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Match Day 8th August 2026

The Northern Cricket League Review

Division 1 Round 13 saw changes at the top after this weeks games, Leyland move to the top after their one run win against Kendal, Netherfield drop to second after losing at Garstang who are now third, Blackpool beat Carlisle and are up to fourth.

At the bottom of the league St Annes won the battle between the bottom two, Chorley won at Longridge. Teams in danger of relegation are Chorley 75 pts, Kendal 72 pts and St Annes 70 with Settle on 48.

Division 2 Round 16 saw no no changes in positions at the top but Fleetwood with their home win against Great Eccleston saw them increase their lead at the top, second placed Fulwood & Broughton lost at Carnforth, third placed Euxton lost at Thornton Cleveleys

Morecambe's win at Barrow moves them closer to Euxton, Penwotham won against Preston and Whalley won at Lytham, The bottom four are Lytham 87 pts, Thornton Cleveleys 86 pts Carnforth 80 pts and Great Eccleston 68 pts.

DIVISION ONE

LEAGUE MATCHES: ROUND 13

Carlisle v Blackpool

Carlisle won the toss at Edenside and elected to bat first and got off to a terrible start losing the top five for 19 runs. Zephania Arinaitwe was the first out stumped by Ben Howarth off Matthew Grindley for 5 (8 balls)(1x4), 5-1, Number three was Calum Rowe and in the next over he was caught behind by Ben Howarth off Khalil Patel for 1 (9 balls), 6-2.

Michael Slack was next in but in the next over Marc Brown was caught by Matthew Taaffe off Matthew Grindley for 0 (3 balls), 6-3. Ben Davidson joined Michael Slack but with only four runs added Khalil Patel bowled Michael Slack for 2 (9 balls), 10-4.

Oliver Spedding was the new batsman and with Davidson battled for the runs, It was Khalil Patel who once again broke through Ben Davidson caught by Andrew Needham for 2 (2 balls), 19-5. Brodie Glendinning replaced Davidson, disaster struck as both Oliver Spedding and Brodie Glendinning fell on the same score, Matthew Grindley bowled Brodie Glendinning for 6 (25 balls), 33-6

Alex Raybould came to the wicket but in the next over Oliver Spedding was caught by Andrew Needham off Khalil Patel for 13 (38 balls)(1x4), 33-7. Freddie Newton was Alex Raybould's new partner but once again in the next over he was out lbw off Matthew Grindley for 1 (4 balls), 33-8.

The next batsman in was Nico Watt but he did not last very long becoming Khalil Patel's fifth wicket caught by Matthew Taaffe for 4 (5 balls)(1x4), 44-9. Ben Purdham came in at eleven, Joshua Boyne came on to bowl due to an injury to Matthew Grindley and in his second over bowled Alex Raybould for 10 (16 balls)(2x4) as Carlisle were bowled out for 55 in 23.2 overs with Ben Purdham 1no (3 balls).

The three Blackpool bowlers all took a wicket, Khalil Patel took 5-20 from 12 overs, Matthew Grindley 4-24 off 10.4 and Joshua Boyne 1-7 from 0-4 (bowled the last two balls of Matthew Grindley's over)

Garstang v Netherfield

Garstang won the toss at the Riverside Sports ground and chose to bat first, Joseph Pearson and Michael Walling got them off to a good start scoring at six an over, Oliver Sanday was brought on to bowl and in his first over had Michael Walling caught by Will Beeden for 27 (34 balls)(5x4), 67-1. Nisanth Nithian came in at three and with Pearson took the score past the hundred, Neil Brand made the breakthrough trapping Nisanth Nithian lbw for 10 (30 balls), 108-2.

Lahiru Madushanka was in next and with Pearson continued to make progress until Neil Brand struck again Joseph Pearson out lbw for 59 (85 balls)(9x4), 137-3. Theo Smith joined Madushanka and they took the score past the two hundred, Lahiru Madushanka was the man out caught behind by Richard Everett off Josh Wills for 46 (55 balls)(5x4), 204-4.

Mark Walling replaced Madushanka and kept the score moving along, Theo Smith was the next man out caught behind by Richard Everett off Charlie Parkinson for 38 (58 balls)(4x4,1x6). 229-5. Ian Walling was the new batsman and was going for the runs when he was caught behind by Richard Everett off Josh Wills for 28 (14 balls)(5x4,1x6), 265-6.

Matthew Crowther came to the wicket but off the first ball of the next over Mark Walling was bowled by Charlie Parkinson for 26 (21 balls)(2x4,2x6), 265-7. Dan Curwen was Matthew Crowther's new partner and they saw Garstang close on 272-7 in their 50 overs with Matthew Crowther 2no (2 balls) and Dan Curwen 1no (3 balls).

The Netherfield bowling was Neil Brand took 2-46 from 15 overs, Josh Wills 2-56 off 9, Charlie Parkinson 2-74 from 10, Oliver Sanday 1-24 off 3 and Oli Wileman 0-64 from 13.

The visitors reply got off to a poor start losing Richard Everett caught behind by Matthew Crowther off Cory Cater for 4 (4 balls)(1x4), 6-1. Neil Brand was the man a in at three, with the score on 23 disaster struck losing two wickets, Neil Brand was caught behind by Matthew Crowther off Lahiru Madushanka for 9 (13 balls)(1x4), 23-2.

Ben Barrow was next in but in the next over Reece Irving was caught behind by Matthew Crowther off Cory Cater for 10 (14 balls)(2x4), 23-3. John Huck joined Ben Barrow, John Huck was going for the runs, Lahiru Madushanka struck taking two wickets in four balls, John Huck was caught behind by Matthew Crowther for 29 (22 balls)(3x4,2x6), 58-4, three balls later Will Beeden was bowled for 0 (3 balls), 58-5.

