Accrington find room at the top with Burnley win

David Ormerod’s men beat Burnley by 61 runs at Thornleyholme Road - and Enfield’s loss at in-form Lowerhouse mean they have a 10-point advantage.

Graeme Sneddon made 64 as Accrington posted 189 all out with Bharat Tripathi claiming 6-87 to take his tally to 33 wickets this season.

Ormerod then claimed four wickets and Burnley were 128 all out.

Accrington innings
PD Carroll lbw b Kulatunga 7
JE Hayhurst c and b B Tripathi 0
S Crabtree c V Trip’i b B Trip’i 18
GD Lloyd b Lalor 29
Silva c V Tripathi b B Tripathi 23
G Sneddon st V Trip’i b K’tunga 64
SJ Hanson c Jamal b B Tripathi 20
J Ormerod c B Tripathi b K’tunga 3
MJ Schofield c Brunt b B Tripathi 3
D Ormerod c Pickup b B Tripathi 3
DW Clarke not out 0
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Total (10 wickets) 189

Kulatunga 11 1 29 3, B Tripathi 20.3 2 87 6, Lalor 11 1 28 1, Capstick 4 0 18 0, Jamil 3 0 14 0

Burnley innings
V Tripathi c Hayhurst b Silva 13
D Pickup c JM Ormerod b Silva 14
M Jamal lbw b DN Ormerod 2
K’tunga st J Orm’d b D Orm’d 48
M Kelly st J Orm’d b D Orm’d 17
B Law c Clarke b D Ormerod 1
SR Brunt run out 2
B Tripathi lbw b Hayhurst 1
T Jamil not out 5
GF Lalor run out 1
J Capstick c Lloyd b Hayhurst 5
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Total (10 wickets) 128

Silva 13 3 31 2, D Ormerod 22 6 44 4, Hayhurst 9 0 42 2

Accrington won by 61 runs. Accrington 12pts, Burnley 2pts.