New leaders take over at table summit
BOTH Bilal Abbas and Andrew Sutcliffe picked up four wickets in Todmorden’s seven-wicket win against Crompton at Centre Vale. Abbas then struck 74 and Sutcliffe an unbeaten 44 to help their side chase down
Crompton’s 203 all out.
Rochdale enjoyed a four-wicket win on the road at Darwen as in-form professional Sean Whitehead claimed 5-8 from 8.5 overs and Steve Oddy picked up 4-26 to bowl Darwen out the home side for just 68.
Rochdale opener James Maurice-Scott with an unbeaten 40 saw Rochdale comfortably home in the 23rd over.
An innings of 82 not out from Paddy Martin underpinned Lowerhouse’s 206 run win against Colne at The Brooks Foundation Ground.
Clitheroe won by four wickets win at Middleton, where Ali Ross (4-21) and Mohsin took (4-59) limited the home side to a total of 161.
Clitheroe stuttered at times in chasing down the target but pro Mohammad Mohsin’s 39 runs and an unbeaten seventh wicket pairing of Charlie Dewhurst (17no) and Kyle O’Connor (33no) saw the visitors home.
Norden took over at the top after beating previous leaders Walsden at Stag Park.
Accrington’s Division 2 match against Nelson had to be postponed after several home players tested positive for Covid.
Littleborough remain the side to beat as they consolidated their position at the top of the table with a 25-run win against Rishton at Hare Hill.
13-year-old Louis Russell, Littleborough’s youngest ever debutant, lit up an otherwise drab game.
He picked up 3-18 off four overs and almost grabbed two extra bowling points for the league leaders.
Great Harwood beat Enfield by 18 runs at The Evolve Document Solutions Cliffe Park.
Nazakat Hussain was in fine form with 61, including eight fours and a six, to help Great Harwood run up 131-7. Matt Oddie chipped in with 25 and skipper Allan Armer
20.
Enfield professional Stuart Els made 39 in reply but the visitors finished on 113-7.
At Blackburn Road, Rishton were beaten as Darwen rans out winners by 24 runs.
Darwen won the toss and elected to bat, a decision which ultimately proved pivotal as opening pair Mark Friend (62 from 60 balls) and Kamran Anwar (58 from 31 balls) put on 102 before Anwar fell.
Siddesh Lad also hit 35 as Darwen posted 190-4.
Rishton’s reply started promisingly enough with Sajid
Patel (51) and Richie Fox (30) put on 83 for the first wicket while professional Sachithra Perera hit 42 but the run rate proved beyond them as they closed on 166-6.
Middleton picked up a 27-run win at Rawtenstall.
George Walker took 3-34, professional James Price 2-18 and skipper Dale Highton 2-24 with Cameron Holder hitting 35,
Ishaq Hussain 24 and Rizwan Shafiq 19 in Rawtenstall’s 118 all out.
Richard Fitton hit 40, Grant Jones 25, Walker 24 and Rhys Tierney 19 in Middleton’s 145-8. Imran Abid picked up 3-29 for Rawtenstall.