Callum Geldart batters Academy to eight points

Callum Geldart, whose 69 in 100 balls saw Yorkshire Academy to eight points

Callum Geldart, above, cruised to 69 not out with three sixes and four fours as Yorkshire Academy thrashed Harrogate by nine wickets in their Solly Sports ECB Yorkshire County Premier League match at Weetwood.

Harogate opted to take first strike - but quick breakthroughs by skipper John Blain and Jack Hargeaves saw them struggling at 13-2. Hargreaves bowled the experienced John Proud, while a superb catch in the deep by Irfan Amjad accounted for Alexis Twigg.

Former Yorkshire batsman Vic Craven and skipper Ryan Bradshaw steadied the batting - but Craven tried to hit Ben Coad over the top, and Blain held an easy catch at deep mid-off. Left-arm spinner Gurman Randhawa clean bowled Nick Lindley for 11 to make it 89-4, and then caught Bradshaw off Coad. At 95-5 the Harrogate tail needed to wag.

The introduction of Jack Hughes saw more wickets - Harry Chadwick caught Dominic Sharp, and Matt Ingham was held at gully by Alex Lilley. A run-out did not help the cause, James Tattersall falling to a good throw from Lilley. Finally, Randhawa picked up two wickets to leave Harrogate 108 all out and in deep trouble.

Fine control by both spinners gave Randhawa figures of 3-16 and Hughes 2-7.

Alex Lees and Geldart put on 22 for the Academy's first wicket - Lees falling lbw to Craven when he played across the line. This did not deter Irfan Amjad and Geldart - who began patiently but then quickened his scoring rate, hitting three sixes and four fours in his fine 69 not out. Amjad finished on 29 not out, hitting four fours.

A splendid partnership, an excellent eight points. Let us hope that this form continues when the Academy meet Castleford in Round 1 of the League Cup tomorrow.

Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI v Harrogate CC 1st XI

Saturday, May 08 2010 (12:00) at Weetwood, Leeds

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI Won By 9 wickets

Points: Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI: 8 Harrogate CC 1st XI: 0

Harrogate CC 1st XI won toss and decided to bat

Harrogate CC 1st XI	Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI
108 all out (44.1 overs)	109 for 1 (29.2 overs)
2 Hours, 34 Minutes.	1 Hour, 41 Minutes.

Harrogate CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
J Proud		b JB Hargreaves	2	9	12	0	0	22.22
A Twigg	c I Amjad	b J Blain	7	23	32	0	0	30.43
V Craven	c J Blain	b B Coad	19	38	53	1	1	50.00
R Bradshaw*	c G Randhawa	b B Coad	44	75	88	8	0	58.67
N Lindley		b G Randhawa	11	43	47	0	0	25.58
J Tattersall+	run out (A Lilley)		5	18	29	0	0	27.78
D Sharp	c H Chadwick	b JB Hughes	7	19	18	0	0	36.84
M Ingham	c A Lees	b JB Hughes	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
S Clark	lbw	b G Randhawa	2	15	10	0	0	13.33
D Craven	not out		1	17	12	0	0	5.88
N Taylor	c JB Hughes	b G Randhawa	1	5	8	0	0	20.00
Extras	0nb 0w 3lb 6b 0pen		9
Provisional Score For Innings			108
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			108	all out

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
J Blain	7.0	0	20	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	42.00	2.86
JB Hargreaves	7.0	2	12	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	42.00	1.71
B Coad	8.0	3	20	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	24.00	2.50
A Robinson	6.0	0	24	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	4.00
G Randhawa	11.1	2	16	3	0 (0)	0 (0)	22.33	1.43
JB Hughes	5.0	3	7	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	15.00	1.40

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
J Proud	5-1	5	J Proud (2) A Twigg (3)	3.2
A Twigg	13-2	8	A Twigg (4) V Craven (3)	8.1
V Craven	41-3	28	V Craven (16) R Bradshaw (12)	16.4
N Lindley	89-4	48	N Lindley (11) R Bradshaw (30)	30.3
R Bradshaw	91-5	2	R Bradshaw (2) J Tattersall (0)	31.5
D Sharp	102-6	11	D Sharp (7) J Tattersall (4)	37.1
M Ingham	102-7	0	M Ingham (0) J Tattersall (0)	37.5
J Tattersall	103-8	1	J Tattersall (1) S Clark (0)	38.2
S Clark	106-9	3	S Clark (2) D Craven (1)	40.6
N Taylor	108-10	2	N Taylor (1) D Craven (0)	44.1

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
A Lees	lbw	b V Craven	8	35	40	0	0	22.86
C Geldart	not out		69	100	103	4	3	69.00
I Amjad	not out		29	43	63	4	0	67.44
Extras	0nb 0w 3lb 0b 0pen		3
Provisional Score For Innings			109
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			109	for 1

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
V Craven	11.0	3	27	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	66.00	2.45
N Taylor	10.0	4	22	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	2.20
D Craven	3.0	0	26	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	8.67
D Sharp	3.0	0	7	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	2.33
M Ingham	2.2	0	24	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	10.29