VP'S ENJOY PLEASANT CONDITIONS FOR THEIR AUTUMN GOLF OUTING AT NEWBIGGIN.
14th October 2024
BRAVE BULLS BEATEN IN LAST OVER IN SMITHSON COUNTY CUP
26th Aug 2022
Bobby Smithson County Cup semi-final Thurs 25th August 2022
SNCC v Tynemouth (a)
SNCC 108-1 (15o) Oli McGee 34*, Adam Cragg 65*: Esam Rahman 0-24, Martin Pollard 1-13, Barry Stewart 0-11, Owen Gourlay 0-33, Richard Hay 0-22.
Tynemouth 111-3 (14.3o) Matthew Brown 54*, Stuart Poynter 13, Joseph Snowdon 21, Ben Debnam 21*: Gavin Paton 1-22, Oli McGee 0-11, Ben Hobbs 1-13, Alan Roskilly 0-9, Sadiq Khan 0-7, David Cragg 0-22, Simon West 0-15, George Gray 0-12.
Tynemouth won by 7 wickets.
Losing the toss, the Bulls were invited to bat. Ben Hobbs, Alan Roskilly, George Gray, Woody Wilson & Pavan Korlapati made their 1st X1 debuts & all performed well against a primarily full 1st X1 for the home team, fielding with the intensity needed with only minor blemishes.
Oli McGee & Sadiq Khan faced the seam of Rahman & the spin of Pollard. The wicket had bounce & Sadiq (1) edged Pollard behind in the second, 11-1 after 3, 12-1 after 4 as the batters got used to the wicket. 30-1 after 6 as Gourlay conceded 14. Stewart bowled tidily for his 3 overs conceding only 11.
Running well & taking advantage of the opportunities, the score had reached 62 after 11 overs. 12, 10, 10 & 14 were taken from the last 4 as both scored freely. Cragg plundered 12 off Rahman's last to see the Bulls to a creditable score of 108-1 after 15o, Adam 65* (48b, 8x4,1x6), Oli 34* (37b, 2x4)
In reply, Gavin Paton's third ball induced professional Esam Rahman (0) to play on, 0-1. In over 3 Ben Hobbs's first delivery in 1st X1 cricket bowled ex Durham & Ireland w/k batter, Stuart Poynter leg stump for 13, 17-2. Brown was joined by Snowdon. The score had reached 50 in the 8th when Snowden (21) was stumped by Adam Cragg off a David Cragg wide! The fielding in the ring & the deep showed maximum effort.
Ben Hobbs 1-13 in two, Sadiq 0-7 (1), Alan Roskilly 0-9 (1), Debnam joined Brown, David Cragg's second went for 16 straight 75-3 after 10. Oli (0-11 off 3) leaked only 5, then, in over 12, George was unlucky to see a deep square leg chance from Debnam spilled & next ball an unfortunate miss field concede 4, 92-3 after 12o.
Overs 13 (Oli) & 14 (Gav) went for 6 leaving only 5 to win off the last. A second ball 3 was followed by a pulled 4 to win the game, Brown 54* (37b, 8x4,1x6), Debnam 21* (20b, 1x4). Tynemouth play Newcastle in the final.
A brave effort to take the game to the last over. Some important bits of experience about the intensity & alertness of fielding required at 1st X1 level & three wicket celebrations to remember. Hoping the experience will feed into the remaining games of this 2022 season.
Tynemouth play Newcastle in the final.
Duncan.