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CCC (AKA MARI) 20 years in Cricket ...

MARI - now CCC played its first game 20 summers ago. To celebrate, a fun game has been organised V Parkhouse at Jesmond CC on Friday 22nd July at 2pm.

All past and present players are warmly invited to play a few overs and drink a couple of beers.

Please contact c.spencer@ncl.ac.uk for more details...

CCC Can Concentrate on League

CCC fell to a not unexpected defeat against highly rated Kirkwood in the Cup last night.

The game was played at Heaton under heavy cloud and drizzly conditions which did not make cricket easy. Sometimes cricket is not easy for CCC whatever the weather, but at least on this occasion they won the toss and chose to bat. They did this well against decent bowling and excellent sharp fielding. There were no cheap runs to be had. Rian scored 40, but most people chipped in, with the running between the wickets excellent. A total of 94-7 off 14 overs was actually disappointing, given that only 9 were scored off the last 3 overs.

This presented no great challenge to Kirkwood's batsmen who scored the required runs in the 10th over. Special mention should go to Tim, who bowled 4 probing overs and dismissed two batsmen, brilliantly caught by Simon W and Andy.

CCC: Simon W, Simon E, Rian, Mudassar, Matt, Peter, Ian, Alan, Andy, Tim, Dave

CCC Coquet Up

CCC found themselves just a little too under par in all departments as Coquet completed the double over them at Wallsend last night.

Having won with a last ball six two weeks ago Coquet won the toss and opted to bat first on a cloudy evening.

CCC bowled and fielded relatively well but Coquet have some big hitting batsmen who punished anything short or over pitched with efficiency. They set a total of 138-6 from 16 overs.

CCC found themselves batting in darker conditions, which with the lack of sight screens, was a serious hindrance. Three quick wickets were lost so that they were always behind the rate. Simon E and Matt put on 80 for the fourth wicket but in the end the ask was too great and the visitors ended on 122-5

Coquet 8 CCC 3

Team: Rian, Simon W, Mudassar, Simon E, Matt, Ian, Keith R, Steve, Keith H, Alan, Cliff

CCC in Cruise Control

CCC racked up 9 points last night in a comfortable win over Humshaugh at Cochrane Park. The visitors chose to bat on a balmy midsummer's night, but struggled to 72-9 off 16 overs. Matt (4-1-6-3) and Keith Reader (4-0-10-4) did the damage. Amazingly CCC again dropped 5 chances, with several others almost going to hand on a typical bowler-friendly Cochrane Park pitch. One batsman who ignored the pitch totally, however, was Rian, who struck his third successive 50: 55 not out out of 73-4 in the 10th over. An outstanding effort.

A further bright spot was the reappearance of Derek (as spectator) after rugby coaching commitments. he has announced his likely availability for future matches.

CCC 9; Humshaugh 2
Team: Rian, Simon W, Simon E, Mudassar, Matt, Keith R, Steve, Alan, Andy, Cliff, Tim

Reports on Coquet and TTTV Games

Last week saw CCC participate in two fantastic games of cricket in two days. Both finished in the last over, but were in fact very different.

On Tuesday CCC met Coquet at Heaton, won the toss and batted. 115-4 was about par. This was reached with solid opening from the two Simons, and a spectacluar 52 off about 26 balls by Rian (at number 4). CCC remained in control of the game taking wickets at the right time, though the Coquet opener scored 60. A win seemed to be on the cards until with two balls remaining and 5 required, a Coquet tailender top edged the ball over the short boundary for 6. This was a gut-wrenching defeat, but if CCC take a long hard look at themselves, it was once again the catching which lost the match, with 5 chances being spilled compared to only one (and that a hard caught and bowled) by the visitors.

Coquet 8, CCC 3
Team: Simon W, Simon E, Mudassar, Rian, Ian, Keith R, Alan, Peter, Andy, Cliff, Tim

On Wednesday CCC arrived at the County Ground, Jesmond, to find one of the smallest bounded pitches ever seen, approximately 70 yards from midwicket to cover boundary. This was to lead to a run glut, and it has to be said, made for a frustrating bowling/fielding experience. TTTV, despite an absence of screen stars appeared to have recruited about 5 club batsmen. Winning the toss they chose to bat. It soon became apparent that slow bowling was the order of the day. Gerry made his first league appearance for 3 years, bowling two overs, and Cliff excelled with 4-0-23-3. Rian and Tim had less luck, though both bowled well enough. The last over from Tim was targeted and went for 37, though it should be said that at Heaton (say) the damage would have been much less. Incredibly, from a totally demoralised half time, CCC picked themselves up and won, thanks to another blistering effort from Rian (51 off about 25 balls), 19 from Ian, and (after a slow start) a brilliant 50 from Mudassar. CCC's fielding was much improved in this game with excellent catches from Alan and Mudassar, and superb ground fielding, especially from Keith Hayward.

CCC 8, TTTV 3
Team: Rian, Greg, Mudassar, Ian, Simon E, John, Alan, Keith H, Cliff, Gerry, Tim