Barnoldswick increased their lead at the top of the Ribblesdale League in a run-filled programme as the sun shone on Saturday.

The lowest match aggregate came at Marshfield where Barlick crushed bottom of the table Settle by nine wickets.

Schoolboy Peter Cook, who is just 15, top scored for the home side, making an unbeaten 55 out of their 126-7.

But the Barnoldswick batting machine motored to victory through Matthew Nutter’s unbeaten 67 and 63 not out from Umar Saddique.

Read stayed in contention beating Clitheroe by 40 runs with Stuart Hornby making a half-century and Jon Harvey collecting a five-wicket haul but Baxenden’s hopes of regaining their crown are slipping.

They lost for a third successive game and failed to pick up a point in a six wicket home defeat to Ribblesdale Wanderers.

Barnoldswick now have a 16 point advantage over third placed Baxenden with Read, eight adrift, in second spot.

Salesbury professional Susantha Pradeep made a club record 162 for his side – but Edenfield ended their 11-match slump as Paul Gallagher and Chris Read led them to a fine victory at Ribchester Road.

Sri Lankan Pradeep was breathtaking as he took on the Edenfield bowlers and faced just 132 balls and hit 13 fours and six sixes as he carried his bat.

Salesbury closed on 245-7 with Read claiming 4-90 from a long 23-over spell in the heat.

It was a big target – but Gallagher bounced back to form with a cracking 105 and Read was 68 not out as Edenfield romped home with 10 balls to spare.

Paul Turner made a magnificent 123 - but that wasn’t enough for Cherry Tree against Oswaldtwistle Immanuel.

Turner hit 14 fours and five sixes on his way to his big knock.

That efforts saw Cherry Tree post 234-7, but Oswaldtwistle’s reply was serene as pro Chris Cook-Martin faced just 59 balls on his way to a brilliant 88.

Cook-Martin hit 13 fours and two sixes, while opener Oliver Jones made a patient 71 and Imran Abid a breezy 22 not out to see them home with five balls to spare.

Syed Shahabuddin claimed 5-63 and then hit 88 as Great Harwood beat Earby by 26 runs at The Applegarth, while Padiham beat in-form Whalley at The Arbories.

Baxenden v Ribblesdale Wanderers

Baxenden
C Waddington LBW Wajihuddin 24
Naeem ct Kerr b Wajihuddin 74
D Cronshaw ct Clarkson b Wajihuddin 0
M Rishton b Varley 43
B Swindells ct Kerr b Wajihuddin 0
L McIntosh ct Rain b Wajihuddin 9
D Mills ct Howard b Varley 6
A Caunce st Rain b Wajihuddin 10
S Payne ct Britcliffe b Varley 1
S Molloy ct Wajihuddin b Britcliffe 6
M Nixon Not Out 13
Extras 14
Total (all out) 200. Varley 12 1 58 3, M Clarkson 5 1 25 0, Wajihuddin 17 3 56 6, I Britcliffe 10.2 1 55 1.

Ribblesdale Wanderers
A Marsh ct Mills b Naeem 14
C Jackson LBW Naeem 1
Wajihuddin Not Out 110
D Howard b Naeem 22
J Rain ct McIntosh b Naeem 36
B Varley Not Out 15
Extras 8
Total (4 wickets) 206.

Naeem 22 3 65 4, B Swindells 9 1 49 0, L McIntosh 10.3 0 57 0, S Payne 3 0 29 0.

Ribblesdale Wanderers won by 6 wickets.

Cherry Tree v Oswaldtwistle Immanuel

Cherry Tree
M Hadfield ct Cook-Martin b Smithson 6
Turner ct Abid b Smithson 123
S Friend ct Payne b Sipocz 3
J Bolton ct Abid b Sipocz 10
M Friend b Abid 12
N Robbins b Sipocz 74
S Elwood Not Out 0
D Lord b Sipocz 0
G Jones Not Out 0
Extras 5
Total (7 wickets) 234.

S Sipocz 11 4 33 4, K Smithson 17 3 78 2, I Abid 11 0 67 1, G Metcalf 5 0 38 0, O Clare 1 0 12 0. Oswaldtwistle Immanuel
O Jones LBW Hadfield 71
R Hussain ct Jones b Baldwin 23
Cook-Martin ct Sudnik b Bolton 88
O Clare ct S Friend b Sudnik 16
N Payne ct Jones b Sudnik 2
P Dignan b Lord 11
I Abid Not Out 22
G Metcalf Not Out 1
Extras 3
Total (6 wickets) 237.

J Bolton 11 1 65 1, D Lord 10 0 44 1, J Baldwin 6 0 31 1, M Hadfield 6 0 41 1, A Sudnik 11.1 0 55 2.

Oswaldtwistle Immanuel won by 4 wickets.

Earby v Great Harwood

Great Harwood
I Haworth b Hargreaves 5
Shahabuddin st Chris Walton b Kegg 88
J Crabtree ct Haines b Windle 9
R Whalley b Hipgrave 33
A Ullah Not Out 34
P Houldsworth Not Out 9
Extras 25
Total (4 wickets) 203.

