Division One

Manningham Mills hauled themselves off the bottom of the table and put a dent in Bradford & Bingley's title hopes by winning the only game to survive the wet weather.

Mills collected a much-needed 15 points to leap-frog over Hanging Heaton and to move within five points of 11th placed Woodlands.

The match started on time with Bradford & Bingley batting first and they soon found themselves in trouble against the bowling of Muenoddin Kadri (4-39).

They had stumbled to 70-5 after 28 overs when heavy rain led to the loss of 30 overs from the game.

After the resumption Zeeshan Qasim (4-16) posed problems as Bradford & Bingley were dismissed for 109 all out in 41.4 overs.

With Mills left with only 28 overs to bat it meant that Bradford & Bingley had to bowl them out if they wanted to get the 10 points for the win.

Mills, sensing that they had a great chance to secure viictory, set off at a brisk pace when they replied. Shahban Rahim took 16 from the first over and they appeared to be coasting along as Qasim hit 35, but they slumped from 71-3 to 79-7 as Chris Thompson (5-28) induced an attack of the jitters.

Fawad Maqsood (24no) and Nasir Jamal (7no) steadied their side's nerves and steered them to victory with 11 balls remaining with an unbeaten stand of 31.

Bradford & Bingleys' defeat saw them surrender second place to East Bierley who picked up two bowling points at Hanging Heaton before play was abandoned. The home side were struggling at 34-4 after 12.1 overs at the time. East Bierley now have 227 points, one more than Bradford & Bingley.

Baildon, who were 24-1 when their match at Yeadon was abandoned after just 6.4 overs, lead the table by 11 points.

The match between Pudsey Congs and Woodlands lasted just three over longer. Congs had reached 16-0 before the weather intervened.

Only three balls were possible in the game between Pudsey St Lawrence and Gomersal while not a single ball was bowled at Roberts Park where Saltaire were due to entertain Cleckheaton.

The soggy scene at Spen Victoria Pictures: Mike Popplewell

Division Two

Just 37 overs cricket was possible as all six matches were abandoned due to rain.

There was no play at all in the Brighouse v Undercliffe, Morley v Lightcliffe and Spen Victoria v Keighley games, while just four overs were possible between Bowling Old Lane and Bankfoot and nine in the clash between Windhill and Great Horton.

The match which saw the most play - 24 overs - was at Idle where the home side were 70-2 when the rain ended the proceedings.