10 SPORT The Northern Echo northernecho.co.uk MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2009

3D SPORTS Cestrians ready to end South North monopoly DURHAM COAST LEAGUE CHESTER-le-Street remain Dukes North-East with Will Allen getting a half Khan raced to an unbeaten (3-37 in 14 overs) and Rameez on course to end the monop- Regional Premier League century at number 47 from 18 balls (six fours and Shahzad (3-25 from 15) doing Ryhope v Castle Eden oly of South Northumber- three. three sixes). Khan (4-32) and the bulk of the damage. Match abandoned, ground unfit. by Chris West Ryhope 5pts. Castle Eden 5pts land as champions after Stockton did well to hold David Rutherford (3-36) Shields’ discomfort could Peterlee v Castle Eden rolling out their ninth win in nership before Liam Simp- South North and, if rain had bowled out their visitors for have been worse; they lost Match abandoned, ground unfit. 15 games. son (45) and John Coxon (43) not intervened, they may 130 despite a defiant 50 from their first seven for Peterlee 5pts. Castle Eden 5pts They extended their ad- came together to keep the have won. Andy Parr (5-27) Matty Brown. just 41 runs. Stuart Walker Bill Quay v Easington Bill Quay vantage as leaders from six run rate apace after both kept the visitors on the back Blaydon (188-7 declared) (58) and Shahzad (38) took J Tudor c D Tarn b J Sample ...... 38 points to 28 as they took top Andy Smith and Tony Bir- foot as they were bowled out remain handily in third the Wearsiders to a six-wick- M Dench c Daniels b Sample ...... 27 rating against Newcastle beck failed to trouble the for 117. The Teessiders were place after getting the better et victory. C Little st Race b Sample ...... 3 while South North strug- scorers. on 73-5 at the close, 44 be- of what had been an improv- Durham Academy had the S Hussain st Race b Ward ...... 59 P Elwell c Race b Sample...... 0 gled, for once, to draw with Andrew Tye was unbeaten hind. ing Gateshead Fell (113 all better of a drawn finish P Bentham b Sample ...... 6 Stockton, who are also fight- on 39 before becoming one of Fourth-placed Benwell out). Allan Worthy, the Blay- against Tynemouth despite N Cuskeran c Graham b Sample ...... 23 ing to avoid the wooden three bowlers to demolish Hill had a big win against don opener, hit a top score of five wickets for Terence W Gardner b Ward ...... 0 D Brown b Price ...... 16 spoon. any hopes Newcastle held of Norton, who dropped to the 66 before Graeme Bridge (3- Davis-Taylor for the home J Dodd ...... 21 The Cestrians hit 251-6 and a surprise result. Luke bottom of the table as a re- 20) and Gary Stewart (3-26) side. The Academy hit 185-8 K Gibson c Race b Sample...... 4 declared after 38 overs with Evans bowled 12 overs for his sult. put Fell to the sword after in 48 overs with Ryan Pringle Extras ...... 17 Total (all out)...... 214 four batsmen excelling as three for 45, while Tye (3-32) The Hill posted 283-5 with Craig Knox (2-10) and (80) top scoring before : J Ward 2-45, A Fox 0-23, J Sample 7- they topped 40 in double- had eight overs and Andy 93 from Phil Nicholson and Matthew Pollard (2-35) took Matthew Sampson-Barnes 62, B Daniels 0-14, M Cowell 0-18, A Price 1-38 quick time. Smith (3-18) finished off the 77 from Richard Coughtrie. vital early wickets. (5-42) put the Tynesiders in Easington Alan Mustard (46) and hosts with 4.5 overs. Between them they hit 29 South Shields (115 all out) trouble. They finished on D Tarn lbw Dodd ...... 