Day 9 - 5th Match vs Uyanwatta-Matara U15, Matara

Mill Hill travelled south to face Uyanwatta-Matara School. On what was a slow batting pitch, Mill Hill went out to bat first. After a slow but stead start with Ben Scott and Luca Cicarle opening the batting, Mill Hill were 30 for 20 after 10 overs. Ben Scott ran well between the wickets. Unfortunately Kush Thakrar and Charlie Plummer were out to unplayable balls.

Lukas played a valuable innings, and was joined by Leo and Campbell for brief appearances. Jamie Davies played some good shots. Ethan Bamber came in at number 8 and played a fantastic innings, hitting 58 off of 26 balls (3 4's and 6 6's with a strike rate of 223.08). Ethan was assisted by Matthew Thal. Mill Hill ended their innings at 149 for 8.

Unfortunately, today's game was not to end in a Mill Hill victory. Fierce opening spells by Ethan Bamber (5.2-0-30-0) and Lukas Vanhaesebroeck (5-0-18-1) restricted Matara for the first 10 overs. However the opposition outperformed Mill Hill with the bat. Despite excellent bowling from Matthew Thal (5-0-34-2), Matara were able to reach their total with 7.8 overs to spare.

Another enjoyable day, even though the result did not go in Mill Hill's favour.

The match report is available here:
http://www.crichq.com/matches/127210