CHURCH suffered more semi-final agony as they missed out in the Lancashire’s League’s 20/20 showpiece following a defeat to Burnley on Friday night.

The beaten Worsley Cup semi-finalists went down by five wickets at West End to Burnley, who will now host Nelson in the final this coming Friday in their third 20/20.

It will be Burnley’s third time in the final - and Steve Brunt’s men go into it buoyed by their win over Phil Gilrane’s outfit.

Batting first, Church posted 114-6 from their 20 overs with Adam Greenwood top scoring with 32, while Levi Wolfenden (23) and Sagawat Hussain (22) got amongst the runs.

Jeeva Kulatunga hit 30 as Burnley replied and Qasim Ali made a rapid 31 but Daniel Pickup was the hero at the end as he made an unbeaten 32 to get his men home with a ball to spare.

Church
Woodcock c Burton b Kulatunga 2
S Hussain c Ali b Capstick 22
A Greenwood run out 32
L Wolfenden st B’ton b Tripathi 23
P Gilrane c Kelly b Tripathi 0
S Holt not out 17
P Sykes run out 0
A Bentley not out 2
Extras 16
Total (6 wickets, 20 overs) 114

Kulatunga 4 0 20 1, Lalor 4 0 15 0, Capstick 4 0 27 1, Tripathi 4 0 20 2, Kelly 4 0 24 0

Burnley
Kulatunga st Tucker b P Gilrane 30
C Burton c Woodcock b Bentley 2
M Kelly lbw b Bentley 4
Q Ali c North b P Gilrane 31
D Pickup not out 32
S Whittaker run out 8
S Brunt not out 0
Extras 9
Total (5 wickets, 19.5 overs) 116

Bentley 4 0 17 2, Wolfenden 4 0 31 0, Woodcock 4 0 16 0, P Gilrane 4 1 24 2, Holt 3.5 0 27 0

Burnley won by five wickets