Townville end Bradford & Bingley’s winning run
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PREMIER LEAGUE
Townville v Bradford & Bingley
Toss won by: Townville
Townville 298-7 (50 overs) Jonny Booth 83, Liam Collins 66, Jack Hughes 57, Bradley Reeve 4-66
Bradford & Bingley 103ao (28.1 overs) Jack Hughes 6-30, Mathew Lumb 3-21
Result: Townville (20pts) bt Bradford & Bingley (4pts) by 196 runs
Bradford & Bingley’s good run of recent form came to a screeching halt as they were pummelled by a resurgent Townville side who are looking to build up form and confidence before the Priestley Cup final.
Bar the early dismissal of Abdul Wahid, Townville were able to withstand the early pace barrage from Bingley as Jonny Booth (83) and Jack Hughes (57) put on 134 for the second wicket. Even a mid-innings wobble when Hughes, Booth and Kieran Collins fell in the space of 6 overs, could not stop Townville from racking up an imposing first-innings total. Liam Collins took particular liking to Bingley’s spinners as he hit 66 from just 49 balls to propel his side to 298-7 from their 50 overs.
Bingley, despite having their strongest batting lineup of the season with the return of skipper Jacob Slator at the top of the order, could not muster any significant resistance as Townville’s change bowlers tore through them. After Tom Chippendale removed Billy Whitford in the sixth over of the chase, spinner Hughes (6-30) was brought on early and proceeded to take four wickets for just six runs from his first four overs, removing Slator, Ben Moffat, Joe Pyrah and Matthew Swallow.
Callam Goldthorp and Rishi Chopra resisted for a few overs, forcing Townville to turn to their fourth bowler in Mathew Lumb. Lumb made a similar impact to Hughes when he was introduced, taking three wickets for 12 runs in his first four overs to reduce Bingley to 87-9.
Hughes then dismissed last man Reece Cockshott with the first ball of the 28th over to take his sixth wicket of the innings and secure a massive win for his side. The pressure of the run chase clearly had a big affect on Bingley’s batters as all 10 wickets to fall were either caught or stumped as they tried in vain to score.
Jer Lane v Methley
Toss won by: Jer Lane
Jer Lane 218ao (50 overs) Farakh Hussain 48, Hamzah Iqbal 44, Josh Sullivan 7-75
Methley 131ao (37 overs) Muhammad Aamir 4-40
Result: Jer Lane (19pts) bt Methley (5pts) by 87 runs
Jer Lane took their first steps to returning to form with a comprehensive victory over a Methley side who have now lost two in a row since rising to second in the league.
Jer Lane, who were without both of their usual opening batters, elected to bat first and started steadily – reaching the halfway point of the innings at 93-2 with Farakh Hussain and Hamzah Iqbal going well.
Four balls later, Hussain would become the first of Josh Sullivan’s seven victims as he fell lbw, two runs short of a half-century. Overseas star Ahsan Bhatti came in and took Sullivan for two boundaries quickly but then was caught behind before he could do any more damage. Iqbal then fell in Sullivan’s next over and Jer Lane were suddenly 131-5 with 18 overs still to bat.
Captain Yasir Ali steadied the ship alongside Sam Johnson with a 42-run partnership that lasted until the start of the 42nd over, when Sullivan dismissed Ali and then next man Narayan two balls later. Amir Hussain then joined Johnson to take the score past 200 with some boundaries before Ben Waite and Sullivan took the final Jer Lane wickets – Sullivan ending with 7-75 from his 14 overs and Johnson remaining unbeaten on 34.
Methley’s success this season has been built on the strong performances of their top order, but this time they failed too fire as Ali removed openers Kris Ward and Taylor Cornall cheaply. Bhatti also removed danger-man Alex Cree for single figures and Methley were 25-3 at the end of the seventh over.
This early spate of wickets allowed Jer Lane’s spinners to get back to their best and exert scoreboard pressure on Jared Warner and Jake Smart as they tried to rebuild the innings.
Over the next 15 overs, Warner and Smart managed 46 runs and found it hard to find the boundary and reduce the climbing required run rate. Eventually the pressure told and Warner was caught behind off Muhammad Aamir, leaving his lower order teammates with a lot of work to do if they were to win the game.
