27th August 2015
| Mallory Gray
Wales’ U11 boys cricket team
finished a close second in the prestigious Taunton Festival.
Their
impressive result follows the success of Wales U17 girls and U12 boys, who both won their age group
championships at Taunton.
The U11s lost a pre-festival
warm-up game to Kent by five wickets, but opened the competition itself with a
win over Barbados, as Wales passed their opponents’ total of 150 all-out for
the loss of five wickets.
Next day, Wales lost by three
wickets to Middlesex – Wales’ total of 172-4 proving insufficient.
In the match against Devon,
Wales posted 168-3 in an innings reduced to 30 overs, but the match was
abandoned as a draw, with Devon on 13-0.
Wales scored 160 – 9 against
Bucks for a winning draw, with Bucks reaching 77 – 9 in reply, and in the final
match, Wales beat Yorkshire by three wickets to finish just behind them in the
final table.
Final places:
1. Yorkshire = 62
2. Wales = 59
3. Barbados = 57
4. Middlesex = 46
5. Devon = 27
6. Bucks = 13
This was the second year running
that Wales has finished runners-up to Yorkshire, but this year’s margin of just
three points was much closer.
By the end of the week, Alex
Horton (Gwent) had scored a total of 1,006 runs in the U11s games this season,
a new Wales U11s batting record.
“This was another great
achievement for one of our age-group teams,” said Cricket Wales performance
manager, John Derrick. “The U11s really hit form at the right time, as they
started the season with four straight defeats.
“Congratulations to Alex on a
tremendous batting achievement, and to the whole team and management for
turning their season around so conclusively.”
Tîm D11 Cymru’n dod
yn ail yng Ngwyl Taunton
Daeth tîm criced bechgyn D11 Cymru’n ail agos yng
Ngwyl Taunton.
Mae’r canlyniad gwych hwn yn dod yn dynn ar
sodlau llwyddiant tîm merched D17 a thîm bechgyn D12 Cymru, ill dau’n fuddugol ym mhencampwriaethau’u
grwpiau oedran yn Taunton.
Collodd y tîm o bum wiced mewn gêm gyfeillgar cyn
yr wyl yn erbyn Caint, ond dechreuodd y tîm y gystadleuaeth ei hun gyda
buddugoliaeth dros Barbados, wrth i Gymru ragori ar gyfanswm eu gwrthwynebwyr o
150 i gyd allan, gan golli pum wiced.
Y diwrnod canlynol, collodd
Gymru o dair wiced i Middlesex – gyda chyfanswm annigonol o 172-4.
Yn y gêm yn erbyn Dyfnaint
sgoriodd Cymru 168-3 mewn batiad a gyfyngwyd i 30 pelawd, ond bu’n rhaid rhoi’r
gorau i’r gêm a’i chofnodi fel un gyfartal,
gyda Dyfnaint ar 13-0.
Sgoriodd Cymru 160–9 yn erbyn Swydd
Buckingham gan ennill y nifer mwyaf o bwyntiau mewn gêm gyfartal , gyda Swydd
Buckingham yn ymateb gyda 77–9, ac yn y gêm derfynol, curodd Cymru Swydd Efrog
o dair wiced gan ddod yn ail agos iddyn nhw yn y tabl terfynol.
Safleoedd terfynol:
1. Swydd Efrog = 62
2. Cymru = 59
3. Barbados = 57
4. Middlesex = 46
5. Dyfnaint = 27
6. Swydd Buckingham = 13
Dyma’r ail flwyddyn yn olynol i
Gymru ddod yn ail i Swydd Efrog, ond roedd hi’n fwy clos eleni, gyda dim ond
tri phwynt rhyngddyn nhw.
Erbyn diwedd yr wythnos, roedd
Alex Horton (Gwent) wedi sgorio cyfanswm o 1,006 o rediadau yn y gemau D11 y tymor hwn, sef y cyfanswm
batio uchaf erioed i dîm D11 Cymru.
“Roedd hon yn gamp wych arall i un o’n timau
grwpiau oedran,” meddai rheolwr perfformiad Criced Cymru, John Derrick. “Roedd y tîm D11 ar eu gorau ar
yr adeg iawn, oherwydd mi ddechreuon nhw’r tymor drwy golli pedair gwaith o’r bron.
“Llongyfarchiadau i Alex ar ei
fatio penigamp, ac i’r tîm cyfan a’r rheolwyr am y newid pendant er gwell yn
ystod y tymor.”