India whitewash
UPPER Hopton CC will stage the 70th Crossley Shield final for the Spenser Wilson Halifax League on Sunday.
Triangle play Warley in the second XI knockout final, which is supported by the Rotary Club of Sowerby Bridge, and it is no ordinary showpiece.
Warley have won the Shield for the last three years and are going for a unique four-timer.
Triangle, however, will have different ideas, having won the trophy on eight occasions, the last in 2009.
Whatever happens, it will be a record ninth victory for either club.
There was a first tie of the season in the Spenser Wilson Halifax League when Leymoor visited Outlane.
Outlane batted first and scored 161, with Adam Davies (85) scoring over half of those, as four Leymoor bowlers shared the wickets.
The visitors’ runs were spread more evenly, Martin Allison top scoring with 57, but wickets fell gradually and last man Colin Johnson was bowled with the scores level.
Birchencliffe, currently playing out of Bradley & Colne, seem to be enjoying their nomadic existence and chalked another win, this time against Mount, to keep away from the lower reaches of the Second Division table.
Copley 149 (Rowles 44, Collins 5-37), *Jer Lane 150-4 (Laban 53*): pts 3-12. *Oxenhope 171 (Hopkinson 81*) Booth 172-8 (Saghir 60, Dyson 4-59) pts 4-12. *Queensbury 115 (Watson 43*), Northowram HT 116-6 (Talbot 53*): pts 2-12. *SBCI 109 (Hyland 57, Azam 5-56), Mytholmroyd 113-3 (Conway 47*): pts 1-12. *Triangle 225 (Silkstone 62, Hoyle 7-84), Sowerby St Peter’s 207 (B Hoyle 92, Potts 43, Silkstone 5-14): pts 12-6. Thornton 211 (Hutchinson 89, Brooksbank 51, Duckett 7-66), *Warley 202 (Whitworth 67): pts 12-6.
Southowram 258-5 (Crossley 77, Johnson 58*, Wilkinson 52), *Blackley 228-9 (Fox 102, Baxter 55, Crossley 4-33): pts 11-4. *Shelf 88 (Chaudhry 5-25) Great Horton PC 92-6 (Beesley 40); pts 1-12. *Sowerby Bridge 164 (Robinson 7-44), Cullingworth 167-3 (Birkill 73*): pts 2-12. *Stones 112 (Ali 4-33, A Mahmood 4-37), Bridgeholme 114-4: pts 2-12.
Mount 121 (N Patel 45, Mistry 5-26), *Birchencliffe 127-6: pts 2-12. *Bradshaw 192-8 (Jowett 76, Iqbal 4-59), Upper Hopton 121 (Beaumont 4-29): pts 12-3. Clayton 68 (Ali 5-30), *Greetland 72-6: pts 12-1. Illingworth St Mary’s 260 (James Lawton 78, Cook 54, Thompson 45, Richardson 4-48), *Luddendenfoot 182 (Broadbent 76, Murfet 5-43): pts 12-6. Low Moor HT 162, *Old Town 149 (Jamil 45, Khan 43, Stokes 5-28, Green 4-67): pts 12-5. *Outlane 161 (Davies 85), Leymoor 161 (Allison 57, Mitton 4-53): pts 8-8. RAVICHANDRAN Ashwin and Mo Shami combined to skittle Sri Lanka on the third day of the final Test as India wrapped up a 3-0 whitewash in Kandy.
The hosts started the day following on at 19-1 and mustered only token resistance as they finished all out for 181, defeated by an innings and 171 runs.
Ashwin pocketed four for 68 as he held down an end, with Shami chiming in with three for 32.
Sri Lanka looked set for an even heftier defeat when an early clatter of wickets left them 39-4. What followed was a slight upturn as Dinesh Chandimal (36) and Angelo Mathews (35) dug in.