The Lions were up against a strong Woodford Wells team who were keen to get one over on their local rivals. The pitch was much smaller due to a net being stuck which was going to make the game interesting in terms of how each team adapted to the smaller pitch. We lost the toss and were put into bat first where Henry and Nathan got us off to a slow steady start due to some constant leg side bowling from the opposition which went unpunished by the umpires. When we lost Henry Joe came to the crease and didn't take long in finding the boundary and quickly retired on 25 runs. After Nathan retired on 27, Ben Roberts (3) and Charlie (20) did a great job in a short space of time to make sure we achieved a decent total of 100 off 12 overs.
In terms of the bowling and fielding the Lions competed well all the way through the innings with some straight bowling and tight fielding but Woodford Wells rode their luck at certain times where at least three chances fell just short of our fielders. So it went down to the last over and the last man standing and the Wells scraped over the line with a few balls to spare.
Our boys were disappointed to lose a game that we would normally win but in our post match review we identified the learning we need to take into the next game which is to increase the run rate from the start of the innings and to be aware of the score all the way through. An extra 10 runs on the board would have won us the game quite comfortably.
Overall it was a decent performance from the boys but with tougher games on the horizon we need to up our game if we are to win our remaining games.