By Michael Latham
Sam Bell
took six wickets in Fleetwood's win at
Barrow |
Leyland moved closer to the Furness Building
Society Northern Premier Cricket League (incorporating Readers
Cricket Balls) title despite being denied by Kendal's last
pair in a drawn game and go into Bank Holiday Monday's crucial
home match against Barrow in the driving seat.
Beginning the day 17 points ahead of Barrow
Leyland earned nine points from their drawn game against
Kendal at Fox Lane in a rain reduced match. But Barrow gained
only three points after losing at home to Fleetwood.
With three games to go Leyland lead Barrow by 23
points, with defending champions St Annes in third place 32
points adrift of the top.
Leyland collapsed from 116 for 2 to 165 all out
at Fox Lane with Kendal's Cumberland county off-spinner Chris
Miller taking seven for 24 from 18.4 overs.
Miller achieved a new Kendal amateur bowling
record surpassing the 52 wickets taken jointly by Jiva Malik
and Brian Evans and now has 58 wickets for the season.
Opener Luis Reece batted fluently to make 70
from 89 balls for Leyland including seven fours and three
sixes. Rain lopped off 12 overs from Kendal's reply and with
Reece on his way to taking four for 41 they were in trouble at
55 for 5. But Nick Lewthwaite hit 43 off 42 balls and Stu
Parkin 21 off 24 balls to lead a revival. Andrew Makinson
bowled Lewthwaite and Reece trapped Miller leg before and ran
out Parkin but the last par of Paul Dowker and Mark Phillips
survived Reece's final over in a tense finish to salvage a
draw at 134 for 9.
Fleetwood recovered from 40 for 4 to reach 198
for 8 at Ernest Pass and then go on to earn a deserved victory
by 44 runs. Graham Dawson did the early damage with three
wickets including that of Fleetwood pro Matthew Frith who had
scored 91 for Derbyshire Second XI the day before.
Barrow captain Daryl
Wearing goes close to dismissing Mark Wilkinson, who
started Fleetwood's revival from 40 for
4 |
Mark Wilkinson led the resistance with 35 off 51
balls before Adam Sharrocks (39) and Chris Stanhope (41 not
out) steered the visitors to a challenging total on a
green-looking pitch, Ryan Smith making a late-innings 30 off
24 balls. Dawson finished with four for 41 and spinner Gary
Collins took three for 46.
Chris
Stanhope made valuable middle order runs for
Fleetwood |
Sam Bell was Fleetwood's hero with an inspired
spell of six for 47 off 20 overs. The opening bowler claimed
three victims bowled, another leg before, one caught behind
and saw Jon Miles brilliantly caught by Smith.
Barrow recovered from 73 for 7 thanks to late
innings resistance from Rob Lightfoot (24 not out), skipper
Daryl Wearing (19) and Collins (26) but Frith bowled Collins
to clinch the win and finish with three for 46.
Matt Frith
completes Fleetwood's win by bowling Gary
Collins |
Leyland (played 22-243pts) lead Barrow (22-220)
by 23 points with St Annes (22-211) in third, followed by
Darwen (22-190) and Blackpool (22-173).
Morecambe and
Lancaster are tying on 154 points ahead of their derby clash
on Monday.
Morecambe, captained for the first time by Mark
Woodhead, lost a thriller by one run at home to St Annes. Atiq
Uz-Zaman hit 57 off 86 balls in the visitors' 163 with Tommy
Clough, who stepped down as captain after the Readers Cup
Final, returning outstanding figures of seven for 29 from 13
overs of off-spin.
The home side were well placed at 130 for 3,
Ikram Ullah hitting 43 and Phil Dennison 35 but then lost five
wickets for seven runs, pro Mandla Mashimbyi bowled by
opposite number Dinuka Hettiarachchi for 35 in his farewell
home appearance. Ian Izzat then hit 20 off 23 balls before
being caught behind off pace-man Ben Dowling (four for 39).
Hettiarachchi then trapped Graeme Cassidy leg before on his
way to five for 71 from 24.3 overs.
Lancaster confirmed their huge improvement on
last season's wooden spoon after beating the weather and
Blackpool in the last over at Stanley Park. The home side
struggled to 120 from 49.1 overs with Michael Moore hitting 44
not out from 99 balls. Pro Roy Silva took two for 31, Tim
Barry three for 17 from 13 overs and off-spinner Ben Simm
claimed three for 63 after bowling unchanged to go past the
half century of wickets for the season.
Rain delays left Lancaster eventually with 34
overs and Richard Gleeson, a recent selection for Cumberland,
bowled unchanged to take five for 57 off 17 overs. But solid
contributions from Barry (22), Kiran Uppour (26) and David
Heywood (20 not out) saw Lancaster home with two balls
remaining.
