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Rishton v Accrington
Worsley Cup 1st Round
Sunday May 19th 2013
| Sunday May 19th | Score | Score | |
| Rishton | 128-9 | Accrington | 127 |
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| Rishton beat Accrington by 1 wicket | |||
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Rishton won a thriller at Blackburn Road to end Accrington's long unbeaten run that stretched back to last August. After winning the toss on a green wicket, stand-in skipper Stuart Crabtree top scored with 29 in Accrington's innings of 127. Garth Wyse struck early to send back Andy Greenwood (2) and professional Ashar Zaidi (0) with just 7 on the board. Ali Sartaj picked up Aijaz Shah (3) at 34 and then Crabtree and Simon Hanson put on 40 for the 4th wicket. Both left handers fell in identical fashion hooking Mo Patel to Wyse who took two well judged catches. Hanson made 24 from 91 balls and Crabtree 29 from 45 balls. Patel then added another lefty to his wicket tally when Graeme Sneddon (2) presented Sartaj with a simple catch to leave Accrington struggling on 84-6. Wilson and Clarke made 14 apiece with Sartaj taking 3-23, Patel 3-19 and Wyse 2-23 along with three good catches. Professional Daniel Salpietro top scored with 41 at the top of Rishton's order before becoming one of three wickets for Clarke (3-12). Kelly Mall made 24 but as wickets tumbled it was Luke McVarish who played the match winning hand with a determined 32 from 61 balls. The match returned to the melting pot when he fell to Clarke with 3 needed for victory but Wyse rounded off a fine display by seeing Rishton home with last man Darrel Thomas.