Lilley hits century as New Farnley retain league title. Let’s review the recent Bradford League results to see how other teams performed.
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PREMIER LEAGUE
| New Farnley v Carlton | |
| Toss won by: Carlton | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Carlton 202ao (43.5 overs) | New Farnley 206-2 (40.3 overs) |
| Muhammad Tariq 63 | Alex Lilley 109* |
| Adam Ahmed 4-86 | Ryan McKendry 61* |
| Gurman Randhawa 3-32 | |
| New Farnley (20pts) bt Carlton (4pts) by 8 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Captain Alex Lilley picked the perfect day to score an unbeaten hundred as he led his side to the Premier Division title in front of their fans at the Barry Jackson Ground.
Choosing to bat first, Carlton’s openers had no answer for the pace of Abhay Negi as he removed them both within the first five overs with the score only on 10. From then on Carlton found it impossible to string together a strong enough partnership to overcome the pressure from the New Farnley bowlers.
Aqib Shah and Naveed Malik looked best suited to it when they got their side to 53-2 after 15 overs, only for both to fall soon after each other for just two more runs. James Glynn and Dan Ford then tried, putting on 30 before Glynn holed out off Adam Ahmed in the 23rd over. More wickets fell regularly, including that of Ford, and Carlton were suddenly 129-8 with just 15 overs to go.
Number 8 Muhammad Tariq, as he has done more than once already this season, decided that all out attack was the best form of defense at this point. He took Ahmed and Gurman Randhawa for 58 runs in the next five overs before his luck ran out and he found Ryan McKendry on the boundary off Ahmed. His innings only lasted 34 balls but in that time he scored 63 runs, striking a solitary four and eight sixes. Nash Charles and last man Tom Taylor were able to push the total above 200 before Taylor became Randhawa’s third victim in the 44th over to wrap up the innings.
Any team that hopes to beat New Farnley this season pins their hopes on dismissing the prolific opening pair of Aidan Langley and Steve Bullen quickly. Carlton managed that via Malik as he prized both out in the first eight overs with the score on 33.
Lilley has had a poor season with the bat so far and he and McKendry were now in the unfamiliar position of having to rebuild the innings after early losses. Malik and Tariq kept the pressure on both batters early on, with McKendry in particular batting a lot more conservatively than he has been known for in recent weeks.
Once Carlton had to go to their change bowlers, Lilley and McKendry broke free and upped the rate with Nash Charles and Kieron Holliday particularly expensive. No matter what Carlton threw at them, the New Farnley pair handled it with ease. In the 40th over, bowled by Holliday,
Lilley clipped one through midwicket for four to move to 94 before launching a full toss next ball straight over the boundary to bring up his century – which was loudly celebrated by his team. Fittingly, Lilley then hit two further fours off Charles in the following over to secure victory and the title with 58 balls remaining. Lilley finished unbeaten on 109 while McKendry was 61 not out. Their partnership was worth 173,
Alex Lilley hits out during his knock of 109not out Picture: Ray Spencer
Muhammad Tariq struck an aggressive half century for Carlton Picture: Ray Spencer
| Townville v Jer Lane | |
| Toss won by: Townville | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Townville 264-5 (50 overs) | Jer Lane 99ao (20.2 overs) |
| Conor Harvey 72* | Ahsan Bhatti 37 |
| Abdul Wahid 69 | Matthew Race 4-57 |
| Jack Hughes 48 | |
| Townville (20pts) bt Jer Lane (2pts) by 167 runs | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Townville go into tomorrow’s Priestley Cup final in red-hot form, particularly talisman Conor Harvey, as they hammered Jer Lane at Poplar Avenue.
Winning the toss and batting first, Townville’s innings started in usual style with openers Jonny Booth and Abdul Wahid watchful and untroubled at 28-0 after the first 10 overs. Booth would then fall to Saad Khan in the next over but that was the last wicket to fall until the 32nd over. Wahid and Jack Hughes steadily accumulated against the Jer Lane attack, putting together a 119-run partnership from 129 balls. Just as they looked to push the run rate, Townville lost 3 wickets (including Wahid and Hughes) for just 5 runs in the next 5 overs.
Dulaj Ashen struggled mightily against the tight spin bowling before he was dismissed in the 44th over for 11 off 41 balls. At that point Townville were 175-5 with just 40 balls left in the innings, and in grave danger of squandering their strong start. The enigmatic Harvey took it upon himself to break the shackles as he and Matthew Race struck 89 runs from the remaining deliveries. Harvey was particularly imperious, hitting Jer Lane skipper Yasir Ali for four consecutive sixes to end the 49th over before scoring 12 more runs (including two fours) from the final over to end unbeaten on 73 from just 33 balls. In all, Harvey hit three fours and seven sixes whilst Race added three more fours and another six in that time.
