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There were three centurions in the recent matches played by Pathway teams.
Lucy Delaney reached three figures for the Girls Under 13s, while Fin Hill and Kian Roberts made hundreds in the same match for the Boys Under 18s.
Against Wiltshire, the Girls Under 13s scored 235 for three from their 35 overs. Lucy added 135 with her opening partner Emma Chapman, who made 40. Lucy then added a further 80 with Florie Weare (31), before she retired for 100 which came off 91 balls with 12 fours.
Wiltshire were then bowled out for 71 in 18.5 overs, Isabelle Gallagher claiming four wickets for 17 runs.
The Girls Under 15s hosted their counterparts from Wales at Queens College, Taunton where the visitors scored 123 for four from their 20 overs. In reply, Somerset reached 113 for nine.
The Under 18 Girls played two T20 matches against Buckinghamshire in the ECB County Cup at Cublington CC. In the first match Somerset posted 119 for six. Leila Moledina made 28 and Emma Phillipson 32, the pair adding 52 for the first wicket. Evie Dixon and Connie Osborn both hit 17, adding 36 for the seventh wicket. In reply, Buckinghamshire were limited to 118 for nine, Moledina taking three for 19.
In the second game, the hosts batted first and posted 141 for four. In reply, Somerset reached 138 for seven, Katie Rowe making 24 while Connie Osborn hit 25 and Evie Dixon an unbeaten 30 the pair adding 42 for the seventh.
The Under 18 Girls then proved too strong for Cornwall when the two sides met in the ECB One Day Cup, scoring 310 for eight from their 50 overs. Katie Roe hit 54 off 59 balls with 10 fours and Brooke Whittaker made 40, the pair adding 88 for the third wicket. Later in the order Evie Dixon made 30 and Verity Clark an unbeaten 47 as they put on 66 for the eighth wicket.
When Cornwall replied they were all out for 53 in 23.5 overs. Verity Clarke finished with three wickets for five runs from four overs, one of which was a a maiden.
The Boys Under 16s travelled to Thornbury to take on Gloucestershire. The hosts were put in and scored 135 all out in 33.4 overs, Harvey Richards claiming four for 30. When the visitors replied, Jago Barclay hit 65 off 45 balls with 10 fours and a six whilst Harrison Martin made an unbeaten 30, the pair putting on 56 for the second wicket as Somerset reached 138 for three in 22.2 overs,
Somerset Under 18s faced their Devon counterparts at Sandford CC where the hosts hit 296 for eight from their 50 overs, Rishabh Shimpi taking two for 17 and Jamie Ogborne two for 66.
Somerset were all out for 123 in 32.1 overs in reply. Seb Linnett made 36 and James Matravers 53, before Theo Lamey added 28 for the ninth wicket with Noah Lewis-Jones.
In the three-day championship match against Wales at Taunton Vale, Somerset were put in and scored 226 all out in 59 overs. Oscar Coleman top scored with 65 off 90 balls with 11 fours whilst Lachlan Rice hit 50 off 91 with five fours, before Blaise Baker added 37 lower in the order.
Wales replied with 259 all out in 78 .1 overs, Kian Roberts taking four for 45 and Rice two for 32.
Batting for a second time, Somerset’s Fin Hill and Thomas Rew added 88 for the third wicket before the latter was out for 52, after which Roberts joined Hill. The fourth wicket duo put on 125 in 20 overs before Hill was out for 105 off 115 balls. Roberts saw the total to 308 before departing for 100 from 104 deliveries. Coleman then hit 26 off 13 balls and Rice added an unbeaten 21 from five balls before the hosts declared on 340 for seven off 57 overs.
Chasing 306, the visitors reached 157 for seven before the game ended in a draw, Roberts took two for 35 while Shimpi claimed two for 11.
