Left-arm spinner Gurman Randhawa was the star of a disappointing opening to their Solly Adams ECB Yorkshire Premier League season.

Skipper Alex Lees lost the toss, and Cleethorpes chose to bat - but the Chichester Road wicket proved very useful to the Academy spinners. 

Jack Hargreaves yorked New Zealand Test all-rounder Peter Fulton at eight - just the start needed - but opener Bill Kirby batted soundly: he and Eddie Carlton
added 56 before Carlton was clean bowled by Randhawa, who was gaining considerable turn. Gurman had Alex Osmond caught  by Moin Ashraf at square-leg, and Kirby became Randhawa's third victim when David Girling caught him at mid-wicket. Jack Hughes, bowling left-arm spin, was rewarded with turn and  bounce and the wickets of Windeatt and Wheeler  - but it was Randhawa, with 6-51, who produced spendid return.

Lees and Callum Geldart put on 25 for the Academy before Lees fell to veteran seamer Andy Ellis, and Irfan Amjad and Geldart added 40, at which point Amjad was lbw to leg-spinner Alex Osmond. One run later Geldart decided to test Fulton's fielding - and was run out by two yards. Hargreaves and Hughes had a useful stand of 27, but while the first five batsmen made double figures not one of the last six did so.

Alex Osmond bowled well, but the weak batting of the Academy was exposed, only Hargreaves coming out of it with any credit. With a little more application this was a score which was not beyond reach, but in all it was a poor start to the 2010 season by the young Academy team.   Randhawa's bowling was good, but there is much more work to be done.

Left-arm spinner Gurman Randhawa, seen receiving last year's Yorkshire Academy Player of the Year Award from Chief Executive Stewart Regan, was the star of a disappointing opening to their Solly Adams ECB Yorkshire Premier League season.

Skipper Alex Lees lost the toss, and Cleethorpes chose to bat - but the Chichester Road wicket proved very useful to the Academy spinners. 

Jack Hargreaves yorked New Zealand Test all-rounder Peter Fulton at eight - just the start needed - but opener Bill Kirby batted soundly: he and Eddie Carlton
added 56 before Carlton was clean bowled by Randhawa, who was gaining considerable turn. Gurman had Alex Osmond caught  by Moin Ashraf at square-leg, and Kirby became Randhawa's third victim when David Girling caught him at mid-wicket. Jack Hughes, bowling left-arm spin, was rewarded with turn and  bounce and the wickets of Windeatt and Wheeler  - but it was Randhawa, with 6-51, who produced spendid return.

Lees and Callum Geldart put on 25 for the Academy before Lees fell to veteran seamer Andy Ellis, and Irfan Amjad and Geldart added 40, at which point Amjad was lbw to leg-spinner Alex Osmond. One run later Geldart decided to test Fulton's fielding - and was run out by two yards. Hargreaves and Hughes had a useful stand of 27, but while the first five batsmen made double figures not one of the last six did so.

Alex Osmond bowled well, but the weak batting of the Academy was exposed, only Hargreaves coming out of it with any credit. With a little more application this was a score which was not beyond reach, but in all it was a poor start to the 2010 season by the young Academy team.   Randhawa's bowling was good, but there is much more work to be done.

Innings of Cleethorpes (maximum 55 overs) W Kirby c D Girling b G Randhawa 74, P Fulton b JB Hargreaves 1, E Carlton b G Randhawa 14, A Osmond c MA Ashraf b G Randhawa 7, C Tomlinson c JB Hughes b G Randhawa 20, J Osmond (captain and wicket-keeper) c D Girling b G Randhawa 11, J Windeatt c H Chadwick b JB Hughes 13, N Wheeler c B Coad b JB Hughes 5, J Harrison c and b G Randhawa 2, H Clewett not out 7, A Ellis not out 0. Extras (b4, lb5,nb2) 11
Total (9 wkts) 165
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-64, 3-96, 4-111, 5-129, 6-146, 7-150, 8-156, 9-158

