Scholes win run chase to maintain lead at top of the table
Scholes maintained their five-point lead at the top of Division Three of the Bradford Cricket League as a well paced run chase brought them a six-wicket win over Wrenthorpe.
In a game reduced to 30 overs-a-side Wrenthorpe posted a decent 180-9 score with Australian Hunter Jackson-Sullivan taking 4-33 and James Robson 3-26.
But Scholes produced an aggressive response as Nick Curtis Firth's unbeaten 42, together with knocks of 36 from Shafaqat Ali and Christian Jackson, carried them home with more than five overs to spare.
After winning their first game of the season the previous week Liversedge were victorious again when they beat Brighouse by two wickets.
Brighouse were bowled out for 108 with Hasan Hafeez (4-10) and Jay Rajpurohit (3-17) doing most of the damage.
Liversedge also found batting tricky, but Asad Mahmood (30no) saw them home.
Cleckheaton’s Premier Division relegation fears increased after a 17-run loss to Morley.
Such an outcome looked unlikely when Jack Luxton (5-37) claimed the first five wickets to reduce Morley to 68-5. But they recovered to post a 181-9 total.
Cleckheaton were reduced to 21-4 before Khizer Qadeer gave them hope with a knock of 72. But he could not find much support and the innings ended at 164-9.
Cleckheaton were also knocked out of the Priestley Cup on Sunday when losing by five wickets to Jer Lane despite piling up 302-9 thanks to another great batting effort by Qadeer who was run out on 99 and 56 from Muhammad Ammar.
Qadeer followed up by taking 4-36, but Lane chased down their target.
Hartshead Moor slipped up again in Division Two as they suffered a six-wicket defeat against Buttershaw St Paul’s. Matthew Evans battled hard for his 48 but lacked support as Moor tumbled to 132 all out.
Bottom club Gomersal were dismissed for 178 and lost by 29 runs to Windhill & Daisy Hill. Asad Hamid (4-46), Matthew Dyson (45) and Adam Greenwood (35) were their best performers.
Even an unbeaten 72 from Sam Carroll could not save Spen Victoria from dropping into the bottom two after a 98-run defeat at Bowling Old Lane. They could only muster 135-7 in reply to Old Lane’s 233-4.