Things went from bad to worse for the visitors with only five runs added two wickets fell, incoming batsman Lee Hogg was caught by Dan Curwen off Cory Cater for 4 (6 balls), 63-6.

Charlie Parkinson was the new batsman but in the next over Ben Barrow was lbw to Lahiru Madushanka for 5 (13 balls), 63-7. Oli Wileman replaced Barrow and with Parkinson set about rebuilding the innings, Lahiru Madushanka claimed his fifth wicket Oli Wileman lbw for 18 (17 balls)(3x4), 84-8. Oliver Sanday came to the wicket but was out lbw in Danny Gilbert's first over for 0 (5 balls), 92-9.

Josh Wills was in at eleven and with Parkinson leading the way continued to fight until Theo Smith was brought on to bowl and in his first over had Charlie Parkinson caught by Lahiru Madushanka for 24 (31 balls)(1x4,2x6) as Netherfied were bowled out for 116 in 21.5 overs with Josh Wills 6no (4 balls)(1x4).

All the Garstang bowlers took a wicket, Lahiru Madushanka took 5-39 from 10 overs, Cory Cater 3-50 off 10, Theo Smith 1-5 from 0.5 and Danny Gilbert 1-14 off 1.

Leyland v Kendal

Leyland won the toss at the Stanning Memorial ground and decided to bat first, Reiss Carrington and Xander Eyre were the openers, Reiss Carrington was out first caught by Bradley Earl off Louis Backhouse for 12 (28 balls)(2x4), 34-1. The Leyland number three was Lloyd Tennant, the introduction of Christopher Miller into the attack saw quick results as in his first over he bowled Xander Eyre for 33 (47 balls)(6x4), 60-2.

San Oldham joined Tennant and they made good progress more than doubling the score, Christopher Miller broke the partnership he caught and bowled Lloyd Tennant for 52 (72 balls)(6x4,2x6), 144-3. Jacob Wright was the next batsman in, but with score approaching the two hundred both batsmen were out, Louis Backhouse returned to the attack and caught and bowled Jacob Wright for 27 (32 balls)(4x4), 197-4, Liam Hurt was the new batsman but in the next over Sam Oldham was caught by Maximus Winskill off Thomas Bentley for 63 (88 balls)(7x4,1x6), 199-5.

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Andrew Makinson replaced Oldham but soon lost Liam Hurt caught by Cole Abrahams off Thomas Bentley for 12 (10 balls)(2x4). Karl Cross came to the wicket but in the next over Louis Backhouse took two wickets, Karl Cross was caught by Maximus Winskill for 1 (3 balls), 219-7, Taj Ballantyne was the incoming batsman but fell five balls later caught by Freddie Fallows for 6 (5 balls)(1x4), 225-8.

Andrew Jacques was Andrew Makinson's new partner, Louis Backhouse claimed his fifth wicket Andrew Jacques caught by Maximus Winskill for 7 (6 balls)(1x4), 238-9. Aidan McKeever was in at eleven and with Andrew Makinson saw Leyland close on 241-9 in their 50 overs with Andrew Makinson 16no (12 balls)(1x6) and Aidan McKeever 1no (1 ball).

The Kendal bowling was Louis Backhouse took 5-50 from 11 overs, Thomas Bentley 2-54 off 8, Christopher Miller 2-58 from 13, Matt Jackson 0-14 off 7 and Freddie Fallows 0-61 from 11.

In reply the visitors lost both openers cheaply, Maximus Winskill was the first to go caught by Aidan McKeever off Liam Hurt for 10n(19 balls)(2x4), 19-1, Finlay Richardson came in at three but in Liam Hurt's next over Darren Nightingale was caught by Karl Cross for 7 (17 balls)(1x4), 24-2.

Cole Abrahams joined Richardson and they steadily moved the score along, Taj Ballantyne was brought on to bowl and with his first ball had Cole Abrahams caught behind by Reiss Carrington for 16 (36 balls)(2x4), 75-3. James Bowman was the next man in and with Richardson moving the score along nicely, Sam Oldham made the breakthrough bowling Finlay Richardson for 70 (64 balls)(9x4,3x6), 127-4.

Freddie Fallows replaced Richardson and continued to keep up a good score rate, Liam Hurt struck with two wickets in an over, James Bowman was bowled for 51 (73 balls)(3x4,3x6), 205-5, incoming batsman Bradley Earl fell four balls later lbw for 0 (4 balls), 209-6.

Thomas Bentley came to the wicket but soon lost the vital wicket off Freddie Fallows bowled by Sam Oldham for 37 (44 balls)(4x4), 218-7. Christopher Miller was Bentley's new partner but ten runs later Thomas Bentley was caught by Taj Ballantyne off Andrew Jacques for 8 (19 balls)(1x4), 228-8. Louis Backhouse was the next batsman but five runs later Liam Hurt claimed his fifth wicket bowling Christopher Miller for 6 (11 balls)(1x4), 233-9.

Matt Jackson was the last man in and with Louis Backhouse came to the last over, Andrew Jacques was the bowler with four runs required for victory, two singles were taken and Louis Backhouse was caught by Jacob Wright for 5 (7 balls) to give the hosts the win by one run as Kendal were bowled out for 240 in their 50 overs, Matt Jackson was 1no (7 balls).

The Leyland bowling was Liam Hurt took 5-63 from 15 overs, Andrew Jacques 2-43 off 10, Sam Oldham 2-55 from 15, Taj Ballantyne 1-40 off 7 and Aidan McKeever 0-15 from 3.

Longridge v Chorley

Longridge won the toss at the Newsham Memorial ground and batted first, Joshua Mullin was the first wicket to fall caught by Keegan Petersen off Toby Johnston for 9 (13 balls)(2x4),21-1, Luke Platt was the host's number three but with only one run added was run out by Miller Childs for 0 (did not face a ball), 22-2.

