Match Day 29th August 2026 The Northern Cricket League Review Division 1 Round 16 saw leaders Netherfield take one step closer to the title beating rivals Leyland, Blackpool won at Kendal to go second and Leyland drop to third. The Garstang v Carlisle match was abandoned so Garstang are fourth and Carlisle fifth. Longridge beat Settle who are now relegated. The relegation battle between St Annes and Chorley saw Chorley win and St Annes are relegated. Division 2 Round 19 Fleetwood's home win against Whalley means they are promoted, Euxton beat Barrow and are narrowly ahead of third placed Fulwood & Broughton their match against Great Eccleston was abandoned Morecambe's match against Lytham was also abandoned but they are fourth. Penwortham beat Carnforth and Preston won at home against Thornton Cleveleys. DIVISION ONE LEAGUE MATCHES: ROUND Garstang v Carlisle Garstang won the toss at the Riverside Sports ground in a match reduced to sixty overs and invited the visitors to bat first, Zephania Arinaitwe and Ben Davidson took the score to 37 then both were out, Zephania Arinaitwe was the first out caught by Ian Walling off Lahiru Madushanka for 31 (22 ballsB94x4e, 37-1. Oliver Spedding came in at three but lost Ben Davidson caught behind by Matthew Crowther off Ian Walling for 4 (27 balls), 37-2. Calum Rowe was the next in and with Oliver Spedding kept the score moving along, Lahiru Madushanka broke the partnership Oliver Spedding caught behind by Matthew Crowther for 16 (28 balls)(2x4), 83-3. Michael Slack was the new batsman and was going well until he was caught by Edward Pearson off Cory Cater for 22 (27 balls)(2x4,1x6), 116-4. Matthew Brown replaced Slack but fell in Cory Cater's next over bowled for 2 (5 balls), 130-5. Alex Raybould came to the wicket and was out off the last ball of the 30th over caught by Nisanth Nithian off Danny Gilbert for 7 (5 balls)(1x4) as Carlisle closed on 141-6 in their 30 overs with Calum Rowe 52no (68 balls)(6x4). All the Garstang bowlers took a wicket, Lahiru Madushanka took 2-28 from 11 overs, Cory Cater 2-46 off 6, Danny Gilbert 1-26 from 3 and Ian Walling 1-37 off 10. Due to the rain Garstang were set 154 from 30 overs. They got off to a bad start losing both openers cheaply, Michael Walling was caught by Nico Watt off Michael Slack for 8 (12 balls)(1x4), 9-1, Nishan Nithian came in at three but one run later Joseph Pearson was caught by Oliver Spedding for 0 (10balls), 10-2. Lahiru Madushanka joined Nithian and with Nithian leading were making good progress, Nico Watt made the breakthrough Nishan Nithian lbw for 23 (19 balls)(4x4), 42-3, Ian Walling was next in and went on the attack but in Nico Watt's next over he took two wickets in two balls , Ian Walling was bowled for 12 (6 balls)(3x4), 56-4. Matthew Crowther was the incoming batsman and fell first ball lbw for 0 (1 ball), 56-5. The rains came and the match was abandoned. Both Carlisle bowlers took wickets, Nico Watt took 3-13 from 5.3 overs and Michael Slack 2-40 off 5. Kendal v Blackpool Blackpool won the toss at Shap Road and asked the hosts to bat first, The opening stand was 22 when Darren Nightingale was bowled by Alex Ryder for 12 (20 balls)(3x4), 22-1. Finlay Richardson was number three but in Alex Ryder's next over fell lbw for 0 (3 balls), 22-2. The next man in was Ashwin Hebbar and with Maximus Winskill were slowly moving the score along, Steven Mercer broke the partnership Ashwin Hebbar caught by Joshua Boyne for 10 (20 balls), 55-3. James Bowman replaced Hebbar but with only three runs added lost Maximus Winskill bowled by Steven Mercer for 32 (75 balls)(3x4), 58-4. Bradley Earl joined Bowman and they were approaching the hundred when Khalil Patel bowled Bradley Earl for 26 (25 balls), 93-5. Freddie Fallows was the new batsman but quickly