Match Day 7th September 2019
The Northern Cricket League Review
Leyland win and become 2019 Northern Premier League Champions, Kendal win and Penrith lose to Barrow resulting in Penrith and Barrow being relegated
Garstang win and finsih second. There are also wins for Blackpool and Chorley
Blackpool v Fulwood & Broughton
Blackpool won the toss at Stanley Park and chose to bat, They lost Sam Dutton bowled by Jon Fenton for 0 5-1, Fellow opener Tomas King soon followed lbw to Fenton for 9, 9-2
Ciaran Johnson was next to go bowled by Matthew Smith fpr 10, 19-3, Joshua Boyne joined Ockert Erasmus and they took the score to 51 when Boyne became Fenton's third wicket bowled for 4, 51-4
Craig Brown had made 13 when he was caught by Euan Fletcher off Chris Brookes, 69-5, One run had been added when Ockert Erasmus was caught behind by Mark Smith off Matthew Hurst for 26, 70-6
Chris Brookes then had Ben Howarth caught by Simon Kerrigan for 2, 75-7. Simon Kerrigan then had Matthew Grindley caught by Euan Fletcher for 0, 76-8
Simon Kerrigan then accounted for Paul Danson caught behind by Mark Smith for 7, 90-9. The innings closed with Jon Fenton bowling Matthew Siddall for 1 as Blackpool were all out for 93 in 40.5 overs with Andy Furniss 13no
Jon Fenton took 4-58 from 13.5 overs, Simon Kerrigan 2-1 off 5, Chris Brookes 2-17 from 7, Matthew Hurst 1-5 off 7 and Matthew Smith 1-5 from 8
In reply Fulwood & Broughton had no reply to Matthew Grindley who took 7-17 from 15.2 overs as they were bowled out for 55 in 30.2 overs. Ben Rosbottom 16 and Euan Fletcher 12 were the only visiting batsmen to reach double figures.
Ockert Erasmus took the other three wickets for 34 runs in 12 overs
Chorley v Fleetwood
Chorley won the toss at Windsor Park and invited the visitors to bat, Fleetwood were bowled out for 76 in 30.5 overs, Neels Bergh made 29 and Alex Ryder 17
James Lee took 5-29 from 10 overs, Chamikara Edirisinghe 3-16 off 9.5 and Edwin Moulton 1-16 from 6.
In reply Chorley were 77-2 from 19.1 overs thanks to Will Moulton 32no and Stuart Naden 30
Garstang v St Annes
St Annes won the toss at the Riverside Sports ground and elected to bat, They were bowled out for 92 in 38.5 overs, Tom Higson 38, Nathan Armstrong 23no and Amar Ul1ah 8 were their run scorers.
Ian Walling took 5-35 from 17 overs, Travis Pieters 4-30 off 16 and Danny Gilbert 1-26 from 5.5
Garstang knocked off the runs in 26.2 overs closing on 96-2 with Michael Walling 36no and Punit Bisht 28no
Leyland v Longridge
Longridge won the toss at the Stanning Memorial ground and invited Leyland to bat first, Leyland made 110-7 in their 50 overs thanks to Nathan McDonnell 33, Karl Cross 27, Kurtis Watson 11 and Jacob Wright 10no
Tom Howarth took 3-19 from 8 overs, Jonathan Millward 3-26 off 17 and Ian Simpson 1-21 from 8
In reply Longridge were bowled out in 20.2 overs for 44 to give Leyland the Championship, Only Zac Christie 18 and Lachlan Bangs 11 reached double figures.
