Sport

U8 And U9 Cricket v Bilton Grange

U9s Mixed ‘A’ vs Bilton Grange ‘A’
 
Crescent U9s concluded their season with another absolutely fantastic all-round team performance away at local rivals Bilton Grange. Choosing to bowl first, Crescent kept things very tight, with a constant flow of wickets making it impossible for BG to settle. Captain Shiv was the pick of the bowlers with incredible figures of 3 wickets for just 8 runs in his 3 overs, supported well by Sam B. both Alexs, Albert and Sofie who were all very tricky to get away. This was also backed up by a superb team fielding display, most notably Emily who was singled out by both coaches and spectators at the end for her incredible stops and rocket arm. Maisie, Grace and Ollie also backed this up brilliantly, working hard for the team, restricting BG to a score of 108-6 from their 18 overs. In reply Sam B got the innings off to an absolute flyer, finishing with a very fast-paced 23n.o. This was then followed up by Ed G-H, hitting 3 boundaries off a single over, including a pull shot that would have been a 6 on any county ground in the country! He finished on 20n.o, before clever running from Alex G and Timi saw Crescent home, ending on 109-0 with 2 overs to spare. An excellent, accomplished cricketing display to round off a super season!
 
Mr Adkins
Teacher of Boys Games
 
Crescent Mixed U9s ‘B' vs Bilton Grange U9s ‘B’
Crescent finished off their first season with a tricky but highly competitive game away at Bilton Grange. Fielding first, Crescent bowled superbly, with very tight spells from Harry, Remi and the eventual player of the match, Alice. Backed up with some good fielding from Edward and Maggie, this kept the BG score down to 270 runs. In reply, despite a fantastic performance with the bat from Hattie, Crescent struggled to find the big shots they needed against the accurate BG bowling, posting a final score of 230. Special mentions to the whole team for the fantastic effort, spirit and progression they showed throughout the game, particularly captain Remi who was incredibly supportive.

Mrs Everitt
Teaching Assistant
 
U8A v Bilton Grange
U8A team had their final cricket match of the term against Bilton Grange. Zac and Edward M opened the batting and strongly and were followed by Shaylan and Matthew who added a huge 19 runs to our score in their 2 overs. Sam and Lewis continued to keep the run rate up with some lovely boundaries and Maxi and Ed W faced the strongest bowlers, but still managed to score well. A solid first innings scoring 249 runs and losing 2 wickets. 

We knew that we had to keep our bowling and fielding tight and started well with Lewis making some excellent diving stops behind the stumps. Ed W was busy throughout the innings, preventing some quick singles and Samuel bowled a fabulous last over getting our only wicket. Bilton Grange had some big hitters coming in as their last pair and just took the game away from Crescent with a final score of 260 runs. It was a lovely competitive match to finish our term and the improvements were clear for all to see. Well done.
 
Mrs Dowling
Teaching Assistant
 
U8B v Bilton Grange
A fantastic final match of the season for the U8B team, where everything came together for a wonderful team effort. 

Crescent won the toss and put BG in to bat first.  Herbie opened the bowling superbly with 1 run scored of his over followed by an excellent over from Akaal gaining 2 wickets. Aryan kept it going with a wicket and Patrick kept the runs low with 12 runs scored off 4 overs.  The bowling was closed by Alex who gained another wicket with BG gaining 46 runs in total.  

Aryan and Akaal opened the batting with some fantastic shots with Akaal hitting a superb 6 and Aryan also finding the boundary. Patrick and Herbie went in next adding a steady count to take Crescent to 30 runs off 4 overs. Henry and Max both found the boundary in their 12 balls taking the total to 44 leaving Roisin and Alex needing 3 runs to win the game. They did not let the pressure get to them and held their heads with both finding the boundary a number of times to add another 22 runs to the total score and winning the match. Crescent 266 for 2 and Bilton Grange 246 for 4. Awesome work by all, a great team effort.  

Mrs McCollin
Head of PE and Games

U11 Cricket v Bilton Grange

U11s mixed ‘A’ vs Bilton Grange boys ‘A’
In their 3rd match of the season Crescent found themselves coming up against another very strong cricketing side in the form of local rivals Bilton Grange. Put into bat first, Crescent started very strongly, with Aryan and Charlie starring with the bat, making 22 runs from their partnership. Despite a late flurry of wickets pegging the score back, primarily due to some excellent BG fielding, Crescent still finished with a defendable total of 268. Although bowling continues to be our strongest suit, the BG batting proved to be too strong, the home side finishing with 308 and giving them a 40 run win. The pick of the bowlers was Kai, finishing with 3 excellent wickets and very nearly taking a hat-trick! Also a special mention to the whole team who never let their heads drop and gave it their all up until the final ball.
 
U11s mixed ‘B’ vs Bilton Grange boys ‘B’
It was a similar story for the B team, again learning valuable lessons on a hot day against a very strong BG side. Having been put into bat, Crescent struggled to get the scoreboard moving due to some very tight bowling and fielding. Alex and Bryson did provide some relief with an aggressive display both finding the boundary on several occasions. In reply, BG again showed their class with the bat and despite some great spells of bowling, most notably from Finlay and Harry who both took vital wickets and bowled very tightly, cruised to a deserved victory. Special mentions also for Abigail and Ellie for taking wickets, Ava for putting huge effort into her fielding, saving lots of runs and the teas for being so delicious!

Mr Adkins & Mrs Dowling

 

U11 Girls V Bilton Grange 

Another fantastic game to close the season and the final time of representing Crescent in Games. 

Crescent went in to bat first with Charlotte and Katherine opening superbly with both batters finding the boundary scoring a fantastic 15 off the first 12 balls.  Chloe and Liana stepped up next, again putting up a great display of batting skills with both batters putting King Henry's fielders under pressure to stop a number of 4s.  Sophia and Rosina were the 3rd pair in hitting well with Sophia finding the boundary for 4 and steady runs due to great communication from Rosina on when to run. Stephanie and Eva closed the batting to a very experienced County bowler, after a early wicket the girls adapted to the speed of the bowling and Eva managed to hit the boundary 3 times 2 x 6s and a 4, with Stephanie defending the wicket superbly to add a further 8 runs.  A great innings by Crescent. 

Katherine opened the bowling for Crescent with a wicket off the first ball Crescent were off to a great start with 2 scored off the first over. Some fantastic fielding was on display with Crescent girls moving in to pick up balls and quickly throw to target. King Henry's girls however batted well defending their wicket excellently against our solid bowling meant we could not get another wicket.  

Final score Crescent 251 for 4 and King Henry's 270 for 1. 

Batter of the Game to Eva and Fielder of the game to Katherine. 

Although the score line did not go in our favour this was the best team performance for Crescent who showcased their skills fantastically. 

Mrs McCollin
Head of PE and Game