lost James Bowman caught behind by Ben Howarth off Stevan Mercer for 10 (30 balls)(1x4), 95-6. Ikram Ullah came to the wicket and with Freddie Fallows began to move the score along, Steven Mercer struck again Freddie Fallows caught by Andrew Needham for 24 (19 balls)(1x4,2x6), 122-7. Lewis Richardson was Ullah's new partner and with Ullah leading the way upped the run rate, Joshua Boyne made the breakthrough Lewis Richardson caught by Steven Mercer for 6 (24 balls), 161-8. Christopher Miller was the next batsman in, Ikram Ullah was the next man out bowled by Ockert Erasmus for 43 (56 balls)(6x4), 179-9. The hosts number eleven was Matt Jackson but four runs later he was caught by Andrew Needham off Ockert Erasmus for 1 (5 balls) as Kendal were bowled out for 184 in 48.3 overs, Christopher Miller was 6no (14 balls). All the Blackpool bowlers took a wicket, Steven Mercer took 4-49 from 12 overs, Ockert Erasmus 2-27 off 9.3, Alex Ryder 2-30 from 8, Joshua Boyne 1-17 off 4 and Khalil Patel 1-51 from 15. There was an weather interruption and Blackpool were set a new target of 112 form 22 overs, Joshua Boyne and Omar Tauqir opened and Boyne was scoring over a run a ball, he fell caught by James Bowman off Christopher Miller for 16 (12 balls)(3x4), 25-1. Andrew Needham was the visitors number three but disaster struck as Omar Tauqir was run out by James Bowman for 12 (26 balls)(1x4), 38-2. Dylan Henshall joined Needham and they continued the chase, Christopher Miller struck again Dylan Henshall stumped by Finlay Richardson for 15 (16 balls)(2x4), 67-3. Ockert Erasmus was the new batsman and with Needham was scoring at a run a ball and saw Blackpool to victory closing on 112-3 in 20.1 overs, Andrew Needham was 54no (52 balls)(6x4) and Ockert Erasmus 12no (14 balls). The Kendal bowling was Christopher Miller took 2-26 from 7 overs, Matt Jackson 0-16 off 2, Ashwin Hebbar 0-17 from 3, Lewis Richardson 0-25 off 3.1 and Freddie Fallows 0-27 from 5. Leyland v Netherfield Netherfield won the toss at the Stanning Memorial ground in a 72 over game and put the hosts into bat, They lost an early wicket Reiss Carrington caught behind by Richard Everett off Josh Wills for 10 (7 balls)(2x4), 13-1. Lloyd Tennant was next in and with Xander Eyre were keeping the scoreboard ticking over, Dushan Vimukthi made the breakthrough Lloyd Tennant caught by Ben Barrow for 31 (31 balls)(6x4), 72-2. Sam Oldham was the new batsman but one run later was caught behind by Richard Everett for 0 (7 balls), 73-3. Jacob Wright joined Xander Eyre and they were approaching the hundred when Jacob Wright was stumped by Richard Everett off Dushan Vimukthi for 9 (20 balls), 96-4. Andrew Makinson replaced Wright but soon became wicket number three for Dushan Vimukthi bowled for 3 (19 balls), 112-5, Karl Cross came to the wicket but lost his partner Xander Eyre caught behind by Richard Everett off Oil Wileman for 65 (91 balls)(7x4,1x6), 133-6. Liam Hunt was the next batsman in but in Oli Wileman's next over Karl Cross was caught by Josh Wills for 11 (19 balls), 144-7. Will Smith was Liam Hurt's new partner. In the 36th over Oli Wileman took two wickets in four balls, Liam Hurt was bowled for 16 (14 balls)(1x4,1x6), 158-8, Andrew Jacques was the incoming batsman and fell three balls later caught and bowled for 1 (2 balls) as Leyland closed on 160-9 in their 36 overs with Jon Mikel Graham Perez 0no (1 ball). The Netherfield bowling was Oli Wileman took 4-25 from 9 overs, Dushan Vimukthi 3-34 off 11, Josh Wills 2-46 from 9 and Charlie Parkinson 0-52 off 7. Due to the weather the visitors were set 160 in 36 overs, Reece Irving and Richard Everett got them off to a great start with an opening stand of 92, Richard Everett was the first out bowled by Andrew Jacques for 29 (63 balls)(4x4), 92-1. Number