Match report vs Alby and Västerås

The bad and the good

Following win versus Botkyrka CC U15s, next up was Alby U15s a completely prospect. Alby elected to bat and some early successes were blunted as the Alby middle order applied runs but once they were gone, wickets fell again and new boy Svanik took his first wicket for DIF. Extras were again high (41), and there were a number of dropped catches. In the end Tashrif and Arnav S. shared the honors as best bowlers with two wickets each. Batting started stable as usual with Rishabh and Arnav S, but a slew of wickets meant that we were in trouble early and we ended up 148 runs short of Alby.

Next up was our match in Västerås, with their young side. Just like our match with Botkyrka, we retired batsmen so that everyone got a chance. Again, the top order performed well with Dhulik opening with Rishabh and put up 70 when called in. Next pair of Nethyll and Ved put on another 30 and other batters added more runs leading to a score of 161-2. Västerås were never able to keep up the same tempo and were bowled out for 56 (but 23 extras). Rohan proved to be a force with two wickets and three catches. Dhulik also had impressive figures of 1-0-1-2, almost getting a hattrick again this year against Västerås. Next match will be tough again against SCC but hopefully the break will sharpen the team.

Benedict Chambers