Charlie McMurran fell cheaply in the 27th over to leave Methley 81-5 and very much on the back foot. The end became nigh for the innings when Smart became Aamir’s second victim in the 30th over with the score on 101, closely followed by Liam Thomas nine balls later and then Charlie Winter was run out in the next over. Sullivan and Ben Waite each struck a couple of boundaries before they became the last two wickets to fall, leaving Methley all out, 87 runs short of Jer Lane’s total.
Baildon v Farsley
Toss won by: Farsley
Farsley 182ao (50 overs) Ben Wright 71, Cam Sharp 4-53, Abdullah Ijaz 3-30
Baildon 117ao (30.5 overs) James Skingle 40, Seamus Nazir 5-42
Result: Farsley (18pts) bt Baildon (5pts) by 65 runs
Farsley overcame some strong early resistance from relegation-threatened Baildon to secure victory at Jenny Lane.
Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Farsley were put under the cosh by some very accurate bowling from Kevin Mcdermott and Abdullah Ijaz as they struggled to 54-4 after 19 overs.
Things could have been even worse for Farsley had Ben Wright not survived an early run out scare, but Wright persisted and kept the scoreboard from grinding to a complete halt as Baildon kept up the pressure. At the halfway point of the innings, Farsley were 76-5 with Wright still unbeaten but aware that he did not have many partners left.
Wright found a partner in keeper Jonathan Read and the two of them put on a 59-run partnership before Wright was castled by an excellent delivery from Seif Hussain in the 39th over. Read fell four overs later to Cam Sharp and Farsley were 148-8 and in danger of setting a below-par score. Some late hitting from Ryan Blackburn, who struck Hussain for three big sixes to give his side late confidence and momentum going into the innings break.
Baildon knew that their best chance of chasing down this total would be from contributions from their top order, but they were rocked by some hostile fast bowling from Isaac Bepey to leave them 19-3 after just 7.2 overs. James Skingle tried his best to counterattack and put some pressure on the Farsley bowlers, but he could not find any partner to stick with him as Seamus Nazir and Joe Pocklington ran through their middle and lower order – Nazir picked up his first Bradford Premier League five wicket haul when he dismissed last man Cam Sharp LBW to secure victory.
Woodlands v Cleckheaton
Toss won by: Cleckheaton
Woodlands 292-5 (50 overs) Brad Schmulian 127, Henry Pearson 109, Sam Peter 3-58
Cleckheaton 252ao (48.2 overs) Yousaf Baber 96, Khizer Qadeer 82, Muhammad Bilal 4-57, Brad Schmulian 4-59
Result: Woodlands (20pts) bt Cleckheaton (6pts) by 40 runs
Woodlands were given an almighty scare by tenth-placed Cleckheaton as they threatened to chase down their first innings total before some late wickets secured victory.
Cleckheaton won the toss and elected to field – the only Premier Division club to do so today – and it looked like a masterstroke when they had Woodlands 53-3 in the ninth over. However, those three wickets did not include that of star-man Brad Schmulian (127) and he and Henry Pearson (109) would make them regret that as they put together an outstanding 225 run partnership over the next 40 overs, with both batters making centuries.
Neither would remain unbeaten, as they both fell in the final two overs of the innings, trying to push the total up to the 300 mark.
As we have seen already this season, Albert Terrace is a ground where big scores can get chased down and Cleckheaton knew they had two of the league’s most prolific batters in their side.
They were unable to start quickly, despite restoring Waleed Akhtar to the top of the order, and so Cleck found themselves 85-2 in the 22nd over when Khizer Qadeer came to join Yousaf Baber at the crease. Both started conservatively and saw their side to 118-2 after 30 overs, needing to score another 175 from the last 20 to secure victory.
Qadeer started taking on the spin bowlers, hitting multiple sixes as Cleck raced to 201-2 at the end of the 38th over. Woodlands skipper Schmulian responded to this by bringing himself and Muhammad Bilal back into the attack to try and break the partnership.
Baber and Qadeer continued to attack, with Schmulian’s first over going for nine runs and Bilal’s for seven. In the 41st over, Qadeer struck Bilal for back-to-back fours but then was caught by Schmulian, ending his innings on 82 from just 56 balls.
The remaining Cleck batters all tried to match Qadeer’s aggression, but they were unable to handle the nous and experience of Bilal (4-57) and Schmulian (4-59) as they collapsed from 243-3 after 44 overs to 252 all out from 48.2 overs, with both bowlers ending with four wickets apiece. Baber was ninth man out for 96.