three was Ben Barrow who took up the chase, Disaster struck with Reece Irving run out by Xander Eyre for 64 (80 balls)(3x4,1x6), 128-2. John Huck was the next man in but four runs later lost Ben Barrow caught by Liam Hurt off Andrew Jacques for 20 (33 balls)(1x4), 132-3. Dushan Vimukthi replaced Barrow but in the chase lost John Huck bowled by Liam Hurt for 9 (9 balls)(1x4), 140-4. Bert Medhurst was the new batsman but with only two runs added Dushan Vimukthi was caught by Karl Cross off Andrew Jacques for 1 (3 balls), 142-5. Will Beeden was the incoming batsman but in the next over Liam Hurt took two wickets in three balls, Will Beeden was bowled for 10 (6 balls)(2x4), 153-6, Oliver Sanday came to the wicket and was bowled for 0 (2 balls), 153-7. Bert Medhurst had a new partner in Charlie Parkinson who saw the visitors to victory scoring 6 runs off his first two balls as Netherfield closed on 160-7 in 33.4 overs with Bert Medhurst 3no (6 balls) and Charlie Parkinson 6no (1x4). The Leyland bowling wasAndrew Jacques took 3-30 from 7.4 overs, Liam Hurt 3-42 off 8, Jon Mikel Graham Perez 0-11 from 3, Sam Oldham 0-29 off 6 and Will Smith 0-43 from 9. Settle v Longridge Longridge won the toss at the Marshfield ground and and invited the hosts to bat first, they got off to a good start, Will Davidson was the first man out caught by Rhys Morgan off Jonathan Millward for 17 (11 balls)(2x4,1x6), 27-1. number three was Robbie Davidson and with John Davidson carefully moved the score along, Jake Durnell broke the partnership John Davidson was caught by Luke Platt for 12 (42 balls)(1x4), 75-2. Gautam Waghela was the next batsman but fell in the next over caught by Luke Platt off Joe Lyth for 1 (6 balls), 77-3. James Snowden was the new batsman but without any addition Robbie Davidson was caught by Jonathan Millward off Jake Durnell for 25 (63 balls)(2x4), 77-4. Sunny Singh replaced Davidson but disaster for the hosts as Joe Lyth took two wickets in three balls, James Snowden was lbw for 0 (8 balls), 82-5, incoming batsman Harvey Green was bowled two balls later for 0 (2 balls), 82-6. Benjamin Hulse came to the wicket but three runs later Joe Lyth claimed his fifth wicket bowling Sunny Singh for 2 (17 balls), 88-8. Simon Tarbox joined Benjamin Hulse but in Joe Lyth's next over Benjamin Hulse was bowled for 3 (8 balls), 89-9. James Galley came in at eleven, Jake Durnell brought the Settle innings to an end bowling Simon Tarbox for 1 (17 balls) as Settle were bowled out for 93 in 32.3 overs with James Galley 1no (11 balls). The Longridge bowling was Joe Lyth took 6-17 from 9 overs, Jake Durnell 3-20 off 12.3, Jonathan Millward 1-16 from 4, Kieran McClintock 0-12 off 6 and Danny Wilkinson Jnr 0-15 from 1. In reply Rhys Morgan was scoring quickly but fell bowled by Harry Snowden 15 ( 20 balls)(3x4), 27-1. James Whitehead was the Lonridge number three, Harry Snowden struck again bowling James Whitehead for 7 (21 balls)(1x6), 37-2. Kieran McClintock was next in but disaster was run out by Will Davidson for 2 (8 balls), 50-3. Alex Mason was the new batsman but lost Luke Platt who had held one end caught and bowled by Sunny Singh for 19 (57 balls)(1x4), 65-4. Danny Wilkiinson joined Mason but was soon out bowled by Sunny Singh for 2 (3 balls), 72-5. Louie Trayers replaced Wilkinson but with only three runs added fell lbw to Gautam Waghela for 0 (6 balls), 75-6. Tom Howarth was the new man but became wicket number three for Sunny Singh lbw for 2 (17 balls), 82-7. Jake Durnell came to the wicket with twelve runs required and saw Alex Mason hit a six to give victory to Longridge closing on 99-7 in 31.1 overs with Alex Mason 37no (41 balls)(5x4,1x6) and Jake Durnell 1no (15 balls). The Settle bowling was Sunny Singh took 3-18 from 14 overs, Harry Snowden 2-36 off 