Ammer Mirza hit his first Lancashire League ton as Church beat Colne by 61 runs despite another five-wicket haul for professional Anwar Ali.

Church innings

A Mirza not out 102
CM Fergusson c Walker b Ali 0
Woodcock c Tillotson b Ali 50
N Hussain b Ali 63
S Hussain c Rimmer b Ellis 1
L Wolfenden c and b Ali 0
A Greenwood b Ali 9
PD Gilrane not out 1
Extras 16
Total (6 wickets) 242
Ali 14 1 49 5, Ellis 14 1 68 1, Walker 4 0 19 0, Lambert 12 0 59 0, Holt 3 0 17 0, Hunt 3 0 24 0.

Colne innings

JS Ellis c Tucker b Bentley 0
L Rimmer st Tucker b Woodcock 23
MJ Wilson c Greenwood b Bentley 27
GB Hunt c Fergusson b Gilrane 28
Ali c S Hussain b Bentley 8
RJ Procter c Bentley b Woodcock 32
S Tillotson not out 15
EM Walker b Gilrane 4
A Holt st Tucker b Gilrane 10
MJ Clark c Fergusson b North 20
J Lambert not out 2
Extras 12
Total (9 wickets) 181
Bentley 17 3 59 3, Wolfenden 3 0 20 0, Woodcock 20 6 44 2, Gilrane 8 0 47 3, North 2 0 7 1.

Church won by 61 runs. Church 10, Colne 0.