Ryan Nelson batted throughout Carnforth's
innings of 233 for 5 at Windsor Park to hit an undefeated 105
off 155 balls. The talented left-hander, who played for
Cumberland last season reached his second Northern League
hundred. Rehman Shah made 57 off 89 balls and posted 118 for
the third wicket with Nelson with Chorley's sub-pro Atif
Sheikh, the Derbyshire Second XI and Engalnd Under-19s
left-arm opening bowler taking two for 60.
Carnforth pro Gareth Pedder then claimed his
first Northern League hat-trick, accounting for Adam Peacock,
Sheikh and Michael Critchley in successive balls as Chorley
slumped to 26 for 4.
Rain lopped 11 overs off Chorley's reply but
with James Reynard making 52 off 47 balls and Will Moulton 62
off 68 balls they comfortably salvaged a draw at 168 for
7.
There was no play in the game at Parkside Road
where Netherfield were due to play Darwen. Netherfield have
now had the misfortune to have six games abandoned, one more
than Lancaster.
FIRST DIVISION SCORES
BARROW v FLEETWOOD
Fleetwood (15pts) defeated Barrow (3pts) by 44
runs
Fleetwood 198 for 8 (C Stanhope 41no, G Dawson
4 for 41) Barrow 154 (S Bell 6 for 47)
BLACKPOOL v LANCASTER
Lancaster (12pts) defeated Blackpool (1pt) by
3 wickets
Blackpool 120 (M Moore 44no) Lancaster 123 for
6 (R Gleeson 5 for 57)
CHORLEY v CARNFORTH
Carnforth (9pts) winning draw; Chorley
(4pts)
Carnforth 233 for 5 (R Nelson 105no, R Shah 57)
Chorley 168 for 7 (W Moulton 62, J Reynard 52, G Pedder 3 for
54 including hat-trick)
LEYLAND v KENDAL
Leyland (9pts) winning draw; Kendal (4pts)
Leyland 165 (L Reece 70, C Miller 7 for 24)
Kendal 133 for 9 (N Lewthwaite 43, L Reece 4 for 41)
MORECAMBE v ST ANNES
St Annes (15pts) defeated Morecambe (5pts) by
1 run
St Annes 163 (Atiq Uz-Zaman 57, T Clough 7 for
29) Morecambe 162 (I Ullah 43, D Hettiarachchi 5 for 71, B
Dowling 4 for 39)
NETHERFIELD v DARWEN
Match abandoned (4pts each)
No play
Preston no game
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NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division One
| Club |
P |
W15 |
W12 |
D4 |
D1 |
L |
NR4 |
BP |
Pts |
| Leyland |
22 |
5 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
22 |
243 |
| Barrow |
22 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
21 |
220 |
| St Annes |
22 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
15 |
211 |
| Darwen |
22 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
39 |
190 |
| Blackpool |
22 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
20 |
173 |
| Morecambe |
22 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
3 |
38 |
154 |
| Lancaster |
22 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
33 |
154 |
| Netherfield |
22 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
26 |
133 |
| Kendal |
23 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
56 |
133 |
| Fleetwood |
22 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
2 |
49 |
119 |
| Preston |
22 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
33 |
118 |
| Carnforth |
22 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
13 |
2 |
48 |
108 |
| Chorley |
22 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
13 |
2 |
43 |
94 |
| Lancashire Colts |
11 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
21 |
72 |
Match Report by Michael Moore
Blackpool v
Lancaster
Blackpool continued their inconsistent , up and
down season with a defeat at the hands of the improving
Lancaster today at Stanley Park. Put in to bat, Danno`s boys
struggled all the way down the order to come to terms with
some tight , but to be fair, not particularly threatening
bowling from the Lune Road visitors.
John Mounsey and Alex Smith got the home side
off to a steady start with 37 for the first wicket but when
the more dominant partner, Mounsey was dismissed for 23 with
the score on 37 in the18th over, it was the signal for a
dramatic batting collapse of epic proportions.
Blackpool`s batsmen were the victims of their
own inability to to take a positive stance against the
accuracy of Ben Simm(3 for 63 in 24.1), Roy Silva(2 for 31 in
12) and veteran Tim Barry(3 for 17 in 13).
Danno`sboys were guilty of "timid" batting and
several of them simply waved the white flag as if under some
strange form of hypnosis. Hogarth, Danson and Mercer all
bagged ducks as only Michael Moore showed any real resistance
with a 99 ball innings of 44 not out which included 3 fours
and one straight 6 off the bowling of Simm.
Running between the wickets and picking up
singles was weary by the home batsmen and it was only when
Gleeson (14) and Sissons(6) came to the wicket that this
aspect of the game improved.
The stats for the game tell their own story.
Blackpool were bowled out for 120 in 49.1 overs and of the 296
balls faced only 73 were scored off as 223 deliveries were
"dot balls". Only 7 boundary 4s and 1 six were hit with a
miserly 39 singles , a tally which really is not good
enough.Lancaster bowled 16 maidens.
