With wickets need Emma Sloan (2 overs, 8 runs, 1 wicket) bowled Ealing’s most dangerous batswoman before Amelie Munday pocketed a catch behind the stumps from the bowling of Phoebe Head (2 overs, 7 runs, 1 wicket). Jessamy Low put the brakes on the Ealing scoring with a maiden before Priya Chana and Abigail Avery also bowled good opening overs. Both found it hard to control the ball in the early stages but Waldron returned later in the innings to claim a wicket maiden in the 15th over (3 overs, 1 maiden, 12 runs, 1 wicket). It was a busy time for Bushy Park Girls’ top scorer Pubudika Punchihewa as she opened the bowling alongside Ella Waldron. This was a perfectly timed innings from Punchihewa who despite being given LBW on the final ball of the allotted 20 overs can be very proud of the 40 runs she scored. With momentum behind them Punchihewa guided her young counterpart Jessamy Low in a 33 run stand that saw Bushy Park Girls reach 76 for 9. She constructed two 15 run partnerships with both Emma Sloan and Paige Goodwin. A serious rebuilding phase was needed and Pubudika Punchihewa was the woman for the job. A devastating spell of bowling from Ealing’s top four bowlers left Bushy Park Girls reeling on 13 for 6 in only the sixth over. As the sun set over the Duke of Clarence’s former residence, Bushy House, the home team’s innings was also plunged into darkness. Ealing U15s won this early skirmish in some style but there were still harbingers of hope in the BPG ranks.Įaling CC won the toss and put Bushy Park Girls, captained by Ellie Lord, into bat.

For five of the Bushy Park girls this was a first appearance this season and a few of the winter cobwebs were yet to be brushed off.

Traditionally the BPG under 15s start off with a early season friendly, last year it was against a NPLCC boy’s team but yesterday () it was versus arch-rivals Ealing CC.

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