Bowling: MA Ashraf 7-2-14-0, JB Hargreaves 5-0-13-1, B Coad 4-1-10-0, A Robinson 6-1-17-0, G Randhawa 18-2-51-6, D Girling 6-0-21-0, JB Hughes 9-1-30-2

Innings of Yorkshire Academy (maximum 55 overs) A Lees (captain) c J Windeatt b A Ellis 15, C Geldart run out (Fulton) 22, I Amjad lbw b A Osmond 19, JB Hargreaves lbw b P Fulton 28, JB Hughes c P Fulton b H Clewett 16, D Girling lbw b A Osmond 0, G Randhawa b A Osmond 7, H Chadwick (wicket-keeper) c P Fulton b A Osmond 8, MA Ashraf b P Fulton 8, B Coad c A Osmond b P Fulton 4, A Robinson not out 1. Extras (b5, lb5, nb5) 15
Total (10 wkts) 143

Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-65, 3-66, 4-93, 5-98, 6-110, 7-130, 8-130, 9-134, 10-143

Bowling: A Ellis 8-2-29-1, J Harrison 5-1-23-0, A Osmond 19-3-45-4, H Clewett 12-2-27-1, P Fulton 4.4-1-9-3

Result: Cleethorpes won 22 runs

Umpires: S Boulton and B Duncalf. Scorers: HD Galley and Hackney

Words and Statistics: HAROLD GALLEY

SOLLY ADAMS ECB YORKSHIRE PREMIER LEAGUE

Castleford 277-5 (Andrew Chadwick 57, Chris Young 57, John Randerson 49* in 23 balls, Shaun Le Roux 37, Scott Hopkinson 37); Appleby Frodingham 233-9 (Duncan Heath 43, Jaco Scholtz 43 in 28 balls, Kieran Watson 32).
Castleford (6points) beat Appleby Frodingham (1) by 44 runs

Cleethorpes 165-9 (Bill Kirby 74, Gurman Randhawa 6-51); Yorkshire Academy 143 (Alex Osmond 4-45, Peter Fulton 4.4-1-9-3).
Cleethorpes (8 points) beat Yorkshire Academy by 22 runs

Doncaster Town 278-5 (Andrew PArkin-Coates 103* in 112 balls 8x4 5x6, Amitpaul Singh Kundra 40, James Stewart 39; Barnsley 208-7 (Henri Londt 56*, Steven Nuttall 50, Simon Widdup 39, Gary Ballance 38, Alex Gosney 3-35).
Doncaster (6 points) beat Barnsley (1) by 70 runs

Harrogate 222 (James Tattersall 75*, Ryan Bradshaw 52, James Finch 5-80, Piet Rinke 3-44; Scarborough 223-3 (Kunwar Bansil 89* - 15x4 2x6 - Mark Tennant 42, Andrew Simpson 41).
Scarborough (8 points) beat Harrogate by 7 wickets

Hull & YPI 172 (Daniel Wilkinson 44, Andrew Kirby 38, Nadeem Khan 20-2-62-7); Sheffield Collegiate 175-3 (Ed McKenna 63*, Rakhitha Wijayasiri 41, Charlie Wall 40*).
Sheffield Collegiate (8 points) beat Hull by 7 wickets

Driffield Town 290-3 (Joe Fraser 107* in 115 balls 12x4 2x6, Will Norman 102 in 184 balls 13x4, Sam Drury 35; Sheffield United 111 (Danuka Hettiarachchi 32, David Brent 4-20, Nick Hardgrave 3-18).
Driffield Town (8 points) beat Sheffield United by 179 runs

Rotherham Town 227 (Oliver Whittaker 103 in 127 balls 13x4 1x6, Daniel Alien 39, Tom Pringle 5-81, Daniel Woods 4-68: York 228-7 (Liam McKendry 82, Marcus Wood 45*, James Brown 4-64, Tom Knight5 3-59.
York (8 points) beat Rotherham Town by 3 wickets