Division One
Rain wrecked Sunday's programme with all of the matches being abandoned. It means that there is no significant change to the title or relegation issues.
The biggest casualty of the weather was the battle between title contenders East Bierley and Baildon.
East Bierley, who desperately needed to make up ground on the league leaders after two successive defeats, were left feeling frustrated after posting a challenging score of 242-8 with Steve Simpson (66), Gharib Razak (46), Greg Wood (39) and Andrew Rennison (36no). The rain prevented Baildon starting their reply.
the only consolation for East Bierley was the fact that the seven points they earned enabled them to pull level on points with second-placed Bradford & Bingley.
Chris Thompson (49) continued his good form for Bradford & Bingley who were dismissed for 209 by Gomersal before the rain came. Slow left-arm bowler Ben Platt (5-26) produced the best bowling figures of the day.
Champions Woodlands looked poised for a second win of the weekend to ease their relegation worries after dismissing Manningham Mills for 103, but the weather had the last word. Pieter Swanepoel showed that he is over his shoulder injury by taking four for 24, while spinner Chris Brice continued his good form with three for 31.
Pudsey Congs skipper Matthew Doidge made the highest individual score of the day. He made 78 not out before declaring his side's innings closed at 215-6 after 45 overs at Hanging Heaton. Mohammad Sharafat (3-57) was the pick of the bowlers for relegation-threatened Hanging Heaton.
Farsley, who were without four of their regular side, had reduced Cleckheaton to 13-5 when the rain intervened. Overseas player Asif Khan (61) and opener Mark Cummins (31) were Cleckheaton's top scorers.
The shortest game was at Roberts Park. Just 33.1 overs were possible during which Yeadon struggled to 70-4.
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