Lee Weldon’s round-up from the wicket…
Saturday 9th August – NYSD Division 3
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Normanby Hall 2nd XI – the weather was mild with sunny spells. Normanby Hall won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 143 all out after 29.4 overs
Chris Palmer 28, Adam Shaw 27 and Leon Patel 21
Normanby Hall 2nd XI 147 for 1 after 27.4 overs
Ramzan Hussain 1 for 22
Aycliffe’s first team were humbled by nine wickets at home to relegation threatened Normanby Hall 2nd XI.
Asked to bat first Aycliffe posted a well below par 143 all out with more than ten of their allotted 40 overs not used.
Captain Chris Palmer top scored with 28 off 29 balls, Adam Shaw (sponsored by Ian Hatty Hannant, pictured above) also batted well with 27 runs off 24 balls, his highest first team score and he hit four boundaries and a six.
The visitors coasted to an easy victory after 27.4 overs with Ramzan Hussain taking the only wicket to fall.
The defeat drops Aycliffe down to fifth place in the NYSD third division table with 224 points from 16 games played.
Saturday 9th August – NYSD Division 4
Skelton Castle 1st XI v Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI – weather was mild and very windy with sunny spells. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bat first.
Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI 123 for 9 after 40 overs
Freddie Lawler 50 not out, Matty French 39
Skelton Castle 1st XI 125 for 5 after 22.2 overs
Freddie Lawler 2 for 23 and Ethan Cooper 2 for 41
The young Aycliffe 2nd team put in a good performance away at promotion outsiders Skelton Castle first team, but were still beaten by 5 wickets.
Choosing to bat first, Aycliffe found themselves in deep trouble at 19 for 5. However a superb 6th wicket partnership of 85 between Matt French and Freddie Lawler put their side back in the game. 14 year old Lawler remained unbeaten on 51 off 107 balls, his first senior half century and his excellent innings included eight boundaries. Matt French also batted well scoring 39 off 83 balls including four boundaries.
In reply the visitors reached their winning target despite some good performances with the ball by Freddie Lawler and 15 year old Ethan Cooper, who both bagged a couple of wickets apiece.
This week’s senior cricket fixtures:
Saturday 16th August at 1.00 pm – NYSD Division 3 – Stokesley 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI
Saturday 16th August at 1.00 pm – NYSD Division 4 –Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI v Marske 2nd XI