Year 13 Jenny Co-Captains GDST Select Cricket Team
We were thrilled to see Year 13 cricketer Jenny co-captain the GDST’s Select Cricket team to take on the MCC back in March this year. She also features in this fantastic GDST cricket video here.
Jenny, who plays for Wimbledon CC, has already achieved County honours for Surrey U15-18s and Lancashire U11-13s as an opening bowler. Having taken up cricket aged 10, Jenny is aiming to get a pro contract in her year out and play in the Hundred in the upcoming summer’s Co-Captains GDST Select Cricket Team.
Read all about how Jenny and the GDST team got on in her report:
“My time at the GDST select cricket match was one that will stay with me. We all met at South Hampstead Cricket Club for our match against the esteemed MCC team for later on in the day. Even though the
team had never played together before, we all managed to rally around one another in a way I haven’t seen before in the sport, which was amazing to be a part of. I was named as co-captain later on in the day, which was a great accolade to receive playing within such a talented team.
After a positive training session and a few interviews, we enjoyed our lunch and discussed tactics for the game at 2pm. I then took part in the toss, in which the MCC won and elected to bat. Going on to the pitch was a great feeling, with such a strong team behind me and amazing opposition, I knew it was going to be a close match. I opened the bowling and bowled three overs in my first spell, looking to bowl my last later in the match. Our fielding was exemplary and with a few dives on the square, my white trousers were a grassy mess.
We had managed to keep the MCC well under 50 runs in the first 10 overs which, in itself, was a great achievement. In the 19th over, I bowled my final over and, thankfully, got a wicket caught and bowled. The MCC scored 99 overall and I was extremely happy we had kept them under 100, which was our initial aim. I had bowled 4 overs, with one maiden, for one wicket and 4 runs. We then went on to bat and set off from ball one. Our openers gave a great performance and I prepared to bat at number 7. It was a great experience batting in this match and, despite getting stumped, I really enjoyed my time batting. With the last over to go, it was incredibly tight between the two sides as 9 runs were needed off the last 6 balls. We unfortunately lost by 6 runs but it was the closest result achieved against the MCC by the GDST, so this was definitely something to be proud of. I loved my time co-captaining the GDST team and being able to lead such a talented team is something I won’t forget.
