Posted: April 30, 2011

 

Quick Table
	P	PTS
Hartshead Moor (P)	3	52
Farsley (6)	3	47
Lightcliffe (10)	3	47
Woodlands (9)	3	44
Morley (8)	3	43
Bowling Old Lane (7)	3	42
Hanging Heaton (2)	3	39
Yeadon (5)	3	29
Pudsey St Lawrence (4)	3	28
Baildon (1)	3	22
Bradford & Bingley (3)	3	15
Windhill (P)	3	15

Division One

Newly-promoted Hartshead Moor are setting the pace after recording their third successive win.

They bowled out Bradford & Bingley for 89 to clinch a 46-run win which means they are now the only team in the division who have not lost this season.

Andrew Waudby (4-32) and James Hardcastle (3-21) enabled them to successfully defend a modest score of 135. Bob Hodson (3-44) was Bradford & Bingley's best bowler.

Farsley are now second, five points adrift of Hartshead Moor, after defeating champions Baildon by three wickets.

Bradley Hinchliffe scored 59 and took 4-50 for Baildon but it wasn't enough to prevent Farsley from taking the spoils. Terry Staniforth (56) and Arron Brook (38) gave Farsley the impetus to pass the Baildon score of 172 all out. Chris Brook 94-46) and Adam Walker (3-59) were the most successful bowlers.

Woodlands smashed the day's highest score of 304-5 as they defeated Hanging Heaton by 185 runs. opener Cieran Garner led the way with a determined 104 - his second century against the Bennett Lane club in two years.

Today's Top Division One stats

Top team total 304-5

Woodlands v Hanging Heaton

Top individual score 148

Jacob Waterson (Lightcliffe)

Best bowling performance 6-30

Roger Stead (Lightcliffe)

Adam Goldthorpe blasted his way to a rapid 82 and Jack Murgatroyd chipped in with an unbeaten 31 for Woodlands before they bowled out Hanging Heaton for 119 with 13-year-old Danish Hussain taking 3-24).

Sajid Hussain blasted five sixes and 15 fours in a match-winning innings of 125 not out as Bowling Old Lane defeated Yeadon by nine wickets. Hussain was joined in a blistering opening stand of 192 by Ehsan Ghani (70) as Old Lane race past the Yeadon score of 198-7 in 37.3 overs.

Carl Heptinstall (77), David Machell (48) and Darren Machell 946) were the main contributors for Yeadon.

Jacob Waterson produced a stunning performance for Lightcliffe as they defeated Windhill by 98 runs. Waterson hammered a splendid 148 as he and Oliver Hemmingway (66) helped their side to a total of 279-4, Veteran Roger Stead (6-30) and young spinner Siraj Hussain (3-50) bowled out Windhill for 181.

Morley's Ash Daly made a half-century as they defeated Pudsey St Lawrence by 37 runs. He hit 53 and was supported by Michael Davies (34) as their side reached 184 before dismissing St Lawrence for 147. Chris Sharkey (44) top scored for St Lawrence while Richard Winn (3-55) and Danny Wood (3-21) were Morley's main wicket takers.

 Division Two

Quick Table
	P	PTS
Saltaire (9)	3	57
East Bierley (R)	3	54
Cleckheaton (R)	3	40
Pudsey Congs (R)	3	40
Undercliffe (6)	3	39
Manningham Mills (10)	2	33
Idle (11)	3	28
Keighley (4)	3	28
Bankfoot (7)	3	27
Great Horton (8)	2	20
Brighouse (12)	3	16
Spen Victoria (5)	3	16
Gomersal (3)	2	15

Usman Munir hit the highest individual score of the day, 149not out, as leaders Saltaire inflicted a first defeat of the season on Pudsey Congs.

Munir struck four sixes and 20 fours and was well-supported by Mohammed Khalil-ullan who made 50 as Saltaire posted a total of 286-7.

Skipper Callum Oliver made 72 and Callum Murgatroyd (36), but Congs fell well short of their target and were dismissed for 189 to lose by 98 runs. Hissan Ahmed (4-29) and Govinda Bagota (3-47) bowled well for Saltaire.

East Bierley are three points behind in second place after their three wicket win over Spen Victoria.

James Petty made 76 not out to guided his side past the Spen Victoria total of 179-9 which owed much to a knock of 75 by Oliver Davison.

Oliver Ashford was the pick of the East Bierley bowlers and he finished with 5-57

Cleckheaton chased down a Gomersal score of 205-9 to win by three wickets. Jai Mistry struck and unbeaten 92 and Russ Noble (50) as they helped their side to win with two overs to spare.

The experienced Phil Carter continued his good form with 90, while Richard Gould made 40 in a rare second team outing. Skipper Stuart Houlbrook (4-44) and fast bowler Ahsan Zia (3-61) were the most successful Cleckheaton bowlers.

Today's top Division Two stats

Top team total 287-6

Saltaire v Pudsey Congs

Top individual score 149 not out

Usman Munir (Saltaire)

Best bowling performance 5-25

Wayne Robinson (Bankfoot)

Irfan Amjad hit an unbeaten 116 as Undercliffe overcame Great Horton by seven wickets. Amjad's innings contained 21 fours and enabled Undercliffe to pass Great Horton's 193-8 with 14.1 overs to spare. Zabair Ashraf made 50 for Great Horton while Tom Hall (5-57) was the best Undercliffe bowler.

Bankfoot defeated Idle by 41 runs to register their first win of the campaign. Wayne Robinson took 5-25 as Idle were bowled out for 130 in reply to Bankfoot's 171. Michael Naylor (31) top scored for Bankfoot while Chirag Patel (4-31) was Idle's best bowler.

Ashley Robinson (3-18) and Jason Perry (3-34) bowled Keighley to a 136-run win over Brighouse. The visitors were dismissed for 103 in reply to Keighley's score of 239-6 in which Jack Beetham made an unbeaten 59 and Freddie Pearson (47).