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Junior coaching courses will be run at Merstham Cricket Club during the summer holidays.

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  The U9s are having a grand old season.  Other than an injury-plagued loss to Sanderstead, the team have won every game to give them nine victories from 10 matches.      Four of the recent matches have seen relatively close, despite playing two of them with only nine players:       Salfords - won by 15 runs (Thomas Cook 2 wickets; Jacob Law 23 runs, Lyle Wesson 11)   Horley - won by 45 runs (Hamdan Rashid and William Telford 2 wickets each; Lyle 21, Jack Floyd 10, Roman Cameron 10)     Felbridge & Sunnyside - won by 14 runs (Roman 2 wickets; Jacob 29, Roman 16, Matt Cripps 11)     Caterham - won by 31 runs (Seb Parsons and Jacob 2 wickets each; Matt 23, Jacob 15)   But the best performance of the season so far undoubtedly came in the game against Reigate Priory.    Merstham batted first, and a hat-trick in the first over was somewhat of a set-back.  But the team quickly regrouped and tore into the Priory bowling attack. Matt (16), Jacob (36), Matty Beggs (10), Roman (11) and Will John-Cox (14) were the big scorers in a total of 158-6 (net 334).   The Priory team were understandably shocked, but that was nothing compared to what occurred when they batted.  The Merstham team bowled and fielded brilliantly, with our pace attack simply blasting them away.     Matty and Hamdan both took two wickets, and there were three run outs.  But undoubtedly the star of the innings was Will, who took three wickets in his two overs bowling and six catches.  Yes - SIX catches in just 20 overs...!   Reigate ended on 84 for 13 (net 232) - a Merstham win by a giddy 102 runs.   Most pleasingly, the squad as a whole are really developing in playing the "Merstham way” - all players getting regular opportunities to play games in an encouraging atmosphere, and good sportsmanship towards the opposition.    And the best cricket teas in the county!   Graeme Law

Unfortunately, the Surrey Lions Roadshow scheduled for tonight at Quality Street has been postponed until 15th July.

The junior training, however, will still go ahead as normal.

Mark Robson has four tickets available for next Wednesday's 1 Day international between England and Sir Lanka at The Oval.

The tickets are priced £60 each. For further information contact Mark on 07920 840768.

Merstham’s first team leapt back towards the top two in the Fuller’s League Premier Division with an inspired bowling spell from Suliman Younis.

The Surrey Pride of Lions Roadshow will come to Merstham Cricket Club's junior training night on Friday June 24.

They wlll bring their mascot, Caesar, the bowling machine so you can tell how fast you bowl, and a couple of Surrey professional players to Quality Street to help coach our large collection of youngsters from different age groups.

Merstham's first team lost a second consecutive match for the first time since last August, while their other three teams all won on Saturday.

Five leg-before decisions against their batsmen ultimately cost Merstham victory in a tight Fuller’s Brewery Surrey County League Premier Division.match at Quality Street on Saturday.

Merstham’s first team took a dramatic victory on Saturday at Frimley, having scored just 161 before bowling out their hosts for just 65 in their Fuller's League Premier Division encounter.