the first team travelled to third placed Wearmouth and sadky we came second in a very close game. Batting first Rainton made 218 for 7. Neil Matthews 23, Ben Sims 14, Alan Maskell 3, Lee Henderson 69, Conor Henderson 72, Jack Blake 20, Janes Messer 0, Manav Seth 1 not out and Gavin Snowball 0 not out. After tea Ben Foster got us underway with 2 for 43, Gavin Snowball 0 for 48, Derrick Steinberg 2 for 48, Manav Seth 3 for 27, Conor Henderson 1 for 27 and James Messer 1 for 18. Wearmouth crossed the line with 1 wicket in hand and just 1 and a half overs left!
The Second team travelled to Peterlee. The home side batted first, beating the rain to reach 196 all out. With Kieran Burrell 3 for 50, Darren Portrey 2 for 49, A Bell 2 for 30, David Wales 1 for 37 and Grant Wilson 1 for 19. After tea our innings was interrupted by rain, league rules then reduced out innings to 22 overs and chasing a total of 117. Sadly we still fell short. Phil Nathan 1, Scott Gillan 2, Ralph Richardson 14, Kieran Burrell 20, A Bell 9, Grant Wilson 12, Ben Mummery 1, Darren Portrey 1, David Wales 2 not out and Jason Barnes 0.
On sunday our Rainton Rockets game versus Bill Quay was called off due to the weather.