Joshua Holt Jnr was the next man in and with James Whitehead had nearly doubled the score when he was caught by Amaan Sarguru off Edwin Moulton for 12 (17 balls)(3x4), 41-3. Danny Wilkinson Jnr replaced Holt Jnr, Edwin Moulton struck again trapping James Whitehead lbw for 23 (40 balls)(5x4), 67-4.

Louie Trayers was the new batsman, Danny Wilkinson Jnr was scoring at more than a run a ball when he was caught behind by Harry Barclay off Edwin Moulton for 21 (17 balls)(3x4,1x6), 78-5. Alex Mason came to the wicket but yet again before a stand could be built a wicket fell, Sam Steeple was the wicket taker Louie Trayers bowled for 2 (19 balls), 93-6.

Gabriel Dowthwaite came to the wicket but was soon out stumped by Harry Barclay off Luca Doyle for 2 (9 balls), 106-7. Jonathan Millward was Alex Mason's new partner but he too soon became wicket number two for Luca Doyle lbw for 0 (9 balls), 114-8.

Joe Lyth was the next batsman but one run later Alex Mason was out lbw to Luca Doyle for 23 (28 balls)(4x4), 115-9. Number eleven was Jake Durnell and with Joe Lyth taking the lead steadily built up the score. Miller Childs was the man to make the breakthrough trapping Joe Lyth lbw for 43 (52 balls)(6x4,2x6) as Longridge were bowled out for 170 in 34 overs with Jake Durnell 9no (26 balls)(1x4).

All the Chorley bowlers took a wicket, Luca Doyle took 3-22 from 8 overs, Edwn Moulton 3-63 off 12, Miller Childs 1-1 from 1, Toby Johnston 1-30 off 6 and Sam Steeple 1-51 from 7.

The visitors reply mirrored that of the hosts losing two early wickets, Jake Durnell bowled Miller Childs for 4 (19 balls)(1x4), 10-1, The Chorley number three was Edwin Moulton but he soon lost Harry Barclay caught by Alex Mason off Jonathan Millward for 6 (25 balls)(1x4), 16-2.

Keegan Petersen joined Moulton and they took the score past fifty when Keegan Petersen was caught by Alex Mason off Joe Lyth for 26 (32 balls)(4x4,1x6), 57-3. Amaan Sarguru was the new batsman but he soon lost Edwin Moulton caught by Luke Platt off Alex Mason for 17 (53 balls)(2x4), 69-4.

Will Moulton was the next man in but he soon became wicket number two for Alex Mason bowled for 5 (12 balls), 84-5. Alfie Dobson came to the wicket and with Sarguru took the score past the hundred only for Amaan Sarguru to fall lbw to Loe Lyth for 21 (31 balls)(2x4,1x6), 106-6.

Luca Doyle was Dobson's new partner and they began to make progress taking the score past the 150, Jake Durnell broke the partnership Alfie Dobson stumped by Louie Trayers for 40 (49 balls)(2x4,3x6), 159-7. Ed Catt was the new batsman and with Luca Doyle leading the way saw the visitors over the line closing on 176-7 in 46 overs, Luca Doyle was 39no (44 balls)(4x4,2x6) and Ed Catt 3no (14 balls).

All the Longridge bowlers took a wicket, Alex Mason took 2-38 from 9 overs, Jakes Durnell 2-50 off 11, Joe Lyth 2-56 from 15 and Jonathan Millward 1-26 off 11.

St Annes v Settle

Settle won the toss at Vernon Road and took the first knock, John Davidson was the first man out caught behind by Evan Dobson off Rory Urquhart for 9 (7 balls)(2x4), 18-1, Zane Nirodi came in at three and with Robbie Davidson began to build up the score, Adam Patel broke the partnership having Robbie Davidson caught by Syed Ali Abbas Shah for 29 (44 balls)(6x4), 84-2.

Gautam Waghela joined Nirodi and they took the score past 150, Alex Urquhart was brought on to bowl and with his second ball Gautam Waghela was caught by Ryan Birkman for 46 (45 balls)(7x4), 153-3. James Snowden was the next man in and with Nirodi continued to build the score, disaster struck losing two wickets on the same score, Zane Nirodi was caught by Ryan Birkman off Zain Abbas for 70 (122 balls)(8x4), 186-4, the incoming batsman was Sunny Singh who was run out by Evan Dobson for 0 (2 balls), 186-5.

Harvey Green replaced Singh but with the score on 200 he was caught by Ryan Birkman for 11 (14 balls)(1x4), 200-6. Harry Snowden came to the wicket but soon lost James Snowden caught by Aston Charles off Adam Patel for 25 (38 balls)(5x4), 212-7.

Harry Snowden had a new partner in Benjamin Hulse who was soon out caught by Callum Birkman off Zain Abbas for 5 (4 balls)(1x4), 220-8. the incoming batsman was Simon Tarbox and with Harry Snowden saw Settle close on 241-8 in their 50 overs with Harry Snowden 17no (19 balls)(1x6) and Simon Tarbox 8no (6 balls)(1x6).

The St Annes bowling was Adam Patel took 3 for 68 from 12 overs, Zain Abbas 2-60 off 14, Rory Urquhart 1-18 from 9, Alex Urquhart 1-33 off 6, Harry Birkman 0-25 from 4 and Callum Birkman 0-32 off 5.

In reply the hosts lost both openers early, Will Trohear was bowled by Simon Tarbox for 9 (14 balls)(1x4), 18-1, Coming in at three was Evan Dobson but he soon lost Ashton Charles caught behind by Robbie Davidson for 4 (20 balls), 20-2.

Zain Abbas was the new batsman and with Dobson steadily built the score and took it past the hundred, Gautam Waghela made the breakthrough Zain Abbas caught behind by Robbie Davidson for 45 (52 balls)(5x4,2x6), 117-3. Adam Patel replaced Abbas, Harry Snowden gave the visitors hope with two wickets in two balls, Adam Patel was caught by Gautam Waghela for 13 (18 balls), 145-4, incoming batsman Rory Urquhart was caught and bowled first ball for 0 (1 ball), 145-5.

