The sixth round of matches in the League Cup saw the following teams in the top eight qualify for the knockout rounds
Chorley, Leyland, Netherfield, Morecambe, Euxton, Garstang and Carlisle.
LEAGUE CUP: ROUND 6
Barrow v Longridge
Barrow won the toss at the Ernest Pass Memorial ground and elected to bat first, The got off to a steady start but then lost two wicket on the same score, Tom Howarth bowled Drew Postlethwaite for 19 (20 balls)(3x4), 33-1. Hassan Abdullah was in at three but was out in Tom Howarth's next over lbw for 0 (5 balls), 33-2.
Hardus Coetzer joined Declan Tyson but in the next over Joe Lyth had Declan Tyson caught by Rhys Morgan for 10 (22 balls)(2x4), 39-3. Sam Dutton was in next and with Hardus Coetzer were scoring at a good rate, with their partnership approaching a hundred Sam Dutton was out caught by Tom Howarth off Kieran McClintock for 60 (54 balls)(10x4), 131-4.
Jack Singleton was the new batsman, with the overs running out Hardus Coetzer went on the attack hitting 26 runs in an over, but disaster struck the hosts in the next over Hardus Coetzer was run out for 82 (79 balls)(5x4,5x6), 201-5.
Simon Chadd came to the wicket, Joe Lyth returned to the attack and in his first over took two wickets in three balls, Jack Singleton was bowled for 17 (40 balls)(2x4), 206-6, Matthew Adams replaced Singleton and took a single, next ball Simon Chadd was bowled for 3 (4 balls), 207-7.
The incoming batsman was Liam Walker, Alex Mason bowled the last over and took two wickets, Liam Walker was caught behind by Louie Trayers for 1 (11 balls), 212-8, Daryl Wearing was in next but lost Matthew Adams bowled for 3 (7 balls), 213-9.
Ben Carr came in at eleven and with Wearing saw Barrow close on 215-9 in their 40 overs, Daryl Wearing was 2no (2 balls) and Ben Carr 1no (1 ball).
The Longridge bowling was Joe Lyth took 3-22 from 8 overs, Alex Mason 2-23 off 8, Tom Howarth 2-38 from 8, Kieran McClintock 1-59 off 8 and Jake Durnell 0-62 from 8.
Joshua Mullin and Matthew De Villiers got the visitors off to a brilliant start with Matthew De Villiers leading the way, Matthew De Villiers hit 16, 17, 21 and 25 runs off an over and reached his century in the ninth over but the introduction of Liam Walker had De Villiers caught by Jack Singleton for 104 (36 (balls)(17x4,5x6), 128-2.
Luke Platt joined Mullin and continued scoring over a run a ball, he fell bowled by Declan Tyson for 28 (19 balls)(5x4,1x6), 173-2, Alex Mason was next in and saw the visitors home hitting two sixes to get them over the line as Longridge closed on 221-2 in 20.2 overs, Joshua Mullin was 47no (55 balls)(5x4,1x6) and Alex Mason 31no (15 balls)(2x4,3x6).
The Barrow bowling was Liam Walker took 1-32 from 3 overs, Declan Tyson 1-40 off 6, Ben Carr 0-12 from 0.2, Simon Chadd 0-12 off 2, Daryl Wearing 0-54 from 5 and Hardus Coetzer 0-66 off 4.
Fleetwood v Euxton
Fleetwood won the toss at Broadwater and chose to bat first, they made 186-8 in their 40 overs with Declan Clerkin top scoring with 51 supported by Jeremy Davies 38, Andy Drake 22 and Charlie Clark 21.
All the Euxton bowlers took a wicket, Josh Boyden took 2-38 from 8 overs, Nishan Peiris 1-26 off 8, James Bone 1-34 from 8, Joseph Bowden 1-38 off 8 and Joseph Barker 1-45 from 8.
In reply Euxton knocked off the runs in 36 overs closing on 187-5, Nishan Peiris lead the way with 48, backed up by James Bone 42no, Jack Moran 30no and Josh Tolley 24.
The Fleetwood bowling was Sherzai Wali took 2-39 from 7 overs, Jeremy Davies 1-23 off 4, Declan Clerkin 1-25 from 8, Matthew Siddall 1-38 off 8, Nathan Bend 0-27 from 6 and Hassan Mughal 0-28 off 3.
Garstang v Netherfield
Netherfield won the toss at the Riverside Sports ground and took the first knock, Reece Irving and Richard Everett gave them a good start, Richard Everett was the first to go caught behind by Matthew Crowther off Danny Gilbert for 20 (45 balls)(1x4), 52-1, Abdu Dayyaan Galiem was in at three but soon lost Reece Irving bowled by Tom Higson for 29 (46 balls), (4x4), 75-2.
John Huck was next in but Tom Higson struck again, Abdu Dayyaan Galiem caught by Joseph Pearson for 29 (24 balls)(4x4,1x6), 88-3. Ben Barrow joined Huck and they were going well when Ben Barrow was caught by Tom Higson off Danny Gilbert for 52 (60 balls)(7x4,1x6), 204-4.
Bert Medhurst replaced Barrow but one run later was run out by Lahiru Madushanka for 1 (2 balls), 205-5. Will Beeden was the new batsman and with Huck saw Netherfield close on 237-5 in their 40 overs with John Huck 82no (54 balls)(2x4,7x6) and Will Beeden 9no (10 balls).
