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Accrington v Haslingden
Sunday July 31st 2016

Fosters Lancashire League
Sunday July 31st Score Score
Accrington 127 Haslingden 115
Scorecard Table
Accrington (12pts) beat Haslingden (6pts) by 12 runs

 

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

Accrington won a low scoring game against Haslingden at Thorneyholme Road by 12 runs to move up two places to eleventh in the table. Openers Keiren Grimshaw (25) and Simon Hanson (16) put on 44 but wickets fell regularly with only Toc Hussain (12) and new skipper professional Ockert Erasmus (10) making double figures of the other batsmen. A total of 36 extras helped Accrington make 127 all out. Haslingden professional Babar Naeem took 6-30 and Lee Ingham 3-30. David Ormerod (3-25 from 14 overs) removed the in-form Phill Hayes before a run had been scored and then struck another hammer blow by dismissing Naeem (15) at 42. Graham Knowles made 44 from 74 balls before falling to Erasmus (3-35) and Jacob Clarke (3-28) also chipped in with the wickets of Matt Griffin (1), Lee Ingham (10) and Jake Neary (4). Sean Hunsley also made 15 before being run out. Accrington's extras tally was just 8.