Match Day 31st May 2010 Leaders Leyland earn another 15 point haul St Annes win again to keep up pressure By Michael Latham Atiq Uz-Zaman led St Annes to victory at Preston with an undefeated 60 Leyland stretched their lead at the top of the Furness Building Society Northern Premier Cricket League (incorporating Readers Cricket Balls) to 18 points after earning a maximum 15-points haul from a dramatic penultimate-over 69 runs win at Barrow. Defending champions St Annes stayed second after a 12-points win at Preston and the two top sides meet in an eagerly-awaited clash at Fox Lane next Saturday in what promises to be the match of the season so far. Blackpool earned a tense two wickets win in the Fylde coast derby at Broadwater over Fleetwood while elsewhere there were wins for Darwen, Morecambe and Netherfield. Leyland reached 236 for 9 at Ernest Pass with the in-form Chris Parkinson continuing his recent rich vein of form by making 83 off 122 balls with 11 fours and one six. Karl Cross made a welcome return to form with 52 off 78 balls in the middle order to atone for a rare failure by pro Brett Pelser who was bowled by Liam Livingstone for 20. Leyland captain David Makinson blasted 24 off 12 balls before becoming one of Barrow captain Daryl Wearing's three victims while home pro Pasan Wanasinghe took his weekend's tally to 12 wickets as he claimed five for 54. Wanasinghe survived a chance behind the wicket before he had scored to underpin Barrow's reply with 52 off 89 balls. The prolific opener Jon Miles hit 38 but James Rounding and Luis Reece kept plugging away for Leyland. Rounding claimed three for 64 off 16 overs and Reece, fit again to bowl after a side strain six for 46 off 14.5 overs, including the wicket of Barrow chairman Ray Mowat caught behind by Matthew Watkinson off the fifth ball of the penultimate over of the match as Barrow were dismissed for 167, the last four wickets falling for only two runs. Dinuka Hettiarachchi took five wickets for defending champions St Annes St Annes wrapped up an eight wicket win at West Cliff over last season's runners-up Preston before six o'clock. Spin ace Dinuka Hettiarachchi wheeled away to take five for 38 off 23.1 overs as Preston were bowled out for 123. Opener Sajid Patel and skipper Adam Parker each made 37 but the last eight wickets fell for only 26 runs, Nathan Bolus claiming two run out victims. Preston captain Adam Parker hit a defiant 37 against St Annes The league's leading amateur batsman in each of the last two years, Atiq Uz-Zaman then led the victory charge with an unbeaten 60 off 81 balls though it might have been a different story had he been caught in the outfield off a routine chance from Preston pro Bilal Asad when only six. Charles Boucher (38) combined in a second wicket stand of 86 after skipper Andy Kellett had helped Atiq post 35 for the opening stand. Preston opener Andy Roberts is run out by Nathan Bolus Mike Clinning held the Fleetwood innings together with a typically classy innings of 50 as Blackpool restricted out the home side to 155 for 9. Steven Mercer claimed three wickets for 46 in a productive 18 over spell and pace-man Richard Gleeson returned two for 43 off 15 overs with classy wicketkeeper Rob Sissons accounting for four victims behind the timbers. Fleetwood's pro and captain Matt Frith (three for 45) earned three quick wickets, including Blackpool pro Nimesh Perera trapped leg-before to reduce the visitors to 18 for 3. But Andy Furniss, Michael Moore and skipper Paul Danson all dug in against some