Leyland win Division 2 Match of the Day
St Annes pro Dinuka Hettiarachchi celebrates his 4 wickets in 4 balls |
St Annes increased their lead at the top of Division One to 23 points after a 12 point victory over Preston in round 13 of the Furness Building Society Northern Premier League 2011 season. Second placed Leyland could only manage 4 points from a rain affected draw in the local derby against Chorley at Fox Lane. Morecambe continued their recent good form to move up to third after a tense victory over Blackpool.
At Vernon Road, Preston made a respectable 186 all out in 49.3 overs after being inserted. Opening batsman Sajid Patel made a patient 54 from 99 balls with two fours and one six, before Preston professional Saeed Bariwala made his second fifty of the season with a powerful innings of 60 from 62 balls (6 x fours, 3 x sixes).
Preston opener Sajid Patel hit 54 |
Preston's progress was restricted by yet another masterful spell of slow left arm bowling from St Annes professional Dinuk Hettiarachchi who took his sixth haul of five or more wickets this season to finish with figures of 7 for 49 from 24.3 uninterrupted overs. Hettiarachchi brought the Preston innings to a close in sensational style, talking a wicket with the last ball of his 24th over and then claiming a hat-trick to dismiss Bariwala and then Preston wicktekeeper Charlie Williams and newcomer Afsar Nagolia for golden ducks in his 25th. Duncan Whalley also excelled for St Annes with six dismissals behind the stumps to extend his lead in the wicketkeeping category of the TWP Financial Planning Amateur Awards.
Lukman Vahaluwala took 4/48 for Preston |
Preston captain Lukman Vahaluwala made the league leaders fight hard for their victory with a testing spell of 4 for 48 from 15.2 overs, but solid batting from former Pakistan international Atiq Uz-Zaman (55 from 77 balls, 7 x fours, 2 x sixes) and youngster Nathan Armstrong (53 from 81 balls, 8 x fours, 1 x six) led St Annes to a 4 wicket win with 4.4 overs remaining.
Atiq Uz-Zaman made 55 for St Annes |
At The Stanning Memorial Ground, Chorley had the better of the rain affected local derby against Leyland. Steady rain prevented any play until 4:15pm when a 25 overs per side contest got under way. Chorley were asked to bat first by Leyland professional Brett Pelser who captained the side after a late team change saw Luis Reece come into the home side for David Makinson.
Chorley posted 129 all out off the last ball of their 25 overs, thanks in the main to a wonderful innings of 64 from 52 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes from Will Moulton. James Rounding continued his recent good form with the ball to take 4 for 20 for Leyland. The Leyland innings failed to ignite in the face of some disciplined Chorley bowling. Professional Gaurav Dhar excelled with 3 for 12 from 6 overs and helped restrict the defending champions to 100/8 from their 25 overs
Morecambe climbed the table thanks to a 15 points victory over Blackpool. In bowler friendly conditions Morecambe struggled to 143 for 8 from their 50 overs. Skipper Mark Woodhead anchored the innings with a steady 43 before he became one of Blackpool professional Con De Lange's five wickets. De Lange bowled his left arm spin with superb control to pick up his first five wicket haul in the Northern Premier League, taking 5 for 51 from 22 overs.
. Despite always being ahead of the run rate, Blackpool were dismissed for 122 inside 39 overs to give Morecambe a 21 run victory. Anwar Ali proved to be the match winner for the home side with 5 for 39 and he was ably supported by the rejuvenated Jono Gates with 4 for 53. De Lange made 37 before he was run out and Richard Gleeson made a Division One career best of 42 not out as only three Blackpool batsmen reached double figures.
New Zealand international player Jamie How followed up his hundred in the Readers Cup on Sunday with a magnificent innings of 158 not out that broke the Kendal first team individual batting record in his side's 132 run victory over Fleetwood at Broadwater.
. How beat the previous best of current Morecambe and Cumberland batsman Ikram Ullah who made 151 against Carnforth in 2006. His innings came off 151 balls and included some breath-taking strokes. 30 year old How, a veteran of 19 Tests and 41 ODI's, hit 7 fours and a remarkable 13 sixes. .
Fleetwood professional Ryan Smith conceded 69 from 12 overs, picking up 3 wickets in the process. Such was How's domination of the Kendal innings that the next highest score was 18 from all-rounder Jack White. A shell shocked Fleetwood side were dismissed for 105 in 39.3 overs, with Kendal captain Chris Miller taking 4 for 38 and Stuart Parkin 3 for 44. Adam Sharrocks top scored for the home team with 30.
Barrow professional Pieter Malan passed one thousand runs in all matches for his club this season as he led his side to an 8 wicket victory over Lancaster at the Ernest Pass Memorial Ground. Malan, who now has 757 runs in Division 1 at an average of 94.60, made 81 not out as Barrow chased down their target of 165 in 33.4 overs.
At the halfway point in the season the South African has the Barrow club record of 930 runs (held by popular Sri Lankan professional Pasan Wanasinghe) well within his sights and may even be targeting the overall league record of 1,381 set by Netherfield's Callum Ferguson in 2008.
Malan shared partnerships of 52 for the first wicket with Guy Heffernan and 96 for the second wicket with Robin Adams, as Lancaster captain Michael Stevens tried eight bowlers in an attempt to make significant breakthroughs. Earlier Lancaster had posted 164 for 8 from their 50 overs with the evergreen Tim Barry making 52, his second league fifty of the season and captain Michael Stevens 41. For Barrow spinners Liam Livingstone and Gary Collins each took three wickets.
St Annes (140 points from 13 games) now lead defending champions Leyland (117 points, 13 games) by 23 points. Morecambe are in third on 115 points, with Chorley close behind on 113 points, both teams having a game in hand on the top two. Netherfield who were not in action today are in fifth with 100 points from 13 games.