8, Gautam Waghela 1-31 from 7.1 and Will Davidson 0-12 off 2. St Annes v Chorley Chorley won the toss and put the hosts into bat, Zain Abbas and Ashton Charles gave them a steady start, Miller Childs took the first wicket Zain Abbas caught behind by Harry Barclay for 13 (14 balls)(3x4), 26-1. number three was Evan Dobson but in Miller Childs next over Ashton Charles was bowled for 7 (13 balls)(1x4), 31-2. Jack Trohear was the new batsman but was quickly out caught by Kieran Yould off Miller Childs for 0 (9 balls), 41-3. Harry Birkman replaced Trohear but he too did not last long bowled by Miller Childs for 1 (5 balls), 50-4. Luke Jardine was next in but fell in Miller Childs next over wicket number five caught by Ruhan Pretorius for 0 (3 balls), 54-5. Rory Urquhart came in next and six runs later was caught by Alexander Howarth for 3 (10 balls), 60-6, Ryan Birkman was the new batsman, Toby Johnston was brought on to bowl and in his first over had Evan Dobson caught behind by Harry Barclay 21 (35 balls)(4x4), 62-7. Alex Urquhart was the incoming batsman but was out in the next over caught by Alexander Howarth off Sam Steeple for 0 (11 balls), 69-8. James Bradley came to the wicket but off the first ball of the next over Ryan Birkman was caught by Miller Childs off Toby Johnston for 6 (4 balls)(1x4), 69-9. Callum Birkman was the last batsman but fell bowled by Sam Steeple for 10 (6 balls)(2x4) as St Annes were bowled out for 80 in 18.4 overs with James Bradley 1no (3 balls). The Chorley bowling was Miller Childs took 5-28 from 7 overs, Sam Steeple 3-5 off 4.4, Toby Johnston 2-19 from 2 and Edwin Moulton 0-28 off 5. Ruhan Pretorius and Miller Childs were quick out of the blocks with Pretorius leading the way, they were two runs short of victory when Ruhan Pretorius was bowled by Harry Birkman for 62 (29 balls)(94,3x6), 79-1. Harry Barclay came to the wicket and saw Miller Childs hitting the winning runs as Chorley closed on 81-1 in 8.1 overs with Miller Childs 15no (20 balls)(2x4) and Harry Barclay 0no (did not face a ball) The St annes bowling was Harry Birkman took 1-43 from 4 overs, Rory Urquhart 0-37 off 4.1 DIVISION ONE SCORES Garstang v Carlisle Match Abandoned Carlisle 8 pts Garstang 6 pts Carlisle 141-6 (Calum Rowe 52no), Garstang 56-5 Kendal v Blackpool Blackpool 12 pts defeated Kendal 2 pts by 7 wickets on a revised total Kendal 183 (Ikram Ullah 43, Steven Mercer 4-49), Blackpool 112-3 (Andrew Needham 54no) Leyland v Netherfield Netherfield 12 pts defeated Leyland 5 pts by 3 wickets Leyland 160-9 (Xander Eyre 65, Oli Wileman 4-25), Netherfield 160-7 (Reece Irving 64) Settle v Longridge Longridhe 12 pts defeated Settle 5 pts by 3 wickets Settle 93 (Joe Lyth 6-17), Longridge 99-7 St Annes v Chorley Chorley 12 pts defeated St Annes 0 pts by 9 wickets St Annes 80 (Miller Childs 5-28), Chorley 81-1 (Ruhan Pretorius 62) Division One Table Club P W L T NR Bat BowlP Pen NNR Pts Netherfield 16 11 4 0 1 7 43 0 0.89 151 Blackpool 16 10 3 0 3 3 36 0 0.99 137 Leyland 16 9 7 0 0 13 38 0 0.04 132 Garstang 16 8 6 0 2 11 37 0 0.77 126 Carlisle 16 8 7 0 1 13 33 0 0.27 121 Longridge 16 7 6 0 3 10 26 0 -0.1 107 Chorley 16 7 8 0 1 4 29 0 -0.49 99 Kendal 16 6 9 0 1 14 27 0 -0.09 98 St Annes 16 4 11 0 1 11 23 0 -1.04 73 Settle 16 3 12 0 1 11 22 0 -1.14 62 DIVISION TWO LEAGUE MATCHES: ROUND 19 Barrow v Euxton Barrow won the toss at the Ernest Pass Memorial ground and invited the visitors to bat first, Josh Tolley and Jack Shovelton got them off to a brilliant start, Jack Shovelton reached his century, their stand was 173 when Jack Shovelton was caught by Jamie O'Hare off Ben Carr for 122 (70 balls)(13x4,8x6), 173-1. Number three was Nishan Peiris who continued to support Josh Tolley, 40 runs had been added when he was out bowled by Ben Carr for 23 (16 balls)(1x4,2x6), 