Seamer earn five-run win in Championship East thriller at Scalby
Seamer held firm to earn a dramatic five-run win in a cracking YPLN Championship East clash against Scalby at Carr Lane.
Visiting openers Archie Graham (28) and Pierz Bradi Cyster (63) shared a stand of 90, but a trio of Paul Hesp wickets (3-59) swung the game back in the hosts’ favour until Toby Jones (35) and Harry Holden (47 in just 30 balls, including three sixes and five fours) boosted Seamer to 209-4.
But Gregor Fraser then took 4-26 as Seamer slipped to 244 all out.
The hosts were given a fine start by second-wicket pairing Chris Malthouse (47) and David Morris (41), with further good knocks by Ben Luntley (35) and Matty Jones (31), but Matty Morris ripped through Scalby order with excellent figures of 5-57.
Brad Walker’s 32 kept Scalby in with a shout but the hosts ended short on 239-8 from 50 overs.
Skipper Harry Walmsley smashed a stunning 124 as Flixton won a high-scoring thriller at South Holderness by three wickets on the last ball of the game.
Holderness won the toss and with openers Luke Ingram (143no) and Shaun Tate (50) putting on 92 for the first wicket and Ashley Wills (49) continuing the home side posted an imposing 304-4.
Flixton opener Will Hutchinson (33) and Charlie Colley (59) put on 72 for the second wicket before a terrific ton from captain Harry Walmsley took the game to the brink.
Jack Walmsley (26) kept up the pace for the away team who at one point needed 60 off four overs and with two to win off the last ball, Marley Ward calmly finished the game off in style.
Danny O’Connor sparkled with bat and ball as Scarborough won by 61 runs at Hull Zingari 2nds.
Opener Callum Armstrong struck 21 but Scarborough slipped to 36-3 until then O’Connor’s forceful 51 from 47 balls boosted them, then the fifth-wicket pair, skipper David Snowball (44) and Archie Hammond (33), put on 67 gave the visitors a timely lift.
Scarborough maintained a decent run-rate and posted 234 all out from 46.3 overs, all the lower-order batsmen chipping in with tidy knocks.
O’Connor was the top man with the ball, snapping up an outstanding 4-19 and Armstrong a brilliant 4-36 as Zingari lost wickets at regular intervals to end on 173 all out.
Wykeham lost by four wickets at Hornsea.
Opener Ali Sabir was the driving force behind Wykeham’s total early on with an excellent innings of 84 from 86 balls, sharing a second-wicket stand of 94 with Malachai Harry (20), but the visitors collapsed from 128-1 to 171 all out in 39.1 overs, with former Scarborough bowler Adam Newington taking 3-35.
Bobby Brolly snapped up 4-53 as the hosts made hard work of their run-chase, slipping to 76-4 at one stage before finally reaching a winning 175-6, opener Newington top-scoring with 52.