Skipper Lee won the toss and put the visitors into bat. They reached a total of 97 all out. Chris Valance took 4 for 27, Kieran Hill 0 for 21, Ben Foster on his first team debut 3 for 28, Glen Moody 3 for 16. A good day with the ball but vould we back it with the bat?
Ben Storey 12 and Alan Maskell 17 got us off to a good start. Lee Henderson returned to his form of last year adding 47 not out, Luke Richardson 0 and Conor Henderson 14 not out saw us home over tough opposition. Its going to be a close Division this year!
The seconds returned to action on Sunday as they hosted Peterlee at the Hazard. Rainton batted first making 141 for 7 off the 40 overs with J Garraghans quick bowling proving difficult to handle. Neil Matthews 4, Phil Nathan 2, Scott Gillan 2, didn't see us off to the best start. Ben Sims arrived at the crease adding 48 not out. He was supported at the other end by, Stuart Archnold 23, James Messer 0, Rachel Petherick 5, Jon Arnold 17 and Ralph Richardson 9 not out.
After the tea interval, Peterlee looked to have the game won, reaching 100 for 3, however a middle and tail collapse saw them bowled out for 119, despite the best efforts of K Winter on 66. Jon Arnold opened the bowling with 0 for 25, James Messer took 4 for 22, Rachel Petherick 1 for 17, David Wales 0 for 30, Scott Gillan 0 for 3 and the first fivefor of the season goes to skipper Kieran Burrell who took 5 for 15.