TWO dale teams are through
to the final four in the Darlington and District Cricket League A
division knock-out cup after Thursday night's quarter finals were
played.
Raby Castle secured their
semi-final berth with a win against local rivals
Middleton-in-Teesdale.
The upper dale side posted
125-6 in their 20 overs, which Raby reached, also for the loss of six
wickets.
Barningham made it through
with a thrilling and incident packed two-run win at East Cowton.
Veteran openers Colin
Blackburn and Stuart Laundy put on a brisk half century stand before
hard hitting Rob Stanwix helped Barningham post 145-8.
East Cowton were always up
with the run rate, but a couple of tight overs meant they required 16
to win off the last over, which was bowled by Stanwix.
He held his nerve to see
Barningham over the line.
Earlier, the umpires had
insisted that for the last five overs of the Barningham innings and
the first five of East Cowton's knock, the bowlers would only operate
from one end, due to the low sun shining down the west-facing wicket,
much to to the bemusement of both sets of players.
The officials cited
“player safety” as the reason.
In the other quarter
finals, Richmondshire continued on their winning ways, knocking off
Aldbrough St John's 138-3 in just 15.2 overs.
Matt Brown batted through
for 66no in ASJ's innings and shared an opening stand of 97 with Jack
Stapleton, who made 39.
In reply, half centuries
from Julius Glasgow and Edd Alexander saw Richmondshire home by eight
wickets.
The individual performance
of the night came from Barton's Jon Murray in his side's 26 run win
against Haughton.
Defending 107, the Barton
spinner took 8-18 in his five overs, including a hat-trick.
In the semi-finals, Barton
will play Raby Castle, while Barningham welcome Richmondshire.
The games will be played
on Thursday, June 8.
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