TYNEDALE lost for the first time this season as a buoyant Newcastle City were geared to victory by Shahid Khan.

His unbeaten 93 saw the Gosforth side make it two wins on the bounce, overhauling Tyne’s good innings score of 224-9.

Tynedale set the match up nicely with a good opening innings, Sam Mannion and Jamie Crichton, with his second 50 of the season, giving the hosts an encouraging start.

They got the score to 63 before Mannion was trapped leg before for the first wicket by former Durham player Palav Kumar.

Crichton was in excellent form as he whittled away anything to leg, his bristling drives seeing him reach his half ton.

However, new partner Tom Cant smashed a straight shot and Crichton was run out when bowler Ihsan Ul-Haq deflected the ball on to the stumps.

James Rainford, approaching 3,000 runs for the club, was positive but lasted only 14 balls before giving Kumar a catch at mid-wicket with the score on 106-3.

Cant and Euan Stephenson took the score to 135 with the latter showing great confidence in his strokes and defensive play, but their partnership was ended just as they were getting going when Cant was caught by Faisal Mohammed to give Ul-Haq his second wicket.

Hedley Renton didn’t last long as he was out lbw to former Pakistan spinner Abdul Rehman without moving the score on, Tyne in a rut as they scored just 16 runs in the 10 overs from the 20th.

But Paul Newton accelerated the run rate with 32 in as many minutes, while Stephenson coolly fought off, and capitalised against, a tiring attack.

Eventually, his tidy innings was wrapped up by Ian Stubbs as he attempted a four by swatting to leg.

Josh Renton recorded a quick 20 from 10 balls before becoming Stubbs’ second wicket, with Newton caught in the deep by Mohsin Mukhtar and Dale Leadbitter was bowled.

David Newton and Matthew Percival saw the innings out.

Mohammed and Muktar gave City a barnstorming start by scoring eight an over and moving the score to 40 before the end of the fifth over against opening bowlers Josh Renton and Percival.

Tyne never really recovered from this although the change bowlers of Cant and David Newton enjoyed success. Newton got the breakthrough after Mohammed got the finest of edges through to Crichton, only to bring the impressive Khan to the fore.

He and Mukhtar pushed the score on by taking it to 92, Newton weighing in again with the opportunist wicket of Mukhtar. He followed it up with Rehman who lofted a catch to Leadbitter.

Mohsin Shafiq played the foil to Khan in a good partnership of 69, batting for an hour until caught behind off Cant’s bowling.

Tynedale’s hopes of an unlikely win were quietly raised when Cant bowled Ul-Haq with 26 runs needed. When Kumar departed in similar fashion, Tynedale sensed another win. However, there was no stopping Khan as he and captain Padmalaya knocked the runs off with plenty of balls to spare.