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  • "Standards are dropping,no doubt about it,but like above said you can only beat what is put in front of you.Baxenden now 12 points from the title,up against Padiham next who are more than capable of beating anybody on their day.Nothing is won just yet.Personally,on paper I thought Read were the best team at the beginning of the season,but it looks like a case of paper teams win paper cups and I was wrong.It will be interesting to see what happens over the winter with who comes and goes at both Read and Barlick.Bash are losing their pro,so very big gap to fill there,heard Kamran Younus from Whalley could be the target.
    League player of the season? Nicholls of Barlick."
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Ribblesdale League Saturday round-up

4:13pm Tuesday 23rd August 2011 in Cherry Tree Cricket Club

GOOD KNOCK Mark Rishton GOOD KNOCK Mark Rishton

Baxenden opened up a 16-point lead at the top of the Ribblesdale League as they brushed aside Cherry Tree on Saturday while nearest rivals Read were rocked at home by third-placed Barnoldswick.

Babar Naeem top scored with 49 and Mark Rishton made 45 as Bash posted 168-8 in their 41 overs. Naeem then weaved his magic with the ball to claim 7-43 as Cherry Tree were 113 all out.

On a day of drama at Whalley Road, Read were rocked ay Barnoldswick despite Andrew Laycock’s 76 helping them to a respectable 198-7 from their 45 overs.

Barlick were up against it when run machine Matt Nutter and skipper Richard Nichols fell cheaply. But as they chased a reduced target of 172, Barlick roared to life with Umar Saddique making a quite brilliant 83 not out to steer them home.

Whalley maintained their vice-like grip on fourth as they beat Settle with ease at Station Road with Martyn Davies hitting 63 and Clitheroe beat Oswaldtwistle Immanuel by eight wickets at Chatburn Road.

Ribblesdale Wanderers beat Great Harwood at The Cliffe and Earby beat Edenfield at The Applegarth.

It was a good day for Padiham but at bad one for Salesbury as John Bushell’s men won at Ribchester Road.

Cherry Tree v Baxenden

Baxenden
C Waddington b Lord 2
Naeem ct Turner b Jones 49
M Rishton ct Jones b Bolton 45
D Mills ct Akhtar b Jones 19
L McIntosh ct and b Hadfield 13
A Caunce ct Akhtar b Bolton 17
B Swindells run out 2
D Hothersall b Bolton 2
N Warburton Not Out 12
M Nixon Not Out 2
Extras 5
Total (8 wickets) 168.

J Bolton 11 2 46 3, D Lord 6 2 20 1, R Robbins 7 0 33 0, A Sudnik 5 0 22 0, G Jones 5 0 28 2, M Hadfield 7 3 16 1.

Cherry Tree
M Hadfield b Naeem 0
Turner b McIntosh 5
S Friend ct Rishton b McIntosh 31
M Friend LBW Naeem 3
S Akhtar st Caunce b Naeem 4
J Bolton b Naeem 12
J Mahmood st Caunce b Naeem 13
N Robbins st Caunce b Naeem 12
D Lord b McIntosh 2
G Jones Not Out 16
A Sudnik b Naeem 5
Extras 10
Total (all out) 113.

Naeem 18 4 43 7, L McIntosh 16 2 60 3, B Swindells 1 0 3 0.

Baxenden won by 55 runs.

Clitheroe v Oswaldtwistle Immanuel

Oswaldtwistle Immanuel
O Jones ct McDowell b Marquet 9
N Payne ct and b Siddique 34
Cook-Martin ct McDowell b Marquet 3
A Kelly run out 0
R Hussain b Siddique 3
P Dignan ct McDowell b Houldsworth 3
G Metcalf b Siddique 0
B Birch b Siddique 14
F Heyes b Siddique 0
S Sipocz b Marquet 1
M Groom Not Out 3
Extras 24
Total (all out) 94.

J Marquet 15 6 20 3, H Fazal 6 2 16 0, Siddique 16.1 7 28 5, F Butt 2 1 7 0, J Houldsworth 5 2 8 1.

Clitheroe
(Target 88)
Siddique ct Heyes b Jones 43
J McDowell ct Groom b Metcalf 12
Ashraf Not Out 27
T Aziz Not Out 2
Extras 4
Total (2 wickets) 88.

S Sipocz 5 0 26 0, G Metcalf 8 2 25 1, O Jones 5 0 22 1, F Heyes 2 0 14 0.

Clitheroe won by 8 wickets.

Earby v Edenfield

Earby
Craig Walton b Read 4
Chris Walton ct Phillips b Smithson 27
Azmat LBW Read 11
A Yates ct Parkins b Read 17
R Robinson LBW Smithson 3
R Craddock Not Out 23
A Pollard ct Smithson b Gallagher 4
J Hargreaves st Burns b Gallagher 0
M Kegg b Gallagher 8
J Alcock b Read 0
G Martindale ct and b Gallagher 0
Extras 9
Total (all out) 106.

Read 19 5 39 4, A Rushton 7 2 11 0, G Smithson 7 0 31 2, P Gallagher 4.4 1 19 4.

