44 C lltheroe A d v e r t i s e r & Times, Thursday, M a y 1 9th, 2011


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Ribblesdale will “put it down to experience” and with the. side hosting Edenfield at the weekend it will be a “good opportunity to put it right.” O THE 2011 Clitheroe and


Ribblesdale’s bowling was “poor, and we got what we deser\'ed.” He extended his praise to youngster Liam Nuttall who “batted well” and also John Rain who was unfortunate to be ruled out. Britcliffe added that


admitted


District Cricket League looks like it will be a tight affair with all the matches to date being very close.


carne Chipping Ramblers at Chipping.


made 111-4 off 15 overs with Jonny Ormerod retiring with 30 and Nick Burton making


The visitors batted first and


like they would take the spoils, but after Jason Holgate retired with 30, the runs dried


In reply. Ramblers looked


entertained Chipping A and won by 14 runs. Simon Oorton made 30 retired as Calderstones totalled 111-5 before Chipping fell just short with 97-5 with A. Young retir­ ing with 30. St James opened their


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account at the expense of Low Moor.


Si James made 113 and then restricted Low Moor to 93.


up and they closed on 101-8 off 15 overs. Elsewhere, Calderstones


Sabden narrowly over-


fast and furious, with the two opening batters Nichols (52) and Saddique (58) both scor­ ing in excess of half centuries. Following the scalp of Nichols at 101, Umar Saddique returned to the pavillion after partnering his sibling with just five runs to his arsenal, but Matthew Nutter played along­ side Abdul through to the end, firing an unbeaten 36 to clinch victory. Britcliffe


accurate and precise, with in­ form paid man Jaffar Nazir gaining four wickets, Richard Nichols two and Abdul Saddique three as Ribblesdale ended the innings on 153. Barnoldswick’s reply was


batted well but the rest of us didn’t support him.” Bamoldswick’s bowling was


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AFTER back-to-back vic­ tories for Ribblesdale the Wanderers suffered an eight- wicket defeat against Bar- noldswick on Saturday. Ian Britcliffe’s side batted


WHALLEY got back to winning ways with a victory against Great Harwood at the Cliffe on Saturday.


made it difficult for both teams, though visiting skipper Richard Palmer paid tribute to his players, stating they were the hungrier of the hvo teams. He said: “We bowled and fielded well in cold conditions. It was a cold miserable day but


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we wanted it more.” . Great Harwood were first


to bat with bowlers Kamran Younas, David O’Neill and Declan Fitzhenry doing a splendid job at keeping the batters at bay. The Whalley paid man’s


impressive ratio of wickets taken to runs conceded was


the cold conditions and pressed on. Younas opened the scor­ ing for Whalley accumulating 55 runs including seven fours. Simon Gorton converted 27


apparent once more as he took 4-40 from 22 overs. The innings ended with the hosts on 118 with the highest bat­ ting score being 24 from Great Harwood professional Syed Shahabuddm. Left chasing, Whalley defied


as a “good performance” in which Whalley “won it quite easily”. He added: “The team can take confidence from chasing the score down when going into the next game away at Salesbuiy on Saturday. They are an improved team, but we can go there on the back of a win.”


and Nisaar Hussain secured the win with 18 runs. Palmer described the game


agajn breaking new ground, with Cobras Girls becoming the first ever all-girl team to play in the Lancashire League’s junior ranks. But, not content with simply


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was a tough challenge against a well-drilled Lowernouse side but the girls showed a calm and steely resolve to again come out on top. Cobras kept the Lowerhouse batters in check to leave themselves chasing 215 to win, and they coasted home with wickets in hand. The team are pictured (s).


