Readers Cup semi-finals on Sunday
Leyland
captain David Makinson celebrates his side's dramatic
win over Chorley last Saturday |
Leyland take a 31-point lead into Round 20 of
the Furness Building Society Northern Premier Cricket League
(incorporating Readers Cricket Balls) when they travel to
Broadwater to take on Fleetwood on Saturday.
David Makinson's side have won 14 and lost one
of their 18 league games so far but will be mindful of their
Readers Cup quarter-final exit at Fleetwood a few weeks
ago.
Second placed Barrow entertain Morecambe with
third-placed St Annes at home to Carnforth. Darwen moved up
into fourth last weekend after successive 15-point wins and
travel to play seventh-placed Lancaster.
Blackpool, who have slipped to fifth are at
Kendal while Netherfield travel to West Cliff, scene of their
Latham Baxendale Twenty20 Cup triumph to play
Preston.
Chorley have no game.
The remaining fixtures for the top four
clubs are as follows:
LEYLAND
(played 18-206pts)
Fleetwood (away)
Netherfield (away)
St Annes (away)
Kendal (home)
Barrow (home)
Preston (away)
Darwen (home)
BARROW
(18-175)
Morecambe (home)
Carnforth (home)
Kendal (away)
Fleetwood (home)
Leyland (away)
Chorley (away)
Preston (home)
ST ANNES
(18-172)
Carnforth (home)
Blackpool (away)
Leyland (home)
Morecambe (away)
Preston (home)
Lancashire Colts (home)
Fleetwood (home)
DARWEN
(18-160)
Lancaster (away)
Preston (home)
Lancashire Colts (home)
Netherfield (away)
Chorley (home)
Blackpool (home)
Leyland (away)
In Division Two Blackpool face a test of their
title credentials when they entertain Kendal on Saturday and
then travel to Shap Road for the rearranged return fixture on
Sunday.
Leaders Leyland are at home to Fleetwood while
Darwen host last season's champions Lancaster.
Darwen pro Mohammad Zaman Khan leads the
Division One runs chart with 761 league runs at an average of
47.56. Departed Chorley pro JJ Smuts scored 747 and
Netherfield's Australian opener Nick Kruger has 744.
St Annes'
Atiq Uz-Zaman leads the run chase for the Castle
Award |
Atiq Uz-Zaman leads the race to defend his
Castle batting award, but the St Annes batsman (701 runs)
faces a double challenge from the in-form Barrow openers
Jonathan Miles (654) and Greg Platten (622) with Preston's
Adam Parker on 619.
St Annes pro Dinuka Hettiarachchi leads the
Division One bowling with 70 wickets including 11 five-wicket
hauls. Fellow Sri Lanka Pasan Wanasinghe has taken 56 for
Barrow and Ross McMillan 45 for Kendal.
Leyland's
Ben Simm is the top amateur wicket-taker in
2010 |
Lancaster's Ben Simm leads the race for the Castle Bowling
Award with 43 wickets and will be up against his nearest
challenger, Darwen's Kamran Anwar (41 wickets) on Saturday.
Chris Miller (Kendal) has 37 with Leyland skipper David
Makinson and Preston captain Lukman Vahaluwala tied on 36.
Preston
captain Lukman Vahaluwala has 36 wickets in
2010 |
Barrow's Chris D'Leny has 25 victims behind the
timbers in the race for the Malcolm Beaty wicketkeeping trophy
but faces still competition from Netherfield's John Huck and
Leyland's Matthew Watkinson who each have 23.
Fleetwood's Ryan Smith and Leyland's Luis Reece
are currently top fielders with 16 and 13 catches
respectively.
On Sunday Morecambe are at home to Fleetwood in
the Readers Cup semi-final. The winners of that game will host
the final against the winners of the Darwen-Blackpool
tie.
If Blackpool win the final will be played on Sunday 22
August.
If Darwen win the final will be staged on Sunday 29
August as Darwen are playing Lancashire Colts in a league
fixture on 22 August.
The winners of the Readers Cup Division Two
semi-final between Barrow and Chorley will host the final on
Sunday 5 September against the winners of the St
Annes-Lancaster semi-final.
Cumberland earned an impressive victory over
Buckinghamshire at Slough in their latest Minor Counties
Championship fixture which ended on Tuesday. Netherfield's
teenaged batsman Alex Atkinson hit a first-innings century and
Morecambe's Ikram Ullah made 48 and 51.
The full scorecard can be found here:
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/266/266287.html
Meanwhile Barrow will play Furness CC in the
final of the Cumbria County Cup on Sunday 15 August. Barrow
skipper Daryl Wearing won the toss for choice of venue and the
final will be staged at Ernest Pass. Furness beat Workington
in the semi-final last Sunday.
County Caps awarded
Congratulations to Blackpool CC's Steven Croft
and Chorley CC's Tom Smith who were both awarded their
Lancashire county caps this week:
http://www.lccc.co.uk/index.php?p=news&id=3780
Fixtures
Saturday 7th August
Division One
(Round
20 of 26)
1-00pm start
Barrow v Morecambe
Fleetwood v Leyland
Kendal v Blackpool
Lancaster v Darwen
Preston v Netherfield
St Annes v Carnforth
Chorley no game
Division Two
(Round 20 of 26)
start 1-00pm
Blackpool v Kendal
Carnforth v St Annes
Darwen v Lancaster
Leyland v Fleetwood
Morecambe v Barrow
Netherfield v Preston
Chorley no game
Sunday 8th August
League
Division Two
1-00pm
start
Kendal v Blackpool
Readers Cup
Division One
Semi-Finals
40
overs
1-30pm start
Darwen v Blackpool
Morecambe v Fleetwood
Readers Cup
Division Two
Semi-Finals
40
overs
1-30pm start
Barrow v Chorley
St Annes v Lancaster
