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Katie won the toss and invited Cumnor to bat first. Having had very little team practice and with the threat of rain the girls were a little nervous! The Cumnor girls were making good contact with the ball and were scoring rounder after rounder. They finished the first innings with a total of 10½ rounders! Unfortunately, it was our turn to bat and the heavens opened! Hailstones and heavy rain put paid to any concentration and with the pitch becoming very slippery the Copthorne girls were...
mjones | May 17, 2013 | Rounders Reports, Sports
The girls won the toss and decided to field first. In the first innings, although Cumnor didn’t score many whole rounders, we gave away lots of half rounders through no balls and poor communication as to where the ball should be thrown. As the girls started to relax and focus, this got less and Charlotte started to bowl very accurately as well as catching someone out. Lottie had a very strong and accurate throw to Jemima on 2nd post when Cumnor had a backwards hit which stopped them scoring at...
mjones | May 16, 2013 | Rounders Reports, Sports
We started off batting and Cumnor’s fielding was very good, we struggled to put anything on the scoreboard as their player on 2nd post had very safe hands. We hadn’t scored anything until Elise found space and got a rounder, with her quick speed and the slow fielding of Cumnor she managed to get all the way around. After watching Elise get us a rounder the girls started to switch on more and we were getting more ½ rounders by getting to 2nd post. Yelena then got a rounder from hitting the ball...
mjones | May 16, 2013 | Rounders Reports, Sports
Asked to field on a cold and blustery afternoon it became clear that not only was the pitch easy paced, due to recent rain, but the Cumnor batsmen were very accomplished. Although generally the bowlers did well, virtually every wayward delivery was severely punished. Ben K was unlucky on several occasions and Jamie W and Ian also came away with some credit. On another front well done Ian for captaining the side really well in the absence of the unwell James, I thought you did a top job in difficult...
mjones | May 16, 2013 | Cricket Reports, Sports
With the rain clouds clearing we set off down the A264 for an eagerly anticipated fixture against Brambletye. Toby won the toss and put Brambletye into bat on a green wicket. Two maiden overs were bowled by Zach and Andre as they passed the bat on a number of occasions. We once again worked hard in the field and this was highlighted when Zach instigated a run out with a fantastic direct hit. However we failed to take the catches that could have changed the course of the game dropping their...
mjones | May 9, 2013 | Cricket Reports
This weeks scheduled cricket matches where in doubt due to some typical English weather. However, the clouds thankfully cleared by the afternoon allowing the Colts B to host Brambletye on the second Copthorne pitch. Like the two previous weeks we had won the toss and chose to bowl going with the same strategy that had proven successful one week prior. Copthorne started a little sluggish with the ball and Brambletye capitalised scoring quickly to put us on the back foot. The visitors ended up posting...
mjones | May 9, 2013 | Cricket Reports, Sports
Wednesday the 8th of May saw the 2nd XI square up against Brambletye. We lost the toss and were sent in to bowl first. The innings started well with a few runs here and there, but generally the boys bowled well. After the first wicket taken by Sam Mayhew, their 3rd batsman started making runs quickly, which immediately put us on the back foot. Unfortunately, he went on to make 69. Brambletye ended their innings on 146. After tea we went in to bat and quickly lost a wicket first up. James Workman...
mjones | May 9, 2013 | Cricket Reports, Sports
Another day of sunshine greeted the boys for their second match of the season against Windlesham. Copthorne were sent in to bowl first against a very strong Windlesham batting lineup. One of their boys was able to make a quick 50 and was then retired which put them into a commanding position. Copthorne hung in there however and bowled well for the rest of the innings. Windlesham ended up with 152 after their 20 overs. As we had struggled with our batting in the first game this was going to be a big...
mjones | May 8, 2013 | Cricket Reports, Sports
