da brdice： New Zealand Test batsman Mathew Sinclair marked his entrance into the Yorkshire league at the weekend when scoring a double century for his Cleethorpes club
Lynn McConnell07-May-2001New Zealand Test batsman Mathew Sinclair marked his entrance into the Yorkshire league at the weekend when scoring a double century for his Cleethorpes club.Sinclair was 200 not out when his side had first use of the wicket against Sheffield United at the Bawtry Road wicket.Cleethorpes were 304/3 at the end of the innings and Sinclair became one of only four players in the league’s history to have made a double century. He was 31 runs short of the all-time league record set by Sheffield United’s Shaun Beck two years ago in a 60-over game.Sheffield had no answer to the batting onslaught which was aided by Mike Smith’s 41 and James Stevenson’s 46.Then in the field, the teenage left-arm spinner Nick White reduced Sheffield to 70/8 before a lower order rally saw the side through to 145.White took 5-21.The side was set to play another game today, on a Bank Holiday in England, while it faces Shefffield Collegiate next Saturday.It is a great start for the lowly-ranked Cleethorpes club which is looking to make a significant run at the league title this summer.