Match Day 7th August 2010 Leyland win again, but so so Barrow and St Annes Leyland lead both divisions with six games to go By Michael Latham Dinuka Hettiarachchi celebrates bowling John Denwood to win the game for St Annes Leyland saw their lead at the top of the Furness Building Society Northern Premier Cricket League (incorporating Readers Cricket Balls) cut by three points by chasers Barrow and St Annes despite earning an emphatic win at Fleetwood. David Makinson's side dismissed Fleetwood for just 59 in 37.1 overs at Broadwater, left-arm opening bowler Luis Reece taking five for 29 and South African professional Brett Pelser four for 22. Only three home batsmen reached double figures as Leyland avenged their recent Readers Cup defeat at Fleetwood's hands. Reece was then the only Leyland batsman to be dismissed as Chris Parkinson and Henry Thompson steered their side home to an early finish in 15.5 overs. But Leyland, who had won the toss and elected to field earned only 12 points for a win batting second while Barrow and St Annes had maximum 15 point wins for batting first. In-form Barrow openers Jonathan Miles (46) and Greg Platten (43) led the way with a stand of 99 against Morecambe at Ernest Pass that formed the basis of their 177 for 9. Morecambe fought back well in the field, pro Mandla Mashimbyi taking four for 74 and skipper Tommy Clough three for 22 in 13 overs as Barrow lost nine wickets for 78 runs. Barrow pro Pasan Wanasinghe, back after attending his mother's funeral in Sri Lanka and skipper Daryl Wearing then tore into Morecambe's batting, each taking four wickets as the visitors were dismissed for 112. Mashimbyi provided the main resistance with an unbeaten 33 off 67 balls. Defending champions St Annes had Sri Lankan spin ace Dinuka Hettiarachchi to thank once again for their 76 runs victory over Carnforth at Vernon Road. The St Annes pro collected his 12th five wicket haul of the summer and ended with seven for 26 as Carnforth were dismissed for 94 in a rain-reduced game. Ben Dowling defied illness to take two wickets in as many balls and teenager Mitch Bolus, called up into the side for his debut after Nick Jones was taken ill, responded with the wicket of Tom Barnfield who was well caught by skipper Andy Kellett. St Annes pro Dinuka Hettiarachchi took seven wickets in his side's victory Hettiarachchi stole the show with a brilliant display of the craft of the left arm spinner, varying his pace, trajectory and flight to telling effect and taking the crucial wicket of opposing pro Gareth Pedder, caught and bowled for 28. St Annes' Atiq Uz-Zaman makes a fine catch to dismiss Adam Cowperthwaite After overnight rain reduced the contest to one of 40 overs per side Kellett and Atiq Uz-Zaman opened with a stand of 64 before St Annes lost three quick wickets for two runs. Russ Bradley's superb undefeated 54 off 67 balls enabled Kellett to declare after 38 overs on 170 for 5. Adam Hornby captained Carnforth with Darren Moore suffering from 'flu. Russ Bradley hit an unbeaten half century for St Annes Lancaster continued where they left off when they had the better of a draw at Leyland by defeating in-form Darwen by two wickets in a low-scoring game at Lune Road. The home side's Sri Lankan pro Roy Silva defied a hamstring injury to return seven for 23 as Darwen were dismissed for just 76. Off-spinner Ben Simm took the other three wickets as Darwen pro Mohammad Zaman Khan top scored with 35. Despite Chris Wade and Khan each taking three wickets Lancaster just got over the finishing line in a tense finish, Silva making 28. Rain frustrated Kendal's victory bid against Blackpool at Shap Road. After Terry Hunte continued his fine recent form with 50 from 66 balls in his side's 148 for 8, Richard Gleeson taking four for 59, rain then lopped off six overs from the visitors' reply. Hunte, who batted with a fluency that was denied to any one else and Kevin Howarth (35) added 85 for the fourth wicket. Cumberland county off-spinner Chris Miller took seven for 52 from 18 overs but skipper Paul Danson steered his side to safety with an unbeaten 21 off 37 balls at 125 for 8 after opener John Mounsey hit 53 off 130 balls. There was no play in the game between Preston and