Baildon relegated as only Carlton and New Farnley escape the rain. For a comprehensive insight, it’s time to review Bradford League results.
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PREMIER LEAGUE
| Baildon v Jer Lane | |
| Toss won by: Jer Lane | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Jer Lane 245-6 (50 overs) | Baildon 86-5 (17 overs) |
| Yasir Ali 100* | Hector Bowerman 34 |
| Raqeeb Younas 55* | Kevin Mcdermott 31 |
| Amir Hussain 4-18 | |
| Match Abandoned – Jer Lane (9pts), Baildon (6pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Even though rain saved them from a likely defeat, it was still enough to consign Baildon to relegation back to Division One.
After a surprise victory over Methley last week kept their hopes alive, Baildon had some positive momentum going into this game, and it paid early dividends as Will Smith removed both Jer Lane openers cheaply. Hamzah Iqbal and Adal Islam started to rebuild the innings with a solid partnership before a costly run out removed Iqbal and then Cam Sharp took two quick wickets in seven balls to reduce the visitors to 79-5. At the halfway point of the innings, Jer Lane were 93-5 with Islam unbeaten on 27 and skipper Yasir Ali new to the crease.
8 balls after drinks, Islam would fall LBW to Seif Hussain and Baildon may have been dreaming of wrapping up the innings cheaply with enough time to chase before the rain. Ali and Raqeeb Younas had other ideas, as they batted through the remainder of the innings unbeaten for 149 runs. Ali, who suffered heartbreak with the last ball of the innings versus Farsley a few weeks ago, had a joyful experience from the final ball of this innings as he scored a single to secure his century – sparking jubilation from his team. Ali and Younas had hit 50 runs from the final four overs of the innings to propel their total well beyond 200 and put their side in a very commanding position.
Knowing that rain was likely coming well before the planned end of the match, Baildon’s eyes would have been on the DLS target after 20 overs if they were to have any hope of winning. They started excellently towards that goal, as openers Hector Bowerman and Kevin Mcdermott hit 63 runs from the first 8 overs of the chase. If they maintained this rate and kept wickets in hand, they would be well ahead of the DLS target.
Sadly for the hosts, Amir Hussain had two wickets in the next three balls – trapping Mcdermott LBW before bowling James Skingle for 0. Bowerman would then fall three overs later, bowled by Muhammad Aamir, and the wheels started to come off the innings. Will Kelly and Seif Hussain would also fall to Amir Hussain in quite short order to leave the home side 86-5 after 17 overs. It was at that point that rain intervened, leaving the innings 3 overs short of the minimum number to classify as a full game for DLS purposes. That meant the game was abandoned, leaving Baildon 46 points adrift of safety with only a maximum of 40 left to attain, and confirmed that Baildon’s short time in the top flight was coming to an end.
| Undercliffe v Carlton | |
| Toss won by: Undercliffe | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Undercliffe 61ao (25.1 overs) | Carlton 63-2 (12.5 overs) |
| Naveed Malik 5-21 | Farukh Alam 40* |
| James Glynn 3-9 | |
| Carlton (19pts) bt Undercliffe (1pt) by 8 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Even impending early rain was not fast enough to defeat yet another Undercliffe collapse as they were thrashed by Carlton on their own patch.
Undercliffe’s batting frailties hve been well known this season, but they may have saved one of their worst performances of the season for this game as they utterly capitulated against a Carlton side that were low in confidence following a poor run of recent results. At 19-0 off six overs after choosing to bat first, home fans may have been starting to hope of a good first innings performance, only to see the score become 21-3 just two overs later as Muhammad Tariq removed Danish Hussain in the seventh over before Naveed Malik dismissed Kyle Welsh and Suraj Singh for ducks in the eigth, all caught.
Salman Hanif and Oliver Hardaker resisted any further troubles for just over 10 overs to get their side to 45-3 but then the innings truly collapsed as Undercliffe’s batters spectacularly self-destructed. 10 balls later it was 51-6 with two more catches offered along with a needless run-out. Hanif hit James Glynn for four at the end of the 23rd over to take his side to 61-6, little did he know that those would be the last runs of the innings. The final four wickets fell in the space of just 13 balls, two each for Malik and Glynn, to end the innings.
Even with the usual time taken for tea, Carlton quickly cruised to the modest total in just under thirteen overs for just the loss of James van der Merwe and Aarush Shinde, with Farukh Alam hitting a 36-ball unbeaten 40 to break the back of the chase. This win, combined with multiple other abandoned games today, allowed Carlton to rejoin the close mid-table pack in eighth, just 14 points behind fourth-placed Farsley who they host next week. Undercliffe are now confirmed to end bottom of the table following this defeat, and they are on course for one of the lowest points total by a Premier Division team in recent memory with games against Bradford & Bingley and Methley left to finish the season.
| New Farnley v Methley | |
| Toss won by: Methley | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Methley 144ao (41.2 overs) | New Farnley 94-4 (21.2 overs) |
| Jake Smart 48 | Steve Bullen 23* |
| Gurman Randhawa 3-27 | James Wainman 2-35 |
| Adam Ahmed 3-38 | |
| New Farnley (18pts) bt Methley (3pts) by 24 runs (DLS) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
New Farnley managed to just get over the 20-over DLS requirement in the second innings to secure another victory against a Methley team who appear bereft of any confidence as their losing streak extended to seven games with this defeat.
Even with the return of star opener Taylor Cornall, Methley’s batting unit struggled to cope with the variety of weapons in their opponent’s arsenal. Opening bowlers Abhay Negi and Alex Lilley ripped out three of the top four batters in short order to reduce the visitors to 33-3 after 12.1 overs. Negi bowled the dangerous Alex Cree for 4 before trapping last week’s centurion Jared Warner LBW in his next over. He was helped greatly by Lilley’s economical spell from the other end, with his first six overs going for just nine runs alongside the wicket of opener Kris Ward.
Jake Smart tried to counter-attack for a time whilst Cornall held firm at the other end. contributing 31 runs out of their 38 run partnership before Fletcher Coutts took a smart return catch to dismiss Cornall and trigger an all-too-familiar Methley middle order collapse. James Wainman lasted seven balls before being stumped off Adam Ahmed and then Charlie McMurran resisted for nineteen before he became Ahmed’s second victim and 71-3 had become 89-6 by the end of the 29th over.
Liam Thomas stayed with Smart for a while as the latter neared a half-century, only to fall two runs short as he was caught by Lilley off the bowling of Gurman Randhawa. Josh Sullivan lasted three balls before being trapped LBW by the last ball of that same Randhawa over. Finlay Rooke became Ahmed’s third victim in the next over and Methley had dropped from 116-6 to 118-9. Thomas and last man Ben Waite hit the spin twins for a few boundaries to try and nudge their total towards respectability but Waite would nick off to Gabe Field off Randhawa from the second ball of the 42nd over to end the innings. Dismissing their opponenets with 7.4 overs unbowled would end up a massive benefit for the home side, given they were only 1.2 overs beyond the overs required to get a DLS victory.
New Farnley’s innings started with a quick dismissal of Aidan Langley LBW to Wainman and the hosts were conscious that every wicket lost would increase the DLS total required, should they reach the 20 over mark. Whilst Steve Bullen played the anchor role at one end, Lilley (20), Ryan McKendry (19) and Ed Brown (16) tried to play the more aggressive innings to keep ahead of the rate as wickets fell. Some late nervous recalculations were in order when Brown was dismissed with the first ball of the 21st over but, even though they only could manage four more runs from the next eight balls before the rain came, the hosts were still comfortably over the DLS target of 71 at that point.
| Cleckheaton v Bradford & Bingley | |
| Toss won by: Cleckheaton | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Cleckheaton 300-8 (50 overs) | Bradford & Bingley 40-0 (7.5 overs) |
| Khizer Qadeer 86 | Billy Whitford 25* |
| Yousaf Baber 61 | |
| Aaron Ratnaligam 40 | |
| Match Abandoned – Cleckheaton (8pts), Bradford & Bingley (7pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
The most impressive first innings batting performance of the day came from Cleckheaton as Khizer Qadeer joined Yousaf Baber in passing 1000 league runs for the season with his knock today before rain prevented enough second innings overs to force a result.
Cleck’s openers, Waleed Akhtar and Ethan Lee, were able to achieve what many teams have been unable to do and see off the visitor’s formidable pace duo of Udith Patabadige and Jack Hartley without incident in a 64-run opening stand. Hartley was particularly wayward early on, going for 26 runs from his first five overs including nine no balls. Bradley Reeve prized out both Akhtar and Lee in quick succession to bring Baber and Qadeer to the crease, just as Cleck were hoping to accellerate. Unlike recent weeks, both batters took longer than normal to get going as Bingley’s bowlers kept things tight. Baber reached his half century in the 34th over as he and Qadeer put on 107 runs over the next nineteen overs.
James Swallow was able to dismiss Baber for 61 just 3.5 overs later to break the partnership, but this did not slow the run rate as the visitors had hoped. Aaron Ratnaligam, who is having a late-season purple patch, combined with Qadeer to take 30 runs from the first two overs after Baber’s dismissal and the pair continued their assualt from there with a 75 run partnership off just 41 balls to supercharge the innings. Bingley skipper Jacob Slator brought Patabadige back to break the partnership and the pacer delivered with just his second ball as Qadeer found Slator and departed for 86. Sixth bowler Rishi Chopra would pick up two late wickets as Cleck’s lower order came and went in the search of more quick runs, whilst Patabadige would dismiss Ratnaligam for 40 as well. Even with these wickets, the home side got their total up to 300 with the final ball of the innings.
Bingley’s innings only lasted 47 balls before the rain came, with openers Slator and Billy Whitford unbeaten after a positive start of 40-0. No further play was possible once the rain came, meaning no result was possible, but this ending alongside other results today left the hosts with the happy news that they were now safe from relegation and could plan for another season in the Premier Division next season.
| Pudsey St Lawrence v Townville | |
| Toss won by: Townville | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Pudsey St Lawrence 174-9 (50 overs) | Townville 91-1 (9.3 overs) |
| Charlie Best 64* | Conor Harvey 40* |
| Thomas Chippendale 4-45 | Abdul Wahid 30* |
| Jack Hughes 3-32 | |
| Match Abandoned – Townville (7pts), Pudsey St Lawrence (6pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Pudsey St Lawrence fans were starting to suffer from a similar sinking feeling from the Priestley Cup final before rain intervened to spare them from any further trauma against Townville at Tofts Road.
Put into bat by Townville skipper Jonny Booth, St Lawrence lost opener Archie Scott and number 3 Ricky Priestley within the first 4 overs, both to Thomas Chippendale. Priestley’s dismissal was the result of a spectacular diving catch by keeper Liam Booth, diving full length in front of first slip to catch the ball one-handed just above the ground. Conor Harvey then continued his imperious form by dismissing Mark Robertshaw and Josh Priestley to rock the hosts at 53-4 after 12.3 overs.
53-4 became 100-7 as Jack Hughes dismsissed Archie Phillipson, Jonty Mighell and Harry Cullingford within his first 8 overs, starting with figures of 8-4-14-3. Saints captain Barrie Frankland came out at number 9 to provide some support to Charlie Best, who played a lone hand in an excellent unbeaten 64 from 112 balls, in a 47 run partnership over the next 13 overs. Chippendale would return to the attack to dislodge Frankland and number 10 Patrick Arnold, but Best and William Ellis stood firm for the last four overs to ensure they batted out the full fifty overs and, more importantly, used up as much time as they could before the inevitable rain.
Townville lost Jonny Booth early for 1 as he nicked off Archie Phillipson’s first ball, but this brought Harvey to the crease as the visitors decided to throw caution to the wind and try to chase the total down before weather could intervene. Harvey hit his first ball for four, before following up with four more from his next 7 balls. Abdul Wahid, along with some costly extras, also ensured that runs were flowing dangerously quickly and the hosts were now banking their hopes entirely on the weather to bail them out as Townville were 87-1 after the first 9 overs, already over halfway to their target. Sadly for the visitors, only three more balls were possible before the rain came and so, despite their best efforts, they were left ruing their inability to take the final few wickets in the first innings quickly enough as the points were shared.
| Woodlands v Farsley | |
| Toss won by: Farsley | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Farsley 217ao (46.1 overs) | Woodlands 49-1 (5.1 overs) |
| Jack Moran 44 | Muhammad Bilal 40 |
| Ben Wright 39 | |
| Seamus Nazir 34 | |
| Henry Pearson 3-24 | |
| Muhammad Bilal 3-61 | |
| Match Abandoned – Woodlands (8pts), Farsley (7pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Woodlands let a commanding position slip in the second half of the first innings to leave them well short of the runs or overs needed to defeat visitors Farsley before rain stopped play at Albert Terrace.
Farsley welcomed back Joe Pocklington following his successful spell playing for Nottinghamshire in the Royal London Cup and he opened the batting for the side after skipper Ben Wright won the toss and elected to bat first.
James Sawyer, on the back of his outstanding performance with the ball against Townville last week, opened the bowling for the hosts but saw Pocklington hit him for two powerful boundaries early. Sawyer would have his revenge in the next over however, as he induced Pocklington into nicking a wide delivery through to keeper Alex Kaye. Chris Beech and Ryan Cooper put together a half-century partnership, with Sawyer coming in for some heavy punishment from Cooper, including two big sixes.
Like last week versus Undercliffe, Farsley followed up a good partnership with a substantial collapse as they fell from 69-1 to 82-5 as Elliot Richardson, Muhammed Bilal and a calamitous run out combined to remove Cooper and Beech alongside Stanley Brown and Jonathan Read. Woodlands thought they had Wright out caught behind soon after, which led to some unpleasantness in the middle when the umpire remained unmoved. Wright, who in the last two weeks had been fluent from the first ball, struggled massively early on against Bilal and Richardson, managing just one run from his first 14 balls.
Unlike last week, Farsley’s lower order stood firm against Woodlands bowlers and were able to hit regular boundaries with Wright to push the innings forwards, even when Wright holed out in the deep for the third week in a row before he could push on to make a big score with the score still only 144-6. Jack Moran and Seamus Nazir made excellent contributions, including regular boundaries, as Woodlands conceded another 73 runs for the last four wickets, bringing the total to a creditable 217 all out.
Knowing rain was coming, Bilal returned to the top of the order to try and provide some early impetus to the innings. He delivered that in spades as he smashed 28 runs from Stanley Brown’s first two overs, including three sixes as he reached 40 from his first 19 balls. After all that aggression, he was frustrated to then offer a tame caught and bowled to Pocklington two balls later. Six more runs came from the next three balls of the contest before the heavens opened and play was stopped – with the hosts 49-1 from just 5.1 overs but a long way short of the overs needed to get a full result. Like in the other games today, the rain never stopped enough for any further play to begin, leaving this game abandoned and the points shared.
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Division 1: Sandal are the only winners as they dodge the rain
| Birstall v Sandal | |
| Toss won by: Birstall | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Birstall 105ao (30 overs) | Sandal 109-4 (18 overs) |
| Kasun Madusanka 4-25 | Leighton Shuttleworth 40 |
| Waseem Liaqat 3-40 | |
| Sandal (19pts) bt Birstall (3pts) by 6 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Sandal were the only winners in Division One as they romped to a six-wicket win over Birstall to move up to sixth place.
Sri Lankan Kasun Madusanka (4-25) impressed as Birstall were dismissed for just 105. Sandal knocked off the runs in 18 overs with opener Leighton Shuttleworth (40) leading the way.
| Crossflatts v Pudsey Congs | |
| Toss won by: Pudsey Congs | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Crossflatts 271ao (50 overs) | Pudsey Congs 31-1 (9.3 overs) |
| Josh Brooksbank 60 | Callum Oliver 14* |
| Awais Khan 50 | Nadeem Safdar 1-6 |
| Sajid Azeem 38 | |
| Raman Athwal 4-59 | |
| Match Abandoned – Crossflatts (8pts), Pudsey Congs (8pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Leaders Pudsey Congs looked to be set for a tough battle before rain intervened and led to play being abandoned with them on 31-1 after 9.3 overs.
Crossflatts were well placed to advance their own promotion challenge when they made 271 batting first. Josh Brooksbank (60), Awais Khan (50) and Sajid Azeem (38) led the was as Raman Athwal (4-59) posed the main threat.
The abandonment means Congs need eight more points to secure an immediate return to the Premier Division
| Morley v Yeadon | |
| Toss won by: Morley | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Yeadon 227-8 (50 overs) | Morley 69-1 (16.1 overs) |
| Matthew Vorbach 78 | Jack Rowett 33* |
| Lewis Howard 58* | Finn Brookes 25 |
| Joel Murnan 3-76 | Adeel Ashraf 1-33 |
| Match Abandoned – Yeadon (7pts), Morley (7pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Yeadon recovered from a poor start to make 227-8 in their clash with second-place Morley. At 14-3 they were in trouble, but Australian Matthew Vorbach (78) sparked a revival.
His good work was built on by Lewis Howard (58no) and Will Pritchett (39) as Joel Murnan (3-76) proved to be Morley’s best bowler.
Morley had made 69-1 in 16.1 overs with Jack Rowett unbeaten on 33 when rain halted play after 16.1 overs – 3.5 overs before DLS could be used to obtain a winner.
| Batley v Gomersal | |
| Toss won by: Gomersal | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Batley 296ao (49.3 overs) | Gomersal 40-2 (14 overs) |
| Rana Khan 60 | Ali Hamza Waseem 2-14 |
| Roheil Hussain 50 | |
| Hisan Ahmed 36 | |
| Ibrar Younis 6-75 | |
| Match Abandoned – Batley (9pts), Gomersal (8pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Batley were left feeling frustrated as the rain washed away their hopes of victory over relegation-threatened Gomersal.
Rana Khan hit 60 off 32 balls and was backed up by Roheil Hussain (50), Hisan Ahmad (36) and Fasih Ul Hassan Tariq (33) helped Bayley recover from 118-5 to make 296.
Ibrar Younis produced a spirited bowling performance for Gomersal which was rewarded with figures of 6-75.
Gomersal had batted for 14 overs and made 40-2 when rain washed out any further play.
| East Bierley v Bankfoot | |
| Toss won by: East Bierley | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| East Bierley 237-7 (50 overs) | Bankfoot 52-5 (9.1 overs) |
| Sam Gatenby 68 | Bilal Hamid 16* |
| Tom Burton 45 | Mustafa Rafique 3-29 |
| James Massheder 3-80 | Reece Clark 2-15 |
| Match Abandoned – East Bierley (9pts), Bankfoot (7pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
East Bierley’s hopes of securing a win to give them more breathing space in their battle to avoid relegation were washed away.
They had reduced Bankfoot to 52-5 after 9.1 overs in reply to their challenging score of 237-7 when play was abandoned.
Sam Gatenby (68), Tom Burton (45) and Mustafa Rafique (31) all made key contributions for East Bierley.
The abandonment leaves East Bierley 29 points above Gomersal with three matches remaining.
| Hartshead Moor v Ossett | |
| Toss won by: Hartshead Moor | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Hartshead Moor 173ao (43.2 overs) | Ossett 78-3 (18.5 overs) |
| Chris Wynd 44 | Callum Geldart 29* |
| Josh Wild 4-20 | Moin Hussain 2-21 |
| Muhammad Rameez 4-45 | |
| Match Abandoned – Hartshead Moor (7pts), Ossett (8pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Play was abandoned just seven balls shot of the point where DLS could be used to determine a winner. Ossett were 78-3 after 18.5 overs when rain had the final say.
Hartshead Moor, whose relegation was confirmed last week, had made 173 when thye batted first with opener Chris Wynd making 44.
Spinner Muhammad Rameez (4-45) took his tally of wickets for the season to 58 while Josh Wild took 4-20.
Division 2: Lindsay takes five as Hanging Heaton beat title rivals
| Hanging Heaton v Lightcliffe | |
| Toss won by: Hanging Heaton | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Lightcliffe 129ao (36.5 overs) | Hanging Heaton 106-6 (20.3 overs) |
| George Leach 33 | Thomas Lindsay 27 |
| Jordan Laban 32 | Andrew Walker 4-47 |
| Thomas Lindsay 5-33 | Rajat Dey 2-43 |
| Hanging Heaton (19pts) bt Lightcliffe (3pts) by 18 runs (DLS) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Hanging Heaton are now favourites to finish top of Division Two after beating their title rivals Lightcliffe by four wickets on the day when they confirmed their promotion.
The two teams pictured before the start of the game Picture: Ray Spencer
The result means they lead Lightcliffe by six points with three games remaining and the architect of their lates win was all-rounder Tom Lindsay.
He found conditions to his liking as he took 5-33 as Lightcliffe were bowled out for 129. George Leach (33) and Jordan Laban (32) were the only batters to make an impression.
With rain threatening, Hanging Heaton did not want to let their hopes of victory drain away. Despite the threat posed by Andy Walker (4-47) they batted positively and were 106-6 and ahead on DLS when play was abandoned after 20.3 overs.
George Leach battled hard for Lightcliffe Picture: Ray Spencer
Andy Walker was the main threat for Lightcliffe Picture: Ray Spencer
Hanging Heaton skipper Luke Patel attacks the bowling Picture: Ray Spencer
| Buttershaw St Paul’s v Bowling Old Lane | |
| Toss won by: Buttershaw St Paul’s | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Buttershaw St Paul’s 136ao (36.2 overs) | Bowling Old Lane 64-8 (20.4 overs) |
| Rounak Rathi 4-16 | Majid Khan 4-23 |
| Saqif Ridwan 3-43 | Amjid Hussain 3-39 |
| Buttershaw St Paul’s (16pts) bt Bowling Old Lane (4pts) by 58 runs (DLS) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Bowlers Majid Khan (4-23) and Amjid Hussain (3-39) combined well as Buttershaw St Paul’s defeated Bowling Old Lane on DLS to climb above Keighley into third place.
Khan and Hussain enabled their side to restrict Old Lane to 64-8 in the 20.4 overs of play that was possible in the second innings before the rain swept in.
Buttershaw St Paul’s had found batting hard when they took first knock as Rounak Rathi (4-16) and Saqif Ridwan (3-43) led the Old Lane bowling.
| Northowram Fields v Keighley | |
| Toss won by: Keighley | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Keighley 137ao (35.1 overs) | Northowram Fields 141-1 (24.2 overs) |
| Ijaz Ahmed 38 | Hazrat Abbas 83* |
| Joe Hough 3-23 | Jacob Golding-Smith 37 |
| Babar Khan 3-29 | |
| Ahsan Alishan 3-45 | |
| Northowram Fields (20pts) bt Keighley (1pt) by 9 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Opener Hazrat Abbas led the way with an unbeaten 83 as Northowram Fields romped to a nine-wicket victory.
Abbas was well supported by Jacob Golding-Smith (37) as Northowram Fields made light work of chasing down Keighley’s score of 137.
Only Ijaz Ahmed with 38 made an impression for Keighley as Babar Khan (3-29) and Ahsan Alishan (3-45) posed problems.
| Great Preston v Hunslet Nelson | |
| Toss won by: Great Preston | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Hunslet Nelson 195ao (43.5 overs) | Great Preston 72-1 (23 overs) |
| Jack Scanlon 76* | Jack McGahan 33* |
| Jack McGahan 4-62 | Chris Aplin 30 |
| Chris Aplin 3-46 | Sam Thewlis 1-5 |
| Great Preston (20pts) bt Hunslet Nelson (2pts) by 10 runs (DLS) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Jack McGahan continued his fine form for Great Preston with a nine-wicket win over Hunslet Nelson. He took 4-62 and made 33 not out and played a key role in his team’s success.
After Nelson were bowled out for 195 with skipper Jack Scanlon making 76 not out, rain led to Great Preston being set a DLS target of 63 in 23 overs.
McGahan and Chris Aplin (30) ensured that Great Preston reached their target
| East Ardsley v Windhill & Daisy Hill | |
| Toss won by: East Ardsley | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| East Ardsley 158ao (34.3 overs) | Windhill & Daisy Hill 105-2 (23 overs) |
| Daniel McTernan 68 | Shamsullah Dost 43* |
| Adam Zahid 4-47 | Faizan Haider 26* |
| Zaib Ali 3-23 | Ashley Pearson 2-40 |
| Windhill & Daisy Hill (20pts) bt East Ardsley (3pts) by 48 runs (DLS) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
There was no joy for bottom side East Ardsley as they suffered defeat at the hands of Windhill & Daisy Hill.
Rain halted play with Windhill & Daisy Hill on 105-2 and well ahead of the DLS target of 58 with Shamsullah Dost (43no)
Skipper Dan McTiernan had been the mainstay of the East Ardsley innings with 68 as Adam Zahid (4-47) and Zaib Ali (3-23) led the Windhill & Daisy Hill bowling.
| Altofts v Scholes | |
| Toss won by: Altofts | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Altofts 237ao (49.2 overs) | Scholes 83-1 (17 overs) |
| Ben Walsh 67 | Sayed Salman 62* |
| Andrew Wood 46 | Oliver Box 1-26 |
| Sayed Salman 4-58 | |
| Christian Jackson 3-54 | |
| Match Abandoned – Altofts (7pts), Scholes (8pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Altofts hopes of halting their recent slide with a win were washed away as rain halted play before DLS could be applied.
Altofts had started the game well with Ben Walsh (67) and Andrew Wood (46) helping them to make 237 despite the determined efforts of Sayed Salman (4-58) and Christian Jackson (3-54).
Scholes, who are in need of points to avoid relegation, made a bright start to their innings and were 83-1 after 17 overs thanks to the efforts of Salman (62no).
Division 3: Russell takes nine wickets as Spen stun Brighouse
Spen Victoria v Brighouse | |
| Toss won by: Spen Victoria | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Brighouse 95ao (21.3 overs) | Spen Victoria 96-5 (29 overs) |
| Junaid Anwar 52* | Andrew Robinson 36* |
| James Russell 9-41 | Sagar Sawant 3-43 |
| Spen Victoria (18pts) bt Brighouse (2pts) by 5 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
James Russell produced the season’s best bowling figures of 9-41 as Spen Victoria delivered a body blow to Brighouse’s promotion hopes as they boosted their own hopes with a five-wicket win.
Russell took the first nine wickets to fall before Chris Allen snapped up the final wicket as Brighouse were bowled out for 95.
Junaid Anwar (52no) was the only Brighouse batter to make an impression as Russell got to work.
