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East Lancs v Accrington
Sunday September 4th 2005

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Sunday September 4th Score Score
East Lancs 308-8 Accrington 161
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East Lancs (12pts) beat Accrington (0pts) by 147 runs

East Lancs coasted to a 147 run win over Accrington after piling up a massive 308-8. Openers Dave Pearson (45) and Mark Lomas put on 96 to set up the huge total. Sub professional Ghulam Bodi (65) added 112 for the 3rd wicket with Lomas, who had hit ten fours and three sixes when he was run out 11 runs short of another century. Paul Kelly (27), Phil Bolton (20) and total of 35 extras added to Accrington's woes. Zahir Afzal took 3-58 but professional Tama Canning (2-107) notched up another unwanted century for the second time in three innings. Afzal was also Accrington's best batsman, hitting six fours and a six in an innings of 45 before he fell to Bodi, who took 4-46. The Hussain brothers Sagawat (27) and Nasser (22) also batted well, putting on 47 for the 8th wicket, but veteran Phil Mooney enjoyed a destructive 5 over spell which yielded 4-14 as Accrington were bowled out for 161 to set a new club record of 23 defeats in a season. .