By Michael Latham
Leyland
players celebrate their dramatic win over Chorley
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Leyland moved 35 points clear at the top of the
Furness Building Society Northern Premier Cricket League
(incorporating Readers Cricket Balls) after a dramatic victory
over derby rivals Chorley at Windsor Park.
David Makinson's side swapped the sunshine of
Malta, after completing their traditional week-long mid-season
tour for gloomy overcast Lancashire skies but acclimatised
superbly to earn a maximum 15-points haul from a thrilling,
low-scoring game.
After the start was delayed for 35 minutes due
to morning drizzle Leyland, invited to bat by Chorley captain
Andrew Holdsworth struggled on a slow, damp pitch as Chorley
gave one of their best bowling and fielding performances of
the season. Chorley's substitute professional Andrea
Agathagelou, the Rishton professional, appeared to have put
the skids under the leaders with an inspired display of
leg-spin bowling. Agathagelou captured seven wickets for 23
runs as Leyland collapsed from 59 for 1 to 89 all out, and
that after Andrew Makinson and Tayyab Afsar mustered an
invaluable 19 for the last wicket.
Chorley's Kieran McCullagh
makes a fine catch to dismiss Nathan McDonne
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Included in the Lancashire Second XI's star's
haul was his provincial captain back home in South Africa, the
Leyland professional Brett Pelser. Opener Chris Parkinson top
scored with 30 off 97 balls. Luis Reece (16) and Andrew
Makinson (20, including two huge sixes off Agathagelou) were
the others to reach double-figures. Billy Smith played a fine
supporting role with three for 26 off 17 overs.
Chorley sub-pro Andrea
Agathagelou took seven wickets in a losing cause
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But Leyland captain David Makinson was in no
mood to let slip Leyland's hard-earned lead at the top after
news came through that Barrow had moved into second place
after victory over St Annes. Makinson bowled superbly to take
eight for 17 off 14 overs as Chorley subsided from 20 for none
to 25 for 7 and then 60 all out.
Leyland skipper David
Makinson was the hero with eight for
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Afsar began the collapse by catching Agathagelou
at mid on off Makinson. Only four Chorley batsmen troubled the
scorers as Makinson claimed three leg before decisions, bowled
two more and saw Kieran McCullagh and Smith fall to superb
catches by Luis Reece and Pelser respectively. Pelser
supported his captain by taking two for 12 off 14 overs.
Makinson captured the final two wickets in successive balls
just as light drizzle turned to heavier rain and no sooner had
last-man Chris Harty been despatched leg before the heavens
opened at just before a quarter to seven.
Barrow moved above defending champions St Annes
into second place after completing an emphatic victory at
Ernest Pass. Invited to bat St Annes made a disastrous start
losing Atiq Uz-Zaman leg before to Graham Dawson first ball.
Though skipper Andy Kellett stood firm St Annes slumped to 14
for 6 and were eventually bowled out for 83, Kellett last man
out for 37 off 85 balls. Paul Wilks showed fine resistance for
a second Saturday in a row, making 15 off 63 balls while last
man Ben Willis made an unbeaten 18.
Dawson and Barrow skipper Daryl Wearing each
took four wickets and pro Pasan Wanasinghe, bravely opting to
play despite learning of the death of his mother back home in
Sri Lanka, the other two. St Annes fought hard, pro Dinuka
Hettiarachchi and Nick Jones each taking two wickets as Barrow
fell to 39 for 4 before Wanasinghe (25 not out) and
vice-captain Chris D'Leny (35 not out) saw them home despite a
break for rain.
St Annes have announced that the league's
leading wicket-taker Hettiarachchi will be rejoining them as
professional for a third season in 2011.
Leyland (played 17-201 points) lead Barrow
(17-166) and St Annes (17-160) with Darwen (17-145) now fourth
after victory by 100 runs at Morecambe.
John Cordingley's side have been the big
improvers in 2010 and former Church CC bowler Chris Wade has
proved a vital capture. Tall medium-pacer Wade took five for
15 as Morecambe collapsed to a dismal 42 all out at Woodhill
Lane after Darwen had been dismissed for a modest 142, Chris
Williams taking four for 34.
The teenaged Alex Davies top scored with 39 off
78 balls for Darwen, an innings of great maturity in the
circumstances. Reg Cupit and pro Mandla Mashimbyi each took
three wickets.
