Run record eludes Lowerhouse pro

The South African needed 170 to set a new standard but he made only 30 as his side fell to Enfield and the man who holds the record Martin Van Jaarsveld.

Chris Bleazard took five wickets and scored a half century but still ended up on the losing side as Enfield won at Lowerhouse.

The visitors made 208-9 in a match reduced to 44 overs with professional Martin Van Jaarsveld smashing 84. He shared a stand of 134 with Andy Barker (38) for the second wicket.

Bleazard, better known for his batting, collected 5-31 in an impressive spell.

In reply, Lowerhouse were never really in the hunt. At the halfway stage they were 60-1 with professional Jacques Rudolph having departed for 30 in his final innings for the club.

Stan Heaton (43) then shared a stand of 79 with Bleazard (63) but with 10 overs to go Lowerhouse were 111-1 needing almost nine an over for victory.

When Bleazard was caught by teenager Abid off Neil Holmes' bowling the home side's hopes went with him. At the close they were 20 runs adrift of the Enfield total despite having five wickets in hand.

Sub pro Rideegammanagedera and veteran spinner Ian Haworth combined to give East Lancs victory at Haslingden in a game reduced to 32 overs because of a delayed start.

Batting first the visitors made 146-5, with opener Andy Clague carrying his bat for an unbeaten 77, which included six fours and a six.

He shared a productive stand with Rideegammanagedera of 62 for the second wicket before the paid man went for 31.

In the run chase Haslingden progressed steadily to 71-2 with opener Graham Knowles making 38.

But Haworth and Rideegammanagedera took command and the Haslingden innings fell apart.

Rideegammanagedera took 4-54 and Haworth 5-27 as the home side were bowled out for 111.

In a 35-over game at Seedhill Rawtenstall romped to a 10-wicket win over Nelson.

Batting first the hosts were restricted to 124-6 with Nelson professional Joe Scuderi top scoring with 25. Rawtenstall veteran bowler Keith Roscoe took 4-31.

It was left to the handy Andrews - professional Hall (58 not out) and skipper Payne (50 not out) to see Rawtenstall to a convincing victory in just 22 overs.

Hall hit five fours and one six in his 62-ball knock, while Payne notched four fours in 67 deliveries.

Ramsbottom took the honours in a tight game at Todmorden.

Batting first Ramsbottom were given a great start by openers Nick Riley (58) and substitute professional Majid Saeed (55).

That set their side up for a challenging 149-5 from their 30 overs in another game reduced by the weather.

Paul Brierley top scored for Todmorden with 30 by the target always looked too tough.

Simon Read took 4-65 and Mark Price 2-44 as Todmorden finished on 139-7- 11 short of victory.

Bacup put themselves on the brink of a hat-trick of Transco Lancashire League titles as the prolific double act of David Ormerod and professional Shaun Young bowled them to a maximum-points victory over Church on Saturday.

Rain reduced the game to 43-overs-a-side but that was still long enough for the pair to dismiss Church for 104.

Ormerod picked up the first four wickets, including top-scorer Philip Sykes and stand-in professional Pervis Shah, and finished with 7-38 to take his tally for the season to 68 and within sight of last year's total of 79.

At the other end, Young went past 50 wickets for the summer as he claimed 3-66 as the visitors were bowled out inside the 32nd over.

Bacup gave away nothing in the field, not even conceding an extra, and were set on their way to victory by a 34-run opening stand between Dominic Ayres, who top-scored with 44, and Peter Thompson.

Nick Westwell caused them some discomfort and must have wished he had started out from the school end, which had brought Ormerod all his wickets on a difficult batting pitch.

Westwell claimed 5-15 in six overs from his second spell but by then Bacup were near enough the finishing line to complete a four-wicket win.

Rishton's home game against Colne and Burnley's visit to Accrington were both abandoned without a ball being bowled because of torrential lunch-time rain.

BACUP 107-6

CHURCH 104

Bacup 12 pts, Church 4pts

CHURCH

A Holt c Killellea b Ormerod...1

P Sykes c Killellea b Ormerod...37

J Seedle c O'Connor b Ormerod...6

Shah c Ayes b Ormerod...19

S Tucker c O'Connor b Ormerod...0

A Bentley c Farragher b Young...0

D Bury c Chapman b Ormerod...12

N Westwell b Young...4

P Rowbotham b Young...0

P Gilraine st Chapman b Ormerod...16

S Holt not out...9

Extras...0

Total (all out)...104

Bowling: Young 16-4-66-3; D Ormerod 15.1-5-38-7.

