Earby made light of missing their injured skipper Stephen Hipgrave as they beat Padiham by four wickets at the Applegarth.

Padiham

Siddique ct Garner b Craddock 4
A Saddique ct Bowker b Azmat 23
U Saddique lbw b Craddock 5
J Bushell b Amzat 30
C Clarke ct Amat b Azmat 10
L Anderson b Haines 7
A Hall ct Garner b Azmat 16
N Ashraf not out 37
S Meehan lbw b Haines 1
D Hall not out 4
Extras 15
Total (8 wickets) 152
R Craddock 10 1 44 2, M Windle 6 1 19 0, Azmat 16 3 47 4, C Walton 2 14 0 0 , M Haines 7 0 21 2.

Earby

C Walton b Siddique 26
M Windle ct Meehan b Siddique 2
Azmat ct Kelly b Ashraf 50
M Haines lbw b Ashraf 31
A Pollard b Ashraf 14
R Craddock not out 10
C Bowker lbw b Siddique 7
J Martin not out 9
Extras 4
Total (8 wickets) 153
Siddique 19.3 1 51 3, U Saddique 7 0 35 0, A Saddique 3 1 14 0, N Ashraf 8 0 49 3.

Earby won by 4 wickets.