Nawaz gets another sparkling century!

return to the top flight with a fine five-wicket success at Golcar.

The home side were bowled out for 144 with Tom Raven-Hill and South African Philip Visser taking three for 53 and three for 33 respectively. Dan Woodhead with 39 was the best of the Golcar batsmen.

Thongsbridge were then guided to victory by an excellent 78 not out from opener Ben Raven-Hill, reaching 150-5 with nine overs to spare.

Scholes won a cracking match at Shepley, scoring a five wicket success with seven balls left after dismissing the home side for 197.

Overseas Brenton Thompson hit 38 on debut for Shepley while Nadim Hussain hit 52.

Scholes made a measured start in reply with Alex Clegg getting 21 and, at drinks, they needed 133 to win from 25 overs.

Tom Chadwick batted excellently to push them closer before departing on exactly 50, and it was left to Kiwi Callum Hill to get Scholes home with 44 not out in an enthralling finish.

Youngster Siraj Sajid took Kirkburton to victory at Barkisland with an unbeaten 58 off 74 balls including four fours and a six, as they chased down 215-6 with an over to spare.

Jake Finch had set Barkisland on their way with 54 off 78 balls, including six fours and three sixes, while skipper Darren Robinson boosted them with 66 not out, his 50 coming in 100 deliveries. He eventually finished with four fours and four sixes and batted for 101 minutes.

In the Jedi Sports Championship, Jack Pearson was the hero for Rastrick as they won at Holmfirth.

Rastrick totalled 245 with 72 from Bradley Birkhead and 50 from Faisal Javed, Max Gummerson the best of the Holmfirth bowlers with four for 66.

Holmfirth made a solid effort to chase with opener Matt Gummerson hitting 79, but their hopes were wrecked by Jack Pearson, who finished with seven for 67 off 14.

In the Cedar Court Conference, there were seven-wicket hauls for Ashley Littlewood of Cumberworth – who took seven for 29 in their win over Almondbury – and for Paul Goodman of Denby, who had seven for 45 but lost against Hall Bower.

Scores:

Barkisland 215-6 (L Bridges 27, A Scholefield 26, D Robinson 66no, J Finch 54; C Fletcher 3-70) Kirkburton 217-7 (A Smith 45, J Butterfield 34, S Sagid 58no; A Scholefield 3-54).

Moorlands 202 (L Smith 46, C French 29; J Keeling 4-49) Broad Oak 189 (D Finn 41, T McCreadie 58; B Lumb 3-28).

Cawthorne 249-7 (A Dehmel 71, B Simpson 79; J Curling 3-57) Armitage Bridge 210-9 (R Broom 91; S Hussain 3-44).

Delph & Dobcross 256-6 (M Hussain 105, S Muhammad 54, L Hargreaves 40no) Honley 233 (D Howard 97, L Kenworthy 43; W Qasim 4-63, A Lilley 3-61).

Golcar 144 (S Whitwam 32, D Woodhead 39; T Raven-Hill 3-53, P Visser 3-43) Thongsbridge 150-5 (B Raven-Hill 78no).

Skelmanthorpe 215 (A Khan 56, I Younis 47) Hoylandswaine 219-3 (G Nawaz 109, S P Singh 75no).

Shepley 179 (N Hussain 52, B Thompson 38; T Brook 4-33, J Brook 4-65) Scholes 199-5 (T Chadwick 50, C Hill 44no; N Hussain 3-63).

Linthwaite 161 Almondbury Wes 163-5.

Clayton West 236-8 (A Thompson 43, A Rank 33, C Glover 46no; A Walker 5-77) Slaithwaite 257-8 (A Rehmann 53, S Butt 63; C Glover 3-84).

Rastrick 245 (B Birkland 73, S Javed 60) Holmfirth 222 (M Gummerson 79, E Santner 33; J Pearson 7-67)

Kirkheaton 50 (Z Ahmed 7-14) Lascelles Hall 54-1.

Meltham 183-9 (W Parker 43; M Sykes 4-52, M Hussain 4-22) Shelley 187-3 (L Sykes 36, J Sykes 63, Y Hasnat 53no).

Mirfield PC 240-9 (N Hussain 77no) Elland 221 (M Ali 67; N Hussain 4-40).

Cumberworth Utd 197-9 (A Littlewood 50, J Bower 65no) Almondbury 111 (M Mabeen 37; A Littlewood 6-29, G Parkes 4-29).

Emley Clarence 80 (R Haynes 37no; S Tyas 4-23) Denby Dale 82-4 (A Moores 3-32).

Hall Bower 156 (A Crane 51, D Russell 27; P Goodman 7-51) Denby 134 (T Jones 28, P Goodman 27no; I Amjad 5-39).

Birkby Rose Hill 239 (A Saeed 35, R Nazar 97; A Hussain 5-37) Lepton Highlanders 240-2 (J Mulhall 83no, A Hussain 105no).

Marsden 209-4 (F Hussain 71, S Bissett 34, I Malik 49no) Mirfield 91 (A Goldthorp 29; M Johnson 4-24, S Robinson 3-32).

Thurstonland 196-7 (M Aston 96; B Balmforth 3-46) Upperthong 187 (N Oakley 56no, S Briggs 65; J England 3-42). SARACENS stormed into the Champions Cup final after absorbing Munster’s first-half onslaught before powering to a 26-10 victory in Dublin.

The champions will defend their crown in Edinburgh on May 13 against Clermont Auvergne, who beat Leinster 27-22 in Lyon yesterday.

Mako Vunipola’s 54th-minute try was the pivotal act that put Saracens two scores ahead and from that moment it was a procession punctuated by the occasional feverish attack from the Irish province.

Replacement wing Chris Wyles added a second try and through Owen Farrell kicking 16 points in an immaculate afternoon from the tee.

George Ford missed a penalty with the last kick of the game as Bath suffered a 28-25 defeat to Stade Francais in a dramatic European Challenge Cup semi-final in Paris.

At 18-6 down, Bath staged a remarkable second-half comeback as tries from Semesa Rokoduguni, Robbie Fruean and Elliott Stooke put them back into the lead.

But - in a remarkable final quarter - the game swung back and forth as Hugh Pyle’s try and a conversion and drop goal from Jules Plisson put Stade ahead.

There was still time for Bath to try to send the game into extra-time, but Ford missed from the tee in time added on.

On Saturday Billy Burns scored all of Gloucester’s points as they claimed their place in the Challenge Cup final with a tense 16-14 victory at La Rochelle. HUDDERSFIELD RUFC lifted the National League Three North trophy in front of a notable ex-player after their 37-35 final-day win against Sandal.

The Field had won the league several weeks previously but officially celebrated their achievement at Lockwood Park on Saturday.

Former Scotland national coach Vern Cotter, who played for Field in the 1980s, was present for the celebrations.

Huddersfield YMCA lost 67-24 to West Hartlepool at Hill to round off their season in North One East.

Read full match reports in tomorrow’s Examiner.