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BULLS SUFFER AS ASHINGTON DOMINATE IN THE BANKS BOWL
5th Jun 2023
Sun 4th June 2023: NEPL Banks Bowl Rd 2: SNCC v Ashington (a) 40/40
Ashington 328-8 (40o) A Nichol 22, J Storey 31, J Turnbull 56, M Potts 117, M Storey 20: Simon West 0-56, Varun Gudipati 2-39, George Gray 2-71, Sadiq Khan 4-60, James Lunn 0-58, Aadesh Sahadevan 0-35.
SNCC 246-6 (40o) Jacob McCord 60, Angus Southern 69, Sadiq Khan 32, Aadesh Sahadevan 20, James Lunn 19*, Varun Gudipati 14*: A Nice 1-19, C Skinner 1-57, A Smith 1-38, C Walker 1-51 M Potts 1-20.
Ashington won by 82 runs.
A tough day for the Bulls at sunny Ashington, as a lost toss, a short leg side boundary, only 10 players, a youthful side & attacking batting on a fast outfield put the visitors under pressure which their bowling, fielding & catching was unable to contain.
An opening partnership of 63 between Nichol & J Storey (31) ended when Storey was caught by Angus off George & then Nichol (22) was lbw to Sadiq. Turnbull & Potts then built a partnership of 171 for the 3rd wicket taking the game away from the Bulls.
At 234 Turnbull (56) was caught off George but Potts & M Storey pushed on, the former reaching a deserved 100, but at 274 he was caught by Simon off Sadiq for an outstanding 117. As batsmen attacked Sadiq bowled Robinson (19) & M Storey (20) at 293 & 294.
Varun had A Nice (4) caught by Lunny at 304 & bowled Smith (6) at 320. The innings closed at 328-8 after 40 overs.... formidable !!
Jacob McCord & Alex Charnley faced Alex Nice & Cam Skinner. At 18, Alex C was caught by Walker off Nice. A splendid partnership of 88 between Jacob & Angus ended at 106 when Jacob (60, 75b, 10x4) was bowled by Smith.
Angus & Sadiq pushed on, the latter attacking in trademark style in a partnership of 59, but at 175 he was caught by J Storey off Skinner for 32 (19b,2x4,3x6). Will (10) was bowled by Walker at 190 & sadly Angus's good innings 69 (71b,7x4,1x6) came to an end at 196 when he was run out by Potts.
Bowling changes continued & Aadesh (20) was caught by J Storey off Potts at 220. Lunny (19*) & Varun (14*) pushed on but the overs ran out with final total on 246.
Work to do to achieve a balanced & available side; & to bowl & field consistently under pressure. We must continue & be determined to improve !!
Duncan.