The Garstang bowling was Tom Higson took 2-37 from 8 overs, Danny Gilbert 2-48 off 8, Michael Walling 0-19 from 2, Cory Cater 0-36 off 8, Lahiru Madushanka 0-41 from 8 and Nisanth Nithian 0-51 off 6.
In reply the hosts lost an early wicket Michael Walling caught behind by Richard Everett off Abdu Dayyaan Galiem for 4 (2 balls)(1x4), 7-1, The Garstang number three was Joseph Pearson and with Higson were making progress, Tom Higson had to leave the field and Theo Smith took his place but was soon out caught by Ben Barrow off Abdu Dayyaan Galiem for 5 (8 balls)(1x4), 43-2.
Lahiru Madushanka was in next but did not last long falling lbw to Josh Wills for 10 (9 balls)(2x4), 61-3. Mark Walling joined Pearson and they moved the score along nicely until Mark Walling was caught and bowled by Isaac Medhurst for 51 (47 balls)(4x4,2x6), 158-4.
Tom Higson returned to the crease and continued the chase, disaster struck with both batsmen falling three balls apart, Joseph Pearson was caught behind by Richard Everett off Charlie Parkinson for 60 (74 balls)(5x4,1x6), 186-5, Nisanth Nithian came to the wicket but in the next over Tom Higson was bowled by Abdu Dayyaan Galiem for 38 (41 balls)(2x4,2x6), 187-6.
Matthew Crowther was the new batsman but seven runs later Nisanth Nithian was caught behind by Richard Everett off Oli Wileman for 2 (5 balls), 195-7. Cory Cater came in with 43 required from 8.2 overs, but disaster struck when he was run out by John Huck for 8 (15 balls), 219-8.
We were down to 19 off 3.1 overs as Stan Collinson walked to the wicket, Josh Wills brought the innings to an end with two wickets in three balls, he had Matthew Crowther caught behind by Richard Everett for 22 (24 balls)(3x4), 228-9. Danny Gilbert was in at eleven but he fell two balls later caught behind by Richard Everett for 0 (2 balls) as Garstang were bowled out for 228 in 38.5 overs 10 runs short, Stan Collinson was 7no (7 balls).
Richard Everett claimed 5 victims behind the wicket.
The Netherfield bowling was Abdu Dayyaan Galiem took 3-39 from 7 overs, Josh Wills 3-42 off 5.5, Charlie Parkinson 1-28 from 8, Oli Wileman 1-45 off 8, Isaac Medhurst 1-48 from 8 and Bert Medhurst 0-16 off 2.
Great Eccleston v Lytham
Great Eccleston won the toss at Hall Lane and decided to bat first, they got off to a great start, Sabbir Patel broke the opening partnership with Matt Moat caught behind by Myles Child for 33 (35 balls)(5x4,1x6), 74-1, Number three was Mohammed Fazil and with Will Smith kept up the run rate, Archie Banks-Smith was brought into the attack and in his second over had Mohammed Fazil caught by Alex Higham for 22 (25 balls)(3x4), 129-2.
Alexander Rhodes was the new batsman but he was soon out caught by Sabbir Patel off Sahaan Sahaan for 5 (5 balls)(1x4), 138-3, Alex Swale was in next but soon lost Will Smith caught behind by Myles Child off Archie Banks-Smith for 62 (70 balls)(10x4), 152-4.
Mohamed Nadeem joined Swale and he took the lead but just short off the two hundred Alex Swale was stumped by Myles Child off Sahaan Sahaan for 8 (17 balls), 196-5. Matthew Lawrenson replaced Swale and with Nadeem were scoring over a run a ball, Matthew Lawrenson was next out lbw to James Livesey for 22 (18 balls)(2x4.1x6), 241-6.
Richard Booth came to the wicket but lost Mohamed Nadeem caught by Fred Hackett off Archie Banks-Smith for 62 (46 balls)(5x4,3x6), 257-7. The incoming batsman was Will Turnbull but six runs later James Livesey bowled Richard Booth for 4 (5 balls)(14), 263-8.
Will Turnbulll had a new partner in Chris Saunders, Will Turnbull fell in the last over caught behind by Myles Child off Archie Banks-Smith for 7 (10 balls)(1x4), 275-9. Jim Proctor was number eleven and with Saunders saw Great Eccleston close on 276-9 in their 40 overs, Chris Saunders was 6no (9 balls) and Jim Proctor 1no (1 ball).
The Lytham bowling was Archie Banks-Smith took 4-63 from 7 overs, James Livesey 2-38 off 7, Sahaan Sahaan 2-45 from 8, Sabbir Patel 1-34 from 8, Aarin Chiekrie 0-30 off 3 and Ryan Norris 0-60 pff 7.
In reply Lytham were bowled out for 254 in 39.4 overs. Sahaan Sahaan lead the chase with 80 supported by Myles Child 55, Fred Hackett 31 and Sabbir Patel 21.
The Great Eccleston bowling was Will Smith took 3-32 from 7.4 overs, Alexnder Rhodes 2-43 off 8, Matt Moat 2-49 from 8, Mohamed Nadeem 1-45 off 8, Jim Proctor 1-49 from 6 and Will Turnbull 0-25 off 2.
Kendal v Blackpool
Kendal won the toss at Shap Road and elected to bat, Maximus Winskill and Darren Nightingale gave them a good platform, Matthew Grindley made the breakthrough Darren Nightingale caught by Dylan Henshall for 34 (31 balls)(5x4), 59-1. Finlay Richardson came in at three but in Matthew Grindley's next over Maximus Winskill was out lbw for 18 (41 balls)(2x4), 61-2.
