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Rowlands lose out in 6 shoot out at Beamish

Davo won the toss and elected to bat on a dodgy wicket with his soul mate Ben. The pair struggled against the slow attack of Richie Deacon and the quicket Stafford. Runs were hard to come by and the pitch uncertain. Only 17 runs came off the first 4 overs and 60 off 8. In the 9th over Davo was bowled by Lee Kirtley for 22 (1 four, 1 six) and then Roy was caught at short mid wicket off one that popped for 5 (1 four). Chad joined Ben and they reached 71 off 10 overs with Beamish deep fielders covering the boundary to good effect.In the 11th over, Chad hit Kirtley for SEVEN sixes to suddenly give the innings much needed momentum! Unfortunately Ben was then bowled by Tinninon for 32 (2 fours) and Chad was bowled by the first ball from Gary Johnson for 49 (7 sixes). The last few overs saw the Rowlands lads scratching for runs with Adeel run out for 1 and A Wilkin bowled for 1 while Mike o'Brien made 3 not out and Mark Gray 1 not out. Rowlands closed their 14 overs on 124-6.

The Beamish response was to send in 6 shooter Ryan McVittie and he paid no respects to Ian Pratt's first over which went for 18. Adeel at the other end was more economical and recorded 2-0-18-1 with a casual catch at deep mid on by Ben. Ian was unlucky to have a catch dropped at the wicket thanks to the full blast of the sun in the keeper's face but went on to suffer 2-0-28-0 as McVittie hit big. Adam Wilkin was tried and he went for 21 off an over then Don steadied things at the other end to finally nail McVittie, bowled for 80. Ben went for 24 off an over and Roy for 14 off one, leaving Don to finish with a further wicket, caught by Ben in the same manner as previously, and be denied a hat-trick as the final run was taken off a very difficult chance somewhere near mid-wicket. Don recorded 2.2-0-20-2 as Beamish won by 7 wickets in the 11th over.