Knebworth Park’s defeat away to Hitchin on Saturday means that with one game to go they now have to win their final match and hope other results go their way to avoid relegation. Hitchin, who are already relegated, batted first and their innings was held together by a resilient 56 from Simon Bayston in the…
Dylan van der Westhuizen cracked a maiden senior half-century as he took his side to the brink of victory on Saturday Pushed up the order, the under-13 showed he is developing into a fine all-rounder, striking an excellent 58 as the Fourths chased Hatfield and Crusaders’ relatively modest total. His innings took them to 101…
The Fourths’ young stars produced another heartening performance but couldn’t stop their side sliding to a heavy defeat at Chorleywood. Under-14 Dhruval ‘Drav’ Pawar led the way with three wickets but the home side’s imposing total of 268-4 proved well out of reach. For the second week running, stand-in skipper Leroy van der Westhuizen kept…
Debut boy Dan Roomans and in-form batsman Jonathan Cirkel set up a heartening win for the Fourths against Boxmoor II on Saturday. Under-13 skipper Roomans ripped the heart out of the visitors’ batting before another half-century from the side’s senior batsman saw them chase down a challenging total. It was a confident team performance, which…
Having lost the toss, KPCC got off to a reasonable start with Danny Digweed and captain Robert Crowe playing sensibly against good bowling from the Watford Town openers. When Crowe was first to depart LBW followed shortly after by Richard Wheeler, another low-scoring KPCC innings looked on the cards. However, Jonathan Cirkel having survived an…
The Fourths went down to Holtwhites Trinibis II. Three LBW decisions had them in trouble early on but Phil Wheeler (36) and Dylan van der Westhuizen (17) helped them to 110 all out. The Park’s young bowlers made the visitors work hard for runs early on and then veteran Sandy Reynolds bagged 3 for 27.…
An impressive bowling performance by the fourth team away to Hatfield and Crusaders III was all in vain as their batting crumbled to defeat by 85 runs. Under-14 Dhruval Pawar (3-32) and Dean Digweed (3-42) and Martin Malocco (2-29) were the most successful wicket-takers but it was an impressive five overs from under-13 Dylan van…
