Shrewsbury School 117 King's College, Taunton 119/5
Bermuda international Luke Horan signed off his school career in spectacular fashion as King's College, Taunton were crowned the National Schools Under-18 T20 Cricket Cup champions.
The Somerset-based school secured their second national T20 title with a clinical five-wicket victory over international heavyweights Shrewsbury School at the picturesque Wormsley Cricket Ground.
After winning the toss and electing to bat, Shrewsbury School found themselves relentlessly suffocated by a disciplined King's College attack. While Liam Grindlay offered stiff resistance at the top of the order with a hard-fought 36, the introduction of Horan threw the innings into absolute chaos.
Horan tore through the middle order to finish with exceptionally tight figures of 2 wickets for 21 runs from his 3.5 overs.
Even more devastating was Horan's electric presence in the field. The young Bermudian plucked a sharp catch out of the air and showed lightning-quick reflexes to disrupt Shrewsbury's running between the wickets, directly orchestrating two crucial run-outs to bundle out the opposition for a meager 117 in 19.5 overs.
Horan was brilliantly complemented by teammate Jago Barclay, who mirrored his efficiency to return equally devastating figures of 2 for 21 from his maximum four overs.
Opening batter Rishabh Shimpi set a magnificent platform, dismantling the early new-ball pressure with an elegant, match-winning half-century. Shimpi’s anchoring knock of 50 ensured that despite losing a cluster of middle-order wickets to Grindlay—who capped off a fine individual day for Shrewsbury by taking 2 for 17—the target was always well within reach.
Horan chipped in with a steady 6 out in the middle to keep the scoreboard ticking over, allowing King's College to comfortably cross the finish line at 119 for 5 with more than three overs to spare.
Shrewsbury School Inning
..00 (02) Liam Yahathugoda c Thomas Rew b Rishabh Shimpi
..36 (32) Liam Grindlay c Thomas Rew b Jago Barclay
..08 (11) Freddie Ogilby c Luke Horan b T Watson
..09 (10) Harry Parton c Zach Vukusic b Luke Horan
..19 (20) Josh Hollinshead Run Out
..06 (09) George Battersby c F Watson b Jago Barclay
..06 (15) Arjan Barard b Luke Horan
..02 (02) Harrison Vaughan c Thomas Rew b T Watson
..08 (12) Jake Van-Cutsem Run Out
..03 (03) Leo Ling Not Out
..00 (03) Bryan Mudalige Run Out
..20 Extras (1b-4lb-15w)
117 Total All Out after 19.5 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-1 (Yahathugoda), 2-15 (Ogilby), 3-25 (Parton), 4-73 (Grindlay), 5-87 (Battersby), 6-91 (Hollinshead), 7-93 (Vaughan), 8-110 (Van-Cutsem), 9-115 (Barard), 10-117 (Mudalige)
King's College, Taunton Bowlers
4.0-0-27-1 Rishabh Shimpi
4.0-0-25-2 T Watson
4.0-0-18-0 Zach Vukusic
3.5-0-21-2 Luke Horan
4.0-0-21-2 Jago Barclay
King's College, Taunton Inning
..12 (11) Thomas Rew c Arjan Barard b Harrison Vaughan
..50 (42) Rishabh Shimpi c George Battersby b Liam Yahathugoda
..07 (08) Bertie Michael c Freddie Ogilby b Liam Yahathugoda
..17 (18) Zach Vukusic c George Battersby b Liam Grindlay
..06 (03) Luke Horan b Liam Grindlay
..17 (12) Noah Jones Not Out
..02 (05) T Stoddard c George Battersby b Josh Hollinshead
..01 (02) F Watson Not Out
..07 Extras (2lb-3w-2nb)
119 Total for 6 wickets after 16.3 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-18 (Rew), 2-36 (Michael), 3-93 (Vukusic), 4-99 (Horan), 5-99 (Shimpi), 6-107 (Stoddard)
Shrewsbury School Bowlers
4.0-0-25-1 Harrison Vaughan
2.0-0-17-0 Harry Parton
3.3-0-22-2 Liam Yahathugoda
1.0-0-08-0 Isaac Simmons
2.0-0-19-0 Bryan Mudalige
1.0-0-07-0 Leo Ling
2.0-0-17-2 Liam Grindlay
1.0-0-02-1 Josh Hollinshead
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