hostile bowling from Ryan Smith (three for 77). But with Blackpool 120 for 8 Fleetwood looked the likelier winners until the ninth wicket pair of Andy Hogarth and Gleeson combined in a match-winning stand to see their side over the finishing line and confirm Blackpool's batting strength. Leyland (109pts), St Annes (91) and Blackpool (76) lead the way but Morecambe are also in-form and they defeated local rivals Lancaster by four wickets at Woodhill Lane. David Heywood top-scored with 48 off 79 balls in Lancaster's 187 as pro Mandla Mashimbyi took four for 72 off 19 overs and skipper Tommy Clough three for 38 off 13.1 overs. The consistent Mark Woodhead (45) and Chris Williams (42) were the mainstays of a steady batting reply, Mashimbyi making 35 off 43 balls before Ryan Smith and Phil Dennison saw Morecambe home with two overs to spare. Darwen pro Mohammad Zaman Khan hit his second century of the season to propel his side to an outstanding 155 runs victory at Windsor Park over Chorley. Fresh from a productive day as sub-professional in his old haunts of the Central Lancashire League on Sunday (scoring an unbeaten 90 and taking six for 38 in Royton's win over Oldham) Zaman Khan hit a magnificent 159 off 127 balls including 24 fours and four sixes. He shared a third wicket stand of 180 with teenager Alex Davies who hit 68 off 132 balls, including 12 fours after the visitors had lost openers Niall Burke and Chris Lowe both for ducks. Darwen's 278 for 4 looked a long way away as Kamran Anwar and Chris Wade combined to reduce Chorley to 9 for 3. Despite a battling 46 from Will Moulton and a defiant 40 from 20 balls by Kieran McCullagh Chorley subsided to 123 all out, teenager Kamran Anwar claiming five for 10 from his seven overs with Wade and Burke each taking two wickets and Zaman Khan chipping in with the wicket of Moulton. Burke also pouched three catches. In the Kendal derby at Parkside Road Netherfield successfully chased down Kendal's 200 for 7 to win by six wickets with 11.2 overs in hand. Australian pro Nick Kruger hit 63 off 53 balls and stand-in skipper Chris Parry 30 before John Huck (23 not out) and Ben Haddrick (32 not out) saw Netherfield home. Kendal pro and captain Ross McMillan was the mainstay of his side's innings with 60 off 88 balls with significant contributions from teenaged opener Nick Phillips (39), Terry Hunte (36) and Gary Baker (37). Phillips and McMillan added 101 for the second wicket as Stuart Nixon toiled through 21 overs to take three for 81. FIRST DIVISION SCORES BARROW v LEYLAND Leyland (15pts) defeated Barrow (5pts) by 69 runs Leyland 236 for 9 (C Parkinson 83, K Cross 52, P Wanasinghe 5 for 54), Barrow 167 (P Wanasinghe 52, L Reece 6 for 46) CHORLEY v DARWEN Darwen (15pts) defeated Chorley (0pts) by 155 runs Darwen 278 for 4 (MZ Khan 159, A Davies 68), Chorley 123 (W Moulton 46, K McCullagh 40, K Anwar 5 for 10) FLEETWOOD v BLACKPOOL Blackpool (12pts) defeated Fleetwood (3pts) by 2 wickets Fleetwood 155 for 9 (M Clinning 50), Blackpool 159 for 8 MORECAMBE v LANCASTER Morecambe (12pts) defeated Lancaster (4pts) by 6 wickets Lancaster 187 (D Heywood 48, M Mashimbyi 4 for 72), Morecambe 188 for 5 (M Woodhead 45, C Williams 42) NETHERFIELD v KENDAL Netherfield (12pts) defeated Kendal (3pts) by 6 wickets Kendal 200 for 7 (R McMillan 60), Netherfield 201 for 4 (N Kruger 63) PRESTON v ST ANNES St Annes (12pts) defeated Preston (0pts) by 8 wickets Preston 123 (D Hettiarachchi 5 for 38), St Annes 126 for 2 (Atiq Uz-Zaman 60no) Carnforth 