YCB U17 Report 2014 Season

YCB U17 Report – 2014 Season

R Damms

Captains

Jared Warner, Yaasar Imtiaz

Squad

Mosun Hussain, Matthew Fisher, Jordan Thompson, Toby Booth, James Brown, Eddie Barnes, Jared Warner, George Drury, James Logan, Ben Ainsley, Danish Hussain, Sam Wigglesworth, Jonathan Read, Jonathan Donnelly, Jack Shutt, Edward Morrison, Mustafa Rafique, Nathan Goldthorp, Danny McClean,

Coaches

Richard Damms, Ian Dews, Tony Pickersgill, Graham Tipping, James Finch, Blaine Clancy

General

In a summer of mixed weather, the U17s squad encountered a season which again, promised much but ultimately delivered little by way of silverware.
In the two day national competition, Yorkshire failed to qualify for the semi finals. Despite a win over Derbyshire, defeats on 1st innings to Durham, Cheshire and Lancashire determined the team would play no further part in the competition. There were some decent performances along the way, Jared Warner’s unbeaten century at Weetwood vs Derbyshire and Eddie Barnes return of six for 21 vs Cheshire being the highlights. Ben Ainsley and Toby Booth showed promise with the bat, Jonathan Read was outstanding with the gloves and the off spin bowling of Jack Shutt proved it was not all doom and gloom. The group was well lead by both captains, on and off the field. Well done Jared and Yaasar.

In the one day tournament, the squad had more joy, winning three of their four matches in the group stages including a thrilling final ball victory at Durham. Unfortunately in our final game, the Yorkshire weather didn’t help. With the team well set to chase down Lancashire’s total of 274, the game was washed out with Yorkshire 37 for 1 with 42 overs left to play. Lancashire went through to the semi-finals on a superior competition run rate.

Due to call ups to YCCC 2nd XI teams, National squad selection and holidays, opportunities presented themselves for players from younger age groups as well as several fringe players. The step up in age and quality of the opposition presented its fair share of challenges, particularly in the 2 day competition.

I am confident that these games have provided excellent learning opportunities for all, highlighting areas for improvement such as, using the new ball effectively, taking our catches and the key for this group of batters, investing time in order to prosper later in the game.

It has nevertheless, been an encouraging summer for the U17's. One member of this squad represented England U19's (Matthew Fisher), a further two (Jared Warner & Mosun Hussain) were part of the England U17 Development Program. In addition to Mosun & Jared, Eddie Barnes also represented the North Region in the Under 17 Super 4's tournament. Finally, Matthew Fisher played List A cricket with YCCC 1st XI and no fewer than five others played with YCCC 2nd XI. Well done to all.
My personal thanks go to coaches Graham Tipping, James Finch and Tony Pickersgill who assisted myself and Ian Dews throughout the summer and to Blaine Clancy for his S&C input. Thanks also go to Sarah Smith our scorer. And finally, thank you to all the parents. Without your support and commitment we could not fulfil the fixtures.

Results

2 day competition

One day competition