26 G Ward b Brown ...... 4 Simon Birtwistle (44) pro- Newcastle were 100 runs boundaries, sharing in a collapsed against Sunder- 116-8, 69 runs adrift of their M Cowell c Gardner b Dodd...... 16 duced a 76-run opening part- adrift in their reply of 151 stand of 116 before Zohaib land with Chris Rushworth visitors. J Sample lbw Brown ...... 5 M Race c Tudor b Brown ...... 4 A Price c Little b Brown...... 37 B Fenwick b Dodd...... 5 P McGee b Brown ...... 1 WARMSEAL DURHAM SENIOR LEAGUE NORTH-EAST ROUND-UP N Graham c Cuskeran b Brown ...... 20 A Fox b Dodd ...... 14 Durham City v Marsden Felling v Boldon THE loss of two of their star players bearing on the championship but B Daniels not out...... 0 Match abandoned, ground unfit. Boldon didn’t stop the Warmseal Durham Mainsforth and Esh Winning grabbed Extras ...... 8 Durham City 5pts. Marsden 5pts C Ellison b Leonard...... 82 Total (all out)...... 140 Seaham Harbour v Whitburn N Sampson-Barnes b Goudie...... 50 Senior League leaders Burnmoor from themselves valuable points in beating Bowling: J Dodd 4-53, D Brown 6-82 Seaham Harbour J Wightman b Trotter...... 1 disposing of Hetton Lyons, one of the bottom three pair, Brandon and Bill Quay won by 74 runs C Scurr lbw Greaves ...... 3 J Coyne lbw Trotter ...... 1 their main title challengers. Hylton, respectively. Esh moved into Bill Quay 20 pts. Easington 5 pts D Leslie b Greaves ...... 7 G Houmark c Leonard b Goudie ...... 4 Top run maker Jimmy Daley and key third place after Yasim Murtaza (5-21) Washington v Seaham Park S Brown c Bell b Johnson ...... 23 A McCord run out ...... 14 Seaham Park N McKinney lbw Greaves ...... 50 A Doherty run out ...... 18 bowler Ian Conn were both unavailable helped bowl out Hylton for 97. Extras ...... 15 A Akhtar lbw Teesdale...... 4 A Watson b Greaves...... 0 but it didn’t prevent the Moor finding a Brandon (108 all out) remain the only Total (6 wkts) ...... 185 D Moorhead c Nelson b Teesdale ...... 0 J Laws c Carty b Marshall...... 1 Bowling: P Leonard 1-50, C Goudie 2-33, A new -taking star in Sri Lankan side without a win after Mainsforth got R Howe c N Thompson b Teesdale ...... 4 S Weston c Shields b Wood ...... 11 S Sennett lbw Marshall ...... 0 Brown 0-42, A Trotter 2-45, C Pleasants 0-3 Ikram Abdeen. He bagged 6-18 runs some easy pickings to win by 40 runs. A Ord c A Ebdale b D Ebdale...... 1 Felling A Cook c Nicholson b Teesdale ...... 31 P Hamilton st Carty b Greaves ...... 0 and along with Martin Thursfield (3-18) The bottom club are 56 points adrift. D Matlock not out ...... 0 C Goudie c Doherty b Shakespeare...... 31 C Varley c J Thompson b Teesdale ...... 4 A Bullock c Ellison b Shakespeare...... 50 skittled out their opponents for just 43. A win for Bill Quay in the 3D Durham R Humphreys b A Ebdale ...... 30 N Corkhill c Greaves b Wood ...... 0 Extras ...... 7 L Hargreaves c Shakespeare b Wightman 20 Burnmoor posted 169 with Graeme Coast League has boosted A Watson lbw D Ebdale ...... 4 C Moffatt lbw Shakespeare...... 10 D Metters not out...... 7 Total (all out)...... 102 Wright (91 including eight fours and competition for the championship Bowling: A Greaves 5-39, N Johnson 1-43, P P Leonard run out ...... 