BULLS OVERCOME PONTELAND IN CHARITY BOWL ROUND ONE.

22nd May 2025

BULLS OVERCOME PONTELAND IN CHARITY BOWL ROUND ONE.

                   Wed 21 May 2025: Tyneside Charity Bowl Round 1

                                SNCC 1^st X1 v Ponteland (h) 20/20

SNCC 130-5 (20o) Chris Hewison 13, Sol Bell 77*, Ru Fletcher 23:Shahid Khan 0-33, JD Mirza 4-18, David Waters 0-28, Ed Common 0-40.

Ponteland 70ao (18.1o) JD Mirza 15, Jon Appleby 26: Gavin Paton 2-13, Nathan Gough 2-12, Oli McGee 1-6, James Lunn 3-19, Danny Collins 1-12, Elliott Mee 1-6.

SNCC won by 60 runs, round 2 v Lanchester (h) Wed 11^th June.

A sunny evening but getting colder, the Bulls gave a 1^st X1 debut to U14 Elliott Mee & welcomed back Andrew Doig after a 3 year sabbatical against Ponteland, captained by SN old boy Inti Fazal. The TCB is a 5 over per bowler competition.

Choosing to bat, Chris Hewison & Sol Bell faced the seam of Rashid Khan & spin of JD Mirza.14 after 3 overs but then Mirza took 4 wickets in 3 overs to leave the total at 40-4 after 8 overs.

Hewi (13) after 2 emphatic drives for 4, played on, Sam Ewart (0) was lbw second ball, Nathan Gough (0) driving, was well caught & bowled & Oli McGee (1) bowled missing a sweep.

Sol & Ru Fletcher saw the total to 50-4 after 10 overs. Thereafter the change bowlers Waters & Common leaked 5/6 runs per over such that Sol's 50 came up in the 16^th & in the 17th he despatched Khan for 4 then 6 to the short legside boundary. The total had reached 107 in the 18^th when Ru (23, 21b 1x4) swung Common to deep mid wicket where Sinclair took the catch.

Andrew Doig (5*) feathered fine & Sol (77* 67b, 8x4 1x6) took 16 off the last with 2x4, aided by 4 byes. Another sound innings from Sol with many well timed shots batting through to enable a competitive total.

Chasing, Shahid Khan & Inti Fazal faced the seam of Gavin Paton & Nathan Gough. A wicket from the 5^th ball as Khan (0) edged behind for w/k Sam Ewart to take a good catch, diving to his right. In the second this time to his left as Inti Fazal(1) edged Nathan down the legside, 2-2.

In the third Ash (5) skied towards mid wicket where James Lunn made some ground to take the catch off Gav. Mirza (15) was positive but in the 6^th he too edged to Sam when Nathan got one to bounce, 26-4. A maiden to Oli but in the next by Lunny, Punia (1) was bowled.

In Oli's second over Chauhan (6) edged to Sam who took his 4^th catch neatly, 34-6 after 9 overs. Appleby & Common resisted as Danny Collins entered the attack but in the 15^th Common (6) drove hard to mid off where Sol took the sharp chance. In Lunny's last Trott (1) lofted toward mid wicket where Andrew Doig took the catch, 60-8.

Over 18 was bowled by U14 Elliott Mee from the Park end. Appleby struck 4 then 2 but with the third delivery, seemingly in two minds, Elliott bowled him ! Cue jubilation from his team mates ! But the story gets better for from the first ball of the 19^th over by Danny, the left handed Sinclair cut towards short third man where Elliott ran 4 yards to his right & confidently took a good catch in both hands. What a way to end a debut !! 

The next round of the TCB is on Wed 11^th June v Lanchester (h), we hope you can be there: more excitement beckons!

Duncan.