The Seaxe Club, which consists of members of the County Club who wish to support and help develop cricket within the county of Middlesex, recently supported two girls on the Middlesex County Age Group pathway on a trip to play for the Portugal national side. Izzy Walker and Matilda James flew to Prague to compete against Czechia and Belgium. Portugal were in search of gaining full ICC status and competing in this series was a huge stepping stone for them. As they did not currently have an ICC ranking the whole trip was self-funded by the players.
Matilda and Izzy helped Portugal complete a series win allowing them to continue on their ICC ranking journey. Portugal finished second in the group meaning they had to play Belgium again in the play off. Izzy scored an important 23 runs and Matilda taking a crucial 2 wickets allowed them to progress into the final. Portugal then faced Czechia in the final. Portugal bowled them out for 70 runs, with the Middlesex girls taking 7 wickets between them. They then knocked the runs off in 12 overs allowing them to complete a series victory.
Izzy won the tournament MVP award, scoring 104 runs (averaging 52) and taking 11 wickets (averaging 8.4 with an economy of 3.9). Matilda also had fantastic contributions and recorded figures of 4/14 in the final Vs Czechia. Across the 6 matches the girls took 20 wickets between them including the valuable wickets in the final.
Well done to both of the Middlesex Girls and thank you for the continued support from the Seaxe Club.
