Under 11s Off to a flyer!

Gt Witchingham 258 for 5

Fakenham 275 for 5

A good solid performance with the bowling, and sharp fielding with lots of encouragement and chat.

Tight bowling from the start, with Lloyd Marshall and Thomas Hill only going for 1 run in first 4 overs, that was an extra (wide)

With good support from all other bowlers, Alex Caesari and Chris Beale showed good control.

A good batting display, with only a couple of blemishes. Jack Burton showed good patience and knocked the ball around very well with Thomas Hill.

Second pair of Tommo Yarham and Chris Beale gave good clues that Fakenham has a great future with its younger cricketers, showing good technique and steely presence.

Third pair of Lloyd Marshall and Harrison Futter show a display of controlled stroke play to push the score past Witchingham total.

With the last pair of Billy Yarham and Alex Caesari saw the game pushed beyond the reach of a competitive and very young Gt Witchingham side.

Sheringham Under 15s too good!

Sheringham U15s 146-2
Fakenham U15s 88-8

Sheringham under 15s showed their class in a one sided match that always looked to be difficult for the home side.. some supurb batting from the opening partnership of J. Taylor (43) and J. Moy (16) both batting well until Moy was tempted into a shot outside the leg stump from a ball by Terance Bird which took the edge and was caught behind. S. Taylor arrived at the crease and did not look in trouble going on to make a superb 50 Not Out (Retired)

The Fakenham side let their heads drop.. and went quiet in the field and mistakes were made.. a lesson to be learned that in Cricket you should never give up!

Fakenham were also skittled out by some good bowling.. some resistance from Captain Jake Betts (25) and Aaron Riseborough (11)

Sheringham look like the side to beat in this competition... Good luck to them in the next Round.

Under 15s Win on Last Ball!

Under 15s v Sprowston
Sprowston 87-4
Fakenham 88-6

After a delayed start, Sprowston won the toss and decided to bat. Newcomer Tanveer Singh bowled A. Mason in his second over with a ball swinging away to hit the top of off stump. The batsman started to get on top until Spinner Yin Lo removed the other opener. M. Rush was batting well until Will Dunger bowled him on 29.
Late on Edward Harvey bowled a good length, forcing the batsman down the wicket.. the offspin turning sharply deceiving the batsman and wicket keeper Jake Seed swiftly removed the bails.

Fakenham started slowly.. losing early wickets.. Sprowston were sharp in the field running out Ryan Bird without scoring.... Will Dunger pushed the pace along well, falling for 27.. another lean spell of runs... the light now fading fast was making playing conditions nearly impossible... Fakenham needed 14 off the last 2 overs.. Captain Jake Betts and Jacob Seed batted well and the final over they required 8 runs...A flourishing drive from Jacob saw 3 runs and some sharp running between the wickets left the pair requiring 3 from the last ball.. the pressure got to the bowler who launched a beamer at Jake Betts hitting him on the shoulder ..no ball called.. wicket keeper did not see it either and in the confusion "Jake and Jake" ran 2!

Pick of the Players
Bowlers
Tanveer Singh 4-0-10-1
Aaron Riseborough 3-1-4-0
Edward Harvey 1-0-3-1

Batsman
Will Dunger 27
Jake Betts 4 no
Jacob Seed 6 no

Fakenham bolster their batting strength

02 May 2008

Fakenham director of cricket Colin Brassett.

Fakenham, who managed to stave off relegation by winning their EAPL play-off against Sudbury at the end of last season, have strengthened their batting department after a string of humiliating low totals in 2007.

Norfolk wicketkeeper Stephen Gray has persuaded his brother, Phil, to leave Essex Premier League side Buckhurst Hill and link up with his sibling at Fakenham.

Batsman Richie Williams, an RAF colleague of Fakenham's Shaun Cooper, has also joined and Keegan Deridder, an Australian with a British passport, is another new batsman in the Fakenham ranks.

On the bowling front, Fakenham will hope Norfolk seamer Ian Slegg overcomes a back injury for tomorrow's visit of Clacton, although he may have to sit out the opening fixtures.

With South African Michael Smith returning for his third year at the club and a new director of cricket, Colin Brassett, in place, hopes are high that Fakenham will fare much better this year.

Chairman Martin Turner said: “We will definitely be stronger. We don't want to be playing in the bottom places again, we want to be mid-table or even higher. Everybody is keen and raring to go.”