Harry Birkman came to the wicket and with Evan Dobson took the score to four runs short of victory when Evan Dobson was caught behind by Robbie Davidson off Gautam Waghela for 91 (144 balls)(9x4,1x6), 238-6.

Ryan Birkman was the next man in and hit his third ball for four and victory as St Annes closed on 242-6 in 48.5 overs with Harry Birkman 54no (42 balls)(6x4,2x6) and Ryan Birkman 4no (3 balls)(1x4).

The Settle bowling was Simon Tarbox took 2-24 from 8 overs, Gautam Waghela 2-61 off 13.5, Harry Snowden 2-65 from 14, James Galley 0-27 off 3 and Sunny Singh 0-57 from 10.


DIVISION ONE SCORES

Carlisle v Blackpool

Blackpool 12 pts defeated Carlisle 0 pts by 9 wickets

Carlisle 55 (Khalil Patel 5-20, Matthew Grindley 4-24), Blackpool 59-1 (Dylan Henshall 46no)

Garstang v Netherfield

Garstang 12 pts defeated Netherfield 2 pts by 156 runs

Garstang 272-7 (Joseph Pearson 59, Lahiru Madushanka 46), Netherfield 116 (Lahiru Madushanka 5-39)

Leyland v Kendal

Leyland 12 pts defeated Kendal 5 pts by 1 run

Leyland 241-9 (Sam Oldham 63, Lloyd Tennant 52, Louis Backhouse 5-50), Kendal 240 (Finlay Richardson 70, James Bowman 51, Liam Hurt 5-63)

Longridge v Chorley

Chorley 12 pts defeated Longridge 3 pts by 3 wickets

Longridge 170 (Joe Lyth 43), Chorley 176-7 (Alfie Dobson 40)

St Annes v Settle

St Annes 12 pts defeated Settle 4 pts by 4 wickets

Settle 241-8 (Zane Nirodi 70, Gautam Waghela 46), St Annes 242-6 (Evan Dobson 91, Harry Birkman 54no, Zain Abbas 45)


Division One Table

Club P W L T NR Bat BowlP Pen NNR Pts
Leyland 13 9 4 0 0 9 32 0 0.37 122
Netherfield 13 8 4 0 1 7 34 0 0.07 115
Garstang 13 7 5 0 1 8 30 0 0.78 104
Blackpool 13 7 3 0 3 3 27 0 0.79 101
Carlisle 13 7 6 0 0 10 26 0 0.23 99
Longridge 13 6 4 0 3 10 23 0 0.15 95
Chorley 13 5 7 0 1 4 23 0 -0.93 75
Kendal 13 4 8 0 1 12 21 0 -0.36 72
St Annes 13 4 8 0 1 9 22 0 -0.59 70
Settle 13 2 10 0 1 11 17 0 -1-17 48


DIVISION TWO

LEAGUE MATCHES: ROUND 16

Barrow v Morecambe

Barrow won the toss at the Ernest Pass Memorial ground and invited the visitors to bat first, they got off to a bad start losing Lewis Smth lbw to Daryl Wearing for 4 (6 balls)(1x4), 4-1. Joseph Bradshaw was the man in at three and with Andrew Creech slowly built up the score, Declan Tyson was brought on to bowl in in his first over had Andrew Creech lbw for 45 (72 balls)(9x4), 78-2.

Siddarth Ahhuja was in next but quickly lost Joseph Bradshaw bowled by Hardus Coetzer for 29 (41 balls)(5x4). 84-3. Alex Briggs was the new batsman and with Ahhuja raised the score rate and were going well until Alex Briggs was caught by Sam Henderson off Simon Chadd for 33 (35 balls)(4x4,2x6), 145-4.

Luke Pearson replaced Briggs but was soon out bowled by Hardus Coetzer for 0 (15 balls), 152-5. Benjy Orr came to the wicket and with Ahhuja took the score past the two hundred, Siddarth Ahhuja was the next man out caught by Declan Tyson for 62 (62 balls)(7x4,1x6), 209-6

Lloyd (Adam) Smith was Orr's new partner but with only two runs added both were out, Benjy Orr was caught by Simon Chadd off Declan Tyson for 31 (25 balls)(3x4,1x6), 211-7, Michael Bland was the next man in but in the next over Lloyd (Adam) Smith was caught by Simon Chadd off Ben Carr for 1 (8 balls), 211-8.

The new batsman was Usman Haider, Declan Tyson brought the innings to an end with two wickets in three balls, Michael Bland fell lbw for 7 (9 balls), 225-9, Regan Jackson was in at eleven, hit his first ball for four and was out off the next caught by Oliver Whalley for 4 (2 balls) as Morecambe were bowled out for 229 in 46.3 overs with Usman Haider 6no (5 balls)(1x6).

The Barrow bowling was Declan Tyson took 4049 from 10.3 overs, Ben Carr 2-8 off 3, Hardus Coetzer 2-58 from 11, Daryl Wearing 1-32 off 9 and Sam Henderson 0-25 from 6.

In reply Declan Tyson was out early lbw to Lloyd (Adam) Smith for 1 (6 balls), 6-1. Ross McMurdo came in at three and with Drew Postlethwaite kept the scoreboard moving along, disaster struck the home side with the loss of five wickets for four runs, Drew Postlethwaite was the first to go caught behind by Benjy Orr off Siddarth Ahhuja for 44 (61 balls)(7x4,1x6), 73-2.

Hardus Coetzer joined Ross McMurdo but in the next over Regan Jackson bowled Ross McMurdo for 18 (58 balls)(3x4), 73-4. Oliver Whalley was the next man in but one run later was stumped by Benjy Orr off Siddarth Ahhuja for 0 (5 balls), 74-4.