Edenfield
P Gallagher b Craddock 0
J Kelly ct Alcock b Hargreaves 4
F Phillips Not Out 37
Read ct Kegg b Hargreaves 1
A Barnes ct and b Hargreaves 12
G Smithson st Chris Walton b Yates 14
M Burns b Yates 1
A Storey ct Craig Walton b Azmat 2
T Melia LBW Yates 1
A Parkins ct and b Azmat 5
A Rushton run out 0
Extras 9
Total (all out) 87.

R Craddock 3 1 5 1, J Hargreaves 10 3 23 3, Azmat 17.2 3 45 2, A Yates 10 4 11 3.

Earby won by 19 runs.

Great Harwood v Ribblesdale Wanderers

Great Harwood
M Howarth b Nuttall 5
Shahabuddin b Nuttall 3
J Crabtree ct Marsh b Nuttall 11
R Whalley ct Rain b Nuttall 0
A Ullah b Britcliffe 16
P Houldsworth LBW Britcliffe 12
P Swanney ct Varley b Britcliffe 2
J Kayley ct Jackson b Kerr 24
A Steele b Wajihuddin 0
S Maher b Britcliffe 14
S Welsh Not Out 5
Extras 7
Total (all out) 99.

B Varley 8 1 18 0, L Nuttall 7 3 15 4, Wajihuddin 10 2 28 1, I Britcliffe 9 2 27 4, S Kerr 1.1 0 6 1.

Ribblesdale Wanderers
(Target 90)
J Rain Not Out 30
Wajihuddin run out 23
A Marsh b Shahabuddin 10
B Varley b Kayley 8
M Clarkson Not Out 8
Extras 11
Total (3 wickets) 90.

Shahabuddin 7 1 27 1, S Maher 6 0 28 0, S Welsh 1.1 0 12 0, J Kayley 1 0 12 1.

Ribblesdale Wanderers won by 7 wickets.

Read v Barnoldswick

Read
E Artingstoll b Akhtar 1
Hornby ct Nutter b Nazir 3
W Driver ct Nutter b Akhtar 2
M Whalley ct Nutter b Nazir 9
K O'Connor b Nazir 3
A Laycock Not Out 76
J Marshall b Nazir 29
M Jamal ct Akhtar b Nazir 11
A Rushton Not Out 11
Extras 26
Total (7 wickets) 198.

Nazir 20 2 83 5, S Akhtar 12 4 29 2, R Nichols 7 1 34 0, M Scothern 6 0 35 0.

Barnoldswick
(Target 172)
M Nutter ct and b Hornby 7
R Nichols ct and b Hornby 13
U Saddique Not Out 83
L Bedford b Hornby 9
L Hodgson LBW Hornby 8
J Oldfield runout 17
Nazir b Eastham 0
P Beech Not Out 21
Extras 17
Total (6 wickets) 175.

Hornby 16 2 84 4, E Lowes 8.1 4 29 0, A Rushton 3 0 18 0, W Eastham 7 1 36 1.

Barnoldswick won by 4 wickets.

Salesbury v Padiham

Salesbury
W Cook ct Mehmood b Holt 0
I Rabagliati ct Meehan b Hitchon 40
B Rigby ct Robinson b Howells 39
Pradeep st Robinson b Hitchon 5
P Blackman ct Robinson b Hitchon 2
J Rawson ct Robinson b Holt 2
T McDermott ct Robinson b Holt 1
E Foster ct Howells b Holt 0
N Green b Holt 0
S Brown LBW Holt 0
A Marsh Not Out 0
Extras 6
Total (all out) 95.

Holt 19.3 6 35 6, S Meehan 7 1 22 0, K Hitchon 10 0 32 3, M Howells 2 1 1 1.

Padiham
K Hitchon ct Green b Foster 5
Holt ct Rigby b McDermott 29
M Howells ct Rigby b Brown 24
C Clarke ct Green b Marsh 21
S Meehan Not Out 5
J Bushell Not Out 0
Extras 15
Total (4 wickets) 99.

Pradeep 9 1 34 0, E Foster 5 0 19 1, S Brown 2 0 14 1, A Marsh 2 0 11 1, T McDermott 1 0 11 1.

Padiham won by 6 wickets.

Whalley v Settle

Whalley
Younas ct R Davidson b Booth 1
R Palmer ct Davidson b Booth 3
M Davies st Davidson b Seedle 63
L Kearsley b Booth 5
M Fallon b Booth 1
S Gorton ct Cokell b Booth 28
D Fitzhenry Not Out 26
P Fordham LBW Read 1
C Mahon LBW Read 0
Galling Not Out 8
Extras 15
Total (8 wickets) 151.

Read 18 5 46 2, A Booth 13 2 48 5, A Davidson 9 1 31 0, J Seedle 5 1 15 1.

Settle
(target 137)
R Davidson ct and b Younas 23
J Seedle b Fitzhenry 4
P Cook ct O'Neill b Fitzhenry 23
Rawlinson run out 35
W Davidson b Younas 0
E Read ct Palmer b Younas 2
L Read b Younas 1
N Cokell run out 0
A Booth LBW Fitzhenry 0
A Davidson ct Gorton b Younas 7
J Davidson Not Out 2
Extras 6
Total (all out) 103.

Younas 17.2 4 33 5, D Fitzhenry 17 1 64 3.

Whalley won by 48 runs.

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