CRICKET: Northop Hall win again, but it’s defeat for Colwyn Bay and Prestatyn 1st XIs

Colwyn Bay fielding against Rainhill. Picture: MATT JOHNSON – many thanks

LIVERPOOL AND DISTRICT CRICKET COMPETITION

REPORTS – SATURDAY, JUNE 14

1ST XI ECB PREMIER LEAGUE

Colwyn Bay 1st XI (2) 70-10 Rainhill 1st XI (20) 72-4

Dulanjala Mendis bowls for Bay. Picture: MATT JOHNSON

Bay lie 22 points adrift at the Premier basement after a disappointing home loss to Rainhill on Saturday.

Put into bat, the Bay were bowled out for just 70, no-one managing to score 20 or above, with Khalid Usman taking 4-23 and Jamie Harrison 3-8 for the visitors.

Rainhill reached 72-4 in 20.4, Matt Russell collecting 2-22 and recording a run out for the hosts.

1ST XI SECOND DIVISION

Prestatyn 1st XI (3) 79-10 Parkfield Liscard 1st XI (25) 228-7 dec

After inviting the visitors to bat, Prestatyn were left facing a huge target at Beach Close.

Parkfield Liscard amassed 228-7 declared off 39.5 overs, Adnan Khald making 116, while Nauman Ahmad bagged 3-5 and skipper Adam Tidswell 2-57 for the home side.

In reply, Prestatyn were blown away for just 79, David Harris top-scoring with 25, Naveed Saleh with best bowling for Parkfield, grabbing 3-9.

Whitefield (Roby) 1st XI (7) 183-10 Northop Hall 1st XI (20) 184-8

Carwyn Johnson took three wickets for Northop Hall. Picture: RAY HIBBS

All of Northop Hall’s last six completed league games have ended in victory for the Flintshire side.

Their latest success on Saturday at Whitefield was a close and hard-fought contest.

The hosts were put into bat and bowled out for 183 in 48.3 overs, Paul Jenkins taking 4-76 off 24 overs, Carwyn Johnson 3-55 and James Hurlin 2-37.

In reply, Hall slipped from 74-1 to 83-4, but a fifth-wicket stand of 80 between skipper Ben Slater (40) and Hurlin (39) put them on course for victory.

Opener Jac Kennedy had earlier made 45 and a six from Jenkins – his sole scoring stroke – brought the target closer before the visitors got home on 184-8.

2ND XI FIRST DIVISION

Ainsdale 2nd XI (7) 135-10 Colwyn Bay 2nd XI (25) 189-9

Samuel Costley’s half-century and five-wicket haul helped unbeaten Bay establish a 32-point lead at the summit after Saturday’s 54-run success at Ainsdale.

Costley made 52 and opener Joshua Brown 46 as the visitors posted 189-9 after winning the toss and opting to bat.

Despite a dominant 89 from Kyle Marshall, Ainsdale could only manage 135 all out in response, Costley 5-56 off 19 and Brown 2-3.

Northop Hall 2nd XI (7) 179-8 dec Highfield 2nd XI (7) 144-9 – drawn

Adam Littler top-scored with 49 as Northop Hall seconds set 179-8 declared at home to Highfield seconds having been put into bat.

The visitors clung on for a draw at 144-9, Liam Evans-Ford 5-45, Sion Hellen 2-27 and Ben Ardan 2-41.

2ND XI SECOND DIVISION

Parkfield Liscard 2nd XI (20) 108-2 Prestatyn 2nd XI (3) 104-10

Opener Jason Edwards topped the batting chart with 56 in Prestatyn seconds’ effort of 104 all out on Merseyside, Pasidu Jayaranjana poaching 5-33 for Parkfield.

The Pembertons Meadow hosts responded with a winning 104-2 off 17.5, Ben Williams 2-38.