New City's international Tarisai Musakanda fell for a duck, exposing the middle order in the one-wicket loss to Belvoir. He remains the association's leading run-scorer.
Belvoir nabbed a thriller against New City in the battle of the winless teams.
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When Belvoir's Daniel Hales (18 runs) was the ninth wicket out the scores were tied with co-coach Michael Booth hitting a cover drive boundary from Aaron Green.
"I'd say initially it was relief for sure, followed by some excitement," Booth said.
"We just really wanted to get that first one-day win."
The Eagles struck a savage blow when New City's Zimbabwean international Tarisai Musakanda was dismissed for a duck to leave the visitors reeling at 3-10.
Sam Grant struck 55 in the total of 111.
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Nat Sariman scored 19 in the win, despite Bhupinder Singh's 3-35.
Andrew Moir
Sports Journalist
