Roberts sends Woodlands spinning to defeat

Posted: July 2, 2011

Undercliffe's Callum Geldart attacks during his innings of 110 against Baildon

Division One

Champions Pudsey Congs threw the title race wide open as they defeated leaders Woodlands for the second time this season

Left-arm spinner Glenn Roberts took 6-41 as Woodlands' run of nine successive league wins was brought to an end with a 48-run defeat.

Woodlands were restricted to 153-9 in reply to a Congs score of 210-8 which owed much to the efforts of the experienced trio of Andrew Bairstow (47), Babar Butt (46) and Glenn Roberts (34no).

Skipper Pieter Swanepoel was Woodlands' most successful bowler with 3-64 and he was also their top scorer with 34 on a day when their lead was cut to 13 points and Congs climbed to fourth place a further eight points back.

Cleckheaton are now Woodlands' closest challengers after a thrilling 14-run win over Pudsey St Lawrence which earned them a maximum 20 points.

Left-arm spinner Mark Cummins took 5-18 to turn the game Cleckheaton's way after young opener Adam Waite had put St Lawrence into a strong position with an impressive innings of 114.

Waite hit three sixes and 13 fours and gained support from David Hester (41) and Chris Marsden (33) before St Lawrence collapsed from 180-3 to 246 all out in reply to Cleckheaton's impressive score of 260-8.

Skipper John Wood's decision to promote himself to opener has corresponded with Cleckheaton's recent run of success. He set the tone for his side's innings again with an aggressive 97 which contained four sixes and 12 fours.

The former Durham and Lancashire paceman dominated an opening stand of 108 with Cummins (38) and his example was followed by James Lee who blasted 54 from 39 balls to provide a late flourish to the innings which saw him hit three sixes and five fours.

Farsley dropped from second to third after suffering a 14-run defeat by Bradford & Bingley. Evergreen Richard McCarthy (4-43) and Chris Thompson (3-46) helped dismiss the visitors for 213 despite the brave efforts of skipper Ian Philliskirk (69) and Joe Greaves (62).

Skipper Phil Slater produced the decisive innings of 83 as Bradford & Bingley posted a score of 227-9. Chris Henry (3-43) and Lorenzo Ingram (3-50) were the pick of the Farsley bowlers.

East Bierley's pace bowlers Muhammad Azhar Ullah (4-21) and Mitch Claydon (3-21) put the skids under bottom team Gomersal as they set up a six-wicket win for their side.

Gomersal were dismissed for 146 with only Greg Pickles (41) making any impression. East Bierley raced to their victory target in 21.3 overs with skipper Lee Goddard hitting 11 fours and a six as he raced to 54 off 43 balls

Undercliffe's young left-hander Callum Geldart made a superb 110 as his side defeated relegation-threatened Baildon by 158 runs. Geldart stroked five sixes and 11 fours and shared in an opening stand of 162 with Matthew Bottomley (65) which provided the foundation for an Undercliffe total of 262-8.

Spinner Mushtaq Ahmed (4-77) and Sri Lankan Dehiwalage Perera (3-58) were the pick of the bowlers for Baildon who were dismissed for just 104 in reply. Yassir Abbas (4-26) and Moin Ashraf (3-21) brought about Baildon's demise as only Richard Atkins (35) offered any resistance.

Manningham Mills defeated Hanging Heaton by two wickets and dropped two places in the table.

Overseas player Imran Khalid produced a stunning spell of spin bowling to take 8-36 as Hanging Heaton were dismissed for just 117. Opener Rob McFarlane (49) was top scorer.

Mills were made to battle hard for their victory and needed an unbeaten 58 from Masood Ahmed to edge home.

Division Two

Idle pulled off one of the surprise results of the season as they defeated leaders Lightcliffe by one wicket in a thrilling game.

Such an outcome seemed unlikely when Idle plunged to 11-3 in reply to Lightcliffe's 220-8.

But Luke Heinemann (76) and overseas player Carleon Brome (58) revived their side's fortunes with a fourth-wicket stand of 138.

Once they were parted wickets began to fall and at 187-8 it looked as if the match had swung Lightcliffe's way again, but Michael Kelsey (36no) had other ideas and guided his side to victory with five balls to spare.

Lightclffe's total of 220-8 had been built around a solid innings of 80 from Chris Taylor. Rhys Jowett (47) and Mark Horne (32no) were the other main contributors while Kelsey (3-51) was the most successful Idle bowler.

With Saltaire defeating Spen Victoria by 126 runs, Lightcliffe's lead has been reduced to 15 points.

Saltaire looked in trouble when they were reduced to 39-5, but Tinashe Gomwe (94no) and Joe Hicks (46) revived their side with a fifth-wicket stand of 109 which enabled their side to post a score of 220-8.

Spen Victoria were never in the hunt when they batted. George Deegan made a battling 42 but the rest of the batting melted away as they were dismissed for 94. Spinner Ijaz Khan (4-26) and Azhar Sharif (3-14) did much of the damage.

Yeadon moved into third place after defeating Keighley by four wickets to record their sixth win in seven games.

Off spinner Damon Gormley demonstrated why he currently heads the Division two bowling averages by taking 6-37 as keighley were bowled out for 144. Opener Freddie Pearson made 57 but his side failed to capitalise on his good work.

Youngsters Ben Elvidge (42no) and Callum Goldthorpe (30) steered Yeadon to victory despite some good bowling from Paul Quinlan (4-35).

Bowling Old Lane defeated Bankfoot for the second time this season to take possession of fourth place. Left-arm spinner Mohammad Hanif took 5-59 as Bankfoot were bowled out for 167 in reply to Old Lane's 229-7, with opener Gary Wainwright (40) top scoring.

Opener Raqeeb Younis made a fine 92 for Old Lane while Mohammed Khan's unbeaten 65 brought a welcome injection of runs in the closing stages of the innings.

Morley's overseas player Kashif Naveed hit an unbeaten 101 to steer his side to an emphatic nine-wicket win over Windhill.

Naveed struck two sixes and 15 fours as he dominated an unbroken second-wicket stand of 138 with teenage left-hander James McNichol (41no) as Morley raced past the Windhill total of 175-9.

Mahesh Patel (59) and Moslin Hussain (41) were the main contributors for Windhill while pace bowlers Matthew Dowse (4-20) and Nathan Bromby (3-54) bowled well for Morley.

All rounder Simon North hit an unbeaten 78 and took 3-33 as Hartshead Moor recorded a comfortable seven-wicket win over Brighouse.

Brighouse posted 199-7 with Chris Maloney (41), Adam Brown (37) and skipper Will Smith (32) leading the way against some good bowling from North and Jonathan Gould (3-36).

North and Graham Hilton (38) put on 131 for the third wicket as Hartshead Moor won with 12 overs to spare.

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