Dynamic duo setde derby


STAND-IN Read captain Gareth Halley praised dy­ namic duo Jon Harvey and Kyle O’Connor for main­ taining their side’s 100% record against derby rivals Salesbury. The visitors were 28-3


before the pair combined, but respective knocks of 46 and 40 from the match win­ ners helped stop the rot. Joe Marshall (29), Mohammed Jamal (16) and Andrew Rushton (17) also contrib-


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uted as Read rounded off their innings on 176. “We’ve done it a few


times when three or four batsmen haven’t come to the party with the excep­ tion of Jon Harvey and we’ve relied heavily on Kyle O’Connor again,” Halley said. “He’s been a rock for us


coming in at number five and his runs have been cru­


from professional Stuart Hornby and a further Avo scalps from Harvey helped keep Salesbury at bay at Ribchester Road and, despite 66 from paid man Susantha Pradeep, the hosts fell 21 runs short. Halley said: “Salesbury killed the fun a little bit at


cial. The pressure was on us and we were on the back foot at 28-3 but Harvey and O’Connor have built up a good partnership together to take us in to the 90s.” In reply four wickets


the end by not going for the runs, and the downside was that we couldn’t take all 10 wickets. “But we’ve got 10 points


from the match, we’re still unbeaten and we’re still up there.


we want to be because we haven’t been picking up the bonus points, but if we can carry on going as we are it will put us in a good posi­ tion for the double-header weekend against Bash and Padiham later this month.”


“We’re not quite where


were a tighter, more-disciplined outfit when they travelled to Haslingden. Tight bowling and fielding restricted the home side to just 209, and the victory was never in doubt with the girls losing just one wicket to return a net score of 247. A third game in as many days


against Enfiela, the girls fell victim to their own nerves, as well as coming up against some solid cricket from their oppo­ nents. Batting first. Cobras gave away too many wickets and found themselves unable to defend a low score. But just 24 hours later they


taking part, the youngsters are already showing some venom. In their opening fixture


Champs upan(j mnning


lost their opening games of the campaign against Salesbury, Great Harwood, Read and Settle, but they’ve finally had that obstructive weight lifted off their shoulders at the fifth bite of the Cherry. The game at Preston Old


REIGNING Ribblesdale Cricket League champions Clitheroe have finally got off the mark. Naeem Ashrafs side had


have had a big impact on their confidence now. We can play normal cricket now because the pressure is off. We just needed that break but now we’ve got Baxenden at the weekend who are a very good side. But we’ve got Joshua Marquis back who is a very good Dowler.” • IN the Craven and


star of the show as Be smashed six fours and nine sixes on his way to 94 as the visitors ended on 200. In reply, the hosts looked


District League second divi­ sion, Chatbum beat Wilsden on the final ball of the afternoon. Mark Nerenberg was the


14 in the chase while Rizwan Shahid and Abbas both fired 27 to send Clitheroe to a five- wicket win, their first league triumph of the season. Ashraf added: “They’ve bowled really well and then performed well with the bat to chase down 104, which they did in less than 20 overs. We didn’t panic and we played good cricket. They were just very composed when batting, bowling and in the field. “Hopefully that win will


moment I think because we desperately needed that win,” Ashraff said. “These young­ sters have been working hard so it’s good for them. I’m delighted for them all.” Ajidrew Pearce opened with


home side and Daniel Lord 27 as Cherry Tree ended on 104 but visiting sub-professional Qaiser Abbas stood out with the ball, taking 4-37, while Farouk Butt added 3-29, both having bowled a 10-over spell. “It’s more relief at the


remained unbeaten through­ out the innings, but his knock of 42 from 89 deliveries proved too patient and measured to cause any kind of detriment to Clitheroe. Saj Akhtar added 16 for the


Road against Andreas Sudnik’s Cherry Tree started optimisti­ cally as Jack Houldsworth and Andy Hutchins ousted Mark Hadfield and Scott Friend respectively after the hosts had posted just 18 runs on the board. Professional Paul Turner


as though they would knock that tally off comfortably as they were 120 before the fall of file first wicket. But Russel Braithwaite inspired the away side to victory as he took 7-41 from 13 overs.


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