9 T Coxon b A Ebdale ...... 0 S McTaggart c Doherty b Wightman ...... 0 two sixes) taking over the mantle of especially as leaders Castle Eden M Evans b A Ebdale ...... 0 Marshall 2-12, C Wood 2-1 Whitburn B Norman run out ...... 2 Daley, the most prolific century maker didn’t play because of the rain and Extras...... 10 C Taylor run out...... 20 Total (all out)...... 95 L Cullen not out...... 78 in the league this season. saw their advantage trimmed by 15 N Ayre not out...... 18 A Brown c Wightman b Ellison ...... 2 Bowling: W Teasdale 5-26, D Ebdale 2-31, A The Moor also extended their lead to points to 14. The Quay, who also have Extras ...... 9 A Trotter not out...... 4 Ebdale 3-23, W Plender 0-10 Total (0 wkts) ...... 105 Extras ...... 13 16 points with Whitburn’s win at a game in hand, defeated fourth- Washington Total (8 wkts) ...... 161 Bowling: A Watson 0-33, P Hamilton 0-27, C R Nicholson not out ...... 60 Bowling: J Wightman 2-61, P Shakespeare 3- Seaham Harbour taking them into placed Easington by 74 runs with Scurr 0-16, N Corkhill 0-5, D Matlock 0-16 J Thompson not out ...... 28 27, M Bittlestone 0-19, C Ellison 1-43, A Brown second place. They won by the Dave Brown (6-82) and Joe Dodd (4- Whitburn won by ten wickets Extras ...... 8 0-2 Seaham Harbour 0pts. Whitburn 20pts emphatic margin of ten wickets for the 53) in fine form. John Sample (7-62) Total (0 wickets) ...... 96 Match Drawn Bowling: A Watson 0-11, M Evans 0-14, C Eppleton v Philadelphia Felling 10 pts. Boldon 12 pts second time in successive matches couldn’t stop Bill Quay making 214 Varley 0-25, R Howe 0-21, A Cook 0-13, D Eppleton Horden v South Hetton with Lindsay Cullen (78 not out) hitting with Sohaib Hussain celebrating his Metters 0-7 K Davis c and b Robinson ...... 0 South Hetton N Mulvaney c Steel b Kennedy...... 77 seven fours and two sixes and taking return to the club with 59, the best Washington won by 10 wickets F Napier c Dixon b S Birks ...... 18 16 overs to get the necessary runs – individual score. Washington beat Washington 20 pts. Seaham Park 0 pts M Jane c S Hauxwell b Robinson...... 36 M Stephenson c Minnis b Eranga ...... 15 Dawdon v Boldon CA P Coughlin c Noble b Phillips ...... 16 H Vithana c Brett b S Birks ...... 0 20 overs less than their opponents Seaham Park, the bottom club, with C Jefferson c Noble b S Hauxwell ...... 19 N Young c McCoy b S Birks ...... 2 Dawdon J Leslie c Steel b Robinson ...... 55 who were all out for 102. Ryan Nicholson (60 not out) and Billy S McKenna b Lincoln...... 64 G Burlinson b S Birks ...... 5 P Davidson lbw Robinson...... 16 J Davis lbw S Birks ...... 6 Tony Greaves (5-39) made best use of Teesdale (5-26) the star performers. J Greenwood c J Jones b K Bellerby ...... 1 A Gibson c Steel b Robinson ...... 2 his 15 overs despite a half century for New life was breathed into the R Consitt b Lincoln ...... 34 J Pendlington b S Birks...... 21 G Hoban not out ...... 2 C Stephenson not out ...... 5 S Akhtar c and b Lincoln...... 11 Extras ...... 9 Seaham’s Neil McKinney. Wellstream Northumberland and R Stephenson c J Jones b Lincoln...... 22 D Stewart b S Birks ...... 0 Total (8 wkts) ...... 232 D Conway b Dixon ...... 2 Felling (161-8), who are in the bottom Tyneside Senior League when table A Gale b Lincoln ...... 