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achieve. The U14A cricket team did not lose a single game in the second half of the year, with victories against the likes of Harrow (twice!), Dulwich and St Paul’s. The true highlight of the year came from winning the Middlesex U14s cup, with a wonderful performance against St Paul’s School in the final. Tejas Pail, the man of the match, scored 150 in only 35 overs. This will now enter the U14 boys into the National cup, which they will play in their U15s year. The captain, Jake Bridge, led the team with maturity and cricketing intelligence all year. A successful and enjoyable season all around! Mr M. S. T. Hughes Squad: R. Bains, J. Bridge, J. Bindra, T. Easterbrook, A. Kandala, T. Katzenellenbogen, T. McLeish, P. Nedeljkovic, T. Pail, R. Rajkumar, R. Ruparelia, V. Verma, T. Whittaker. U14B The U14Bs enjoyed a superb second half of the season, winning all six games in style against Harrow, St Albans, Bishop Cotton (Shimla), MCS, Habs, and Dulwich, and showing real strength in depth with bat and ball. Highlights included Khanna’s astonishingly mature and composed innings to take MTS to victory against MCS; Vish

Kashyapa’s clever variation with his spin in the thrillingly close match against Habs, as well as his ability to play bazball in the final overs against Dulwich; and, in the same match, Thomas Easterbrook’s good judgment and grit after MTS had thrown away some early wickets. Bowler of the season was Dhaya Thind, whose control and consistency was a feature of every game. Credit too to Himal Palanivelu as captain, and his vice Tiviyan Thevarajah, who both maintained an excellent spirit and discipline in this memorable season. Mr P. D. Harrison Squad: R. Bains, S. Dhir, T. Easterbrook, O. Isherwood, A. Kandala, V. Kashyapa, R. Khanna, N. Magecha, H. Palanivelu (Capt.), A. Seneviratne, A. Shah, N. Shah, H. Somaiya, T. Thevrajah, D. Thind. U14C At the start of the second half of term, the U14Cs arrived at Maytree with their kit bags full of School prizes. On being invited to bat, the purposeful running of our top order allowed runs to flow at a steady rate. A 63-run partnership between Jamie Sanderson and Joshua Roetjens set the standard for the day and an entertaining 39 from Aman Rajdev allowed us to post 149 from 20 overs. In their own innings, St Albans found strong spells from Caspar Haley and Hridai Somaiya difficult to contend with. Rocco Grimshaw finished the match with a beautiful away swing delivery that will stay in the mind of those that saw it for some time. We were honoured to be visited by Bishop Cotton School, a school based in Shimla, India, on a tour of England. The game was played in an exemplary spirit; we even had professional umpires and it was fair to say that cricket and sportsmanship emerged as the winners in a close match. Bishop Cotton School keep a record of those that have played in their games across the span of over a century, and it was a privilege to be able to add to this distinguished record. Neither MCS nor Stowe were able to honour fixtures against us, so our next game was against Haberdashers’. A fast paced opening partnership of 56 between

U15C The U15Cs had a stellar second half to the season, again losing just one game in an exceptionally close match in the 100-ball cricket evening against Harrow. Strong leadership of the team by captain Louis Rosenbaum and Rohan Pankhania, having lost Vedant Sethi to the Bs, ensured each following game resulted in a victory, but perhaps most importantly, in a manner that was polite and gentlemanly. It was, overall, a fantastic season for the Cs, and they have even encouraged me to become an improved cricketer, thanks to Krish Thakrar teaching me spin bowling in the nets and by having to face Keshav Nair’s worryingly fast bowling! Mr G. A. Wilson Squad: N. Arulanand, U. Baig, K. Attar-Zadeh, C. Davies, R. Dhawan, A. Karawalli, Z. Khan, R. Ludhra, Z. Momin, K. Nair, Y. Parwez, N. Rao, L. Rosenbaum, V. Sethi, M. Syed, K. Thakrar, T. Wasan, V. Weerasinghe, S. Zaveri. U14A What a second half to the season. The U14A cricket team have truly shown what the great depth of talent and strong friendships throughout the squad can

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