Norden 1st XI vs Haslingden 1st XI – Sunday 21st June
The Stags won the toss, and no surprise, they elected to bat first. The early loss of Dom Humphreys (5) brought brother, Joe, to the crease. Alongside opener Jack Taylor they moved the score along to 75 before Joe was given out LBW for 26 to the bowling of Haslingden professional Raval. This brought the Norden professional James Price to the crease. Price and Jack Taylor added 153 more runs. Jack Taylor passed his previous Lancs league best of 61, and Price soon brought up his own half century. Both players ended up recording hundreds, Taylor with 128 and Price finishing on 108 not out. The stags had amassed 308-6 from their 50 overs
In reply Haslingden never looked in the hunt. It actually took 31 from Cameron batting at number 9 to get the visitors anywhere near the three figure mark. There was good spells from Maqsood and Hussain up top, and 2 wickets for the lively pace of Jamie Taylor. But the pick of the bowlers was Makin who took 4-30, including the prize wicket of Raval. Haslingden ended their innings on 97 from just 26.4 overs.
The Stags carry on league and cup games in June undefeated and now move to 3rd in the table.
Scorecard : https://lancashireleague.com/Scorecards/1420/1420941.html
Highlights : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACDKnpMcatw
Norden 1st XI vs Crompton 1st XI T20 – Friday 19th June
The Stags won the toss and decided to bat first in a reduced 16 over a side contest. . At 80-0 off 8 overs with Price (31) and Dom Humphreys (50) at the crease things were looking good. However, a procession of wickets followed and the Stags stumbled to 124-5
Although Crompton lost Louis early (2) the experienced pair of Fazal (63*) and professional Jamal (52*) made light work of the total, knocking the total off with over 3 overs to spare.
It now looks unlikely the Stags will qualify for the knockout stages.
Scorecard : https://lancashireleague.com/Scorecards/1421/1421842.html
Highlights : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iufq233QPnk
Haslingden 2nd XI vs Norden 2nd XI – Sunday 21st June
The hosts won the toss and elected to bat first. Despite some early wickets the Stags could not apply any control, mainly due to the large numbers of wides bowled. Mr Extras was top run scorer, more than 30 runs more than any of the Hassy batters. Farooq picked up 3-59 and Lord 3-31 as Hassy posted an imposing 170 all out.
In reply the Stags got off to a great start with Farooq (23) and Kirkby (25) moving the Stags along nicely. However disaster then struck as the home side captain entered the attack. Richards picked up 7-24 from his 11.4 overs, ripping the heart out of the middle and lower order. The Stags finished on 117 all out.
The Stags still sit nicely in second place on the ladder, just 5 points behind leaders Lowerhouse, who they play next up.
Scorecard : https://lancashireleague.com/Scorecards/1421/1421204.html
Ramsbottom 3rd XI vs Norden 3rd XI – Saturday 20th Jun
Rammy won the toss and elected to bat first. A couple of dropped catches allowed the experienced Rammy batters to get away. At one stage the home side were 102-1, but the stags dragged it back, with the home side finishing on 187-8 from their 40 overs.
Alex Buckley (34) continued his recent good form, but there wasn’t much support from the rest of the top order. Hindley (23) and the middle order rallied well, but the Stags fell well short, finishing on 139 all out with just over one over left.
Scorecard : https://lancashireleague.com/Scorecards/1422/1422026.html