TEAM NEWS WEEKEND 12/13 JULY Bailey v de Wet clash at Carnforth Leyland pro Ameer Khan is in fine all round form Leyland will be without captain Dave Makinson when they entertain Blackpool in a clash between the top two in the 3D Sports Northern Premier Cricket League at Fox Lane on Saturday. Makinson is involved in taking a school trip to Malta so Peter Cummings steps up to captain and Stephen Pallett returns from holiday. After a week off Kendal will be aiming to make up ground when they entertain Fleetwood. Reigning champions St Annes are at home to Lancaster. Darwen stalwart Gareth Cordingley needs another 31 runs to reach the join the illustrious group of batsmen to score 10,000 Northern League runs. Darwen are at Netherfield. There's an intriguing clash between South African professionals Ryan Bailey and Friedel de Wet at Carnforth. Bailey has scored 808 runs while de Wet has taken 38 wickets. But Chorley have had 2 points deducted for the second time this season, subject to appeal, for a slow over rate in their game with Leyland. The T20 competition continues and Chorley can book their place on finals day if they beat Darwen at Windsor Park on Friday. On Sunday three ties in the quarter-finals of the League Cup take place while Fleetwood entertain Kendal in the Cockspur Cup. STATISTICS (LEAGUE GAMES ONLY): Batting Name Club Runs Ryan Bailey Carnforth 808 Atiq Uz-Zaman St Annes 610 Callum Ferguson Netherfield 574 Ameer Khan Leyland 507 Atif Ashraf Darwen 506 Josh Tolley Chorley 492 Stephen Twist St Annes 470 Chris Parry Netherfield 463 Pasan Wanasinghe Barrow 454 Pasan Wanasinghe Barrow 454 Ross Mc Millan Kendal 448 Bowling Name Club Wickets Ross McMillan Kendal 39 Friedel de Wet Chorley 38 Mansoor Ahmed St Annes 36 Bruce Martin Morecambe 36 Ameer Khan Leyland 33 Fielding Name Club Catches Mark Lomas Morecambe 10 Wicketkeepers Name Club Total Damien Gudgeon Morecambe 22 13ct/9st Duncan Whalley St Annes 20 12ct/8st Highest Score Name Club Total Ryan Bailey Carnforth 162 no Best Bowling Name Club Total Ross McMillan Kendal 7-15 WEEKENDS FIXTURES T20 Friday 11th July Chorley v Darwen Chorley team: 1 - Jack Catterall, 2 - Andrew Holdsworth, 3 - Nigel Eastham, 4 - Bill Smith, 5 - Friedel De Wet, 6 - James Lee, 7 - Kieron McCulloch, 8 - Sam Sweeney, 9 - Will Moulton, 10 - Michael Critchley, 11 - Ian Oakes NB. T20 Finals Day fixed for Sunday 27 July at Stanley Park, Blackpool LEAGUE DIVISION ONE Saturday 12 th July CARNFORTH v CHORLEY Carnforth: A Hornby ; J Whincup (WK); R Bailey (pro); R Parker; D Moore; T Barnfield; R Forsyth; B Hornby; B Harrison; G Denwood; J Denwood. Chorley: 1 - Jack Catterall (c); 2 - Andy Holdsworth (wkt); 3 - Nigel Eastham; 4 - Michael Critchley; 5 - Rex Purnell; 6 - Bill Smith; 7 - Kieran McCullagh; 8 - Sam Sweeney; 9 - Will Moulton; 10 - Adam Peacock; 11 - Friedel De Wet (Pro). KENDAL v FLEETWOOD Kendal: Ikram Ullah (cap/wk); Kevin Howarth; Gareth Ashburner; Terry Hunte; Donovan Du Plessis; Oliver Killiner; Nick Lewthwaite; Ben Simm; Stuart Parkin; Mark Phillips; Ross Mc Millan (pro). On Sunday Tony Yasin comes to replace Ross McMillan BLACKPOOL v LEYLAND Leyland: K Cross; C Parkinson; Ameer Khan (Pro); P Cummings (Capt); I Farrington; A Makinson; T Reece; J Rounding; M Watkinson (WK); S Pallett; S Cartwright; Blackpool's Andy Griffiths reports: Our 1st XI are Away to Leyland on Saturday, with only one change to the side which comprehensively dismantled Carnforth last weekend, Alex Smith returning after an elegant 37 in the 2nd XI at the expense of our Lancashire player, Steven Croft. Alex will re-claim the number 3 slot in what is now the youngest opening 3 in the Northern League first division. 1st XI - Saturday 12th July - Away vs Leyland, Meet BCC 10:45 - Danson (capt), Darlington, Gleeson, Hogarth (A), Hogarth (J), Moore, Outram, Reece, Smith (A), Smith (J) (w/k), Weerakoon (pro) NETHERFIELD v DARWEN Darwen: A Cook (Capt); Atif Ashraf (Pro); G Cordingley; J Cordingley; J Clarke (WK); K Anwar; S Hampson; A Brown; N Burke; Y Bhamji; G Jackson. PRESTON v BARROW Preston select from a squad of 13: Glenn Johnstone ( captain ), Charlie Williams ( w/k ), Bilal Asad ( pro ), Lukman Vahaluwala, Munaf Bavla, Sajid Patel, Johnty McDonald, Yasin Patel, Joe Davies, Javaid Hussain, Pip McDonald, Manoj Parekh, Dipesh Patel Barrow: D Wearing (Capt), I Allington, D Clark, L Livingstone, N Lauderdale, P Renney (WK), G Dawson, J Miles, J Nicholson, J Tweddle, P Wanasinghe (Pro) ST ANNES v LANCASTER Andy Kellett reports: St Annes 1st X1 captain