The Standard Bank Tinker Cup Final will pit holders Peel and St Johns against Cronkbourne.  

 

In Saturday's semis, the Saints made 201 against Crosby after being 36 for 4. Chris Hawke struck 49, Akkie van den Berg 30 and Nick Hawke 27. Joe Rothwell took 3 -24 and Stu Morris 2 -38.

 

Crosby's hopes were then blown away by Greg Hawke. He returned 5 for 22 as the Marown team were dismissed for 67 with Dave Picken top scoring on 24.

 

A good batting performance saw Valkyres reach 159 for 7 at Tromode. Auri Ghausi cracked a lively 49 before being run out in the last over. Opener Chris Langford hit an important 30 while Ehtasham Ahmed and Jawad Rajbut both made 13.

 

Matt Ansell was back from University for his first match of the season. He bowled eight very tight overs to concede only eleven runs. There were two wickets for Nick Wild and one for Luke Lacey. 

 

Needing 160 for victory, Cronkbourne lost an early wicket. Then Max Stokoe took control and had cracked an exciting 38 before Tom Reader trapped him lbw.

 

Valkyres quickly took two more wickets and at 67 for 4 the match was in the balance. Cronkbourne were behind the required run rate and looked vulnerable.

 

They were rescued by an outstanding partnership between Rowan Bird and Sam Mills. Batting cautiously at first, they gradually got on top of the bowling. The pair had an unbroken stand of 93 to take their side through to the Tinker final.

 

Bird finished on an excellent 59 not out while Mills gave good support with 24 not out. This was a gripping cup tie with plenty of tension and fine play.

 

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Last week the sun shone most of the time and the batsmen dominated. There were three centuries, starting on Tuesday with Adam McAuley's 120 in an exciting tied match between the Island Juniors and Merseyside.

 

On Thursday Daniel Dickinson hit 104 for Peel and St John's while Shaun Kelly smashed 148 for Ramsey. That was his second hundred of the year – last month he scored 156 in the Premiership game against Castletown.

 

RESULTS

 

Standard Bank Tinker Cup Semi Finals

Peel and St John's 201 (Chris Hawke 49, Akkie van den Berg 30 : Joe Rothwell 3 -24, Stu Morris 2 -38); Crosby 67 (Dave Picken 24, Dan Jacobs 11 : Greg Hawke 5 -22). Peel and St John's won by 134 runs.

Valkyres 159 for 7 (Auri Ghausi 49, Chris Langford 30 : Nick Wild 2 -26, Luke Lacey 1 -18); Cronkbourne 160 for 4 (Rowan Bird 59no, Max Stokoe 38 : Hameed Sulthan 1 -15, Saad Jaffrey 1 -22). Cronkbourne won by six wickets.

 

Standard Bank Cain League

Ramsey A 80 for 7 (Dom Howard 18, Andy Ball 16 : Tom Gascoyne 2 -7, M Brand 2 -9); Peel and St John's A 84 for 4 (Ollie Webster 33no, Alex Williamson 20 : Dom Howard 1 -9, Shaun Kelly 1 -22). Peel and St John's won by six wickets.

Ramsey A 86 for 9 (Grant Atchison 39, Paul Nicholson 22no : Sam Kebbell 3 -5, James Harrison 2 -8); Cronkbourne A 88 for 3 (Max Stokoe 50no, Luke Lacey 18 : Dom Howard 2 -30, Myles Capewell 1 -15). Cronkbourne won by seven wickets.

Cronkbourne A 175 (Luke Lacey 49, Sam Kebbell 27 : Ollie Steriopulos 3 -28, Garreth Roome 3 -35); Castletown A 153 for 7 (Wicus Wessels 43, Garreth Roome 40 : Sam Kebbell 2 -16, Rowan Bird 2 -28). Cronkbourne won by 22 runs.

 

Standard Bank T20 Forrester One

Union Mills 146 for 6 (Chris Nash 73, Jody James 19 : Sam Mills 1 -15, Arun Mahalingham 1 -18); Cronkbourne B 150 for 2 (Rowan Bird 73, Nathan Knights 32no : Chris Nash 1 -26). Cronkbourne won by eight wickets.

