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Accrington v Bacup
Saturday August 6th 2016

Fosters Lancashire League
Saturday August 6th Score Score
Accrington 170-9 Bacup 126
Scorecard Table
Accrington (12pts) beat Bacup (1pts) by 44 runs

 

Accy 1sts 2016
Accrington 1st XI 2016
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Accrington professional Ockert Erasmus turned in the best bowling figures of the season, taking a career best 8-21 to bowl his side to a 44 run win over Bacup at Thorneyholme Road. Keiren Grimshaw top scored with career best 67 at the top of the order for Accrington. He hit seven fours from 87 balls, adding 66 with Jacob Clarke (28) after the loss of Simon Hanson (1) to Sam Lord at 14. Tim Farragher (3-27) picked up the wicket of Clarke and 43 runs later Grimshaw became Farragher's second victim, caught by Lord. Graeme Sneddon (8) followed to the same combination at 139. Liam Naylor then swept away the lower order cleaning up Toc Hussain and Jon Hayhurst (9). Erasmus found the boundary just once in making 33 from 60 balls before giving his opposite number Haseeb Azam a return catch at 166. Naylor then sent back Jimmy Hayhurst and Joe Lloyd without addition to the score. Alfie Taylor (3 not out) and David Ormerod (1 not out) denied Bacup the bonus points with Accrington finishing on 170-9. Naylor took a career best 4-20 in a fine six over spell. Erasmus sent back Bacup skipper Adam Highley for 4 but then Tim Farragher (30) and Azam (41) held Accrington up with a 2nd wicket stand of 68. Erasmus removed both players and proceeded to work his way down the order with the help of Joe Lloyd who took 2-13 to bowl Bacup out for 126. Ben Law was the only other man in double figures with 10.