Match Day 3rd September 2022
The Northern Cricket League Review
It is the 21st round of matches for the Northern Premier Cricket League.
Khalil Patel destroys Garstang in Fulwood & Broughton win,
There were wins for Blackpool, Kendal, Leyland and St Annes with Lancaster getting a winning draw at Netherfield.
The relegation battle continues into the final round of matches, Penrith or Lancaster will be relegated and the outcome is in Penrith's own hands
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Fulwood & Broughton v Garstang
Fulwood & Broughton won the toss at the Highfield ground and chose to bat first, Ewen Mansford and Matthew Smith opened, Mattew Smith was out caught by Dan Curwen off Ian Walling for 15 (14 balls) 17-1
Sonal Dinusha was in at No3 and with Ewen Mansford took the score past the hundred, their partnership was broken by Danny Gilbert having Sonal Dinusha caught by Mark Walling for 48 (60 balls) 111-2, Zach Proctor was in next but lasted only three balls caught by Matthew Crowther off Michael Walling for 0 112-3
Simon Kerrigan replaced Proctor and with Ewen Mansford had a partnership of 99 ended when Simon Keerigan was caught by Mark Walling off Rizwan Patel for 55 (63 balls) 211-4, Muhammad Zaid joined Mansford but on reaching 11 (8 balls) he was caught by Matthew Crowther off Rizwan Patel, 226-5
Ewen Mansford's next partner was Mike Sambell and they saw the hosts to the close making 250-5 in their 50 overs with Ewen Mansford 84no (144 balls) and Mike Sambell 21no (10 balls)
Rizwan Patel took 2-37 from 9 overs, Michael Walling 1-15 off 4, Ian Walling 1-47 from 14 and Danny Gilbert 1-68 off 13
The Champions reply was a complete disaster after an opening partnership of 13 when both openers were out, Michael Wellings went first bowled by Khalil Patel for 8 (9 balls) 13-1, Michael Walling followed lbw to Jon Fenton for 0 (5 balls) 13-2
The two new batsmen Punit Bisht and Mark Walling did not last long, Jon Fenton bowled Punit Bisht for 1 (5 balls) 14-3, Khalil Patel then had a devastating spell of bowling going through the visitors batting order.
He claimed wicket number two having Mark Walling caught behind by Mike Sambell for 0 (5 balls) 18-4, he then claimed four wickets with the score on 23, firstly was Ryan Pearson caught by Sonal Dinusha for 8 (12 balls) 23-5, Danny Gilbert was next caught behind by Mike Sambell for 0 (7 balls) 23-6, third man out was Dan Curwen caught by Simon Kerrigan for 0 (4 balls) and finally Ian Walling bowled for 0 (3 balls)
Matthew Crowther had been stood at one end watching the collapse but he was the next to fall caught by Simon Kerrigan off Jon Fenton for 5 (22 balls) 27-9, The innings was brought to a close with Khalil Patel taking his seventh wicket that of Rizwan Patel lbw for 1 (9 balls) as Garstang were 30 all out in 15.4 overs with Joel Anthony Derham 0no (8 balls)
Khalil Patel's fabulous figures were 7.4 overs 5 maidens 2 runs and 7 wickets with Jon Fenton taking 3-21 from 8 overs
Leyland v Penrith
Penrith won the toss at the Stanning Memorial ground and elected to bat first, Ollie Greenwood and Nicky Burns were the openers, Ollie Greenwood was the first to go caught by James Rounding off Kurtis Watson for 1 (19 balls) 10-1
Owen Jones came in at three but lost his partner Nicky Burns caught by Ben Weaver off Andrew Jacques for 18 (45 balls), 24-2, next in was Naved Malik who became Andrew Jacques second victim caught by Jacob Wright for 0 (5 balls) 28-3.