213-2. Ben Houghton was the new batsman but soon became Ben Carr's next victim caught by Simon Chadd for 17 (14 balls)(1x4,1x6), 239-3. Josh Boyden replaced Ben Houghton and went on the attack, Euxton declared their innings on 291-3 in 38 overs with Josh Tolley 77no (117 balls)(5x4,1x6) and Josh Boyden 41no (15 balls)(3x4,4x6). The Barrow bowling was Ben Carr took 3-60 from 7 overs, Jamie O'Hare 0-11 off 1, Dan Adams 0-34 from 3, Simon Chadd 0-36 off 5, Nimesha Gunasinghe 0-65 from 10 and Declan Tyson 0-81 off 12. In reply the hosts due to the weather were set the target of 200 in 29 overs, they lost an early wicket Drew Postlethwaite lbw to Joseph Bowden for 15 (21 balls)(3x4), 17-1. Nimesha Gunasinghe was the man in at three and with Declan Tyson taking the lead were going along nicely until Nishan Peiris took two wickets in three balls, Nimesha Gunasinghe was out lbw for 11 (15 balls)(1x6), 54-2, incoming batsman Matt Spencer was out two balls later lbw for 0 (2 balls), 54-3. Jack Singleton joined Tyson but he was soon out bowled by James Bone for 2 (17 balls), 71-4. Oliver Whalley replaced Singleton and he too became a James Bone victim bowled for 4 (13 balls), 89-5. Simon Chadd was the new batsman and with Tyson took the score past the hundred only for Declan Tyson to fall lbw to James Bone for 45 (63 balls)(6x4,1x6), 102-6. Matthew Adams was next in but the rains came and Barrow closed on 121-6 in 28.1 overs with Simon Chadd 15no (24 balls)(1x4) and Matthew Adams 1no (15 balls). The Euxton bowling was James Bone took 3-47 from 9.1 overs, Nishan Peiris 2-43 off 14, Joseph Bowden 1-15 from 3 and Josh Boyden 0-2 off 2. Fleetwood v Whalley Fleetwood won the toss at Broadwater and put the visitors into bat, they got off to a bad start losing both openers for 1 run, Monty Cort was caught by Charlie Clark off Declan Clerkin for 1 (6 balls), 1-1. Frankie Jackson was the number three but in the next over lost Aman Singh caught by Tomas King off Nathan Bend for 0 (3 balls), 1-2. Levi Wolfenden joined Jackson and they started the rebuild, Declan Clerkin struck again Frankie Jackson caught by Sherzai Wali for 16 (21 balls)(3x4), 27-3, Hamish Mullavey-Clark was next in but with the score approaching the fify Levi Wolfenden was caught behind by Harry McAleer off Nathan Bend for 11 (28 balls)(1x4), 47-4. Sam Jackson was the new batsman but the introduction of Daniel Salpietro and Matthew Siddall resulted in the collapse of the Whalley innings, Sam Jackson was the first to go caught by Matt Clark off Daniel Salpietro for 10 (24 balls)(2x4), 71-5. Thomas Cameron replaced Jackson but two runs later was bowled by Matthew Siddall for 0 (8 balls), 73-6. Joshua Dentith came to the wicket but was out in the next over bowled by Daniel Salpietro for 1 (4 balls), 74-7. Chris Cameron was the next man in, four runs later Matthew Siddall took two wickets in five balls, Hamish Mullavey-Clark's fighting innings came to an end bowled for 31 (54 balls)(3x4), 78-8. William Davies was the incoming batsman and was bowled four balls later for 0 (4 balls), 78-9. Number eleven was Patrick Brown, Daniel Salpietro brought the Whalley innings to a close on 82 all out in 29.3 overs trapping Chris Cameron lbw for 4 (18 balls)(1x4) with Patrick Brown 0no (7 balls). All the Fleetwood bowlers took a wicket, Matthew Siddall took 3-5 from 7 overs, Daniel Salpietro 3-23 off 6.3, Declan Clerkin 2-24 from 8 and Nathan Bend 2-26 off 8. There was a delay which meant the hosts were set a target of 50 in 20 overs, Tomas King fell in the second over caught by Hamish Mullavey-Clark off Joshua Dentith for 1 (6 balls), 4-1. The man in at three was Daniel Salpietro but he was soon out stumped by Thomas Cameron off Joshua Denith for 9 (16 balls)(1x4), 36-2. Andy Drake was next in but fell in