On Saturday Lowerhouse were beaten at Accrington despite a seven-wicket haul from pro Francois Haasbroek.

He helped bowl out Accy for 155 – but a classy 55 from Graham Lloyd was pivotal.

And then Ashar Zaidi defied the pain from a knee injury to claim five wickets as the House collapsed to 132 all out.

Shanan Stewart hit 59 as Ramsbottom beat Enfield by five wickets and Todmorden had a resounding win over Haslingden. Simon Newbitt thrashed his way 70 as Tod eased past Haslingden’s 99.

Mansoor Amjad made a fine ton for Colne – but they were still beaten at Rawtenstall as Nilantha Cooray’s 95 steered them home and the efforts of Church duo Phil Sykes and Andrew Bentley were rewar-ded as they won at Burnley.

Sykes and Bentley left Turf Moor in their whites to go and get their club’s Water Hog to aid mopping up and a 29-over game was played.

Burnley posted 144-5 with Imad Wasim (66) and Michael Kelly (55) starring but Saeed Anwar’s 48 eased Church home.

Joe Scuderi made a winning return to Nelson as his side beat Rishton.

Neil Thompson claimed 5-22 as Rishton were 115 all out and 51 from Stuart Lemon then got Nelson over the line with Scuderi unbeaten on six at the end.

Accrington v Lowerhouse

Accrington innings
SJ Hanson lbw b Bailey 2
JE Hayhurst lbw b Haasbroek 11
SPS Crabtree b Haasbroek 1
GL Sneddon c Beneduce b Bailey 12
Zaidi c Russell b Bailey 7
GD Lloyd b Haasbroek 55
MB Taylor c Bleazard b Haasbroek 1
M Wilson c Cottam b Haasbroek 35
AM Greenwood c Bleazard b H’broek 9
B Hargreaves b Haasbroek 2
DN Ormerod not out 1
Extras 19
Total (10 wickets) 155.

Haasbroek 19.5 3 57 7, Bailey 14 4 38 3, Russell 4 0 20 0, Finch 9 0 36 0.

Lowerhouse innings
BR Heap c Zaidi b Hayhurst 16
J Martin lbw b Hayhurst 0
JA Finch c Wilson b Ormerod 1
Haasbroek b Ormerod 0
FB Bailey st Wilson b Zaidi 11
CJ Bleazard c Taylor b Zaidi 22
PTBM Martin lbw b Zaidi 25
CR Cottam b Zaidi 16
J Beneduce not out 15
MJ Walker c Greenwood b Ormerod 3
JJ Russell c Hanson b Zaidi 0
Extras 23
Total (10 wickets) 132.

Hayhurst 8 1 31 2, Ormerod 23 9 50 3, Zaidi 15.3 1 39 5.

Accrington won by 23 runs. Accrington 12, Lowerhouse 5.

Burnley v Church

Burnley innings
J Whitehead c Hussain b Jamil 5
MQ Ali lbw b Anwar 4
A Tate c Hussain b Anwar 0
Wasim not out 66
MR Kelly c Tucker b Anwar 55
SR Brunt c Jack W Gaskill b Anwar 0
G Whitehead not out 0
Extras 14
Total (5 wickets) 144.

Jamil 8 1 33 1, Anwar 14 1 48 4, Bentley 7 0 60 0.

Church innings
LBP Wolfenden b Wasim 27
CM Fergusson lbw b Wasim 27
Anwar not out 48
N Hussain c Wasim b Lalor 2
A Greenwood c and b Wasim 3
M Jamil b Wasim 12
AJ Bentley not out 3
Extras 24
Total (5 wickets) 146.

Hayman 5 0 22 0, Lalor 13.4 1 74 1, Wasim 9 1 47 4.

Church won by 5 wickets. Burnley 1, Church 10.

Nelson v Rishton

Rishton innings
A Bisoodwall c Lord b Meade 23
S Wyse b Halstead 7
Bodi c Lord b Meade 2
JT Bibby c Lord b Thompson 24
J Dobson c and b Meade 0
I Muhammed c SM Lemon b Th’pson 13
M Nuttall c Heap b Thompson 15
SP Greaves lbw b Thompson 2
S Hutchinson b Nazir 0
G Wyse c Lord b Thompson 8
AA Sartaj not out 0
Extras 21
Total (10 wickets) 115.

Meade 14 2 50 3, Halstead 11 2 24 1, Thompson 12.1 3 22 5, Nazir 10 3 12 1.

