Mixed T20 fortunes for Durham Under-15s

Durham Under-15s enjoyed two victories and a defeat in Thursday’s Inter-County T20 Cup at Worksop College.

In the opener, Durham came out on top with a 30run victory over Derbyshire.

Durham were inserted after losing the toss and slumped to 40-3, but Atticus Garlick’s 23 in 19 balls and 25 from Sameer Awan, in 16 balls, steadied the ship.

AdradhyaTiwariandBen Scott added 13 apiece as Durham posted 133-9, as Archie Clayton (3-18), Jimmy Lawston (2-14) and Charlie Wilson (2-15) shone for Derby.

In reply, Derbyshire lost wickets from the off, thanks to Josh Leslie’s tight opening spell of 3-14. Alex Haleem stuck around with 54 from 41 balls, but Derbyshire were all out for 103. Jamie Wills bagged 2-8.

In the second game, Durham went down by the closest possible margin, by one run to Lincolnshire.

Lincolnshire elected to bat after winning the toss, and a middle order partnership of 72 between Josh Knopton (40) and Olly Creswell (28) led them to 1123, with Will Barnham and Leslie both striking,

Durham slumped to 183 and 71-7 in reply. Scott (23) offered hope, but his departure hit hard. Six runs were needed off the last over, but, despite Wills’ 16 not out, Lincolnshire held on as Durham closed on 111-9.

In the final game, Durham secured a nine-wicket win over Nottinghamshire.

After being asked to field, Durham were instantly in control as Notts fell to 9-4 on the way to 71 all out. James Garraghan starred, taking 3-5 from 3.2 overs, while Tiwari took 2-14.

Despite losing Harry Crawshaw for 19, Durham cruised to victory in 12.5 overs as Lucas Parry scored an unbeaten 22 from 31 balls.

Hetton Lyons Heat defeated Eppleton Royals by 28 runs in the Under-19s T20 Vitality Blast.

Eppleton skipper Joe Blacklock won the toss and elected to field, restricting Lyons to 127-6, as Vaibhav Tiwari top-scored with an unbeaten, 53-ball 50, backed by 17 from Callan Salkeld. Daniel Stephenson took 2/13.

In reply, Eppleton were 99 all out, Stephenson topscoring with 22, backed by Blacklock (16) as Josh Bell snatched 3-21.