TEAM NEWS WEEKEND OF 16th, 17th AUGUST
Leaders Blackpool take on Darwen
Blackpool wicket-keeper and vice captain James Smith |
LEAGUE GAMES SATURDAY 16TH August DIVISION ONE
BLACKPOOL v DARWEN
Blackpool CC spokesperson Andy Griffiths reports: Luis Reece returns to 1st XI action this weekend, and is joined by Michael Penney and Craig Outram, who were unavailable last Sunday; Mike Taylor retains his place after impressing with bat and ball in the Thwaites Cup Semi Final against Preston last Sunday, but Mike's brother Chris Taylor, veteran Dave Newton, and Luke Melville return to the 2nd XI, whilst Bash Moore is unavailable with work commitments. Jamie and Andy Hogarth continue to enjoy a family holiday in Jamaica. 1st XI - Saturday 16th August - Home vs Darwen, Meet BCC 11:30 - Danson (capt), Darlington, Gleeson, Mercer, Outram, Penney, Reece, Smith (A), Smith (J) (w/k), Taylor (M), Weerakoon (pro) Darwen: A Cook (Capt), Atif Ashraf (Pro), G Cordingley, J Cordingley, K Anwar, M Clarkson, J Anderson, C Clarke, J Clarke, S Hampson, N Burke
KENDAL v MORECAMBE
Kendal's Dave Sykes reports: With a bad weather forecast - more rain than last sat last time I looked - Kendal have chosen a strong swimming side. With Tony Yasin (can't swim anyway) unavailable due to work committments and Nick Lewthwaite (can only do the doggy paddle) away as best man on a stag do, 2nd team skipper Alan Thompson (taught Phelps all he knows) along with Mark (The Fish) Phillips come into the side. Ikram Ullah (Cap/Wk), Kevin Howarth, Terry Hunte, Oliver Killiner, Donovan Du Plessis, Gareth Ashburner, Ben Simm, Alan Thompson, Stuart Parkin, Mark Phillips, Ross McMillan (Pro). Morecambe: Lomas (Capt), Goyal, Woodhead, Dennison, Pedder, Thistlethwaite, Thormton, Clough, Gudgeon (WK), Lee, Martin (Pro)
LANCASTER v CHORLEY
Chorley:J Catterall (Capt), A Holdsworth, J Tolley (WK), M Critchley, N Eastham, B Smith, W Moulton, A Peacock, J Lee, K McCullagh, F de Wet (Pro)
LEYLAND v NETHERFIELD
Leyland: D Makinson (Capt), K Cross, C Parkinson, A Khan (pro), P Cummings, I Farrington, A Makinson, T Reece, J Rounding, M Watkinson (WK), S Pallett
ST ANNES v BARROW
St Annes: D Whalley (Capt, WK), R Bradley, G Costin, J Musgrave, L O'Dea, Z Patel, D Taylor, S Twist, Atiq Uz-Zaman, G Whitehead, Mansoor Ahmed (Pro) Barrow: Wearing (capt), Renney (WK), Wanasinghe (pro), Dawson, I Kermode, Clark, Miles, Livingstone, M Studt, Lauderdale, R Lightfoot
PRESTON v FLEETWOOD
Preston: Glenn Johnstone ( capt ) Charlie Williams ( w/k ) Munaf Bavla Joe Davies Jonty McDonald Manoj Parekh Sajid Patel Yasin Patel Lukman Vahaluwala F Saiyed Bilal Asad ( Pro ). Fleetwood: Clarke (pro), Wilson (T), Wilson (J), Clinning, Parker, Singleton, Emsley, Sharrocks, Blundell, Ellis (WK), Rupasinghe (pro)
CARNFORTH no game
DIVISION TWO
BARROW v ST ANNES
Barrow: Wilcock (capt), I Allington, D Lightfoot, Tweddle, Cosgrove, J Nicholson, G Kermode, A Cartmell, Reynolds, GJ Allington, Myles (WK)
St Annes: D Watson (Capt, WK), N Armstrong, D Bartholomew, N Bolus, A Jarvis, S Owen, D Stoneman, A Ward, M Wardrop, P Wilks, B Willis
CHORLEY v LANCASTER
