Ribblesdale League Saturday round-up

Bash’s efforts helped them gain on leaders Read and Barnoldswick, who both failed to bowl their opponents out, and now they sit level on points with Barlick with Read just three points clear.

Naeem failed with the bat as Baxenden went to Clitheroe but Callum Waddington batted well for 65 from 73 balls, while Mark Rishton made 42 and Lewis McIntosh hit 27.

Their efforts helped Bash to 202-7 from their 45 overs with home professional Kashif Siddique the pick of the bowlers as he claimed 5-56 from 14 overs.

Clitheroe’s reply started predictably briskly with Siddique looking to tee off – and he smashed three sixes and three fours on his way to 36 from just 20 balls.

But he failed to go on to make the score his team needed and Riley had him caught by Rishton with the score on 48.

Josh McDowell made 20 and Naeem Ashraf scored 25 but 79-1 became 100-4 as Bash upped the pressure and despite 40 from Andrew Pearce, Clitheroe were on the back foot with Riley and Naeem, who were introduced to the attack to stem the early tide, really turning the screw.

In the end late resistance from Farouk Butt, Hassan Fazal and 17-year-old Jack Houldsworth was only delaying the inevitable as Clitheroe were 183 all out.

Leaders Read racked up 284-8 in their Whalley Road clash with bottom club Settle and then Warren Eastham claimed five wickets as the Yorkshiremen were 168 all out as Read stayed out in front, while Barnoldswick were made to work hard for their win at Oswaldtwistle Immanuel.

Immanuel batted first at New Lane and Oliver Jones (93) and Chris Cook-Martin (87) helped them up to 229-5 – but Matt Nutter (55) was the mainstay as Barlick got home with three wickets in hand.

But the fireworks came at Whalley Road as brilliant Jonathan Harvey made 139 and Will Driver hit 82 as Read warmed up for their Ramsbottom Cup final in style.

Kamran Younas was on form yet again as Whalley maintained their fine run with a crushing win over Salesbury.

As the Red Caps batted first they lost Will Cook to the first ball off Younas and despite 16 from Susantha Pradeep, 14 from James Watson and 13 from James Rawlinson Salesbury were on the back foot.

Edward Foster top scored with 22 but Salesbury were 89 all out in 37.3 overs with Younas the star with 5-45 from 19 overs, while Simon Gorton (3-19) and Dave O’Neill (2-19) were also key performers.

Younas hit 35 of the first 39 runs of the reply before he went after four fours and two sixes.

Richard Lamb, who earlier held three catches, was 23 not out and skipper Richard Palmer made 17 as Whalley coasted home with more than 21 overs to go.

Padiham had a bad day as they lost by 21 runs at Earby, falling short after bowling Craig Walton’s men out for 118 at The Applegarth.

That loss was cruel on Padiham professional Chris Holt, who claimed eight wickets as John Bushell’s men tore through Earby before their shock collapse.

Edenfield’s revival continued as they beat Ribblesdale Wanderers.

Greg Smithson’s men knocked off Ribblesdale’s 180 all out with five wickets down.

It was also a good day for Cherry Tree as Andreas Sudnik’s men beat Great Harwood at The Cliffe.

They bowled Harwood out for 111 and then got home by eight wickets.

Clitheroe v Baxenden

Baxenden
C Waddington ct Ashraf b Siddique 65
Naeem LBW Butt 12
M Rishton st McDowell b Siddique 42
D Cronshaw b Siddique 6
L McIntosh b Siddique 27
A Caunce b Siddique 6
B Swindells ct Fazal b Ashraf 12
D Mills Not Out 6
S Payne Not Out 8
Extras 18
Total (7 wickets) 202.

F Butt 14 2 55 1, H Fazal 7 1 26 0, Siddique 14 3 56 5, A Hutchins 5 0 17 0, J Houldsworth 3 0 22 0, N Ashraf 2 0 13 1.

Clitheroe
Siddique ct Rishton b Riley 36
J McDowell ct Rishton b Naeem 20
T Aziz ct Caunce b Riley 13
N Ashraf LBW Naeem 25
C Bowness LBW Naeem 0
A Pearce ct McIntosh b Riley 40
P Gaskell b Riley 5
F Butt LBW Naeem 11
H Fazal ct Payne b Riley 11
J Houldsworth b Naeem 11
A Hutchins Not Out 0
Extras 11
Total (all out) 183.

L McIntosh 3 1 19 0, B Swindells 2 0 25 0, L Riley 19 2 72 5, Naeem 18.2 7 61 5.

Baxenden won by 19 runs.

Earby v Padiham

Earby
Cr Walton ct D’kin-Pickard b Meehan 12
Chris Walton ct Mehmood b Holt 27
Azmat ct Hitchon b Holt 32
A Yates ct Bushell b Hitchon 17
M Haines LBW Holt 4
A Pollard ct Clarke b Holt 4
R Craddock ct and b Holt 3
I Clarkson ct Robinson b Holt 12
M Windle ct Clarke b Holt 1
J Hargreaves Not Out 1
K Horn st Robinson b Holt 0
Extras 5
Total (all out) 118.

M Howells 7 2 15 0, S Meehan 13 4 47 1, N Mehmood 1 0 9 0, Holt 15 2 26 8, K Hitchon 7 1 18 1.