Nelson innings
SR Lemon b Sartaj 51
NS Thompson lbw b Sartaj 33
DA Crotty st Nuttall b Bisoodwall 19
Scuderi not out 6
P Dibb not out 2
Extras 7
Total (3 wickets) 118.

Hutchinson 4 0 17 0, Sartaj 14.1 3 36 2, Bodi 4 0 29 0, G Wyse 5 0 32 0, Bisoodall 2 1 2 1.

Nelson won by 7 wickets. Nelson 12, Rishton 0.

Ramsbottom v Enfield

Enfield innings
A Fazal b Hakin 24
A Gowers b Haslam 9
Coetsee c AW Bell b Haslam 0
AP Bracewell c Parton b Fielding 48
LL Jackson c Parton b Hakin 8
S Hussain c DM Bell b Fielding 29
JE Cook c Fielding b Stewart 5
CD Maudsley c and b Fielding 8
Z Afzal not out 11
A Blake run out 7
S O’Loughlin run out 0
Extras 13
Total (10 wickets) 162.

Haslam 12 2 43 2, Hakin 11 1 35 2, Fielding 13.3 4 29 3, Stewart 8 2 32 1, Walmsley 4 1 20 0.

Ramsbottom innings
KT Webb c Coetsee b Jackson 26
J Pilling b Afzal 12
Stewart not out 59
DM Bell b Afzal 25
AW Bell c Blake b Coetsee 0
RE Read st Gowers b Coetsee 8
JM Fielding not out 22
Extras 14
Total (5 wickets) 166.

Jackson 16 3 56 1, Afzal 15 5 40 2, Coetsee 11 1 48 2, Blake 2.2 0 14 0.

Ramsbottom won by 5 wickets. Ramsbottom 12, Enfield 1.

Rawtenstall v Colne

Colne innings
L Rimmer c Excel b Shafiq 22
S Quereshi c Hanson b Shafiq 2
B Patel c Hanson b Hornsby 0
Amjad not out 109
N Whitehead c Hanson b Cooray 15
S Tillotson c Shafiq b Cooray 0
T Jamil lbw b Roscoe 0
EM Walker b Roscoe 19
J Lambert b Cooray 10
NA Rimmer c Hanson b Roscoe
6 D Wallbank not out 5
Extras 8
Total (9 wickets) 196.

Shafiq 8 2 22 2, Hornsby 7 1 22 1, Cooray 16 1 84 3, Roscoe 15 0 65 3.

Rawtenstall innings
SD Excell b Whitehead 3
J Kerrigan lbw b Wallbank 44
AJ Clough b Wallbank 4
Cooray not out 95
A Payne c Whitehead b Wallbank 21
DG Barlow c Tillotson b Lambert 2
M Kershaw c and b Amjad 3
RM Shafiq not out 8
Extras 18
Total (6 wickets) 198.

Walker 3 0 17 0, Whitehead 5 0 21 1, Amjad 18 0 79 1, Wallbank 7 0 45 3, Lambert 8.1 1 31 1.

Rawtenstall won by 4 wickets. Rawtenstall 10, Colne 2.

Todmorden v Haslingden

Haslingden innings
Hayes c A Sutcliffe b Abbas 8
GA Knowles lbw b SR Barker 24
SJ Kershaw b Morgan 14
M Imtiaz run out 19
LG Ingham lbw b Abbas 4
RP Marcroft lbw b Morgan 1
M Ahmed c Brown b Morgan 0
M Griffin c N Barker b Abbas 2
JJ Marcroft st Brown b Morgan 5
G Sudworth c Priestley b Morgan 6
JE Neary not out 0
Extras 16
Total (10 wickets) 99.

Abbas 20 6 38 3, SR Barker 10 2 38 1, Morgan 9.1 1 20 5.

Todmorden innings
SD Newbitt not out 74
BD Sutcliffe c JJ Marcroft b Neary 2
N Barker c Sudworth b Ingham 10
Abbas not out 0
Extras 15
Total (2 wickets) 101.

Neary 5 1 24 1, Ahmed 2 0 19 0, Griffin 4 0 33 0, Sudworth 4.1 1 18 0, Ingham 3 0 7 1.

Todmorden won by 8 wickets. Todmorden 12, Haslingden 0.

East Lancashire v Bacup

Match abandoned. No Result. East Lancashire 3, Bacup 3.