Not content to rest on just his first innings contribution, Harvey dismissed Adal Islam and Sabir Mahmood in the first 7 overs to reduce Jer Lane to 11-2. He was then removed from the attack, presumably to preserve him for tomorrow’s final, but that did not provide Jer Lane with any respite. 11-2 became 21-4 as Hughes and Race picked up the wickets of Kyme Tahirkheli and Hamzah Iqbal in the next two overs. By the 20th over the match was over as Jer Lane’s batting surrendered to the pressure of Townville’s bowlers – only a brief cameo from Ahsan Bhatti (who hit Race for 6 sixes in a 15 ball-37) saved their side from a pitiful score.
An early dominant finish is just what Townville would have wanted ahead of tomorrow’s final, and, with Harvey now potentially back to his best, they appear to be in ideal form and condition to bring home the trophy.
| Pudsey St Lawrence v Methley | |
| Toss won by: Pudsey St Lawrence | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Pudsey St Lawrence 188ao (48.2 overs) | Methley 177ao (46.4 overs) |
| Mark Robertshaw 75 | Jared Warner 50* |
| Charlie Best 38* | Archie Scott 5-56 |
| Ben Waite 3-37 | Chris Marsden 3-53 |
| Charlie McMurran 3-38 | |
| Pudsey St Lawrence (18pts) bt Methley (6pts) by 11 runs | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Pudsey St Lawrence go into tomorrow’s final with some confidence after they overcame some significant moments of adversity to secure a tense victory against a freefalling Methley at Tofts Road.
Choosing to bat first, St Lawrence’s innings was in all kinds of disarray in the first half – going to drinks at 89-5 with wicketkeeper Charlie Best also off the field with a hamstring injury. Seamers Ben Waite and Charlie McMurran did a lot of the early damage, McMurran dismissing Archie Scott and Ricky Priestley in the first nine overs whilst Waite removed Barrie Frankland and Josh Priestley cheaply.
Whilst all this carnage was unfolding at the other end, veteran opener Mark Robertshaw was anchoring the innings with his usual class – finding runs easily whilst his teammates could not. He found support from young Archie Phillipson for a time to take the score to 130-6 in the 34th over before the hosts were rocked by Robertshaw top edging a sweep to Waite off the bowling of Josh Sullivan. Sensing the need for the innings to not collapse, Best returned to the crease despite his injury and was able to keep things ticking with Phillipson for a time. Two direct hit run outs accounted for Phillipson and next man Chris Marsden as the innings headed for the close, before an outstanding diving caught and bowled from Ben Waite removed returning overseas pacer Junaid Khan. To cap off this period of excellent fielding, McMurran held onto a hard hit back at him by last man Adam Frost for another caught and bowled as Best was left stranded on 38 not out with ten balls remaining in the innings.
With Best unable to keep, skipper Barrie Frankland donned the gloves for the second innings as he saw his opponents see off his opening bowlers to get to 52-0 from the first ten overs. In the eleventh over, Marsden tempted Kris Ward into a slog sweep which was caught on the boundary by Robertshaw to bring St Lawrence their first breakthrough. Young stars Taylor Cornall and Alex Cree have been key contributors with the bat for Methley and they would have been banking on them to build on the good start and bat the home side out of the game. But Archie Scott had other plans, keeping up his red-hot streak with the ball by getting Cree caught behind for 17 in the sixteenth over and then inducing Cornall to edge to Marsden at slip in the 20th over for 32. From 52-0 it was now 81-3 and Methley were going to have to rely on skipper Warner and their shaky middle and lower order if they were to win the game.
Unfortunately for Methley, only one of those things would turn out to be reliable. Scott would give Frankland his second victim behind the stumps with the removal of Jake Smart and then Marsden trapped the dangerous James Wainman LBW attempting a reverse sweep three overs later, just after he had hit the spinner for consecutive fours. Warner was standing firm at the other end, as he often has this season, but he was starting to run out of partners.
At 140-5 after 31 overs, it was still theirs to lose – needing just 49 runs from 19 overs – but they were feeling the pressure from St Lawrence’s array of slow bowlers. Scott was particularly threatening, trapping young McMurran LBW when he did not pick the googly before securing another five-wicket haul by dismissing Liam Thomas, also LBW, with the penultimate ball of his 15-over spell.
Now it was 165-7, 24 needed from 12 overs and Warner still unbeaten at the other end. Skipper Frankland decided to switch things up and reintroduced Khan to try and run through the tail. His decision paid quick reward as he removed Sullivan LBW with his third delivery. Number 10 Ben Waite survived the remainder of the over and then five balls of Marsden’s next over after Warner took a single from the first ball. Now it was 20 needed from 10 overs, with St Lawrence needing two wickets.
