Lee Weldon’s weekly round-up from the wicket…
Saturday 26th August – NYSD Division 2
Darlington 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was overcast with light showers. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Darlington 2nd XI 213 for 7 after 50 overs
James Layfield-Carroll 4 for 50, Tom Dearden 1 for 39 and Matty Greaves 1 for 39
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 176 for 8 after 38 overs
Adam Gittins 87, Luke Telford 28 and Tom Dearden 14
Newton Aycliffe’s first team were unlucky to lose by just eight runs away at second in the table Darlington 2nd XI in division two of the NYSD. Aycliffe’s target was reduced to 185 in 38 overs by the Duckworth-Lewis formula due to time lost earlier in the game because of the weather and they only managed to get 176 in their reduced allocation of overs.
Adam Gittins (sponsored by BHP Law) put in an excellent performance with the bat, top scoring with 87 from 112 balls faced and his innings contained eight boundaries.
Earlier in the game, opening bowler James Layfield-Carroll was rewarded for his hard work when he took the honours with the ball, finishing with the impressive figures of 4 for 50 from his 15 overs.
Aycliffe picked up six points from their defeat at Darlington, taking their points total to 223 from 20 games played and they remain in sixth place in the NYSD 2nd division table with only a couple of games left to play.
Saturday 26th August – NYSD Division 4
Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI v Wolviston 2nd XI – weather was overcast with light showers. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bat first.
Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI 122 all out after 31.3 overs
Jai Sander 39, Patrick Howe 24 and Jimmy Newton 24
Wolviston 2nd XI 126 for 5 after 29.2 overs
Patrick Howe 3 for 32, Jimmy Newton 1 for 17 and Ramzan Hussain 1 for 31
Aycliffe’s second team were beaten at home by five wickets against Wolviston 2nd XI in their NYSD 4th division match.
Patrick Howe (pictured above) put an excellent individual performance, firstly opening the batting and scoring 24 runs from 50 balls faced in the Aycliffe innings and then finishing with 3 for 32 from his 6.2 over spell when the visitors replied.
Special mention must also go to Jai Sander, who top scored for Aycliffe with a seasonal best of 39 runs from 52 balls faced and his innings included five boundaries.
Bank Holiday Monday 28th August – NYSD Division 4
Yarm 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI – weather was cool and overcast. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Yarm 2nd XI 142 for 4 after 40 overs
Jimmy Newton 2 for 37, Jai Sander 1 for 19 and Tom Dearden 1 for 35
Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI 140 all out after 37.3 overs
Tom Dearden 49, Nathan Stokeld 24 and Jai Sander 16
Aycliffe’s second XI somehow managed to lose by just two runs when earlier they looked well set at 117 for 3 and then proceeded to lose their next seven wickets for just 23 runs to hand an unlikely victory to their hosts Yarm 2nd XI.
Sixteen-year-old Tom Dearden (sponsored by Kevin Burton) put in another excellent individual performance taking a wicket and holding on to two catches during the Yarm innings. He then top scored with 49 off 66 balls when Aycliffe replied, hitting two boundaries and a six in the process.
The second team picked up 10 points from their weekend double header, taking their points total to 214 from 22 games played, dropping down a place to eighth in the NYSD fourth division table and they have just two games left to play.
This week’s senior cricket fixtures:
Saturday 2nd September at 12.30pm – NYSD Division 2 – Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Maltby 1st XI
Saturday 2nd September at 1.30pm – NYSD Division 4 – Maltby 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI
