20 July league games & T20 finals day

 

Tickhill retained their two-point lead at the top of the Premier Division table after comprehensively beating Shiregreen at Hatfield House Lane. Imran Khan (5-19) and Connor Fisher (5-16) bowled the hosts out for just 48, and Tickhill took only 6.3 overs to knock off the required runs without loss of wicket. Cleethorpes maintained the pressure two points behind the leaders after beating Barnsley Woolley Miners at Chichester Road. Owen Smith (39) took the visitors to 61-1, but when he was dismissed by Mayank Mishra (6-37), the last nine wickets fell for 48, Harry Clewett weighing in with 4-34. Oliver Jackson took 5-55 when the hosts replied, but Harry Warwick’s 33 in 38 balls was crucial and Cleethorpes won by four wickers with 23 overs to spare. Wakefield Thornes are just two points further behind after their rather more high-scoring game against Treeton at Washfield Road. Chris Cobb (55) and skipper Sam Drury (77) put on 118 for the hosts’ fourth wicket as they posted 217-8, Jawad Akhtar taking 4-60 for the visitors. In reply, James Rhodes (42) and Joe Billings (64) gave the visitors a platform for victory with a 77-run second-wicket stand, and Akhtar (36*) and Dylan Hurst (30*) completed a six-wicket win with an unbroken fifth-wicket partnership of 66. Skipper James Dobson (64) and Harpreet Bhatia (131 off 124 balls) put on 97 for Doncaster Town’s second wicket at home to Sheffield Collegiate, as the hosts posted 260-6. In reply, Shaaiq Choudry (65) and keeper Sam Hunt (43) raised hopes by putting on 74 for the fifth wicket, after they had been 87-4, but they were all out for 209, Harsha Rajapaksha (3-67) and Joe Gallagher (4-51) helping bowl the hosts to victory. Whitley Hall lost ground on the leading group after seasoned campaigner Paul Hilton took 4-31 to help Appleby Frodingham bowl them out for 154 at Baxter Field, Callum Bethell top-scoring for the hosts with 38. Skipper Alex Grimes (44) and Kieran Lindley (58) then put on 81 for the third wicket to lay the foundations for the visitors’ six-wicket win with 12 overs to spare. Skipper Mike Jepps (65), Danish Aziz (73) and Kade Fletcher (45*) helped Cawthorne to 239-6 against Elsecar at the Al-Murad Stadium. Aziz (5-26) then completed a brilliant all-round effort to lead his side to a 72-run win, Haider Jahangir (37 at number nine) top-scoring as the hosts were bowled out for 167 in reply. 

 

James Butler (46) and Vishvaraj Jadeja (45) gave Championship Division leaders Wickersley Old Village a solid platform against Houghton Main at Middlecliffe Lane, before Hamzah Younis (44*) and Gareth Purshouse (44* off 29 balls) added an unbroken stand of 81 for the fifth wicket to take them to 247-4. In reply, keeper Sandeep Salgotra (67) top-scored for the hosts, but Mark Cummins took 5-34 as they were restricted to 182-9. Jonathan Redfern (36*) and skipper Warren Graca (34) rescued Doncaster Town 2nds from 80-7 with a 64-run eighth-wicket partnership that helped them to 158-9 away to second-placed Ackworth. Luke Townsend (4-25) and Dale Longfield (3-24) did most of the damage for the hosts, who themselves had a few scares after Amitpaul Kundra (32) and Joshua Hen-Boisen (44) had put on 64 for the third wicket to take them to 78-2. Kundra then became the first of five wickets for Graca (5-39) before Ackworth got home by three wickets with ten overs left. Hallam kept up the pace just four points outside the promotion places by beating Rockingham Colliery at Hoyland Common. Opener Ben Dalton (50) top-scored for the hosts, but James Smedley took 7-25 to help bowl them out for 175. In reply, Hallam looked in trouble at 95-6 but Jamie Stone (32*) and Joe Cooper (49*) saw them home with an unbroken seventh-wicket partnership of 84, whilst Richard Skipworth took 5-31 for the hosts. Fourth-placed Whiston Parish Church had to work hard for their win over Sheffield Collegiate 2nds at Abbeydale. Matt Tyas (4-23) took the bowling honours as the visitors were dismissed for 121 after being 76-8, Tom Bolland, with 43 at number nine contributing what proved to be the crucial innings. Harry Paver (4-26) and Arman Jaffer (3-25) then bowled the hosts out ten runs short at 111. Thomas Pepper (91) led Sprotbrough to 229-8 at home to Barnsley Woolley Miners 2nds at Shaw Lane, Nicholas Robinson (4-70) and Ben Cherry (3-51) amongst the wickets for the hosts. Chasing a DLS-revised target of 224 in 40 overs, Barnsley were restricted to 133-9 in reply, despite Anthony Godley’s 45, whilst Daniel Wright (3-45) and Akhil Akhil (3-17) were amongst the wickets for the hosts. Skipper Rob Barlow (52) and James Barnard (42*) helped Wath to 198-8 against Aston Hall at Green Lane. In the hosts’ reply, Nazakat Khan (45) and keeper Ollie Wainwright helped Aston to 165-4, at which stage they looked on top, but Michael Bates (3-39) and Barlow (3-28) restricted them to 193-9, just five runs short of their target. 

 

With eight games left, just 32 points separate the top nine in Division 1, and the lead changed hands again as Darfield reclaimed top spot with an impressive win over third-placed Conisbrough at School Lane. The hosts were 35-4 before Saman Kursheed (79*) and Jabari Mills (121 off 113 balls) put on 226 for the fifth wicket. Buddhika Bopitiyaga was the visitors’ most successful bowler with 3-51 but they were hampered by an injury to Scott Lowe. Facing a daunting 286-7, Conisbrough were all out for 164, Khursheed (5-60) and Joe Stickland (4-43) doing most of the damage, whilst keeper Hamzah Ilyas (42) top-scored for the visitors. Rotherham Town are now just six points outside the promotion places, level with Conisbrough, after beating second-placed Oughtibridge War Memorial at Clifton Lane. Keeper Bilal Hanif (48) and Hedar Rasool (53) top-scored as the hosts reached 206 all out, Dilshan Sukumar (3-46) being the most successful bowler for the visitors. In reply, opener Michael Brown made 68, but received little support against Naeem Jehangir (4-29) and Anees Hussain (3-33) and Oughtibridge were all out for 151. Warmsworth are four points behind Rotherham, but with a game in hand on those above them, after beating Elsecar at Common Lane in a high-scoring game. Nathan Swift (106) and Siddarth Ahhuja (116* off 89 balls) put on 170 for the second wicket in the hosts’ 306-2. Brett Hunsley (47) and Archie Ogden (44) were amongst the runs in the visitors’ reply, but Lewis Brown took 5-54 for Warmsworth, and Elsecar were restricted to 229-9 in reply. Whitley Hall 2nds leap-frogged Tickhill 2nds into the top half of the table after beating them at Alderson Drive. Sam Roby (47*) was the chief contributor to the hosts’ 178 all out, whilst Sam Woodcock took 4-54 and Joe Chatterton 3-21 for the visitors. In reply, opener Tim Smith (84) and keeper Alex Littlewood (53) put on 125 for the second wicket as Whitley cantered to a seven-wicket win inside 40 overs. Habil Arshad (56) and Samuel Thompson (50) were the chief run-getters for Upper Haugh, who posted 219 all out against Wakefield Thornes 2nds at Field Lane, Rob Stephenson (3-41) and Arsh Gupta (3-47) amongst the wickets for Thornes. Connor Sanderson took 4-35 and Parvez Asghar 3-34 when the hosts replied, and they were all out for 180. 