Kamran Anwar (two for 6) and Neil Cordingley
(three for 21) supported Wade's heroics with only Cumberland
batsman Ikram Ullah making double figures for Morecambe.
Rain ruined a fascinating finish at Lune Road
with Lancaster 38 short of victory with three wickets
remaining against Preston.
The home side had been 68 for 7
but David Heywood (15 not out) and Lee Sparks (who hit an
unbeaten 44 off 25 balls) then combined to thwart the rampant
Preston pro Bilal Asad (three for 40) and captain Lukman
Vahaluwala (three for 31).
Bilal Asad had held Preston's innings of 158
together with 76 off 71 balls as off-spinner Ben Simm went to
the top of the amateur bowling chart, recording five for 53 to
take his season's tally to 41 wickets. Tim Barry weighed in
with four for 50 as Preston were hampered by Vahaluwala
batting down the order after splitting his webbing on his hand
last week.
Lancaster suffered hamstring injuries to pro Roy
Silva and opening batsman Jamie Heywood.
Stuart Nixon returned the season's best bowling
analysis, nine for 77 but still finished on the losing side as
Fleetwood defeated Netherfield by 40 runs at Broadwater. The
Netherfield opening bowler went desperately close to becoming
only the third player in Northern League history to capture
all ten wickets in an innings, pro Nick Kruger claiming the
wicket of Fleetwood captain Matt Clark, batting number
nine.
Wicketkeeper Dean Bell held the innings together
with a superb 91 off 131 balls. Fleetwood pro Matt Frith then
showed he had recovered from a dislocated shoulder, taking
seven for 28 off 10.1 overs as Netherfield were dismissed for
138, Kruger top scoring with 44 off 47 balls. Frith wrapped up
the innings with a deadly spell, trapping two visiting batsmen
leg before and clean bowling another.
Latham Baxendale
Twenty20 Cup winners Netherfield lost their last nine wickets
for only 50 runs.
Gareth Pedder steered Carnforth to safety at
Shap Road as Carnforth salvaged a draw against Kendal with a
battling display. Veteran John Denwood wheeled his way through
18 overs to take five for 80 as Kendal reached 193 for 7, pro
and captain Ross McMillan making 77 and Terry Hunte an
undefeated 48. McMillan took two for 17 off 13 overs but
stand-in opener Adam Cowperthwaite (30) and Tom Barnfield (34)
batted well before Pedder hit an undefeated 45 to help his
side close at 152 for 6.
FIRST DIVISION SCORES
BARROW v ST ANNES
Barrow (12pts) defeated St Annes (0pts) by 6
wickets
St Annes 83 (G Dawson 4 for 17, D Wearing 4
for 19) Barrow 86 for 4
CHORLEY v LEYLAND
Leyland (15pts) defeated Chorley (3pts) by 29
runs
Leyland 89 (A Agathagelou 7 for 23) Chorley 60
(D Makinson 8 for 17)
FLEETWOOD v NETHERFIELD
Fleetwood (15pts) defeated Netherfield (3pts)
by 40 runs
Fleetwood 178 (D Bell 91, S Nixon 9 for 77)
Netherfield 138 (M Frith 7 for 28)
KENDAL v CARNFORTH
Kendal (8pts) winning draw; Carnforth
(4pts)
Kendal 193 for 7 (R McMillan 77, T Hunte 48no,
J Denwood 5 for 80) Carnforth 152 for 6 (G Pedder 45no)
LANCASTER v PRESTON
Preston (7pts) winning draw; Lancaster
(4pts)
Preston 158 (Bilal Asad 76, B Simm 5 for 53)
Lancaster 121 for 7 (L Sparks 44no)
MORECAMBE v DARWEN
Darwen (15pts) defeated Morecambe (3pts) by
100 runs
Darwen 142 (C Williams 4 for 34) Morecambe 42 (C
Wade 5 for 15)
Blackpool no game
FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY
( INCORPORATIN READERS CRICKET
BALLS )
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division One
| Club |
P |
W15 |
W12 |
D4 |
D1 |
L |
NR4 |
BP |
Pts |
| Leyland |
17 |
5 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
201 |
| Barrow |
17 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
166 |
| St Annes |
17 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
160 |
| Darwen |
17 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
32 |
145 |
| Blackpool |
17 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
17 |
141 |
| Morecambe |
17 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
22 |
125 |
| Lancaster |
18 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
26 |
118 |
| Netherfield |
17 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
21 |
105 |
| Kendal |
18 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
46 |
103 |
| Preston |
18 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
27 |
92 |
| Fleetwood |
17 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
37 |
84 |
| Chorley |
18 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
2 |
32 |
82 |
| Carnforth |
17 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
2 |
37 |
78 |
| Lancashire Colts |
9 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
18 |
57 |
SECOND DIVISION
In Division Two, Leyland completed a fine club
double by regaining the leadership after a tense five wickets
win over overnight leaders Chorley at Fox Lane.
