Skipper Adam Frost played the lead role as Pudsey St Lawrence defeated Jer Lane by five wickets to win the Gordon Rigg Priestley Shield final at Hunslet Nelson on Sunday

From the moment he won the toss and chose to bowl first everything clicked into place for Frost and his youthful side, as they won the premier second-team cup competition with relative ease.

And it rounded off a miserable weekend for Bradford side Jer Lane, whose first team lost the leadership of the Bradford Premier League Premier Division on Saturday.

In his opening over on Sunday, Frost removed opener Umar Dawood without a run on the board and that set the tone for his side.

Frost got movement off the pitch and exploited the uneven bounce as he and new ball partner Josh Allinson kept runs at a premium.

It was Allinson who struck two key blows when he dismissed Adnan Mahmood and Raqeeb Younis in quick succession as Jer Lane slipped to 17-3 in the sixth over.

The experienced Imran Mirza was promoted to try and stem the flow of wickets and he settled in quietly ins support of Arslaan Mahmood.

Together they added 48 and looked to have steadied the ship until spinner David Heslop entered the attack and bowled Mahmood (36) with his first delivery.

One run later and Jer Lane were 66-5, as left arm spinner Ricky Priestley trapped Haris Butt lbw for one.

Mirza battled away in determined fashion until he was also bowled by Heslop for 30.

Skipper Asad Khan and Jawad Waheed took the score up to 119 before Frost returned to the attack and had Khan caught and bowled for 15.

Frost added his third wicket when Haroon Mahmood edged a catch to wicketkeeper Jacob McDonald before Allison removed Waheed lbw for 26.

Fittingly, the final wicket went to Frost when he trapped Uzmat Munir lbw.

Frost finished with impressive figures of 4-14 while Allinson (3-21) and Heslop (2-30) played their part in bowling out Jer Lane for just 133.

Josh Allinson gave Jer Lane all sorts of bother and took three wickets for not many runs.Josh Allinson gave Jer Lane all sorts of bother and took three wickets for not many runs. (Image: Ray Spencer.)

Jer Lane needed early wickets if they were to have any hope of defending their score.

But the absence of injured all-rounder Amjid Khan was to prove a handicap, as they allowed St Lawrence openers Frost and Sam Johnson to get off to a brisk start.

Unlike Jer Lane earlier, they had no trouble accessing the big boundaries at Gipsy Lane. Together they added 77 before Frost (46) and Johnson (22) were dismissed by Munir in quick succession.

The double strike offered Jer Lane a glimmer of hope, but St Lawrence were in no mood to surrender their dominant position.

Occasional off spinner Younis claimed the wickets of Priestley, Jonty Mighell and Aaron Day.

But Heslop (24no) steered his side home with 10.5 overs to spare to round off an excellent day for the all-rounder.

Yet even he had to play second fiddle to Frost, who was deservedly named Player of the Match on what was very much his and St Lawrence’s day.