Nathan McDonnell took 4-6 from 4.2 overs, Ross Bretherton 4-18 off 10 and Karl Cross 2-17 from 6
Netherfield v Kendal
Netherfield won the toss at Park Road and put the visitors into bat. In a match that Kendal must win to keep their hopes of staying in the League they got off to a bad start losing Shane Hyland caught behind by Lewis Edge off Matt Jackson for 2 (21 balls), 7-1
Harry Brook joined Tom Benn and they had a partnership of 62 when Benn was bowled by Marc Hadwin for 25 (55 balls), 69-2, Ben Phillips was next in but lost Brook caught by Josh Dixon off Joel Blain for 53 (56 balls), 91-3
Joel Blain struck again with the score on 108 having Tom Aspinwall stumped by Lewis Edge for 4 (21 balls), 108-4. Lewis Edge was in the act again stumping Terry Hunte off Lewis Richardson for 2 (13 balls), 118-5
Richardson struck again trapping Saeed Bariwala first ball for 0, 118-6. Ryan Shepherd was Phillips's next partner and they added 40 runs when Shepherd was bowled by Samuel Medhurst 11 (18 balls) 158-7
Phillips was next out bowled by Matt Jackson for 55 (93 balls), 159-8. Kendal closed their innings on 179-8 with Chris Miller 12no (22 balls) and Kuldeep Singh 2no (5 balls)
Lewis Richardson took 2-20 from 7 overs, Joel Blain 2-33 off 11, Matt Jackson 2-40 from 12, Samuel Medhurst 1-27 off 11 and Marc Hadwin 1-34 from 6
Netherfield got off to a disastrous start losing quick wickets, Finlay Richardson bowled by Toby Tyson for 0 (12 balls) 1-1, Bevan Small bowled by Kuldeep Singh for 0 (4 balls) 2-2
Wicket number three fell two runs later Bradley Earl trapped lbw to Kuldeep Singh for 0 (2 balls), 4-3. Kuldeep Singh took his third wicket bowling Lewis Edge for 4 (11 balls) 8-4
Netherfield had doubled their score when Singh bowled Lewis Richardson for 7 (19 balls) 16-5. Harry Brook took wicket number six bowling Isaac Medhurst for 2, 19-6
Brook struck again next ball bowling Joel Blain for 0 (1 ball), 19-7. Matt Jackson made 4 (8 balls) when he became Brook's third victim, 23-8. Opener Josh Dixon was next out bowled by Chris Miller for 8 (68 balls) 29-9
Kendal were one wicket away from safety but Samuel Medhurst and Marc Hadwin dug in and held out to the 47th over Netherfield were bowled out for 92 when Kuldeep Singh took his fifth wicket bowling Hadwin for 48 (61 balls) to give Kendal victory and another year in the Northern Premier League
Samuel Medhurst remained unbeaten on 11 (92 balls)
Kuldeep Singh took 5-17 from 12 overs, Harry Brook 3-28 off 12, Toby Tyson 1-8 from 8 and Chris Miller 1-13 off 9
Penrith v Barrow
Barrow won the toss at Tynefield Park and chose to bat, Justin Pringle and Dineth Thimodya Hewathanthre had reached 29 when Pringle was bowled by Greg Hall for 19 (22 balls), 29-1
Glenn Kermode was no 3 but lost Dineth Thimodya Hewathanthre caught by Nick Hodgson off Asher Hart for 23 (44 balls), 63-2, Greg Reynolds with Kermode put on 46 runs when Reynolds was caught behind by Alister Craig off Samuel Hall for 21 (49 balls), 109-3, Kermode's long innings came to an end with the total on 122 out to the same combination caught Craig bowled Hall, 122-4
Jack Hill-Eades was the next wicket to fall caught by Nicky Burns off Jamie O'Brien for 8 (11 balls), 142-5, Samuel Hall took his third wicket that of Daryl Wearing caught by Bruce Glendinning for 26, (36 balls) 157-6
Nine runs later Sam Henderson was bowled by Jamie O'Brien for 4 (19 balls), 166-7, Lewis Bayman went first ball caught by Samuel Hall off Jamie O'Brien for 0 166-8
The innings was drawing to a close when Matthew Adams was run out by Nick Hodgson for 10 (19 balls) 172-9. The innings closed with Barrow 172-9 with Dan Adams 1no and Gary Collins 0no