Cole Abrahams was the new batsman and backed up Richardson, their partnership was 105 when Cole Abrahams was caught by Stan Howarth off Matthew Taaffe for 25 (41 balls)(1x4,1x6), 166-3. Freddie Fallows joined Richardson and they continued to make good progress, Matthew Taaffe struck again having Freddie Fallows caught by Jamie Thomson for 21 (24 balls)(3x4), 218-4.
Next in was James Bowman and he let Finlay Richardson lead the way, Finlay Richardson reached his century and shortly afterwards James Bowman was caught by Matthew Taaffe off Ockert Erasmus for 13 (11 balls)(2x4), 248-5. Bradley Earl came to the wicket and went on the attack but was soon out caught by Alex Ryder off Dylan Henshall for 19 (7 balls)(3x6), 271-6.
Thomas Bentley was the incoming batsman and with Richardson saw Kendal close on 307-6 in their 40 overs with Finlay Richardson 142no (87 balls)(15x4,8x6)and Thomas Bentley 4no (5 balls).
The Blackpool bowling was Matthew Taaffe took 2-43 from 6 overs, Matthew Grindley 2-53 off 8, Dylan Henshall 1-38 from 3, Ockert Erasmus 1-55 off 8, Alex Ryder 0-23 from 1, Jamie Thomson 0-38 off 6 and Khalil Patel 0-44 from 8.
The visitors got off to a bad start losing Ben Howarth caught behind by Harry Temperton off Louis Backhouse for 0 (8 balls),2-1. Andrew Needham was the Blackpool number three and with Dylan Henshall were going well until the introduction of Maximus Winskill into the attack saw him have Andrew Needham caught by Christopher Miller for 36 (41 balls)(5x4), 85-2
Ockert Erasmus joined Henshall but after passing the hundred Dylan Henshall was stumped by Harry Temperton off Maximus Winskill for 56 (53 balls)(2x4,5x6), 104-3. Omar Tauqir was next in but Winskill struck again Ockert Erasmus caught by Bradley Earl for 8 (14 balls), 118-4.
Matthew Taaffe was the new batsman and they kept the scoreboard ticking over until Freddie Fallows took two wickets in an over, Omar Tauqir was caught by Bradley Earl for 25 (35 balls)(1x4), 143-5, incoming batsman Stan Howarth fell lbw three balls later for 0 (3 balls), 143-6.
Matthew Grindley replaced Howarth but off the first ball off the next over Matthew Taaffe was caught by James Bowman off Maximus Winskill for 4 (9 balls), 143-7. Alex Ryder came to the wicket but six runs later Matthew Grindley was caught by Darren Nightingale off Freddie Fallows for 6 (4 balls), 149-8.
Khalil Patel was Alex Ryder's new partner but the return of Louis Backhouse to the attack saw him bowl Khalil Patel for 5 (11 balls), 169-9, Number eleven was Jamie Thomson but he soon lost Alex Ryder bowled by Louis Backhouse for 16 (24 balls)(3x4) as Blackpool were bowled out for 176 in 34.3 overs with Jamie Thomson3no (7 balls).
The Kendal bowling was Maximus Winskill took 4-36 from 8 overs, Louis Backhouse 3-22 off 5.3, Freddie Fallows 3-33 from 8, Christopher Miller 0-9 off 2, Finlay Richardson 0-9 from 1, James Bowman 0-26 off 4 and Bradley Earl 0-37 from 6
Leyland v Whalley
Leyland won the toss at the Stanning Memorial ground and chose to bat first, Zak Willox and Xander Eyre gave them a great start scoring at five an over when Xander Eyre was caught by Aman Singh off Hamish Mullavey-Clark for 62 (83 balls)(9x4), 129-1. Karl Cross came in at three but soon became Hamish Mullavey-Clark's next victim caught by Joshua Dentith for 2 (6 balls), 141-2.
Sam Oldham joined Willox and they continued to score at a good rate, Zak Willox reached his century and shortly afterwards Sam Oldham was out caught behind by Thomas Cameron off Hamish Mullavey-Clark for 42 (32 balls)(5x4), 223-3. Jacob Wright replaced Oldham and was out in the 39th over caught by Monty Cort off Ewan McDonald for 15 (9 balls)(2x4), 265-4.
Liam Hurt came to the wicket with eight balls to go, Zak Willox was bowled off the first ball of the last over by Joshua Dentith for 134 (104 balls)(19x4,1x6), 273-5. Andrew Makinson was next in but lost Liam Hurt bowled by Joshua Dentith for 8 (3 balls)(1x6), 280-6. Reiss Carrington came out for the last ball which was a dot ball so Leyland closed on 280-6 in their 40 overs with Andrew Makinson 7no (3 balls)(1x6) and Reiss Carrington 0no (1 ball).
The Whalley bowling was Hamish Mullavey-Clark took 3-58 from 8 overs, Joshua Dentith 2-54 off 8, Ewan McDonald 1-58 from 8, Monty Cort 0-32 off 8 and Aman Singh 0-78 from 8.
The visitors got off to a poor start losing Aman Singh caught behind by Reiss Carrington off Andrew Jacques for 1 (24 balls), 12-1. Number three was Frankie Jackson and with Monty Cort got the innings back on track, Will Smith broke the partnership having Frankie Jackson caught by Liam Hurt for 30 (36 balls)(5x4), 82-2.
