It was another action packed weekend across both Division One and Division Two of the Northern Premier Cricket League.
In Division One, Morecambe and Blackpool will be left frustrated with winning draws while Fleetwood capitalise with a comfortable win at Preston.
DIVISION ONE:
Blackpool v Lancaster
Blackpool had to settle for winning draw with Lancaster at Stanley Park.
The defending League holders would have wanted to win this game, however with Morecambe also getting a winning draw, Paul Danson's team will be relatively content with where they are in the table.
After Ben Simm won the toss and elected to field, Blackpool got off to a bad start as they were struggling on 51-4. Tom Jefferson, Iqbal Khan, Matthew Houston and Alex Smith all falling to Liam Moffatt.
Stephen Twist was joined by Andy Furniss in a crucial partnership which took the score to 170 when Andy Furniss was dismissed to the relief of Lancaster for 71 off 80 balls, he was bowled by Rameez Raja.
Once Furniss was dismissed Stephen Twist soon followed as he was caught by Samuel Moorby off Rameez Raja with Blackpool in command at 201-6.
Lancaster claimed their final wicket when Joshua Boyne was run out for 3 by Rameez Raja.
Richard Gleeson unbeaten on 28 off 30 balls and Ben Howarth unbeaten with 11 off 10 balls saw Blackpool to a total of 231-7.
Liam Moffat after his opening burst finished with 4-104 from 17 overs and Rameez Raja took 2-32.
Lancaster's reply started badly as Danny Welbourne went for 0 after being caught by Stephen Twist off the bowling of Richard Gleeson.
Jamie Heywood and Rameez Raja pushed the score on to 96, both Heywood and Raja playing some good shots in a crucial second wicket partnership.before Steven Mercer claimed the wicket of Raja for 57 off 70 balls.
Once the partnership was broken Richard Gleeson took centre stage which saw Lancaster go from 99-2 to 119-6..He took the wickets of Charlie Swabrick for 4, Jamie Heywood, Alex Metcalfe , Keiran Moffatt with the Cumberland County star putting on another devastating spell of bowling.
Samuel Moorby with captain Ben Simm started a recovery and they took the total to 159 when Moorby became another Gleeson victim bowled for 22.
Lancaster looking down the barrel on 159-7 but thanks to an unbeaten knock of 64 off just 43 balls, by skipper Ben Simm supported by Matthew Liver 1 from 10 balls and Liam Moffat an unbeaten 9 from 21 saw Lancaster close on 222-9 off 51 overs.
Simm's stunning knock included 10 fours and 1 six.
Blackpool were so close to victory with Joshua Boyne claiming a wicket and Richard Gleeson closing on figures of 7-89 from 18 overs.
Darwen v Leyland
Darwen chased down a big score to remain in contention at the top of Division One as they defeated Leyland by 5 wickets in a dramatic game at Birch Hall.
Leyland would have been more than happy with their total as they posted a commanding score of 268-9 off 50 overs. Luis Reece lead the way with a top score of 73 off 83 balls and Nathan Mc Donnell hitting a crucial knock of 67 off 50 balls.
David Bowden ripped through the visitors with figures of 5-71 and John Cordingley had figures of 3-19.
Darwen's reply started off slowly with Ammer Mirza scoring 40 runs, then Darwen sub professional Janaka Guneratne took control and lit up Birch Hall with a stunning century, as his blistering 115 put Darwen within sight of victory. John Cordingley chipped in with 39 runs.
Jordan Clarke's team scored the winning runs in 49.3 overs, David Bowden with an unbeaten 48 helping Darwen to victory. Darwen closing on 271-5.
Andrew Jacques had figures of 3-57 with Luis Reece taking the other two wickets.
Morecambe v Kendal
Morecambe were left frustrated as they could only manage a winning draw against a very youthful and determined Kendal team at Woodhill Lane.
The League leaders went into the game full of confidence however Kendal would be no push over especially after running Blackpool so close the week before.
Josh Dixon's side posted a score of 163-5 off 50 overs, Mark Woodhead with a top score of 57 off 101 balls supported by Suraj Randiv with a patient 36 off 61 balls and Ryan Pearson helping himself to an unbeaten knock of 24 off 32 balls.
Chris Miller bowling throughout took 3-81 off 25 overs as Kendal did well to keep Morecambe under 200.
Kendal to their credit made it uncomfortable for Morecambe with Darren Nightingale top scoring with 38. Saeed Bariwala with 29 and 22 from Eldred Hawken and Shane Hyland unbeaten on 28, put the pressure on the Morecambe bowlers.
The League's leading wicket taker Suraj Randiv took over and with figures of 6-51 Morecambe restricted Kendal to 150-8.
