Run rate gives Norden victory in the rain

RUN rate decided Norden’s Tom Hardman T20 match against Stayley on Friday night.

People one mile away from Stag Park reported they never saw any rain, but it certainly rained up in Norden to bring a premature end to a match Stags always looked like winning.

Only Peter Skuse (18) and Patel (13 not out) got into double figures as 10-man Stayley were dismissed for 84.

Harvey Fitton took three for 18, and Naveed Zamurad picked up two for one.

Greg Butterworth and Dean Lord each took two wickets.

Stags made a hardhitting start to the reply and were 34 for the loss of Hashum Malik and Josh Tolley when play ended after five overs.

Under rules it went to run rate, and Norden were the winners.

Heyside 131-9 (Matthew Robinson 42), Moorside 219-4 (Gerry Snyman 63, Phil Taylor 48); Micklehurst 73 (Jake Sandham 3-12, Joe Kershaw 3-12), Monton and Weaste 179-9 (Furqan Shafiq 71, Lewis Daniel 5-27).

Ashton 65-3, Milnrow 64; Glodwick 157 (Rehan Rafique 71, Angus Carruthers 3-34, Chirag Khurana 3-21), Royton 159-7 (Liam Brown 49, Franco Lenhardt 3-22); Hollinwood 138 (Jatinder Singh 55no), Crompton 137-8 (Akbar Rehman 47, Sajjid Ali 4-31). (Umesh Karunaratne 74, Matt Foden 3-26); Shaw 101-9, Saddleworth 103-4.

Austerlands 172, Oldham 97-6; Rochdale 228-2 (Henry Cooper 110no, Ben Chapman 40), Friarmere 91 (Dale Highton 3-32, Ollie Makin 3-20); Uppermill 124 (Andrew Cadd 3-18), Greenfield 125-9 (Ayaz Tasawar 3-19). Crompton 151 (Denis Louis 48, Kelly Smuts 4-22), Austerlands 121 (Kelly Smuts 64, Harry Dean 4-27); Littleborough 203 (Clinton Perren 98), Greenfield 177 (Chris Gill 50); Middleton 206 (Grant Jones 66, Chris Williams 42), Royton 235 (Angus Carruthers 57); Rochdale 245-7 (Henry Cooper 108,

Friarmere 2nd 133 (Muhammed Asif 54, Asif Saeed 5-32), Norden 137-6 (Harvey Fitton 40, Nasir Shahzad 4-33); Glodwick 170, Rochdale 156.

Heyside 154 (Ryan Barnes 53), Moorside 151 (Danny Cashin 4-34); Milnrow 90 (Ishtiaq Hussain 5-17, Bryce Allchin 4-6), Friarmere 203-9 (Asif Qayyum 67); Norden 122-3 (Josh Tolley 56), Saddleworth 119 (Naveed Zamurad 4-28); Stayley 269-3 (Steven Bird 79, Peter Skuse 71no), Hollinwood 122 (Hamza Nadeem 5-22).