The Canterbury Academy have won The Cricketer Schools’ 100 title for a second successive year. After claiming victory on net run-rate in the inaugural tournament in 2022 - which saw the knockout phase wiped out by rain - Canterbury returned to Desert Springs, Spain, to finish what they’d started and delivered a five-match winning streak to ensure the title remained their own.
Canterbury under-18s won the toss in the Final against the Essex-based Shenfield High School and elected to bat first. While Freddie Fulton played a steady hand, Jaydn Denly (29) and Harry Roberts (21) kept the rate up, hitting eight boundaries between them.
Denly was the dangerman and had struck a century in the opening game against Rajasthan Academy UK. When Denly picked out Callum Berry off Adam Pryor, Roberts picked up where he left off, as he struck a powerful blow down the ground for four, three balls into his innings.
Henry Goss (19) and Max Wood (14) chipped in as Canterbury set Shenfield 137. Having taken two wickets apiece, Arjun Bhardwaj and Callum Berry opened up for Shenfield.