Jack Singleton replaced Whalley but in Siddarth Ahhuja's next over Hardus Coetzer was bowled for 2 (9 balls), 75-5. Matt Spencer came to the wicket but quickly became Regan Jackson's second wicket bowled for 0 (8 balls), 77-6.

Simon Chadd was the new batsman but did not last long another Regan Jackson victim bowled for 0 (6 balls), 87-7. Daryl Wearing was Jack Singleton's new partner and they took the score to nelson when Regan Jackson took an all bowled hat-trick, the first man out was Daryl Wearing bowled for 14 (14 balls)(3x4), 111-8, next in Sam Henderson bowled first ball for 0, 111-9, number eleven Ben Carr was bowled first ball for 0 as Barrow were 111 all out in 34.3 overs with Jack Singleton 19no (39 balls)(4x4).

The Morecambe bowling was Regan Jackson took 6-23 (including hat-trick) from 8.3 overs, Siddarth Ahhuja 3-21 off 8, Lloyd (Adam) Smith 1-32 from 9, Usman Haider 0-10 off 2 and Michael Bland 0-25 from 7

Fleetwood v Great Eccleston

Fleetwood won the toss at Broadwater and elected to bat first, They lost Andy Drake caught by Mohammed Fazil off Jim Proctor for 4 (19 balls)(1x4), 16-1. The host's number three was Muhammed Hurraira but he was soon out caught behind by Chris Saunders off Alexander Rhodes for 3 (15 balls), 36-2.

Harry McAleer joined Jeremy Davies and they began rebuilding the innings, Phil Booth was brought into the attack and in his second over had Jeremy Davies caught behind by Chris Saunders for 43 (55 balls)(8x4,1x6), 80-3, Tomas King was the next man in but was out in Phil Booth's next over caught by Alexander Rhodes for 6 (8 balls)(1x6), 88-4.

Charlie Clark was the new batsman but he soon lost Harry McAleer caught and bowled by Jim Proctor for 31 (41 balls)(6x4), 99-5. Declan Clerkin replaced McAleer and with Charlie Clark had nearly doubled the score when Matt Moat was brought on to bowl and in his first over had Charlie Clark caught by Joe McMillan for 39 (63 balls)(5x4), 171-6.

Callum Birtwell-Jones came to the wicket and had taken the score past the two hundred when disaster he was run out by Will Turnbull for 4 (11 balls), 201-7. Nathan Bend was Declan Clerkin's new partner and they saw Fleetwood close on 267-7 in their 50 overs, Declan Clerkin ws 84no (72 balls)(10x4,3x6) and Nathan Bend 21no (17 balls)(2x4,1x6).

The Great Eccleston bowling was Jim Proctor took 2-38 from 15 overs, Phil Booth 2-46 off 10, Matt Moat 1-48 from 6, Alexander Rhodes 1-82 off 11, Mohamed Nadeem 0-23 from 4 and Will Turnbull 0-23 off 4.

In reply Matt Moat and Alexander Rhodes got the visitors off to a great start, Matthew Siddall was brought into the attack and in his second over had Matt Moat caught by Declan Clerkin for 20 (29 balls)(3x4), 59-1. Matthew Lawrenson came in at three but in Matthew Siddall's next over Alexander Rhodes was bowled for 22 (27 balls)(4x4), 65-2.

Mohammed Fazil joined Lawrenson and they were approaching the hundred when Matthew Lawrenson was out lbw to Jeremy Davies for 14 (26 balls)(2x4), 97-3. Mohamed Nadeen was next in but fell on the dreaded nelson bowled by Matthew Siddall for 7 (23 balls)(1x4), 111-4.

Alex Swale was the new batsman but soon became wicket number four for Matthew Siddall lbw for 4 (13 balls)(1x4), 120-5. Joe McMillan came to the wicket but three runs later was out lbw to Sherzai Wali for 2 (8 balls), 123-6.

Will Turnbull replaced McMillan, Matthew Siddall claimed his fifth wicket the vital wicket of Muhammed Fazil lbw for 24 (60 balls)(2x4), 131-7. Phil Booth was the next man in but was quickly out caught and bowled by Declan Clerkin for 1 (7 balls), 135-8.

Chris Saunders was Will Turnbull' new partner and they battled away steadily building the score, Jeremy Davies brought the innings to an end taking two wickets in two balls, Will Turnbull was caught by Muhammed Hurraira for 29 (52 balls)(5x4), 182-9. Number eleven was Jim Proctor who was out first ball caught by Sherzai Wali for 0 (1 balls) as Great Eccleston was bowled out for 182 in 46.2 overs with Chris Saunders 16no (34 balls)(3x4).

The Fleetwood bowling was Matthew Siddall took 5-27 from 15 overs, Jeremy Davies 3-32 off 6.2, Declan Clerkin 1-40 from 8, Sherzai Wali 1-48 off 13 and Nathan Bend 0-30 from 4.

Fulwood & Broughton v Carnforth

Fulwood & Broughton won the toss at the Highfield ground and asked the visitors to bat first, Lewis Wellings made the early breakthrough Joel Frith caught by Matt Smith for 5 (9 balls)(1x4), 11-1. The Carnforth number three was Jaco Beneke and with Ryan Nelson kept the scoreboard moving along, Simon Kerrigan broke the partnership Ryan Nelson caught by Ben Parkinson for 33 (53 balls)(6x4), 80-2.

James Park Johnson joined Beneke and they doubled the score, Ewen Mansford was brought on to bowl and in his first over James Park Johnson was stumped by James McWilliam for 39 (61 balls)(3x4,1x6), 164-3. Tom Parkinson was next in and with Beneke were approaching the two hundred when Jaco Beneke fell stumped by James McWilliam off Simon Kerrigan for 98 (124 balls)(12x4,2x6), 193-4.

