Omar Akram top run scorer at the Festival...
The 13th Royal Hospital School
Minor Counties Cricket Festival
Under 11s Competition (sponsored by the Ipswich Building Society)
Hertfordshire have had a fantastic first season (including wins against 2 first class Counties - Middlesex and Northants) for the newly formed Under 11 team who finished with great success by winning all games at the Royal Hospital School U11 Festival in Ipswich.
Herts U11, Omar Akram scored the highest amount of runs during the week (265) and was presented with a Piri Piri bat. This total was also the most ever scored by a batsman at U11 at any RHS Festival, so congratulations to Omar on such a fantastic achievement.
Game 1: Hertfordshire v North Essex
Herts 197 for 6.
Omar Akram 89, A Zargar 31,
North Essex 109 all out
Underdown - 2 for 2 and Gibbs 2 for 13
Game 2: Herts v Metropolitan Essex
Herts 214 all out.
A Zargar 37, Omar Akram 36, Jack Fraser Andrews 39, Olly O'Brien 17.
Metropolitan Essex 92 all out
Y Malhotra 5 for 20, Elliot Beard 2 for 18.
Game 3: Herts v Northumberland 20/20 game
Herts 124 for 8
Omar Akram 37, Bill Meacock 20, Olly O'Brien 15, Gibbs 13 not out.
Northumberland 75 all out
Eliot Beard 4 for 18, Malhotra 2 for 10 and Meacock 1 for 2
Game 4: Herts v Lincolnshire.
Herts 203 for 2 declared
Omar Akram 93, Zargar 60 not out, Will Guest 19.
Lincs 89 all out.
Gibbs 5 for 12, Underdown 2 for 14, Elliot Beard 1 for 2, Fraser Andrews 1 for 2.
Richard Jerome / Kevin Orchard
U11 Team Coach and Manager