News from 19th June 2010
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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