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CCC pulled an unlikely victory out of the bag last night, defeating Monkseaton Saints by a faster scoring rate at rain-soaked Heaton.
The visitors won the toss and chose to bat. For reasons unknown CCC put in an abysmal 7 overs allowing Zanetti and Taylor to put on an unbeaten 83. This was CCC at their shoddiest, with wayward bowling, poor field positions and untidy fielding. Then the rain came. Cliff assured us that it was set in for the night, and he and Mudassar got changed, but at 19.15 it stopped and Monkseaton persuaded the groundsman that we should resume playing.
The rain break seemingly changed CCC's whole approach, as Aly immediately removed Zanetti (38), well cought at long off by Mudassar. With Derek coming on to tie up the other end, Matthew removed Taylor (57), well caught at long on by Skinks. Monkseaton were reduced to 124-2 off 14 overs.
Simon Woodman showed CCC's intentions with an 8 ball 15 (including 2 fours and a 6), before being bowled by a pearler. Nick took on the Chris role, playing aggressively for 49 not out, and Simon E scored at more than a run a ball for 25 not out. An unbeaten partnership of 75 in pretty dark conditions took CCC to 92-1 off 8 overs when the rain returned and Monkseaton insisted we leave the field. They obviously hadn't done their sums, beacuse at a similar stage they were 90-0; thus, CCC won by a two run margin.
CCC 7 Monkseaton 2
Team: Nick, Simon W, Simon E, Mudassar, Peter, Guy, Aly, Stuart, Derek, Matthew, Cliff
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