Burke wrecks Chorley innings with five wicket spell
Niall Burke took 5/7 in Darwen's resounding victory
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Niall Burke wrecked Chorley's innings in the derby match at Birch Hall to keep Darwen on line for Finals Day in the Jamie Heywood Twenty20 Cup sponsored by Latham Baxendale.
Darwen are in pole position in South 2 Group having made a blistering start with three wins out of three.
Chorley's Twenty20 XI 2011
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Burke, the tall fast medium bowler who spent the winter in Australia produced a devastating spell of 5/7 to reduce Chorley to 53 all out in reply to Darwen's 135/6.
Before a large and vociferous crowd at Birch Hall on a beautiful sunlit evening Burke bowled Chorley pro Gaurav Dhar, skipper Andy Holdsworth, Ian Oakes and Billy Smith and had Jack Bentham caught by Chris Wade.
Kamran Anwar set the tone by having Chorley opener Stu Naden trapped lbw and Jack Catterall was run out by a superb piece of fielding by John Cordingley, the Darwen skipper.
Neil Cordingley weighed in with the wickets of Will Moulton and last man Jimmy Lee.
Neil Cordingley made 42 for Darwen
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Earlier Neil Cordingley hit three fours and three sixes in making 42 off 32 balls and Kamran Anwar hit three late innings sixes in making 24 off only eight balls. Jordan Clarke was unbeaten on 23 with Billy Smith taking 2/29.
Darwen opener Alex Davies makes runs through the leg side
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Twenty20 Cup sponsored by Latham Baxendale
Darwen v Chorley
Darwen 135 - 6 (20) (N Cordingley 42), Chorley 53 (16) (N Burke 5-7)
Darwen won by 82 runs
The Scorecard can be found here:
http://npcl.play-cricket.com/website/results/1739006
Elsewhere Lancaster avenged last Friday's defeat at Lodge Quarry by defeating Carnforth by six wickets at Lune Road.
Lancaster captain Michael Stevens produced a superb all round performance, taking 4/10 and making two catches as Carnforth laboured to 84/9. Captain/pro Gareth Pedder top-scored with 21 as teenager Daniel Chambers took 3/16.
Stevens then anchored Lancaster's reply with an unbeaten 37 off 53 balls and saw his side home with 16 balls to spare in partnership with Ben Simm (17 not out).
In the Fylde Coast derby at Stanley Park Blackpool beat St Annes by 46 runs.
Blackpool pro Con De Lange rode his luck to post an undefeated 69 off 58 balls having been dropped three times. De Lange and John Mounsey opened with a stand of 71 that formed the cornerstone of Blackpool's 127/6 before a large crowd.
St Annes lost openers Nathan Armstrong and Atiq Uz-Zaman in the first two overs and collapsed to 81 all out, Steven Mercer taking 3/14 and Andy Furniss 2/15.
Twenty20 Cup sponsored by Latham Baxendale
Blackpool v St Annes
Blackpool 127 - 6 (20) (C De Lange 69), St Annes 81 (20)
Blackpool won by 46 runs
The Scorecard can be found here:
http://npcl.play-cricket.com/website/results/1738999
Lancaster v Carnforth
Carnforth 84 - 9 (20) (M Stevens 4-10), Lancaster 86 - 4 (18)
Lancaster won by 6 wickets
The Scorecard can be found here:
http://npcl.play-cricket.com/website/results/1739024
