Church are stunned

Friend proves

a difficult foe

BIG hitting was the order of the day at Blackburn Road where Musbury Fabrics Lancashire League leaders Church lost to East Lancs - despite setting a target of 307.

The table-toppers must have felt they were on their way to success against the reigning champions after professional Ruvin Peiris had smashed a stunning unbeaten 172 in a total of 306-4.

The Sri Lankan hit 22 fours and six sixes on his way to a club record individual score, and he received superb support from Andrew Bentley who made 61.

However, South African paid man Quinton Friend was also in free-scoring form as he inspired East Lancs in a successful run-chase.

He hit 14 fours and nine sixes as he become the first East Lancs pro to better 150 runs.

Phil Bolton (76) and Andy Clague (39 not out) also played their part as East Lancs got home for the loss of just three wickets - the aggregate score of 614 was a league first.

Church's defeat allowed second in the table Ramsbottom to make up ground as they notched a 29-run victory at Colne.

The men from Acre Bottom set 196 with professional Murali Kartik hitting 83 and Lee Daggett added a useful 45 - Pierre Joubert and Qasim Ali both claimed four wickets.

In reply, Ali top scored for Colne with 47, but they couldn't meet the run-rate as Daggett took three wickets and Kartik claimed six victims for 47 runs.

Haslingden replaced Nelson in third place in the league after a resounding home win over the side from Seedhill.

Nelson never looked like winning after they managed to set a target of only 73 as Asif Mujtaba took 5-6 and Steve Dearden 5-43 as the visitors collapsed.

Haslingden cruised to a ten wicket success as opener Barry Knowles raced to a quickfire 52 not out.

Bacup beat Accrington by six wickets at Lanehead with David Ormerod producing the match-winning display with six wickets for 43 as the visitors were ousted for 106 and the target was reached in some comfort.

Rawtenstall were winners by 48 runs over Enfield with a strong team performance at the base of their win.

They set 217-9, despite Imran Abid taking 5-50, and then bowled Enfield out for just 169 even though paid man Alviro Petersen hit 89.

Another high scoring match saw Todmorden beat Lowerhouse by eight wickets at Liverpool Road.

Paid man Vishal Tripathi was 89 not out as Lowerhouse set 205-6, but Tod hit back as professional Gyan Pandey made 106 not out and Stuart Priestley unbeaten on 46 as they scored a stunning victory.

Bottom club Burnley took an encouraging 12 points from a 51-run success away to Rishton - Andy McLeod hitting a match-winning 123.