Bradley Hoyle was the new batsman and with Parkinson kept up a good score rate, disaster for the visitors as they lost three wickets in four balls in a Lewis Wellings over, Tom Parkinson was run out off the third ball by Lewis Wellings for 39 (30 balls)(3x4,2x6), 236-5, the fourth new batsman Freddie Whatmuff hit a four, off the fifth he was out caught by Charlie Rossiter for 4 (2 balls)(1x4), 240-6. Jack Huntington replaced Whatmuff but off the 6th ball saw Bradley Hoyle bowled for 14 (15 balls)(1x6), 240-7.

Tom Fursland came to the wicket and in the last over Simon Kerrigan took two wickets, Jack Huntington was caught behind by James McWilliam for 6 (3 balls), 247-8, Dylan Conroy was the next batsman and was out off the last ball of the innings stumped by James McWilliam for 0 (1 ball) as Carnforth close on 248-9 in their 50 overs with Tom Fursland 2no (2 balls).

The Fulwood & Broughton bowling was Simon Kerrigan took 4-53 from 15 overs, Lewis Wellings 3-51 off 9, Ewen Mansford 1-13 from 3, Chris Brooke 0-21 off 6, Jon Fenton 0-47 from 7 and Kashif Jamil 0-62 off 10.

The hosts lost an early wicket Ewen Mansford caught and bowled by Dylan Conroy for 1 (10 balls), 17-1. Coming in at number three was Simon Kerrigan but he was quickly out lbw to Dylan Conroy for 2 (6 balls), 29-2.

Charlie Rossiter joined Matt Smith but five runs later Matt Smith was trapped lbw off James Park Johnson for 22 (14 balls)(4x4), 34-3. Clayton Stone was the new batsman and with Rossiter had doubled the score, Tom Parkinson was brought on to bowl and in his first over he bowled Clayton Stone for 23 (35 balls)(3x4,1x6), 68-4.

James McWilliam replaced Stone and the score was approaching the hundred when Jaco Beneke was introduced into the attack and in his first over had James McWilliam caught by Jack Huntington for 12 (23 balls)(1x6), 93-5. Ben Parkinson came to the wicket and before he could settle Jaco Beneke took two wickets in two balls, Ben Parkinson was stumped by Lewis Spurr for 7 (11 balls)(1x4), 109-6, next ball incoming batsman Jon Fenton saw Charlie Rossiter out caught by Joel Frith for 32 (59 balls)(4x4,1x6), 109-7.

Lewis Wellings became Jon Fenton's new partner and they set about chasing down the score, they were going well and had put on 105 when Jaco Beneke struck Jon Fenton was caught by Joel Frith for 47 (57 balls)(8x4), 214-8, Kashif Jamil came in but five runs later Lewis Wellings was caught by James Park Johnson off Dylan Conroy for 58 (55 balls)(7x4,2x6), 219-9.

Chris Brookes was number eleven but ten runs later the fight back ended with Chris Brookes caught by Freddie Whatmuff off Dylan Conroy for 6 ( 8balls)(1x4) as Fulwood & Broughton were bowled out for 229 in 47.3 overs with Kashif Janil 4no (6 balls).

The Carnforth bowling was Dylan Conroy took 4-47 from 12.3 overs, Jaco Beneke 4-50 off 13, Tom Parkinson 1-28 from 8, James Park Johnson 1-62 off 9, Tom Fursland 0-19 from 3 and Freddie Whatmuff 0-21 off 2.

Lytham v Whalley

Whalley won the toss at Church Road and chose to bat first, they lost both openers with the score on 13, Thomas Cameron was the first to go bowled by Sabbir Patel for 3 (29 balls), 13-1, Number three was Frankie Jackson who lost Monty Cort in the next over caught by Archie Bank-Smith off Josh Holden for 9 (30 balls)(1x4), 13-2.

Levi Wolfenden came in next and with Frankie Jackson were making steady progress, Sahaan Sahaan was introduced into the attack and in his second over bowled Frankie Jackson for 26 (48 balls)(4x4), 65-3. Hamish Muavey-Clark joined Wolfenden and they doubled the score, Sabbir Patel broke the partnership having Levi Wolfenden lbw for 58 (84 balls)(9 x4), 136-4.

Sam Jackson replaced Wolfenden and kept up the run rate, Sahaan Sahaan struck again bowling Hamish Mullavey-Clark for 40 (69 balls)(6x4), 157-5. Ethan Jackson was the new batsman but five runs later Sam Jackson was run out by Ben Saunders for 18 (21 balls)(1x6), 162-6.

Theo Keniford came to the wicket but three runs later lost Ethan Jackson run out by James Livesey for 3 (7 balls), 165-7. Edward Burrow was Theo Keniford's new partner and they saw Whalley close on 178-7 in their 50 overs. Theo Keniford was 8no (10 balls) and Edward Burrow 5no (4 balls).

The Lytham bowling was Sabbir Patel took 2-43 from 15, Sahaan Sahaan 2-51 off 14, Josh Holden 1-30 from 10, Ryan Norris 0-20 off 3 and Antony Mulligan 0-32 from 8.

The hosts got off to a poor start Antony Mulligan caught by Frankie Jackson off Levi Wolfenden for 1 (21 balls), 9-1. Archie Banks-Smith came in at three and raised the run rate. Monty Cort was brought on to bowl and in his second over Archie Bank-Smith was caught behind by Thomas Cameron for 23 (27 balls)(3x4,1x6), 43-2.

Edward Fiddleerwas the next man in but soon became Monty Cort's next victim bowled for 0 (19 balls), 53-3. Sahaan Sahaan joined Myles Child but eight runs later Myles Child was out lbw to Monty Cort for 29 (73 balls)(4x4), 62-4.

Ben Saunders was the new batsman but he to did not last long bowled by Joshua Dentith for 4 (4 balls)(1x4), 71-5. Josh Holden came to the wicket but with only two runs added Sahaan Sahaan was bowled by Monty Cort for 10 (23 balls)(1x4), 73-6.