the next over caught behind by Thomas Cameron off Levi Wolfenden for 0 (4 balls), 37-3. Harry McAleer was the new batsman and with Jeremy Davies leading the charge saw the hosts home closing on 51 -3 in 10 overs with Jeremy Davies 32no (31 balls)(3x4,2x6) and Harry McAleer 5no (4 balls). The Whalley bowling was Joshua Dentith 2-33 form 5 overs and Levi Wolfenden 1-15 off 5. Great Eccleston v Fulwood & Broughton Great Eccleston won the toss at Hall Lane and asked the visitors to bat first, Ewen Mansford and Clayton Stone opened with Clayton Stone the first to go caught by Phil Booth off Alexander Rhodes for 9 (17 balls)(1x6), 20-1, Coming in at number three was Ben Rosbottom but he soon lost Ewen Mansford bowled by Alexander Rhodes for 13 (18 balls)(3x4), 26-2. Simon Kerrigan was the new batsman but was soon out caught by Richard Booth off Phil Booth for 8 (18 balls), 42-3. James McWilliam was next in but he quickly became wicket number two for Phil Booth caught by Mohamed Nadeem for 5 (7 balls), 52-4. Ben Parkinson joined Ben Rosbottom and they began to make good progress, Phil Booth broke the partnership Ben Parkinson caught by Alexander Rhodes for 21 (31 balls)(3x4), 117-5, Jon Fenton replaced Parkinson, Phil Booth struck again taking two wickets in two balls, Ben Rosbottom was caught behind by Chris Saunders for 58 (72 balls)(8x4,1x6), 137-6. The incoming batsman Usama Abrar became his fifth wicket caught by Joe McMillan off the first ball for 0, 137-7. Lewis Wellings came to the wicket but shortly afterwards the rains came and their was no further play as Fulwood & Broughton were 153-7 in 33.4 overs with Jon Fenton 17no (27 balls)(1x4) and Lewis Wellings 8no (11 balls). The Great Eccleston bowling was Phil Booth took 5-56 from 15 overs, Alexander Rhodes 2-46 off 10, Mohamed Nadeem 0-5 from 1.4, Matt Moat 0-11 off 2 and Jon Jefferies 0-30 from 5. Morecambe v Lytham Lytham won the toss at Woodhill Lane and invited the hosts to bat first, The got off to a bad start , Lewis Smith was bowled by James Livesey in the first over for 0 (2 balls), 0-1, Joseph Bradshaw was number three but in James Livesey's next over was caught by Archie Banks-Smith for 0 (9 balls), 4-2. Alex Briggs was next in and with Andrew Creech took the score rate to over 5 an over, Sahaan Sahaan was brought on to bowl and in his first over Alex Briggs was caught by Archie Banks-Smith for 64 (52 balls)(11x4,2x6), 106-3, Luke Pearson was the new batsman, Sahaan Sahaan struck again taking two wickets in an over, Andrew Creech was caught behind by Stewart Davison for 35 (51 balls)(6x4), 116-4. the incoming batsman Benjy Orr fell four balls later lbw for 0 (4 balls), 118-5. Jamie Holmes replaced Orr and with Luke Pearson were making steady progress, Guy Roberts made the breakthrough Luke Pearson caught by Archie Banks-Smith for 15 (39 balls)(1x4), 144-6. Michael Bland came to the wicket but fell lbw to Sahaan Sahaan for 8 (11 balls), 162-7. Lloyd (Adam) Smith was the next man in, Sahaan Sahaan claimed his fifyth wicket Jamie Holmes stumped by Stewart Davison for 26 (52 balls), 176-8. Lloyd (Adam) Smith had a new partner Regan Jackson but in the next over Lloyd (Adam) Smith was caught by Edward Fiddler off Tom Hessey for 5 (8 balls)(1x4), 180-9. Usman Haider came in at eleven but four runs later he was out caught by Myles Child off Tom Hessey for 4 (6 balls)(1x4) as Morecambe were bowled out for 184 in 40.2 overs with Regan Jackson 4 (6 balls)(1x4). The Lytham bowling was Sahaan Sahaan took 5-33 form 12 overs, Tom Hessey 2-17 off 3.2, James Livesey 2-26 from 5, Guy Roberts 1-54 off 12, Archie Banks-Smith 0-19 from 1 and Edward Fiddler 0-31 off 7. The Lytham reply mirrored that of the hosts, Lloyd (Adam) Smith bowled Henry Robert for 1 (4 balls), 2-1, Sahaan Sahaan came in at three