Momentum lost as Honley slip up

M Hussain ct Iqbal Khan Jacob Deavin-Baker ............................................ N Jones (Iqbal Khan) .............................................................................. G Simpson ct Adam Wiles Liam Wiles ............................................................ C Tipper ct Liam Wiles Jonathan Bennett ................................................... A Lilley ct Ibrar Latif Jacob Deavin-Baker ...................................................... L Hargreaves Jonathan Bennett ....................................................................... U Yaqoob ct Iqbal Khan Liam Wiles ................................................................... W Qasim ct & Jonathan Bennett ......................................................................... X Selby ct Ben Simpson Liam Wiles ................................................................... A Ullah ct Ibrar Latif Jacob Deavin-Baker ...................................................... G Jones*† .................................................................................................... Extras (6), lb (1), w (9) ..................................................................................... For Wkts (all out) TOTAL ......................................................................................... 45.4 Overs K Dalzell Baker L Skelly Umer Yaqoob ......................................................................................... I Khan ct Graeme Simpson Wasim Qasim .................................................... B Simpson ct Grant Jones Umer Yaqoob ........................................................ L Wiles* ct Graeme Simpson Wasim Qasim .................................................... I Latif Umer Yaqoob ................................................................................................ J Deavin-Baker Umer Yaqoob ............................................................................. A Wiles .......................................................................................................... M Burgess† Umer Yaqoob .................................................................................... L Robinson ct Chris Tipper Xander Selby ........................................................ J Bennett (Arron Lilley) ............................................................................ K Dalzell Xander Selby ................................................................................... Extras lb (7), w (6), nb (1) ................................................................................... For Wkts (all out) TOTAL ............................................................................................ 20 Overs U Yaqoob LEADERS Hoylandswaine extended the gulf between them and second place to 22 points with a victory at home to Scholes as Honley lost vital momentum, slipping up at home to Moorlands.

Swaine took full advantage of Honley’s slip-up as they cantered to a routine home win against a Scholes side hampered by a trio of influential players sitting out due to suspension.

The visitors endured a damaging collapse as they slid from 51-1 to 77-6 as strike bowler Adnan Ghani (3-58) and spinner Gurman Randhawa (3-31) dictated proceedings. Louis Brook (34) helped propel his side to 164ao inside 49 overs but it looked somewhat short of a total that would need to press the reigning champions.

Yorkshire’s Alex Lees (80no) took his tally to 935 runs in only 13 innings after Hoylandswaine shrugged off the early loss of Gharib Nawaz (11) and along with a fluid half-century from Saeed Anwar (58) Hoylandswaine notched up Team ................................................ Hoylandswaine ....................... Honley .......................................... Broad Oak ................................... Shepley ........................................ Kirkburton .................................. Thongsbridge .......................... Moorlands .................................. Armitage Bridge .................... Delph and Dobcross ............ Scholes ......................................... Golcar ............................................ Cawthorne, Yorks .................. Mirfield Parish Cavaliers...16 Shelley .......................................... another victory towards a consecutive Byrom Shield title reaching 165-2 before the halfway point.

Golcar romp to an emphatic victory to move them up four places, with Shelley replacing them at the foot of the table.

Golcar captain Steve Whitwam stepped to the fore in sublime fashion as visitors Armitage Bridge were callously dismantled. Golcar’s loss of the toss had little bearing on the match result after opening bowlers Sam Mills (2-27) and Will Hinchliffe (3-34) tore into the opening batsmen leaving the stage open for Whitwam (5-28).

Bridge alarmingly toppled from a relatively safe position of 64-1 to 90 all out as Whitwam’s spin devastated Team ................................................ Barkisland .................................. Almondbury Wesleyan ...... Clayton West ............................ Rastrick ........................................ Holmfirth .................................... Slaithwaite ................................. Elland ............................................. Skelmanthorpe ....................... Lascelles Hall ........................... Meltham ...................................... Almondbury .............................. Lepton Highlanders ............. the middle order; nine wickets fell for only 26 runs. Opening batsman Whitwam (66no) then took charge with a 49-ball innings to dominate the modest chase and reach 91-1 registering a huge win on an afternoon when their relegation rivals all lost.

Charlie Roebuck (127) was in pulsating form for third-placed Broad Oak after clattering a century away at luckless Shelley.

It was looking to be a long afternoon as Roebuck menaced the surrounding houses in his remarkable 84-ball innings; all achieved in the first 15 overs.

He hammered 16 fours and six sixes before he became the first wicket to fall on 182-1. Team ................................................ Denby ............................................ Marsden ....................................... Cumberworth United .......... Hall Bower .................................. Emley Clarence ....................... Upperthong ............................... Birkby Rose Hill ....................... Denby Dale ................................ Kirkheaton ................................. Thurstonland ............................ Mirfield ......................................... Linthwaite ...................................

The rest of Broad Oak’s 291 all out total was achieved through more conventional scoring with a halfcentury from Dom Finn (50) and a useful 33 from wicketkeeper Tom McCreadie. Imran Zafar (7-72) returned a good yield as Shelley fought their way back into the contest. They welcomed back overseas Sikandar Raza Butt (107) and he registered his return with a fine run-aball century (6 fours, 7 sixes) which put Shelley in the hunt for an unlikely chase.

However wickets fell too frequently for Shelley to make a tangible go of it and thanks to overseas Kyran Dill (4-53) and spinner Dan Taylor (4-50) Broad Oak ran out worthy winners as Shelley finished 220 all out.