Rayleigh 96 all out off 19.3 Overs
Stock 92 for 9 off 12 Overs
Rayleigh won by 4 runs.
Team: Christian H (Capt), Gideon H, Sam L, Sam M, Matt D, Stephen L, Luke S, Lloyd S, Thomas P, Matt J and Matt C.
With a break in the league schedule a mixed U11-U15 Rayleigh side took on Stock in a friendly at
Batting first on a good wicket in pleasant warm conditions we struggled to find any real rhythm with only Christian (28) and Lloyd (17) significantly troubling the scorers. There were nice little cameo innings from Stephen L, Matt D and Sam L and extras contributed a mighty 23 more runs to an all out total of 96 in the final over.
The bowling and fielding had to be spot on to defend a below par total and so it proved with brothers Christian (2-0-9-3) and Gideon (4-0-15-2) sharing 5 wickets with a further one apiece for Sam L and Matt C. There were also fine catches from Matt J and Sam L, who also combined to produce a quite excellent run out. With the wickets falling at regular intervals we were able to restrict Stock to a 20 over total of 92-9 and so win by a mere 4 runs.
We are now looking to play Stock away in another friendly on Friday 30th July.