ALBIE McPATE SELECTED FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS U18 FOOTBALL SQUAD.
19th November 2025
2s come unstuck against rampant Newcastle
26th Apr 2022
SNCC 120 ao (42.4o) Nick Tomlinson 24, Sree Kanakala 34, Sadiq Khan 19: Chris Miller 2-19, Harry Phillips 1-20, Charlie Robinson 4-31, Will Taylor 2-19, Joe Boaden 0-29.
Newcastle 122-0 (15.4o) Francis Collins 28*, Bobby Green 65*: Allan Davidson 0-20, Will Harris 0-44, Sree Kanakala 0-32, Ben Hobbs 0-18, Sadiq Khan 0-7.
Newcastle won by 10 wickets- 20 points, SNCC 0 points.
A cautionary day for the 2's, as, weakened by absences to the 1's, they suffered a mauling at the hands of a strong Newcastle side, only Nick Tomlinson (24) at three & a stand of 51 for the 7th wicket between Sree Kanakala (34) & Sadiq Khan(19) offering the resistance required against a steady, right arm, seam attack & Joe Boaden's off breaks.
5-1, 19-2, 20-3, Angus Southern (1), Alex Charnley (1) & Mo Arabi (1), on debut, all bowled, two for Miller, one for Phillips. After 3 boundaries, Nick Tomlinson drove a catch to cover, 42-4, & one ball later, Sam Ewart was lbw, 42-5, both to Charlie Robinson. This became 46-6 when Ryan Sid (6) was caught, also off Robinson.
A decent partnership of 51 between Sadiq (19) & Sree, who played three or four lovely cover drives, ended at 97 when Sadiq, cutting, feathered behind off the slow left arm of Will Taylor. This became 108-8 when Sree was sent back, to be run out at the bowlers end for a commendable 34, A frustrating way to end a good innings at that stage of the game. Ben Hobbs (3) was bowled by Taylor, 116-9 & Will Harris followed at 120, bowled by Robinson, leaving Allan Davidson 6*, in a sorry total of 120.
The Newcastle innings began with 10 wides & a difficult, dropped catch from the first three balls. Struggling for consistency, variations of direction & length were punished unmercifully & all the bowlers suffered. 27 wides & 1 no ball didn't help, as Francis Collins (29* 4x4, 1x6) & Bobby Green (65* 11x4, 1x6), once of this parish, raced to the total required in only 15.4 overs.
We have serious work to do & must aim to bounce back at Gateshead Fell on Sat 30 th April. We are better than this!