Sunday February 5th 2006

Both of Accrington's junior sides won through to the semi finals of the Steven Dickinson Indoor Cricket League after double victories in the Group stages this afternoon.

The Under 13s beat Oswaldtwistle Immanuel in the first match. Accrington batted first and made 139-3 (124). In reply, Immanuel lost 6 wickets in scoring 143 to give a nett score of 113. In the second match Accrington made 129-2 (119) and again took 6 wickets as Church scored 135 (105) to give Accrington a 14 run win.

The Under 15s won both their matches batting second. Immanuel made 126-1 (121) in the first match with Accrington replying with 137-1 (132). In the second match Church hit 139-1 (134) with Accrington hitting 145-2 (135), losing their second wicket of the final ball of the match.

Group A resumes next week with the winners and runners up joining Accrington and the Group B runners up in Finals Day on Sunday 19th February.