Walkden run out winners in North West Cricket League T20 Cup

In reply, Blackrod were handily placed at 78-3 but were dismissed for 105.

Will Shuttleworth top scored with 46 in Eagley’s 135-6, before Harry O’Rourke took 3-15 as Lostock were bowled out for 78 in their reply.

Astley Bridge batted first against Farnworth Social Circle and opening pair Akshat Kamath (79) and Lesiba Ngoepe – who scored 87 from 37 – put on 127 as they closed on 194-1. In reply, FSC were 46-2 at one point, but Ngoepe sealed a fine all-round performance with 4-6 to give Bridge a 108-run victory.

In Group Fourth South, Nipun Gaikwad (3-19), Naeem Patel (3-28)and Curtis Anderton (3-5) helped Little Lever bowl Farnworth out for 100. At 79-7, the game was in the balance, but Jake Lehman and Patel saw Little Lever safely home.

Jonathan Bird (43) and Byron Giravdeaux (36) helped Kearsley to 91-2, but 4-9 for Abdullah Ishaq pinned them back to 130-9. Substantial innings from Sam Hardman, Hashan Dumindu and Rupert Holmes took Tonge to a five wicket win, despite 3-12 for Moshin Patel.

A fine knock of 117 from Zain Abbas and 64 for Rowan Shelton took Atherton to 176-1, and they eventually finished 190-4, Jon Hinrichsen with 3-27. Mohammad Nazim recorded figures of 4-19 in Brinscall’s 83 all out.

In Group One North, Earby came out on top in their local derby with Barnoldswick.

It was Barlick who batted first and posted 102-7. Joseph Robinson dismissed the prolific Upal Indrasiri and Justin Gilliland for single figures and the top scorer was Majid Inayat for 24. Luke Hipgrave took 3-29.

In reply, opener Ruben Hermann made 49 and Adam Hodge was 20 not out as Earby won comfortably by five wickets with a couple of overs to spare.

Matt Cavanagh took 4-27 for Salesbury as Baxenden were bowled out for 101 – Oliver Wetton also taking three wickets.

In reply, Salesbury won comfortably with seven wickets in hand, Oliver Rawson top scoring with 37.

Whalley won the toss against Ribblesdale Wanderers and elected to field on a good looking pitch and in front of a sizeable crowd.

Andrew Needham got Wanderers off to a quick start with 29 off 21 deliveries. Mack Spencer (68no) and Anuj Jotin (57) added 109 for the second wicket in a competitive total of 163-2.

Whalley struggled to keep up with the required rate faced by some accurate bowling backed up by some excellent ground fielding. Despite a partnership of 54 between Frankie Jackson (27) and Levi Wolfenden (76), the rate continued to rise.

Wolfenden was out in the last over as Whalley finished 30 runs short. Ian Britcliffe took 3-25.

Britcliffe said: “ We have had a very good start to the season, it has been good to play on different grounds and against different opposition.

“We have played well as a team with the batters scoring runs and with a balanced attack we have bowled well. We are looking to maintain our good form in the League and challenge for the top places.”

In Group Two North, Cherry Tree batted first and thanks to Neil Timmis (44) and Mark Hadfield (45) set Read a target of 163-6. Andrew Bennett (3-33) the best of the Read bowlers.

In reply, opener sub -professional Y De Silva made 42 and Ben Woodall 36. Joseph Halstead then ensured a comfortable win for Read making 44 off just 16 deliveries that include four fours and four sixes as Read got over the line with seven wickets in hand and five overs to spare. Mark Hadfield had a good all round performance taking 3-23.

Settle batting first against Padiham and made 117-9 – Ashen Silva top scored with 39 while Zander Van Tonder took 3-22.

Padiham got over the line with relative ease with six wickets in hand and a couple of overs to spare.

Oswaldtwistle’s opening pair of Sagar Trivedi (58) and Brad Boddie (47) put on 98 for the first wicket and were the foundation for a very competitive total of 172-6. Joe Callaghan was the pick of the Feniscowles bowlers taking 4-34.

In reply, Feniscowles never really looked like overhauling the target and ended on 115. Sohail Mohammed top scored with 32 while Kurt Smithson took 3-22 in a 62-run win for Oswaldtwistle.

n Fixtures – tonight: Whalley v Earby, Oswaldtwistle Immanuel v Cherry Tree, Padiham v Feniscowles, Settle v Read, Eagley v Farnworth S.C., Lostock v Blackrod, Walkden v Astley Bridge, Atherton v Tonge, Kearsley v Farnworth