Last Sunday saw the start of the indoor season for our u13s.

Led by Jack Jarvis, who has been appointed Captain for the season, they opened their season with a close fought encounter against SMRH, unfortunately losing by 17 runs.  The difference ultimately being one player who scored 3 consecutive 6s.  Livi batted sensibly throughout, only conceding 2 wickets in their 8 overs but struggling to get the ball away as they were being fed a string of wides (15 in total) and in the end only hitting one boundary.  It was a solid if unspectacular start.

Livi in return bowled a really good line (only 3 wides bowled) with Tushar taking a wicket with the first ball of the innings.  Sadhil and Jack Jarvis also taking wickets later on.  Tushar took a catch for one of the wickets, however there were some chances dropped in the field which would have made the result closer.  This was definitely a match where there was an opportunity lost to notch up an early victory.

The second match was against a much older looking Penicuik side, coached by our own Jack Hilton.  Which spooked the team a little.  Penicuiks bowling was that much quicker than they had faced in the match with SMRH which resulted in Livingston conceding 7 wickets.  That said in many respects the batting performance had improved with better running between the wickets and 3 boundaries scored.  However Penicuik were just too good and went on to win by 86 runs.  In the field Tushar took 2 wickets in the first over (Jack Adams taking a catch) and a run out was achieved in the 3rd over when Zane was bowling.

What is really promising is that 4 of the 8 players are still eligible for our u11 side and should take a lot of confidence from their performances to take into that competition.  The team were:

• Jack Jarvis (Capt)
• Sadhil Jindal
• Tushar Tomer
• Jack Adams
• Ewan Hall
• Zane Hall
• Arsh Jindal
• Jake Leighton