Quiet weekend for Kiwis in the English Leagues
[Lynn McConnell] | [Original Article]

Mathew Sinclair's Yorkshire Premier League club team mates at Cleethorpes showed they had been learning from Sinclair's example when taking a big hand in the side's win over Appleby Frodingham at the weekend.

The Cleethorpes club which has had the benefit of Sinclair's amazing run of batting form, lifted itself three places in the League by taking a 70 run win.

Sinclair only scored 27 when opening the innings with skipper Mike Smith.

Smith was out for 30 soon after Sinclair, and with a middle-order collapse following, Cleethorpes were in trouble.

However, the effects of the Sinclair influence were felt down the order as Stuart Airey and Nick White rescued the innings so Cleethorpes had a competitive 174/9 from their 55 overs.

Cleethorpe's home pitch at Chichester Road proved hard enough for Jonathan Davies to find pace and bounce which allowed him to trouble the visiting batsmen. He took four for 21 from 13 overs as Frodingham slumped to 63/7. Some lower order resistance took the score to 104 but 12 overs remained when Cleethorpes claimed the win.

Now sitting in eighth position, the side will be looking for another win at the weekend against Driffield before Sinclair departs for New Zealand's three-nations tournament in Sri Lanka.

Another New Zealander, Auckland batsman Richard King has been playing for Appleby-Frodingham in the Yorkshire League. King has been opening the batting. am opening the batting and enjoying the opportunity. However, before last weekend's game he had to fly to Australia to be with his sick mother.

His scores during the season have been, 5, 25, 40, 43, 88, 123, 88no and 79no for an aggregate of 491 and an average of 82.0

In the Lancashire League with Accrington, Tama Canning took four for 61 against Church who were all out for 137. However, Accrington could only reply with 118 and the loss left them in ninth position in the 14-team competition.

Another member of the CLEAR Black Caps team travelling to Sri Lanka, Lou Vincent has been playing for Esholt in the Bradford League. In 11 games so far, he has scored 437 runs at an average of 62.4 with a top score of 137 not out. He has also picked up 14 wickets at a cost of 14.0.

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