Levi Wolfenden joined Cort but with the score on 103 Will Smith struck again Monty Cort caught by Taj Ballantyne for 57 (66 balls)(7x4,1x6), 103-3, Hamish Mulavey-Clark was the new batsman and with Wolfenden were making progress, the return of Andrew Jacques resulted in Levi Wolfenden out caught by Sam Oldham for 71 (45 balls)(7x4,5x6), 178-4.
Daniel Ainsworth was next in but three runs later was bowled by Sam Oldham for 1 (7 balls), 181-5., Thomas Cameron replaced Ainsworth and with Mullavey-Clark took the score past the two hundred when both were out on 204, Hamish Mullavey-Clark was caught by Taj Ballantyne off Andrew Jacques for 35 (44 balls)(5x4), 204-6.
Ewan McDonald came to the wicket but in the next over Sam Oldham took two wickets, Thomas Cameron was caught by Karl Cross for 5 (7 balls), 204-7. incoming batsman Joshua Dentith fell four balls later caught by Taj Ballantyne for 0 (4 balls), 204-8.
Ewan McDonald had a new partner in Harry Cronshaw and the saw Whalley close on 209-8 in their 40 overs with Ewan McDonald 1no (4 balls) and Harry Cronshaw 2no (3 balls).
The Leyland bowling was Sam Oldham took 3-26 from 8 overs, Andrew Jacques 3-36 off 8, Will Smith 2-46 from 8, Karl Cross 0-12 off 2, Liam Hurt 0-31 from 8 and Taj Ballantyne 0-57 off 6.
Morecambe v Carlisle
Carlisle won the toss at Woodhill Lane and elected to bat first, they lost Zephania Arinaitwe caught by Luke Pearson off Lloyd (Adam) Smith for 4 (6 balls)(1x4), 4-1. Calum Rowe came in at three and with Nico Watt were approaching fifty when Nico Watt was bowled by Regan Jackson for 13 (22 balls)(2x4), 48-2.
Michael Slack was in next and with Rowe were going well. Stefan Dixon made the breakthrough trapping Michael Slack lbw for 33 (40 balls)(6x4), 126-3. Matthew Brown joined Rowe and was scoring at a run a ball when Lloyd (Adam) Smith struck Matthew Brown out lbw for 20 (20 balls)(3x4), 153-4.
Alex Raybould replaced Brown who soon became Lloyd (Adam) Smith's next victim lbw for 4 (6 balls)(1x4), 164-5, Logan Edgar was the new batsman but one run later was caught by Siddarth Ahhuja off Michael Bland for 0 (4 balls), 165-6.
Michael Bland claimed his second wicket the incoming batsman Brodie Glendinning bowled for 0 (6 balls), 173-7. Calum Rowe had a new partner in Ben Purdham and they kept the scoreboard ticking over, Ben Purdham was the next man out bowled by Siddarth Ahhuja for 14 (15 balls)(3x4), 194-8.
Ben Davidson was next in and Calum Rowe reached his century, the return of Lloyd (Adam) Smith saw him claim two wickets in three balls, Calum Rowe was caught by Joseph Bradshaw for 101 (96 balls)(10x4,4x6), 220-9, Kieran Titterington was number eleven and two balls later became Lloyd (Adam)Smith's fifth wicket lbw for 0 (2 balls) as Carlisle were bowled out for 220 in 37.4 overs with Ben Davidson 6no (9 balls)(1x4).
All the Morecambe bowlers took a wicket, Lloyd (Adam) Smith took 5-31 from 7.4 overs, Michael Bland 2-60 off 8, Siddarth Ahhuja 1-39 from 8, Regan Jackson 1-41 off 8 and Stefan Dixon 1-43 from 8.
The hosts got off to a disastrous start losing both openers run out early, Luke Pearson was run out by Logan Edgar for 1 (7 balls), 2-1, Andrew Creech came in next but quickly lost Lewis Smith run out by Matthew Brown for 1 (8 balls), 6-2.
Siddarth Ahhuja joined Creech and they began to rebuild the innings, Michael Slack was brought on to bowl and in his first over had Andrew Creech caught behind by Matthew Brown for 11 (25 balls)(1x4), 46-3. Alex Briggs joined Ahhuja and they were going well, Nico Watt retuned to the attack and had Siddarth Ahhuja caught by Zephania Arinaitwe for 64 (47 balls)(10x4,2x6), 143-4.
Joseph Bradshaw was the new batsman, Nico Watt struck again bowling Alex Briggs for 42 (26 balls)(4x4,3x6), 143-5. Joel Creech replaced Briggs and was going well and then disaster as two wickets fell on 159, Joel Creech was caught behind by Matthew Brown off Michael Slack for 14 (16 balls)(2x4,1x6), 159-6, in the next over Joseph Bradshaw was caught by Michael Slack off Calum Rowe for 7 (29 balls)(1x4), 159-7.
We now had two new batsmen Stefan Dixon and Michael Bland requiring 62 runs with only 3 wickets left, they steadily built up the score until Michael Bland was out lbw to Zephania Arinaitwe for 22 (23 balls)(5x4), 193-8.
Lloyd (Adam) Smith came to the wicket and with Stefan Dixon saw the hosts over the line to close on 223-8 in 37 overs with Stefan Dixon 18no (29 balls) and Lloyd (Adam) Smith 20no (19 balls)(3x4).
The Carlisle bowling was Michael Slack took 2-31 from 8 overs, Nico Watt 2-48 off 7, Zephania Arinaitwe 1-10 fro 3, Calum Rowe 1-26 off 8, Alex Raybould 0-6 from 1, Ben Purdham 0-46 off 5 and Brodie Glendinning 0-46 from 5.
