Monday 24th July 2023
Surrey Junior Cricket Championship – Under 19 T20 Tier 1 Central
Ashtead Under 19s 208 for 3 (18 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon Under 19s 78 all out (15.3 overs)
Ashtead Under 19s won by 130 runs
Another trough night for the Under 19s who were again missing many of those initially earmarked to play in the competition; seven of the eleven scrambled together had not played before. Things were compounded further when Ashtead unleashed a 1st XI bat on a young attack – not sour grapes, that is their right and far be it from us to dictate their line-up, but fact – two other batters reached the retiral mark quickly, and this made for a lot of leather chasing on a large playing area where extra runs were also stolen on young arms. Read more