Chorley: J Hotham (Capt), I Oakes, J Bentham (WK), C Millward, M Richardson, C Maguire, I Mawdsley, R Demming, R Flood, S Sweeney, M Parry
DARWEN v BLACKPOOL
Darwen: G Jackson (Capt), A Brown, A Davies, S Jackson, N Jackson, M Bennett (WK), Y Bhamji, G Ainslie, G Lawrenson, C Davies, D Bonner
Blackpool CC spokesperson Andy Griffiths reports: Our 2nd XI face a double-header this weekend, starting with a trip to Darwen on Saturday and culminating with a home tie against Netherfield in the last of our re-arranged league games, before sitting out the rest of August. 2nd XI - Saturday 16th August - Away vs Darwen, Meet BCC 10:50 - Griffiths (capt) (w/k), Armstrong, Bain, Booth, Bracewell, Clark, Melville, Newton, Taylor (C), Tidmas, Wall
With the 2nd XI unable to call upon players who may feature in the equivalent 1st XI game on Saturday 23rd August, and 1st XI captain Paul Danson keen to ensure he has a strong squad to select from, Luke Melville is forced to miss out on Sunday, as well as captain Andy Griffiths(Christening) and Mike Tidmas, who alongside Michael Penney, Ben Heath and Alex Smith, will form part of the Blackpool Under 17 team who will be in action in the Final of the Palace Shield Under 17 competition this Sunday where they take on Longridge at BAC Preston.
FLEETWOOD v PRESTON
Preston: Johnny Winter (capt ) Ralph Cairns ( w/k ) Moshin Patel Fayaz Ughradar Dipesh Patel Aziz Shaheen Ben Donaldson Mark Jeffries Javaid Hussain Zabeer Patel Another
NETHERFIELD v LEYLAND
MORECAMBE v KENDAL
Morecambe: N Milner (Capt), G Maje, G Maartens, D Entwistle, S Cockburn, A Armstrong, G Cassidy, R Smith, I Izatt, J Shepherd, L Edge (WK)
CARNFORTH no game
Morecambe pro Bruce Martin has a semi-final to look forward to on Sunday |
SUNDAY 17 AUGUST
FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY CUP 1-30pm start DIVISION ONE
Semi-Final
Morecambe v Leyland
Morecambe team as Sat Leyland team as Sat
DIVISION TWO
Semi-Final 1-30pm start
Kendal v Morecambe
Morecambe: M Fisher (Capt), B Akrigg, S Mckee and J Law replace Entwistle, Smith, Shepherd and Edge from Sat's team
Ferguson tops run charts
LEADING STATISTICS
DIVISION ONE
MOST RUNS
1102 Callum Ferguson 858 Ryan Bailey 797 Pasan Wanasinghe 711 Atiq Uz-Zaman 665 Ameer Khan 624 Ross McMillan
MOST WICKETS:
56 Ross McMillan 50 Ameer Khan 50 Friedel de wet 49 Mansoor Ahmed 46 Bruce Martin
WICKET-KEEPERS:
26 Damian Gudgeon (16c/10st) 26 Duncan Whalley (16c/10st)
FIELDERS:
14 Mark Lomas 12 Oliver Killiner
HIGHEST SCORE:
162 not out Ryan Bailey
BEST BOWLING:
8 for 22 Lukman Vahaluwala
Preston's Lukman Vahaluwalla has the best bowling figures so far this season |
DIVISION TWO
MOST RUNS
543 Andy Kellett 463 Alan Richardson451 David Newton 447 Danny Welbourne 437 Gulam Maje
MOST WICKETS:
47 Andy Armstrong 45 Andrew Starkie 45 Christian Davies 43 Nick Milner 36 Graeme Cassidy
WICKET-KEEPERS:
27 Stuart Parker (19c/8st) 23 David Watson (11c/12st)
FIELDERS:
13 Philip Hartley 12 John Hotham
HIGHEST SCORE
141 not out Neil Lauderdale
BEST BOWLING
8 for 41 Richard Thomas
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