Padiham
K Hitchon run out 6
Holt LBW Hargreaves 4
K Robinson b Craddock 3
N Mehmood LBW Craddock 0
C Clarke run out 15
J Bushell b Craddock 40
P Shirtcliffe LBW Azmat 0
L Anderson ct Craig Walton b Haines 16
S Meehan b Azmat 9
M Howells Not Out 0
O Deakin-Pickard LBW Azmat 0
Extras 4
Total (all out) 97.

R Craddock 10 0 24 3, J Hargreaves 6 0 16 1, Azmat 14.5 5 18 3, M Windle 1 0 4 0, M Haines 10 1 31 1.

Earby won by 21 runs.

Great Harwood v Cherry Tree

Great Harwood
D Thomas ct M Friend b N Robbins 0
Shahabuddin ct Akhtar b Sudnik 51
R Whalley ct M Friend b N Robbins 12
A Ullah b Bolton 0
P Swanney ct M Friend b N Robbins 8
I Haworth ct Turner b Lawrenson 4
D Kendal st M Friend b Lawrenson 6
S Maher ct M Friend b A Sudnik 4
M Houldsworth ct S Robbins b Bolton 9
S Ali Khan Not Out 9
S Welsh LBW Bolton 0
Extras 8
Total (all out) 111.

J Bolton 8 3 20 3, N Robbins 10 4 36 3, A Sudnik 9 4 24 2, G Lawrenson 5 0 27 2.

Cherry Tree
M Hadfield b Shahabuddin 6
Turner Not Out 67
S Friend b Welsh 24
M Friend Not Out 7
Extras 11
Total (2 wickets) 115.

Shahabuddin 9.2 4 23 1, S Maher 6 0 24 0, S -Welsh 7.4 0 30 1, A Ullah 4 0 21 0, D Kendal 1 0 7 0.

Cherry Tree won by 8 wickets.

Oswaldtwistle Immanuel v Barnoldswick

Oswaldtwistle Immanuel
O Jones b Nazir 93
N Payne ct Garner b Nazir 12
Cook-Martin b Nazir 87
O Clare run out 15
R Hussain Not Out 2
P Dignan run out 0
I Abid Not Out 1
Extras 19
Total (5 wickets) 229.

Nazir 18 2 99 3, R Nichols 9 2 34 0, M Nutter 3 1 12 0, M Scothern 12 0 45 0, A Saddique 3 0 27 0.

Barnoldswick
M Nutter ct Payne b Metcalf 55
A Saddique b Abid 49
U Saddique LBW Metcalf 30
R Nichols LBW Abid 5
L Bedford ct Smithson b Abid 48
Nazir b Metcalf 0
L Hodgson Not Out 33
G Braithwaite run out 1
M Scothern Not Out 1
Extras 8
Total (7 wickets) 230.

S Sipocz 3 0 26 0, K Smithson 5 1 25 0, G Metcalf 20 0 103 3, I Abid 17 1 68 3 0 0.

Barnoldswick won by three wickets.

Read v Settle

Read
J Harvey ct L Read b E Read 139
Hornby b Booth 4
W Driver ct Rawlinson b A Davidson 82
M Jamal LBW Hamill 5
K O'Connor LBW A Davidson 24
W Eastham LBW E Read 8
A Laycock st R Davidson b A Davidson 1
E Artingstoll ct L Read b E Read 7
R Sharples Not Out 3
Extras 11
Total (8 wickets) 284.

E Read 8 0 51 3, A Booth 10 1 57 1, A Davidson 17 1 90 3, T Hamill 10 0 78 1.

Settle
J Seedle run out 22
R Davidson b Harvey 24
M Verden ct Laycock b Eastham 1
J Rawlinson st O'Connor b Eastham 45
T Hamill ct Sharples b Eastham 34
P Cook ct Wood b Harvey 16
W Davidson b Harvey 4
E Read ct O'Connor b Eastham 14
L Read LBW Harvey 0
A Booth Not Out 5
A Davidson ct Sharples b Eastham 1
Extras 2
Total (all out) 168.

Hornby 3 0 22 0, E Lowes 3 0 14 0, W Eastham 15.3 1 73 5, J Harvey 15 0 59 4.

Read won by 116 runs.

Whalley v Salesbury

Salesbury
W Cook ct Lamb b Younas 0
Pradeep b O'Neill 16
I Rabagliati b O'Neill 8
J Watson ct Lamb b Younas 14
J Rawlinson ct Lamb b Younas 13
B Rigby Younas 3
E Foster ct and b Younas 22
L Parkinson LBW Gorton 1
N Green LBW Gorton 5
S Brown LBW Gorton 0
A Marsh Not Out 1
Extras 6
Total (all out) 89.

Younas 19 5 45 5, D O'Neill 10 3 19 2, S Gorton 8.3 1 19 3.

Whalley
Younas ct Foster b Marsh 35
R Lamb Not Out 23
R Palmer ct Rawlinson b Parkinson 17
L Kearsley run out 0
S Gorton ct Rabagliati b Brown 14
D Fitzhenry Not Out 1
Extras 0
Total (4 wickets) 90.

E Foster 4 0 30 0, A Marsh 3 1 15 1, Pradeep 5 1 16 0, S Brown 8.1 2 16 1, L Parkinson 3 0 13 1.

Whalley won by 6 wickets.