Match Day 20th August 2022 The Northern Cricket League Review It is the 18th round of matches for the Northern Premier Cricket League. Garstang win and continue their march to the title, There were wins for Chorley, Kendal, Leyland, Netherfield and St Annes. Blackpool win their rearranged fixture with Vernon Carus Blackpool v Kendal Blackpool won the toss at Stanley Park and elected to bat first, Tomas King and Kasim Munir opened but were soon parted Munir caught behind by Sam Fletcher off Kuldeep Singh for 0 (5 balls) 13-1 Joshua Boyne came in at three but lost Tomas King bowled by Toby Tyson for 17 (19 balls) 25-2, Naushad Shafi Shaikh replaced King, Toby Tyson claimed his second wicket trapping Joshua Boyne lbw for 14 (15 balls) 34-3 Dylan Henshall was next in and with Naushad Shafi Shaikh were going along nicely until Shafi Shaikh was bowled by Matthew Park for 17 (33 balls) 66-4. Ben Howarth joined Henshall but lost his partner bowled by Chris Miller for 27 (29 balls) 76-5 Matthew Grindley was Howarth's next partner and they battled to move the score on but with the total on 85 disaster for the hosts with the loss of two wickets, first to go was Matthew Grindley caught by Rongsen Jonathan off Matthew Park for 5 (20 balls) 85-6, next Alex Ryder was run out by Chris Miller for 0 (1 ball) 85-7 Paul Danson was in at nine and with Howarth took the score to 92 when Danson was run out by Sam Fletcher for 1 (13 balls) 92-8, Steven Mercer came to the wicket and with Howarth battled to see the overs out but on 113 he was bowled by Kuldeep Singh for 13 (41 balls) 113-9 Kuldeep Singh brought the Blackpool innings to an end bowling the battling Ben Howarth for 17 (75 balls) as the hosts were 121 all out in 42.3 overs with Jamie Thomson 2no (3 balls) The Kendal wicket takers were Kuldeep Singh 3-37 from 10.3 overs, Toby Tyson 2-19 off 6, Matthew Park 2-34 from 11 and Chris Miller 1-24 off 15 Paul Dodds and Chris Miller opened for the visitors and lost Chris Miller bowled by Matthew Grindley for 3 (12 balls) 9-1, Rongsen Jonathan was in at three and with Paul Dodds had put the visitors in a strong position when Dodds was caught behind by Ben Howarth off Dylan Henshall for 27 (56 balls) 99-2 Oliver Tyson replaced Dodds, Rongsen Jonathan 89no (66 balls) (17 x4, 2 x6) took charge and saw Kendal home on 124-2 in 24 overs, Oliver Tyson was 3no (10 balls) For Blackpool Matthew Grindley took 1-25 from 7 overs with Dylan Henshall 1-16 off 2 Chorley v Penrith Penrith won the toss at Windsor Park and invited the hosts to bat first, Chorley made 258-2 in 43 overs with all the batsmen making runs, Harry Barclay topscored with 104no (103 balls), ably supported by Andrew Holdsworth 51 (50 balls), Roshen Silva 47no (63 balls) and Alexander Howarth 41 (42 balls) For Penrith Mohit Kale took 2-59 from his 15 overs In reply Penrith were bowled out for 117 in 34 overs with only four players reaching double figures, Sulosan Thiru 38 (76 balls), Mohit Kale 26 (16 balls), Alister Craig 29 (43 balls) and James Ellis 11no (12 balls) Ian Oakes did the damage for the hosts with 4-25 from 10 overs with James Dunn 2-15 off 5, Edwin Moulton 2-20 from 6 and Kieran McCullagh 1-40 off 7 Garstang v Lancaster Lancaster won the toss at the Riverside Sports ground and put the hosts in to bat first, they made 222-9 in their 50 overs thanks to Punit Bisht 87 and Matthew Crowther 61no For Lancaster Liam Moffat took 3-43 from 15 overs, Irfan Khan 2-33 off 3, Kieran Moffat 1-42 from 11 and Jamie Heywood 1-47 off 9 In reply Lancaster were bowled out for 140 in 43 overs Eddie Steinson 37 and Ben Simm 30 offering the most resistance. Joel Anthony Derham caused the main damage with 6-40 from 11 overs supported by Punit Bisht 2-4 off 8, Ian Walling 1-37 from 10 and Danny Glibert 1-42 off 10 This win takes Garstang within striking distance of the Championship in only their fifth season in the Northern Premier Cricket League Leyland v Fulwood & Broughton Fulwoood & Broughton won the toss at the Stanning Memorial Ground and chose to bat first, opners Ewen Mansford and Matthew Smith got the visitors off to a