Wright sets up Enfield victory
LANCASHIRE LEAGUE CRICKET
ENFIELD picked up a comfortable win after defeating Bacup by 57 runs at Dill Hall Lane.
After winning the toss and batting first, Enfield made a score of 223-9. At one stage they looked on course to make 300 but professional Ernest Kemm took 5-54 and Matt Thompson took 3-57 to the score to reasonable proportions.
Opener Lewis Wright made 77 and Adam Bracewell a quick fire 62 as the Bacup fielders failed to take a number of chances offered. In reply Bacup made a good start, at one stage being 109-1 and being ahead on Duckworth Lewis as rain threatened. Matt Thompson with another brisk of innings of 30, Simon Newbitt 40 and Tim Farragher 43 all making good contributions.
However the rain didn’t materialise and the rest of the Bacup batting struggled to deal with the ever increasing run rate and were bowled out for 166.
Enfield’s seconds were also in action against Bacup seconds over the weekend and it was Enfield who were celebrating again.
Bacup made a good start at Lanehead where good opening spells from Matthew Aspinall (3-44) and Liam Naylor (2-38) reduced Enfield’s 2nd XL to 55-5.
But Enfield rallied to post a score of 201 all out.
Dom Boardman picked up four late wickets and keeper Chris Gansler helped himself to five victims. Bacup made a good start with Scott Thompson making 43, but a collapse saw them bowled out for a disappointing 137.
CHURCH earned a big victory at home after beating Littleborough by nine wickets at Blackburn Road.
Church won the toss and decided to field first, and it proved to be a good decision as they were able to bowl Littleborough all out for 91. Littleborough were 62-1 at one stage, but then fell to 70-8, and that led to their downfall.
Church then eased to their target, reaching it with just 18 overs played after a top score of 58 from Sam Holt.
GREAT HARWOOD suffered a defeat on their travels after losing by two wickets against Nelson.
Despite decent scores from Patrick Swanney, Paul Houldsworth and Matthew Oddie, Great Harwood were bowled all out for 148.
Great Harwood did their best to try and come out on top, but Nelson chased down the target in 37 overs and won with two wickets to spare.
RISHTON suffered a defeat after losing by eight wickets against Colne. Rishton were bowled all out for just 103, with only two batsmen reaching double figures.
Colne were able to easily chase down the target, needing just 17 overs to do so as they condemned their opponents to defeat.
The league game between ACCRINGTON and Haslingden at Bentgate couldn’t be completed after it fell victim to the weather.
Haslingden won the toss and decided to bat first, and a score of 91 from professional Kamran Ghulam put them in a good position, but the rest of his teammates could only score 35 runs between them, and along with 30 runs from extras, Haslingden finished on 156 all out.
James Hayhurst, Jake Clarke and Janith Liyanage all took three wickets each for Accrington, while Kieren Grimshaw chipped in with one wicket.
Accrington didn’t get the chance to reply in their own innings, as the weather prevented them from batting and the match ended in a no result.
Elsewhere, Ramsbottom picked up a big win away from home in their Lancashire League match after defeating Rochdale by 64 runs at Redbrook.
Ramsbottom batted first after winning the toss, with opener Tom Parton top scoring for his team with 58. Jon Fielding scored 25, but the rest of the team struggled to contribute and they had to settle for 141-8 at the end of their 50 overs.
It looked like it might have been a tightly fought match, but Ramsbottom had other ideas as they dominated with the ball. Only three Rochdale batsmen managed to make double figures, as Roch- dale were bowled all out for just 77. Matt Burdaky was the pick of the bowlers for Ramsbottom, finishing with figures of 5-39.
Ramsbottom also picked up an eight wicket win over Norden in their T20 clash on Friday.
It was a similar story at the Worswick Memorial Ground where the game between Rawtenstall and Todmorden also ended in a no result.
Rawtenstall won the toss and batted first, with professional Keegan Petersen top scoring with 116 from 110 balls. Opener Tabassum Aziz also chipped in with 47 as Rawtenstall finished 222 all out.
Todmorden were 40-0 when the rain came down, bringing the match to a halt.