KING RICHARD SCHOOL v AMERICAN ACADEMY LARNACA

In the first of the six games of the Schools League , King Richard School from Dekeliia played the American Academy from Larnaca.

The Schools league is an opportunity for young players to get involved in competitive games, away from their gravel schoolyards, played on proper pitches with grass outfields.

Some of the young players have never worn the armory of protective gear needed when playing with the hard cricket ball and had a few problems getting used to walking and running like penguins with the unwieldy pads strapped to their legs.

King Richard were put into bat and their batsmen took advantage of the opportunity to build individual scores. Openers David Bailey and A.McCarrick had a good stand for the first wicket, playing well within themselves both seemed untroubled by the Academy opening bowlers. A. McCarrick was run out on an unfortunate call, soon followed by no 3 D.Barrett who was caught with a fine overhead catch from Mario in the covers. There followed the defining partnership of the KRS innings between D. Bailey and Ben McCarrick..Together they added over 60 runs before David Bailey was bowled by Phillip on 31. Ben Mcarrick played on to his half century, partnered by J.Hewitt (12 no) finishing on 57 no, ratcheting the score up to 169–3 after 25 overs.

The Academy knew they were not going to match this score, and were content to bat for as long as possible to gain as much experience as possible. The first three bats came and went without making an impression, victims of some accurate medium pace bowling from Dan and D.Bailey. A brief partnership between Nick and Eva, held up the proceedings for a while, and a flurry from Lefteri at no 8, gave some respectability to an inexperienced Academy batting lineup. All out for 58, the Academy were outplayed by a strong KRS team.

KRS 169-3 (10 points)

American Academy 58 ao (0points)