 

Coal Aston march on at the top of Division 2, reopening a 40-point gap to second place, where Penistone had a Saturday off. Laurence Browes (5-35) and Shaun Trower (4-33) combined to bowl Oughtibridge War Memorial 2nds out for 112 at Waterside Gardens, and Whahid Bhatti was the hosts’ top scorer with 39. Harry Simpson made 38 when the visitors replied, and they won with six wickets and 31 overs to spare. Monk Bretton occupy the third promotion place, and they completed a narrow win over fourth-placed Hallam 2nds at Crimicar. Jonathan Freeman (39) and Alex Coates (43) were the chief contributors to the hosts’ 125 all out, whilst Jordan Clayton took 4-18 for Bretton. The visitors were 65-7 in reply, but skipper Ashley Clayton (30*) and Steven Honeyman (32) then added 59 for the eighth wicket to take them within two runs of victory, which they achieved with two wickets and eight balls to spare. Freeman took the bowling honours for Hallam with 4-22. Fifth-placed Sheffield United bowled Wath 2nds out for 106 at Moor Road, Lochlan Gannon making 55 and Musa Altaf taking 4-20. Altaf then completed a man-of-the-match performance with an unbeaten 65 at the top of the order, and his side completed a six-wicket win in the 33rd over. Louis Marven (67) and keeper Ben Tribick (37) put on 101 for Parkhead’s third wicket at home to Thorpe Hesley & High Green at Ecclesall Road. Luke Davison then added 91 off 46 balls at number nine as the hosts racked up 325-9. In reply, Stephen Hague (37) and Renaldo Braithwaite (72) added 108 for the second wicket to take the visitors to 124-1, but after that, wickets fell regularly to Davison (4-15) and Mubasher Ali (3-32), and Thorpe Hesley closed on 158-8. Josh Platt took 5-26 as Hatfield Town bowled Treeton 2nds out for 79 at Carr Side Lane, then Luke Cockburn (35) led the way to the hosts’ six-wicket win in 21 overs. 

 

Division 3 leaders Norton Woodseats extended their advantage at the top of the table to 25 points after beating their nearest challengers overnight, Sheffield Collegiate 3rds, by five wickets at Abbeydale. Shafiullah Shinwari made 52 and Aamir Ashfaque took 3-32 as the hosts made 120-7, then Ikramullah Naseri (45) and Shahzad Hussain (34) put on 64 for the visitors’ third wicket to help them home with ten overs to spare. Cawthorne 2nds have moved up to second place, but they had to work for their win at home to Caribbean Sports. Bjorn Taylor made 37 in the visitors 151 all out, Ryan Gibson (5-51) the top bowler for the hosts. Skipper Lewis Skelly (43) and Spencer Wiles (37) put on 79 for Cawthornes’ fourth wicket, taking them to 125-3, but with Sharukh Khan taking 3-43 and Muhammad Naseem 3-38, they lost eight wickets before reaching their target in the 37th over. Higham lost ground after they were well-beaten away to Norton Oakes, who started the day in the bottom three. Iwan Hutchings (69) and James Thompson (42) helped the hosts to 248-7, then Thompson took 3-34 and Joshua Cross 3-27 as Higham were all out for 126 in reply. Millhouses Works had a very straightforward win over Barnsley Woolley Miners 3rds at Millhouses Park. John O’Sullivan took 4-29 as the visitors were bowled out for 67, then Works lost only two wickets in completing their win in the 14th over. Worsbrough Bridge stay in sixth place after their win over Bradfield Village Fellowship at the Sands. Zarmash Tarakhil (5-45) and Mark Wilkinson (3-10) did most of the damage as the hosts were bowled out for 108, then Tarakhil completed a top all-round performance with 55, as the visitors won by five wickets in the 21st over. Opener Darren Schofield (50) top-scored for Thorncliffe & Wentworth in their 147 all out at home to Kexborough, for whom Neil Hinchliffe took 5-33. Michael Gilmour then took 6-15 when the visitors were bowled out for 78 in reply. 

 

Rockingham Colliery maintained their ten-point lead at the top of Division 4 with a convincing win over Hallam 3rds at Sandygate. James Armitage (44) and Jayden Matsikenyeri (40) put on 63 for the visitors’ third wicket as they posted 186-6, Zayan Khan taking 3-42 for the hosts. When Hallam replied, Lewis Upton took 3-12 and Alan Lockwood 3-23 and they were all out for 79. Stocksbridge kept pace with the leaders by beating third-placed Frecheville Community at Bracken Moor. James Tevendale took 5-37 as the visitors were bowled out for 101, Louis Fairest top-scoring with 41. Stocksbridge struggled against Neil Ramsden (4-27) in their reply, and were grateful to an unbeaten 44 from keeper Andrew Hirst to see them home by two wickets, after they had been 47-6. Wombwell Main climbed another place to fourth by inflicting a heavy defeat on Sheffield Collegiate 4ths at the I-Source Stadium. Richard Wilkinson and Tom Peck, with 39 apiece, put on 78 for their first wicket, and Thomas Goldsby-West added 62 as the hosts reached 224-6. Peck (3-21) and Adam Carnall (3-19) then helped bowl the visitors out for 78 in reply. Fraser McLean took 3-29 as Sprotbrough 2nds bowled Silkstone United out for 141 at Melton Road, then Will Rudkin made 72 as the hosts passed their target with seven wickets and 19 overs to spare. Shiregreen 2nds were 42-4 after being put in to bat by Conisbrough 2nds at Park Road, before Aqeel Ahmad (43) and Akhtar Khan (41) added 76 for the fifth wicket, and they reached 204 all out. Craig Jackson (4-46) and Toby Humphries (3-51) were the main wicket-takers for the hosts. Shiregreen were then bowled out for 147 in reply, Aqeel taking 3-38. Doncaster Town 3rds were 141-7 before Alfie Gudgin (46) helped them to 201 all out against Upper Haugh 2nds at Wentworth Road, Andrew Lintin returning 4-17. Skipper Mathew Bacon contributed 47 at the top of the order when the hosts replied, David Plummer weighing in with an unbeaten 44 in the lower order, but they fell 20 short at 181-8. 

 

Sheffield University Staff have taken over at the top of Division 5 after beating Fishlake at Pinfold Lane. Staff skipper Chris Stride took 4-21 as the hosts were bowled out for 112. Bhavika Koliyabandara (57*) and BalaMurali Poddar (31) then put on 80 for the visitors’ first wicket in reply, and they completed a six-wicket win in the 28th over. Overnight leaders Barnby Dun were beaten away to Maltby Miners Welfare, who climbed into third place as a result. Gary Mills took 6-30 as the visitors were bowled out for 82, and the hosts then had 21 overs to spare when they completed their seven-wicket win. Coal Aston 2nds are level with Maltby after a much harder-won victory over Whiston Forge at Stonelow. Steve Cowles made 50 and Joshua Cross took 3-20 as the visitors were bowled out for 143. Thirties from Richard Mintoft and Chris Park took the hosts to 106-2 in reply, but David Foote then took 6-16, and Coal Aston edged home by just two wickets. Rotherham Town 2nds bowled Whiston Parish Church 2nds out for 75 at Church Fields, Shadab Ahmed taking 3-28; then Basharat Ali hit an unbeaten 54 as the visitors romped home by nine wickets in the 19th over. Prathish Nandakumar made 38 and Deepak Binoy 44 as Darfield 2nds were bowled out for 176 away to Wickersley Old Village 3rds, for whom Lucas Cooke took 4-26 and Owen Taylor 3-27. The second innings was an individual tour de force by Graham Cooke, whose unbeaten 138 off 106 balls contained 24 fours and 4 sixes, and the next highest score was ten. Deepak (3-35) and Salim Patel (3-51) were unable to prevent a Wickersley win by one wicket win seven overs to spare. 

