First team review July 10, 2010

Division One

Centuries by Gareth Clough and Mark Robertshaw enabled Pudsey St Lawrence to defeat Undercliffe by 166 runs and take their place at the top of the table.

Clough (113no) and Robertshaw (106) shared a third wicket stand of 190 as Undercliffe's bowlers were made to suffer.

Former Nottinghamshire all-rounder, Clough, hammered six sixes and ten fours, while Robertshaw's century included two sixes and 14 fours.

Undercliffe never looked like challenging St Lawrence's total of 273-3 and were dismissed for a dismal 107 as SteveWatts took six for 16. Only opener Ben Heritage with 41 showed any resistance.

Quick Table
	P	PTS
Pudsey St Lawrence (5)	14	196
Bradford & Bingley (2)	14	187
Undercliffe (P)	14	179
Woodlands (6)	14	178
East Bierley (3)	14	165
Pudsey Congs (4)	13	164
Cleckheaton (7)	14	157
Baildon (1)	14	152
Gomersal (9)	15	151
Farsley (8)	13	135
Yeadon (10)	14	102
Saltaire (11)	13	83
Bankfoot (P)	14	49

The victory enabled St Lawrence to establish a nine-point lead over Bradford & Bingley who also leap-frogged Undercliffe after a nail-biting two-wicket win over champions Baildon.

Sri Lankan Naweed Ghany was the outstanding performer for Bradford & Bingley. He took three for 52 as Baildon made 237-8 in their 50 overs, and top scored with 66 as his side reached their victory target with four balls to spare.

Former Baildon opener Simon Davies also played a key role in the run chase. He made 48 as they defied the efforts of Baildon skipper Ian Philliskirk (3-58) to secure another valuable win.

Young batsmen Adil Islam (51) and Harry Smallwood (50) both made half centuries as Baildon recovered from a shaky start to post a challenging total. Another former Baildon player who posed problems for his old club was paceman Will Briggs (3-38)

Woodlands gained the maximum 20 points as they defeated East Bierley by 117 runs to move up to fourth place on 178 points - just one behind Undercliffe.

Once again Chris Brice was the star performer for Woodlands. He made an unbeaten 89 as Woodlands recovered from losing two early wickets to make 254-5. Brice, who hit a six and ten fours, was well supported by opener Sam Frankland who marked his return to form with 61. A breezy 43 from skipper Pieter Swanepoel enabled Woodlands to reach 254-5.

Today's top Division 1 stats

Top team total 273-3

Pudsey St Lawrence v Undercliffe

Top individual score 113no

Gareth Clough (Pudsey St Lawrence)

Best bowling performance 6-16

Steve Watts (Pudsey St Lawrence)

East Bierley's weakened line up struggled to combat Swanepoel (3-32) and Brice (3-34) as East Bierley were bowled out for 137. Gharib Razak (33) and James Petty (31) were the only batsmen to make an impression.

Left-arm spinner Ben Platt took five for 71 as Gomersal defeated Cleckheaton by 18 runs. Platt turned the game his side's way after his old Esholt team-mate Mark Cummins had given Cleckheaton a solid start with a knock of 67 as they replied to Gomersal's total of 259-9.

Gomersal built that total around another half-century from opener Richard Gould (53), and good contributions from Shahzaib Khan (45), Richard Whitehurst (42) and Phil Carter (35). Teenage off spinner Edward Walmsley again impressed with three for 21.

Farsley warmed up for their Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup semi-final against Woodlands with a five-wicket win over second-bottom Saltaire.

Yorkshire's James Lee (67) and Steve Simpson (64) shared an opening stand of 126 as Farsley chased down a Saltaire score of 223-9. Harry Anderson (34) kept the momentum going as Farsley eased home despite the efforts of Saltaire skipper Ijaz Khan (4-42).

Hard-hitting Waleed Akhtar (55) and Tim Jackson (48) were the top scorers for Saltaire, while left-arm spinner Lorenzo Inghram (3-48) was the pick of the Farsley bowlers.