78 Bowling: S Robinson 5-51, J Kennedy 1-38, C D Wilkinson c Minnis b Dixon...... 0 three, did well to hold former leaders, toppers Swalwell lost to second- C McNicholas lbw Carson...... 10 Cheal 0-68, M Phillips 1-23, S Hauxwell 1-44 Extras ...... 16 Boldon (185-6) for whom Chris Ellison placed Shotley Bridge by seven K Cahill not out ...... 2 Philadelphia Total (all out)...... 90 Extras ...... 15 R Steel b Leslie ...... 15 Bowling: R Eranga 1-36, T Riches 0-14, S Birks hit 82 and Nick Sampson-Barnes wickets as Graeme Angus (5-32) ruled Total (7 wkts) ...... 238 M Haswell b Leslie ...... 27 7-22, A Dixon 2-2 made a half century. the roost. Bowling: K Bellerby 1-75, I Bellerby 0-52, G S Hauxwell c Davidson b Gray ...... 1 Horden Four of the six games in the Readers The defeat was only Swalwell’s second Lincoln 5-77, D Carson 1-21 I Hauxwell b Davidson...... 72 AJ Hedley b Vithana ...... 32 Boldon CA C Noble c Davis b Gray ...... 0 J Minnis b Vithana...... 5 Durham County League were washed in two years and the race for the title is J Jones lbw K Hamid ...... 41 C Cheal b A McGuire ...... 14 S Birks c Burlinson b Wilkinson...... 5 out by the rain including likely to go right to the wire with the A O’Connell c C McNicholas b s McKenna .. 22 K Haswell lbw Leslie ...... 0 R Eranga c C Stephenson b Wilkinson .... 0 Kimblesworth, the leaders. pair now level on points with just six K Bellerby c D Coates b K Hamid...... 8 S Robinson b Leslie ...... 4 W Birks not out ...... 15 L Jackson b J Greenwood ...... 9 J Kennedy c Jefferson b McGuire...... 6 SJ McCoy st Burlinson b Vithana ...... 15 The two which survived had no games remaining. A Beadle b S McKenna...... 2 M Noble not out...... 9 R Atherton b Wilkinson...... 0 J Carroll c K Cahill b Hamid ...... 1 M Phillips lbw Mulvaney ...... 2 A Peace b Vithana...... 0 D Towns c A Gale b S Akhtar ...... 8 Extras ...... 28 S Brett c Stewart b Wilkinson ...... 1 G Lincoln b S Akhtar b M Ewart ...... 10 Total (all out)...... 178 A Dixon not out ...... 3 D Towns not out ...... 6 Bowling: P Davidson 1-38, M Jane 0-22, J Leslie Extras ...... 15 FIXTURES D Carson not out...... 3 4-55, N Gray 2-17, A McGuire 2-23, N Mulvaney Total (8 wkts) ...... 91 Extras ...... 39 1-0 Bowling: D Wilkinson 4-45, J Pendlington 1-20, Total (9 wkts) ...... 169 Eppleton won by 54 runs H Vithana 4-11 Third npower Test (day 5 of 5) Yarm, Marton v Stokesley, Normanby Bowling: M Ewart 1-36, D Coates 0-6, S Akhtar Eppleton 30 pts. Philadelphia 7 pts Horden won by two wickets Edgbaston: England v Australia Hall v Middlesbrough, Redcar v Salt- 1-16, K Hamid 4-43, S McKenna 2-26, J Burnmoor v Hetton Lyons Horden 20pts. South Hetton 4pts LV County Championship - Division burn, Thornaby v Marske Greenwood 1-14 One (day 4 of 4) DCB U15 Youth Championship Match Drawn Burnmoor B Dews run out ...... 20 Dawdon 13 pts. Boldon CA 10 pts Riverside: Durham v Sussex Old Traf- Premier League - North Division PWDT LPTS O Lancaster b Male...... 23 J Tindale b Malinga...... 1 ford: Lancashire v Yorkshire Taunton: Washington Raiders v Easington Green, Castle Eden ...... 16 8701225 Somerset v Nottinghamshire New Whitburn v Greenside, Boldon v Blaydon Bill Quay ...... 15 7503211 G N Wright run out ...... 91 G Stoker b Malinga ...... 1 Washington ...... 