Warner took a single from Khan’s second delivery of the next over but would then regret that choice when he saw Waite unable to keep out a yorker that smashed into his off stump. Out came last man Finlay Rooke, who had memorably joined forces with McMurran to put on 48 runs for the last wicket in their win against Townville back in May, to try and see things home with Warner. Rooke was able to see out the remainder of Khan’s over before Warner saw out a maiden from Marsden in the 42nd – 19 needed, 8 overs to go.
Khan’s next over went for four runs and no alarm for Methley, and then the next two from Marsden and Khan could only muster a run a piece as Warner tried to preserve the strike – 13 needed, 5 overs to go. The next over would be Marsden’s fifteenth and final and so Methley were hoping to see him off and then attack whoever would come on to replace him. Warner saw out two dots and half-appeals before taking a single from the third ball to move to his half-century from 86 balls. St Lawrence brought in the field, desperate to prize out Rooke. Rooke batted back the first ball with ease, but he would play all round the next delivery and see the ball hit the top of his off stump and spark jubilant celebrations for the hosts.
| Cleckheaton v Farsley | |
| Toss won by: Farsley | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Farsley 182ao (44.3 overs) | Cleckheaton ( overs) |
| Ben Wright 44 | Waleed Akhtar 57 |
| Max Chappell 4-33 | Khizer Qadeer 53* |
| Ethan Lee 50 | |
| Cleckheaton (20pts) bt Farsley (3pts) by 7 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Farsley continued their late season decline as they were thrashed by Cleckheaton, whose victory has now almost certainly secured their place in the Premier Division for next season.
Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Farsley had a whole new top 3 from last week’s defeat versus New Farnley, but their fortunes did not change. Struggling early against accurate bowling and good fielding, Farsley’s openers were held to 16-0 from the first 9 overs. Two balls into the 10th over, opener James Hoyland was bowled by Lachlan Doidge. Jonathan Read was promoted to number 3, but he and other opener Chris Beech were both out by the start of the 15th over with the score on 42-3.
Skipper Ben Wright and the returning Stanley Brown attempted to break the pressure with a counterattack – Wright in particular starting rapidly with 37 runs from his first 17 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes. Cleck swapped out their opening bowlers in response to this aggression and it brought quick reward as Wright tamely chipped Max Chappell to long off for 44. Second teamer Subhaan Habib and Stanley Brown put away a few boundaries to see their side to 112-4 at the halfway point of the innings.
In the two overs following the break, both set batters were gone – Brown would hit an easy catch back to Chappell before Habib was castled by Cleck skipper James Stansfield. At 114-6, Ryan Blackburn and Andrew Sims tried to keep things moving, but they too would fall in quick succession offering more catches to their opponents and leaving their side at 148-8 with 14 overs still to go in the innings. Calum Fletcher and Seamus Nazir batted sensibly to put some more respectability to the score before Fletcher fell and Nazir struck a few late sixes before he holed out in the 45th over to end the innings.
Cleckheaton’s innings, bar a couple of similarly poor shots giving catches later on, was a stark contrast to that of their opponents. Waleed Akhtar and Ethan Lee tore into Farsley’s opening seamers, taking 57 runs from the first 6 overs with a slew of cleanly hit boundaries. Farsley turned to their spinners (Blackburn and Nazir) to try and slow things down, but their success was limited. Lee scored his 50 off 40 balls with the first ball of the 13th over, only to then be bowled by Blackburn on the next delivery. Akhtar looked imperious as he raced to 43 from 31 balls, but he could then only score three runs from his next 17 balls before he reached his 50 in the 18th over from 49 balls. Yousaf Baber came in following Lee’s dismissal, two runs short of 1000 runs for the season, and he reached that milestone with ease with a single off Nazir from his fifth ball, the first ball of the 14th over. Baber and Akhtar both fell in quick succession – Akhtar was caught brilliantly at wide mid-on by Wright – as Cleck were still needing 53 runs but with 30.1 overs to get them.
Enter Khizer Qadeer to commit one further act of brutality in his outstanding season as he bludgeoned 53 from just 17 balls (5 fours and 5 sixes) to secure victory in just the 24th over. In the 22nd over, he hit Nazir for three consecutive fours before hitting Blackburn for three consecutive sixes in the 23rd. It the final over he hit Nazir for a four and then two sixes to get to his half-century and win the game. Farsley were already down and out before Qadeer walked to the crease, but his innings destroyed any semblance of resistance or good feeling from a thoroughly rotten day for the visitors.
Cleck are now 53 points clear of 11th placed Baildon with just 4 games remaining and, on this form, they should feel very confident in their ability to secure enough points from those games and save themselves from relegation.
| Woodlands v Undercliffe | |
| Toss won by: Undercliffe | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Undercliffe 212ao (47.2 overs) | Woodlands 215-2 (38.5 overs) |
| Kyle Welsh 82 | Brad Schmulian 73* |
| Brad Schmulian 4-40 | Sam Frankland 58 |
| Kez Ahmed 3-38 | Mosun Hussain 48 |
| Woodlands (20pts) bt Undercliffe (4pts) by 8 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Undercliffe are almost certain for relegation despite a resilient first innings showing against Woodlands.
