Sport report: Cricket
26 May 2023Reports on recent cricket matches, as written by Russell House players.
U10/11A Girls v Kent College: We played against Kent College and we were so close to winning! We lost by just three runs. The final score was 247 - 250. Our team had some brilliant bowling from Lexi and Ella M. George and Lexi hit a 4 and so did Ella R. The bowler player of the match was Ella M and best batter of the match was Ella R. I think the thing we need to work on is paying close attention to the ball and to run when there is a chance! AnnabellaU10/11 A Boys v Rose Hill: Today it was Russell House's first hard ball game ever against Rose Hill. In the end, Russell House won the game by two runs with Connor getting a fabulous run out from backward point. The game started off badly and in the first two overs we were 9 for 4 but, with a good partnership by Oli and Connor, they added 37 runs. Oli got out for 13 and shortly after Connor got out for 9 runs. Then Dexter and Barney added 40 runs to get a respectable score of 107. We could improve on our bowling as we gave away far too many wides. However, Connor took three wickets and Arthur got two. Then it came down to the final over and Charlie bowled fantastically, conceding no runs off the four balls that were played before Connor's run out earned him player of the match. Dexter
U10/11B Girls v Kent College: We did incredibly well and won by a huge 26 runs. The final score was 248 to 222. The player of the match for batting was Connie and for bowling, it was me. Issy and Dakota hit 4s and we got a few wickets in. Overall there was great team work and everyone should be very proud. MiaU10/11 B Boys v Rose Hill: We won 305 to 292 with eight-ball overs. Oli C, Kamran, Oli L and I each caught the ball, costing them 20 runs in total. We did some good batting and fielding, but we could have been a bit more accurate with our bowling. Kamran and Henry did great fielding and Oli L and Felix hit some great shots while batting. Austin was a great wicketkeeper. Anders
U8/U9 C Boys v Hazelwood School: Eventhough we lost, everyone played really well as a team, both in batting and fielding and Freddie was the player of the match. I really enjoyed having the opportunity to be captain. One great moment was when I bowled the ball and the batter hit it, then Freddie caught the ball. What a great catch by Freddie! Thanks to the whole team for playing well. I am really looking forward to the next game. Charlie U8/U9 B Boys v Hazelwood School: Today we played Hazelwood school.
It was a very close game with us losing by 2 runs. Henry bowled exceptionally well, with bowling out one person. Arlo was the best batsman with two 4s and five singles. Zachary also bowled fast and Edward took a catch off his own bowling. My star player was Henry. Edward
It was a very close game with us losing by 2 runs. Henry bowled exceptionally well, with bowling out one person. Arlo was the best batsman with two 4s and five singles. Zachary also bowled fast and Edward took a catch off his own bowling. My star player was Henry. EdwardU8/9 Girls v Rose Hill: Isabella was the captain for the day. Bella bowled very well and the whole team fielded very well too! Isla batted really well, scoring some runs. The player of the match was Lottie. 
Everyone enjoyed the match and we can not wait for the next one! Isabella
Everyone enjoyed the match and we can not wait for the next one! IsabellaU8 Girls v Rose Hill: It was a close game, but we managed to win! Rosie was the captain for the day and took a wicket by hitting the stumps when bowling. Annabel was a very good batter and Jessica got a 4 when she batted and that last hit from Jessica got us winning for the day. We all thoroughly enjoyed it, and we can't wait for the next match. Rosie
U9 v Rose Hill: The match started late because Rose Hill went to the wrong school. We were nervous but excited. Beatrix batted extremely well because she got a four. Georgie and Mia also hit good balls. When we fielded, Georgie hit the wicket and we got five runs. Sadly we did not win but we enjoyed it very much and are getting better and more confident. Amelia got player of the match. Ellie
