Review for TWP Wealth Twenty/20 Competition for Monday 9th to Friday 13th June By Richard Edmundson (Pictured: Netherfield skipper Marc Brown striking for 6 in Netherfields win over Penrith on Friday Night) NORTH 1 Group: Both Kendal and Netherfield are joint top of The North 1 group as both pick up crucial wins: Wednesday 7th June Barrow v Netherfield (Netherfield win by 47 runs) Netherfield won by 47 runs at Barrow on Wednesday night, Stand in skipper John Huck hitting 54 off 34 balls, and Ben Barrows unbeaten 45 off 56 with Netherfield closing on 132-4. Barrow struggling in their reply as they were bowled out in 18.5 overs for 85. Tom Williamson returning figures of 3-15 and Brad Earl with figures of 3-18. Barrow Professional Kautsubh Pawar top scoring with 29 for the hosts Scorecard Thursday 12th June Barrow v Kendal: (Kendal win by 8 wickets) This time it was the turn of Kendal who comfortably swept past Barrow by 8 wickets on Thursday Night. Barrow all out for 119. Stu Parkin with figures of 3-17. The reply was dominant as Kendal eased home in 15 overs. Jamie How 40 off 22 balls, Darren Moore, 39 off 28 balls and Terry Hunte unbeaten on 29 off 2b balls as Kendal close on 123-2. Scorecard Friday 13th June Netherfield v Penrith: (Netherfield win by 5 runs) Nathan Chambers produced an inspired spell of death bowling as a disciplined performance in the field saw Netherfield maintain their season's perfect Twenty20 record. Needing six from the final ball to claim victory, Penrith tail-ender Joe McKinley lofted Chambers to Ben Barrow on the long-off boundary as Netherfield edged a vital win. Opener Ryan Carruthers proved the main Penrith threat with a powerful 44 as Mark Clarkson, Tom Williamson and Brad Earl all took two wickets apiece as the visitors fell five runs short. Only skipper Marc Brown made a significant impact as the hosts posted 108-9 from their 20-over allocation, with Karanjit Bansal's off-spin returning figures of 2-7. Electing to bat first, Netherfield started in determined fashion with Ben Phillips taking fours off the first and final deliveries of Paul Hindmarch's opening over. A third boundary followed to deep backward point before the Australian fell for 19, clean bowled as he looked to heave former Parkside Road all-rounder Greg Hall over mid-wicket. From this point runs slowed as Jonathon Osborne and Bansal combining to strangle the innings, with the latter snaring Saliya Saman with his first ball, caught and bowled for two. Bansal, who has played second XI cricket for Nottinghamshire and Worcestershire, then claimed the wicket of John Huck, who picked out Carruthers at long on to depart for one. At the halfway stage Netherfield were 40-3, with Ben Barrow the next wicket to fall in the eleventh over, run out for 11 after a sharp piece of fielding by Hall. Brown once again showcased his credentials in the shortest form of the game, smashing Nicky Burns for successive fours through mid-wicket with an improvised reverse sweep bringing a further boundary off Hall. The 26-year-old then clobbered a six over the square leg boundary before Joe Atkinson departed for nine after top-edging to wicketkeeper Kieron Trevaskis. A further maximum followed off Burns before Brown holed out to Bansal at mid-wicket, with Williamson edging the same bowler to deep gully for three. Clarkson and Chambers fell in the final stages of the innings as Netherfield set Penrith 109 to win, with the visitors refusing to hang around in their bid to keep their Twenty/20 campaign alive. Carruthers took centre stage, swatting Saman and Clarkson for straight sixes as well as fours square of the wicket and through extra cover, with Penrith 30-0 off four overs. Clarkson returned to bowl Bansal for five with the right-arm seamer also dismissing ex-Netherfield and current Cumberland batsman Alex Atkinson without scoring. Hindmarch bludgeoned a six off Williamson before the slow left-armer had his man as the Tynefield Park professional top-edged to Clarkson at mid-wicket. Williamson, who returned 2-17 from four overs, then dismissed Burns for one as fellow spinner Earl removed Hall, caught by Chambers at backward square leg for a duck. With the score 58-5 after ten overs, Osborne hammered a six off Earl before Penrith suffered a major blow as Carruthers clipped the returning Saman to Phillips at mid-wicket to depart for 44. Osborne was next to go, caught by Chambers off Earl who finished with 2-19 before Ben Davidson and Tony Threlkeld added a valuable 15 runs. Chambers dismissed Threlkeld for the first off his three wickets, which meant Penrith required 15 from 12 balls, as Davidson and Trevaskis took six from the Saman's 19th over. After taking four runs from as many balls in the final over, a mix up saw Trevaskis stumped by Huck, which left McKinley with one ball for six with Davidson stranded on 12 at the non-striker's end. Despite a clean contact, McKinley picked out Barrow on the long-off boundary to give Chambers his third victim and keep Netherfield on track to retain their TWP Wealth Trophy crown. (Match report courtesy of The Westmorland Gazette) Scorecard SOUTH 2 Group Leyland win the crucial battle at the top of The South 2 group following a 3 wicket win over Darwen. Darwen v Leyland (Leyland win by 3 wickets) Darwen were restricted to 129-7 off 20 overs. 2 wickets by Henry Thompson and 2 by Tayyab Afsar, whilst their was 1 wicket apiece for Danny Lamb, Andrew Makinson and Luis Reece. Danny Lambs top scoring 51 and Henry Thompsons 26 edging Leyland home to 132-7 in the 20th over. Scorecard

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