An unbeaten half-century from Thomas Thorpe was the shining light on a tough opening day for Central North's colts and Bradman Cup sides in Tamworth.
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Both sides were beaten by Central Coast in their respective clashes after being sent in on some tricky wickets and being skittled for under 100.
At Riverside 3, the Bradman Cup boys scrambled their way to 95 on the back of Thorpe. He finished unbeaten on 53 from 122 balls after coming in with the home side in deep trouble at 5-15.
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Co-coach Henry Cupitt said it was a "fantastic" and mature knock.
"It was a really good innings for a young guy making his Bradman Cup debut to be scoring an innings of that quality against good bowling in tricky conditions," he said.
"Very smart; he just knew his game really well."
He said the teen was a bit dirty when he came off, wanting to get more runs.
"But at the same time I don't think he realised the importance of that innings and where it got us to," he said.
At 6-21, Cupitt said they would have happily taken 70.
"To get there (90+) it's actually made something defendable," he said.
Unfortunately it wasn't quite enough with Central Coast chasing down the runs with more than 20 overs to spare.
At No.1 Oval, after a delayed start with the game not getting underway until 1pm, the colts' could only muster 72, Cotter Litchfield the best performer with the bat for Central North with 18.
Central Coast were relatively untroubled in the chase, peeling off the runs inside 19 overs.
