Central North has come away with a win and two losses after their first weekend of Bradman Cup clashes at Coffs Harbour.
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The under 16s carnival kicked off on Saturday with 50-over matches before teams played two Twenty20s on Sunday.
Central North started their carnival with a bonus point win in a rain-affected match against Newcastle.
Harrison Mills and Ashton Blake led the way with the ball to bowl Newcastle out for 133.
In reply, Central North were cruising at 1-64 after 18 overs with Bernard O'Connor (26*) and captain Thomas Thorpe (17*) at the crease.
Then, storms hit, the players left the field and they weren't able to return.
Central North were given the win via the Duckworth Lewis Method.
The storms saw play moved to Grafton on Sunday where Central North registered a loss first-up to North Coast.
Central North finished on 9-70 from their 20 overs with No. 9 Izaac Coyle top-scoring with 15.
The bowlers then made North Coast work for their runs.
In particular, Jaxon Brooks who finished with figures of 2-4 from four overs.
In the end, North Coast got the runs with five wickets in hand and two and half overs to spare.
In Central North's last match of the weekend, the side bowled first against Central Coast.
Blake (2-6) and Harry Lewington (2-12) were the pick of the Central North bowlers as Central Coast finished at 6-86.
It was slow going early on as Central North looked to chase down the runs and the match was in the balance past the midway point.
O'Connor (14) and Thorpe (28) moved the score past 50 runs in the 14th over with just one wicket down.
However, just as Central North were building momentum, wickets fell.
They went from 1-51 to 7-62 in the space of a few overs and they weren't able to recover.
Central North ended up falling 16 runs short.
The side will now focus on the second lot of Bradman Cup matches which will be played in the Lake Macquarie area from January 4-7 next year.