but in the next over Myles Child was out lbw to Michael Bland for 0 (11 balls), 6-2. Guy Roberts was next in but Lloyd (Adam) Smith struck again Sahaan Sahaan caught by Regan Jackson for 9 (10 balls)(2x4), 16-3. Archie Banks-Smith was the new batsman but fell in Lloyd (Adam) Smith's next over bowled for 1 (9 balls), 20-4. Stewart Davison joined Guy Roberts but the rains came and the match was abandoned with Lytham on 36-4 in 11 overs with Guy Roberts 5no (24 balls) and Stewart Davison 14no (8 balls)(2x4). The Morecambe bowling was Lloyd (Adam) Smith took 3-23 from 6 over and Michael Bland 1-12 off 5. Penwortham v Carnforth Penwortham won the toss at Middleforth Green and asked the visitors to bat first, Tom Fursland and James Parkinson gave them a good start, Isaac Roberts made the breakthrough Tom Fursland caught by Kieren Grimshaw for 18 (24 balls)(1x4,1x6), 44-1. Jaco Beneke was number three but was quickly out lbw to Kieren Grimshaw for 7 (5 balls)(1x4), 51-2. James Park Johnson was the new batsman but with only six runs added he was bowled by Kieren Grimshaw for 5 (8 balls)(1x4), 57-3. Tom Parkinson was next in and with James Parkinson took the score past the hundred, Charlie Parker was introduced into the attack and in his second over trapped Tom Parkinson lbw for 32 (34 balls)(3x4,2x6), 102-4. Ryan Nelson replaced Tom Parkinson. Charlie Parker struck again James Parkinson caught behind by Robbie Sumner for 22 (58 balls)(1x4), 119-5, Freddie Whatmuff joined Ryan Nelson and they began to steadily build the score, Charlie Parker struck again taking two wickets in two balls, Freddie Whatmuff was bowled for 16 (25 balls)(1x4,1x6), 154-6, incoming batsman Dylan Conroy fell first ball lbw for 0, 154-7. Jack Huntington came to the wicket but did not last long bowled by Nathan Walmsley for 6 (9 balls), 163-8, The next batsman in was Sam Woodburn but in the next over Charlie Parker claimed his fifth wicket Ryan Nelson caught by Isaac Roberts for 37 (52 balls)(5x4), 163-9. Lewis Spurr was the last man in and fell bowled by Nathan Walmsley for 1 (3 balls) as Carnforth were bowled out for 173 in 37.4 overs with Sam Woodburn 8no (8 balls)(1x6). All the Penwortham bowlers took a wicket, Charlie Parker took 5-40 from 10 overs, Kieren Grimshaw 2-32 off 9, Nathan Walmsley 2-54 from 11.4 and Isaac Roberts 1-36 off 7. Due to the weather Penwortham were set a new target of 99 in 24 overs, They got off to a good start a stand of 57 from Robbie Sumner and Nathan Walmsley, Jaco Beneke made the breakthrough Nathan Walmsley caught by Dylan Conroy for 29 (46 balls)(4x4,1x6), 57-1, Jonathon Hothersall came in at three but quickly became Beneke's next victim bowled for 0 (11 balls), 57-2. Kieren Grimshaw was the new batsman but in Jaco Beneke's next over Robbie Sumner was bowled for 24 (59 balls)(2x4), 60-3. Matt Halliday replaced Sumner and with Grimshaw saw the hosts to victory as Kieren Grimshaw hit a six off the last ball as Penwortham closed on 103-3 in their 24 overs, Kieren Grimshaw was 31no (20 balls)(3x4,2x6) and Matt Halliday 9no (8 balls). The Carnforth bowling was JackBeneke took 3-30 from 5 overs, Dylan Conroy 0-20 off 7, Tom Parkinson 0-29 from 7 and James Park Johnson 0-33 off 5. Preston v Thornton Cleveleys Preston won the toss at West Cliff and put the visitors into bat, they lost Josh Borrell lbw to Navazish Ali for 0 (7 balls), 6-1. Number three was Sam Curwen and with Joshua Sackfield got the innings back on track, Ismail Patel was brought on to bowl and with his second ball bowled Joshua Sackfield for 29 (47 balls)(3x4,1x6), 44-2. Richard Jenkinson was next in but became Navazish Ali's second wicket bowled for 3 (27 balls), 49-3. Jacob Sackfield was the new batsman but four runs later was bowled by Ismail Patel for 2 (14 balls), 53-4. Joshua