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PREMIER DIVISION

Barlaston scraped over the winning line to regain their top position in the Waterworld Premier Division. Niroshan Bandaratilleke claimed excellent returns of 7-41 as they dismissed Porthill Park for 99, with Simon Cork top scoring for Porthill with 38. Barlaston reached the target for the loss of eight wickets, with Ben Cotton (3-35) and Saeed Anwar (3-36) thanks to a gritty 26 from Tom Taylor.

Hem Heath had to settle for a winning draw after Moddershall’s batsmen held firm. Hem Heath batted first and were reeling at 57-6 thanks to Asad Ali (3-71) and Chris Beech (3-36). But Stephen Atkinson (69 not out), Michael Brocklehurst (61) and Daniel Milligan (28) ensured Hem Heath posted a respectable 244-8. In reply, Hamza Siddique batted the majority of the innings to finish unbeaten on 71 with support from Chris Beech (35) and Robert Bagnall (30) as they didnt threaten the chase, finishing on 181-7.

Longton’s Australian Phil Adams hit an unbeaten 103 as they chased down Little Stoke’s target of 186. Longton were 100-6 but Adams received good support from Elliot Birks (30 not out) as they cruised to the four-wicket win. Earlier in Little Stoke’s innings Steve Pugh took 4-11 to tear through the latter order after Richard Adams (45) and Shabir Ahmed (48) had frustrated the Longton bowlers.

Burslem completed a four-wicket win over bottom placed Elworth. Three wickets apiece from Samiullah Khan (3-39), Michael Brown (3-45) and Khalid Malik (3-28) helped to dismiss the home side for 157. And Malik hit 45 in their reply to ease over the winning line in the 40th over. Wood Lane recorded a well needed win over Knypersley as they look to stay clear of the relegation spots. Knypersley batted first with Daniel Ball (58) and Ben McGuire (56) the main scorers. Off-spinner Richard Hassall (4-54) was the pick of the Wood Lane attack. And skipper Daniel Brierley stepped up to hit 60 as his side reached the total in the last over.

Roger Sillence’s all-round performance helped Audley to victory over Stone. Stone posted 216-8 with Sillence taking 4-76 and Stone’s Johnathan McCredie top scoring with 71. But Sillence wasn’t finished for the day, and hit a superb unbeaten 100 off 110 balls alongside David Fairbanks (56 not out) to steer Audley home after 46 overs.

DIVISION ONE

Leek remain top of the JSW Insurance Division One after a comfortable seven-wicket win over Blythe. Blythe were dismissed cheaply for 122 thanks to Greg Willott (4-29) and Colin Dearden (5-42). And Grant Denny’s unbeaten 61 off 39 balls alongside Mohammad Hussain (43) sealed the win in the 21st over.

Leycett’s Robert Heath took five wickets to give his side victory over Whitmore. Heath (5-35) helped to skittle Whitmore in reply for 124, chasing Leycett’s 165. Earlier, Navid-Ul-Khurram Kaleem hit 41 and Richard Walker finished unbeaten on 42 in their total.

Meir Heath’s Adam Birch claimed match-winning figures of 6-39 as they dismissed Cheadle for 131, chasing their target of 217-7. Birch was well supported by Iftikhar Asghar (3-25) as only Andrew Shaw (44) and Matthew Coxon (48) provided any resistance. Earlier, Billy Locker’s 109 alongside an assured 51 from Richard Stonier set the platform for a competitive Meir Heath total.

Oulton recorded a seven-wicket win over Stafford. Stafford batted first, hitting 195 thanks to Dave Foster’s 62. Shawn Hunt also dealt some lusty blows, scoring 34. In Oulton’s reply, all the top four scored in the 40’s to ensure the win after 32 overs.

Betley secured a win over Rode Park & Lawton. Betley posted 237-9 thanks to Richard Bebbington  (54), Chris Henderson (75) and Tom Blackwood (46). Rode Park’s Amal Athulathmudali took 4-57 and then hit 65 in their reply. But he couldn’t find support from others as Rode Park were dismissed for 183 with Daniel Butler (4-54) and Adrian Butler (4-42).

Sandyford  managed a winning draw against Norton. Sandyford posted 212-5 with professional Sohail Rauf (54) and Craig Leese (61) the main scorers. And Norton’s reply was thwarted early-on with wickets from Andrew Barnett (4-46) and Charlie Shrek (2-36). Simon Kellett hit 38 and Simon Davies finished on 18 not out as Norton held on for the draw.