SENIOR LEAGUE

P W L T Nr Bp Pd Pts

Church... 19 12 6 0 1 27 0 150

Ramsbottom... 18 11 7 0 0 33 1 142

Haslingden... 18 11 5 0 2 24 2 138

Bacup... 18 10 6 0 2 10 0 136

Nelson... 19 11 6 0 2 17 2 131

Rawtenstall... 18 9 7 0 2 28 0 124

Lowerhouse... 18 10 8 0 0 18 0 118

Colne... 18 8 7 1 2 21 1 113

Todmorden... 18 9 7 0 2 12 1 107

East Lancs... 18 7 9 0 2 31 0 107

Accrington... 18 7 8 0 3 7 0 86

Rishton... 19 4 11 1 3 26 2 80

Enfield... 18 4 14 0 0 25 0 65

Burnley... 19 2 14 0 3 23 1 51

BACUP 107-4

ACCRINGTON 106

Bacup 12 pts, Accrington 0 pts

ACCRINGTON

M Ahmed c Chapman b Ormerod...4

R Burrows b Crowe...4

Canning c and b Ormerod...7

G Sneddon b Simpson...7

Z Afsal c and b Ormerod...6

M Wilson c Killelea b Simpson...27

A Wilson st Chapman b Simpson...14

S Crabtree c Thompson b Ormerod...11

J Hayhurst st Chapman b Ormerod...0

S Hussain not out...10

D Clarke b Ormerod...2

Extras...14

Total (all out)...106

Bowling: D Ormerod 14.3-5-43-6; S Crowe 3-0-27-1; Simpson 11-1-33-3

BACUP

P Thompson c Canning b Sneddon...23

P Killelea c Clarke b S Hussain...15

Simpson c M Wilson b S Hussain...27

M O'Connor not out...21

G Farragher lbw Canning...4

P Gallagher not out...0

Extras...17

Total (4 wkts)...107

Bowling: Canning 10-0-24-1; J Hayhurst 3-1-14-0; G Sneddon 2-0-22-1; S Hussain 4.3-1-37-2

CHURCH 306-4

EAST LANCS 308-3

Church 0 pts, East Lancs 10 pts

CHURCH

P Sykes lbw Friend...7

Peiris not out...172

A Bentley c Lomas b Iqbal...61

M Aspin c Friend b Iqbal...6

A Greenwood run out...8

S Holt not out...34

Extras...18

Total (4 wkts)...306

Bowling: Friend 17-2-78-1; N Iqbal 9-0-66-2; H Doyle 6-0-35-0; J Fairless 6-1-33-0; P Kelly 8-0-46-0; P Bolton 4-0-34-0

EAST LANCS

Friend c Greenwood b Westwell...150

P Bolton b Peiris...76

P Turner c and b Bentley...0

M Lomas not out...28

A Clague not out...39

Extras...13

Total (3 wkts)...308

Bowling: A Bentley 9-0-66-1; N Westwell 14.5-0-99-1; R Peiris 16-0-88-1; P Gilrane 5-0-24-0; S Holt 3-0-24-0

COLNE 168-9

RAMSBOTTOM 197 all out

Ramsbottom 10pts, Colne 5pts

RAMSBOTTOM

K Webb run out... 0

Murali c Swarbrick b Hunt... 83

A Bell lbw Joubert... 0

D Bell c Willan b Ali... 2

J Harrison b Ali... 5

M Dentith b Joubert... 0

L Daggett b Joubert... 45

R Read st Swarbrick b Ali... 15

R Shahid b Ali... 8

R Hevingham not out... 17

M Haslam b Joubert... 2

Extras... 20

Total (all out)... 197

Bowling: Q Ali 25-4-105-4; Joubert 16.3-2-41-4; J Ellis 3-0-10-0; G Hunt 5-0-22-1

COLNE

M Wilson b Daggett... 34

G Hunt c and b Murali... 6

C Willan lbw Murali... 2

Joubert b Murali... 35

P Wilson b Murali... 6

Q Ali c Webb b Murali... 47

D Swarbrick b Daggett... 2

S Woods b Murali... 9

J Ellis c A Bell b Daggett... 4

C Varley not out... 7

D Spokes not out... 0

Extras... 16

Total (for 9)... 168

Bowling: M. Haslam 7-0-35-0; Murali 25-10-47-6; L. Daggett 18-3-76-3

ENFIELD 169 all out

RAWTENSTALL 217-9

Rawtenstall 12pts, Enfield 1pt

RAWTENSTALL

Payne lbw Petersen... 23

C Cook-Martin b Petersen... 29

P Hanson c Holmes b Dowling... 31

W Cook-Martin b Abid... 22

P Seal st Bracewell b Abid ...39

D Barlow c Petersen b Abid... 1

D Hanson run out... 27

A Riley c Leeming b Abid... 3

P Bingham c Green b Abid... 4

J Dawson not out... 4

Extras ...34

Total (for 9)... 217

Bowling: N Holmes 4-0-20-0; R Green 2-0-17-0; Petersen 16-3-62-2; I Abid 21-2-50-5; B Dowling 5-0-22-1; K Shazad 2-0-23-0

