Chris Knight shines with bat and ball as Whitby CC 1sts beat Middlesbrough 2nds

Chris Knight shone with bat and ball as Whitby CC 1sts charged to a 192-run victory at home to Middlesbrough 2nds on Saturday.

Skipper Tom Steyert won the toss and chose to bat first in the North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League Division 2 clash at The Turnbull Ground.

Chris Knight struck an impressive 64 for Whitby in their home draw against Division 2 leaders Rockliffe Park. Photo by Brian Murfield

placeholder image — Chris Knight struck an impressive 64 for Whitby in their home draw against Division 2 leaders Rockliffe Park. Photo by Brian Murfield

This paid off as the home side declared on 280-9 declared from 49.4 overs, mainly thanks to a stunning eighth-wicket stand of 122 in 18.4 overs between Ben Braim (52) and Michael Thompson (46no), with the hosts 157-7 when the duo joined forces.

Former Whitby CC 1sts captain Kai Morris also chipped in with a vital 36, with all-rounder Knight adding 28 and Andrew Wood 20.

Steyert then scooped three early wickets as the visitors were reduced to 23-4.

The Teessiders never really recovered from this as they eventually slipped to 88 all out in 22.4 overs thanks to a brilliant 3-8 in three overs from Knight and the skipper ending up with 4-38, while Thompson and Alf Jacobs taking another wicket apiece.

Knight capped his brilliant all-round display with a run-out.

Whitby head to Maltby this Saturday.

Whitby CC 2nds earned a 38-run success at Maltby 2nds in Division 3 thanks to a stunning five-wicket haul from spinner Mark Jackson.

The visitors were put into bat by Maltby 2nds skipper Matthew Kelly, and were soon in big trouble at 9-2 as Rikki Lawrence fell for 2 and captain Ricky Hall was dismissed for a golden duck.

Chris Clarkson (53) and Kieran Purvis (28) then dug in with a third-wicket partnership of 73, but after this wickets fell at regular intervals, although tail-enders Darren Pritchard (20), Jay Allison (15), Jack Stentiford (14) helped lift them from 123-7 to 169 all out.

The hosts looked well set at 57-1, but Hall’s dismissal of Alex Thompson (28) saw them slump to 64-4 as Jackson began to rip through the heart of the batting order thanks to his excellent 5-30 in 10 overs, with Allison chipping in with 3-30 in 5.3 overs. Hall took 1-21 in seven overs and Preet Patel 1-17 in five overs.

Whitby 2nds entertain Sedgefield 2nds this Saturday.