DIVISION TWO

Moddershall  ‘A’s Ijaz Ahmed hit 166 but he couldn’t prevent their loss to ASC Financial Management leaders Checkley. Moddershall hit 257-7 with Nick Hunt the pick of the Checkley attack taking 4-69. But Checkley’s batsmen refused to roll over as scores of 49 from Hunt, Jason Brown’s unbeaten 54 alongside scores from all the top six ensured they crossed over the winning line in the 58^th over.

Alsager came away with a winning draw in their clash with Kidsgrove. Alsager’s Paul Tibbetts claimed 4-45 as they reduced Kidsgrove to 187-9 despite
being 127-9. Colin Wilkinson (41 not out) and Alex Johnson (22 not out) helping them to hold out for the draw. Earlier, Simon Dyer top scored with 67 in Alsager’s 198-9 with good support from Andy Watkins (46).

Ashcombe Park’s professional Mohammad Junaid Khan performed with bat and ball to help Park to a win over Wedgwood & Stanfields. Ashcombe Park hit 279-5 with Khan scoring 103 and David Proffitt finishing unbeaten on 75. Khan then tore into Wedgwood’s top order claiming 5-31 with support from Lee Slater (3-36) as Wedgwood were skittled for 129.

Silverdale recorded a winning draw over  Meakins. Professional Farhaan Berhardien hit a classy 155 alongisde Mick Moore’s unbeaten 61 as Silverdale posted a commanding 306-4. But the game petered out with Meakins holding on for the losing draw on a good batting deck with Andrew Reed (50) and Simon Baker (42) using up the time at the crease as they finished on 168-7.

Caverswall managed to overhaul Newcastle & Hartshill as they completed a 54-run win. Caverswall hit 211-9 with Jake Edge (65) and Robert King (84) providing the
mainstay of the innings. Rejith Kumaran was the pick of the Newcastle attack taking 5-29. In reply, Joe Kettle hit 50 and Andrew Keates (39) but failed to receive support from others as they were dismissed for 157.

Weston’s batting line-up was on song again with Raj Kumar top scoring with 124. He received welcome support from Hassan-ul-Qasim Haleem (40) in their total of 235-7 declared. Crewe gave the chase a good go with Mark Hurst (51) top scoring. Haleem(3-30)took the early wickets though and dented Crewe’s hopes of a win, as they were eventually bowled out for 179.

DIVISION THREE

Bagnall stay top of the Little Gym Division Three despite a good all-round performance from Oakamoor professional Mohammad Ayub. Oakamoor batted first hitting 217 with Ayub (91) and 38 apiece from Will Leeson and Edward Brookes.But an assured 93 from Bagnall’s Simon Gordon in reply and 38 from Kashif Daud helped them to the four-wicket win in the 42^nd over. Bignall End completed a comfortable seven-wicket win over Hanford. Hanford were dismissed for 167 thanks to Simon Howle’s 6-35. Ian Davies top scored for Hanford with 83. But Kim Barnett (60) and Matthew Burgess (71) made sure of the chase to secure the win in the 26^th over.

Stone SP’s Sean Bowers claimed match-winning figures of 7-48 as they dismissed Eccleshall for 150 chasing 174. Nicholas Cooper hit 62 in Stone SP’s 174 as Eccleshall’s Australian Richie Gallichan claimed 5-60. And
Eccleshall got off to a strong start through Tom Hibbert (40) and Jack Boulton (56) until Bowers set about ripping through the heart of their line-up.

Hem Heath/Forsbrook recorded a seven-wicket win over Wootton. Wootton batted first and were dismissed for 139 with Ata ur Rehman (4-49) and Warren Aubury (3-35) doing the damage. Ian Moston (48) and Rehman (45) made sure of the chase though as they reached the total in the 41^st over. Endon completed their second win in as many weeks at the hands of Porthill Park ‘A’. Kevin Cockerton (3-33) and Michael Dawson (3-23) did the damage for Endon as Porthill were dismissed for 130. Endon’s opener Anthony Bunn hit 59  to ensure the win and received good support from 28 from Phil Rowley, as they reached the total in the 36^th over.

Woore recorded a winning draw over Meir Heath/Fenton. Woore hit 297-5 thanks to Dan O’Callaghan (91) and Harry Oliver (102). Piradeban Ponnudarai also hit a quickfire 42 off 27 balls. But Woore couldn’t bowl Meir Heath/Fenton out as they finished on 162-6 with Chris Mellor unbeaten on 79.