Penwortham v Carnforth
Penwortham won the toss and batted first, Robbie Sumner and Jonathon Hothersall got them off to a great start broken with Dylan Conroy taking two wickets in three balls, Jonathon Hothersall was first out lbw for 27 (36 balls)(4x4), number three Matt Halliday was also out lbw two balls later for 0 (2 balls), 75-2.
Connor Brown joined Sumner and let Robbie Sumner lead the way, Robbie Sumner reached his century then with their partnership on 110 Connor Brown was caught behind by Bradley Hoyle off Tom Parkinson for 28 (41 balls) (1x4), 185-3, Ian Walmsley Jnr was next in but was quickly out lbw to Tom Parkinson for 3 (6 balls), 199-4.
Nathan Elliot replaced Walmsley Jnr but he too was soon out caught behind by Bradley Hoyle off Tom Fursland for 5 (5 balls)(1x4), 205-5, Nathan Walmsley was the new batsman but disaster he was run out by Dylan Conroy for 9 (11 balls)(1x6), 225-6.
Charlie Evans came to the wicket but lost Robbie Sumner caught by James Park Johnson off Tom Fursland for 139 (123 balls)(9x4,9x6), 239-7. the incoming batsman was Ashley Billington who became Tom Parkinson's third wicket bowled for 2 (5 balls), 247-8.
Thomas Wilson was the next man in and with Charlie Evans saw Penwortham close on 257-8 in their 40 overs with Charlie Evans 8no (6 balls)(1x4 and Thomas Wilson 7no (5 balls)(1x4).)
The Carnforth bowling was Tom Parkinson took 3-20 from 5 overs, Dylan Conroy 2-25 off 6, Tom Fursland 2-48 from 5, James Parkinson 0-18 off 4, Freddie Whatmuff 0-25 from 3, James Park Johnson 0-26 off 5, Zack Dodds 0-37 from 5 and Jaco Beneke 0-43 off 7.
The visitors lost an early wicket Joel Frith bowled by Connor Brown for 2 (10 balls) 17-1, Jaco Beneke was the Carnforth number three but he soon lost Jack Huntington caught by Charlie Evans off Ashley Billington for 15 (18 balls)(3x4), 31-2.
Janes Park Johnson was next in, Thomas Wilson was brought into the attack and in his second over bowled Jaco Beneke for 18 (20 balls)(4x4), 54-3, Freddie Whatmuff was the new batsman but fell caught by Connor Brown off Nathan Walmsley for 10 (14 balls)(1x4), 79-4.
Tom Parkinson joined Park Johnson and they took the score past the hundred, disaster struck with Tom Parkinson run out by Ashley Billington for 19 (17 balls)(2x4,1x6), 107-5. Dylan Conroy replaced Parkinson but soon became wicket number two for Thomas Wilson caught by Nathan Elliot for 6 (9 balls), 117-6.
Bradley Hoyle came to the wicket but seven runs later was caught by Charlie Evans off Ashley Billington for 4 (7 balls), 124-7. Tom Fursland was Park Johnson's new partner and they worked to build the score, Isaac Roberts brought James Park Johnson's fighting innings to a close out caught by Ian Walmsley Jnr for 64 (68 balls)(4x4,1x6), 166-8.
Zack Dodds was the next man in but Isaac Roberts struck again Ton Fursland caught behind by Robbie Sumner for 30 (21 balls)(1x4,2x6), 186-9. James Parkinson came in at eleven and with Dodds continued the chase. Nathan Walmsley brought the innings to an end bowling James Parkinson for 19 (12 balls)(1x4,2x6) as Carnforth were bowled out for 221 in 34.5 over leaving Zack Dodds 23no (13 balls)(2x4,2x6).
All the Penwortham bowlers took a wicket, Thomas Wilson took 2-39 from 8 overs, Ashley Billington 2-47 off 8, Nathan Walmsley 2-48 from 6-5, Isaac Roberts 2-48 off 6 and Connor Brown 1-37 from 6.
Preston v Thornton Cleveleys
Thornton Cleveleys won the toss at West Cliff and chose to bat first, they got off to a steady start then lost both openers, Josh Borrell was the first man out lbw to Talha Patel for 21 (39 balls)(2x4), 36-1, coming in at number three was Sam Curwen but one run later Joshua Sackfield was caught by Imran Mehmood off Talha Patel for 10 (37 balls), 37-2.
Jacob Sackfield joined Curwen who lead the way, Jacob Sackfield was soon out caught by Arbaz Khan off Ismail Patel for 4 (13 balls), 65-3. Evan Martin was next in and with Curwen had nearly doubled the score when Imran Mehmood bowled Evan Martin for 33 (41 balls)(2x4,1x6), 124-4.
Joshua Rolinson replaced Martin but lost his partner Sam Curwen caught by Sagar Koti off Arbaz Khan for 52 (65 balls)(6x4,1x6), 133-5. Daniel Howard was the new batsman but quickly became wicket number three for Arbaz Khan bowled for 0 (5 balls), 143-6.
Christopher Hedges came to the wicket but two runs later saw Joshua Rolinson out caught by Ismail Patel off Naeem Nakhuda for 7 (8 balls)(1x6), 145-7. Jake Apperley was the next batsman in and was scoring at a run a ball until he was stumped by Basim Ali off Naeem Nakhuda for 10 (9 balls), 162-8.