Rolinson replaced Sackfield but was quickly out lbw to Isamil Patel for 2 (7 balls), 60-5. Daniel Howard came to the wicket and with Sam Curwen were approaching the hundred when Sam Curwen was stumped by Rizwan Banglawala off Ismail Patel for 33 (93 balls)(6x4), 90-6. Christopher Hedges was the next batsman in and with Howard put on fifty runs, Christopher Hedges was bowled by Azaruddin Bandukiya for 14 (36 balls), 140-7. Ethan Elphick was Daniel Howard's new partner but in the next over Talha Patel took two wickets in two balls, Etehan Elphick was caught by Suhel Patel for 1 (4 balls), 142-8, incoming batsman Evan Chandler was bowled first ball for 0, 142-9. Anthony Ellison was number eleven and in the next over Daniel Howard was caught by Navazish Alii off Azharuddin Bandukiya for 41 (50 balls)(14,4x6) as Thornton Cleveleys were bowled out for 142 in 48.2 overs with Anthony Ellison 0no (4 balls). There was a weather delay so Preston had a new target of 138 in 38 overs, they got off to a steady start Imran Mehmood was the first out stumped by Sam Curwen off Anthony Ellison for 20 (26 balls)(4x4), 26-1. Coming in at three Suhel Patel but he did not last very long caught by Josh Borrell off Joshua Rolinson for 5 (16 balls), 38-2. Ismail Patel was next in and shorty afterwards Ahmed Saeed Bariwala was bowled by Joshua Sackfield for 18 (60 balls)(1x4) 52-3. Hussain Haji was the new batsman but in Joshua Sackfield's next over was caught by Ethan Elphick for 1 (6 balls), 54-4, Navazish Ali replaced Haji but with only five runs added two wickets fell on the same score, Navazish Ali was caught by Daniel Howard off Joshua Sackfield for 4 (10 balls)(1x4), 59-5, Sajid Patel came to the wicket but in the next over Ismail Patel was bowled by Joshua Rolinson for 0 (19 balls), 59-6. Sajid Nalbandh joined Sajid Patel, Joshua Rolinson struck again Sajid Nalbandh out lbw for 0 (5 balls), 64-7. Rizwan Banglawala was Sajid Patel's new partner and they saw Preston home closing on 138-7 in 35.3 overs, Sajid Patel was 19no (33 balls) and Rizwan Banglawala 54no (40 balls) (9x4). The Thornton Cleveleys bowling was Joshua Rolinson took 3-36 from 15 overs, Joshua Sackfield 3-44 off 12, Anthony Ellsion 1-33 from 5.3 and Daniel Howard 0-20 off 3. DIVISION TWO SCORES Barrow v Euxton Euxton 12 pts defeated Barrow 0 pts by 78 runs on a revised total Euxton 291-3 dec (Jack Shovelton 122, Josh Tolley 77no, Josh Boyden 41no), Barrow 121-6 (Declan Tyson 45) Fleetwood v Whalley Fleetwood 12 pts defeated Whalley 2 pts by 7 wickets on a revised total Whalley 82, Fleetwood 51-3 Great Eccleston v Fulwood & Broughton Match Abandoned, Great Eccleston 5 pts Fulwood & Broughton 5 pts Fulwood & Broughton 153-7 (Ben Rosbottom 58, Phil Booth 5-56) Morecambe v Lytham Match Abandoned Morecame 4 pts Lytham 5 pts Morecambe 184 (Alex Briggs 64, Sahaan Sahaan 5-33), Lytham 36-4 Penwortham v Carnforth Penwortham 12 pts defeated Carnforth 2 pts by 7 wickets on a revised total Carnforth 173 (Charlie Parker 5-40), Penwortham 103-3 Preston v Thornton Cleveleys Preston 12 pts defeated Thornton Cleveleys 2 pts by 3 wickets on a revised total Thornton Cleveleys 142 (Daniel Howard 41, Ismail Patel 4-50), Preston 138-7 (Rizwan Banglawala 54no) Division Two Table Club P W L T NR Bat BowlP Pen NNR Pts Fleetwood 19 18 0 0 1 0 52 0 1.29 217 Euxton 19 14 4 0 1 6 48 0 0.91 183 Fulwood & Broughton 19 13 4 0 2 15 43 0 1.94 180 Morecambe 19 9 8 0 2 10 39 0 0.45 134 Barrow 19 9 9 0 1 9 39 0 -0.4 131 Penwortham 19 8 10 0 1 11 41 0 -0.28 126 Whalley 19 8 9 0 2 11 37 0 -0.44 124 Preston 19 7 11 0 1 15 39 5 -0.27 115 Thornton Cleveleys 19 7 10 0 2 11 33 0 -0.53 111 Lytham 19 4 13 0 2 21 40 0 -0.49 101 Carnforth 19 5 13 0 1 16 34 0 -1.07 97 Great Eccleston 19 3 14 0 2 19 27 0 -1.21 77    Click Here to send your comments.