FIRST DIVISION SCORES
Barrow v Lancaster
Barrow (12 points) defeated Lancaster (2 points) by 8 wickets
Lancaster 164 for 8 (Barry 52), Barrow 165 for 2 (Malan 81no)
Darwen v Carnforth
Match abandoned (4 points each)
Fleetwood v Kendal
Kendal (15 points) defeated Fleetwood (2 points) by 132 runs
Kendal 237 for 7 (How 158no) Fleetwood 105 all out (Miller 4 for 38)
Leyland v Chorley
Chorley (6 points) winning draw over Leyland (4 points)
Chorley 129 all out (Moulton 64, Rounding 4 for 20) Leyland 100 for 8
Morecambe v Blackpool
Morecambe (15 points) defeated Blackpool (2 points) by 21 runs
Morecambe 143 for 8 (Woodhead 48, De Lange 5 for 51) Blackpool 122 all out (Gleeson 42 not out, Ali 5 for 39, Gates 4 for 53)
St Annes v Preston
St Annes (12 points) defeated Preston (4 points) by 4 wickets
Preston 186 all out (Bariwala 60, S Patel 54, Hettiarachchi 7 for 49 inc 4 wickets in 4 balls) St Annes 189 for 6 (Uz-Zaman 55, Armstrong 53, Vahaluwala 4 for 48)
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NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division One
| Club |
P |
W15 |
W12 |
D4 |
D1 |
L |
NR4 |
BP |
Pts |
| St Annes |
13 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
140 |
| Leyland |
13 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
20 |
117 |
| Morecambe |
12 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
14** |
115 |
| Chorley |
12 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
27 |
113 |
| Netherfield |
13 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
20 |
100 |
| Darwen |
12 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
21 |
91 |
| Kendal |
13 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
26 |
90 |
| Barrow |
13 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
33 |
86 |
| Blackpool |
12 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
26 |
74 |
| Lancaster |
12 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
72 |
| Preston |
13 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
30 |
65 |
| Carnforth |
12 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
23 |
60 |
| Lancashire Colts |
7 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
58 |
| Fleetwood |
13 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
30 |
56 |
** 2 points deducted for slow over rate
Division Two (2nd XI)
In Division 2 defending champions Leyland took 15 points from a hard fought match against second placed Chorley at Windsor Park.
In a game reduced to 31 overs per side due to rain, Leyland made 148-8, with former Chorley all-rounder Danny Lamb top scoring with 35. Teenaged leg spinner Matthew Critchley took 4 for 43 for the home side.
In reply Chorley recovered from the loss of 4 early wickets to thanks to a fine partnership of 63 between captain Ian Mawdesley and Ian Oakes. Mawdesley's dismissal for a high quality 47 proved to be vital as Chorley were dismissed for 114 with 13 balls remaining.
Elsewhere in Division Two, Blackpool moved up to third with a 37 runs victory over Morecambe at Stanley Park. Jarred Bain (58) and wicketkeeper James Smith (41) helped rescue Blackpool from 21/4 with a stand of 92; despite Ryan Pearson making 61 Morecambe were bowled out for 116, Blackpool skipper Kev Reid taking 3/23.
Darwen are now in fourth thanks to a tense two wickets victory over Carnforth at Lodge Quarry, Gary Jackson's men just sneaking home as the home side fought hard to defend their total of 111 all out. Brad Hoyle made 55 for Carnforth, Nathan Jackson taking 5/36. Matt Painter (34no) and Graham Ainslie (30) saw Darwen home despite Craig Broadbent's spell of 5/34.
At Lune Road Barrow recorded an 8 wicket victory over Lancaster having earlier dismissed the home side for 84, Paul Riley taking four wickets.
The matches between Preston and St Annes and Kendal and Fleetwood were abandoned without a ball being bowled.
SECOND DIVISION SCORES
Blackpool v Morecambe
Blackpool (15 points) defeated Morecambe (2 points) by 37 runs
Blackpool 153 for 8 (J Bain 58, J Smith 41), Morecambe 116 (R Pearson 61)
Carnforth v Darwen
Darwen (12 points) defeated Carnforth (2 points) by 2 wickets
Carnforth 111 (B Hoyle 55, N Jackson 5-36), Darwen 112 for 8 (C Broadbent 5-34)
Chorley v Leyland
Leyland (15 points) defeated Chorley (2 points) by 34 runs
Leyland 148 for 8 (Critchley 4 for 43), Chorley 114 all out (Mawdesley 47)
Kendal v Fleetwood
Match abandoned (4 points each)
Lancaster v Barrow
Barrow (12 points) defeated Lancaster (0 points) by 8 wickets
Lancaster 84 all out, Barrow 85 for 2
Preston v St Annes
Match abandoned (4 points each)
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NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division Two
| Club |
P |
W15 |
W12 |
D4 |
D1 |
L |
NR4 |
BP |
Pts |
| Leyland |
12 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
149 |
| Chorley |
12 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
129 |
| Blackpool |
12 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
19 |
106 |
| Darwen |
12 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
104 |
| Netherfield |
12 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
3++ |
95 |
| Barrow |
12 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
31 |
90 |
| Morecambe |
12 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
18 |
78 |
| Carnforth |
12 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
26 |
71 |
| Kendal |
12 |
1 |
1 |
2*** |
0 |
6 |
2 |
23 |
67 |
| Fleetwood |
12 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
13 |
64 |
| St Annes |
12 |
0 |
3 |
2*** |
2 |
3 |
2 |
7++ |
62 |
| Preston |
12 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
19 |
53 |
| Lancaster |
12 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
49 |
++ 15points deducted
*** Tied match 5 points
