Coombs Wood Cricket Club

Today’s match at Martley might have ended in defeat for the Woodettes but there were lots of positives to take away.

Gal of the Game was Nat for a great all-round performance: two wickets in one over, a catch and 25 runs off the bat 👏

Shout outs too for Lisa (27) and Madi for a run out and a catch. Sixes for both Lisa and Nat 🙌

Onwards to Romsley and Hunnington on Wednesday 🏏

Well done to our U12s who played out a tied game this morning against Astwood Bank CC.

Having won the toss, we chose to field first. The lads executed well with the ball, giving away fewer extras from wides and no balls than previous games, and following that up with some excellent ground fielding throughout the side. Pick of the bowlers were James (3 for 8 from 4 overs) and Yuvi (2 for 8 from 4 overs), with wickets also for Owain (1) and Jacob (2 in the final over).

This set up a run chase of 108 to win. Jacob stepped up to open with Jas and both started nicely. Jas was at his usual fluent best, retiring not out on 29. We then needed to dig in having lost a couple of wickets, with James and Ollie building a nice partnership in the middle of the innings. Each batter that came in supported Ollie, rotating the strike and picking up the occasional boundary to get us to the final over needing 6 to win.

Ollie and Owain then pushed to get us over the line with player of the match Ollie retiring on 30 not out on the penultimate ball. On the last ball Owain and Josiah scampered through to earn us a tie.

Well done boys, you should be proud of that performance. 👏

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Tough day at the office for all three senior teams yesterday 🥺

🏏 1st XI lost by 103 runs against Droitwich Spa

Carl Whyte 36
Syed Nizamudin 23

Akhtar Iqbal 5-60
Jahanzib Khan 2-32

🏏 2nd XI lost by 9 runs against Astwood Bank

Ben Hale 25
Bilal Shafqat 23
Gurj Soora 23
Shaun Baker 21

Ian Whitmore 4-14

🏏 3rd XI lost by 47 runs against Oldswinford

Lee Wallis 70

Olivia Price 2-30
Andy Price 2-32

We go again next week 👊

Just catching up with a match from earlier in the week…

The Women’s Softball A team lost narrowly by one wicket against Cookhill.

Batting first, Coombs Wood made 67-3, with Cookhill securing the 68-run target with just one wicket remaining. The winning run was a very close possible run out, but the call went in favour of the batting team.

Amazing bowling against a good batting team with Eden bowling out two of their best batters in the first 10 balls! Eden took a further wicket, bowled, with Madi, Millie and Jo R also bowling wickets. Great to have Millie back for her first game of the season. Well batted and bowled Millie, getting a wicket and 16 runs. Jo also got a wicket and 17 runs.

It was a no brainer giving Gal of the Game to Eden with three wickets and 10 runs. 👏👏👏

The team are in action again today, travelling to Martley 🏏

Your sides for today🏏

1st XI host DroitwichSpa CricketClub in a big top of the table clash 👊

2nd XI travel to Astwood Bank Cricket Club, with an eye on the top 2 👀

3rd XI travel to Oldswinford Cricket Club, it's 1st v 2nd 👊

A big day coming up, COME ON THE WOOD 🌳

The Woodettes came up against two very good sides on Monday, losing both their games but still taking some positives.

Away at Alvechurch and Hopwood, the Softball A team lost by 44 runs. Gal of the game was Georgia for some good batting and running 👏 Charlotte bowled and batted well.

Hosting Oldswinford at home, the Softball B team lost by 54 runs. Gals of the game were Emma for great wicket keeping and also stepping up to bowl two overs and Tash for playing in her first game 👏 Jo B took her first wicket - a caught and bowled.

Back to it with more games tonight and tomorrow 👊

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Not 1️⃣ but 2️⃣ women’s matches this evening!

🏏 Women’s Softball A travel to Alvechurch & Hopwood Cricket Club

🏏 Women’s Softball B host Oldswinford Cricket Club at home

Go well!

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Well done Carl! 👊 🏏

Well done Carl Whyte 👏

Our under-9s took part in a Worcestershire Cricket Foundation Countdown Cricket Festival at Himley today.

Great team spirit on show from our club’s youngest players and some great skills too with fantastic bowling, batting and fielding including catching 🤩 🏏

Two wins and a tie in their first festival of the season; can’t wait for the next one.

Thanks to Sumit for managing the team and to Eden for all the coaching she has done with them.

Well done Alfie, Ekam, George, Isaac, Jenson, Jesse, Leah, Thea and Zechariah - you were all brilliant 👏

And it was great to see cricket continuing back at The Wood after the festival, with the parents taking on the kids. Good effort all round!

Well done to the Women’s Softball A team who chalked up another victory with a four-wicket win over Stourport this morning.

Anna Tierney 26
Lisa Tierney 24* - gal of the game, batting for the first time in the Premier League, batted for the whole innings 👏

Amazing bowling all round, including a maiden for Nat and just a single off one of Madi’s overs 👏

Currently sitting top of the Premier League!

The fun continues tomorrow with another Premier League match as well as a Division 2 match 👊