A guided tour of the famous Lord’s Cricket Ground was one of the highlights of the recent tour of England by the Bermuda Cricket Board National Academy Under-13 and Under-15 teams.The youngsters visited Lord’s towards the end of the two-week trip as the teams wrapped up their tour with two wins, two defeats and an abandoned match as the rain prevented them from starting their innings in chase of Cheltenham’s total of 169-7 from 40 overs in their under-15 match against Bermuda.Chare Smith was the pick of the Bermuda bowlers with two for 36 from his eight overs.The Under-13s scored a hard-fought 23-run victory over Bourton Vale CC in a 20-over match which saw Isiah Greaves claim impressive figures of five wickets for three runs from three overs as Bourton Vale were restricted to 69-7 in their 20 overs in pursuit of Bermuda’s 92-7. Davin Dill supported Greaves with two for 14 from four overs.In the batting for Bermuda, captain Joseph Basden, who came in at number three, scored 41 not out off 43 balls from four fours while Faheem Swan scored 17. The pair carried the score from 19-5 to 74-6.The Under-15s won on run rate against Slaughter and Rissington in a match reduced to 16 overs per side after a late start because of the weather. Bermuda scored 114-3 in their allotted overs with Alex Dore scoring 48, Yanji Durham 33 and Christian Gibbons-Wade 15 not out. Slaughter and Rissington replied with 38-4 in 11 overs when the rain came to end the match. Gibbons-Wade took two for three as Slaughter and Rissington slumped to 30-4 after an opening stand of 20.The Under-15s went down by 11 runs to the Twenty20 Cricket Academy in Surrey. The Cricket Academy batted first and scored 141 in 33.1 overs, of which there were 43 extras, including 19 wides and 16 no-balls, as Gibbons-Wade claimed three for 27, Micah Simons two for 27 and Denar Johnson two for 17. Chare Smith bowled six overs and took one for seven.In reply, Bermuda scored 130 in 27.4 overs with Davin Dill the top bat with 27 as Gibbons-Wade added 24 and Dore 23.The Under-13s lost by 48 runs to Chobham in a 30-over contest. Chobham scored 211-6 as Nzari Paynter took two for 36 to lead the bowling as Bermuda used eight bowlers.Bermuda were dismissed for 163 in 29.3 overs in their reply with Joseph Basden leading the batting with 45. Paynter supported with 28 and Sean Tucker scored 21.Nzari Paynter enjoyed the trip and said visiting Lord’s was a memorable experience. “In our first game after we got there I thought we played well considering the conditions,” said Nzari who captained the under 13s in two matches.“We weren’t used to that, the different types of wickets, the overcast conditions and how cold it was. It made the ball swing around a lot and also when it started to run the wicket got muddy and the ball started to skid so it was harder to bat.“When we went to Lord’s I thought it was fantastic because it has always been a dream to go to Lord’s considering how famous it is. We went to the media centre and the pavilion.”The youngsters did watch the first day of the four-day match between Leicestershire and Hampshire and had some photos taken with West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan who plays for Leicestershire.