Richard McCarthy is bowled by Muhammad Azharullah - East Bierley v Bradford & Bingley

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Division One

Third-placed Undercliffe put an end to the top flight's only unbeaten record by defeating Pudsey Congs by 80 runs.

It was Undercliffe's fourth straight win and the maximum 20 points they collected meant they were able to close the gap on the top two, Pudsey St Lawrence and Woodlands.

Undercliffe are now 13 points adrift of leaders Pudsey St Lawrence and just two behind Woodlands.

It all adds up to a highly satisfactory start for last season's Division Two champions.

Undercliffe started slowly before building a score of 225-6 that Congs never threatened to overhaul. Ben Heritage grafted hard for his 52 while wicketkeeper Luke Holroyd again weighed in with quick runs when they were needed making an unbeaten 36.

Congs, who were without skipper Glenn Roberts and injured seamer Mark Bray, struggled in reply and were dismissed for 145. Andy Siddall (49) was top scorer as Shafiq Choudhry (5-36) impressed for Undercliffe.

Pudsey St Lawrence returned to winning ways after their setbacks in the league and cup last weekend, as they defeated champions Baildon by 51 runs.

Mark Robertshaw (74) and skipper James Smith (48) looked to have laid the foundations for a far bigger score than the 190 all out St Lawrence eventually posted.

Much of the credit for checking the run rate went to second team spinner Jamie Abbott who took five for 32.

Baildon's reply was disappointing and they subsided to 139 all out as off spinners Chris Marsden (4-30) and Steve Watts (3-55) went to work.

Sarfraz Ahmed produced the bowling performance of the day as Woodlands recorded a 29-run win at Yeadon.

Ahmed took seven for 42 as Yeadon crumbled to 95 all out in reply to Woodlands' total of 124. Tim Orrell (42) was the mainstay of the Woodlands innings while Carl Heptinstall (3-17) and Andrew Robertson (3-25) were the best of the Yeadon bowlers.

East Bierley, despite being without Scotland skipper Gavin Hamilton and Derbyshire wicketkeeper Lee Goddard, were still too good for Bradford & Bingley as they ran out 89-run winners and collected a maximum 20 points.

The decision to promote Andrew Rennison to open the innings proved to be a shrewd one as he made a stylish 69 in a first wicket alliance of 96 with Gharib Razak.

Greg Wood (71) and Uzair Mahomed (39) continued the good work as a total of 279-5 was posted.

Bradford & Bingley found the going far tougher when they batted with only opener Scott Etherington managing to combat the East Bierley attack effectively.

Etherington hit three sixes and six fours in a determined innings of 86 which demonstrated what could be achieved with the right application on a wicket which offered turn and increasingly low bounce as the match wore on.

Paceman Muhammad Azharullah was the pick of the East Bierley bowlers with three for 21.

Farsley maintained their good recent form with a six-wicket success over a Gomersal side who look set to face a battle to avoid relegation unless they can find some penetration in their bowling.

Despite another good knock of 60 from opener Andy Gorrod, Gomersal lost their way and finished with a disappointing total of 173-9 on a good batting track. Joe Greaves (4-46) and Lorenzo Ingram (3-36) kept Gomersal in check.

Farsley raced to their victory target in 30.3 overs with David Syers (58), Steve Simpson (48) and Shabbir Rashid (42) all scoring at a brisk rate.

Gomersal have 47 points, one less than Yeadon and one more than Saltaire who won the basement battle with Bankfoot by 101 runs.

Javed Umarji (72) launched the Saltaire innings briskly and his good work was built on by Farhan Khan (34) as a total of 206-9 was assembled. The best of the Bankfoot bowlers was Greg Colehan with four for 72.

Bankfoot, despite 46 from Greg Fotheringham, were dismissed for 105 as Tom Hudson took five for 29. After just six games Bankfoot are already 32 points adrift at the bottom

Division Two

Hanging Heaton continue to set the pace while Hartshead Moor are emerging as strong contenders for one of the promotion places.

Hanging Heaton made light work of beating bottom team Idle. They recovered from a sluggish start to make 221-6 before bowling out Idle for just 38.

James Stansfield (62), former Idle player Harvey Anderson (46) and Rob McFarlane (45) were the main contributors for Hanging Heaton while skipper John Carruthers (5-16) and Mark Lawson (3-10) were the men who put the skids under Idle.

Hartshead Moor are just ten points behind the leaders after their 112-run win over Great Horton.

Hartshead Moor make a shaky start against the bowling of Raheel Ahmed (3-44) but recovered impressively through Graham Hilton (71), Simon North (44) and Tom Manvell (39) to reach 224. Young opening bowler Joel Pollard took season's best figures of five for 31 as Great Horton were bowled out for 112.

Lightcliffe's Chris Taylor is making a habit of scoring centuries against his old clubs. Last Sunday he reached three figures against Undercliffe and this time Morley were on the receiving end.

Taylor made 122 - a fine inning containing a six and 11 fours - to help his side to a total of 221-4 as they defeated Morley by 48 runs. Josh Wheatley (44) gave him good support while Spencer Horsfall (3-38) was Morley's most successful bowler.

Adil Ladak (3-31) and Evan Edwards (3-32) shared the bowling honours as Lightcliffe dismissed Morley for 173. Skipper Dave Nebard (32) and teenager James McNichol (30) were the top scorers.

The win takes Lightcliffe up to fourth place and they are now two points behind Manningham Mills who thrashed Spen Victoria by nine wickets.

Iqbal Khan (4-26), Zeeshan Qasim (3-30) and Tauseef Arshad (3-13) put the skids under Spen Victoria as they were dismissed for 102 despite a defiant 45 not out from wicketkeeper Paul Eacchus. Mills raced to their victory target in 19 overs with Gulsheraz Ahmed making an unbeaten 42 and overseas player Ravi Teja (35no).

Keighley slipped from second to fifth after suffering a six-wicket defeat at Windhill. Teenage batsman Fahid Rehman led Windhill to their victory with an outstanding innings of 125. The left hander struck eight sixes and 13 fours and was well-supported by Ahsan Butt (41no) as Windhill eased past the Keighley score of 202-6.

After three straight wins at the start of the season, Brighouse have now lost three on the bounce. Their latest reverse saw them go down by seven wickets to fast-improving Bowling Old Lane who bowled them out for 112. Josh Jackson (4-27) and skipper Amjid Khan (4-44) did the damage. Old Lane eased home with Ehsan Ghani making 49.