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CCC's curate's egg of a season continued in early August with a defeat against Oceans, a cup quarter final win at first division Whitley Bay and a tense win against second-placed FHCC.
Against Oceans CCC chose to bat first. The skipper was run out on the third ball, but Majid looked in good form, hitting 17 before being fired lbw by Matty. Alan went in a similar manner, and the innings deteriorated from there, with Fiaz also out lbw, and only Greg getting to double figures, CCC totalling 52 all out. Surprisingly Oceans made a hash of their response losing 7 wickets and only scoring the winning runs half way through the final over. Majid, Guy, Matty and Fiaz all bowled superbly and the fielding was also good.
Team: Peter, Simon E, Majid, Fiaz, Alan, Mudassar, Greg, Guy, Matty, Gerry
Against Whitley Bay CCC batted first scoring 130-4,with Majid (42) and Fiaz (36) the main run getters. The home side failed to get anywhere near the target scoring 80 odd for 6 to see CCC into the semi final for the first time ever - where Kirkwood await.
Team: Jared, Mudassar, Majid, Fiaz, Chris N, Peter, Greg, Matty, Guy, Ru, Zac (stood in for Ayan
On Tuesday 7th at South North CCC put FHCC into bat on a fine evening. The visitors enjoyed the batting conditions and totalled 137-4 from 14 with opener Cook scoring 83 not out. Ru took three wickets. Guy took a sharp catch at point and made an excellent run out.
CCC batted solidly in response with Greg (14) and skipper (25) putting on over 40 before being out identically caught at mid on in the space of three balls. Ayan (19), Nico (13) continued the good work with Ayan hitting a six onto the nets. When they, Matt and Peter were out quickly with the score around 80 it looked game over, but Woodman hit a brilliant 36 from about 18 balls, his best innings in years, and Alan (Alex Ferguson) Fletcher running better than anyone and hitting shot of the day through extra cover for four, took the score past the two bonus point mark (112) to within one of victory in the space of 3 overs before Woodman was run out. Matty and a no ball saw CCC home. A superb win.
Team: Greg, Simon E, Ayan, Nico, Matt P, Peter, Woodman, Alan, Matty, Guy, Ru
Next up Kirkwood in the cup.
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