Accrington v Church
Sunday August 15th 2004

Musbury Fabrics Lancashire League
Sunday August 15th	Score		Score
Accrington	110	Church	179-9
Tama Canning 30		Ruwin Peiris 3
Sagawat Hussain 27		Phil Sykes 57
Zahir Afzal 26		Sam Tucker 48 not out
Ruwin Peiris 1-24		Tama Canning 5-55
Nick Westwell 7-42		Jimmy Hayhurst 2-73
Andrew Bentley 1-37		Damian Clarke 1-19
Church (12pts) beat Accrington (0pts) by 69 runs

Church moved back to the top of the table after a 69 run win at Accrington. After losing prolific scoring professional Ruwin Peiris for 3 on a lively green wicket, skipper Phil Sykes hit 57 to complete the set of half centuries on every Lancashire League ground in a career that began in 1984. Sam Tucker chipped in with a career best unbeaten 48 after Mark Aspin (21) had put on 41 with Sykes for the 2nd wicket before becoming one of five victims for home professional Tama Canning. Church went on to make 179-9 in 48 overs after rain had halted play. Accrington's early order then continued its woeful season as both openers were out in single figures for the third match running. One or more of the home sides openers has been out for single figures in a 5 match sequence going back to June 14th. Nick Westwell wreaked havoc taking 7-42 against one of his former clubs to achieve his best aggregate in a season with 55 wickets with 5 matches still to play. Canning top scored with 30, Sagawat Hussain made an encouraging 27 and Zahir Afzal hit 26 for Accrington who were bowled out for 110.