James Bowman joined Owen Jones but with the score on 53 Jones was bowled by Geeth Kumara for 5 (29 balls) 53-4, Greg Cameron replaced Jones but on reaching 11 (24 balls) he was caught by James Critchley off Geeth Kumara, 71-5
Alister Craig was James Bowman's next partner and they had a partnership of 25 when Alister Craig was caught by Ben Weaver off Kurtis Watson for 9 (40 balls) 96-6, Sulosan Thiru was in next but was bowled by Andrew Jacques for 3 (18 balls) 140-7
James Ellis came in at number nine and with James Bowman saw the visitors close on 154-7 in their 50 overs with James Bowman 97no (117 balls) and Jamers Ellis 0no (4 balls)
The Leyland wicket takers were Andrew Jacques 3-47 from 13 overs, Kurtis Watson 2-25 off 13 and Geeth Kumara 2-43 from 15
Jacob Wright and James Rounding opened for the hosts, Jacob Wright was the first one out caught by Naved Malik off James Ellis for 2 (14 balls) 10-1, Kurtis watson came in next but was soon out caught behind by Alister Craig of Dylan Simpson for 7 (10 balls) 28-2
Geeth Kumara replaced Watson but lost James Rounding caught behind by Alister Craig off James Bowman for 29 (23 balls) 47-3, Karl Cross came in next but with only five runs added Geeth Kumara became James Bowman's next victim caught by Naved Malik for 1 (26 balls) 52-4
Andrew Makinson was the incoming batsman and with Karl Cross were keeping the scoreboard ticking over until Andrew Makinson was caught and bowled by Naved Malik for 14 (24 balls) 89-5
James Critchley joined Cross and were building a good partnership but it was broken by Greg Cameron having Karl Cross caught by James Ellis for 40 (60 balls) 121-6, next in was Iain Critchley who became Greg Cameron's next wicket stumped by Alister Craig for 0 (3 balls) 125-7
One run had been added when new batsman Andrew Jacques was out lbw to Naved Malik for 0 (4 balls) 126-8, the match was in the balance, the hosts needed 29 runs in 14 overs whilst the visitors two wickets, Ben Weaver joined James Critchley and they saw the hosts home on 157-8 in 46.1 overs with James Critchley 32no (85 balls) and Ben Weaver 16no (29 balls),
The wickets were shared amongst the Penrith bowlers, James Bowman took 2-17 from 5 overs, Naved Malik 2-21 off 15, Greg Cameron 2-55 from 14.1, Dylan Simpson 1-21 off 4 and James Ellis 1-31 from 8
Longridge v Kendal
Kendal won the toss at the Newsham Memorial ground and invited the hosts to bat first. Joshua Mullin and Rhys Morgan opened for the hosts and had made a very good start but the introduction of Munir Tamzil changed things,he bowled Rhys Morgan for 32 (58 balls) 77-1
Tom Howarth came in but fell first ball lbw to Munir Tamzil for 0, 77-2, Zac Christie joined Joshua Mullin and they had doubled the total when Joshua Mullin was caught by Chris Miller off Kuldeep Singh for 67 (112 balls) 158-3,
Zac Christie quickly followed bowled by Munir Tamzil for 39 (74 balls) 160-4, Tom Turner and Hugo Croft were the new batsmen with nine overs remaining, Hugo Croft became Munir Tamzil's fourth victim caught by James Fleming for 1 (16 balls) 166-5
Luke Platt was Tom Turner's next partner but when their patnership reached 27 Luke Platt was caught by Toby Tyson off Kuldeep Singh for 12 (10 balls) 193-6, Ollie Mullin was next in and with Tom Turner saw the hosts reach 205-6 in their 50 overs with Tom Turner 22no (25 balls) and Ollie Mullin 7no (5 balls)
For Kendal Munir Tamzil took 4-55 fron 15 and Kuldeep Singh 2-53 off10
Paul Dodds and Paidi Robinson opened for the visitors, their opening partnership was 20 broken when Paul Dodds was bowled by Ollie Mullin for 10 (28 balls) 20-1, David Batty was in at three and Ollie Mullin struck again with only three runs added having Paidi Robinson caught by Luke Platt for 8 (31 balls) 23-2
Munir Tamzil came to the wicket and was bowled by Jonathan Millward for 1 (10 balls) 29-3, Oliver Tyson joined David Batty but lost Batty caught by Luke Platt off Caleb Bradford for 10 (29 balls) 41-4
Sam Fletcher was Oliver Tyson's new partner and they took the score to one hundred when Ollie Mullin claimed his third wicket bowling Sam Fletcher for 33 (51 balls) 100-5, James Fleming replaced Fletecher but on making 4 (8 balls) he was bowled by Caleb Bradford, 113-6