New Farnley v Undercliffe
Toss won by: New Farnley
New Farnley 364-5 (50 overs) Aidan Langley 110, Fletcher Coutts 96*, Adam Ahmed 42*
Undercliffe 167ao (32.5 overs) Amir Shahzad 54, Suraj Singh 37, Adam Ahmed 4-57, Gurman Randhawa 3-41
Result: New Farnley (20pts) bt Undercliffe (4pts) by 197 runs
New Farnley’s powerful batting unit shone once more as they battered bottom-side Undercliffe in a very one-sided encounter at the Barry Jackson Ground.
Spurred on by in-form Aidan Langley, New Farnley attacked from the off and were 84-1 when Steve Bullen fell in the 14th over to Jude Roberts. Skipper Alex Lilley again struggled to make a contribution with the bat, falling for 18 to Roberts at the end of the 20th over.
Ryan McKendry could not repeat his brutal knock from last week, making just 12 before being bowled by Mohammed Suleman just before the drinks break. Whilst these wickets were falling, Langley was unbeaten at the other end with 64 from 61 balls and ensuring that the runs kept flowing.
Ed Brown started with intent, hitting two fours and a six, but he too fell cheaply for 17 as Suleman and Roberts threatened to restrict New Farnley from their typical late-innings acceleration. But this New Farnley team bats deep, and the power keeps coming as Fletcher Coutts combined with Langley to put on 98 runs in the next 13.3 overs before Langley was stumped for 110. This brought Adam Ahmed to the crease and he and Coutts would score 96 runs from the last 7.3 overs of the innings, including 68 from the final four overs to thoroughly dispirit the visiting side. Whilst Roberts (15-1-67-2) and Suleman (15-0-113-2) managed to bowl 30 overs for 180 runs, Undercliffe’s remaining bowlers were flayed by New Farnley’s batters and conceded 184 from their 20 overs and leave their side with a nigh-impossible target to chase.
Undercliffe’s opening pair failed again as Subhaan Ali and Abhay Negi removed them within the first three overs to leave them 3-2. Kyle Welsh struck a few quick boundaries, but he too fell to Negi and Undercliffe were in deep trouble at 26-3 after just 6.3 overs.
Suraj Singh, Salman Hanif and Bailey Worcester all were able to provide a bit more resistance, but Gurman Randhawa and Ahmed were able to keep taking wickets as Undercliffe surrendered to their inevitable fate.
Amir Shahzad, coming in at number 9, decided to fight fire with fire as he struck six sixes on his way to a 26-ball 54 to earn his side a second batting point, but this was only an entertaining sideshow as New Farnley coasted to a dominant victory in the 33rd over.
Both sides are now seemingly locked in to their likely final league positions, with Undercliffe now 40 points behind second-bottom Baildon and 68 points away from safety, whilst New Farnley have a 67-point lead over second place and, barring a historically spectacular collapse, seem almost certain to end the season as champions.
Pudsey St Lawrence v Carlton
Toss won by: Carlton
Carlton 178-9 (50 overs) James Glynn 41, Archie Scott 6-65
Pudsey St Lawrence 180-2 (35.2 overs) Ricky Priestley 67*, Archie Scott 45
Result: Pudsey St Lawrence (19pts) bt Carlton (3pts) by 8 wickets
Pudsey St Lawrence bucked the division trend as they were the only team batting second to win their game as they cruised to an eight wicket win over the rapidly falling Carlton.
Carlton won the toss and chose to bat first, only to find the going very challenging as Josh Priestley removed both openers cheaply while Adam Frost kept things tight from the other end. Seventeen overs into the innings, Carlton were 38-2 as they found scoring nearly impossible. At halfway, they had only mustered 58-3 as St Lawrence kept up the pressure. Bowling unchanged, Frost’s first 13 overs went for just 17 runs, including five maidens.
Only James Glynn (41) seemed able to score regular runs for Carlton, as he saw many teammates fall to Archie Scott (6-65) as they tried in vain to bring the run rate out of the doldrums – Scott ending with another strong haul of wickets after his performance last week versus Farsley.
Carlton did manage to bat out their full over allocation, but they knew they needed to exert similar pressure on St Lawrence’s batters if they were to have any hope of defending their total.
With St Lawrence missing usual opener Mark Robertshaw, Carlton may have thought they could attack young Archie Phillipson for an early wicket, but he and Scott were able to resist and score quickly – compiling a 77-run opening partnership in just 16.5 overs. It had taken Carlton 16.3 overs to score their first 37 runs, Phillipson and Scott managed the same score in just 5.3 overs, and this early impetus kept their side well ahead of the required rate.
