Cranford Review 2019

Cricket
at
Cranford
Community
College 2019
Another
year where Cranford were a
part of the U15 McKenzie
&CO Cricket competition competing against schools
in the region. This year we entered both the boys and
girls for the hardball tournament. The competitions
were held at Barn Elms Cricket pitches.
The boys were up first and again displayed their great cricket skills winning games including a victory over
West London Free Academy. This led to a semi-final game against Christ School which was an exciting
game that included some big hitting. Overall the boys finished 3rd but missed out on a place in the county
finals. However they will be back next year to win.
The girls were keen to follow the boys’ success and did one better, reaching
the County Finals. On the day they had to play 4 games with 3 wins required to
guarantee a place in the county finals. This is exactly what the girls delivered
with victories over local rivals Heston, Hammersmith Academy and William
Perkins. Overall all girls were outstanding both on and off the field but there
were some stand out performances from Avneet Bagri 10T with both bat and
bowl, Amneet Sangha 10Z as wicketkeeper with her catches and quick run outs,
and finally Areeba Ali 9U in Year 9 taking a hat trick against Hammersmith
ensuring our 2nd place finish.
Cricket with Wycombe House CC
This year our students were able to benefit from some professional cricket
coaching and player development. The coaches came from Wycombe House
Cricket Club who alongside the Eshaki Foundation were supporting the
development of both boys’ and girls’cricket in our local area. Students engaged
in fun, dynamic and creative training sessions learning techniques and skills
such as bowling, fielding and power hitting.
The coaches Prashant and Deepal were full of praise for our students, and
our students were full of praise for them and their knowledge, experience and
innovative sessions. Wycombe House CC is a local cricket club to Cranford
and it will be great to see more of our students both boys and girls joining
local clubs, taking their game to the next level.
And The Final Over...
In the final week of the summer term the year 7&8 cricket team played Rivers
Academy. They required 1 run on the final ball to win their league and are
now League Champions. The year 10 boys cricket team won their league and
will go onto play the final Hounslow League in September 2019.
Well done from all in the PE department and for keeping the Cranford name
held high on the cricket circuit.
Hamesh Rattu (PE Department)
“This year the girls in
Cranford Community
College received fantastic
opportunities to play cricket.
Through our hard work,
dedication and amazing
teamwork we were able to
qualify to the Middlesex
county finals. We had regular
training but before each
competition we trained
every-day for a week.
Our hard work payed off as
we came 2nd in the regional
tournament and finished 4th
in the whole of Middlesex
County. We could not have
done his without the amazing
Mr Rattu as he was very
organised and determined
to train us to be the best.
We enjoyed our cricket
sessions and were also lucky
Sir arranged to have a U21
Middlesex cricket player
come join us for a session to
help with our bowling skills.
We hope the girls in Year 9 and
below keep the girls’ cricket
team going from strength to
strength next year. Some of
us have been nominated and
invited for country trials to
play girls hardball cricket
which we are very excited
about”.
Karolina Mucko
(year 10 - on behalf of the
U15 Girls team)
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