Bradford & Bingley produce big shock in Jer Lane victory

Reece Cockshott, the winner of the league’s Young Spinner of the Year award in 2023, took 5-35 as Jer Lane were bowled out for 147.

Overseas player Bhushan Talawadekar (37) was the only batter to make an impression as skipper Yasir Ali was forced to regret his decision to bat first. Jacob Slator (38), Louren Steenkamp (38no) and Joe Pyrah (37) ensured there were no alarms as Bradford & Bingley secured a seven-wicket win.

The result lifted Bradford & Bingley above Cleckheaton and Farsley who were beaten by Woodlands and New Farnley, respectively.

Sam Frankland hit his third century of the season as champions Woodland’s ran up the division’s highest score of 337-7 as they defeated Cleckheaton by 87 runs.

Frankland’s 116 included three six plus 15 fours, and he was joined in an opening stand of 170 by Tim Jackson who scored 58 against his old club.

Liam Collins (54) and Muhammad Bilal (45) built on the good work of the openers as Cleckheaton were made to toil in the absence of the Premier Division’s joint top wicket taker Bradley Sylvester.

Yousaf Baber took his tally of league runs for the season to 802 before being run out for 98 as Cleckheaton made 250-7 and guaranteed maximum batting points. Lachlan Doidge (33) provided the main support to Baber.

Woodlands now have 268 points with New Farnley on 259 after their six-wicket win over Farsley. Spinners Gurman Randhawa (4-28 ) and Adam Ahmed (3-14) helped bowl out the Red Lane side for 130. Joe Pocklington was again the mainstay of Farsley’s batting with 53. New Farnley eased to victory with skipper Alex Lilley finishing 38 not out.

Methley (239) have closed with within nine points for third place Jer Lane after a nail-biting one-wicket win at Townville.

Methley, who defeated Townville by one run when the sides met earlier in the season, had Ben Waite to thank for their latest success.

He struck a four from the third ball of the final over from Chris Holliday to edge his side past the Townville score of 188 as he finished 29 not out. It capped a fine match for Waite who had earlier taken 3-52.

Conor Harvey (3-48) and Dushan Vimukthi (3-52) were the best of the bowlers for Townville who were made to pay the ultimate price for not batting out their overs. They were dismissed in 40.1 overs with only Harvey (55) and Jonny Booth (30)making an impression.

Bottom side Pudsey Congs finally pulled off their first league win of the season at the 17th attempt. Sri Lankan Yohan Mendis (84no) and skipper Richard Jubb (52) shared a third wicket stand of 139 as their side cruised of a six-wicket victory over Ossett with 16.3 overs to spare.

Despite the efforts of Henry Pearson (53) and Will Wade (46), Ossett were only able to make 181. They were undone by the spin bowling of Ryan Heptinstall (5-52).

Congs are 53 points adrift of second bottom Farsley and a further a nine adrift of Cleckheaton who occupy tenth place.

Undercliffe put their recent lean spell behind them as they romped to a 10-wicket win at Pudsey St Lawrence. Opening bowlers Calum Fletcher (6-27) and Zeeshan Qasim (3-29) set up their side’s success by bowling out the Saints for 111. Barrie Frankland (57no) and Archie Scott (32) provided the bulk of their side’s runs.

Openers Oliver Hardaker (51no) and Danish Hussain (49no) took just 15.2 overs to secure a maximum 20 points.

Barrie Frankland top scored with 57 not out for Pudsey St Lawrence. Picture: Ray Spencer

Oliver Hardaker hit a six to win the match as he finished 51 not out Picture: Ray Spencer

Danish Hussain hits out during his knock of 49 not out for Undercliffe. Picture: Ray Spencer

Division One

Bankfoot’s push for an immediate return to the top flight. They defeated bottom side Hanging Heaton by 94 runs to close the gap on faltering Baildon to just eight points.

Skipper James Lee once again played the lead role. After shrugging off the disappointment of being run out for 99 as his side scored 252-5 in a match reduced to 41 overs per side, Lee took 5-45 as Hanging Heaton were bowled out for 157.

