Not enough

when he patted a ball to silly mid on immediately after the fielder had been placed there.

He fell for an excellent 55 off 72 balls but must be kicking himself for missing out on a really big score. What happened next mirrored the warm up as the remaining batsmen showed no fight or desire at all and the remaining four wickets fell for two runs and the visitors were all out for 173. Littleborough have six games left, all against teams that are in and around them, so there is plenty to play for. If this young team can remain professional and show the desire and application that is needed at this level, then they still have a great chance of climbing further up the ladder.

RAWTENSTALL picked up a victory away from home after defeating Rishton by 51 runs at Blackburn Road.

Rishton won the toss and decided to field, but Rawtenstall got off to a good start thanks to professional Kaustubh Pawar, who hit 100 from 113 balls.

It meant Rawtenstall were 192-2 at one stage, but the rest of the batsmen then struggled to add any major scores and Rawtenstall eventually ended on 215-9 at the end of their 50 overs.

Rishton’s response saw Mark Leathert (55) and professional Mansoor Amjad (53) both hit half centuries, but only one other batsman managed to make it into double figures, meaning they were bowled all out for 164.

HASLINGDEN came up short after they were beaten by nine wickets against Lowerhouse at Liverpool Road. Haslingden were put into bat first after Lowerhouse won the toss, and they struggled to compete with the bat and were all out for just 89.

Lowerhouse eased to their total, needing just 18 overs.