Swaine open up the lead
HOYLANDSWAINE strengthened their hold at the summit of the Drakes League Premier beating Kirkburton – while rivals Delph slipped to a third straight defeat at Shepley.
At the halfway point of the campaign Delph were overtaken by Moorlands, who moved up to second after an away win at Armitage Bridge.
Hoylandswaine extended their lead at the top to 12 points and completed a routine home win against Kirkburton.
Kirkburton overcame a sticky early period where they recovered from 40-4 to 239 at the close – Rohan Randhawa (72) and Toby Booth (65) making their mark.
Hoylandswaine captain Ryan Robinson must be overjoyed with the impact of Chris Holliday who was unbeaten on 121 – scoring a consecutive century – along with Gharib Nawaz (57) and SP Singh (65no) saw Swaine take another big step towards the title.
Moorlands have developed a cutting edge and none was more obvious after they rode a stern challenge at Armitage Bridge.
The third-placed, Mirfield-based side were bowled out for 190 with Cameron French (62) the top scorer for the visitors. Moorlands answered any questions of their ability to defend after withstanding a positive start to the chase by Armitage Bridge then skittling out their hosts for 151.
Delph & Dobcross were mercilessly cut down by a rampant Shepley outfit.
Captain Andrew Gleave was soon regretting his decision to bat first as Shepley’s lethal opening bowler Nasir Jamal (4-31) removed two of Delph’s most potent runscorers in Mosun Hussain and Indian professional Shreevats Goswami. R Randhawa G Randhawa .......................................................................... L Williamson R Robinson A Ghani ................................................................. S Sajid J Harrison ............................................................................................ J Butterfield B Potter A Ghani .......................................................................... T Booth B Potter M Bilal ................................................................................... J Ahmad A Mynett* G Randhawa .................................................................... M Bhoola M Bilal ........................................................................................................ C Fletcher M Bilal ................................................................................................... M Garrety J Harrison ............................................................................................ S Woodhams ................................................................................................. Extras ............................................................................................................................... Wkts ( 10 ) ................................................................................................................... 49.5 Overs Bowling: G Randhawa
A Ghani A Kaye M Butters* A France ............................................................................ J Summerscales L Baxter B Hyde ................................................................... J Finch M Butters* B Hyde ................................................................................. L Bridges A France J Hargreaves ................................................................. A Scholefield J Keeling ........................................................................................ D Robinson J Greaves J Hargreaves .............................................................. B Westbrook B Hyde .......................................................................................... S Oddy H Franklin A France ............................................................................. P Ackroyd H Franklin J Keeling ...................................................................... C Thompson .................................................................................................. I Pollitt J Keeling .............................................................................................. Extras ............................................................................................................................... Wkts ( 10 ) ................................................................................................................... 46 Overs Bowling: A France Keeling G Nawaz S Sajid J Ahmad ................................................................................ S Singh ......................................................................................................... C Holliday ................................................................................................. Extras ............................................................................................................................... Wkts ( 1 ) ...................................................................................................................... 32.5 Overs Bowling: Ahmad R Randhawa Sajid A Wahid L Webster* A Khan ............................................................................ S Whitwam J Greene A Ahmed ...................................................................... J Howson R Ishtiaq L O’Dea ............................................................................ L Aspeling L Webster* A Khan ....................................................................... U Bandara L Webster* A Ahmed ................................................................... J Lockwood A Khan .............................................................................................. C Ruscoe ...................................................................................................... D Woodhead A Ahmed A Khan ....................................................................... C Horner L O’dea J Crossland ........................................................................... M Wilson .......................................................................................................... M Smith ........................................................................................................... Extras ............................................................................................................................... Wkts ( 9 ) ..................................................................................................................... 50 Overs Bowling: A Khan A Ahmed A Greenwood L Aspeling* C Ruscoe ............................................................ S Alderson L Aspeling* C Ruscoe ................................................................. J Megson L Aspeling* S Whitwam ................................................................. L O’dea C Ruscoe .................................................................................................... A Khan ....................................................................................................... L Webster L Aspeling* U Bandara ................................................................ A Ahmed L Aspeling* U Bandara ..................................................................... J Crossland U Bandara ........................................................................................... J Greene ...................................................................................................... Extras ............................................................................................................................... Wkts ( 7 ) ..................................................................................................................... 48.4 Overs Bowling: Bandara
C Horner T Chadwick R Marshall* B Howitt .................................................................... C Hill .............................................................................................................. T Brook ............................................................................................................ Extras ............................................................................................................................... Wkts ( 4 ) ..................................................................................................................... 36.2 Overs Bowling: Iqbal
P Visser D Hussain O Mehmood M Gummerson .......................................................... S Rehman .................................................................................................... G Alexander O Mehmood M Gummerson ..................................................... Q Rashid S Allen* M Gummerson .................................................................... N Rana S Allen* M Gummerson ........................................................................ K Ijaz M Gummerson ................................................................................................ S Nazir S Allen* M Gummerson ........................................................................ A Khan E Santner M Gummerson .................................................................... R Akhtar C Cowell ............................................................................................ R Malik C Cowell ........................................................................................................ B Ounees S Allen* C Cowell .............................................................................. Extras .................................................................................................................................. Wkts ( 10 ) ...................................................................................................................... 36.4 Overs Bowling: A Ghafoor C Cowell S Rehman* B Ounees ......................................................................... S Butterworth ............................................................................................ K Mehmood R Malik R Akhtar ......................................................................... J Morley .......................................................................................................... Extras ............................................................................................................................... Wkts ( 2 ) ........................................................................................................................ 17 Overs Bowling: Alexander Rashid R Akhtar
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