Monday, 11 August 2025

Under 18s in trouble at Southport

Lancashire 279 (Kennedy 82, Maisuria 64, Stewart 3-46, Abrar 3-66, Karim 2-40, Khan 2-110)

Derbyshire 29-3

Derbyshire's under-18s fought back well on the first day of a 3-day game against Lancashire at Southport, but had a difficult time when they batted.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, the home side reached 165-2 before spinners Rubaiyat Abrar and Awais Khan started a slide. Then, after tea Matt Stewart and Ayman Karim came back to remove the tail and Lancashire were all out for 279. 

Derbyshire closed in trouble at 29-3, with recent century makers Vallabhaneni and Akhtar both out.

Looks like it was a good toss to win...

Scorecard and video clips here

In closing, it is worthy of noting the excellent efforts of Theo Brown, Lucas Green, Oscar Edwards and Tommy Bush at the Bunbury Festival, as their Midlands team won the tournament.

A nice set of videos, highlighting the talents of these youngsters can be seen here

They all acquitted themselves very well and for the county to have, respectively, a wicket-keeper/bat, seam bowler, opening bat and leg spinner is highly encouraging.

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