Moulton's 51 in vain
Leyland T20captain/pro Brett Pelser attempts a big hit against Gaurav Dhar
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Leyland beat local rivals Chorley by 24 runs in the Jamie Heywood Twenty20 Cup (South Two Group) sponsored by Latham Baxendale on a beautiful summer's evening at Fox Lane.
A good-sized crowd saw a highly competitive and entertaining encounter which was only decided in the closing stages as Leyland's bowlers took command.
After winning the toss and electing to bat Leyland made 135/3; T20 Captain and pro Brett Pelser and James Rounding sharing an unbroken fourth wicket stand of 75 to give the innings late momentum.
Leyland's James Rounding hits Ian Oakes through the off-side
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Pelser was 40no off 28 balls with two fours and two sixes while Rounding's 32 not out came off 29 balls and included one six and one four.
Earlier David Fisher hit a fluent 26, prolific Second XI opener Wes Royle 12 and wicketkeeper Adam Coates 13. Ian Oakes, who bowled that T20 rarity of a wicket maiden, Chris Harty and Iain Critchley each took one wicket.
Leyland opener Wes Royle
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In reply Chorley lost Captain Andy Holdsworth leg before to Andrew Makinson off the second ball of their innings.
But Stu Naden and Will Moulton then added 56 for the second wicket before Naden was bowled by Tayyab Afsar for 19.
Moulton hit four sixes and two fours and made 51 off 44 balls.
Will Moulton's drive evades the dive of bowler Tayyab Afsar
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But when he was third out with the score at 83, bowled by Peter Cummings Chorley's innings went into decline. The visitors lost seven wickets for 28 runs and closed well short on 111/9.
Pelser captured 2/18, Fisher 2/17 and Afsar 2/24.
The Match Scorecard can be found here:
http://npcl.play-cricket.com/website/results/1739011
Twenty20 action resumes on Friday evening as Leyland travel to Preston and Chorley host Darwen. With four wins from as many games Darwen are odds-on favourites to progress from South 2 Group to Finals Day on 17 July.
Elsewhere Blackpool host Fleetwood at Stanley Park in South One Group looking for their third win in as many games.
