b'THE ELLESMERIAN 142CricketBoys U13With the weather deciding that the first couple of fixtures were notthe opposition and leading the team to a 6-wicket win. These wins going ahead, the U15s season fully started with a long journey tobooked Ellesmere College a place in the final against Denstone, who Northampton School for Boys in the David English Banbury Cup.made easy work of their group. With a sizeable crowd gathered Our U15s earned a place in the quarter-finals due to becomingon the bank to watch the finale, Ellesmere College played their Shropshire Champions in the 2021/22 season.best cricket of the year. At the crease, Oliver Dyson dominated affairs finding boundary after boundary and ensuring a run tally that Winning the toss, captain Oliver Dyson opted to bowl first. SeamersDenstone would find difficult to match. Once in the attack, Ellesmere James Skillicorn, Ralph Cornwell, and Sayak Mukherjee led the attack.College bowlers made fast work of the wickets and secured a Northampton, very comfortable on their home ground, found7-wicket win. The tournament win was a nice way to finish the year, several boundaries and the run tally shot up. Skipper Dyson decidedand we look forward to seeing what this group of talented players to interject the bowling order and bowl himself. In his first over, hecan achieve in the future.grabbed three wickets which certainly disrupted the Northampton team. The home team finished with 97 runs, and Ellesmere felt aCHgame was on. Runs came at a slow pace, but Harry Harrison and Skye Thomas boosted the run rate. However, with 10 needed in the last over, Ellesmere fell short and lost by 6 runs. After a few comfortable wins in friendly matches, the team traveled to Wrekin College for their annual festival. In the first match, the team faced Prestfelde. With excellent wicketkeeping by Skye Thomas, bowling from Harry Walker, and assured batting from Oliver Dyson, the team cruised to a comfortable 9-wicket win. Next up was Wrekin. A good whole team performance ensured a comfortable 35-run win against the hosts. Queen Mary Grammar School was the next opposition, and Oliver Dyson started to turn up the heat and demonstrate his bowling and batting acumen, pulling apart'