Netherfield v Barrow
It was the battle of the two under achievers at Parkside Road, as Netherfield claimed a winning draw with Barrow.
Netherfield flew out of the blocks thanks to a first wicket partnership of 52 between Ben Barrow and Richard Potter, before Barrow was bowled by Toby Mowat for 21 off 36 balls.
Richard Potter and Marc Brown came together to push the score on, Richard Potter was bowled by Ryan Gilmour for 68 off 67 balls with the score 113, Dieter Klein joined Marc Brown and they took score to 150 when Marc Brown was stumped by Chris D'leny for 40 off the bowling of Gary Collins.
Dieter Klein was out for 79 off 75 balls and 259 and he helped Netherfield to 270-6. Gary Collins returning the best figures of 2-38.
Barrow made a steady start in their reply thanks to a partnership of 47 between Dean Williams and Tharanga Paranavitana. Ryan Wilson was brought into the attack for Dieter Klein and made an instant impact as Wilson trapped Dean Williams LBW, before also trapping Paranavitana. Williams going for 14 with Paranavitana going for 32.
Barrow lost Sam Dutton to Dieter Klein and Michael Wellings falling to Mark Clarkson with John Huck taking the catch Barrow were now 119-4.
Toby Mowat and Greg Reynolds knuckled down and were 158 when Mowat was out for 40.
Thanks to Greg Reynolds unbeaten on 40 and supported by Chris D'Leny 14 and Ryan Gilmour 4 not out Barrow reached 201-6 after their 50 overs.
Penrith v Chorley
Penrith were awarded the full 15 points after Chorley conceded the game at Tynefield Park.
Preston v Fleetwood
Fleetwood remain third in the League and in contention for the Division One title after a relatively straight forward nine wicket win at Preston.
Preston's Shabnan Ali caused Fleetwood the most problems as he top scored with 63, however there was only two other Preston players that got into double figures,
Adam Parker returned figures of 5-2 and David King weighed in with figures of 3-31 as Preston were all out for 107 in 37.4 overs.
After the early shock of losing Adam Parker to Shabnan Ali, Ian Holland 54 with David King 48 saw Fleetwood home without the loss of any further wickets to close on 109-1 off only 20 overs.
FIRST DIVISION SCORES
Blackpool v Lancaster
Blackpool (10 pts) winning draw Lancaster (6 pts)
Blackpool 231 - 7 (S Twist 74, A Furniss 71, L Moffat 4-104), Lancaster 222 - 9 (B Simm 64no, R Raja 57, J Heywood 49, R Gleeson 7-89)
Darwen v Leyland
Darwen (12 pts) defeated Leyland (4 pts) by 5 wickets
Leyland 268 - 9 (L Reece 73, N McDonnell 67, D Bowden 5-71), Darwen 271 - 5 (J Guneratne 115, D Bowden 48no, A Mirza 40)
Morecambe v Kendal
Morecambe (8 pts) winning draw Kendal (3 pts)
Morecambe 163 - 5 ( M Woodhead 57), Kendal 150 - 8 (S Randiv 6-51)
Netherfield v Barrow
Netherfield (8 pts) winning draw Barrow (5 pts)
Netherfield 270 - 6 (D Klein 79, R Potter 68, M Brown 40), Barrow 201 - 6 (G Reynolds 40n0, T Mowat 40)
Penrith v Chorley
Penrith (15 pts) Chorley (0 pts)
Match awarded to Penrith
Preston v Fleetwood
Fleetwood (12 pts) defeated Preston (0 pts) by 9 wickets
Preston 107 (S Ali 63, A Parker 5-2), Fleetwood 109 - 1 (I Holland 54no, D King 48no)
CHORLEY BUILDING SOCIETY
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NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division One
| Club |
P |
W15 |
W12 |
D4 |
D1 |
L |
NR4 |
BP |
Pts |
| Morecambe |
18 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
21 |
199 |
| Blackpool |
19 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
27 |
189 |
| Darwen |
19 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
27 |
185 |
| Fleetwood |
18 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
17 |
181 |
| Chorley |
19 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
26 |
146 |
| Penrith |
18 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
22 |
145 |
| Leyland |
18 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
30 |
138 |
| Lancaster |
18 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
38 |
136 |
| Netherfield |
18 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
49 |
128 |
| Barrow |
19 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
34 |
124 |
| Kendal |
19 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
1 |
27 |
101 |
| St Annes |
18 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
43 |
87 |
| Preston |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
18 |
0 |
17 |
18 |
Division Two
Division 2 Round Up:
Netherfield march on at the top of Division Two as Leyland also win with Blackpool with an outside chance after their victory at Lancaster.
Barrow v Netherfield
Netherfield made light work of Barrow to remain out in front at the top of Division Two following a six wicket win at Ernest Pass.