Chris Miller joined Oliver Tyson and were going well until Jake Durnell had Chris Miller caught behind by Tom Turner for 28 (25 balls) 165-7, Kuldeep Singh was next in hitting a six and four then being caught by Rhys Morgan for 10 (9 balls) 177-8
The new batsman was Toby Tyson and with Oliver Tyson saw the vivitors home on 206-8 in 48.5 overs with Oliver Tyson undefeated on 77 (96 balls) ansd Toby Tyson 11no (10 balls)
Ollie Mullin was Penrith's best bowler with 3-46 from 11 overs, Caleb Bradford took 2-40 off 15, Jake Durnell 2-61 from 10 and Jonathan Millward 1-52 off 12.5
Netherfield v Lancaster
Netherfield won the toss at Parkside road and put the visitors into bat, Steven Fisher and Laurie Atkinson opened, the partnership was 32 when Steven Fisher was caught behind by Finlay Richardson for 11 (37 balls) 32-1
Saif Zaib was the Lancaster no3 and with Laurie Atkinson had taken the score past the hundred when Lauie Atkinson was caught by James Price off Daniel Bernet for 38 (98 balls) 110-2, New batsman Jamie Heywood continued the good work until he lost Saif Zaib caught behind by Finlay Richardson off Bertie Medhurst for 103 (86 balls) (13x4, 3x6). 185-3
Kieran Moffat joined Jamie Heywood and maintained the momentum only to have their partnership broken in the 49th over by Matt Jackson having Kieran Moffat caught by James Price for 18 (27 balls) 231-4, in the last over the visitors lost two wickets, Lee Sparks run out by Ben Barrow for 3 (4 balls) and off the last ball Liam Moffat caught by Bertie Medhurst off Isaac Medhurst for 0 (2 balls) 236 all out, Jamie Heywood was 41no (48 balls)
For Netherfield Isaac Medhurst took 2-37 from 10 overs, Matt Jackson 1-33 off 11, Bertie Medhurst 1-39 from 6 and Daniel Bernet 1-48 off 19
Bradley Earl and Josh Dixon opened for the home side and gave them a very good start with a partnership of 75 broken by Saif Zaib bowling Josh Dixon for 23 (49 balls), Ben Barrow came in at three but found runs hard to come by and on 4 (29 Balls) he was out lbw to Ben Simm 94-2
James Price took over from Ben Barrow but lost his partner Bradley Earl lbw to Saif Zaib for 72 (74 balls) 108-3, James Price was out without further addition caught by Saif Zaib off Ben Simm for 9 (19 balls) 108-4
Lee Hogg and Finlay Richardson were the new batsmen, Lee Hogg was run out by Ben Simm for 5 (16 balls) 114-5, next in was Daniel Bernet but with only eleven runs added he lost Finlay Richardson caught by Saif Zaib off Jamie Heywood for 12 (25 balls), 125-6
Isaac Medhurst was Daniel Bernet's new partner and they were going along nicely until Liam Moffat bowled Daniel Bernet for 35 (36 balls) 181-7, Bertie Medhurst replaced Bernet but Laurie Atkinson bowled his parter Isaac Medhurst for 23 (28 balls) 185-8
Matt Jackson came in at number 10 but with the second ball of the last over Bertie Medhurst was caught by Luke Phillips for 12 (12 balls) 199-9. Samuel Medhurst saw out the remaining balls so Netherfield closed on 199-9 in their 50 overs, Matt Jackson was 3no (8 balls) and Samuel Medhurst 0no (4 balls)
The wickets were spead around the Lancaster bowlers, Saif Zaib 2-37 from 15 overs, Liam Moffat 2-42 off 11, Ben Simm 2-54 from 15, Laurie Atkinson 1-2 off 1 and Jamie Heywood 1-26 from 3
St Annes v Chorley
Chorley won the toss at Vernon Road and elected to bat first, Andrew Holdsworth and Will Moulton opened with Will Moulton lasting only three balls caught behind by James Bradley off Lukman Vahaluwala for 0, 1-1
Roshen Silva came in at three and with Andrew Holdsworth moved the total to 49 when Holdsworth was out caught and bowled by Mitch Bolus for 19 (52 balls) 49-2, Harry Barclay replaced Holdsworth and with Roshen Silva put on 93 runs when Barclay was bowled by Lukman Vahauwala for 50 (67 balls) 142-3
Alfie Dobson was next in and with Roshen Silva were moving the score along until Roshen Silva was caught by Yohan De Silva off Tom Higson for 86 (142 balls) 170-4, Alfie Dobson was out one run later caught by Nathan Bend off Mitch Bolus for 7 (16 balls) 171-5
Alexander Howarth and Edwin Moulton were the two new batsmen with only a few overs remaining, Edwin Moulton was out in the last of the 50 overs caught behind by James Bradley off Tom Higson for 2 (4 balls) 188-6.