Chirstopher Hedges had a new partner in Ethan Elphick, Arbaz Khan struck again Ethan Elphick caught by Imran Mehmood for 12 (5 balls)(14,1x6), 175-9. Anthony Ellison was the visitors number eleven and with Hedges saw Thornton Cleveleys close on 189-9 in their 40 overs, Christopher Hedges was 21no (16 balls)(2x4) and Anthony Ellison 1no (3 balls).
The Preston bowling was Arbaz Khan took 3-28 from 8 overs, Talha Patel 2-22 off 8, Naeem Nakhuda 2-51 from 7, Ismail Patel 1-30 off 8, Imran Mehmood 1-33 from 8 and Sajid Patel 0-11 off 1.
The hosts got off to a great start but then lost two wickets on the same score, Joshua Sackfield made the breakthrough with two wickets in two balls, Sajid Patel was caught behind by Sam Curwen for 29 (33 balls)(5x4), 62-1, number three Imran Mrhmood was out lbw first ball for 0, 62-2.
Basim Ali joined Navazish Ali but on reaching 8 (18 balls)(1x4) he was bowled by Anthony Ellison , 85-3. Idris Jan was next in , five runs had been added when Anthony Ellison struck again Navazish Ali caught by Josh Borrell for 42 (64 balls)(5x4), 90-4.
Irfan Dudhara was the new batsman and with Jan kept the scoreboard ticking over until Idris Jan was caught behind by Sam Curwen off Daniel Howard for 16 (22 balls)(2x4), 113-5. Sagar Koti replaced Jan but was soon out caught by Josh Borrell off Evan Martin for 3 (8 balls), 130-6.
Arbaz Khan was Dudhara's new partner and were making progress, disaster struck losing two wickets in three balls, Jake Apperley broke the partnership bowling Irfan Dudhara for 24 (39 balls)(1x4,1x6) off the fifth ball of the over, 164-7, Talha Patel came to the wicket but Arbaz Khan was bowled by Joshua Rolinson off the first ball of the next over for 29 (19 balls)(1x4,3x6), 164-8.
Ismail Patel joined Talha Patel and the scores were level when Jake Apperley bowled Ismail Patel for 19 (14 balls)(3x4), 189-9. Number eleven Naeemm Nakhuda came in and saw Tahla Patel hit the winning run as Preston closed on 190-9 in 38.4 overs, Tahla Patel was 7no (13 balls) and Naeem Nakhuda 0no (1 ball).
All the Thornton Cleveleys bowlers took a wicket, Anthony Ellison took 2-26 from 8 overs, Joshua Sackfield 2-39 off 8, Jake Applerley 2-42 from 7, Evan Martin 1-21 off 4, Joshua Rolinson 1-25 from 7.4, and Daniel Howard 1-32 off 4.
Settle v Chorley
Settle won the toss at the Marshfield ground and elected to bat first, Will Davidson was an early casualty lbw to Luca Doyle for 5 (9 balls)(1x4), 19-1. Zane Nirodi came in at three and with John Davidson were scoring at a good rate, Ed Catt was brought on to bowl and soon had John Davidson caught by Jonathan Waugh for 41 (50 balls)(7x4), 71-2.
Gautam Waghela came in next but soon became Ed Catt's next wicket caught by Maxwell Seedall for 19 (11 balls)(1x4,1x6), 9703, James Snowden joined Nirodi and they were doing very well, Edwin Moulton made the breakthrough bowling James Snowden for 45 (46 balls)(4x4,1x6), 173-4.
Sunny Singh replaced Snowden but three runs later was bowled by Luca Doyle for 2 (4 balls), 176-5, Sam Galley came to the wicket but was quickly out bowled by Edwin Moulton for 1 (2 balls), 179-6.
Harry Snowden was the new batsman but Zane Nirodi's innings came to a close caught by Miller Childs off Edwin Moulton for 54 (74 balls)(6x4), 196-7. Robbie Davidson was Snowden's new partner but did not last long caught by Miller Childs off Toby Johnston for 6 (6 balls), 215-8.
Benjamin Hulse came in next but fell in Toby Johnston's next over caught behind by Harry Barclay for 5 (6 balls), 223-9. James Galley was the Settle last man and with Harry Snowden saw Settle close on 225-9 in their 40 overs, Harry Snowden was 22no (29 balls)(2x4) and James Galley 1no (4 balls).
The Chorley bowling was Edwin Moulton took 3-46 from 8 overs, Luca Doyle 2-25 off 8, Toby Johnston 2-31 from 4, Ed Catt 2-40 off 8, Jonathan Waugh 0-33 from 4 and Maxwell Seedall 0-42 off 8.
The Chorley reply got off to a terrible start losing both openers cheaply, Harry Barclay was bowled by Gautam Waghela for 1 (4 balls), 1-1, Edwin Moulton came in at three but in Gautam Waghela's next over he bowled Miller Childs for 1 (9 balls), 5-2.
Keegan Petersen joined Moulton and they began to turn the innings around, Will Davidson broke the partnership bowling Edwin Moulton for 36 (64 balls)(3x4,1x6), 68-3. Will Moulton replaced Edwin Moulton and with Petersen carried on the chase, disaster struck the visitors losing three wickets for four runs, Will Moulton was caught by James Snowden off Sunny Singh for 29 (32 balls)(2x4,2x6), 130-5, Kieran Yould came to the wicket but in the next over Gautam Waghela took two wickets, he bowled Keegan Petersen for 59 (54 balls)(5x4,2x6), 134-5, incoming batsman was Maxwell Seedall was bowled two balls later for 0 (2 balls), 134-6.