Azmat 23 2 82 0, J Hargreaves 8 3 26 1, M Windle 7 1 34 1, S Hipgrave 2 0 6 1, M Kegg 5 0 41 1. Earby
Chris Walton b Shahabuddin 3
Craig Walton b Houldsworth 27
Azmat ct Whalley b Maher 58
M Windle st Sardar b Welsh 14
D Helliwell b Houldsworth 2
J Martin LBW Shahabuddin 17
M Haines b Shahabuddin 9
M Kegg LBW Maher 0
S Hipgrave b Shahabuddin 17
A Yates Not Out 8
J Hargreaves b Shahabuddin 0
Extras 22
Total (all out) 177.

Shahabuddin 14.5 1 63 5, S Maher 11 1 37 2, P Houldsworth 10 4 34 2, S Welsh 7 1 26 1.

Great Harwood won by 26 runs.

Padiham v Whalley

Whalley
Younas LBW Davies 6
R Lamb b Holt 70
M Davies ct Robinson b Mehmood 27
L Kearsley ct Robinson b Mehmood 6
M Fallon b Mehmood 2
R Palmer ct Clarke b Mehmood 19
S Gorton ct Robinson b Howells 13
D Fitzhenry Not Out 13
N Hussain st Robinson b Holt 5
J Galling st Robinson b Holt 0
D O'Neill Not Out 1
Extras 20
Total (9 wickets) 182.

M Howells 9 0 31 1, S Davies 3 0 17 1, N Mehmood 17 2 53 4, Holt 16 2 62 3. Padiham
K Hitchon LBW Younas 2
Holt ct Kearsley b Fitzhenry 50
N Mehmood ct Davies b Palmer 65
J Bushell LBW Younas 20
C Clarke ct and b Palmer 0
M Howells ct Gorton b Palmer 6
P Shirtcliffe Not Out 17
S Meehan Not Out 8
Extras 20
Total (6 wickets) 188.

Younas 17 4 72 2, D O'Neill 5 5 28 0, S Gorton 5 1 21 0, D Fitzhenry 4 0 20 1, R Palmer 7.1 1 27 3. Padiham won by 4 wickets.

Read v Clitheroe

Read
J Harvey b Siddique 26
Hornby ct McDowell b Hutchins 52
W Driver b Siddique 37
B Law b Siddique 8
M Jamal b Marquet 24
K O'Connor ct Gaskell b Marquet 3
J Marshall b Marquet 9
A Laycock b Marquet 1
C Lowes LBW Siddique 0
W Eastham Not Out 13
E Lowes Not Out 1
Extras 32
Total (9 wickets) 206.

A Hutchins 7 0 44 1, J Marquet 11 2 50 4, Siddique 20 6 56 4, J Houldsworth 7 0 26 0.

Clitheroe
Siddique ct Lowes b Driver 31
J McDowell b Hornby 57
J Banks ct O'Connor b Eastham 19
N Ashraf ct Lowes b Harvey 10
M Coulter LBW Harvey 14
C Bowness LBW Harvey 1
B Ahmed b Hornby 1
P Gaskell b Harvey 10
J Houldsworth b Harvey 9
J Marquet ct and b Hornby 1
A Hutchins Not Out 0
Extras 13
Total (all out) 166.

Hornby 14 1 54 3, E Lowes 1 0 19 0, W Eastham 10 1 34 1, W Driver 4 0 29 1, J Harvey 12.4 4 20 5. Read won by 40 runs.

Salesbury v Edenfield

Salesbury
W Cook st Simms b Read 30
Pradeep Not Out 162
J Watson LBW Smithson 4
P Blackman LBW Smithson 3
J Rawson ct Simms b Read 1
J Rawlinson ct Rushton b Read 4
J Wharton ct Smithson b Read 0
I Rabagliati run out 8
E Foster Not Out 16
Extras 17
Total (7 wickets) 245.

Read 23 5 90 4, A Rushton 8 1 52 0, G Smithson 9 1 53 2, W Slinger 5 0 35 0. Edenfield
P Gallagher ct Watson b Rawson 105
G Smithson ct Rabagliati b Pradeep 23
J Kelly run out 8
Read Not Out 68
J Lester ct Wharton b Pradeep 6
A Barnes Not Out 21
Extras 17
Total (4 wickets) 248.

R Grogan 2.2 0 23 0, A Marsh 5 0 36 0, Pradeep 20 0 85 2, E Foster 6.4 0 42 0, J Rawson 9.2 0 53 1. Edenfield won by 6 wickets.

Settle v Barnoldswick

Settle
J Seedle ct U Saddique b Nichols 10
J Rawlinson b Nichols 7
L Read b Nichols 0
T Hamill LBW Nazir 0
R Davidson b A Saddique 16
P Cook Not Out 55
E Read ct Garner b Nazir 8
D Worthington ct A Saddique b Nazir 27
N Cokell Not Out 1
Extras 2
Total (7 wickets) 126.

Nazir 19 1 61 3, R Nichols 13 8 16 3, A Saddique 6 1 17 1, M Scothern 5 3 15 0, M Nutter 2 0 14 0.

Barnoldswick
M Nutter Not Out 57
A Saddique LBW Read 0
U Saddique Not Out 63
Extras 7
Total (1 wickets) 127.

E Read 7 0 53 1, A Davidson 3 0 26 0, T Hamill 3 0 19 0, J Tarbox 3 0 29 0. Barnoldswick won by 9 wickets.