Josh Holden had a new partner in James Fiddler and they took the score to 91 when Monty Cort took two wickets in three balls wickets five and six, James Fiddler was bowled for 1 (5 balls), 91-7, incoming batsman Ryan Norris fell two balls later lbw for 0 (2 balls), 91-8.

The next batsman in was Sabbir Patel and the score moved past the hundred only for Monty Cort to strike again wicket number seven Josh Holden caught by Frankie Jackson for 26 (34 balls)(2x4,2x6), 108-9. James Livesey was in at eleven but was soon out caught by Frankie Jackson off Edward Burrow for 4 (5 balls)(1x4) as Lytham were bowled out for 113 in 37.4 overs with Sabbir Patel 9no (13 balls)(1x4).

The Whalley bowling was Monty Cort took 7-27 from 12 overs, Edward Burrow 1-4 off 1.4, Levi Wolfenden 1-10 from 7, Joshua Dentith 1-51 off 15 and Hamish Mullavey-Clark 0-17 from 2.

Penwortham v Preston

Penwortham won the toss at Middleforth Green and batted first, Ian Walmsley Jnr was the first man out lbw to Azhruddin Bandukiya for 11 (18 balls)(1x4,1x6), 26-1. Jonathon Hothersall joined Robbie Sumner and they steadily moved the score along, Talha Patel was brought into the attack and caught and bowled Jonathon Hothersall for 21 (35 balls)(3x4), 65-2.

Connor Brown was the next man in and upped the score rate, they had nearly doubled the score when Tahla Patel struck again bowling Connor Brown for 36 (35 balls)(6x4,1x6), 119-3. Matt Halliday was the new batsman and with Robbie Sumner took the score past the two hundred, Ismail Patel broke the partnership Robbie Sumner caught by Suhel Patel for 86 (111 balls)(13x4), 206-4.

Charlie Parker joined Halliday and was scoring over a run a ball but fell caught by Sajid Patel off Azharuddin Bandukiya for 18 (16 balls)(2x4), 253-5. Nathan Walmsley repalced Parker but soon became Ismail Patel's second wicket caught by Suhel Patel for 1 (2 balls), 260-6.

Kane Donaghy came to the wicket and Matt Halliday went on the attack and reached his century, Kane Donaghy was run out for 4 (5 balls), 290-7 off the fifth ball of the last over, Charlie Evans faced the last ball which was a dot ball and Penwortham closed on 290-7 in their 50 overs, Matt Halliday was 101no (77 balls)(13x4,3x6) and Charlie Evans 0no (1 ball).

The Preston bowling was Talha Patel took 2-71 from 15 overs, Ismail Patel 2-78 off 14, Azharuddin Bandjiya 2-82 from 10, Imran Mehmood 0-24 off 5 and Navazish Ali 0-32 from 6.

The visitors got off to a steady start but then Charlie Parker took two wickets in two balls, Navazish Ali was the first to go caught by Matt Halliday for 10 (13 balls)(2x4), 23-1, Number three was Imran Mehmood who was bowled first ball 0 (1 ball), 23-2.

Suhel Patel was in next but in Charlie Parker's next over was out lbw for 0 (1 ball), 32-3. Suhel Patel Jr joined Sajid Patel and they had doubled the score when Charlie Parker struck again Suhal Patel Jr caught by Charlie Evans for 11 (27 balls)(1x4), 71-4.

Faizan Patel was the new batsman but with only seven runs added he became Charlie Parker's fifth wicket caught by Nathan Elliott for 6 (4 balls)(1x6), 78-5. Sajid Nalbandh replaced Patel but was soon out caught by Kane Donaghy off Nathan Walmsley for 2 (5 balls), 87-6.

Irfan Dudhara was the new batsman and with Sajid Patel had a partnership of 28 broken when Irfan Dudhara was stumped by Robbie Sumner off Nathan Walmsley for 13 (21 balls)(1x4), 115-7 Talha Patel came to the wicket but disaster for the visiors Sajid Patel fell lbw to Nathan Elliott for 52 (94 balls)(8x4), 125-8.

Azharuddin Bandukiya was the next man in but quickly became wicket number two for Nathan Elliott caught by Connor Brown for 1 (5 balls), 129-9. Ismail Patel was in at eleven and with Talha Patel fought on until Talha Patel was caught by Jonathon Hothersall off Nathan Walmsley for 18 (24 balls)(2x4) as Preston were bowled out for 155 in 34.3 overs with Ismail Patel 8no (16 balls)(2x4).

The Penwortham bowling was Charlie Parker tool 5-58 from 13 overs, Nathan Wamsley 3-44 off 11.3, Nathan Elliott 2-14 from 4 and Isaac Roberts 0-32 odd 6.

Thornton Cleveleys v Euxton

Thornton Cleveleys won the toss at Illawalla and put the visitors into bat, they lost an early wicket Max Harper lbw to Anthony Ellison for 9 (11 balls)(1x4), 13-1. James Bone was the Euxton number three and with Josh Tolley moved the score along, Jonathan Bass was brought into the attack and in his first over trapped James Bone lbw for 31 (38 balls)(7x4), 79-2.

Ben Houghton joined Tolley and they continued with a good score rate, they had put on 108 runs when JoshTolley was caught by J Sackfield off Jonathan Bass for 73 (91 balls)(12x4), 187-3. Nishan Peiris was next in and contiued the score rate until he was caught by J Sackfield off Anthony Ellison for 13 (17 balls)(2x4), 225-4.

Jack Shovelton was the new batsman but was out in the next over caught by Jake Apperley off Joshua Rolinson for 0 (2 balls), 226-8. Ben Houghton's attacking innings came to an end caught behind by Sam Curwen off Anthony Ellison for 78 (85 balls)(13x4, 2x6), 237-6.