Duncan Whalley makes just 1 change for Saturday's home clash with Lancaster. Opening batsmen Gareth Evans is working. Whalley has decided to bolster the bowling by selecting Greg Whitehead who impressed for the 2nds last week. Morecambe no game DIVISION TWO STATISTICS: MOST LEAGUE RUNS Name Club Runs Andy Kellett Stc Annes 426 Dave Newton Blackpool 390 Danny Welbourne Lancaster 354 Neil Lauderdale Barrow 334 Tom Coxhead Leyland 325 Johnny Winter Preston 325 MOST LEAGUE WICKETS: Name Club Wickets Andy Armstrong Blackpool 38 Nick Milner Morecambe 38 Christian Davies Darwen 30 Graeme Cassidy Morecambe 28 Andrew Starkie Preston 27 MOST WICKETKEEPING DISMISSALS: Name Club Wickets Stuart Parker Leyland 24 (18ct/6st) MOST CATCHES AS A FIELDER: Name Club Wickets John Hotham Chorley 10 HIGHEST SCORE: Name Club Wickets Neil Lauderdale Barrow 141 no v Carnforth BEST BOWLING: Name Club Wickets Ross Demming Chorley 7-14 DIVISION TWO BARROW v PRESTON Barrow 2nd XI: R Mowat (Capt), R Adams, P Wilcock, I Kermode, D Myles (WK), R Lightfoot, G Kermode, G Heffernan, D Lightfoot, R Reynolds, G Allington BLACKPOOL v LEYLAND Blackpool's Andy Griffiths reports: Our 2nd XI host a Leyland side who got the better of us in a low-scoring green on an early season green track. With conditions expected to be different this side, the 2nd XI will be looking to avenge that early season defeat to strengthen their position in second. With captain Andy Griffiths on a Stag Do in Barcelona and Michael Penney absent for the weekend with family commitments, Steve Mercer captains a side which sees the return of Luke Melville, who impressed in last weekend's Sunday league game (3-12 off 7 overs) after his omission on Saturday, and Mike Taylor who was forced to miss last Sunday's re-arranged league game so that he retains his 1st XI eligibility for the return fixture against Morecambe. 2nd XI - Saturday 12th July - Home vs Leyland, Meet BCC 11:45 - Mercer (capt), Armstrong, Bain, Booth, Bracewell, Heath (w/k), Melville, Newton, Taylor (C), Taylor (M), Wall On Sunday, in the League Cup Quarter Final, the 2nd XI make the long journey to Barrow, where they will come across a strong side in what promises to be a fascinating game. Like the 1st XI, the 2nd XI remain unchanged from Saturday. 2nd XI - Sunday 13th July - Away vs Barrow, Meet BCC 11:00 - Mercer (capt), Armstrong, Bain, Booth, Bracewell, Heath (w/k), Melville, Newton, Taylor (C), Taylor (M), Wall CHORLEY v CARNFORTH Chorley 2nd XI: 1 - John Hotham (C), 2 - Sam Tolley (Wkt), 3 - Ian Mawdesly, 4 - Craig Millward, 5 - Ian Oakes, 6 - Nathan Cookson, 7 - Chris Maguire, 8 - Mark Richardson, 9 - James Lee, 10 - Ross Demming, 11 - Andrew Harty Carnforth: L Potter (Capt), A Benson (WK), M Bradley, M Preston, J Relph, P Jones, L Barnes, R Bragg, G Baxendale, J Gibson, L Hodkinson DARWEN v NETHERFIELD Darwen: G Ainslie (Capt), C Davies, M Bennett, S Jackson, N Jackson, A Davies, A Mulla, K Vallimulla, G Lawrenson, SC Jones, R Shaikh FLEETWOOD v KENDAL LANCASTER v ST ANNES St Annes Andy Kellett reports: In the 2nd X1, as well as Greg Whitehead who returns to the 1st X1, Seve Hurst won't be available for the rest of the season after taking a temporary job in America and Roger Banks is also unavailable. Peter Jackson, Nick Jones and Andy Jarvis are therefore promoted from the 3rd X1. n the Quarter Final cup tie at Darwen on Sunday, Sean Bickerdike is eligible and Johnny Ashworth is available. Peter Jackson and Andy Jarvis miss out. Morecambe No Game Sunday 13 July League Cup Division One Second Round Leyland v Darwen Leyland: unchanged from Sat; For Darwen N Jackson and M Emery for G Jackson and A Brown. Blackpool v Barrow Blackpool: unchanged from Sat; Barrow: G Smith for Lauderdale; AN Other (TBC) for Tweddle Preston v Chorley Preston squad: Glenn Johnstone ( captain ), Charlie Williams ( w/k ), Bilal Asad ( pro ), Lukman Vahaluwala, Munaf Bavla, Sajid Patel, Johnty McDonald, Yasin Patel, Javaid Hussain, Pip McDonald, Manoj Parekh, Dipesh Patel, Faruq Saiyed,Anthony Rutledge Chorley squad: Josh Tolley is added to Sat's XI. (The Morecambe v Kendal tie will be played on Sunday 20 July unless Kendal defeat Fleetwood in the Cockspur Cup in which case the tie will be re-arranged again League Cup Division Two Second Round Barrow v Blackpool Chorley v Preston Darwen v St Annes For Darwen N Jackson, A Mulla and R Shaikh are replaced by D Bonner, G Jackson and A Brown. Kendal v Morecambe Cockspur Cup Group 4 Final Fleetwood v Kendal    Click Here to send your comments.