MARK AKRIGG picked up five wickets as Silsden kept up the pressure at the top of the first division.

His bowling stint left Tong Park struggling as they crept to 153, despite a fine innings of 48 in difficult conditions from Steve Young.

On a difficult drying wicket they home side also had B Ryan to thank for a useful 31 as Akrigg picked up his five wickets for 56 runs.

The Silsden batsmen also found it tough going with Tim Sugden top scoring with just 28 as they made it to victory with eight wickets down.

Steeton victory run came to a shuddering halt as Beckwithshaw picked up a 33-run win to complete the 'double' over the Summerhill side.

The visitors reached 1163-9 as they batted first with Hudson taking 4-52 and Grant Lindsay taking 4-49.

Steeton found it tough going with the bat and were dismissed for 130 with Neil Spragg top scorer on 33.

But on a weekend of low scores Harden found the magic touch as they raced to 254-9 against Alwoodley. N Kettle scored 69, Andy Moulds added 41 and S Wood 39. The bowlers also enjoyed the afternoon with Phil Leng taking 4-13 and Chris Wintersgill 3-10 as the visitors were dismissed for 104.

Silsden 2nds were indebted to captain Ian Sagar who scored 40 and laid the foundation of their 122 total after leading run scorer Ian Pullen retired hurt.

Graham Wells took 6-47 for Woodhouse who looked confident until Steve Crooks took one wicket for 12 runs in a tight eight-over spell.

Tom Hodgson, who bowled a mixture of medium pace and leg spin took 6-40 and Matthew Shuttleworth chipped in with 3-22 as Woodhouse were shot out for 85.