BURNLEY’S Casterton Primary School hit the opposition for six as they won the Girls Kwik Cricket county final with a perfect record.

The team won all six of their matches including the showpiece against Wigan’s Gilded Hollins in the competition at Northern Cricket Club in Liverpool.

Casterton coach Mark Dutton said: “I’m absolutely delighted for the girls winning the county final – This is an excellent achievement. We came through by winning a tough Burnley District competition against 20 other schools.

“At Casterton we’ve given the girls the same opportunities in cricket as the boys and have provided time and space for them in the school yard to play.

“Some of them go on to play at our after-school mixed sessions and we also have good links with Burnley CC and Lowerhouse CC, where some of the girls continue to play.

“It’s also great to see that a couple have been invited to county trials at Under-11 age group.”

More than 200 girls from 22 schools across the county took part in event, representing their boroughs as winners of local competitions.

The winners and runners-up from the four groups went through to the quarter-final stage where Casterton, who had finished top of their pool, continued their good form by beating Oldham’s Mayfield Primary.

The semi-finals saw the Burnley team just edge out Orrell St James from Wigan, while Gilded Hollins enjoyed a convincing win over Benjamin Hargreaves Primary from Hyndburn.

The final saw Casterton scoring 281 to Gilded Hollins’s 246 to be crowned 2016 champions.

Rudra Singh, education manager for the Lancashire Cricket Board, said: “Kwik Cricket is a fun way for children of primary school age to experience cricket.

“Its emphasis is always on participation, enjoyment and fair play and it was pleasing to see that in abundance at the competition.

“My thanks go to all the children that took part and, more importantly, to the teachers for their continued hard work and support in schools giving these girls the opportunities to play cricket.

“I would also like to thank Northern CC for hosting and making it a memorable day for everyone concerned.”