Ricky Priestley was then able to come in at number 3 and play his natural attacking game, even when Phillipson was run out in the 22nd over. Priestley ended unbeaten on 67 from just 60 balls as he and Charlie Best knocked off the remaining runs with ease to secure an 8-wicket victory with 14.4 overs to spare.
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Division One
Birstall v Yeadon
Toss won by: Birstall
Birstall 166ao (47.3 overs) Adeel Ashraf 5-43, Shahrukh Khan 3-52
Yeadon 167-6 (32.5 overs) Mali Bardouille-Lewis 41, Raheel Ahmed 35, Waseem Liaqat 3-48
Result: Yeadon (20pts) bt Birstall (4pts) by 4 wickets
Birstall’s hopes of pushing for promotion diminished significantly as they fell to their third defeat in a row to a Yeadon side who are now just four points behind third-placed Morley.
Adeel Ashraf impressed with 5-43 for Yeadon at Birstall Picture: Ray Spencer
Choosing to bat first, Birstall lost Noah Chapman and overseas star Sharoon Siraj to Adeel Ashraf, who also dismissed skipper Nick Kaye in a top-class opening spell. Eric Austin (25) and Bobby McFarlane (25) resisted for a time, but both could not kick on to build a strong total, as Ashraf and Shahrukh Khan regularly prized out Birstall’s batters. The one blot on Yeadon’s copybook was that they conceded 31 extras, a total higher than any that Birstall’s batters could muster, allowing their opponents to get a second batting point and post a slightly more challenging target.
Raheel Ahmed took the attack to Birstall’s bowlers early in their reply, scoring 35 from just 28 balls before he chased a wide ball from Waseem Liaqat in the 11th over. Liaqat then got Josh Watson to play on to his stumps four overs later and Yeadon were 81-2, with opener Mali Bardouille-Lewis still going well at the other end.
Mali Bardouille-Lewis hits out for Yeadon during his knock of 41 Picture: Ray Spencer
Gulsheraz Ahmed was out caught for 14 off Daniel Marlow with the score on 104, but Mali and Will Pritchett kept the score ticking over before they fell in back-to-back overs as Birstall tried to inspire a late innings collapse.
Raheel Ahmed looks to attack the Birstall bowling.Picture: Ray Spencer
At 139-5 in the 29th over, Yeadon still needed 28 runs and Birstall now had two new batters to attack. Seth Pickering hit three quick boundaries to reduce the target to 15 before he hit one to slip off Liaqat to give the bowler his third wicket. That would be the final wicket to fall, as bowling star Ashraf hit the remaining 15 runs for victory off the next two overs, finishing with back to back fours off Liaqat.
Crossflatts v Batley
Toss won by: Batley
Batley 127ao (35.4 overs) Aadam Hussain 48, Mayank Singh 4-33, Dominic Bennett 3-21
Crossflatts 130-9 (36.3 overs) Awais Khan 39, Abdullah Khan 5-40, Ali Hamza Waseem 3-54
Result: Crossflatts (18pts) bt Batley (4pts) by 1 wicket
Crossflatts survived a late order collapse to secure a nervy one-wicket win over Batley and build a 33-point gap to third place in their push for promotion to the Premier Division.
At 51-1 in the 15th over, Batley would have been happy with their decision to bat first as they aimed to build a strong first innings platform. three overs later and Preston McSween had turned that into 54-3 and suddenly Batley were on the back foot as Crossflatts attacked.
Aadam Hussain had been their main early run scorer, but when he became Mayank Singh’s first victim at the end of the 23rd over for 48, Batley were 88-4 and struggling to score. Just 4.3 overs later, Batley were 103-7 as Singh and Dominic Bennett kept finding a way through the batters’ defences. The 36th over saw the final two wickets fall in back-to-back deliveries to Bennett, as Batley ended 127 all out.
Crossflatts would have hoped to get some early runs to put the game out of sight, but Abdullah Khan and Ali Hamza Waseem bowled excellent opening spells to reduce their opponents to 40-4 in the 11th over.
For a time, Awais Khan and McSween (28) appeared as if they were going to win the game for Crossflatts, building a 54-run partnership over the next 15 overs. Rana Khan managed to remove the dangerous McSween before he could do any further damage, but Khan remained steadfast with new man Azhar Mehmood to take the score to 118-5 after 32 overs.
