CURTLY Slatter had a weekend he is never likely to forget.

The 15-year-old, who plays cricket for Great & Little Tew and was named after West Indies legend Curtly Ambrose, hit his first senior century on Saturday.

And 24 hours later, he was celebrating his second.

Slatter made 113 not out for Great & Little Tew 2nd in their victory over Banbury 3rd in Division 5 of the MP Sports Cherwel League.

Then a day later, he hit 144 as Tew hammered Kingston Bagpuize in the quarter-finals of the npower Village Cup.

Slatter, who lives in Stonesfield, said: “It was really good. I had been training hard all week with my dad and it just sort of clicked for me.

“After Saturday, I wasn’t really thinking about scoring big runs, I just wanted to bat well and do my job for the team.

“It was certainly one of my best-ever weekends!”

The Marlborough School, Woodstock pupil, who plays for Oxfordshire Under 15s, was the toast of his club after his remarkable double, which came after he made a score of 73 the previous week.

He hit his first century last season in junior cricket, but these were his first when playing against adults.

However, he is refusing to get carried away.

“I would like to just keep batting well for the second team and hopefully go forward from there,” said Slatter.

“On Saturday, I gave one chance early on to gully, which was pretty hard.

“And then there was an easier one when I was on 105.”

His Village Cup innings, however, was pretty much plain sailing.

Slatter’s dad, Phil, himself a massive cricket fan, was responsible for his name – over-ruling his wife.

He explained: “My wife Tina wanted to call him Curtis, but I insisted on Curtly!”

Ambrose was never renowned for his batting, so his namesake already has the edge on him there.