 

Liam Cottam (57) and Muhammad Taimur Khan (73) put on 116 for Warmsworth 2nds as they were all out for 196 away to Caribbean Sports 2nds, for whom Mustafah Azam took 4-23. The visitors then bowled Sports out for 179, despite 48 from Azam, with Joe Stringfellow taking 3-37 and Kevin Pearson 3-32, to maintain an eight-point lead at the top of Division 6. Andy Cutts (58) and Waqas Sikander (41) helped second-placed Hatfield Town 2nds to 159-8 after they were put in to bat at home by Thorpe Hesley & High Green 2nds, for whom Thomas Arnold and Dominic Proctor took three wickets each. Carl Walton then took 5-18 as the hosts were bowled out for 106 in reply. Penistone 2nds lost ground on the leading pair after being beaten at home by Handsworth Junior SC 2nds. Junaid Javed (43) and Omer Mohammad Arshad (53) helped the visitors to 185-9, despite the efforts of William Tyas (4-47). In reply, Penistone were bowled out for 118, Majad Hussain taking 3-33, whilst James Sen top-scored with 39. Millhouses Works 2nds are now level with Penistone after their win at Higham. The hosts were all out for 120, having been 18-5, Robert McInerney and Richard Ives (35*) effecting a partial recovery with a sixth-wicket stand of 49. Joseph Thake (5-18) did most damage for the visitors, for whom Jon Wynn also took 3-43. Eisa Hussain (45) then led Millhouses to a five-wicket win with 18 overs to spare, despite Luke Woodhouse’s 3-26. Mexborough Athletic climbed level with their visitors, Whitley Hall 3rds, after bowling them out for 135, Jonathan Guest taking 3-29. When Athletic replied, no-one reached 30 and Rylee Parker took 3-23, but they still won with five wickets and five overs to spare. Hamza Stanikzai (40) and Talib Hussain (36) added 54 for Sheffield United 2nds’ third wicket at home to Bradfield Village Fellowship 2nds, after they lost their openers with just nine runs on the board. Skipper Tawqeer Hussain then hit ban unbeaten 66 off 59 balls as United reached 192-7. Tawqeer then returned 5-4-4-6 and Safiullah Stanikzai 4-6 as the visitors claimed an unwanted League record by being bowled out for 10. 

 

Green Moor lost a thrilling game with Houghton Main 2nds at Hill Top Lane, but still lead Division 7 by eleven points. The visitors, put in to bat, were all out for 122, Azhar Iqbal making 37 and James Christopherson taking 4-34. In reply, the hosts were 66-7 before skipper Nigel Dowkes and Jack Gillespie (31) came together in an eighth-wicket stand of 47 to take them to within ten runs of victory. But the last three wickets fell for the addition of eight runs to leave Houghton winners by one run, Sarmad Masood taking 3-27. Abdul Rauf Wadhio (3-9) and Jasneet Gulati (3-20) helped second-placed Brookhouse bowl out fellow promotion contenders Barnsley Woolley Miners 4ths for 84 at Woolley. Home skipper Adrianna Darlow then took 5-15 to make the second innings anything but straightforward for the visitors, but they still reached their target with three wickets to spare. Third-placed Upper Haugh 3rds put Sprotbrough 3rds in to bat at Bullcroft and restricted them to 140-7; James Harris made an unbeaten 38 for the visitors and Cameron Armin took 3-32 for Upper Haugh. Yousef Ghani (52) and Paul Armin (42*) then led the hosts to a six-wicket win in the 38th over, despite Jack Molloy’s 3-31 for Sprotbrough. Skipper Darren Greaves (52) top-scored in Norton Oakes 2nds’ 125 all out against Scholes & Harley, for whom Craig Moffatt and Charlie Jones took three wickets apiece. In reply, Scholes were 45-4, Nelson Stephen taking 4-18, but Tom Wade (39) helped them to a three-wicket win with five balls to spare. Steven Perry made 50 for Stocksbridge 2nds against Adwick-le-Street at Adwick Park, but Carl Newbold took 3-16 for the hosts to help them restrict their visitors to 120-8. In reply, skipper Matthew Eades made an unbeaten 63 to see his side home by nine wickets with ten overs to spare. Laura Schiewe made 76 out of Doncaster Town 4ths’ 186-9 after being put in to bat by Eden Grove Parklands at Hill House. Jovat Singh weighed in with 37 whilst Tom Daykin (5-36) and Ithshaam Akram (3-38) took the bowling honours for the visitors. When Parklands replied, Ethan Patel took 5-31, and Shiewe completed an excellent game with three wickets. 