With only 10 runs needed, the game appeared to be over but in the next over Abdullah Khan removed Mehmood with the second ball, was hit for four by new man Dan Trowers on the fifth before he took revenge by dismissing him with the final ball.
Six runs still required, Awais Khan faced up to Waseem but was unable to score from the first four balls. On the fifth, Khan was stumped smartly by Daanyaal Hussain and suddenly it was 122-8 with two new batters at the crease and six runs still required.
A single from the first ball of Abdullah Khan’s next over brought star bowler Dom Bennett on to strike, but he could not survive as he fell LBW to the third ball and so Mayank Singh had to come out as number 11 to try and avoid defeat.
Despite his best efforts, Abdullah could not prize out Singh as he survived the final three balls of the over. Number 9, Nadeem Safdar, was then on strike to face Waseem’s final over and he chose to try and see him off, playing out four dot balls before getting a single from the fifth ball to try and have the strike for the next over.
Singh did his part by defending the final ball and now it was four runs required. Abdullah Khan started with two dot balls and the game was still in the balance, but then Safdar went for glory, swung hard, and saw his shot clear the boundary to the delight of his teammates.
East Bierley v Pudsey Congs
Toss won by: East Bierley
East Bierley 168ao (43.4 overs) Jonathan Kuch 41, Duncan Heath 4-43, Nick Lindley 3-32
Pudsey Congs 169-4 (37.2 overs) Hassan Butt 47, Yohan Mendis 37no, Tom Burton 3-35
Result: Pudsey Congs (20pts) bt East Bierley (4pts) by 6 wickets
Pudsey Congs continued their imperious march back to the Premier Division with a comfortable victory over East Bierley.
East Bierley were indebted to Jonathan Kuch and their lower order batters for setting an average first innings total as Duncan Heath (4-43) and Zak Stolarski had combined to reduce the home side to 73-6 after 18 overs. Kuch found supportive resistance from Amir Afsar (17) and Sam Wilby (19no) as they put on 73 runs between them before Kuch was bowled by Nick Lindley in the 42nd over. Nick Lindley then took the last wicket to fall in the 44th over to dismiss the home side for a below-par 168.
East Bierley strived to take some early wickets to put pressure on Congs, but they were unable to make enough regular breakthroughs to slow the flow of runs. Tom Burton was the standout bowler, bowling unchanged from the first over for figures of 15-5-35-3, taking the wickets of Callum Oliver, Hassan Butt and Lindley.
Sadly for East Bierley, no other bowler could provide him with enough support as Yohan Mendis and Bilal Butt (30) took their side to within touching distance of victory before Butt fell to Kuch with eight runs needed for victory. Mendis hit Rob Barker for six in the next over to level the scores before securing the single needed to win the game on the next delivery.
Hartshead Moor v Morley
Toss won by: Hartshead Moor
Morley 46ao (21.4 overs) Moin Hussain 5-20, Alex Xiao 3-6
Hartshead Moor 48-4 (16.5 overs) Hasnat Yousaf 22no
Result: Hartshead Moor (18pts) bt Morley (2pts) by 6 wickets
At the 15th time of asking, Hartshead Moor secured their first league victory of the season as they stunned promotion hopefuls Morley in a low scoring affair.
Put into bat, Morley lost opener Jack Rowett in the second over, but James McNichol and Finn Brookes may have thought they had seen off the early pressure as they got to 29-1 in the 11th over.
However, James Rogers removed Brookes and then Aryan Singh in back to back deliveries to reduce Morley to 29-3. When Moin Hussain removed overseas star Asel Sigera five overs later, it triggered a horrendous rout as Morley fell from 36-3 to 46 all out – Hussain taking 5-20and first change bowler Alex Xiao taking 3-6 from just three overs.
In all, six Morley batters were dismissed for ducks and only McNichol and Brookes scored more than four runs. Hartshead Moor’s bowlers relentlessly attacked the stumps throughout the innings, dismissing nine batters either bowled or lbw.
Morley knew they needed to take early wickets to try and make their opponents nervous, so they opened the bowling with captain Matt Dowse and Sigera. Hartshead Moor took 14 runs from the first two overs, but the loss of Craig Field brought run scoring to a halt – 28 balls passed without a single run being scored while Nick Ward fell lbw to Dowse.