Barrow blown away for just 57 in 21.3 overs, Stuart Nixon returning figures of 6-15. Joe Portman and Marc Hadwin both getting a brace of wickets.
The reply was emphatic as Netherfield eased home in 15.5 overs, closing on 58-4, Matthew Atkinson was unbeaten on 28.
Chorley v Penrith
Chorley won by nine wickets as they saw off Penrith at Windsor Park,
Penrith were all out for 94 in 35.1 overs. Peter Cummins returning figures of 4-26, Joseph Tiffin with figures of 3-9.
Chorley made a disastrous start at 12-4, the innings was steadied by Edwin Moulton with 19, he was out with the score on 32.
Alexander Howarth was joined by Joseph Tiffin and they steered Chorley home without further loss.
They were both unbeaten Howarth 35 off 47 and Joseph Tiffin 28 off 35 closing on 97-5 in 24.2 overs.
Fleetwood v Preston
Preston pulled off the result of the day as they shocked Fleetwood by their 8 wickets victory at Broadwater.
Fleetwood were restricted to 163-9, James Dunkerley top scoring with 41 and Ahmed Mansoor returning figures of 3-27.
After losing an early wicket Mahmud Akhtar and Mustafa Durrani who was unbeaten on 100, took Preston to the point of victory when Akhtar was out for 45.
Durrani's stunning effort giving Preston an easy victory as they raced home to 164-2 in 38.1 overs.
Kendal v Morecambe
Morecambe eased past Kendal by 7 wickets,
Kendal were all out for 72 in 32.2 overs, Alec Carradus with 33 the only Kendal batsman to reach double figures.
Sean Graves, Lewis Smith, Adam Derham and Muhammed Patel took a brace of wickets.
The visitors took only 15 overs to reach their target closing on 75-3, Steven Fisher was unbeaten on 29,
Mike Dugdale 2-21 and Alec Carradus 1-9 were the Kendal wicket takers.
Lancaster v Blackpool
Lancaster batted first and were bowled out for 51 in 19.2 overs. Lee Spraks 20 was the only batsman to reach double figures. Declan Fisher took 3-18 and Chris Baines and Matthew Siddall took two each.
After the loss of an early wicket Blackpool raced to an easy victory knocking the runs off in 12.1 overs withDaniel Dixon 26 not out and Ciararn Johnson 15 not out
Leyland v Darwen
Leyland continue to challenge at the top after a 6 wicket win at Darwen,
Darwen were restricted to 142-8 with Nathan Jackson unbeaten on 50 . Will Jacques took 4-31.
In reply Leyland knocked the runs off in 42.3 overs closing on 143-4. Hamza Kahn with 44 and Jake Peake 43 put Leyland in a strong position and Jacob Wright finished the game off with an unbeaten 34 supported by Ian Farrington 14 not out.
SECOND DIVISION SCORES
Barrow v Netherfield
Netherfield (12 pts) defeated Barrow (1 pt ) by 6 wickets
Barrow 57 (S Nixon 6-15), Netherfield 58 - 4
Chorley v Penrith
Chorley (12 pts) defeated Penrith (1 pt) by 5 wickets
Penrith 94 (P Cummins 4-26), Chorley 97 - 5
Fleetwood v Preston
Preston (12 pts) defeted Fleetwood (3 pts) by 8 wickets
Fleetwood 163 - 9 (J Dunkerley 41), Preston 164 - 2 (M Durrani 100no, M Akhtar 45)
Kendal v Morecambe
Mortecambe (12 pts) defeated Kendal (0 pts) by 7 wickets
Kendal 72, Morecambe 73 - 3
Lancaster v Blackpool
Blackpool (12 pts) defeated Lancaster (0 pts) by 9 wickets
Lancaster 51, Blackpool 54 - 1
Leyland v Darwen
Leyland (12 pts) defeated Darwen(3 pts) by 6 wickets
Darwen 142 - 8 (N Jackson 50no), W Jacques 4-31), Leyland 143 - 4 H Khan 44, J Peake 43)
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NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division Two
| Club |
P |
W15 |
W12 |
D4 |
D1 |
L |
NR4 |
BP |
Pts |
| Netherfield |
18 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
194 |
| Blackpool |
19 |
2 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
185 |
| Leyland |
17 |
4 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
183 |
| St Annes |
18 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
22 |
179 |
| Chorley |
19 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
30 |
144 |
| Darwen |
18 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
26 |
137 |
| Fleetwood |
16 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
20 |
127 |
| Morecambe |
18 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
37 |
110 |
| Lancaster |
18 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
30 |
109 |
| Barrow |
18 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
34 |
102 |
| Kendal |
19 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
29 |
95 |
| Penrith |
18 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
34 |
92 |
| Preston |
18 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
38 |
89 |