One of the most common themes of Undercliffe match reports this season has been the brittle nature of their batting order, which nearly cost them last week. Openers Danish Hussain and Oliver Hardaker failed to make much of a contribution before they were dismissed by the Richardson brothers in the first 8 overs. Kyle Welsh and Suraj Singh showed excellent control over the next twenty overs, putting together a 91-run partnership and setting a possible platform to attack in the second half of the innings.
Sadly, for Undercliffe, Singh was bamboozled by a Brad Schmulian googly with the last ball of the 27th over – starting another middle-order collapse at the hands of Kez Ahmed. Over the next 4 overs, Ahmed dismissed Salman Hanif, Bailey Worcester and Mohammed Suleman and now Undercliffe were 149-6 and Welsh was in danger of running out of partners. Jude Roberts did his best to stay with Welsh and rebuild the innings, sharing 41 runs over the next ten overs to take the score to 190-7 with 51 balls left to go. Welsh kept scoring wherever he could, but Schmulian was quickly running through the tail, leading Welsh to hole out to the returning Mosun Hussain off Elliot Richardson at the start of the 47th over. Last man Sunny Matharu was bowled by Schmulian in the next over to end the innings on 212.
Woodlands’ reply was rarely troubled by Undercliffe’s bowlers. Having Hussain back at the top of the order was a massive boon for the hosts and he seemed well set for a big score before he failed to clear the boundary to reach 50 and as caught by James Overend off the bowling of Suleman. From that point on, Sam Frankland and Schmulian slowly and surely knocked off the target. They were generally in cruise control as Undercliffe’s bowlers struggled to threaten them, both passing fifty on their way to a 133-run partnership that broke the back of the chase. Frankland couldn’t see the game home, top edging a sweep off Suleman when just 12 runs short of victory. Henry Pearson came out at four and helped Schmulian to knock off the rest of the target as they cantered to victory in the 39th over.
This victory will be of little comfort to the hosts as they saw New Farnley’s result seal the title. Undercliffe, despite some positives, are now 69 points away from 10th placed Cleckheaton with just four games and a maximum of 80 points left up for grabs.
| Baildon v Bradford & Bingley | |
| Toss won by: Bradford & Bingley | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Bradford & Bingley 207-8 (50 overs) | Baildon 125ao (37.3 overs) |
| Callam Goldthorp 77* | Callum Rainger 36 |
| Joe Pyrah 53 | Udith Patabadige 4-17 |
| Cameron Sharp 4-52 | Reece Cockshott 4-26 |
| Bradford & Bingley (19pts) bt Baildon (4pts) by 82 runs | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Baildon look likely to join Undercliffe in Division One next season as they were blown away by Bradford & Bingley despite a promising start.
Reducing their opponents to 30-3 in the ninth over, Baildon may have been dreaming of a statement win to reduce the gap to safety. Opening bowlers Kevin Mcdermott and Abdullah Ijaz had removed Jacob Slator, Billy Whitford and Matthew Swallow with some excellent early bowling. Bingley were missing usual middle-order saviour Ben Moffat, so it was Callam Goldthorp and Joe Pyrah who stepped up today. They put on 105 runs over the next 25 overs to set a platform and both passed 50 over that time.
Pyrah reached his fifty with a four off Seif Hussain in the 33rd over, but then dragged a ball from Cam Sharp onto his stumps in the next. A few overs later, Rishi Chopra and James Swallow fell in successive balls – Swallow to a calamitous run out with Goldthorp. Jack Hartley, in his usual style, counterattacked with a few big hits off Sharp before becoming the bowler’s third victim in the 46th over. With four overs to go, Bingley were 173-7 and only looking at a below-par total. In the last two overs of the innings Goldthorp and Udith Patabadige scored 24 runs, including two big sixes off Sharp in the final over, to secure a third batting point and end the innings on 207-8.
Baildon promoted Seif Hussain to open the batting and face up to Bingley’s fearsome pacers and he was no match for a Patabadige yorker in the 7th over. Fellow opener Hector Bowerman then chipped a catch back to Patabadige four overs later, before Hartley removed skipper Mcdermott thanks to a parried relay catch from keeper Whitford to Goldthorp in the slips. At 23-3 in the twelfth over, Baildon were seemingly already out of contention and unable to resist the Bingley attack.