Dowse then removed Lewis Lomax in the ninth over and Hartshead Moor were now 17-3 and very much under the cosh. This brought Hasnat Yousaf to the crease, joining Rogers who was doing everything he could to survive at the other end. Unlike any of his teammates, Yousaf was able to break free of the pressure and hit Dowse and Sigera for boundaries, taking ten runs from the 13th over to bring the target close.
Rogers was eventually bowled by Sigera for a painstaking 31 ball duck, but Yousaf and Josh Marsden were able to pierce the attacking fields with boundaries, combining to score the last 15 runs needed for victory with no further alarms.
Captain Marsden hit the winning runs in the 17th over to trigger jubilation for his side and deal a sizeable blow to Morley’s hopes of promotion to the Premier Division.
Sandal v Gomersal
Toss won by: Gomersal
Gomersal 304-6 (50 overs) Hardik Karungale 97, Jonathan Boynton 84, Ibrar Younis 51no, Kasun Madusanka 4-86
Sandal 224-9 (50 overs) Leighton Shuttleworth 58, Kristian Shuttleworth 44*, Hardik Karungale 3-52, Jonathan Boynton 3-59
Result: Gomersal (19pts) bt Sandal (5pts) by 80 runs
Relegation-threatened Gomersal gave their hopes of survival a much-needed boost with a comfortable victory over Sandal, who now have just one league win since the start of July.
Choosing to bat first, Gomersal lost both openers cheaply as Kasun Madusanka proved a handful with the new ball. Shabir Rashid started a rebuild with Hardik Karungale, putting together a 63-run partnership over then next 10 overs before he was dismissed by Zaeem Zulfqar.
Karungale continued to put on the runs with Jonathan Boynton and looked well set for a century before he was dismissed by a returning Madusanka for 97 in the 29th over. Boynton also fell short of a century when Madusanka bowled him in the 43rd over for 84 and Gomersal’s innings was in danger of petering out as Daniel Syme fell in the next over to leave them 242-6 with 37 balls remaining.
Enter Ibrar Younis, who took the attack to Sandal’s tired bowlers, hitting Madusanka for four consecutive boundaries in the 47th over and then for two maximums at the end of the 49th on his way to an unbeaten 51 from just 27 balls with 4 fours and four sixes.
That late spate of runs may have knocked the stuffing out of Sandal, as Leighton Shuttleworth was the only batter in the top six to make any real contribution as Boynton, Karungale and Luke Kane reduced Sandal to 110-6 in the 23rd over.
Imran Mahboob (38) and Kristian Shuttleworth were able to score some late runs to secure more batting bonus points for their side, but they never looked close to chasing down the target, ending their 50 overs 80 runs short of Gomersal’s total.
Division Two
Division Two
Northowram Fields v Great Preston
Toss won by: Northowram Fields
Northowram Fields 99ao (30.3 overs) Farhan Hussain 23, Mohammad Shah 3-16, Tom Morrison 3-20
Great Preston 98ao (20.5 overs) Tom Morrison 29, Sam Gardner 6-27
Result: Northowram Fields (16pts) bt Great Preston (4pts) by 1 run
Sam Gardner produced a devastating spell of 6-27 as Northowram Field pulled off a dramatic one-run win over Great Preston.
Gardner impressed as Northowram Fields defended their lowly total of 99. Australian Tom Morrison (29) top scored as Great Preston were bowled out for 98.
Northowram Fields had found the going tough when they batted first as Mohammad Shah (3-16) and Morrison (3-20 ) posed problems.
Windhill & Daisy Hill v Lightcliffe
Toss won by: Windhill & Daisy Hill
Windhill & Daisy Hill 188ao (37.2 overs) Alex Antoine 88, Rajat Dey 6-73
Lightcliffe 189-6 (34.3 overs) Jordan Laban 60, Niall Lockley 42
Result: Lightcliffe (20pts) bt Windhill & Daisy Hill (4pts) by 4 wickets
Overseas player Rajat Dey produced another important performance as leaders Lightcliffe defeated Windhill & Daisy Hill by four wickets.
Dey took 6-73 – his second six-wicket haul of the season – as Lightcliffe bowled out their opponents for 188. West Indian Alex Antoine top scored with 88.
Experience batters Jordan Laban (60) and Niall Lockley (42) as they bagged their 12th win of the season.
