Rayleigh Under 15Bs got their League season under way at last on Monday but due to other commitments only had eight players.
Losing the toss, Old Southendians and Southchurch U 15Bs asked Rayleigh to bat. Craig Smith (24) and Joe Barnett (17) batted carefully and with some risky running between the wickets put on 45 for the first wicket in 12 overs to give the team an excellent start. All of the team batted and the innings finished on 75-6. All the opposition outfield players bowled but their best bowler, who took 5-10 didn’t bowl until the 12th over!
Josh Jones and Conor Slough took 2 wickets in the first four overs to give the team a good start and all the other 5 outfield players bowled well for at least 2 overs to restrict OS&S U15Bs to an all out total of 68. Josh Jones 3-4, Conor Slough 2-13, Alec Bateman 3-6, Charlie Woodruff 2-17 were the main wicket takers.
An excellent all round performance to win by 7 runs.