Bingley rested their pacers and switched to Bradley Reeve and James Swallow, who were attacked by Callum Rainger for a short time until Swallow was replaced with Reece Cockshott in the 24th over. He then combined with a returning Patabadige to run through the middle order, including Rainger, to leave their opponent 98-7 at the end of the 31st over. Reeve replaced Patabadige at that point, working with Cockshott to take the final three wickets over the next seven overs and securing a comfortable win for the visitors.
Bingley’s win takes them up to fourth place in the table, though only 4 points ahead of seventh placed Farsley in a very crowded mid-table. Baildon, on the other hand, have seen their gap to safety widen further with the victories for Pudsey St Lawrence and Cleckheaton today. They are now 43 points adrift of Cleck in tenth place and needing some big wins against Methley and Jer Lane in the next two weeks if they are to have any chance of survival.
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Division One – Brookes hits ton as Morley stun Crossflatts
| Crossflatts v Morley | |
| Toss won by: Crossflatts | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Morley 305-7 (50 overs) | Crossflatts 135ao ( overs) |
| Finn Brookes 126 | Sajid Azeem 81* |
| Jack Rowett 51 | Vinit Patel 5-23 |
| Asel Sigera 47 | Matt Dowse 3-27 |
| Nadeem Safdar 3-37 | |
| Morley (20pts) bt Crossflatts (4pts) by 170 runs | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Morley breathed life into their faltering promotion challenge and put a big dent in Crossflatts’ bid to reach the Premier Division for the first time as they romped to an emphatic170 runs at Ryshworth Park.
It was a second successive defeat for Crossflatts who remain in second place but are now just 13 points ahead of Morley.
Crossflatts were made to regret their decision to ask Morley to bat first as the visitors piled up a score of 305-7.
Teenage wicketkeeper Finn Brookes led the way with his first league century. Brookes made 126, an innings containing fours sixes and 12 fours.
Brookes, who made a ton against Baildon in the Priestley Cup earlier this season, was joined in an opening stand of 140 by Jack Rowett (51).
Overseas player Asel Sigera (47) added to the suffering of the home bowlers as Morley built their commanding total. Nadeem Safdar was the most successful Crossflatts bowler with 3-46.
The Crossflatts quickly fell into disarray against the new ball bowling of Vinit Patel (5-23) and Matthew Dowse (3-27) as they collapsed to 37-8 and later 67-9.
Only Sajid Azeem offered resistance as he struck an unbeaten 81. He hammered six sixes and 10 fours which boosted his side’s total to 135. He completely dominated a last wicket stand of 68 with Rhys Mazey who did not contribute a single run.
| Toss won by: Hartshead Moor | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Yeadon 211ao (47.1 overs) | Hartshead Moor 213-4 (40.4 overs) |
| Mali Bardouille-Lewis 46 | Chris Swift 88 |
| Callum Heath 3-14 | Christopher Wynd 80 |
| Lewis Lomax 3-50 | Matthew Vorbach 3-45 |
| Jack Rogers 3-57 | |
| Hartshead Moor (20pts) bt Yeadon (5pts) by 6 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Bottom side Hartshead Moor are making a habit of upsetting promotion hopefuls. Just two week after beating Morley to register their first win, they defeated Yeadon by six wickets.
Openers Chris Swift (88) and Chris Wynd (80) shared a partnership of 157 which set their side on course to chase down Yeadon’s score of 211 all out. They sealed victory with 9.2 overs to spare.
Australian Matthew Vorbach took 3-45 for Yeadon who faltered after a bright start when they were put in to bat.
Openers Mali Bardouille-Lewis (46) and Raheel Ahmed (33) started solidly but only Vorbach (30) of the remaining batters made an impression as Lewis Lomax (3-50), Jack Rogers (3-57) and finally Callum Heath (3-14) got to work.
| Batley v Pudsey Congs | |
| Toss won by: Batley | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Pudsey Congs 184ao (48.3 overs) | Batley 186-5 (45.5 overs) |
| Nick Lindley 74 | Hisan Ahmed 48* |
| Yohan Mendis 48 | Muhammad Hussan Ahmad 45 |
| Ali Hamza Waseem 5-51 | Ali Hamza Waseem 44 |
| Rana Khan 3-28 | |
| Batley (20pts) bt Pudsey Congs (4pts) by 5 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Leaders Pudsey Congs were beaten for only the second time this season as they went down to a five-wicket defeat against fifth-placed Batley.
Skipper Saqib Talib’s decision to put Congs in brought early rewards as openers Callum Oliver and Hassan Butt were both dismissed by Abdullah Khan to reduce the visitors to 12-2.
Nick Lindley and Yohan Mendis, as they have done so often this season, batted sensibly as they revived their side with a stand 125 for the third wicket.
Mendis (48) was first to go with the score on 137 and five runs later Lindley departed for 74, Both were dismissed by Rana Khan.
From there the innings rapidly declined as overseas player Ali Hamza Waseem (5-51) and Khan (3-28) enabled their side to bowl out Congs for 175.
