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Cricket 1ST XI REPORT
‘No cricket team in the world depends on one or two players. The team always plays to win.’ Virhat Kohli The XI, who were admirably and maturely led by Chris Wood in his Lower Sixth year, went from strength to strength over the course of the 2019 summer. With the plethora of talent in this squad it is a luxury for me to be able to facilitate playing an exciting, positive brand of cricket that is entertaining and a pleasure to watch. The aim is to always enjoy the game; play it hard, and play it to win; whilst always trying to stretch and challenge both skills and ourselves in every facet of the game or life. At the beginning of the season, as everyone tried to find their feet, there were initially some shaky performances but with positive focus, understanding
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and hard work soon ideas and plans started to click and the squad quickly began to enjoy success both as individuals throughout, as well as more importantly, success as a team. We had notably significant wins in the regular season against Sedbergh, Trent College, Ampleforth, and Worksop College, as well as winning the PREW festival with empathic victories over Repton, Warwick and Epsom College - certainly victories to be incredibly proud of and to look to emulate next summer. A few minor slip ups at various points over the season unfortunately didn’t quite give us the glorious unbeaten summer we had aimed for in April; fortress St Peter’s was breached a couple of times and some below par performances away from home, by our standards, was frustrating and unfortunate. However, with defeat always comes opportunity - to reflect and start again with fresh ideas and new goals and a forward thinking mind set - whenever this happened the squad would without fail rally and respond the only way they know - to work hard, come back stronger and win.