BACUP

P Thompson c Tucker b Shah...19

D Ayres c Tucker b Westwell...44

Young c A Holt b Westwell...15

M O'Connor st Tucker b Westwell...0

T Lord c Sykes b Westwell...5

P Killellea c Sykes b Westwell...2

T Farragher not out...19

P Gallagher not out...0

Extras...3

Total (6 wickets)...107

Bowling: J Seedle 2-0-23-0; N Westwell 10-2-32-5; Shah 7-1-33-1; P Gilraine 3-0-17-0.

HASLINGDEN 111 all out

EAST LANCS 146-5

Match reduced to 32 overs

Haslingden 2 pts East Lancs 12 pts

EAST LANCS

A Clague not out 77

R Cooper run out 1

A Rideegammanagedera c Imtiaz b blomley 31

P Bolton lbw Blomley 0

N Iqbal b Austin 3

G Rose c Marcroft b Blomley 14

P Kelly not out 6

Extras 14

Total (5wkts) 146

32 overs

Bowling: Austin 16-3-51-1; I Cameron 8-1-31-0; M Blomley 8-0-53-3

HASLINGDEN

G Knowles b Haworth 38

P Blackledge c Aquil b Rid'dera 11

Austin c Cooper b Rid'dera 9

M Ingham c Rose b Haworth 17

A Smith b Haworth 13

L MacIntosh run out 0

S Lund b Rid'dera 6

Z Imtiaz st Egan b Haworth 1

I Cameron b Rid'dera 2

D Marcroft b Haworth 1

M Blomley not out 0

Extras 13

Total (all out) 111

29.2 overs

Bowling: Rideegammanagedera 15-4-54-4; N Iqbal 5-0-22-0; I Haworth 9.2-0-27-5

LOWERHOUSE 188-5

ENFIELD 208-9

Match reduced to 44 overs

Lowerhouse 4pts Enfield 10pts

ENFIELD

L Jackson c Entwistle b J Hope 8

A Barker run out 38

Van Jaarsveld c Rudolph b Bleazard 84

A Bracewell lbw Bleazard 10

R Edmonds c Rudolph b M Hope 6

M Greenhalgh c Rudolph b Bleazard 5

N Holmes c Entwistle b M Hope 14

D Bracewell c Entwistle b Bleazard 11

R Green b Bleazard 0

A Windle not out 1

I Abid not out 12

Extras 19

Total (9wkts) 208

44 overs

Bowling: J Hope 9-0-45-1; M Mahmood 8-0-32-0; Rudolph 6-2-36-0; M Hope 13-1-50-2; C Bleazard 8-0-31-5

LOWERHOUSE

Rudolph b Holmes 30

S Heaton c Barker b Jackson 43

C Bleazard c Abid b Holmes 63

M Hope b Holmes 22

D Whalley not out 13

F Entwistle not out 0

Extras 17

Total (5wkts) 188

44 overs

Bowling: N Holmes 18-2-69-3; L Jackson 15-1-62-1; Van Jaarsveld 11-1-44-0

NELSON 124-6

RAWTENSTALL 112-0

Rawtenstall won on run rate

Nelson 0pts Rawtenstall 10pts

NELSON

P Garaghty lbw Hall 17

C Pemberton st Hanson b Roscoe 22

Scuderi b Roscoe 25

D Kegg c and b Roscoe 3

D Crotty not out 19

J Warwick c and b Roscoe 9

M Bradley b Hall 0

S Lemon not out 18

Extras 11

Total (6wkts) 124

35 overs

Bowling: Hall 18-1-70-2; P Seal 7-1-17-0; K Roscoe 10-3-31-4

RAWTENSTALL

Hall not out 58

A Payne not out 50

Extras 4

Total (0wkts) 112

22 overs

Bowling: Scuderi 6-1-29-0; M Heap 4-1-18-0; D Kegg 5-0-24-0; K Nazir 4-0-23-0; S Lemon 2-0-13-0; M Roberts 1-0-4-0

TODMORDEN 139-7

RAMSBOTTOM 149-5

Match reduced to 30 overs

Todmorden 5pts Ramsbottom 10pts

RAMSBOTTOM

Majid c Oddy b Arothe 55

N Riley b Arothe 58

S Read c Oddy b Arothe 6

B Horrocks run out 8

D Bell run out 2

J Harrison not out 7

L Dagget not out 2

Extras 12

Total (5wkts) 149

30 overs

Bowling: S Oddy 15-0-66-0; J Summerscales 8-0-41-0; Arothe 7-0-35-3

TODMORDEN

J Summerscales b S Read 14

Arothe c Harrison b S Read 13

M Brierley st Hevingham b S Read 16

G Weir c Majid b M Price 10

P Brierley run out 30

N Hunter c Horrocks b S Read 8

S Priestley c Horrocks b M Price 16

D Whitehead not out 3

S Oddy not out 5

Extras 25

Total (7wkts) 139

30 overs

Bowling: C Eardley 3-0-18-0; S Read 15-0-65-4; M Price 12-1-44-2