Netherfield at West Cliff. Netherfield and Lancaster have each suffered five abandonments this season with a total of 19 games falling foul of the weather. Leyland (played 19-218) have a 28-point lead over Barrow (19-190) with six games to play. St Annes (19-187) are still in contention but Darwen (19-162) have slipped behind. Blackpool (19-145) are in fifth but Lancaster (20-139) have overtaken Morecambe (19-130) into sixth place. FIRST DIVISION SCORES BARROW v MORECAMBE Barrow (15pts) defeated Morecambe (3pts) by 65 runs Barrow 177 for 9 (J Miles 46, G Platten 43, M Mashimbyi 4 for 74) Morecambe 112 (D Wearing 4 for 33, P Wanasinghe 4 for 43) FLEETWOOD v LEYLAND Leyland (12pts) defeated Fleetwood (0pts) by 9 wickets Fleetwood 59 (L Reece 5 for 29, B Pelser 4 for 22) Leyland 60 for 1 KENDAL v BLACKPOOL Kendal (7pts) winning draw; Blackpool (3pts) Kendal 148 for 8 (T Hunte 50, R Gleeson 4 for 59) Blackpool 125 for 8 (C Miller 7 for 52) LANCASTER v DARWEN Lancaster (12pts) defeated Darwen (2pts) by 2 wickets Darwen 76 (R Silva 7 for 23) Lancaster 77 for 8 PRESTON v NETHERFIELD Match abandoned (4pts each) No play ST ANNES v CARNFORTH St Annes (15pts) defeated Carnforth (1pt) by 76 runs St Annes 170 for 5dec (R Bradley 54no) Carnforth 94 (D Hettiarachchi 7 for 26) Chorley 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 19 5 10 1 1 1 1 14 218 Barrow 19 5 7 1 1 3 2 18 190 St Annes 19 3 10 1 0 3 2 10 187 Darwen 19 5 3 3 1 6 1 34 162 Blackpool 19 4 4 1 2 5 3 19 145 Lancaster 20 1 5 3 1 5 5 31 139 Morecambe 19 1 6 1 0 8 3 27 130 Netherfield 19 1 4 1 1 7 5 24 112 Preston 20 4 0 1 4 7 4 27 111 Kendal 20 1 1 4 2 8 4 50 111 Carnforth 19 3 0 0 3 11 2 38 94 Fleetwood 19 2 0 2 1 12 2 39 86 Chorley 19 1 2 0 3 11 2 34 84 Lancashire Colts 10 1 2 1 0 4 2 18 69 TO SEE MIKE LATHAM'S PICTURES OF THE DAY St Annes v Carnforth Click Here Match Report by Michael Moore Kendal v Blackpool Desperate to return to winning ways, Danno`s Boys travelled to Shap Road determined to bring back a bagful of points. But all they really managed to bring home was more disappointment. Electing to bowl on a track suited more to bowling than batting Blackpool`s bowlers struggled once again to attain any real degree of consistency, bowling both sides of the wicket thus making survival by the Kendal batsmen a much easier task. Scoring runs was obviously a difficult task as at the 15 over mark Kendal had struggled to a paltry 27 without loss. When the visitors` bowlers finally found success through Andy Hogarth (2 for 23 in 11) and Alex Smith(1 for 8 in 3), Kendal were in trouble at 29 for 3. However, the experienced pairing of Kevin Howarth and Terry Hunte set about repairing the damage adding 85 for the 4th wicket with some fine positive batting. But when Hunte (50) became the first of Gleeson`s 4 victims, closely followed by Howarth (35),the Shap Road lads stumbled to a very mediocre total of 148 for 8, Gleeson closing on 4 for 59 in his 21 overs. Steve Mercer also picked up a wicket to finish with 1 for 29 from his 9 overs. Yet again the reliable Rob Sissons put in a very impressive performance behind the stumps and but for his excellent efforts, Danno`s Boys could have been facing a much bigger total. The Blackpool lads will no doubt reflect on the 14 wides which were bowled., and their inability to take advantage of the bowler friendly conditions. However 148 was never going to be an easy target, especially as yet again the opposition attack was able to put the ball in right areas bowling a much tighter line and length. After 8 overs Danno`s boys had crawled to 5 without loss as the Blackpool batsmen found difficulty in keeping the board ticking and their misery was compounded by off spinner Miller as they slumped to 23 for 4 in 19 overs. The Cumbrian bowler finished with match figures of 7 for 52 in 18 superb overs. Tight bowling at the other end from McMillan and Jack White complemented Miller`s effort admirably as only opener John Mounsey, who dug in determinedly for a grafting 53 from 134 balls received was able to combat the rampant Kendal bowlers There was a glimmer of hope when middle order man Andrew Hogarth(21) struck several lusty blows including 2 big sixes off pro McMillan and skipper Danson (21 not out) and Gleeson (18 from 13 deliveries) mounted a late charge but the target was just too much for their valiant assault. Blackpool will be cursing their luck as a rain interruption in their innings reduced their allotment of overs to 44. The loss of 6 overs was a significant factor in their chances of success, especially as under the current rules the target is not reduced accordingly. SECOND DIVISION In Division Two leaders Leyland defeated Fleetwood by 86 runs at Fox Lane, wrapping up victory before the weather closed in. Daniel Hall (43 from 77 balls) helped the home side weather a fine spell of bowling by Neil Gregson who bowled unchanged to take five for 48 in the total of 151 for 8. Stephen Cartwright then took five for 19 as Fleetwood were bowled out for 65. With Chorley inactive Blackpool and Darwen took advantage to move into second and third place respectively. Blackpool beat Kendal by 49 runs at Stanley Park, skipper Kevin Reid taking four for 42 and Ross Parker five for 45 to dismiss the visitors for 127 despite a fine 68 from Sedbergh Schoolboy Jono Marshall. Adrian Darlington top scored for Blackpool with 45 in his side's 176 for 7. Darwen also earned maximum points after bowling out defending champions Lancaster for just 45 at Birch Hall, Andrew Cook continuing his rich vein of form with four for 8. Earlier father and son partnership Gary Jackson (41) and Scott Jackson (88) helped Darwen declare on 184 for 3 in a game reduced to 44 overs per side, the pair adding 125 for the second wicket. Nathan Jackson, Scott's brother, then took three for 27 to complete a fine day for the Jackson family. Leyland (played 17-185) lead the way from Blackpool (17-170), Darwen (19-169) and Chorley (18-157). Elsewhere fifth-placed Preston went down to a heavy defeat at Netherfield for whom Ryan Wilson returned after injury to take five wickets and Shane Dixon hit 84. The redoubtable Manoj Parekh returned to action with six for 62 from 17 overs for Preston. St Annes won a thriller against bottom club Carnforth by 18 runs at Lodge Quarry despite Mark Bradley taking six wickets and earning a run out for the home side. Jack Todd took four for 14 from ten overs to help dismiss Carnforth for 131 despite a fighting 39 from Tom O'Brien. Lakmal Mendis took five wickets for Barrow to dismiss Morecambe for 116 but Sean Graves then returned five for 22 as the visitors succumbed to 67 all out in reply. SECOND DIVISION SCORES BLACKPOOL v KENDAL Blackpool (15pts) defeated Kendal (2pts) by 49 runs Blackpool 176 for 7 (A Darlington 45) Kendal 127 (J Marshall 68, R Parker 5 for 45, K Reid 4 for 42) CARNFORTH v ST ANNES St Annes (15pts) defeated Carnforth (3pts) by 18 runs St Annes 149 (M Bradley 6 for 38) Carnforth 131 (J Todd 4 for 14) DARWEN v LANCASTER Darwen (15pts) defeated Lancaster (0pts) by 139 runs Darwen 184 for 3dec (S Jackson 88, G Jackson 41) Lancaster 45 (A Cook 4 for 8) LEYLAND v FLEETWOOD Leyland (15pts) defeated Fleetwood (2pts) by 86 runs Leyland 151 for 8 (D Hall 43, N Gregson 5 for 48) Fleetwood 65 (S Cartwright 5 for 19) MORECAMBE v BARROW Morecambe (15pts) defeated Barrow (3pts) by 49 runs Morecambe 116 (L Mendis 5 for 39) Barrow 67 (S Graves 5 for 22) NETHERFIELD v PRESTON Netherfield (15pts) defeated Preston (3pts) by 117 runs Netherfield 196 (Shane Dixon 84, M Parekh 6 for 62) Preston 79 (R Wilson 5 for 35) Chorley no game Sunday 8th August League KENDAL v BLACKPOOL Kendal (15pts) defeated Blackpool (1pt) by 51 runs Kendal 175 for 5 (C Marshall 77no) Blackpool 124 (A Dugdale 6 for 15) FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY ( INCORPORATING READERS CRICKET BALLS) NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Division Two Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 l NR4 BP Pts Leyland 17 5 6 3 0 1 2 18 185 Blackpool 18 5 6 2 0 3 1 12 171 Darwen 19 6 3 0 4 2 4 23 169 Chorley 18 3 5 2 4 2 2 32 157 Preston 19 3 3 3 1 5 4 27 137 St Annes 17 4 2 1 3 4 3 30 133 Lancaster 19 2 6 0 0 7 4 11 129 Morecambe 18 3 4 2 0 6 3 14 127 Netherfield 18 4 1 0 0 10 3 23 107 Fleetwood 17 0 5 1 0 9 2 27 99 Barrow 17 1 3 1 1 7 4 27 99 Kendal 19 2 0 0 3 10 4 29 78 Carnforth 18 0 0 1 0 15 2 32 44

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