Wicketkeeper Bilal Hamid (45) and Gary Wainwright (33) provided support for Lee in the Bankfoot innings while opener Matthew West (49) top scored for Hanging Heaton

Second place Baildon suffered their third successive defeat as they went down by 27 runs at East Bierley.

Australian Angus Webb (59) and Will Kelly (58) looked to have given them hope with a fourth wicket stand of 119 as they chased an East Bierley score of 214-9, but the remainder of their batting failed to fire as they finished on 189-8, Rob Barker taking 4-30.

Skipper Dwayne Heke was top scorer for East Bierley as he made 70 against his old club. Spinner Seif Hussain was the pick of the Baildon bowlers with 3-33.

Leaders took another step towards promotion and added to Bowling Old Lane’s relegation worries as they ran out four-wicket winners at Birch Lane.

Skipper James Glynn returns his season’s best bowling figures of 5-42 as Old Lane were restricted to 157-9 in a match reduced to 46 overs per side.

An unbroken last wicket partnership of 43 between Saqif Ridwan (27no) and Kamran Siddique (26no) at least gave Old Lane something to defend.

Naveed Malik (49) and Cameron Wallis (34no) ensured that Carlton banked another win to extend their lead to 54 points with six games to go.

There were runs galore at Sandal – 664 to be exact – as the home side won a thrilling clash against Batley by 12 runs.

The undoubted hero for Sandal was their Sri Lankan all-rounder Kasun Madushanka. He made 113 and followed up with 5-104, but Batley had their own hero too.

Hisan Ahmad smashed 162 from 113 balls and took his side to within 12 runs of Sandal’s 338-8 before his heroics were ended by Madushanka. Ahmad struck a stunning 13 sixes and 15 fours as 138 of his runs came in boundaries.

Ahmad added 102 for the ninth wicket with Rafeh Shah and dominated a last wicket stand of 56 in which Altaf Hussain scored one. Saurabh Deshmukh (60) and Roheil Hussain (40) were the other main contributors for Batley.

Madushanka’s century for Sandal featured two sixes and 16 fours. Brandon Hewlett (93) joined him in a third wicket stand of 178 while opener Josh Wild set the ball rolling with 40. Sahid Laher was Batley’s best bowler with 3-46.

A month ago, Birstall were third and now they are third from bottom after an eight-wicket defeat at Morley. Home skipper Matthew Dowse took 5-37 as they were bowled out for 92. Opener Sreenath Joy smashed 55 from 26 balls as Morley sped to victory.

Yeadon continued their recent revival with a five-wicket win at Hartshead Moor. Skipper Farakh Hussain (46) led the way as they overhauled a disappointing Hartshead Moor score of 146. Hasnat Yousaf (58) and Chris Wynd (36) were the best of the Hartshead Moor batters as Istikhar Hussain claimed 3-42.

Division Two

Azhar Mehmood led the way as Crossflatts strengthened their position at the top of Division Two with an 83-run victory over second place Gomersal.

Mehmood top scored with 89 as Crossflatts made 302-5 and followed up by taking 3-39 as Gomersal were dismissed for 219.

Nathan Bradbury (62), Sanjula Bandara (35), Jacob Stephens (36) and Joe Greenwood (34no) backed up Mehmood as Crossflatts took advantage of being asked to bat first.

Gomersal’s hopes of chasing down the score faded once overseas player Ali Shan (46), and Richard Wear (31) were dismissed. Mayank Singh had the best figures of 4-62.

Third place Scholes were made to work hard for their 12-run win at Buttershaw St Paul’s. Skipper Josh Fell (50) and 3-37 played a big part in his side’s success.

Adam Greenwood (37) and Jamie Robson (35) provided good support to Fell as Scholes posted a score of 225-7. Amjad Minhas (3-59) was the pick of the St Paul’s bowlers and he also top scored with 47 as they replies with 213-9. Amjid Hussain (36) and Paul Carroll (31) were the other main contributors.

Hunslet Nelson received a timely boost ahead of tomorrow’s Gordon Rigg Jack Hampshire Cup final against Scholes as they cruised to an eight-wicket win over Lightcliffe.

