Second 15 point haul for Darwen

The home side made 156-8 in a game reduced to 35 overs per side after torrential rain on Friday night and storms in the morning.

Professional Mohammad Zaman Khan batted with no little skill to make 47 in terribly difficult conditions and England U17 star Alex Davies made 30 to further enhance his reputation.

De Lange and Steven Mercer each took three wickets for the visitors, but they were hampered by an injury to all-rounder Richard Gleeson that forced him to withdraw from Cumberland’s Minor Counties match against Hertfordshire starting yesterday.

In reply Blackpool lost both their opening batsman early to the impressive Kamran Anwar, but they did stage a fight back through De Lange (48) and Andy Furniss (22).

However disciplined seam bowling from Anwar, Niall Burke, Neil Cordingley and Chris Wade helped Darwen dismiss Blackpool for 101 in 30.3 overs.

Darwen
A Davies ct Sissons b Furniss 30
N Burke ct Sissons b Parker 17
Zaman Khan ct De Lange b Mercer 47
C Clarke b De Lange 25
J Cordingley ct Mercer b De Lange 4
N Cordingley c and b De Lange 9
K Anwar st Sissons b Mercer 7
G Cordingley Not Out 10
J Clarke ct Smith b Mercer 0
C Wade Not Out 1
Extras 6
Total (8 wickets, 35 overs) 156.

R Gleeson 7 0 30 0, R Parker 7 1 23 1, A Furniss 5 0 32 1, De Lange 10 0 34 3, S Mercer 6 0 36 3.

Blackpool
A Smith ct J Clarke b Anwar 2
S Owen ct Zaman Khan b Anwar 0
De Lange ct Anwar b Burke 48
A Furniss ct N Cordingley b Burke 22
C Brown LBW Burke 0
R Gleeson ct J Cordingley b N C’gley 0
P Danson ct Jackson b Cordingley 0
S Mercer ct C Clarke b Wade 4
J Mounsey ct J Clarke b Wade 17
R Sissons Not Out 0
R Parker ct G Cordingley b Anwar 4
Extras 4
Total (all out, 30.3 overs) 101.

N Cordingley 10 3 26 2, K Anwar 7.3 0 33 3, N Burke 9 1 20 3, C Wade 4 1 22 2.

Darwen won by 55 runs. Darwen 15 pts, Blackpool 2 pts.