Murrayfield/Dafs girls make club history
Roseburn-based Murrayfield/Dafs under-16 girls cricket team made club history by becoming the first to reach a national cup semi-final with a win over Lomond Lynx.
This is the first year of Cricket Scotland's under-16 girls national event and is based on eight a side teams.
Murrayfield/DAFS now meet Stewart's Melville in the semi-finals after a win based on defending a total of 132-4 in which Cailin Sawyer top scored with 23 not out and there were notable batting contributions from Aditya Choudbury (21no)m and Holly Halpin (20).
Lomond, from Falkland, Fife, made 47-2 in reply with with two wickets for Lottie POWER FOR THE Edinburgh side.
All this on a day when regular player Dikla Shukla was absent representing Scotland under-17s.
This year has also seen many of the club under-16s play in the women's Premier League, a competition Murrayfield/DAFS have entered for the first time. They recorded a breakthrough win in late May against Grange.
The club now has an under 12/13 hardball development team to bring along the next group of girl and women cricketers.
The successful under-16 squad comprised – Florence Robertson, Indira Sharma, Caitlin Sawyer, Holly Power, Holly Halpin, Myra Akerkar, Lottie Power and Adwita Choudhury
For more information about playing junior. senior or women and girls cricket email: [email protected]
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