Yeadon,who occupy the third relegation spot, are still 33 points adrift of safetry despite gaining a maximum 20 points for their 142-run win over bottom team Bankfoot.

Kassir Maroof (86) and skipper Grant Soames (66) were in good form as Yeadon made 263-5 before dismissing their rivals for 121. Mahmood Rasool was the pick of the bowlers with five for 22, while James Houldsworth with 43 was easily the best of the Bankfoot batsmen.

Division Two

Manningham Mills pulled off the surprise of the day when they defeated second-placed Lightcliffe by six wickets.

Despite being without their strike bowler Zeeshan Qasim and overseas player Rave Teja who has returned to India, they turned in a fine performance.

It was their batsmen who should take much of the credit for the win. Gulsheraz Ahmed (65), Amjid Hussain (62) and Shehzad Aslam (43no)

ensured that their side were able to overhaul a Lightcliffe score of 216-5 with 7.1 overs to spare.

Quick Table
	P	Pts
Hanging Heaton	14	220
Lightcliffe	14	192
Bowling Old Lane	14	183
Windhill	14	170
Hartshead Moor	14	168
Manningham Mills	14	168
Keighley	14	153
Morley	14	138
Brighouse	14	127
Spen Victoria	14	122
Idle	14	63
Great Horton	14	55

Once again former Yorkshire player Chris Taylor was the pivotal figure in the Lightcliffe innings. He top scored with 82, but Lightcliffe failed to capitalise. Skipper Jo

nathan Wilson (35) and Sadaqat Zaman (32no) were their next best scorers s Tauseef Arshad (3-50) kept things tight.

Leaders Hanging Heaton bounced back from last week's defeat by Lightcliffe to defeat Spen Victoria by eight wickets to stretch their lead to 28 points.

Former Yorkshire leg spinner Mark Lawson took six for 38 as a weakened Spen side were dismissed for 137. George Deegan was the best of the Spen batsmen with 35.

Hanging Heaton had little trouble knocking off the runs with Haroon Rashid making a fluent 67 and opener Rob McFarlane an undefeated 49.

Bowling Old Lane move up to third place after defeating fellow promotion hopefuls Hartshead Moor by 83 runs.

Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Mappa Bandara made an undefeated 81, Raqeeb Younis (58) and Khurrum Maqsood (55) as Old Lane posted a score of 263-6. Hartshead Moor looked to be going well at 146-3, but collapsed to 180 all out as Josh Jackson took four or 31 and Tahir Khan (4-35). Australian Tom Manvell made the top score of 65 for Hartshead Moor.

Morley maintained their good run of form by defeating Keighley by three wickets. They passed the home side's score of 235-1 with four balls to spare thanks to the efforts of opener Danny Lloyd (73) and Adam Larkin (38)

Today's top Division 2 stats

Top team total 263-6

Bowling Old Lane v Hartshead Moor

Top individual score 106no

Matthew Bottomley (Keighley)

Best bowling performance 6-38

Mark Lawson (Hanging Heaton)

Keighley's innings was dominated by an opening stand of 175 between Matthew Bottomley and Andy Waggett. Bottomley made an unbeaten 106 which contained a six and 12 fours, while Waggett made 64. Imran Patel provided the final flourish with an unbeaten 45.

Windhill are fourth in the table after a 71-run success against Idle. Steady batting from Ayyuz Akram (40), Amir Qadir 940), Fahid Rehman (38) and Ahsan Butt (32) enabled them to build a total of 255. Idle replied with 184-5. Skipper Graham Dobson made a defiant 60 and Simon Curry (38).

Bottom team Great Horton are still without a win. They suffered their 13th defeat in 14 games - the other game one was abandoned - as they went down by seven wickets to Brighouse.

Great Horton seemed set to post a good score when Khalil Mahmood (49) and Talish Butt (42) gave them a sound start with a first wicket partnership of 85, but the rest of their batting faltered and they were dismissed for 170.

Brighouse captain Paul Cummins took five for 36 and Kamran Khan (3-31) as Great Horton crumbled.

Brighouse cruised to victory with Asif Akram (59no), and Saj Ali (37) leading the way.