NWCL Ramsbottom Cup (Reserve date) by Ray Taylor
Tonge v Earby
Earby batted first and although most batsman got a start and into double figures, they were reduced to 90-6. Jason Lockley 25 and Adam Yates 23 ensured that they had something to bowl with ending on 168-9. Andrew Martin took 3-24.
In reply, Tonge lost early wickets and at 26-3, they looked in trouble. Opener Umair Ali (53) and Freddie Oliver 43 added 83 for the 4th wicket. Veteran Rob Tully 23 not out saw Tonge home by 5 wickets with 7 overs to spare.
Atherton v Little Lever
Atherton batted first and were bowled out for 112 in 39 overs, Mark Parry made 34 and Farook Shah 22.
All five Little Lever bowlers took wickets, with 3 for Simon Harrison.
Openers Preston Hayhurst 24 and Ben Oxborough 27 had an opening partnership of 55. Matthew Pendlebury 24 and Ryan Worden 18 not out enabled Little Lever to reach their target with 7 wickets and over 20 overs to spare.
Ramsbottom Cup 5th July; Farnworth SC v Little Lever, Brinscall v Foulridge, Tonge v Cherry Tree, Ribblesdale Wanderers v Read.
Lawrenson Cup 21st June; Burnley Belvedere v Barrowford, Blackrod v Oswaldtwistle Immanuel, Baxenden v Astley Bridge, Feniscowles v Barnoldswick
Barrowford top the Anthony Axford North West Cricket League Conference Premier table with 65 points from six matches. Last Saturday a century partnership between Aziz Iqbal (83) and Ather Waheed (71) set them on their way to 237. Ulfat Ali (6-19) and Abid Ul Wahab (3-25) helped dismiss Ribblesdale Wanderers for 105.
James Cuff and Alex Fenwick took four wickets each in Farnworth’s 123, Cherry Tree going on to win by three wickets despite Tom Speak’s 4-49.
Foulridge recovered from 105-7 to reach 248, Abid Hussain hitting a 58 ball eighty at number nine, Aashif Ghantiwala 6-70. Umer Ishaq with 124 steered Farnworth S.C. to a four wicket win, supported by a half century from Grant Mason-Platt.
B Woodall and O Watson both recorded half centuries in Read’s 250-8, but Little Lever passed this for the loss of five wickets, J Whitehead 84 and M Daley 72.
Faqir Mohammad and Nauman Mushtaq shared eight wickets equally as Salesbury were bowled out for 211. Harry Vause’s 4-30 and Charlie Mahoney’s 4-30 left Burnley Belvedere 150 short.
Feniscowles lead the second division with 65 points from seven. Their 276 was achieved without anyone hitting a half century. B Fisher’s 67 helped Lostock to 124-2, but their response ended at 193, C Bleasdale 4-50.
Baxenden lie second with 61 from seven. Henry Hindle was their top scorer with 56 out of their 231. Atherton were handily positioned at 152-5 but only another 24 runs followed, M Nadeem 4-35.
Eagley’s captain Sam Hall steered them to 97-1 with 63 runs, but the innings closed on 146, Ramesh Patel 5-35 and Alex Lowe 4-24. Zahid Butt’s 84 assisted Astley Bridge to a six wicket win.
J Grey’s 5-37 helped restrict Barnoldswick to 124, then C Thorne fell just short of his century in a ten wicket 14 over win for Padiham.
Matt Gillick took 5-45 in Blackrod’s 204-9, Noah Ashworth 61. Steven Hawke’s 96 was in vain as Brinscall reached 178, Ashworth finishing a good day with 5-42.
In the second division Earby are still top with 72 points from six matches, Oswaldtwistle Immanuel have the same number having played one more. Obaid Khan struck 57 for Kearsley out of 125, Zameer Hussain and Waseem Hussain four wickets each, as Oswaldtwistle won by six wickets.
R Muhammed and H Nasir took three wickets apiece in Chatburn’s ninety, which was overtaken by Barrowford for the loss of one wicket.
Rob Tully with 4-17 helped reduce Feniscowles from 144-3 to 163 all out. A first wicket partnership of 140 between Umair Ali and Syed Ahmed gave Tonge a nine wicket win.
Ray Taylor