Luca Doyle was the next batsman but Gautam Waghela struck claiming his fifth wicket Kieran Yould caught by Sunny Singh for 4 (6 balls), 149-7. Jonathan Waugh came to the wicket but with only five runs added Will Davidson took two wickets in an over, he bowled Luca Doyle for 17 (15 balls)(3x4), 154-8, four balls later he bowled new man Ed Catt for 0 (4 balls), 154-9.
Toby Johnston was the visitors number eleven and he was the last wicket to fall bowled by Sunny Singh for 19 (7 balls)(1x6) as Chorley were bowled out for 165 in 34.4 over leaving Jonathan Waugh 0no (13 balls).
The Settle bowling was Gautam Waghela took 5-26 from 6 overs, Will Davidson 3-43 off 7, Sunny Singh 2-29 from 8.4, Harry Snowden 0-20 off 7 and James Galley 0-44 from 6.
St Annes v Fulwood & Broughton
St Annes won the toss at VernonRoad and batted first, the St Annes openers were going well until Ashton Charles was run out by Chris Brookes for 17 (34 balls)(1x4), 71-1. Number three was Zain Abbas but he lost Lukman Vahaluwala lbw to Todd Winder for 49 (50 balls)(4x4,2x6), 91-2.
Evan Dobson joined Abbas and they took the score past the two hundred, Zain Abbas fell caught by Kashif Jamil off Ewen Mansford for 63 (50 balls)(11x4), 204-3. Adam Patel was in next but was out caught by Clayton Stone off Kashif Jamil for 16 (11 balls)(1x4), 224-4.
Harry Birkman was the new batsman and he attacked the bowling, St Annes closed on 298-4 in their 40 overs with Evan Dobson 61no (71 balls)(6x4) and Harry Birkman 54no (24 balls)(2x4,4x6).
The Fuwood & Broughton bowling was Ewen Mansford took 1-44 from 8 overs, Todd Winder 1-58 off 6, Kashif Jamil 1-64 from 8, Ben Rosbottom 0-22 off 2, Chris Brookes 0-32 from 8 and Lewis Wellings 0-71 off 8.
In reply the visitors lost an early wicket Ewen Mansford caught by Zain Abbas off Rory Urquhart for 7 (9 balls)(1x4), 22-1. Ben Rosbottom came in at three and with Clayton Stone were scoring well until Clayton Stone was caught by Zain Abbas off Adam Patel for 27 (25 balls)(6x4), 60-2.
Charlie Rossiter was the new batsman and with Rosbottom kept up the score rate, Zain Abbas broke the partnership bowling Charlie Rossiter for 39 (38 balls)(3x4,2x6), 145-3. James McWilliam replaced Rossiter and was scoring at a run a ball until he was caught by Callum Birkman off Adam Patel for 31 (33 balls)(5x4), 217-4.
Ben Parkinson came to the wicket and saw Ben Rosbottom reach his century, they then saw the visitors home closing on 299-4 in 38.2 overs with Ben Rosbotton 138no (106 balls)(16x4, 3x6) and Ben Parkinson 33no (23 balls)(3x4,1x6).
Sunday 12th JuLY 2026
Carlisle v Settle
This match is a fourth round tie rearranged, Settle won the toss at the Marshfield ground and decided to bat first, they lost Will Davidson caught by Will Bell off Nico Watt fro 4 (6 balls)(1x4), 4-1. Zane Nirodi was the hosts number three and with John Davidson steadily began to rebuild the innings, Kieran Titterington was brought into the attack and in his second over bowled John Davidson for 14 (35 balls), 46-2.
Gautam Waghela was next in but in the next over Zane Nirodi was caught and bowled by Nico Watt for 15 (31 balls)(1x4), 48-3. James Snowden joined Waghela but the introduction off David Rhoda saw him have Gautam Waghela caught by Logan Edgar for 7 (20 balls), 61-4.
Sunny Singh was the new batsman but he became David Rhoda's next victim caught and bowled for 6 (24 balls), 81-5, Sam Galley came to the wicket but four runs later was stumped by Tony Threlkeld for 2 (8 balls), 85-6.
Robbie Davidson came to the wicket and with James Snowden taking the strike they put on 42 runs when disaster struck James Snowden was run out by Zephania Arinaitwe for 38 (59 balls)(1x4), 118-7. Harry Snowden was the new batsman but soon lost his partner Robbie Davidson caught by Zephania Arinaitwe off Ben Purdham for 1 (11 balls), 127-8.
Benjamin Hulse was the incoming batsman, Harry Snowden fell on the fifth ball of the last over bowled by Kiren Titterington for 26 (18 balls), 149-9. Number eleven Simon Tarbox took a single off the last ball as Settle closed on 150-9 in their 40 overs, Benjamin Hulse was 7no (6 balls) and Simon Tarbox 1no (1 ball).
The Carlisle bowling was David Rhoda took 3-30 from 8 overs, Kirean Tittington 2-19 off 7, Nico Watt 2-26 from 8, Ben Purdham 1-32 off 6, Harvey Ion 0-8 from 2, Zephania Arinaitwe 0-8 off 1 and Will Bell 0-18 from 8.
