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Church v Accrington
Sunday June 5th 2016

Fosters Lancashire League
Sunday June 5th Score Score
Church 139 Accrington 145
Scorecard Table
Accrington (12pts) beat Church (7pts) by 6 runs

 

Accrington 1st XI 2016
Accrington 1st XI 2016
©Nigel Stockley

Accrington were on the right end of another derby thriller, winning at Church by 6 runs. Accrington professional Ockert Erasmus made 50 from 86 balls with four fours in his sides 145 all out After losing Simon Hanson (0) at 7, skipper Graeme Sneddon (28) added 78 for the 2nd wicket with his professional. Stuart Crabtree also made 25 and Jacob Clarke 19 with Church's sub professional Usman Tariq taking 5-32. When Jimmy Hayhurst removed openers Tariq (6) and Josh Scully (8) and David Ormerod cleaned up Levi Wolfenden, Church were 19-3. Bilal Abbas (29) and skipper Craig Fergusson (26) fought back with a 4th wicket stand of 53 before both men fell to slip catches by the injured Accrington captain Sneddon off Erasmus and Clarke respectively. Keiren Grimshaw was the next bowler to benefit from Sneddon's day in the slips when Sam Holt fell without scoring. The Gaskill brothers Joel (23) and Jack (24), put on 42 for the 7th wicket but 2 wickets from Jimmy Hayhurst (4-34) left Church needing 13 for victory with the last pair of Mohamed Adnan and Kamran Basharat at the crease. The pair had put on 6 with Sneddon spilled a slip catch and sent the ball towards the bowlers end leaving Erasmus to remove the bails and pick up the points for Accrington.