Spen lost early wickets before Andrew Robinson hit an unbeaten 36 to seal a victory which lifts Spen Victoria to third place – just four points behind Heckmondwike & Carlinghow who had a free week. Brighouse have dropped to fifth place.
| Streethouse v Wakefield St Michael’s | |
| Toss won by: Wakefield St Michael’s | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Wakefield St Michael’s 124ao (37.1 overs) | Streethouse 129-2 (19.4 overs) |
| Ubaid Zia 71 | Matthew Gibson 48* |
| Mackenzie Stanley 6-42 | Connor Fisher 33 |
| Michael Bates 3-23 | |
| Streethouse (20pts) bt Wakefield St Michael’s (2pts) by 8 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Leaders Streethouse have a 44- point lead after beating Wakefield St Michael’s by eight wicket. Australian Mackenzie Stanley set up their latest success by taking 6-42.
Only opener Ubaid Zia (71) stood firm as St Michael’s were bowled out for 124 with Michael Bates (3-23) giving good support to Stanley.
Matthew Gibson continued his good form with 48 not out while Connor Fisher made 33 as Streethouse sealed victory.
| Crossbank Methodists v Liversedge | |
| Toss won by: Crossbank Methodists | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Crossbank Methodists 295ao (45.1 overs) | Liversedge 96-4 (20 overs) |
| Harsh Patel 121 | Khurram Maqsood 35* |
| Zafar Mahmood 48 | Zafar Mahmood 2-42 |
| Jay Rajpurohit 3-68 | |
| Josh Smith 3-94 | |
| Crossbank Methodists (18pts) bt Liversedge (4pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Opener Harsh Patel blasted 121 from just 49 balls as Crossbank Methodists defeated Liversedge on DLS.
Patel smashed 11 sixes and 11 fours as he reached his century in the first 12 overs of the game. Patel totally dominated the second wicket stand of 101 with Mohammed Sudais whose contribution was eight.
Zafar Mehmood (48) built on Patel’s flying start with 48 as Crossbank Methodists made 295. Jay Rajpurohit (3-68) and Josh Smith (3-94) were the best of the Liversedge bowlers.
Rain reduced the Liversedge reply to 20.2 overs and despite making 96-4 they lost on DLS due largely to the impact of Patel’s explosive batting.
| East Leeds v Adwalton | |
| Toss won by: East Leeds | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| East Leeds 153ao (47.4 overs) | Adwalton 154-3 (16.3 overs) |
| Matty Waller 4-25 | Lewis Lockwood 71 |
| Lewis Lockwood 3-18 | Jake Rogers 38* |
| Adwalton (20pts) bt East Leeds (3pts) by 7 wickets | |
| Full Scorecard | |
Adwalton remain in the promotion race after their seven-wicket win took them within five ponts of second-place Heckmondwike & Carlinghow.
Lewis Lockwood (71) and Jake Rogers (38no) shared a second wicket stand of 117 as Adwalton chased down East Leeds’ score of 153 with ease. Matty Waller (4-25) and Lockwood (3-18) were the best of the bowlers.
| Hopton Mills v Wrenthorpe | |
| Toss won by: Wrenthorpe | |
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings |
| Wrenthorpe 265ao (47.3 overs) | Hopton Mills 68-2 (8.3 overs) |
| Shahzaib Sayeed 75 | Mark Ashton 33* |
| Ghofran Shasawar 48 | George Walker 1-30 |
| Mohammed Hassan 40 | Ghofran Shasawar 1-37 |
| Abdullah Qureshi 4-35 | |
| Match Abandoned – Wrenthorpe (9pts), Hopton Mills (8pts) | |
| Full Scorecard | |
This was the only Division Three match to fail to achieve a result as rain brought play to an end before DLS could come into play.
Wrenthorpe had made 265 when they batted first thanks to Shahzaib Sayeed (75), Ghofran Shasawar (48) and Mohammed Hassan (40), as Abdullah Qureshi claimed 4-35.
Hopton Mills had made 68-2 in 8.3 overs when the weather had the final say.