good start, their partnership of 68 was broken by Iain Critchley having Matthew Smith caught by Andrew Makinson for 47 (40 balls) 68-1 Iain Critchley accounted for the other opener Ewen Mansford having him caught behind by Alex Williams for 22 (43 balls) 72-2, the new batsmen were Sonal Dinusha and Simon Kerrigan, with 34 runs added Dinusha fell caught behind by Alex Williams off Andrew Jacques for 16 (29 balls) 106-3 Ben Rosbottom was in next but lost partner Simon Kerrigan for 42 (58 balls) bowled by Andrew Jacques, 147-4, Mike Sambell replaced Kerrigan but became Andrew Jacques third victim caught by Jacob Wright for 5 (8 balls) 161-5 Zach Proctor joined Rosbottom but both fell to Andrew Jacques in the same over, first to go was Ben Rosbottom caught by Iain Critchley for 30 (33 balls) 165-6, two balls later Zach Proctor was bowled for 2 (12 balls) 165-7 Muhammad Zaid was quickly out caught behind by Alex Williams off Kurtis Watson for 1 (2 balls) 167-8, Andrew Jacques claimed his sixth wicket Lewis Wellings caught behind by Alex Williams for 1 (2 balls) 168-9 Ben Parkinson and Jon Fenton dug in and tried to use up all their overs but Iain Critchley had Ben Parkinson caught by Jacob Wright for 9 (21 balls) resulting in the visitors being all out fot 188 in 45.3 overs with Jon Fenton 12no (26 balls) The Leyland hero was Andrew Jacques with 6-59 from 15 overs with Iain Critchley 3-55 off 13.3 and Kurtis Watson 1-45 from 9 Jacob Wright and James Rounding were the Leyland openers and were going well until Jacob Wright was run out for 22 (48 balls) 65-1, Nasir Nawaz came in at three but was out caught by Matthew Smith off Sonal Dinusha for 0 (2 balls) 65-2 Kurtis Watson joined James Rounding and they had doubled the score when Kurtis Watson was caught by Ben Parkinson off Simon Kerrigan for 25 (60 balls) 133-3 Karl Cross was James Rounding's next parner and they saw the hosts to victory on 189-3 in 46.2 overs with James Rounding undefeated on 112 (133 balls) (13x4 2x6) with Karl Cross 25no (29 balls) The Fulwood & Broughton wicket takers were Sonal Dinusha 1-43 from 15 overs and Simon Kerrigan 1-53 off 14.2 Netherfield v Penrith Longridge won the toss at Parkside Road and decided to bat first, Luke Platt and Joshua Mullin opened, the hosts made an early breakthough Isaac Medhurst having Luke Platt caught by Matt Jackson for 4 (10 balls) 5-1 Tom Howath came in at three but became Isaac Medhust's second victim caught by Thomas Kaber for 6 (21 balls) 13-2, Disaster struck for the visitors with the loss of two wickets with the score on 19, Joshua Mullin was caught by Ollie Wileman off Matt Jackson for 4 (37 balls) 19-3, Matt Jackson then had James Whitehead caught behind by Finlay Richardson 0 (7 balls) 19-4 Zac Christie and Tom Turner were the new batsmen with the task of rebuilding the innings, they steadily moved the score on until the introduction of Thomas Kaber into the attack, in his first over he had Zac Christie caught by Matt Jackson for 23 (73 balls) 59-5 Rhys Morgan joined Tom Turner but soon became Thomas Kaber's second wicket bowled for 5 (9 balls) 65-6, Ollie Mullin was Tom Turner's next partner but on reaching 6 (14 balls) he was caught behind by Finlay Richardson off Daniel Bernet, 80-7 Jake Durnell was in next but fell caught by Bradley Earl off Thomas Kaber for 0 (6 balls) 81-8, Ian Simpson replaced Durnell but lost the battling Tom Turner caught by Josh Dixon off Thomas Kaber for 28 (54 balls) 86-9 The last pair of Ian Simpson and Matt Greenall had put on 15 runs when Matt Greenall was caught by Ben Barrow off Daniel Bernet for 11 (20 balls) to close the visitors innings on 101 all out in 44.2 overs, Ian Simpson was 4no (15 balls) Thomas Kaber was the hosts main wicket taker with 4-22 from 7 overs, Matt Jackson took 2-6 off 9, Isaac Medhurst 2-16 from 10 and Daniel Bernet 2-30 off 13.2 Bradley Earl and Josh Dixon opened for the hosts and gave them a good start with a stand of 83 broken by Ian Simpson having Josh Dixon caught by Tom Howarth for 35 (44 balls). Finlay Richardson joined Bradley Earl but with two runs required for victory there