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๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด, ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ (๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ) ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ.
Our round up starts on the coast though with the Firstsโ visiting Lytham in their final friendly of pre-season. Sam will be happy as his bowlers made short work of the hostsโ batting line up and his openers followed that up with a solid platform to victory within 36 of their allotted 45 overs.
So it was a confident looking first team that returned to Orrell to catch the end of our inter-club game. After the planned second team opposition had pulled out, Dave Whiteley and Alan Moore led two sides with more than a splattering of young players, all of who got involved and staked their claims for senior cricket in front of a crowd, relaxed in the sunshine and enjoying their refreshments peacefully to the back drop of leather on willow.
Runs were scored, wickets taken, but at the end of the day cricket, and the future of the club, was the real winner. Well done to everyone involved and thanks to everyone who came down, whilst we must have some restrictions in place it was good to see everyone enjoying the ORT hospitality in good spirit.
Good spirit was definitely on show on Sunday too, when a young Standish side sprinkled with experience arrived to take on the third team in an enjoyable 80 overs of cricket that had interest from start to finish and allowed both captains to declare themselves happy with the workout and outcome.
At the same time, Mark Crumpton led a young fourth team, including 6 debutants, out at Aigburth. Orrell may have fell short in the chase, but this was an experience that will serve those youngsters well as their careers progress and what better place to start than Liverpoolโs County Ground.
It really was a great weekend to get our season rolling and weโre pleased to say it went well both on and off the pitch. Hereโs hoping itโs even better as the league games start this coming weekend.
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