 

A win over Kexborough 2nds at Bence Lane helped Rockingham Colliery 3rds to take the lead in Division 8 outright. They were 71-6, but an unbroken partnership of 68 between James Andrews (41*) and keeper Stephen Bell (32*) took them to 139-6. Simon Grindle then took 4-23 as the hosts were dismissed for 83 in reply. Parkhead lost ground after narrowly losing to Norton Woodseats 2nds at Matthews Lane. Wajih Naqvi (3-26) and David Thorpe (3-14) helped bowl the visitors out for 131, and in reply the hosts stuttered against Hashim Mahroof (4-43) after Nanda Krishnamoorthy had made 52, and they had to rely on an unbroken last wicket stand of 29 by Thorpe and Taha Sajid to register their one-wicket win. The two leaders are still 36 points clear of third-placed Hallam 4ths, who made a very respectable 207-6 against Monk Bretton 2nds at the Castle Ground. Alfred Sheridan (42) and Narender Manohar (55) put on 58 for the fourth wicket for the visitors, Stephen Wainwright adding an unbeaten 36, whilst Andy Taylor took 3-34. Keeper Jenson Hayes, with an unbeaten 98 off 79 balls, and Ben Davis 103 off 86, then made the visitors’ total look quite inadequate as they powered the hosts to a ten-wicket win in the 28th over. Bottom side Worsbrough Bridge 2nds produced an upset when they beat fourth-placed Wombwell Main 2nds at the D&I Home Improvements ground. Skipper Darren Newton led the way for the hosts with a hard-hit 113 off 64 balls (16 fours, 5 sixes), whilst Connor Turford (5-36) was the visitors most successful bowler. Turford then top-scored with 41 in Wombwell’s reply, but Leon Kemp took 3-25 as they were all out for 140. Mexborough Athletic 2nds leapfrogged Frecheville Community 2nds when they beat them at the Hobson Bowl. Opener Owen Brinton (75*) and keeper Jamil Hussain added 112 for the third wicket as the visitors posted 164-5, Lee Ford taking 3-32 for the hosts. Adam Ramsden then made 44 when Frecheville replied, but five bowlers took wickets as they were restricted to 141-7. Barnby Dun 2nds were put in to bat by Elsecar 3rds at Glass Park, and the decision was vindicated when they were bowled out for 113, Freddie Rowbottom taking 4-16 for the visitors. Thomas Reavill (42*) and skipper Alfie Gibson (50 off 33 balls) then put on 72 for the second wicket as Elsecar sped to an eight-wicket win in the 16th over. 

 

Only one game was played in Division 9, where leaders Thorncliffe & Wentworth 2nds increased their lead at the top of the table to 30 points with a crushing win over Silkstone United 2nds at Barnsley Road. Oliver Moorhouse took 7-10 as the hosts were bowled out for 59, then the visitors quickly overcame the loss of two early wickets to complete an eight-wicket win in the 12th over. Brookhouse 2nds conceded their game against Fishlake 2nds, and Whiston Forge 2nds conceded against Dearne.