Eccleshall vs Whitmore.
Tied.
Eccleshall won the toss and elected to bat. Myles Coughlan made 29 at the top of the order for the home side, hitting four fours and a six, as he shared 55 for the opening wicket with Ben Rogerson (26). Bilal Hussain then began to weave his magic. He claimed 6/42 from 13 overs of wily left-arm spin, bowling Eccleshall all out for 149.
Whitmore began positively, and Ryan Roberts made a run-a-ball 41 with four fours and a six before he was out in the 12th over, leaving the score 99/4. Murvin Abinash and Eranga Dissanagge continued to chip away at the visitors’ batting line-up until it looked like Whitmore were going to sneak over the line. They’d reached 140/6 before Saad Qureshi was dismissed for 19. Hussain and Matt McAll then took them to within 2 runs of victory before Hussain was dismissed. McAll fell 1 run later to Abinash, and the match was tied. Abinash finished with 5/72 from 12.3 overs, and Dissanagge bagged 4/18 from 9 overs as both teams took 13 points from the match.
Meakins vs Leek.
Meakins won by 78 runs.
Leek won the toss and elected to bowl. Ash Shaw got the home side off to a good start by making 53 from 72 balls with seven fours and two sixes. His opening partner Simon Mugava added 40 from 47 balls with four fours and three sixes as they shared 80 for the first wicket. Sam Moores then made 44, which contained six boundaries as their fast start continued. Jalat Khan smashed a 51-ball 77 with seven fours and four sixes, sharing 125 with Jack Hammond for the 5th wicket. Hammond went on to make 57* from 36 balls with seven fours and two sixes before he declared on 294/5 from 51 overs.
Matt Morris struck a fine 102 from 114 balls with seventeen fours and two sixes as Leek set about chasing the large total down. He received little support though, and the home side’s bowlers chipped away at the other end. Mugava’s off-spin claimed 3/40 from 12 overs before Karl High returned to rip through the tail, finishing with figures of 4/50 to secure a comfortable victory.
Longton vs Moddershall.
Moddershall won by 105 runs.
Moddershall won the toss and elected to bat. Sam Kelsall made 33, which included four fours and a six before his dismissal left Moddershall in trouble at 97/5. Cameron Heard then came to the rescue with 40 valuable runs, including five fours and a six, as the visitors were bowled out for 183. Nalin Priyadarshan claimed excellent figures of 6/38 from 13 overs as the home side gave themselves a chance of a much-needed victory.
It wasn’t to be for them after the tea break, though, as they subsided to just 78 all out. The returning Jake Garlick snared 4/28 from 7 overs and, in partnership with Danushka Sandaruwan who claimed 4/12, the visitors ran out comfortable winners in the end.
Newcastle & Hartshill vs Hem Heath.
Hem Heath won by 164 runs.
Hem Heath won the toss and elected to bat. Tom Hodson made 51 at the top of the order for the visitors. His innings included nine fours, and he added 72 with Liam Banks (37) for the first wickets. Banks struck eight fours in his 40-ball knock as Hem Heath started well. Bilawal Bhatti then took centre stage; he blasted 104 from just 70 balls with ten fours and seven sixes to propel Hem Heath to 290/7 from their 55 overs. Dan Richardson made 31 in a partnership worth 139 with Bhatti for the 5th wicket. Mo Rameez, Kasun Ekanayaka and Harry Bailey all claimed two wickets each.
Castle started poorly, and they were quickly reduced to 6/2 before Rohan Vallabhaneni crashed a 31-ball 37 with six fours and a six. Ryan Hassett made a patient 31 from 65 balls with three fours as they shared 50 for the 3rd wicket, but once Callum Leese broke the partnership he went on to claim 5/48 from 8 overs as the home side collapsed to 126 all out.
Stone vs Checkley.
Stone won by 7 wickets.
Checkley won the toss and elected to bat. James Kettleborough struck 54 with seven fours as the visitors recovered from a poor start. Michael Allen then made 50 from 85 balls, which contained five fours and a six, but Checkley couldn’t form a substantial partnership, and they were eventually bowled out for 201 in the last over. Reid Taylor claimed 4/30 from 13 overs of accurate left-arm spin, and he was the pick of the bowlers for the home side. James Green and Jack Harvey shared 4 wickets between them as Stone restricted Checkley well.
George Hawbrook then got the home off to a flying start after tea. He blazed 85 from just 45 balls with ten fours and four sixes as the visitors had no answer to his power. He raced to 50 from just 29 balls and Stone never looked back. After his dismissal, Warrick Fynn stroked a sublime 63* from 77 balls with nine fours, sharing an unbroken stand of 94 with Harry Cheadle (32*) as Stone cruised to victory with 16.4 overs remaining.
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