Aaron Tugnutt Shehram Shafiq Jonny Gallagher Samuel Rae
Jack Dunn Sam Moss Jack Harrison Lewis Moores
George Burgess Dan White Callum Rudrum Karl Sengebusch
Nick Oxley Alex Hinchcliff Sam Greenrod Ryan Kelly
Robson Piper Michael Baird Josh Wood
Day One
Horsham (H)
Day one saw the boys play Horsham at the Manor Ground; a team that they had never played before but were told would be tough to beat.
Horsham won the toss and put us in to bat first where Sam Moss top-scored with a solid batting performance, reaching 38 from 88 balls before being caught. Aaron Tugnutt and Jack Dunn also batted well; scoring 26 and 27 respectively.
Worthing made 148-7 from 37 overs.
Horsham were no match for our bowling attack; Aaron took 3 wickets for 8 runs, Sam Moss took 1 for 8 runs, Dan White took 2 for 6 runs, George Burgess took 2 for 4 runs and Jonny Gallagher took 1 for 13 runs. We bowled Horsham out for just 94 runs in 28.3 overs; a brilliant start to the week for the team.
Day Two
Bognor (A)
Day two took us to the Regis Oval to face a strong Bognor team.
We won the toss and our captain, Aaron, chose to bat first. However, this was to backfire spectacularly because two interesting LBW decisions saw the back of both our openers; Jack not managing to score a run. Only Aaron and Bognor’s extras got into double figures as our batsmen struggled to 71 all out from 21.3 overs.
With little to do, Bognor got the runs in less than 10 overs but not before Karl bowled one of their county players.
Bognor won by 8 wickets.
Day Three
Chichester (H)
After recovering from the crushing defeat the previous day, the boys faced Chichester at the Manor. We lost the toss and the opposition chose to bat first. They began well but a fine catch by Jack Harrison off the bowling of Aaron meant they were one wicket down in the third over.
Runs came steadily but so did the wickets; two for Sam Greenrod and one for Jack Dunn. Then, Aaron asked Robson to bowl one over so George could change ends, this turned out to be a good decision. He took two wickets in two balls but was unable to make a hat trick. Nick continued to bowl well and finally managed to take a wicket in his last over. Robson bowled three overs and took three wickets whilst Jack Harrison took their last wicket in his first over. Chichester were all out for 133 from 32 overs.
Robson opened the batting with Aaron and lasted four overs before being bowled for 5 runs. Aaron stuck it out scoring an impressive 38 runs. However, it was Nick who top-scored, getting his first 50 of the festival, eventually being caught on 53 from 68 balls. Jack and Sam finished off, scoring 19 and 2 respectively.
Worthing won by 7 wickets.
Day Four
Preston Nomads (H)
Nick Oxley won the toss and chose to bat first against Preston Nomads. Their opening bowlers looked good and a frustrated Aaron took a swing at a straight ball and was bowled. Again, the batting performance was poor all round apart from Nick, who tried to steady the innings but just kept losing partners. He scored 59, including sevens 4s in his one hour and fifteen minute innings before being caught. Worthing were 114 all out in 29.5 overs.
The total was not enough; despite one wicket each for Robson and Sam Rae, we couldn’t stop the runs coming. Nick bowled well in his second spell, taking two wickets and definitely proving himself to be Worthing’s player of the match.
Preston Nomads won by 6 wickets.
Day Five
Arundel (A)
The last day of the festival saw Worthing playing away at Arundel, where they faced very short boundaries. Arundel won the toss and chose to bat first; a good decision on their part.
Aaron, Sam Greenrod, Sam Moss and Dan all struggled against their openers, not taking a wicket until the eighteenth over. This came in the form of a good catch from Robson off the bowling of Jack Dunn. It was Robson again who threw the ball to run out their other opener.
Sam Rae took the next two wickets with a brilliant spell of bowling, taking two wickets for 15 runs from five overs. Between them, Robson and Sam slowed the run rate right down. Then Aaron saw a bit of spin in the pitch and brought Josh Wood on to swiftly clean up the tail, taking four wickets for 23 runs. Arundel completed their thirty seven overs on 179-9.
Aaron and Sam Greenrod opened the Worthing innings and Sam hit four 4s off the first over. Aaron batted steadily but Sam went in the fourth over for 18. The next four wickets fell quickly, then, in came Sam Rae to share a partnership with Aaron of 39 despite facing some very aggressive bowling. Aaron was eventually caught on 41 but Sam stayed to share another partnership, this time with Robson, worth 32 runs. His wicket finally fell on 37 from 40 balls and the rest of the Worthing tail fell in quick succession.
Arundel won by 34 runs.
Thank you to all the parents who came to support us during this long, five day festival and in particular to Ann Tugnutt for our fabulous teas.
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