Their visitors were made to regret their decision to bat first as they were skittled out for 71 with Sam Thewlis taking 4-19.

Nelson eased to their victory target with birthday boy Tyler Woodhouse finishing unbeaten on 36.

Heckmondwike & Carlinghow climbed out of the relegation positions after securing a one-wicket win over bottom side Hopton Mills with three balls to spare.

Sajid Azeem continued his form by hitting three sixes and 22 fours in his fine knock of 129 which enabled his side to chase down the Mills score of 262-9. Qamar Shahzad sealed victory with a six. Fahad Iman (35) was the main support to Azeem as Myles Auty (5-77) bowled well for Mills.

Keighley now find themselves in the bottom two after a dismal batting display saw them bowled out for just 52 as they suffered a 10-wicket defeat at Northowram Fields.

Their fragile batting cracked against the bowling of Sam Gardner (6-29) and Babar Khan (4-21). Ben Grech was unbeaten on 30 when Northowram Field sealed victory.

East Ardsley judged their run chase perfectly as they overhauled an Altoft’s total of 238-9 to win by three wickets with four balls to spare.

Skipper Dan McTiernan (57), James Van Der Merwe (36), Ashley Chapman (32), Dhilin Goven (30) all played their part for East Ardsley.

Dom Richardson (53) and Andrew Wood (45) were the top scorers for Altofts as Suraj Singh (3-61) returned the best bowling figures.

Division Three

Ismail Patel took seven wickets for just six runs as Streethouse put a dent in Windhill & Daisy Hill’s promotion hopes.

Patel took his first five wickets without conceding a run as Windhill & Daisy Hill, who chose to bat first, were reduced to 10-6.

Hasnain Khan (29) was the only player to reach double figures as Streethouse bowled out their opponents for just 48.

Shoaib Iqbal (3-21) struck twice before Streethouse had scored a run but could not stop their opponents easing to a seven-wicket win. That man Patel saw them home with an unbeaten 21.

Second place Wrenthorpe became only the second side to defeat leaders Great Preston as they romped to a six-wicket win.

Imran Dawood (89) and Muhammad Addas (51no) enabled their side to pass Great Preston’s score of 191 with 7.2 overs to spare.

Opener Oliver Newton (96) was the only Great Preston batter to make a real impression as Rana Khan (4-63) led the Wrenthorpe bowling effort.

Despite their defeat, Great Preston (266) still have a 23-point lead over Wrenthorpe with Adwalton a further 13 points back in third after their 155-run win at Spen Victoria.

Will Cutt (86) and Lewis Lockwood (57) added 109 for the second wicket before Dilip Sarathy (62) and Tanzeel Khan (32) helped swell the Adwalton total to 305. Chris Allen was the most successful bowler with 5-41.

Hassan Hussain (79) dominated the Spen reply of 150. Matty Waller (5-53) and Lockwood (4-35) led the Adwalton bowling.

An opening stand of 135 between Reece Thompson (80) and Rian Hoey (44) provided the impetus for Gildersome & Farnley hill to chase down the east Leeds score of 229-9 to secure a five-wicket win with almost 20 overs to spare.

James Watling took 4-60 after earlier making 45 with the bat. Kashif Rehman (53) and Amraze Mahmood (36) were the other main scorers for East Leeds.

Saqib Mehmood (6-37) and Sagar Sawant (4-46) bowled out Liversedge for 84 to secure a 106-run win for Brighouse.

Harpartap Singh (47), Gurwinder Dhillon (33) and Waseem Shahzad (32) enabled Brighouse to make 190 despite the efforts of Jaideep Dhangar (4-52) and Juned Delair (3-40).

Nazakat Hussain (6-56) was another bowler to impress as he helped Wakefield St Michael’s complete a 63-run win over Crossbank Methodists.

Kabeer Hussain (71) and Waqar Ilyas (49) scored the bulk of the runs as Crossbank Methodists were dismissed for 138 in reply to a Wakefield St Michael’s score of 201, Opener Joshua Hotston (62) and John Holland (47) led the scoring as Tasveer Ahmad picked up 4-39.