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 9 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 109 St Annes 9 1 5 1 0 0 2 4 91 Blackpool 9 3 2 0 0 3 1 3 76 Morecambe 8 1 3 1 0 2 1 13 72 Darwen 9 1 2 2 0 3 1 20 71 Barrow 8 0 4 0 1 3 0 13 62 Kendal 9 1 0 2 1 3 2 22 54 Netherfield 8 0 2 1 1 2 2 16 53 Lancaster 9 0 1 2 0 4 2 22 50 Chorley 9 0 2 0 2 4 1 14 44 Preston 9 1 0 0 3 3 2 16 42 Lancashire Colts 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 9 40 Fleetwood 9 1 0 1 1 5 1 16 40 Carnforth 8 0 0 0 1 6 1 20 25 TO SEE MIKE LATHAM'S PICTURES OF THE DAY Preston v St Annes Click Here Leyland 2nds v Barrow 2nds Click Here DIVISION 2 In Division Two Darwen (86pts) stayed top with a 12-point lead over Leyland (74pts) despite a seven wickets home defeat by third-placed Chorley (68pts). David Catterall hit an unbeaten 111 to steer Chorley to victory at Birch Hall in partnership with Adam Peacock (59 not out). Earlier Simon Painter (55) and Mark Bennett (53) each hit half-centuries in Darwen's 215 for 9. Leyland rued several missed chances in the field as they had to be content with a winning draw against Barrow at Fox Lane. Nathan McDonnell hit 84 off 124 balls and Wes Royle 43 in Leyland's 190 for 9, Glen Kermode taking five for 70. McDonnell then took three for 23 and Daniel Hall three for 38 but Barrow closed on 169 for 8. Shane Dixon opened with 80 off 130 balls as Netherfield reached 167 at Shap Road, Graeme Baker making 48 off 67 balls. Adrian Potts took five for 57 off 17.2 overs and Andy Dugdale four for 8 off five overs to hasten a late collapse. In reply Kendal were dismissed for 123 despite a battling 51 from 89 balls by Mark Phillips, Stuart Dixon claiming six for 45 and Josh Stafford three for 60. Sam Owen's unbeaten 50 and 49 from opener Nick Wall helped Blackpool reach 200 for 6 at Stanley Park against Fleetwood who were then dismissed for 123 despite a battling 61 from deputy captain Mark Wilkinson. Mike Tidmas claimed an outstanding analysis of five for 19 from his ten overs. The prolific Russ Bradley hit an unbeaten 114 as St Annes declared on 260 for 4 against Preston at Vernon Road, teenager Nathan Armstrong contributing 58. But Preston comfortably forced a draw, closing on 204 for 4 thanks largely to a superb undefeated 101 from Yasin Patel. Ryan Pearson's undefeated 59 saw Morecambe to a five wickets win at Lune Road with Michael Fisher making 47 and Sam Mckee an undefeated 34. Oliver Carter had earlier top-scored with 60 in Lancaster's 187 for 5. SECOND DIVISION SCORES BLACKPOOL v FLEEETWOOD Blackpool (15pts) defeated Fleetwood (1pt) by 77 runs Blackpool 200 for 6 (S Owen 50no, N Wall 49), Fleetwood 123 (M Wilkinson 61, M Tidmas 5 for 19) DARWEN v CHORLEY Chorley (12pts) defeated Darwen (3pts) by 7 wickets Darwen 215 for 9 (S Painter 55, M Bennett 53, G Ainslie 42), Chorley 218 for 3 (D Catterall 111no, A Peacock 59no) KENDAL v NETHERFIELD Netherfield (15pts) defeated Kendal (3pts) by 44 runs Netherfield 167 (Shane Dixon 80, G Baker 48, A Potts 5 for 57, A Dugdale 4 for 8), Kendal 123 (M Phillips 51, Stuart Dixon 6 for 45) LANCASTER v MORECAMBE Morecambe (12pts) defeated Lancaster (4pts) by 5 wickets Lancaster 187 for 5 (O Carter 60), Morecambe 188 for 5 (R Pearson 59no, M Fisher 47) LEYLAND v BARROW Leyland (9pts) winning draw; Barrow (6pts) Leyland 190 for 9 (N McDonnell 84, G Kermode 5 for 70), Barrow 169 for 8 ST ANNES v PRESTON St Annes (7pts) winning draw; Preston (4pts) St Annes 260 for 4 dec (R Bradley 114no, N Armstrong 58), Preston 204 for 4 (Y Patel 101*) Carnforth 