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Youth Section
This section is dedicated to
youth cricket within the club and will feature articles, images and web
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2008
Minors
Trip to Kerry
Limerick's minor
team put up a brave fight on Sunday against a much more experienced Kerry
squad, though it was healthy to see such a young Limerick
side a hard game was expected. The weather was perfect and it stayed
sunny and warm till night. The pitch favoured bowlers as the field was
uneven and the ball would not get to the boundary easily at all!
Short on players for various reasons
limerick had to borrow two "Kerry men" not that they were Irish
at all....We were put into bat for the 40 over game first. Swing was
obvious and nearly all the limerick batsmen had problems with it. Our top
order failed badly and set a bad total for the rest of the team i went out for two only and ducks and low scores were
common..we were only
at around 60 for 8 when late arrival malik,
and gerry devine came
in to bat they held a good partnership keeping Kerry in the field longer
than expected.
Our bowlers had a hard task with a
poor batting score to work on so we had a good team talk and were in good
spirits but we could not take a wicket and Kerry got the total with out a
wicket lost though there were some bad umpiring decisions that went there
way throughout the whole game and even the scorecard was badly done with
mistakes on
names and
scores everywhere.
After the 40 over game we decided to
have a 20-20 we had to bowl first. Our luck had returned and we took a
wicket off the very first ball. Their only batsmen of any credit was
eddie who got 16 not out. We bowled them out easily. Gerry Devine got a
run-out off his bowling in his first over on his debut, a contender for
limericks man of the match.
Also Argan
bowled impressively and got 2 important wickets. They ended up with 81
though that total is questionable.
Off our first two overs
we got 20 but then a top order collapse happened again and we looked down
for defeat until gugs and malik
were partners they
got 15 plus run partnership and kept us in the game but to
win in the last over we needed yuvrag singh tactics of 6 6s. I came in after malik went out the field stopped me from getting a
boundary off my first ball though this was a problem for all batsmen as
the pitch is a rugby one and is in
bad condition. Gugs and me
both and not outs but we lost narrowly. A better all round team
performance with many positives from our very
young side.
Brendan Devine
2007
LIMERICK LIONS AT IRELAND
VS WEST INDIES
by Brendan Devine
The group going to the
match gathered at the Parkway shopping centre at 7 in the morning,
Saturday, the 14th of July, looking extremely tired. After a short wait
we go onto the bus, not before standing for a team photo though! We kept
ourselves busy, chatting about cricket and the journey flew by. There was
a great sense of excitement and anticipation on the bus as we neared Clontarf Cricket Club, the venue for the match. We got off the bus and joined the steady
flow of supporters entering the ground.
When we arrived at the
side of the pitch we were very impressed with the pitch and delighted to
see all our heroes warming up and preparing for the match. We all stopped
to gaze at the bats, balls, pads and general cricket gear at a large
stall. Some people splashed out to buy what they wanted now (others
waited until later!) We got some chairs and set up 'camp' by the side of
the pitch. Most of us took off and walked around the sideline watching
the players train and hoping to meet some of them. After a long wait
players started coming off the pitch and getting surrounded by adoring
fans. The players were extremely sound and didn't refuse anyone as they
signed shirts and books and stood for pictures. By the end of the day all
of us had gotten loads of autographs!
The match start was delayed due to
rain. When it finally started Ireland won the toss and
chose to bat. We saw a few balls but then the rain came down hard and the
players were off and the covers were on.
In the intervening time we spent some
time chatting to the players, Trent Johnston and Kyle McCallun
were definitely the nicest and spent loads of time with the fans.
Everyone was delighted to see Shivnarine
Chanderpaul and get their picture
taken with him. I met my hero Marlon Samuels and got his autograph which
was great!!!
There were nets for training at the
pitch which were open to fans.
Many of the Limerick lads played there with some Leinster
players. We met Ireland
coach and West Indies legend Phil
Simmons and chatted
about the club with him.
I asked him what kind of things he'd heard about Limerick
and he replied "Well you know, some good, some bad" Top man!
Play resumed again after a lengthy
break and we saw some good cricket.
Ireland
came out all-guns-blazing and hit loads of boundaries. For one Eoin
Morgan 4, the ball had to race with Windies
outfielder Renako Morten
to the boundary but the ball beat him to it.....though he was running so
fast that he couldn't stop himself running into the crowd and he had to
jump straight over our own Jason Craig's head!!! Ireland
score was shooting up but wickets were falling, though Eoin Morgan stayed
in throughout and batted brilliantly. Fidel Edwards took the best wicket
of the day, straight bowling Kevin O'Brien with a lightning fast delivary!
Sadly play was stopped again due to
heavy rain and hailstones.....and this time the match was called off for
good. So a no result for the two teams battling hard in the Quadrangular
Series. But overall we had a
fantastic day and everyone, though wet, was smiling when we got back on
the bus for the long journey back to Limerick!
An excellent trip altogether!!!
Brendan & Gerard meet the
Players
Match
Reports
Limerick
Lions vs Pres
College Cork – May 2007
Limerick Cricket Club
U13s made their competitive debut last Saturday against Pres College Cork
at the Mardyke. Despite their inexperience,
they put in a strong showing losing in the end by 20 runs.
Captain John Daly
won the toss and elected to bowl first. Limerick
Managed to restrict Pres to 53 from their 17 overs
with all the bowlers Impressing especially Pritpal
and Rav Singh, Daly and Robert Duncan. The
bowlers were backed up in the field by good work by Conor Duggan and Glen
Coady who made several good stops.
In response, Limerick made a slow start and struggled against
the high bounce in the wicket. In the end they were 20 runs short but
will have learned alot from their first match
against a much more experienced team.
This should help
them in their upcoming matches against West Cork,
Midleton and Christian Brothers Cork.
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