Lomax is a six hit as Hartshead Moor end season on a high note
Hartshead Moor may have narrowly missed out on promotion from Division Two of the Bradford Cricket League, but signed off on a positive note.
A three-wicket success against Great Preston clinched a third place finish with Moor ending only 16 points off a promotion place.
Lewis Lomax produced an outstanding bowling performance in the final game of the season, taking 6-73 as Great Preston were dismissed for 188. Mohammed Khan supported with 3-40.
Hartshead’s response was built around a 97-run second-wicket partnership between Chris Wynd and Hasnat Yousaf.
Yousaf struck 61 from 50 balls, including four sixes, while Wynd made 62.
A late wobble gave Great Preston some hope, but Moor reached their target in 34.3 overs to round off their season with another victory.
There was plenty of entertainment at Altofts, where relegated Gomersal made 264-9 thanks to Brandon Silverwood (79) and Seth Gorman (78).
However, Andrew Wood led Altofts’ successful chase with 87 from 85 balls as they reached the target in 45.3 overs to win by four wickets despite 3-53 from Adam Greenwood.
Spen Victoria’s final game against Buttershaw St Paul’s was abandoned after St Paul’s reached 223-7 from 26.2.
Heckmondwike & Carlinghow finished their Division Three season on a high when beating Wrenthorpe by 86 runs thanks to an outstanding innings from Ubaid Altaf.
Coming in with his side struggling at 24-2, he transformed the innings with 150 from 125 balls, hitting 15 fours and seven sixes, as a 281 total was posted.
Wrenthorpe were dismissed for 195 in reply as Umaid Sajjad claimed 3-46.
Crossbank Methodists ended their season with a comfortable 124-run victory against Brighouse.
Adam Zahid led the batting with 72 from 48 balls, supported by Arshad Ali’s 41 and Hasan Malik’s 35, as the home side reached 225-8.
Zahid then completed a superb all-round performance by taking 5-35 as Brighouse were bowled out for 101. Kabeer Hussain claimed 3-29.
Hopton Mills went down by one wicket in a close contest with Wakefield St Michael’s.
They were bowled out for 151, Khurram Shehzad making 36, but battled in the field to push their opponents all the way as Ben Haigh claimed 6-51 and Shehzad 3-44.
Liversedge went down by eight wickets to champions Adwalton despite making a competitive 226 with Paul Cooper hitting 80 from 63 balls and Rafeh Shah 64 from 47, including six sixes.