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 Darwen 9 3 2 0 1 2 1 12 86 Leyland 7 1 3 2 0 0 1 11 74 Chorley 8 1 2 1 3 0 1 18 68 Preston 9 1 2 2 1 2 1 15 67 Blackpool 7 2 2 1 0 1 1 4 66 Morecambe 8 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 59 St Annes 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 11 59 Lancaster 8 2 1 0 0 4 1 6 52 Netherfield 8 2 0 0 0 5 1 10 44 Fleetwood 7 0 2 1 0 3 1 12 44 Kendal 8 1 0 0 1 4 2 18 42 Barrow 7 0 1 0 1 4 1 14 31 Carnforth 7 0 0 0 0 6 1 7 11 REPORT BY MICHAEL MOORE Thrills and spills at Broadwater Fleetwood v Blackpool Danno and his team of Dynamos travelled the few miles down the road to Broadwater today to take on old rivals Fleetwood in a game which proved to be one of the most exciting ever between these two long standing adversaries. Put into bat by the visiting captain on a pitch that had been newly prepared on the day Fleetwood lost the early wicket of Emsley, the first of keeper Sisson's four catches, off the bowling off paceman Gleeson (3 for 1). Aussie Matt Frith (23) and the seasoned Michael Clinning (50) then put on 47 for the second wicket before Hogarth had the Fleetwood pro. caught behind by the ever reliable Sissons. Teenage Journeyman Dean Bell (20), who has had already had more clubs than Jack Nicklaus then took the score to 93 when he became Robbo's third victim off the leg spin of pro Nimesh Perera and Tom Wilson(1) followed soon after bowled by the wily Steve Mercer (94 for4) . Wickets then fell at regular intervals as some tight bowling and energetic fielding from the Blackpool lads appeared to place a stranglehold on the game . Two excellent runouts for Mercer and Gleeson heaped on the misery for Fleetwood as they capitulated to 155 for 9 in their overs. Steve Mercer finished with 3 for 46 of 18, yet again Blackpool's best bowler and Gleeson racked up 2 for 43. One wicket each for Perera and Hogarth appeared to put Danno's Boys in the driving seat. Blackpool's reply started slowly and poorly as they slid to 18 for 3 at little more than a run per over .Matt Frith was the main protagonist removing all 3 top order batsmen with some tidy medium quick bowling. Andy Furniss (21) and Michael Moore (23) then staged a mini revival taking the score to 59 before Furnie popped one up to point and Bash was run out with the score on 64. The next partnership came from good old Mr Reliable Paul Danson (26) and the obdurate Prashant Aga, who was determined not to be "boxed off" too early. When these two departed along with Mercer ( 4) leaving the Seasiders on 120 for 8 requiring almost a run a ball , Fleetwood must have felt they had the game in the bag. However, Andy Hogarth and Rick Gleeson had other ideas. Both batted very sensibly, putting bad balls away and finding gaps in the field to accumulate singles, as they gradually narrowed the gap and brought down the required run rate. Hogarth batted the best I have seen him bat since arriving at the club 3 seasons ago and Rick gave him the invaluable support we all know he is capable of. His innings of 12 not out proved crucial as Hogarth (31), growing in confidence took the attack to the tiring Fleetwood bowlers . With 7 needed from the last over to be bowled by the fiery Ryan Smith, Hogie hit a straight drive for an enormous 6 and whacked ball number 2 to the square leg boundary for 4 ----- Blackpool 159 for 8 and 12 valuable points for Danno and the boys . Pro Frith was the home team's best bowler with 3 for 45 from 17.

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