Somerset young cricketers get back to winning ways in South Africa

Somerset Under 13 have enjoyed mixed fortunes on their tour to South Africa, and found the first two matches tough going when they were comfortably beaten by Lions and K.E.P.S.

However they quickly returned to winning ways and their following two matches both resulted in resounding victories.

In the first match, against Penryn, Somerset fielded first and thanks to all of the bowers performing well their opponents were dismissed for 58.

The pick of the bowlers was Jason Strong, who ended with 4 for 22 in his 8 overs. His bowling spell in tandem with Mick Le Mare did the real damage, with Le Mare conceding just 3 runs in 8 overs. They were well supported Will Robinson who ended with 3 for 19 and Callum Haggett 2 for 9.

In reply two early losses did not prevent an easy victory thanks to Matthew Green who was the mainstay of the innings with 24 and Matthew Horsley who gave good support to see the side home by 6 wickets.

In the day night match against their Worcestershire counterparts the midland county batted first and were all out for 192, thanks to some tight bowling by Alex Thomson, Johnathan Mould and Haggett who ended with two wickets a piece, and a good fielding display.

In reply the Somerset pair of Jos Butler and Haggett quickly put their side in control and shared a partnership of 156 from 19 overs, before Butler was out for 92, just 8 runs short of what would have been a thoroughly deserved century.

Haggett remained until the end to guide his side home to an 8 wicket victory with eleven overs to spare.

The Under 13's have two games remaining on the their South African tour before travelling back to England.