PROMOTED Thornbury have made a winning start to life in the A Division.

The B Division runners-up restricted Leeds Sikh to 172, Kaleem Afzal taking 6-28, before replying with 177-2, of which Saad Abbas made 79 and Kamran Ali 38.

Bradford Moor, the other promoted club, did not fare so well, losing at Shipley Providence, who scored 184, Muzumal Shah top-scoring with 48 as Myrtaza Ali Abbas took 5-42.

Irfan Sadiq led Moor's reply with 40 but Waseem Khan bagged 4-22 as they were dismissed for 121.

Neil Bonnington's 53 was in vain for Cookridge as they lost by 35 runs at defending champions Halifax Direct, for whom Hassan Patel scored 44 in their 190.

League newcomers Woodhouse laid down a marker in B Division, defeating Drighlington, who were third last season, by 134 runs, while Nick Speight's 68 not out carried Great Horton Park Chapel to a two-wicket victory at Leeds Sikh B in C Division.