The clash between the two giants of
NEPL cricket is often one of the highlights of the season, and with Lee Crozier now recovered from his back problems, and Jonny Craigs available again, the champs will be at full strength, although so too will be their opponents now Liam Simpson is back from his holidays.
NEPL are conducted annually by the Portuguese Ministry of Education and the results are expressed in an ordinal scale ranging from A (excellent) to E (poor).
I was released by Durham at about the time the
NEPL started.
Their long-term aim is
NEPL cricket and with Gareth Breese at the helm, and Callum Thorp still in residence, the Durham old-boy ranks have been boosted further by the arrival of Neil Killeen.
NEWCASTLE's B Quirk took 7-17 as Newcastle romped to a 10-wicket success over Sunderland in the Dukes
NEPL Salver.
Adam Cragg is the only key departure - he has moved to Australia - but his place will be filled by the incoming S imon Birtwisle, a player with a top-class
NEPL pedigree who has moved over the river from Chester-le-Sreet's Ropery Lane.
That meant a play-off was necessary between the bottom
NEPL team and the side finishing runners-up in the DCL.
SOUTH Hetton meet Mainsforth today in the first ever play-off to determine which of them will be playing
NEPL cricket next season.
In a superb exhibition of strokeplay rather than hitting, he ran the
NEPL attack ragged, finding a late ally in Jonny Weighell as the ball disappeared to all parts of the Windy Hill Lane ground.
Enid Farmer Cup: Cramlington 2nds v Alnmouth/Howick SG LOCAL RESULTS TECB U19 Club T20 Durham NatWest U19 T20 -
NEPL Northern Group: Boldon 117-9 (N Hewitt 32, O Barrett 3-15, H Days 3-10), Chester-le-Street 63 O Sampson-Barnes 4-15, K Groombridge 3-12.
IT wasn't the way they envisaged doing it, but nevertheless Eppleton were singing in the rain as they were crowned
NEPL First Division champions on Saturday.
Dukes ECB
NEPL Sunday Division One: Benwell Hill v Stockton.