was a mini collapse, Bradley Earl was out lbw to Ian Simpson for 50 (43 balls) 100-2, Finlay Richardson was then out lbw to Jake Durnell for 10 (11 balls) 100-3 Ben Barrow and Thomas Kaber were the new batsmen, the scores were level when Thomas Kaber was caught by Tom Howarth off Ian Simpson for 1 (3 balls), 101-4. Lee Hogg replaced Kaber and with his fifth ball hit a four to claim victory for the home side closing on 105-4 in 18 overs. Ben Barrow was 0no (3 balls) Ian Simpson took 3-27 from 5 overs and Jake Durnell 1-27 off 6 Vernon Carus v St Annes Vernon Carus won the toss at the Vernon Carus Sports and Social club and invited the visitors to bat first, Tom Higson and Yohan De Silva opened, Tom Hogson was the first to go caught by David Sullivan off Jacob Holland for 12 (14 balls) 15-1 In at three was Lukman Vahaluwala who was scoring at over a run a ball but on 27 (21 balls) Jacob Holland had him caught behind by Bob Bridges, 43-2. Nathan Bolus joined De Silva but became Jacob Holland's third victim caught by Christian Ash for 4 (11 balls) 49-3 Jacob Holland claimed his fourth wicket that of new batsman Nathan Armstrong caught by Christian Ash fo 0 (2 balls) 50-4, Alex Bradley joined Yohan De Silva and they battled to stop the collapse and had taken the score to 86 when De Silva was caught by Wes Royle off Ben Thomas for 28 (78 balls) 86-5 Andy Drake took over from De Silva and continued the fight but lost partner Alex Bradley caught behind by Bob Bridges off Kasun Ekanayake Mudiyanselage for 8 (43 balls) 88-6. the incoming batsman was Nathan Bend but with only three runs added he was caught by Ben Duerden off Ben Thomas for 2 (10 balls) 91-7 Tom Bradley replaced Nathan Bend and was quickly out caught by Wes Royle off Ben Thomas for 0 (3 balls) 91-8, James Bradley joined Andy Drake and they took the score to 118 when Andy Drake was caught by Christian Ash off Matthew Timms for 17 (47 balls) 118-9 Mitch Bolus came in at no 11 and was the last man out lbw to Ben Thomas for 7 (20 balls) as the visitors were all out for 131 in 47 overs with James Bradley 13no (35 balls) The Vernon Carus wicket takers were Ben Thomas 4-19 from 7 overs, Jacob Holland 4-38 off 15, Kasun Ekanayake Mudiyanselage 1-19 from 10 and Matthew Timms 1-44 off 15 Jack Airey and Wes Royle opened for the hosts and got off to a bat start losing two early wickets, Jack Airey was caught behind by James Bradley off Lukman Vahaluwala for 4 (8 balls) 8-1. Kasun Ekanayake Mudiyanselage came in at three but suffered the same fate as Airey caught behind by James Bradley off Lukman Vahaluwala for 0 (7 balls) 8-2 Matthew Stevenson joined Wes Royle and they slowly moved the score on until Lukman Vahaluwal claimed two wickets in two balls, firstly Wes Royle was caught by Nathan Bolus for 8 (37 balls), 24-3. Christain Ash was next in and trapped first ball lbw for 0 24-4 Bob Bridges replaced Christian Ash and continued the fight, with the score on 40 Lukman Vahaluwala claimed his fifth victim Matthew Stevenson bowled for 23 (32 balls) 40-5. Ben Duereden joined Bob Bridges and their partnership was 19 when Bob Bridges was lbw to Tom Higson for 7 (34 balls) 59-6 Jacob Holland was the new batsman and with Ben Duerden they looked to make runs but the hosts fate was sealed when they lost two quick wickets, Ben Duerden was caught behind by James Bradley off Tom Bradley for 15 (31 balls) 70-7, one run later new batsman David Sullivan was out lbw to Tom Higson for 1 (9 balls) 71-8 Matthew Timms was Jacob Holland's next partner but on reaching 8 (11 balls) he became Tom Higson's third victim caught behind by James Bradley for 8 (11 balls). the innings came to a close on 93 all out in 33.4 overs with Lukman Vahaluwala taking his sixth wicket Jacob Holland caught by Nathan Armstrong for 21 (25 balls). Ben Thomas was 1no (10 balls) Lukman Vahaluwala took 6-19 from 11.4 overs, Tom Higson 3-22 off 8 and Tom Bradley 1-17 from 7 Sunday 21st August Blackpool v Vernon Carus Vernon Carus won the toss in this rearranged match at Stanley Park and elected to bat first, Jack Airey and Wes Royle opened and found runs