Waseem followed up by scoring 44 as opener and his efforts were built on by Hisan Ahmad (48no) and Muhammad Ahmad (45) as Batley eased to victory.
| Sandal v Bankfoot | |
| Toss won by: Bankfoot | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Bankfoot 232 ao (47.3 overs) | Sandal 235-9 (49 overs) |
| Gary Wainwright 79 | Sam Noden 43* |
| Sam Noden 4-64 | Ashley Mackareth 40 |
| Michael Carroll 3-38 | James Lee 3-48 |
| Kasun Madusanka 3-74 | Quadratullah Azizi 3-60 |
| Sandal (20pts) bt Bankfoot (6pts) by 1 wicket | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Sam Noden was Sadal’s hero as they snatched a dramatic one-wicket win over Bankfoot with one over to spare.
After taking4-64 as Bankfoot were bowled out for 231, Noden played a timely innings to see his side home.
He made 43 not out and was joined in a decisive last-wicket stand of 35 by Zaeem Zulfqar (5no). Noden sealed victory by hitting successive fours off New Zealander Max Butler.
Opener Ashley Mackereth (48) and Imran Mahboob (35) were the other key contributors for Sandal.
Gary Wainwright (79) and opener Matty Long (38) were the mainstays of the Bankfoot innings as the Sandal bowlers worked hard. Noden was the top wicket taker but Michael Carroll (3-38) and Kasun Madusanka (3-74) also played their part as Sandal bagged a valuable win.
| Birstall v Ossett | |
| Toss won by: Birstall | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Ossett 175ao (36.4 overs) | Birstall 139ao (39 overs) |
| Callum Geldart 74 | Muhammad Rameez 6-45 |
| Sharoon Siraj 4-25 | Mubtada Akhtar 3-24 |
| Daniel Marlowe 4-40 | |
| Ossett (18pts) bt Birstall (5pts) by 36 runs | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Spinner Muhammad Rameez took a hat-trick as he returned figures of 6-45 in Ossett’s 36-run win at Birstall.
Rameez already had three wickets to his name when he achieved the feat in his 10th over. Matthew Dyson trapped lbw, Waseem Liaqat was caught by James Keen and Oliver Kilburn was bowled.
Thanks to Rameez, Ossett were able to bowl out Birstall for 139 and defend what looked a modest total of 171.
Opener Callum Geldart continued his good recent form for Ossett with 74, while James Keen (32) and Haseen Bashir (31) provided support. Daniel Marlow (4-40) and Sharoon Siraj (4-25) ere Birstall’s best bowlers.
| East Bierley v Gomersal | |
| Toss won by: Gomersal | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Gomersal 120ao (26 overs) | East Bierley 122-7 (22.2 overs) |
| Jonathan Kuch 5-37 | Dwayne Heke 34 |
| Hardik Karungale 6-31 | |
| East Bierley (18pts) bt Gomersal (4pts) by 3 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Australian Jonathan Kuch took 5-37 as East Bierley bowled out relegation-threatened Gomersal for 120 on their way to a three-wicket win.
Gomersal’s decision to bat first backfired as all their batters struggled. Daniel Syme with 26 proved to be their top scorer.
East Bierley looked to be cruising to victory when skipper Dwayne Heke (34) and Ben heritage (25) shared a stand of 67, but the picture changed once they were parted.
Gomersal’s overseas player Hardik Karungale posed problems as he took 6-31 but East Bierley managed to scrape home with seven wickets down.
Division Two – Lockley sparkles as Lightcliffe romp to victory
| Buttershaw St Paul’s v Lightcliffe | |
| Toss won by: Buttershaw St Paul’s | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Buttershaw St Paul’s 182ao (38.3 overs) | Lightcliffe 183-1 (18 overs) |
| Mohammad Addas 74 | Niall Lockley 99* |
| Muhammad Shahnawaz 56 | George Leach 40* |
| Rajat Dey 4-61 | |
| Lightcliffe (20pts) bt Buttershaw St Paul’s (2pts) by 9 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
An unbroken second-wicket stand of 131 between Niall Lockley and George Leach powered leaders Lightcliffe to an emphatic nine-wicket win.
Buttershaw St Paul’s had beaten Lightclife in the previous league encounter between the sides but this time they were not in the hunt.
