Little Lever are through to the England Cricket Board T20 Plate final, and will face St Georges C.C from Shropshire at Worcester County Cricket Club on Sunday 20th September at 11am.

In the regional semi final, Little Lever batted first against Keswick. Without professional or overseas amateur who had both returned home, Adam Carter was promoted to opener. This proved to be a shrewd move as his 71 not out from 53 deliveries was the backbone of the innings. He shared a 65 run first wicket partnership with James Richards and a later 56 run partnership  from 26 balls with Andy Flear, the innings ended on 149 for four after eighteen over. Rain earlier in the day had caused two overs to be deducted from all innings throughout the day.

Keswick began brightly, but lost two wickets during the six over power play. They reached seventy for the loss of two wickets by the tenth over, but by this stage the run rate was over nine an over and seven wickets fell at regular intervals during the last eight overs leaving them 36 runs short. Mukhtar Nasir took three for 25, and Curtis Anderton and Callum Hill had two apiece.

Carter was again leading scorer in the final, the highlight of which was a 48 run opening partnership in just over five overs with Cameron Murray. From this point on a slower pitch run scoring became more difficult. An eventual 134 for eight being helped by thirteen runs off  seven deliveries from Curtis Anderton.

The pivotal moment of the game came in the third over of the Woodhouse Grange innings when opener Harry Jackson was caught and bowled by Anderton having hit 27 off thirteen deliveries including four fours and a six. In the first semi final Jackson had struck a fifty ball century. Woodhouse only reached the boundary on a further six occasions in the remainder of their innings, and despite occasional flurries fell behind the run rate with wickets falling at regular intervals. Their innings ended at 131 for nine, with the wickets shared equally between Anderton, Flear and Nisar.