South North snatch championship with season second-half comeback (From The Northern Echo)
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South North snatch championship with season second-half comeback
3:10pm Monday 12th September 2011 in Wellstream Northumberland & Tyneside Senior League
SOUTH NORTH completed their remarkable second-half of the season comeback to snatch the NEPL championship from Chester-le-Street.
The Cestrians found the Durham Academy too tough a nut to crack and were heading for a heavy defeat when the rain arrived to save their skins, the youngsters on 190-3 chasing 211 to win with 12 overs left.
But as the rain moved east towards Ashbrooke the Bulls were in a desperate race for victory as a draw would have meant the title would remain at Ropery Lane.
And Lee Crozier successfully held on to a steepling catch under threatening skies to claim the final Sunderland wicket that meant South North were champions once more.