hard to come by and with the score on 16 Alex Ryder made the breakthrough trapping Wes Royle lbw for 6 (35 balls) 16-1. Kasun Ekanayake Mudiyanselage came in at three but with only one run added he was out lbw to Matthew Grindley for 1 (6 balls) 17-2, Bob Bridges joined Jack Airey and they slowly built the score until Bob Bridges was caught behind by Ben Howarth off Naushad Shafi Shaikh for 25 (47 balls) 60-3 Craig Cameron was next in but lost Jack Airey bowled by Jamie Thomson for 26 (56 balls) 60-4. Ben Duerden replaced Airey but became Jamie Thomson's next victim bowled for 5 (15 balls), 70-5 Hasan Zaman was the new batsmen and had made 5 (12 balls) when he was caught behind by Ben Howarth off Naushad Shafi Shaikh, 79-6, Naushad Shafi Shaikh then had new batsman Jacob Holland stumped by Ben Howarth for 5 (8 balls) 85-7. Naushad Shafi Shaikh claimed his fourth wicket Matthew Timms caught by Matthew Grindley for 8 (7 balls) 95-8, New batsman Ben Thomas lost his partner Craig Cameron bowled by Jamie Thomson for 10 (30 balls) 97-9 Jamie Thomson brought the Vernon Carus innings to a close on 99 all out in 38.5 overs by bowling Kashif Jamil for 0 (10 balls) Ben Thomas was 3no (7 balls) The Blackpool wicket takers were Jamie Thomson 4-19 from 7.5 overs, Naushad Shafi Shaikh 4-27 off 12, Alex Ryder 1-20 from 7 and Matthew Grindley 1-28 off 12 Tomas King and Naushad Shafi Shaikh opened for the hosts and their opening stand was 73 when Naushad Shafi Shaikh was caught by Ben Duerden for 40 (32 balls) 73-1, Joshua Boyne was in at three but lost opener Tomas King lbw to Kashif Jamil for 34 (44 balls) 79-2 Kasim Munir joined Boyne but with the score two runs short of Victory Joshua Boyne was caught by Jacob Holland off Kashif Jamil for 11 (19 balls), 98-3, Matthew Lawrenson 4no (2 balls) replaced Boyne and hit the winning runs to close on 102-3 in 17.5 overs, Kasim Munir was 4no (10 balls) Kashif Jamil took 2-13 from 3.5 overs and Ben Thomas 1-13 off 5 SCORES Blackpool v Kendal Kendal (15 pts) defeated Blackpool (0 pts) by 8 wickets Blackpool 121, Kendal 124-2 (Rongsen Jonathan 89no) Chorley v Penrith Chorley (15 pts) defeated Penrith (0 pts) by 141 runs Chorley 258-2 (Harry Barclay 104no, Andrew Holdsworth 51, Roshen Silva 47no, Andrew Howarth 41), Penrith 117 (Ian Oakes 4-25) Garstang v Lancaster Garstang (15 pts) defeated Lancaster (3 pts) by 82 runs Garstang 222-9 (Punit Bisht 87, Matthew Crowther 61no), Lancaster 140 (Joel Anthony Derham 6-40) Leyland v Fulwood & Broughton Leyland (15 pts) defeated Fulwood & Broughton (2 pts) by 7 wickets Fulwood & Broughton 188 (Matthew Smith 47, Simom Kerrigan 42, Andrew Jacques 6-59), Leyland 189-3 (James Rounding 112no) Netherfield v Longridge Netherfield (15 pts) defeated Longridge (0 pts) by 6 wickets Longridge 101 (Thomas Kaber 4-22), Netherfield 105-4 (Bradley Earl 50) Vernon Carus v St Annes St Annes (15 pts) defeated Vernon Carus (3 pts) by 38 runs St Annes 131 (Ben Thomas 4-19, Jacob Holland 4-38), Vernon Carus 93 (Lukman Vahaluwala 6-19) Sunday 21st August Blackpool v Vernon Carus Blackpool (15 pts) defeated Vernon Carus (0 pts) by 7 wickets Vernon Carus 99 (Jamie Thomson 4-19, Naushad Shafi Shaikh 4-27), Blackpool 102-3 (Naushad Shafi Shaikh 40) NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Club P W15 D7 D6 T D1 D0 L NR5 BP Pen Pts Garstang 18 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 27 0 232 Blackpool 18 12 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 6 0 191 St Annes 18 10 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 26 0 184 Fulwood & Broughton 18 7 1 4 0 2 0 4 0 46 0 184 Chorley 18 9 1 0 0 3 1 4 1 21 0 170 Netherfield 18 7 0 1 0 0 0 7 3 30 0 156 Longridge 18 8 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 19 0 150 Leyland 18 6 1 0 0 0 0 9 2 25 0 131 Kendal 18 7 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 19 0 130 Penrith 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 20 0 110 Lancaster 18 4 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 31 0 93 Vernon Carus 18 1 0 0 0 2 1 13 1 23 0 45

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