Hanging Heaton v Altofts
Toss won by: Altofts
Altofts 200ao (44.4 overs) Dom Richardson 78, Umar Farooq 6-49
Hanging Heaton 201-6 (38.3 overs) Methushan Thilina 61, Luke Patel 41no, Saif Tahir 3-32, Oliver Box 3-35
Result: Hanging Heaton (20pts) bt Altofts (5pts) by 4 wickets
Hanging Heaton are now 50 points ahead of third place Buttershaw St Paul’s and on course for promotion after a four-wicket win over Altofts.
Their latest victory was set up by opening bowler Umar Farooq who took 6-49 as Altofts were bowled out for 200 after electing to bat first.
Dom Richardson (78) top scored for Altofts who have seen their own promotion challenge crumble in recent weeks.
Hanging Heaton, who trail leaders Lightcliffe by eight points, romped to victory with 11.3 overs to spare with overseas player Methushan Thilina (61) and captain Luke Patel (41no) leading the way.
Bowling Old Lane v Hunslet Nelson
Toss won by: Hunslet Nelson
Bowling Old Lane 168ao (45.3 overs) Zayn Hussain 49, Rounak Rathi 48, Sam Thewlis 5-39, Joshua Morris 4-36
Hunslet Nelson 172-6 (47.4 overs) Kieran Humphreys 52no, Matthew Varley 31no, Zayn Hussain 4-47
Result: Hunslet Nelson (20pts) bt Bowling Old Lane (4pts) by 4 wickets
An unbroken seventh wicket stand between Kieran Humphreys and Matthew Varley guided Hunslet Nelson to a four-wicket win over Bowling Old Lane which increased the gap between them and the relegation positions to 26 points.
They came together after Zayn Hussain (4-47) had posed problems for their fragile top order. Nelson were in trouble at 119-6 in reply to Old Lane’s score of 168. But Humphreys led the way with 52 not out while Varley finished unbeaten on 31 as Nelson hit back to win the match.
Spinner Sam Thewlis impressed again with 5-29 while Josh Morris took 4-36 in the Old Lane innings which featured good knocks from Hussain (49) and Rounak Rathi (48).
Buttershaw St Paul’s v Scholes
Toss won by: Buttershaw St Pauls
Scholes 236ao (42.1 overs) Christian Jackson 74, Adam Greenwood 40, Yasar Ali 4-80, Majid Khan 3-62
Buttershaw St Paul’s 175ao (36.4 overs) Jonathan Burston 52, Greg Keywood 4-51
Result: Scholes (19pts) bt Buttershaw St Pauls (6pts) by 61 runs
Scholes closed to within two pints of second bottom East Ardsley with a61-run win over A Buttershaw St Paul’s side who are third in the table.
Christian Jackson (74) and Adam Greenwood (40) made St Paul’s regret their decision to ask Scholes to bat first.
Despite the efforts of Yasar Ali (4-80) and Majid Khan (3-62), Scholes posted a total of 236 which proved to be enough to win the game.
St Paul’s were bowled out for 185 as Greg Keywood (4-51) helped Scholes secure a much-needed win. Skipper Jonathan Burston (50) was the only St Paul’s batter to make an impression.
East Ardsley v Keighley
Toss won by: Keighley
Keighley 180ao (38.1 overs) Muhammed Imran 44, Gareth Lee 40, Zeeshan Qasim 36, Kabir Kohli 3-48, Adam Pearson 3-50
East Ardsley 157ao (40.2 overs) Ashley Pearson 34no Zeeshan Qasim 5-29
Result: Keighley (18pts) bt East Ardsley (6pts) by 23 runs
East Ardsley remain in the bottom two after their 23-run home defeat against Keighley.
After bowling out Keighley for 180 they looked to have a good chance of forcing victory, but Zeeshan Qasim had other ideas.
The experienced opening bowler took 5-29 as East Ardsley were dismissed for 156, Ashley Pearson top scoring with 34 not out.
Qasim had earlier chipped in with 36 to support the efforts of Muhammed Imran (44) and Gareth Lee (40) against a bowling attack in which Kabir Kohli (3-48) and Adam Pearson (3-50) were the most successful bowlers.
Division Three
Heckmondwike & Carlinghow v Brighouse
Toss won by: Heckmondwike & Carlinghow
Heckmondwike & Carlinghow 325 ao (45.3 overs) Wajid Hussain 142 (127 balls 4×6 19×4), Khurram Shehzad 78, Sagar Sawant 4-88
Brighouse 290ao Sohail Ahmed 98, Junaid Anwar 58, Zahid Mahmood 5-31, Muhammad Shahnawaz 4-90
Result: Heckmondwike & Carlinghow 20pts bt Brighouse 8pts by 35 runs
Heckmondwike & Carlinghow boosted their hopes of winning promotion hopes with a 34-run win over leaders Brighouse.