Sam Steeple was in next and with Alexander Howarth saw Chorley close on 207-6 in their 50 overs, Howarth was 29no (17 balls) and Sam Steeple 0no (1 ball)
For St Annes Lukman Vahaluwala took 2-40 from 13 overs, Mitch Bolus 2-49 off 14 and Tom Higson 2-60 from 13
The St Annes opening pair of Tom Higson and Yohan De Silva put the hosts in control of the game with an opening partnership of 148 broken when Tom Higson was caught by Roshen Silva off James Dunn for 86 (102 balls) (16x4) 148-1
Lukman Vahaluwala took over from Higson but lost Yohan De Silva for 73 (76 balls) caught by Will Moulton off James Dunn, 166-2, James Dunn struck again having Nathan Bolus caught behind by Harry Barclay for 0 (1 ball), 171-3
Gurman Bains was in next but became victim number four for James Dunn out lbw for 2 (17 balls) 193-4, Luke Jardine joined Lukman Vahaluwala and they saw the hosts to victory closing on 208-4 in 37.3 overs, Lukman Vahauwala was 35no (30 balls) and Luke Jardine 0no (3 balls)
James Dunn was the only wicket taker and took 4-32 off 6,3 overs
Vernon Carus v Blackpool
Blackpool won the toss at the Vernon Carus Sports and Social ground and and asked the hosts to bat first, Jack Airey and Wes Royle opened, the score was 25 when Jack Airey was out lbw to Alex Ryder for 5 (36 balls) 25-1
The new batsman was Kasun Ekanayake Mudiyanselage and he lost Wes Royle caught by Kasim Munir off Matthew Grindley for 21 (61 balls) 38-2, Matthew Stevenson was the next batsman in and with Kasun Ekanayake Mudiyanselage had a partnership of 69 broken by Okert Erasmus trapping Matthew Stevenson lbw for 23 (48 balls) 107-3
Christain Ash came to the wicket and was soon out lbw to Steven Mercer for 0 (1 balls) 114-4, Daniel Cairns replaced Ash but he was also out lbw to Steven Mercer for 0 (6 balls) 122-5, Ben Duerden joined Kasun Ekanayake Mudiyanselage but became Steven Mercer's third victim stumped by Ben Howarth for 1 (4 balls) 130-6
Jacob Holland replaced Duerden and with Kasun Ekanayake Mudiyanselage saw the hosts close on 169-6 in their 50 overs with Kasun Ekanayake Mudiyanselage 87no (114 balls) and Jacob Holland 21n0 (31 balls)
Steven Mercer took 3-40 from 12 overs, Alex Ryder 1-20 off 8, Matthew Grindley 1-23 from 13 and Ockert Erasmus 1-53 off 12
Tomas King and Kasim Munir opened for the visitors with a fifty partnership ended with Tomas King caught by Daniel Cairns off Ben Thomas for 30 (41 balls) 50-1, Joshua Boyne came in at three and with Kasim Munir took the score in sight of victory only for Kasim Munir to be caught by Daniel Cairns off Jacob Holland for 58 (111 balls) 148-2
Ockert Erasmus joined Joshua Boyne and the saw the visitors to victory closing on 170-2 in 36. overs with Boyne 68no (63 balls) and Erasmus 12no (7 balls)
The Vernon Carus wicket takers were Ben Thomas 1-20 from 43 overs with Jacob Holland 1-46 off 9.3
SCORES
Fulwood & Broughton v Garstang
Fulwood & Broughton (15 pts) defeated Garstang (1 pt) by 220 runs)
Fulwood & Broughon 250-5 (Ewen Mansford 84no, Simon Kerrigan 55, Sonal Dinusha 48), Garstang 30 (Khalil Patel 7-2)
Leyland v Penrith
Leyland (15 pts) defeated Penrith (3 pts) by 2 wickets
Penrith 154-7 (James Bowman 97no), Leyland 157-8 (Karl Cross 40)
Longridge v Kendal
Kendal (15 pts) defeated Longridge (5 pts) bt 2 wickets
Longridge 205-6 (Joshua Mullin 67, Munir Tamzil 4-55), Kendal 206-8 Oliver Tyson 77no)
Netherfield v Lancaster
Lancaster (12 pts) winning draw Netherfield (3 pts)
Lancaster 236-6 (Sarif Zaib 103, Jamie Heywood 41), Netherfield 199-9 (Bradley Earl 72)
St Annes v Chorley
St Annes (15 pts) defeated Chorley (3 pts) by 6 wickets
Chorley 207-6 (Roshen Silva 86, Harry Barcley 50), St Annnes 208-4 Ton Higson 86, Yohan De Silva 73, James Dunn 4-32)
Vernon Carus v Blackpool
Blackpool (15 pts) defeated Vernon Carus (1 pt) by 8 wickets
Vernon Carus 169-6 (Kasun Ekanayake Mudiyanselage 87no) Blackpool 170-2 (Joshua Boyne 68no, Kasim Munir 58)
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Club |
P |
W15 |
D7 |
D6 |
T |
D1 |
D0 |
L |
NR5 |
BP |
Pen |
Pts |
Garstang |
21 |
14 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
263 |
Blackpool |
21 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
236 |
Fulwood & Broughton |
21 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
46 |
0 |
229 |
St Annes |
21 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
217 |
Netherfield |
21 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
32 |
0 |
189 |
Chorley |
21 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
24 |
0 |
188 |
Longridge |
21 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
24 |
0 |
155 |
Kendal |
21 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
19 |
0 |
160 |
Leyland |
21 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
27 |
0 |
148 |
Penrith |
21 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
118 |
Lancaster |
21 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
108 |
Vernon Carus |
21 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
1 |
30 |
0 |
58 |