St Annes chase LCB Cup glory on Sunday
Steven Mercer has been instrumental in Blackpool's rise to third |
The Round 11 fixtures in the Furness Building Society Northern Premier Cricket League (incorporating Readers Cricket Balls) are played this coming Saturday, 12 June.
Please note that for one week only the scheduled start time has been brought forward half-an-hour to 12.30pm due to England's opening World Cup game that evening.
Leaders Leyland travel to Shap Road to take on a Kendal side boosted by the return of captain and professional Ross McMillan after he returned home briefly to South Africa. Leyland's Luis Reece is the leading amateur wicket-taker so far with 28 wickets at 11.
Ross McMillan is back for Kendal |
Second placed St Annes, fresh from a thrilling one wicket win at Fox Lane last Saturday in a classic encounter take on in-form Morecambe at Vernon Road (1pm). Morecambe's popular professional Mandla Mashimbyi has returned home to South Africa after suffering a family bereavement.
Last season's Darwen professional David Wiese, now pro at Todmorden CC, will deputise.
Two of the league's highest scoring run-makers go head-to-head at Birch Hall. Darwen pro Mohammad Zaman Khan leads the way with 555 league runs at 79 while Netherfield pro Nick Kruger has hit 530 runs at 75. St Annes' Atiq Uz-Zaman is the leading amateur batsman with 498 runs at 99 while Preston skipper Adam Parker has hit 439 runs at 54.
Barrow pro Pasan Wanasinghe leads the wicket table with 31 victims at 13. His side are at Broadwater to play Fleetwood whose pro and captain Matt Frith may be sidelined for a fortnight after suffering a shoulder injury at Kendal last Saturday.
Steven Mercer, with 23 wickets at 10, has been instrumental in Blackpool's rise to third. Paul Danson's side visit Lune Road to play Lancaster whose opening batting pair of Michael Stevens and Jamie Heywood have been very consistent so far. Carnforth face Chorley at Lodge Quarry still looking for their first win of the season and may be without Adam Cowperthwaite through a shoulder injury.
Lancaster skipper Michael Stevens has had a consistent season so far |
On Sunday Preston, boosted by the return of top allrounder Lukman Vahaluwala take on Lancashire Colts at West Cliff.
St Annes chase Lancashire Cup glory on Sunday when they visit Houldsworth Ribblesdale Cricket League side Read, currently second in their senior league. Read's professional is the highly respected allrounder Jon Harvey.
There's an all-Northern League clash in the ECB National Club Championship on Sunday when Leyland entertain Morecambe at Fox Lane.
To kick-off a busy weekend of cricket there are five group ties in the Latham Baxendale Twenty20 Cup on Friday evening at Carnforth, Netherfield, St Annes, Darwen and Chorley. Games must start by 6-30pm but if both teams are ready can be started earlier and most games tend to start around 615pm. Two further games are scheduled for next Tuesday, 15 June at Blackpool and Leyland.
Meanwhile four Northern League cricketers were in the Cumberland side that drew their opening game in the Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire at Knypersley ending last Tuesday. Kendal's Chris Miller, Barrow's Graham Dawson and Jon Miles and Ikram Ullah (Morecambe) all played in a game that was rain-affected and ended drawn.
The scorecard can be found here:
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/266/266243.html
Preston skipper Adam Parker in action against St Annes recently |
Fixtures Saturday
Round 11
Division One
PLEASE NOTE 12-30PM STARTING TIME IN ALL LEAGUE GAMES ON SATURDAY
Carnforth v Chorley
Darwen v Netherfield
Fleetwood v Barrow
Kendal v Leyland
Lancaster v Blackpool
St Annes v Morecambe
Division Two (2nd XI)
PLEASE NOTE 12-30PM STARTING TIME IN ALL LEAGUE GAMES ON SATURDAY
Barrow v Fleetwood
Blackpool v Lancaster
Chorley v Carnforth
Leyland v Kendal
Morecambe v St Annes
Netherfield v Darwen
Preston no game
Sunday Fixtures
League
1pm start
Preston v Lancashire Colts
Other fixtures for Sunday 13 June 2010:
Lancashire LCB Knockout Cup
Round 2
Read v St Annes (45 overs, 2pm)
ECB National Club Championship
Group 5 Round 2
Leyland v Morecambe (45 overs, 1pm)
Latham Baxendale Twenty20 Cup fixtures
Friday 11 June 2010 (6.15pm)
Netherfield v Barrow
Carnforth v Morecambe
St Annes v Blackpool
Chorley v Leyland
Darwen v Preston
Tuesday 15 June 2010 (6.15pm)
Blackpool v St Annes
Leyland v Chorley