They remain in third place but are now 16 points behind Brighouse and nine adrift of Streethouse who have played a game less.
Opener Wajid Hussain hit 142 from 127 balls after Heckmondwike & Carlinghow opted to bay first. His innings contained four sixes and nine fours and enabled his side to make 325 despite being bowled out in 45.3 overs.
His efforts were backed up by Khurram Shehzad (78) as Sagar Sawant (4-88) again spearheaded the Brighouse bowling effort. but
Sohail Ahmed (98) and Junaid Anwar (58) gave Brighouse hope of chasing down Heckmondwike & Carlinghow’s score but Zahid Mahmood (5-31) and Muhammad Shahnawaz (4-90) had other ideas.
Spen Victoria v Streethouse
Toss won by: Streethouse
Streethouse 289-8 (50 overs) Connor Fisher 61, Mackenzie Stanley 44, Matthew Gibson 44
Spen Victoria 180ao (37.4 overs) Chris Allen 44, Ismail Patel 4-33, Michael Bates 3-45
Result: Streethouse 20pts bt Spen Victoria 5pts by 109 runs
Streethouse picked up a maximum 20 points with a comfortable 109-run win at Spen Victoria.
Despite losing two early wickets they still managed to make a challenging 289-8 thanks to the efforts of Connor Fisher (61), Mackenzie Stanley (44) and Matthew Gibson (44).
Spen Victoria never looked like challenging Streethouse’s total. Ismail Patel (4-33) and Michael Bates (3-45) helped restrict the home side to 180. Chris Allen top scored with 44.
Adwalton v Wrenthorpe
Toss won by: Adwalton
Adwalton 434-7 (50 overs) Chris Batt 136 (114 balls 9×6 12×4), Lewis Lockwood 122 (92 balls 7×6 13×4), James Colbourn 64, George Bedford Walker 3-71
Wrenthorpe 282ao (39.1 overs) Harvey Anderson 56, Ghofran Shasawar 54, Jake Rogers 3-46
Result: Adwalton 20pts bt Wrenthorpe 7pts by 152 runs
Chris Batt and Lewis Lockwood hit centuries as Adwalton compiled the day’s highest score of 434-7 in their 152-run win over Wrenthorpe.
Together they added 207 for the fourth wicket with Batt making 136 and Lockwood (122) Their efforts were backed up by James Colbourne (64).
Wrenthorpe replied with 282 which enabled them to bag maximum batting points. Skipper Harvey Anderson (56) and Ghofran Shasawar (54) were the top scorers.
Crossbank Methodists v Hopton Mills
Toss won by: Hopton Mills
Crossbank Methodists 236 ao (40 overs) Jehan Zeb 102, Adam Siddique 4-31
Hopton Mills 146ao (30.5 overs) Chris Scott 42, Usman Fareed 4-32.
Result: Crossbank Methodists 19pts by Hopton Mills 5pts by 90 runs
Jehan Zeb’s century was the key ingredient in Crossbank Methodists’ 90-run win over Hopton Mills.
Adam Siddique took 4-31 for Hopton Mills who were bowled out for 146 when they replied. Chris scott top scored with 42 as Usman Fareed (4-32) posed the main threat.
East Leeds v Wakefield St Michael’s
Toss won by: East Leeds
East Leeds 170ao (35.5 overs) Zulfikar Muhammad 41, Sulaimaan Amin 39, Zayne Ahmed 4-44, Craig Ellison 3-37, Waheed Ahmed 3-45
Wakefield St Michael’s 139ao (28.4 overs) Zahid Tarvaz 4-47, Manni Hussain 4-30
Result: East Leeds 18pts bt Wakefield St Michael’s 5pts by 31 runs
Bowlers Zahid Tarvaz (4-47) and Manni Hussain (4-30) held the key to East Leeds’ 31-run win over Wakefield St Michael’s.
Their efforts enabled East Leeds to bowl out their opponents for 139 and defend their own score of 170.
Zulfikar Muhammad (41) and Sulaimaan Amin (39) were the main contributors for East Leeds as the wickets were shared by Zayne Ahmed (4-44), Craig Ellison (3–37) and Waheed Ahmed (3-45).
