Baxenden stayed on top despite their game against Settle being abandoned yesterday as they were struggling.

Settle were 112-4 chasing 129-2 when the rain came down.

Read are just two points behind Baxenden after beating Oswaldtwistle.

Cherry Tree made it four wins on the spin at Padiham.

Nasir Mehmood smashed a brilliant 159 not out as Padiham posted 278-5.

Cherry Tree needed 210 to win and Paul Turner (75) Scott Friend (60 not out) took them home in style.

Brannon Varley claimed 8-65 as Ribblesdale Wanderers beat Salesbury.

Barnoldswick v Great Harwood

Great Harwood
L Noon b Nichols 8
Shahabuddin ct and b Nichols 34
P Swanney LBW Nichols 14
A Sardar ct Scothern b Nichols 1
A Ullah LBW Nichols 2
P Aspinall b Nazi 0
R Law-Riding ct Scothern b Nichols 8
J Kayley ct U Saddique b Nichols 0
D Thomas Not Out 11
L Theaker b Nichols 4
A Steele b Nichols 0
Extras 10
Total (all out) 92.

Nazir 16 4 41 1, R Nichols 16.3 6 40 9, A Saddique 1 0 1 0.

Barnoldswick
A Saddique b Shahabuddin 4
L Hodgson Not Out 18
P Beech ct Aspinall b Kayley 16
U Saddique Not Out 17
Extras 2
Total (2 wickets) 57.

Shahabuddin 7.4 2 27 1, J Kayley 6 0 23 1, D Thomas 1 0 5 0.

Barnoldswick won by 8 wickets.

Baxenden v Settle

Baxenden
C Waddington ct Cokell b Booth 29
Naeem ct and b Nicholas Cokell 57
D Cronshaw Not Out 15
M Rishton Not Out 14
Extras 14
Total (2 wickets) 129.

T Davidson 5 0 23 0, E Read 4 0 29 0, A Davidson 8 0 36 0, A Booth 8 2 28 1.

Settle
W Davidson run out 32
Rawlinson ct Mills b Naeem 37
N Cokell st Caunce b Naeem 3
T Davidson ct Swindells b Rishton 22
T Hamill Not Out 12
L Read Not Out 0
Extras 6
Total (4 wickets) 112.

Naeem 10 0 45 2, S Molloy 3 0 29 0, M Rishton 6.5 0 32 1.

Abandoned.

Clitheroe v Edenfield

Edenfield
P Gallagher ct Ashraf b Marquet 9
G Smithson ct Gaskell b Hutchins 4
F Phillips LBW Hutchins 0
Read ct Majeed b Hutchins 6
J Kelly ct Coulter b Majeed 25
J Lester run out 33
A Barnes b Marquet 36
M Burns ct McDowell b Marquet 1
J Flitcroft Not Out 22
J Hampson LBW Marquet 0
W Slinger Not Out 3
Extras 10
Total (9 wickets) 149.

J Marquet 13 5 25 4, A Hutchins 7 3 19 3, Majeed 14 1 53 1, G Kershaw 5 1 17 0, J Houldsworth 4 0 25 0.

Clitheroe
J McDowell st Burns b Read 35
A Pearce ct Burns b Slinger 26
Majeed Not Out 44
N Ashraf b Read 6
M Coulter Not Out 12
Extras 3
Total (3 wickets) 126.

Read 9 0 58 2, W Slinger 9 2 23 1, P Gallagher 4 1 20 0, G Smithson 2.4 0 22 0.

Clitheroe won by 7 wickets. Clitheroe chased a revised target of 124.

Earby v Whalley

Whalley
Younas LBW Craddock 8
R Lamb LBW Azmat 0
M Davies b Craddock 15
L Kearsley LBW Azmat 74
R Palmer ct Windle b Azmat 39
D Fitzhenry ct Ch Walton b Azmat 3
S Gorton run out 0
N Hussain run out 11
J Galling Not Out 7
D Barker Not Out 2
Extras 10
Total (8 wickets) 169.

R Craddock 13 2 45 2, Azmat 18 4 48 4, S Hipgrave 7 3 26 0, M Haines 4 0 19 0, J Alcock 1 0 9 0, M Windle 2 0 13 0.

Earby
Ch Walton ct Kearsley b O'Neill 3
Cr Walton ct Lamb b Younas 32
Azmat b O'Neill 26
M Haines b Younas 1
A Pollard ct Galling b O'Neill 5
M Windle ct Fitzhenry b O'Neill 0
R Craddock Not Out 20
I Clarkson LBW Younas 1
S Hipgrave ct Hussain b Fitzhenry 35
M Kegg b Younas 1
J Alcock b Younas 0
Extras 9
Total (all out) 133.

Younas 21.4 5 50 5, D O'Neill 13 3 40 4, D Fitzhenry 8 0 35 1.

Whalley won by 36 runs.

Oswaldtwistle Immanuel v Read

Oswaldtwistle Immanuel
O Jones LBW Hornby 9
O Clare ct Artingstoll b Lowes 4
Cook-Martin ct Harvey b Eastham 57
R Hussain LBW Harvey 11
N Payne b Harvey 1
I Abid b Harvey 0
P Dignan b Harvey
4 A Dignan b Harvey 0
G Metcalf Not Out 17
S Sipocz b Hornby 0
M Groom Not Out 1
Extras 8
Total (9 wickets) 112.

Hornby 9 2 29 2, E Lowes 5 0 15 1, J Harvey 14 4 27 5, W Eastham 11 1 33 1.

Read
W Driver b Sipocz 27
M Jamal ct Groom b Abid 39
J Harvey Not Out 16
Hornby Not Out 26
Extras 2
Total (2 wickets) 110.

S Sipocz 5 0 40 1, I Abid 9.1 1 51 1, G Metcalf 4 1 17 0, N Payne 1 0 1 0 0 0.

Read won by 8 wickets. Read chased a revised a revised target of 107.

Ribblesdale Wanderers v Salesbury

Ribblesdale Wanderers
J Rain ct Watson b Brown 81
C Jackson b Perren 12
Wajihuddin LBW Perren 0
D Howard ct Rawlinson b Perren 10
B Varley ct Rawlinson b Perren 46
M Clarkson ct Fletcher b Brown 5
S Kerr LBW Perren 4
J Braithwaite Not Out 11
M Pratt run out 1
L Nuttall b Perren 3
I Britcliffe b Perren 0
Extras 9
Total (all out) 182.

Perren 21.4 4 52 7, R Sharples 4 1 15 0, E Foster 5 0 26 0, S Brown 6 0 48 2, D Chadwick 6 0 35 0.

Salesbury
W Cook LBW Varley 4
J Fletcher b Wajihuddin 0
Perren ct Rain b Varley 36
D Chadwick b Varley 2
J Watson b Varley 43
P Blackman LBW Varley 14
J Rawlinson b Varley 1
R Sharples b Varley 18
I Rabagliati ct Britcliffe b Varley 1
E Foster Not Out 2
S Brown run out 4
Extras 16
Total (all out) 143.

B Varley 20 4 65 8, Wajihuddin 18 3 63 1, S Kerr 1.4 0 5 0.

Ribblesdale Wanderers won by 39 runs.