scotland v Lancs (D/N)
MCC v Devon
Thurs 21st Feb
Durham v Devon (D/N)
Wales v Lancs
Sussex v Scotland
MCC v Essex
Sat 23rd Feb
Finals
The Day/Night games will be played at the FairGrounds Oval in Dubai
Other games will be at 7he Sevens Stadium, Dubai (http://www.thesevens.ae/) and at the Zayed Stadium (http://www.adcricketclub.ae/stadium_overview.php)
MD
22/XI/12
There will be a dedicated website online at http://www.archtrophy.com/html/womens_u19_-_home.html) and the scores will be available via the cricHQ platform (http://www.crichq.com/competitions/328-u19-women-s-arch-trophy-2013). Follwo the links for more information.
We will try and post daily updates with reports and scorecards, subject to the info we receive from the teams taking part - If you'd like to email me match reports please do so at martin@lawdox.co.uk
The 2 groups are:-
Group A - MCC, Durham, Devon, Essex
Group B - Sussex, Scotland, Wales, Lancs
The scheduled games are
Mon 18th Feb
Durham v Essex (D/N)
Sussex v Lancs
Scotland v Wales
Tues 19th Feb
Wales v Sussex (D/N)
Devon v Essex
MCC v Durham
Wed 20th Feb
Scotland v Lancs (D/N)
MCC v Devon
Thurs 21st Feb
Durham v Devon (D/N)
Wales v Lancs
Sussex v Scotland
MCC v Essex
Sat 23rd Feb
Finals
The Day/Night games will be played at the FairGrounds Oval in Dubai
Other games will be at 7he Sevens Stadium, Dubai (http://www.thesevens.ae/) and at the Zayed Stadium (http://www.adcricketclub.ae/stadium_overview.php)
MD
22/XI/12
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