ENFIELD

M Ahmed lbw Seal... 22

C Leeming b Payne... 2

Petersen c Seal b Dawson... 89

A Bracewell b Roscoe... 35

A Barker c Payne b Roscoe... 0

N Holmes c P Hanson b Roscoe... 0

P Stanley b Roscoe... 0

R Green b Roscoe... 7

B Dowling c Barlow b Roscoe... 3

I Abid not out... 0

K Shazad b Roscoe... 0

Extras ...11

Total (all out)...169

Bowling: Payne 12-1-32-1; J Dawson 13-1-61-1; P Seal 5-1-27-1; K Roscoe 12.4-1-32-7; W Cook-Martin 1-0-12-0

HASLINGDEN 75-0

NELSON 72 all out

Haslingden 12pts, Nelson 0pts

NELSON

P Garaghty c Blackledge b Dearden... 8

C Heap b Dearden... 0

J Scuderi c Smith b Mujtaba... 1

P Beech b Dearden... 2

St Lemon c Dearden b Mujtaba... 0

Cuffy lbw Mujtaba... 2

Se Lemon c Simpson b Mujtaba... 24

D Kegg c+b Mujtaba... 0

M Bradley c Howarth b Dearden... 11

K Nasir not out... 9

M Heap lbw Dearden... 0

Extras... 15

Total (all out)... 72

Bowling: S Dearden 11.2-0-43-5; Mujtaba 17-14-6-5; S Catterall 6-2-16-0

HASLINGDEN

B Knowles not out... 52

M Ingham not out... 13

Extras... 10

Total (for 0 wkts)...75

Bowling: Cuffy 5-1-39-0; St Lemon 4.1-0-31-0

LOWERHOUSE 205-6

TODMORDEN 206-2

Todmorden 10pts, Lowerhouse 0pts

LOWERHOUSE

J Finch c A Sutcliffe b Pandey... 43

V Tripathi not out... 87

Fulton lbw Pandey... 4

C Bleazard st Walters b Priestley... 1

C. Cottam st Walters b Priestley... 19

B Heap b Priestley... 5

C Benbow b Pandey... 18

J Beneduce not out... 1

Extras... 14

Total (for 6)...205

Bowling: H Abbass 4-1-14-0; L Pearson 4-0-20-0; Pandey 21-3-74-3; J Morgan 4-0-21-0; S Priestley 17-2-64-3

TODMORDEN

S Newbitt b Riaz... 21

M Brierley st Cottam b Riaz... 20

Pandey not out... 106

S Priestley not out... 46

Extras... 13

Total (for 2)... 206

Bowling: S Riaz 14-0-41-2; Fulton 6-1-20-0; C Benbow 10-2-40-0; V Tripathi 2-0-15-0; J Hope 6-0-30-0; J Finch 5-0-30-0; M Hope 3.4-0-18-0

RISHTON 183

BURNLEY 234

Rishton 2pts, Burnley 12 pts

BURNLEY

D Pickup c Rostron b Hutchinson...0

G Ialor c Hacking b Hutchinson...7

B Law c Eccles b Hutchinson...2

M Kelly b Hutchinson...5

A Mcleod b Benkenstein...123

S Brunt c Payne b Wyse...21

G Halley b Wyse...5

S Edmondson b Rostron...41

Jeremy run out...0

S Holden not out...3

C Bennett run out...0

Extras...27

Total...234

Bowling: Benkenstein 22.3-9-67-2, S Hutchinson 10-4-43-6, S Wyse 9-1-59-1, R Rostron 8-0-50-0

RISHTON

D Eccles c Brunt b Jeremy...14

S Wyse c Jeremy b Holden...0

Benkenstein b Jeremy...122

Rostron lbw Ialor...5

N Payne b Ialor...1

S Hacking b Ialor...1

Matt Leathert b Holden...18

P Swanney c Halley b Jeremy...5

M Winkley b Ialor...0

G Wyse not out...1

S Hutchinson b Jeremy...1

Extras...15

Total...183

Bowling: Jeremy 16.4-3-32-4, S Holden 12-0-74-2, M Kelly 9-1-49-0, G Ialor 9-3-24-4

FROM GEORGE @ RISHTON