In contrast, Lancaster, because of several rain
delays had only 34 overs to reach their target which they
managed with 2 balls to spare and 4 wickets in hand. The
visitors received 93 fewer balls than the seasiders, scoring
off 60 of them with only 143 dot balls, as Blackpool`s bowlers
only managed to bowl 5 maidens between them. Richard Gleeson
was once again the pick of Danno`s bowlers bowling unchanged
(17o.4m.57r,5wkts)as all the Lancaster batsmen contributed to
the victory chase Uppoor top scoring with 26 and the
experienced David Heywood finishing the game on 20 not
out.
Lots to think about before Monday`s derby game
with Fleetwood, when a much improved performance will be
required if we are to beat our local rivals.
Master batsman Steven Croft is a firm believer
that the side with the most singles in the game will usually
win that game. Food for thought , Fellers. See you
Monday......Mick
SECOND DIVISION
In Division Two leaders Leyland were frustrated
by the weather and saw their game at Kendal abandoned. They
gained only four points as consolation and so Blackpool, who
won by nine wickets at Lancaster to gain 12 points closed the
gap at the top to just ten.
Leyland (21-220) lead Blackpool (21-210) with
three games to play. Chorley (21-187) are third despite losing
at bottom club Carnforth with Darwen (21-185) in fourth.
Blackpool skipper Kevin Reid took four for 38
and Ross Parker three for 35 as Lancaster were dismissed for
105 at Lune Road. Adrian Darlington (43 not out) and Prashant
Aga (44 not out) then steered Blackpool to a nine wickets
win.
Carnforth were inspired by Jordan Relph who hit
an undefeated 69 off 77 balls with six fours and two sixes as
they beat Chorley by three wickets at Lodge Quarry. David
Catterall top scored with 51 in Chorley's 149 as Lewis Bradley
and off-spinner Bradley Hoyle each took four wickets.
Andrew Cook took six for 59 as Netherfield were
bowled out for 96 at Birch Hall, Rishi Girdhari top scoring
with 30. Opener Scott Jackson steered Darwen home with an
unbeaten 38 off 71 balls and Mark Bennett made 34 as the home
side reached their target for the loss of six wickets.
Gulam Maje hit an unbeaten 61 in Morecambe's six
wicket win at St Annes after club chairman Nick Milner took
four for 20 in 17.5 overs in the home side's 114.
SECOND DIVISION SCORES
CARNFORTH v CHORLEY
Carnforth (12pts) defeated Chorley (3pts) by 3
wickets
Chorley 149 (D Catterall 51, B Hoyle 4 for 18, L
Bradley 4 for 59) Carnforth 150 for 7 (J Relph 69no)
DARWEN v NETHERFIELD
Darwen (12pts) defeated Netherfield (1pt) by 4
wickets
Netherfield 96 (A Cook 6 for 59, M Horsfield 4
for 36) Darwen 98 for 6
FLEETWOOD v BARROW
Barrow (12pts) defeated Fleetwood (0pts) by 6
wickets
Fleetwood 118 (L Mendis 4 for 22) Barrow 122
for 4 (R Adams 42)
KENDAL v LEYLAND
Match abandoned (4pts each)
No play
LANCASTER v BLACKPOOL
Blackpool (12pts) defeated Lancaster (0pts) by
9 wickets
Lancaster 105 ( K Reid 4 for 38) Blackpool 106
for 1 (P Aga 44no, A Darlington 43no)
ST ANNES v MORECAMBE
Morecambe (12pts) defeated St Annes (0pts) by
6 wickets
St Annes 114 (N Milner 4 for 20) Morecambe 115
for 4 (G Maje 61no)
Preston no game
Sunday 29th August
League
Division Two
Result
St Annes v Carnforth
St Annes 12pts defeated Carnforth 3pts by 6
wickets
Carnforth 184 (J Cornthwaite 51, W Tomlinson
48, G Costin 5-52) St Annes 185 - 4 (A Taylor 67, P Williams
61
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NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division Two
| Club |
P |
W15 |
W12 |
D4 |
D1 |
l |
NR4 |
BP |
Pts |
| Leyland |
21 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
21 |
220 |
| Blackpool |
21 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
210 |
| Chorley |
21 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
35 |
187 |
| Darwen |
21 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
23 |
185 |
| Morecambe |
21 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
15 |
155 |
| St Annes |
22 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
34 |
150 |
| Preston |
21 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
28 |
142 |
| Barrow |
21 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
34 |
138 |
| Lancaster |
21 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
14 |
132 |
| Netherfield |
21 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
25 |
124 |
| Fleetwood |
21 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
34 |
122 |
| Kendal |
22 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
5 |
32 |
89 |
| Carnforth |
22 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
2 |
41 |
65 |