 Daniel Milligan

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PREMIER LEAGUE

Little Stoke leapfrogged Barlaston at the top of the Waterworld Premier Divsion. They managed to see off Burslem to record an 18-run win.
Burslem’s Samiullah Khan claimed 5-55 but a gritty 43 from skipper Gareth Morris ensured his side posted 133-9.
In reply, early wickets from Shabir Ahmed (3-43) and Daniel Colclough (4-42) dented Burslem’s chances. Usman Siddique (25 not out) nearly changed the game in Burslem’s favour but they succumbed to 115 all out.

Muhammad Khan’s unbeaten 81 helped Barlaston knock off Longton’s total of 155, to keep them in the title hunt.
Earlier, Longton recovered from 90-8 to 155 thanks to an unbeaten 42 from Tom Fenn with the wickets shared around as Longton were dismissed in the last over.
In Barlaston’s reply, Khan received welcome support from professional Niroshan Bandaratilleke (52) to ease to a seven-wicket win.

Hem Heath recorded their second win of the season against Audley as they look to pull themselves out of relegation worries.
Audley’s Sean Price hit an unbeaten 80 as they struggled to 159-9 thanks to Daniel Milligan’s marathon 28-over spell claiming 6-80. Milligan was well supported by Muhammad Jahangir (2-31).
And Qasier Abbas finished off the job with an unbeaten 93 alongside an assured 23 from youngster Matthew Bailey, to record the five-wicket win.

An unbeaten 93 from Stone’s Shaun Jenkinson helped Stone to victory over Knypersley.
Knypersley had posted 177-9 thanks to Chris Barry (56) and Daniel Ball (24) as the wickets were shared around.
But Jenkinson’s knock alongside Phil Cheadle’s 52 ensured the seven-wicket win in the 52nd over.

Moddershall held on for a losing draw against Wood Lane.
Wood Lane were dismissed for 227 with Anwar Ali taking superb returns of 7-69 as Wood Lane lost their last seven wickets for only 30 runs.
Ryan Hassett (79) and Richard Hassall (87) were the only two Wood Lane batsmen to provide much resistance.
But Moddershall’s run chase was halted after the loss of early wickets as Mustafa Bashir (5-63) tore through the middle order.
Wood Lane failed to take the last two wickets leaving Moddershall on 154-8 taking a share of the points.

Elworth finished agonisingly close to their first league win of the season against Porthill Park.
Porthill batted first posted 231-9 with Elworth professional Yasir Ali taking 6-57. Simon Cork (83) top scored for Porthill Park.
In reply, Elworth’s Peter Barnett hit 100 as his side ended up eight runs short on 223 all out with youngster Sohail Zaroof (5-38) and Saeed Anwar (3-54) doing the damage.

DIVISION ONE

Leek continue to dominate in the JSW Insurance Division One and have moved 28 points clear at the top after their win against Whitmore.
Leek bowled Whitmore out for 136 thansk to Greg Willott (4-25) and three wickets apiece from Mohammad Hussain (3-74) and Colin Dearden (3-29).
An unbeaten 49 from Grant Denny then helped polish off the five-wicket win after 36 overs.

Oulton recorded a four-wicket win over Betley.
Richard Bebbington hit 96 in Betley’s 221-6 with Rob Spruce the pick of the bowlers taking 3-60.
And scores from Harish Patel (60), Henry Wright (41) and Spruce (37 not out) made sure of the win in the 44th over.

A superb run chase helped Blythe to a win over an in-form Sandyford side.
Sandyford hit 246-8 with professional Sohail Rauf hitting 101 alongside Darren Long’s 73. Peter Finch (4-62) was the pick of the Blythe attack.
But all of Blythe top six batsmen contributed, in particular, Haydon Simcock (59) and Imranullah Aslam (64 not out) to knock of the runs with two overs spare.

Cheadle completed a four-wicket win over Rode Park & Lawton.
Jonathan Gallimore top scored with 47 in Rode Park’s total of 217, with Cheadle’s Chris Barker taking 4-49.
But a third-wicket partnership of 120 between David Wheeldon (64) and Matthew Coxon (63) set the platform for the win in the 61st over.

Norton’s Ian Reynolds claimed 5-12 to tear through Leycett as his side win by seven wickets.
Reynolds reduced Leycett from 108-4 to 120 all out after Daniel Redfern had hit a quickfire 48.
Adam Garbar (32 not out) and Josh Graham (29) helped to knock of the runs after 38 overs.

