BEN JONES-LEE (49- b 29/10/1976- d 30/04/2026)
4th May 2026
1864'S DEFEAT CIVIL SERVICE IN NTCL DR TOM BARLOW CUP. Thurs 28 may 2026: Tom Barlow Cup round 2: SNCC v Civil Service (h) 20/20
28th May 2026
SNCC 1864 184-3 (20o) Aadi Bethanabatla 35, Olly Alexander 36, Will Carr 66*, Fraser Hall 10*, Belinda Wewalage 23*: T Mapa 0-27, S Hari 0-19, N Christil 0-28, S Chowdhury 2-26, A Alla 0-46, M Shivana 0-28.
Civil Service 112-8 (20o) J Salam 14, V Alla 25, S Hari 12, S Kumar 25: Sam Lee 1-13,Tom Oliver 0-24, George McConnell 1-8, Leo Harper 4-26, Matthew Smith 1-15, Jacques Graham 1-21.
1864's won by 62 runs, ¼ final v Stamfordham (a) Thurs 18th June, 1800, 20/20.
The Bulls won the toss & chose to bat on a pleasant sunny evening at Belsay. Aadi Bethanabatla & Olly Alexander faced the seam of Mapa (lm) & Hari (rm). After 3 overs the total was 26 with Aadi hitting 4x4 +1x6 & Olly 1x4.
At 67 in the 8th over Aadi (35) pushing forward, was bowled by Chowdhury's slow left arm, one that bounced a little more than expected. Christil (rm) & Alla (ob) joined the attack as Will Carr hit a boundary an over for 4 overs. Then in the 14th Olly (36) advanced to clip Chowdhury into the legside but missed & was stumped by w/k Hunter, 101-2.
Will struck 3x4 in the 15th off Alla straight & to leg but then in the 16th after Fraser Hall had driven for 4 & Will taken 4 then 6, Fraser (10) drove Alla to mid wicket, 130-3. Will & Belinda attacked taking 54 from the last three overs, Will 66* (38b, 11x4 1x6) a pleasing return to form, & Belinda 23* (15b, 1x4 2x6). The innings clod at 184-3.
In reply Christil & Alla faced the seam of Sam Lee (rm) & Tom Oliver (lm). A wicket for Sam with his 4th delivery as Christil (0) edged high over slip where a retreating Aadi took the catch, 1-1.
George McConnell & Leo Harper took up the attack in over7. & in the next Alla (25) edged Leo high to w/k Fraser's right where he took an excellent catch in two hands, 45-2. In the next Salam (14) drove George to point where Beinda held the first of his three catches, 48-3.
In over 12 a double success for Leo as first Hari (12) slashed to point where Belinda obliged & 2 balls later Das (7) was caught by Will Carr at deep cover, 68-5. In Matthew Smith's first over Shivana (1) was caught by Belinda at mid wicket & in the next Chowdhury (2) defending, was bowled by Jacques Graham, 72-7.
Kumer struck a boundary but the innings ended at 112-8 after the 20 overs, a win by 60 runs. The fielding had been good, Olly at cover, Will on the boundary, Fraser behind the stumps & Belinda with three catches supported by others. Ten wides something to try to eradicate. A quarter final at Stamfordham awaits on Thursday 18th June. We wish the team well.
Duncan.