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Bacup v Accrington
Saturday August 25th 2018

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  Score Score
Bacup 98 Accrington 100-5
Scorecard Table
Accrington (12pts) beat Bacup (1pts) by 5 wickets

 

Six for Jacob
Six For Jacob
©Nigel Stockley

Jacob Clarke took 6-27 to help Accrington to a 5 wicket win at Bacup. Ben Lord (19) and Luke Donovan (14) put on 26 for the 7th wicket after Bacup had struggled to 54-7. Sub professional Harry Dearden was first to go, bowled by Clarke for 11. Jack Bradford was stumped by Sam Bancroft off skipper Ross Brown without scoring and then Clarke took a return catch off Simon Newbitt (14). Matt Thompson also departed without scoring to Clarke who also had Bacup skipper Aaron Fielding caught by Graeme Sneddon for 10. Matt Collinge (10) and Chris Gansler (3) were Clarke's next victims. The tail wagged to set Accrington 99 to win. Liam Naylor sent back Jon Hayhurst (3) at 16. Ben Lord (4-26) then removed Graeme Sneddon (27) at 40, Keiren Grimshaw (6) at 54, Clarke (0) at 58 and Ben Ross (0) at 64. Professional Janith Liyanage (35 not out) and Andrew Greenwood (7 not out) put on an unbroken 46 for the 6th wicket to see Accrington to a 12 point win in the 19th over.