Ramsey B 213 for 1 (Shaun Kelly 148no, Dan Kelly 37no : Stu Morris 1 -25); Crosby B 59 (Drew Buxton 23, Fred Thompson 15 : Tom Moffatt 3 -6, Andy Ball 3 -20, Dom Howard 3 -25). Ramsey won by 154 runs.

Peel and St John's B 149 for 3 (Alex Williamson 62, Mark Walker 30 : Alex Watson 1 -12, Daniel Laughlin 1 -17); Castletown B 92 for 7 (Daniel Laughlin 16, Andrew Ronan 13, Richard Jackson 13 : Colin Gilbert 3 -20, Matt Wozniac 1 -3). Peel and St John's won by 57 runs.

Ronaldsway 143 for 3 (Brian Gartland 65, Sean Crossley 38 : Seth Aycock 1 -22, Jeff Butler 1 -23); Castletown B 135 for 4 (John Short 43, Richard Jackson 40 : Jonathan Bradley 1 -15, Sean Crossley 1 -24). Ronaldsway won by eight runs.

Peel and St John's B 217 for 3 (Daniel Dickinson 104no, Alex Williamson 41, Michael Oates 38no : Chris Cunningham 1 -35, Manoj Patel 1 -38); Union Mills 123 for 8 (Manoj Patel 46, Chris Nash 23 : Dean Wales 3 -12, Michael Oates 2 -18). Peel and St John's won by 94 runs.

Valkyres B 194 for 4 (Brian Quirk 94, Zubair Siddiqi 71no : Ewan Quayle 2 -21); Finch Hill A 147 for 6 (Ewan Quayle 43, George Burrows 23 : Andy Coulson 2 -24, Ali Ansari 1 -10). Valkyres won by 47 runs.

 

Standard Bank T20 Forrester Two

Finch Hill B 127 for 8 (George Burrows 38, Tom Burrows 27 : Connor Gilbert 2 -18, Fred Atherton 2 -20); Peel and St John's C 75 (Fred Atherton 18, Dean Wales 10 : Ewan Quayle 3 -18, Richard Oliphant 2 -6).Finch Hill won by 52 runs.

Cronkbourne Bacchas 138 for 7 (Tim Evans 42, Jonny Callow 24 : Andy Lee 2 -1, Fred Atherton 1 -18); Peel and St John's C 76 (Colin Gilbert 23, Fred Atherton 20 : James Harrison 3 -18, Andrew Vernon-Browne 3 -27). Cronkbourne won by 59 runs.

Peel and St John's C 155 for 2 (Neil Shimmin 65, Colin Gilbert 54no : Paul Smith 1 -27); Ramsey C 103 for 8 (W Greenbank 19no, James Aitchison 16 : Juan Bellando 3 -9, Will Bailey 2 -12). Peel and St John's won by 52 runs.

Ramsey C 119 for 8 (Will Moffatt 26, James Aitchison 24, Tom Moffatt 23 : Graham Healey 3 -12, Richard Oliphant 2 -13); Finch Hill B 121 for 2 (Sam Riordan 46no, George Burrows 46 : Tom Moffatt 2 -26). Finch Hill won by eight wickets.

Crosby C 107 for 9 (Jamie Brown 34, Dan Jacobs 22 : Jonny Callow 4 -14, C Whiting 1 -9); Cronkbourne Bacchas 111 for 6 (D Lewis 54no, Jonny Callow 18 : S Mason 2 -13, J Brown 2 -22). Cronkbourne won by four wickets.

Castletown C 146 for 6 (Mark Finnie 58no, Ian Blackhurst 22 : Juan Bellando 2 -30, Jordan Lee 1 -18); Peel and St John's C 129 for 5 (Colin Gilbert 41no, Fred Atherton 22 : Ben Herridge 2 -8, Daniel Laughlin 1 -15). Castletown won by 17 runs.

 

Island T20 Junior Match

Scotch College (Melbourne) 174 : Isle of Man Colts 60 for 1 after 11 overs. Match abandoned (Rain).