Somerset Under 11's get off to a flying start

Somerset Under 11's got their season off to a flying start when they won the Four Counties Competition against Devon, Gwent and Glamorgan, that took place at Millfield Prep School recently.

Somerset won all three of their games, and beat Devon in the crucial deciding game.

In their first game Somerset beat Gwent by 25 runs, thanks to Will Robinson(23), Jamie Howson (14), Ross Jenkins (13) and Alex Barrow (10), who all made valuable contributions to the total of 89 for 4 off their allotted overs. Thanks to some tight bowling Gwent were then restricted to 67 for 4.

In the second game against Glamorgan, Somerset dominated and scoring 125 for 2 thanks to Ross Jenkins (37 not out) and Jamie Howson (31 not out), and then kept their opponents to just 36 for 7.

In the final match against previously unbeaten Devon, Somerset recovered from a shaky start to score 75 for 9, thanks to Ross Jenkins(20) and Max Delamain (10).

Alex Thompson and Jack Leach then reduced Devon to 9 for 4, from which they never recovered and were eventually all out of 49,well short of their target.

Congratulations to all of the Somerset Under 11 team and also to their manager and coach.