Church
v Accrington
Sunday June 6th 2004
|
Musbury Fabrics Lancashire League |
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| Sunday
June 6th |
Score |
|
Score |
| Church |
240-5 |
Accrington |
159 |
| Ruwin
Peiris 72 |
|
Tama
Canning 88 |
|
| Mark
Aspin 85 not out |
Matt
Wilson 25 |
|
| Phil
Sykes 44 |
|
Jimmy
Hayhurst 11 |
|
| Tama
Canning 2-104 |
Ruwin
Peiris 3-51 |
|
| Zahir
Afzal 2-56 |
|
Andrew
Bentley 7-79 |
| Graeme
Sneddon 1-20 |
Nick
Westwell 0-26 |
|
| Church
(12pts) beat Accrington (0pts) by 81 runs |
Another
bowler in seventh heaven was Andrew Bentley, who took a career best
7-79 in Church's 81 run win over Accrington at West End.
The home side made 240-5 after being put in to bat with professional
Ruwin Peiris hitting nine fours in a innings of 72 with skipper Phil
Sykes returning to form with 44. It was a mixed day for Accrington Old
Boys Mark Aspin and Adam Greenwood with Aspin hitting 12 fours and a
six in a superb unbeaten 85 but Greenwood failed to get off the mark.
Professional Tama Canning bowled right through in taking 2-104 and then
opened the Accrington reply, hitting 88 with seven fours and five sixes
in just 94 balls. Bentley took the first three wickets as the visitors
made a disastrous start at 10-3, but skipper Matt Wilson hit 25 as Accrington
made finally made 159. The win takes Church into second place.