Lockley smashed an unbeaten 99 from 57 balls with seven sixes and 11 fours, while Leach finished 40 not out as the St Paul’s total of 182 was chased down in just 18 overs,
Muhammad Addas (74) and Mohammad Shahnawaz (56) top scored for St Paul’s as Indian Rajat Dey (4-61) again impressed for Lightcliffe.
| Hanging Heaton v Scholes | |
| Toss won by: Scholes | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Scholes 191ao (47 overs) | Hanging Heaton 192-4 (33.2 overs) |
| Joshua Fell 48* | Luke Patel 65 |
| Sayad Salman 44 | Kasir Maroof 51* |
| Umar Farooq 3-36 | |
| Methushan Thilina 3-44 | |
| Hanging Heaton (20pts) bt Scholes (4pts) by 6 wickets | |
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Skipper Luke Patel (65) and Kasir Maroof (51no) shared a third wicket stand of 113 which as Hanging Heaton defeated relegation-threatened Scholes by six wickets.
Patel and Maroof ensured that their side won with 16.4 overs to spare.
Scholes, who have been showing good form in recent weeks, made 191 when they opted to bat first. Josh Fell (48no) and Sayed Salman (44) were the top scorers as Umar Farooq (3-36) and Methushan Thilina (3-44) posed the main threat.
| East Ardsley v Hunslet Nelson | |
| Toss won by: Hunslet Nelson | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Hunslet Nelson 234-5 (50 overs) | East Ardsley 219ao (49.1 overs) |
| Andy McIntosh 57 | Bradley Gerrard-Harrison 60 |
| Joshua Morris 56* | William Stiff 3-44 |
| Amjad Minhas 3-44 | |
| Hunslet Nelson (19pts) bt East Ardsley (5pts) by 15 runs | |
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Hunslet Nelson eased their fears of relegation but added to the worries of their bottom of the table opponents as they ran out winners by 15 runs.
The Jack Hampshire Cup winners are now 42 points above the relegation positions while East Ardsley are 47 points from safety with five games to play.
Hunslet Nelson built their total of 234-5 around half centuries from Andy McIntosh (57) and Josh Morris (56no) after skipper Jack Scanlon had made 34 at the top of the order. Amjad Minhas (3-44) was the pick of the bowlers.
East Ardsley made a brave attempt to try and force victory but lost wickets at crucial times. Bradley Gerrard-Harrison battled hard for his 60 while Oliver Appleyard made 36. Will Stoff with 3-44 helped seal victory for Nelson.
| Great Preston v Keighley | |
| Toss won by: Keighley | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Keighley 222ao (45.5 overs) | Great Preston 128ao (30.5 overs) |
| Tinashe Gomwe 64 | Jack McGahan 43 |
| Ijaz Ahmed 36 | Simon Bailey 6-44 |
| James Conlon 5-85 | Gareth Lee 3-28 |
| Keighley (19pts) bt Great Preston (5pts) by 94 runs | |
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Spinners Simon Bailey (6-44) and Gareth Lee (3-28) were the star turns as Keighley bowled out Great Preston for 128 to seal a 94-run win.
Jack McGahan (43) was the only batter to make an impression as fourth-place Keighley took control of the games.
Keighley’s innings of 222 was highlighted by 64 from Tinashe Gomwe while Ijaz Ahmed chipped in with 36 as James Conlon (5-85) posed the main threat.
| Bowling Old Lane v Windhill & Daisy Hill | |
| Toss won by: Windhill & Daisy Hill | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Windhill & Daisy Hill 260-7 (50 overs) | Bowling Old Lane 264-8 (48.4 overs) |
| Hasnain Ahmed Khan 74* | Shahid Mehmood 57 |
| Alex Antoine 66 | Khalil Ur Rehman 53 |
| Shoaib Iqbal 5-73 | |
| Alex Antoine 3-65 | |
| Bowling Old Lane (19pts) bt Windhill & Daisy Hill (7pts) by 2 wickets | |
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Half centuries from Shahid Mehmood (57) and Khalil Ur Rehman (53) were crucial to Bowling Old Lane chasing down a Windhill & Daisy Hill score of 260-7 to win with eight balls to spare.
Shoaib Iqbal (5-73) and Alex Antoine (3-65) tried their hardest for Windhill & Daisy Hill but could not prevent Old Lane from snatching victory.
Antoine had earlier made 66 and along with Hasnain Ahmed Khan (74no) had enabled Windhill & Daisy Hill to post a challenging total.
| Northowram Fields v Altofts | |
| Toss won by: Northowram Fields | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Altofts 143ao (43.1 overs) | Northowram Fields 120ao (32.3 overs) |
| Liam Webb 50 | Ayaan Shahid 30 |
| Jacob Golding-Smith 6-47 | Usman Maqsood 6-43 |
| Ahsan Alishan 3-39 | |
| Altofts (17pts) bt Northowram Fields (5pts) by 23 runs | |
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Usman Maqsood impressed with 6-43 as Altofts brought their lean spell with a 23-run win over Northowram Fields.
His efforts enabled Altofts to bowl out Northowram Fields for 120 and win despite only scoring 143 when they batted first.
Liam Webb made a crucial half century as Jacob Golding Smith (6-47) led the Northowram Fields bowling effort.