Meir Heath couldn’t take the final Stafford wicket as they had to settle for a winning draw.
Meir Heath scored 214-7 with Richard Stonier top scoring on 69, with other good knocks from Billy Locker (48) and Iftikhar Asghar (43).
Stafford’s Joe Askey hit an assured 55 until Asghar took 5-37 off 23 overs to give Meir Heath a sniff of a win, but the last Stafford pair clung on.

DIVISION TWO

Weston claimed a winning draw against leaders Checkley to move second in the ASC Financial Management Division Two.
Batting first Weston hit 242-8 thanks to Raj Kumar (61), Joe Gates (53) and Michael Alexander (45) with the wickets shared around.
After the loss of early wickets Checkley pair Jason Brown (26 not out) and Andy Carr (25 not out) made sure wickets stayed in tact to finish on 172-6.

Caverswall put in a good performance against Alsager to claim a winning draw.
After hitting 220-7 with Caverswall’s Owen Price top scoring on 55 they reduced Alsager to 195-9.
Alsager’s Paul Newnes (5-79) helped to restrict the Caverswall batsmen and in reply Andy Watkins hit 72 but couldnt steer his side to victory.

Silverdale cruised to an eight-wicket win over Crewe.
Mitchell Stokes (5-40) and Glynn Moore (3-40) helped to bowl Crewe out for 105. And in reply, 46 from Zoltan Toth and Matt Baker’s 37 helped Silverdale to victory in the 35th over.

Eight wickets from Ashcombe Park’s Mohammad Junaid Khan helped them to a comfortable win over Kidsgrove.
Khan (8-19) helped to bowl Kidsgrove out for 53 in the 22nd over.
Earlier, Ashcombe Park hit 247-8 thanks to half centuries from David Proffitt (56) and James Proffitt (52).

Meakins also cruised to victory over Moddershall ‘A’.
After posting 22-9 mainly due to Matthew Redican unbeaten 98 they then bowled Meakins out for 52.
Three wicket apiece from Daniel Cashmore (3-18) and Ranil Dhammika (3-6) made sure of the win after 17 overs.

A superb run chase from Wedgwood & Stanfields helped them to a win over Newcastle & Hartshill.
Newcastle & Hartshill declared on 243-7 with half centuries from Simon Wood (50) and James Collett (57).
But Wedgwood’s batsmen used those extra three overs to knock the total off thans to Gareth Lello (57 not out), Jonathan Tweats (54) and Jamie Cullerton (48) to complete the four-wicket win.

DIVISION THREE

Bagnall remain unbeaten in this year’s Little Gym Division Three after a comfortable seven-wicket win over Woore.
Kashif Daud (6-25) and Alex Ravenscroft (4-49) helped to bowl Woore out for 102, having recovered from 57-8.
And Bagnall finished off the game thanks to Robert Ward’s 28 and Simon Gordon (25) in the 27th over.

Endon recorded their second win of the campaign at the hands of Oakamoor.
Oakamoor batted first and hit 182 thanks to Tom Sherratt (53) and Phil Tomczak (42). But Endon’s Kevin Cockerton took 5-83 to restrict the Oakamoor batsmen.
And Cockerton completed the all-round performance with a match-winning unbeaten 82 alongside Neil Gilbert’s 42 to complete the four-wicket win.

Meir Heath/Fenton cruised to victory over Porthill Park ‘A’.
Chris Mellor (6-31) and two wickets apiece from Chris Jenkins (2-20) and Troy Taylor (2-19) helped to bowl Porthill out for 72.
And Phil Hall (28 not out) and Mellor (22 not out) polished off the win in the 17th over.

A superb bat and ball performance from Eccleshall’s Richie Gallichan helped them to victory over Hanford.
Australian Gallichan hit 95 in Eccleshall’s total of 217, and then took 5-21 as they tore through Hanford’s line-up to dimiss them for 84.

Stone SP’s Nicholas Cooper hit an unbeaten 80 to steer his side to a win over Hem Heath/Forsbrook.
Hem Heath/Forsbrook posted 190 thanks to Ian Moston (35) and 47 from 15-year-old Ben Warrender.
But Cooper and David Pashley (62) batted positively as they reached the total after 36 overs.

Bignall End also completed a commanding win over Wootton.
Wootton were dismissed for 142 with both Simon Little and Mark Wright hitting 30. Bignall End’s Kieran Peake (4-39) was the pick of the bowlers.
And an unbeaten 61 from Kim Barnett ensured a comfortable eight-wicket win in the 36th over.

Daniel Milligan
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