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Milnrow v Accrington
Sunday August 12th 2018

JW Lees Lancashire League
  Score Score
Milnrow 163 Accrington 165-7
Scorecard Table
Accrington (12pts) beat Milnrow (3pts) by 3 wickets

 

Accrington 1st XI 2018
Accrington 1st XI 2018
©Nigel Stockley

Another good all round team performance took Accrington to victory in their first ever match against Milnrow at Ladyhouse. Keiren Grimshaw took a career best 3-31 and professional Janith Liyanage 2-40 with Milnrow professional Neil Hornbuckle top scoring with 52 in his team's 163 all out. Hornbuckle hit four fours in a 60 ball innings, adding 43 with Harry Royds (35) and 56 with Max Power who hit an unbeaten 33. Skipper Aaron Brown was the only other player in double figures with 12. Openers Graeme Sneddon (24) and Jon Hayhurst (11) put on 49 and then Grimshaw (34) and Liyanage (16) put on 49 for the 3rd wicket. Hornbuckle took 4-60 and Jack Wynn 2-34 but Sam Bancroft hit an unbeaten 21 and Jacob Clarke 15 to steer Accrington to a maximum points win with 4 overs to spare.