Division 3 – Streethouse march on as closest rivals both slip up
| Crossbank Methodists v Streethouse | |
| Toss won by: Crossbank Methodists | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Crossbank Methodists 70ao (18.2 overs) | Streethouse 71-3 (10.2 overs) |
| Ismail Patel 7-18 | Matthew Gibson 31 |
| Lee Tarbuck 27* | |
| Streethouse (19pts) bt Crossbank Methodists (1pt) by 7 wickets | |
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Streethouse strengthened their position at the top of Division Three after a convincing seven-wicket win over Crossbank Methodists on an afternoon when their closest challengers Brighouse and Heckmondwike & Carlinghow both lost.
Ismail Patel set up the victory with stunning figures of 7-18 as Crossbank were bowled out for just 70.
Matthew Gibson (31) and Lee Tarbuck (27no) ensured that Streethouse got home with few alarms.
| Adwalton v Heckmondwike & Carlinghow | |
| Toss won by: Heckmondwike & Carlinghow | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Heckmondwike & Carlinghow 157ao (26.3 overs) | Adwalton 158-5 (34.1 overs) |
| Anas Imtiaz 8-82 | Matthew Donohoe 53 |
| Khurram Shehzad 3-68 | |
| Adwalton (20pts) bt Heckmondwike & Carlinghow (4pts) by 5 wickets | |
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Anas Imtiaz returned the day’s beat bowling figures of 8-82 as Adwalton delivered another blow to Heckmondwike & Carlinghow’s promotion hopes.
Adwalton triumphed by five wickets and Just as in their Jack Hampshire Cup final defeat last Sunday, Heckmondwike & Carlinghow’s batting let them down. They were dismissed for 157 in just 26.3 overs with last man Waqas Asaad top scoring with 25.
Adwalton followed up their win over Brighouse by easing to their victory target. Matthew Donohoe (53), Matty Waller (35no) and Jake Rogers (33) steered them home.
| East Leeds v Brighouse | |
| Toss won by: East Leeds | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| East Leeds 239-9 (50 overs) | Brighouse 178ao (33.5 overs) |
| Kashif Rehman 74 | Sohail Ahmed 96 |
| Sagar Sawant 4-57 | James Watling 5-53 |
| Manni Hussain 4-79 | |
| East Leeds (19pts) bt Brighouse (5pts) by 61 runs | |
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Brighouse slipped up again as they suffered a surprise 61-run defeat against lowly East Leeds.
Despite prolific opener Sohail Hussain making 96, Brighouse faltered against the bowling of James Watling (5-53) and Manni Hussain (4-79) as they were bowled out for 178.
Opener Kashif Rehman (74), Zulfikar Muhammad (41) and Watling (36) were the key contributors to the East Leeds score of 239-9.
| Spen Victoria v Wakefield St Michael’s | |
| Toss won by: Spen Victoria | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Spen Victoria 302-6 (50 overs) | Wakefield St Michaels 176ao (47.5 overs) |
| Corey Roebuck 158* | John Holland 57 |
| Louis Jackson 41 | Conor Butterworth 5-25 |
| Oliver Davison 38 | James Russell 3-30 |
| Spen Victoria (20pts) bt Wakefield St Michaels (4pts) by 126 runs | |
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Spen Victoria wicketkeeper Corey Roebuck had a day to remember. He hit his highest Bradford Premier League score of 158 not out in his side’ 126-run win over Wakefield St Michael’s.
Roebuck struck 23 fours and was backed up by Louis Jackson (41) and Oliver Davison (38) as Spen Victoria posted a total of 302-6.
Opener John Holland made 57 but lacked support as St Michael’s were bowled out for 176. Conor Butterworth (5-25) and James Russell (3-30) were the key wicket takers.
| Hopton Mills v Liversedge | |
| Toss won by: Hopton Mills | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Hopton Mills 379-4 (50 overs) | Liversedge 235ao (37.1 overs) |
| Joel Austin 105* | Brihesh Dhangar 63 |
| Stephen Bland 84 | Joshua Turner 3-30 |
| Connor Heywood 51 | Myles Auty 3-51 |
| Hopton Mills (20pts) bt Liversedge (5pts) by 144 runs | |
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Australian Joel Austin hit his sixth century of the season as Hopton Mills made 379-4 in their 144-run win over Liversedge.
Austin made 105 not out, an innings containing seven sixes and 11 fours, and has now scored 994 league runs in his debut season
Ben Haigh (53no) shared an unbroken fifth wicket stand of 140 with Austin as Mills capitalised on the earlier good work of opener Stephen Bland (84) and Connor Heywood (51).
The highlight of the Liversedge score of 236 was a big-hitting knock of 63 from last man Brijesh Dhangar which featured five sixes. He added 101 for the last wicket with Musafa Djadji (28no).
