Darwen make it two from two
Action from Birch Hall, Ben Harrison batting, Jordan Clarke the 'keeper
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Darwen continued their fine start to their Jamie Heywood Twenty20 Cup sponsored by Latham Baxendale campaign when they followed up their thrilling victory over Leyland on Tuesday with a comprehensive defeat of Preston.
John Cordingley's side is determined to win at least one trophy in the Club's centenary year and they have what appears to be an ideally suited team to the shorter version of the game.
Darwen CC Twenty/20 XI
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Darwen bowled out the visitors for just 66 at a chilly Birch Hall with only Mohsin Modhi and Sajid Nalbandh making double figures.
Nalbandh hit the only boundaries of the innings, a six and a four in the tenth over but bowler Chris Clarke recovered to take 1/17.
Neil Cordingley made the early inroads, snapping up the wickets of openers Sajid Patel and Craig Crook while Niall Burke weighed in with the scalps of pro Saeed Bariwala and Modhi. Chris Wade bowled Preston skipper Lukman Vahaluwala for 6 and pro Zimmy Khan finished off the tail with a spell of 3/7 before last man Imtiaz Matak was run out by John Cordingley.
Neil Cordingley made the early inroads for Darwen
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Darwen lost openers John Cordingley and pro Khan to Vahaluwala but Neil Cordingley and Alex Davies then took the home side to the verge of victory. The former was well caught in the outfield by Crook for 19 but Davies was unbeaten on 28 off 21 balls as Darwen achieved their target with 57 balls to spare.
Davies hit pro Bariwala for 4, 6 and 6 in successive balls in the ninth over.
Preston's Twenty20 team 2011
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Twenty20 Cup sponsored by Latham Baxendale
Darwen v Preston
Preston 66 (19), Darwen 69 - 3 (11)
Darwen won by 7 wickets
The Scorecard can be found here:
http://npcl.play-cricket.com/website/results/1739005
MeanwhileCarnforth began their campaign with victory by 11 runs over Lancaster at Lodge Quarry in North 2 Group.
Darren Moore hit a superb 84 including four fours and seven sixes and added 120 for the third wicket with captain Adam Hornby (39). The pair helped Carnforth post a challenging 155/4 on a grey and chilly evening in North Lancashire.
Lancaster openers Michael Stevens and pro Dwayne Hees added 104 for the first wicket before Darren Nelson made a vital contribution with the ball.
Nelson bowled captain Stevens for 44, had Hees caught by Moore for 64 and also claimed the important wicket of Tim Barry for 11 in a spell of 3/27.
Lancaster fell just short on 144/4.
The Winners of North 2 group, which also includes Morecambe have the added incentive of staging Finals Day on 17 July.
Twenty20 Cup sponsored by Latham Baxendale
Carnforth v Lancaster
Carnforth 155 - 4 (20) (D Moore 84, A Hornby 39), Lancaster 144 - 4 (D Hees 64, M Stevens 44)
Canforth won by 11 runs
The Scorecard can be found here:
http://npcl.play-cricket.com/website/results/1739023