Zephania Arinaitwe and Marc Brown laid a good foundation for the chase, Zephania Arinaitwe was the first man out bowled by Sunny Singh for 14 (23 balls)(1x4), 42-1. Freddie Newton came in at three but was soon out caught by Will Davidson off Benjamin Hulse for 7 (16 balls), 61-2.
Logan Edgar was next in but disaster he was run out by Simon Tarbox for 1 (4 balls), 63-3. Nico Watt was the new batsman and with Brown were approaching the hundred when Nico Watt was run out by John Davidson for 15 (24 balls)(2x4), 97-4.
David Rhoda replaced Watt but was quickly out lbw to Sunny Singh for 2 (6 balls), 113-5, Tony Threlkeld came to the wicket and was scoring well until he was caught by Harry Snowden off Gautam Waghela for 18 (12 balls)(2x4), 135-6.
Ben Purdham joined Marc Brown and they saw the visitors home closing on 154-6 in 31.3 overs, Marc Brown 75no (92 balls)(9x4) and Ben Purdham 8no (13 balls)(1x4).
The Setle bowling was Sunny Singh took 2-41 from 8 overs, Benjamin Hulse 1-22 off 4, Gautam Waghela 1-27 from 8, Simon Tarbox 0-5 off 2, Will Davidson 0-20 from 3.3 and Harry Snowden 0-34 off 6.
LEAGUE CUP ROUND 6 SCORES
Barrow v Longridge
Longridge 3 pts defeated Barrow 0 pts by 8 wickets
Barrow 215-9 (Hardus Coetzer 82, Sam Dutton 60), Longridge 221-2 (Matthew De Villiers 104, Joshua Mullin 47no)
Fleetwood v Euxton
Euxton 3 pts defeated Fleetwood 0 pts by 5 wickets
Fleetwood 186-8 (Declan Clerkin 51), Euxton 187-5 (Nishan Pieris 48, James Bone 42no)
Garstang v Netherfield
Netherfield 3 pts defeated Garstang 0 pts by 9 runs
Netherfield 237-5 (John Huck 82no, Ben Barrow 52), Garstang 228 (Joseph Pearson 60, Mark Walling 51)
Great Eccleston v Lytham
Great Eccleston 3 pts defeated Lytham 0 pts by 22 runs
Great Eccleston 276-9 (Will Smith 62, Mohamed Nadeem 62, Archie Banks-Smith 4-63), Lytham 254 (Sahaan Sahaan 80, Myles Child 55)
Kendal v Blackpool
Kendal 3 pts defeated Blackpool 0 pts by 131 runs
Kendal 307-6 (Finlay Richardson 142no), Blackpool 176 (Dylan Henshall 56, Maximus Winskill 4-36)
Leyland v Whalley
Leyland 3 pts defeated Whalley 0 pts by 71 runs
Leyland 280-6 (Zak Willox 134, Xander Eyre 62, Sam Oldham 42), Whalley 209-8 (Levi Wolfenden 71, Monty Cort 57)
Morecambe v Carlisle
Morecambe 3 pts defeated Carlisle 0 pts by 2 wickets
Carlisle 220 (Calum Rowe 101, Lloyd (Adam) Smith 5-31), Morecambe 223-8 (Siddarth Ahhuja 64, Alex Briggs 42)
Penwortham v Carforth
Penwortham 3 pts defeated Carnforth 0 pts by 36 runs
Penwortham 257-8 (Robbie Sumner 139), Carnforth 221 (James Park Johnson 64)
Preston v Thornton Cleveleys
Preston 3 pts defeated Thornton Cleveleys 0 pts by 1 wicket
Thornton Cleveleys 189-9 (Sam Curwen 52), Presrton 190-9 (Navazish Ali 42)
Settle v Chorley
Settle 3 pts defeated Chorley 0 pts by 60 runs
Settle 225-9 (Zane Nirodi 54, James Snowden 45.John Davidson 41), Chorley 165 (Keegan Petersen 59, Gautam Waghela 5-26)
St Annes v Fulwood & Broughton
Fulwood & Broughton 3 pts defeated St Annes 0 pts by 6 wickets
St Annes 298-4 (Zain Abbas 63, Evan Dobson 61no, Hary Birkman 54no, Lukman Vahaluwala 49) Fulwood & Broughton 299-4 (Ben Rosbottom 138no)
Sunday 12th JuLY 2026
Carlisle v Settle
Carlisle 3 pts defeated Settle 0 pts by 4 wickets
Settle 150-9, Carlisle 154-6 (Marc Brown 75no)
League Cup Table
| Club |
P |
W |
T |
L |
NR |
AB |
Pen |
NRR |
Pts |
| Chorley |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.97 |
15 |
| Leyland |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.81 |
15 |
| Netherfield |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.7 |
15 |
| Morecambe |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.34 |
15 |
| Euxton |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.26 |
15 |
| Kendal |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.57 |
12 |
| Garstang |
6 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.25 |
10
|
| Carlisle |
6 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.22 |
10 |
| Longridge |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.01 |
9 |
| Blackpool |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.95 |
9 |
| Fleetwood |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.93 |
9 |
| Settle |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-0.02 |
9 |
| Fulwood & Broughton |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-0.49 |
9 |
| Carnforth |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1.1 |
9 |
| St Annes |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.67 |
6 |
| Barrow |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-0.17 |
6 |
| Thornton Cleveleys |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1.45 |
6 |
| Preston |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1.96 |
6 |
| Penwortham |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2.32 |
6 |
| Great Eccleston |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2.56 |
3 |
| Whalley |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2.56 |
3 |
| Lytham |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1.55 |
0 |