Chorley struggled to 88 all out with only Mark
Richardson (24) and Ian Oakes (20) making double figures as
Monty Cottam and Stephen Cartwright each took three wickets.
Ian Farrington and Wes Royle posted 31 for the first wicket
but Leyland then slumped to 57 for 5, Chorley skipper Ian
Mawdsley taking four for 42.
After a break for rain some
fine batting by Tom Reece and Cartwright took Leyland
home.
Leyland (15-155) lead Chorley (17-150) by five
points with two games in hand. Blackpool are third (15-143)
with Darwen (17-139) in fourth.
Blackpool had no game but Darwen were frustrated
by the weather after bowling out Morecambe for 80 at Birch
Hall in a match reduced to 40 overs per side, Michael Douglas
taking five for 17. Despite Graeme Cassidy taking four wickets
the home side looked well placed at 60 for 4 when rain stopped
play at 6.39pm.
Fleetwood completed a successful afternoon for
the club with a six wickets win at Parkside Road., Chris
Stanhope leading the way with 57 after Neil Gregson captured
five home wickets as Robbie Lambert hit 67.
Ian Allington and Guy Heffernan hit half
centuries to steer Barrow to 189 for 7 at Vernon Road, Greg
Whitehead helping salvage a draw for St Annes with an unbeaten
46.
In the battle of the bottom two at Lodge Quarry
Wayne Tomlinson made 91 off 132 balls and Neil Dugdale 51 off
59 balls as Carnforth rattled up 203 for 9. Oliver Field took
six for 45 for Kendal who were 121 for 5 in reply when rain
stopped play for a second time. Opener Darren Nightingale was
unbeaten on 55.
The game at West Cliff was abandoned after
Preston reached 117 for 4 against defending champions
Lancaster.
SECOND DIVISION SCORES
CARNFORTH v KENDAL
Carnforth (8pts) winning draw; Kendal
(4pts)
Carnforth 203 for 9 (W Tomlinson 91, N Dugdale
51, O Field 6 for 45) Kendal 121 for 5 (D Nightingale
55no)
DARWEN v MORECAMBE
Morecambe (4pts) winning draw; Darwen
(4pts)
Morecambe 80 (M Douglas 5 for 17) Darwen 60
for 4 (G Cassidy 4 for 16)
LEYLAND v CHORLEY
Leyland (12pts) defeated Chorley (1pt) by 5
wickets
Chorley 88 Leyland 92 for 5 (I Mawdsley 4 for
42)
NETHERFIELD v FLEETWOOD
Fleetwood (12pts) defeated Netherfield (2pts)
by 6 wickets
Netherfield 174 (R Lambert 67, J Winder 43, N
Gregson 5 for 43) Fleetwood 176 for 4 (C Stanhope 57)
PRESTON v LANCASTER
Match abandoned (4pts each)
Preston 117 for 4 (Z Patel 42) Lancaster did
not bat
ST ANNES v BARROW
Barrow (9pts) winning draw; St Annes
(4pts)
Barrow 189 for 7 (G Heffernan 63, I Allington
58, G Costin 7 for 44) St Annes 153 for 8 (G Whitehead 46no, P
Williams 40)
Blackpool no game
FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY
( INCORPORATING READERS
CRICKET BALLS)
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division Two
| Club |
P |
W15 |
W12 |
D4 |
D1 |
l |
NR4 |
BP |
Pts |
| Leyland |
15 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
18 |
155 |
| Chorley |
17 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
26 |
150 |
| Blackpool |
15 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
143 |
| Darwen |
17 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
23 |
139 |
| Lancaster |
17 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
127 |
| Preston |
17 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
19 |
125 |
| St Annes |
15 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
30 |
103 |
| Morecambe |
16 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
14 |
100 |
| Fleetwood |
15 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
23 |
95 |
| Barrow |
15 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
22 |
94 |
| Netherfield |
17 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
23 |
92 |
| Kendal |
15 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
25 |
59 |
| Carnforth |
16 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
25 |
37 |