15 8502201 Road: Worcestershire v Warwickshire South Division M A Robson c Clay b Walker ...... 12 Easington...... 15 6603183 Division Two (day 4 of 4) Castle Eden v Ryhope Gold, Hetton M J Thursfield b Malinga...... 0 Ryhope ...... 16 4100 2173 M I Abdeen b Walker...... 0 Bristol: Gloucestershire v Glamorgan Lyons v Sacriston, Lanchester v Eppleton Boldon CA ...... 15 5604171 G K Brown lbw Malinga...... 0 Canterbury: Kent v Derbyshire Lord’s: Division One - North Division Murton ...... 15 3804135 A J Linsley run out...... 9 Middlesex v Northamptonshire The Brit Ryhope Red v Boldon Blue, Chester le Dawdon ...... 15 2904123 M J Callaghan not out...... 0 Peterlee ...... 16 3607115 Extras ...... 12 Oval: Surrey v Leicestershire Street v Whickham, Felling v Shotley Silksworth ...... 16 1807102 Total (all out)...... 169 Justsport Trophy Bridge Seaham Park ...... 16 1401170 Bowling: S Malinga 4-53, M Walker 2-30, K South North v South Shields South Division Readers Durham County League Waterson 0-18, S Errington 0-5, I Male 1-38, A Division B: Lormor 0-24 Tom Burn Cup Easington Yellow v Boldon Yellow, Seaham Kimblesworth 156 (S Smith 31, C Burke 37, E Hetton Lyons Willington v Langley Park Harbour v Tantobie, Lintz v Durham City Starke 4-17), Ushaw Moor 97 (D Showler 3-9, P Riddle lbw Abdeen...... 4 PWDT LPTS Roseberry Group North East Division Two - North Division R Puncshon 5-8). M Walker b Thursfield ...... 0 Burnmoor...... 16 6100 0251 All other matches abandoned, no play. Durham League Vinton Trophy Semi- Marsden v Wearmouth, Sunderland v S Birbeck c Thursfield b Abdeen ...... 2 Whitburn ...... 16 7900235 Roseberry Group North East Durham D Lowther c Dews b Thursfield...... 0 final Ryton Boldon ...... 16 5100 1235 League Division One: J Clay b Thursfield ...... 10 Hetton Lyons ...... 16 5902221 Newton Aycliffe v East Rainton South Division Coxhoe 62 (B Riding 3-24, C White 6-30), S Malinga b Abdeen ...... 4 Eppleton ...... 16 4903198 Houghton 63-1. A Lormor c Callaghan b Robson ...... 11 Darlington Building Society NYSD Dawdon v Peterlee, Philadelphia v South Hetton ...... 16 3100 3181 Wearmouth 150 (J Walton 33, C Paton 48, A S Errington lbw Abdeeen ...... 1 Junior League North Division Burnopfield, Horden v Consett Horden...... 16 3110 2162 Kitching 3-17), Stanhope 49 (J Lloyd 5-3). D Naunton lbw Abdeen...... 6 Durham City...... 16 2100 4159 Blackhall v Richmondshire, Norton v Division Three - North Division North Bitchburn 60 (G Fraser 4-7), Whiteleas K Waterson not out...... 3 Philadelphia ...... 16 2100 4147 Wolviston, Seaton Carew v Darlington Gateshead Fell v Seaham Park, South 64-1 (A McKitterick 51no). I Male b Abdeen ...... 0 Felling ...... 16 1110 4128 Division Two Extras ...... 2 RA, Sedgefield v Hartlepool, Stockton v Shields v Swalwell Marsden...... 16 1906105 All matches abandoned without play. Total (all out)...... 43 Seaham Harbour . . . . 16 0601051 Barnard Castle South Division Division Three Bowling: I Abdeen 6-18, M Thursfield 3-14, G South Division Burnmoor v Annfield Plain, South Het- Bearpark 182-9 (A Boughey 54, N Stancliffe- Brown 0-3, M Callaghan 0-2, M Robson 1-4 White 3-54, S Garland 4-34), Belmont 92 ( L Burnmoor won by 126 runs Guisborough v Great Ayton, Maltby v ton v Crookhall Ditchburn 3-9, T Stoddart 3-21). Burnmoor 27 pts. Hetton Lyons 5 pts