Juniors Shine a Light at Bishop
Published on Monday, July 12th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
By John Phelan
On Sunday July 4th at Kingsway, Bishop Auckland early morning cloud dispersed to leave a bright, if not breezy day, which meant the cricket match between the Bishop Auckland C.C. Third team and the Sedgefield C.C. Third team could go ahead. Not only did things brighten up in the sky but they brightened up on the pitch as well. Bishop were wearing new sweaters sponsored by Issy Ismay who owns the Spice Lounge Indian restaurant in Bondgate, Bishop Auckland and their players, particularly the juniors, produced some brilliant cricket to mark the occasion.
First of all 16 year old Tom Newton displayed an excellent technique and batted beautifully to make 56, Lewis Garnett smashed the ball around the ground on his way to 62, while 16 year old Ben Thompson did the same on his way to 54 as Bishop totalled 219-9. After tea it was 14 year old Callum ‘Murali’ Oldfield who stole the show with his spinners aided by some excellent fielding. Callum came on in the 16th over with the Sedgefield score 45-2. In his fi rst over he produced a false shot from a Sedgefield batsman which was superbly caught by Lewis Garnett on the midwicket boundary. Twelve overs later he dropped a short ball to Vellore who smashed it to the legside boundary where Ben Thompson dived full length to catch the ball only inches above the ground.
Callum changed ends and took two wickets in three deliveries to leave Sedgefield staring at defeat. The visitors however hung on for a draw with 177-9 thanks to 42 not out from R.Pigmills. Callum returned
4-57, Ben Thompson 1-30, Jack Thompson 1-28 and Tom Newton 1-20.
On the Saturday the Second team beat Wolviston away by 5 wickets. ‘Murali’ Oldfi eld took 3-30 in this game, James Robinson 3-26 and new signing Steve Brooke 4-21 as Wolviston were dismissed for 86. In the Bishop reply of 91-5 Dan Hardaker made 25, David Garnett 25 and Lewis Garnett 16.
This article originally appeared in Issue No. 34. Read or download The Bishop Press Issue No. 34 (PDF).
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