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<\/a><\/p>\nNorths opening bowler Jacob McGoldrick was exceptionally tight, as his four overs cost only six runs.<\/p>\n
Thirteen runs in the sixth over took Gunnedah\u2019s score to 0-28, but the next six overs were potentially game-changing as three wickets fell for merely nine runs.<\/p>\n
Jakob Vearing\u2019s 21 in the 29-run opening stand included four fours, before he was bowled in the eighth over which was a maiden.<\/p>\n
Rory MacRae bowled the next two victims before Cameron, Shayne Riordan and Lachie Straney lifted the tempo in Riordan\u2019s first game for a while.<\/p>\n
Forty-six runs were added in four overs for the loss of Riordan, who found the boundary three times before he too fell to MacRae.<\/p>\n
Straney hammered two of MacRae\u2019s final three deliveries for six, before David Rose claimed 2-2 in his first over after bowling Straney and Lachlan Hills with successive balls.<\/p>\n
Gunnedah\u2019s 100 was raised with only one over to spare, and the healthy 69-run tally in the final eight overs ultimately couldn\u2019t compensate for the sub-standard first 12 overs.<\/p>\n
Paul Kerr struck a six and a four in the second over of the Norths innings, and then hit two fours in the third over before lobbing a catch to Vearing in the slips.<\/p>\n
The total sped from 1-32 to 1-46 in the sixth over, before a wicket to Vearing from the final ball of the over sparked a collapse of 3-8 to raise the possibility of an unlikely Gunnedah victory.<\/p>\n
Vearing\u2019s victim was bowled, and then Straney held a juggling catch at mid-off off Angus Johns before Vearing took a running catch wide of mid-on off Jack Hayes.<\/p>\n
Numerous boundaries kept the score ticking over, while an occasional wicket didn\u2019t cause the Redbacks any major concerns.<\/p>\n
Hayes won an lbw appeal with the total on 73, before Adam Veli-Gold did likewise with the total on 93.<\/p>\n
The final 13 runs came in Straney\u2019s only over which contained a series of wides and a no-ball, with the winning single coming from a free hit.<\/p>\n
Gunnedah remained at the foot of the eight-team ladder while Norths moved to second.<\/p>\n
North Tamworth Redbacks 6-107 (Sundries 28, Paul Kerr 21; Jack Hayes 2-19, Angus Johns 2-21) defeated Gunnedah 6-106 (Darrin Cameron 25 not out; Rory MacRae 3-28, David Rose 2-7) by four wickets.<\/p>\n