Junior Round Up – 30/04/25

U13’s

Gomersal won the toss and put New Farnley in to bat first. New Farnley got off to a flyer when openers Tom Shuttleworth and Benji Thornhill quickly retired, Tom scoring 25 in 18 balls and Ben scoring 25 in 21 balls. This success spread through the team like wildfire as Lily Lonsdale, Artie Hoult, Musa Shah and Caleb Emmett all scored quick-fire runs. The pick of the bowlers was Neel Sharma who only went for 9 off 2 overs and New Farnley finished on the huge total of 196 without loss. The great start for New Farnley continued throughout the second half of the match. With wickets being taken quickly by Musa Shah (2-2), Max Swallow (1-7) and 4 others taking 1 wicket each, the only resistance in the Gomersal batting was S Shah (21 from 28 balls). The young Gomersal lineup finished on 61 All Out.

U18’s

Buttershaw St. Paul’s  won the toss and chose to bat making 138-4. Wickets for Jack Little (2) Keane Barker and Kaashif Yaqoob. In reply, New Farnley opened with Jack Lonsdale and Alexander Holt. They put on 50 with Alexander making 28 , Jack went on to retire on 43 not out along with Dan Marshall also retiring on 42 not out off just 14 balls. A cameo of 21 not out from George Lonsdale including 2 sixes saw the team home with 7 overs still to bat.