Welcome to the new season at Durham City Cricket Club ... - Pitchero
Welcome to the new season at Durham City Cricket Club ... - Pitchero
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The club has a friendly fixture against Old Leigh<strong>to</strong>nians CC <strong>to</strong>morrow, Sunday 3 rd June,<br />
which will involve a <strong>City</strong> ‘A’ XI.<br />
Sunday 13 th May Development XI v Annfield Plain Academy (A – Cup)<br />
The <strong>season</strong> finally got started <strong>at</strong> cold and soggy Annfield Plain. We won <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>ss and<br />
fielded and got off <strong>to</strong> a good start as <strong>the</strong>y had only scored 21 when <strong>new</strong>comer Piers<br />
Davison <strong>to</strong>ok <strong>the</strong> first wicket. They <strong>to</strong>ok <strong>the</strong> score <strong>to</strong> 91 before we achieved <strong>the</strong> next<br />
breakthrough. John and I were very pleased with <strong>the</strong> way <strong>the</strong> juniors, especially <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>new</strong>comers, bowled and fielded. Piers ended with 2-27, whilst o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>new</strong>comers Will<br />
Moreland 0-18, N<strong>at</strong>han Bushnell 0-10 and Sol Bell 9 overs 2-24, bowled very well. Dave<br />
Bell 1-34, Callum Steel our wk from last year 2-13 and Captain Jack 2-15 were <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
bowlers. We used 7 bowlers and <strong>the</strong>y finished <strong>the</strong>ir 45 overs on 146-9. Callum's younger<br />
bro<strong>the</strong>r Scott <strong>to</strong>ok <strong>the</strong> gloves and got a stumping.<br />
The day <strong>the</strong>n belonged <strong>to</strong> Callum Steel who scored 105 not out on his 15th birthday. It<br />
was a tremendous innings and he never gave a chance. Steven Howson 22 and John<br />
Booth 12 not out also b<strong>at</strong>ted along with Scotty Steel. So we won by 8 wickets which was<br />
a tremendous achievement as we had 6 juniors <strong>new</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> team.<br />
Sunday 20 th May Development XI v Boldon (A)<br />
The side which played in this game was nothing like <strong>the</strong> side which was picked <strong>to</strong> play, as<br />
many of <strong>the</strong> junior players cried off for varying reasons, which was most disappointing.<br />
This meant we were only able <strong>to</strong> play 4 juniors.<br />
We won <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>ss and fielded and Sol Bell was superb bowling 9 consecutive overs, 1<br />
maiden 4-24. He was ably assisted by 'Golden Arm' John Booth 1-8 and Callum Steel 1-7<br />
and <strong>the</strong>re were 3 run outs due <strong>to</strong> some good work in <strong>the</strong> field. Scotty Steel got ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />
stumping and Tony Currer had his hands <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>to</strong> take a sharp c<strong>at</strong>ch. They only got<br />
113 all out thanks <strong>to</strong> some good bowling and fielding.<br />
Tony Currer retired on 51 not out, after a heavenly innings. Callum Steel 26, Scott 20<br />
not out and James Williamson 9 not out saw us home by 9 wickets. This was a good<br />
team performance where everyone contributed.<br />
Captain Jack
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