Samuel Hall 3-35 from 14 overs, Jamie O'Brien 3-41 off 10, Asher Hart 1-28 from 11 and Greg Hall 1-35 off7
Penrith fight for safety got off to a slow start and with the score on 23 Nicky Burns was trapped lbw by Gary Collins for 15 (42 balls), 23-1, Two runs later Alister Craig was out lbw to Greg Reynolds for 4 (51 balls), 25-2
The total had reached 37 when two wickets fell, Greg Hall caught by Glenn Kermode off Gary Collins for 4 (20 balls), 37-3, Greg Cameron was run out for 0 by Gary Collins without facing. 37-4. Asher Hart and Samuel Hall battled to save the innings but on 61 Hall was caught by Daryl Wearing off Greg Reynolds for 12 (25 balls). 61-5
Nick Hodgson joined Hart and 32 runs had been added when Hodgson fell bowled by Sam Henderson for 7 (22 balls), 93-6, Seven runs later and Penrith were in deeper trouble with Henry Marshall bowled by Gary Collins for 4 (3 balls) 100-7
Any hope that Penrith had vanished when Asher Hart was bowled by Sam Henderson for 51 (73 balls), 112-8, Gary Collins finished off the tail with two wickets, Jonathon Osborne caught by Jack Hill-Eades for 11 (14 balls)118-9 and next ball trapping Bruce Gledinning for 0 (1 ball)
Penrith were bowled out for 118 in 43 overs with Jamie O'Brien 5no (7 balls), with defeat came relegation for both sides. Penrith after 6 seasons in the Premier League and Barrow since 2004
Gary Collins took 5-53 in 16 overs, Sam Henderson 2-27 off 4 and Greg Reynolds 2-33 from 17
SCORES
Blackpool v Fulwood & Broughton
Blackpool (15 pts) defeated Fulwood & Broughton (3 pts) by 38 runs
Blackpool 93 (Jon Fenton 4-58), Fulwood & Broughton 55 (Matthew Grindley 7-17)
Chorley v Fleetwood
Chorley (15 pts) defeated Fleetwood (0 pts) by 8 wickets
Fleetwood 76 (James Lee 5-29), Chorley 77-2
Garstang v St Annes
Garstang (15 pts) defeated St Annes (0 pts) by 8 wickets
St Annes 92 (Ian Walling 5-35), Garstang 96-2
Leyland v Longridge
Leyland (15 pts) defeated Longridge (2 pts - 2 penalty pts = 0 pts) by 66 runs
Leyland 110-7, Longridge 44 (Nathan McDonnell 4-6, Ross Bretherton 4-18)
Netherfield v Kendal
Kendal (15 pts) defeated Netherfield (2 pts) by87 runs
Kendal 179-8(Ben Phillips 55, Harry Brook 53)), Netherfield 92 (Kuldeep Singh 5-17)
Penrith v Barrow
Barrow (10 pts) defeated Penrith (3 pts)
Barrow 172-9 (Glen Kermode 42), Penrith 118 (Asher Hart 51, Gary Collins 5-53))
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
| Club |
P |
W15 |
D6 |
T |
D1 |
D0 |
L |
NR5 |
BP |
Pen |
Pts |
| Leyland |
22 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
0 |
249 |
| Garstang |
22 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
24 |
0 |
236 |
| Blackpool |
22 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
39 |
3 |
216 |
| Fleetwood |
22 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
29 |
0 |
209 |
| Fulwood & Broughton |
22 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
30 |
0 |
207 |
| Longridge |
22 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
35 |
2+ |
171 |
| Chorley |
22 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
27 |
0 |
160 |
| Netherfield |
22 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
31 |
2 |
157 |
| St Annes |
22 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
32 |
0 |
134 |
| Kendal |
22 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
15 |
18** |
123 |
| Penrith |
22 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
36 |
0 |
114 |
| Barrow |
22 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
5 |
21 |
0 |
76 |
** Kendal CC 15pt deduction Rule infringement 14.7 Page 92 of NL 2019 Handbook
+ 31.8.19 Fixture; Longridge CC Broke rule Item 7 Page 101 of the Northern League Handbook 2 point deduction