We now had two new batsmen Josh Boyden and Jack Morgan, Josh Boyden was leading the way until Anthony Ellison struck Josh Boyden caught by J Sackfield for 23 (18 balls)(2x4,1x6), 257-7. Michael Atkinson came to the wicket but soon lost Jack Morgan wicket number five for Anthony Ellison bowled for 6 (16 balls),264-8.

Joseph Barker was Michael Atkinson's new partner but was out in the next over bowled by Joshua Rokinson for 0 (1 ball), 269-9. Joseph Bowden was in at eleven and with Michael Atkinson saw Euxton close on 296-9 in their 50 overs with Michael Atkinson 18no (18 balls)(2x4) and Joseph Bowden 11no (8 balls)(1x4).

The Thornton Cleveeys bowling was Anthony Ellison took 5-68 from 13 overs, Jonathan Bass 2-39 off 4, Joshua Rolinson 2-92 from 14, Jake Apperley 0-36 off 7 and Joshau Sackfield 0-39 from 4.

Josh Borrell and Joshua Sackfield got the hosts off to a great start with an opening stand of 85 broken by Joseph Bowden, Joshua Sackfield bowled for 25 (45 balls)(4x4), 85-1. The host's number three was Sam Curwen and they had taken the score past the hundred when Joseph Bowden struck again Sam Curwen lbw for 11 (20 balls)(2x4), 101-2.

Richard Jenkinson was in next but Joseph Bowden struck with two wickets in three balls, Josh Borrell was caught by Josh Tolley for 66 (75 balls)(9x4,3x6), 110-3. two balls later incoming batsman Jacob Sackfield was out lbw for 0 (2 balls), 110-4.

Joshua Rolnson joined Richard Jenkinson and they took the score to 150, Joshua Rolinson was caught by Josh Tolley off Joseph Barker 20 (29 balls)(4x4),150-5. Daniel Howard was the new batsman and with Jenkinson lead the way taking the score past the two hundred only for Joseph Barker to strike again Daniel Howard caught by Josh Tolley for 35 (29 balls)(1x4,5x6), 206-6.

Jake Apperley replaced Howard but then diaster for the hosts Joseph Barker bowled Richard Jenkinson for 60 (56 balls)(11x4)(1x6), 229-7. Ethan Elphick came the the wicket and went on the attack but lost Jake Apperley bowled by Nishan Peiris for 9 (15 balls)(1x6), 244-8.

Anthony Ellison was the next man in and Ethan Elphick cut loose hitting ten off an over then 25 off the next as he saw Thornton Cleveleys to victory closing on 296-8 in 40.1 overs, Ethan Elphick 55no (22 balls)(6x4,4x6) and Anthony Ellison 9no (9 balls)(1x4).

The Euxton bowling was Joseph Bowden took 4-38 from 10 overs, Joseph Barker 3-70 off 9, Nishan Peiris 1-78 from 15, Michael Atkinson 0-23 off 4, James Bone 0-41 from 5 and Josh Boyden 0-45 off 6.1.


DIVISION TWO SCORES

Barrow v Morecambe

Morecambe 12 pts defeated Barrow 3 pts by 118 runs

Morecambe 229 (Siddarth Ahhuja 62, Andrew Creech 45, Declan Tyson 4-49), Barrow 111 (Drew Postlethwaite 44, Regan Jackson 6-23 (including hat-trick))

Fleetwood v Great Eccleston

Fleetwood 12 pts defeated Great Eccleston 2 pts by 85 runs

Fleetwood 267-7 (Declan Clerkin 84no, Jeremy Davies 43), Great Eccleston 182 (Matthew Siddall 5-27)

Fulwood & Broughton v Carnforth

Carnforth 12 pts defeated Fulwood & Broughton 5 pts by 19 runs

Carnforth 248-9 (Jaco Beneke 98, Simon Kerrigan 4-53), Fulwood & Broughton 229 (Lewis Wellings 58, Jon Fenton 47, Dylan Conroy 4-47, Jaco Beneke 4-50)

Lytham v Whalley

Whalley 12 pts defeated Lytham 2 pts by 65 runs

Whalley 178-7 (Levi Wolfenden 58, Hamish Mullavey-Clark 40), Lytham 113 (Monty Cort 7-27)

Penwortham v Preston

Penwortham 12 pts defeated Preston 2 pts by 135 runs

Penwortham 290-7 (Matt Halliday 101no, Robbie Sumner 86), Preston 155 (Sajid Patel 52, Charlie Parker 5-58)

Thornton Cleveleys v Euxton

Thornton Cleveleys 11 Pts defeated Euxton 5 pts by 2 wickets

Euxton 296-9 (Ben Houghton 78, Josh Tolley 73, Anthony Ellison 5-68), Thornton Cleveleys 297-8 (Josh Borrell 66, Richard Jenkinson 60, Ethan Elphick 55no, Joseph Bowden 4-38)


Division Two Table

Club P W L T NR Bat BowlP Pen NNR Pts
Fleetwood 16 15 0 0 1 0 43 0 1.3 181
Fulwood & Broughton 16 11 4 0 1 12 37 0 1.97 151
Euxton 16 11 4 0 1 6 39 0 0.9 147
Morecambe 16 9 6 0 1 6 34 0 0.68 123
Barrow 16 8 7 0 1 6 34 0 -0.46 114
Whalley 16 7 7 0 2 11 30 0 -0.53 108
Penwortham 16 6 9 0 1 11 33 0 -0.16 100
Preston 16 6 9 0 1 12 34 5 -0.02 98
Lytham 16 4 11 0 1 16 33 0 -0.48 87
Thornton Cleveleys 16 5 9 0 2 11 26 0 -0.74 86
Carnforth 16 4 11 0 1 12 30 0 -1.18 80
Great Eccleston 16 3 12 0 1 16 23 0 -1.2 68


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