Saturdays Moorlands Cricket Premiership leaders Checkley were embarrassed at Knypersley as the league title beckons for those who hold their nerve and form, Checkley who lead the league by ten points at the start of play were dumped out for a paltry 51, Nick Hunt top scored with 10, extras chipped in with 8, Dan Cumming was unplayable, his 14 overs bagged 5 wickets for 19 runs. In reply Knypersley had no trouble passing their target, Dan Ball was 27 not out when he hit the winning runs in the 15th over. Cheadle entertained Moddershall and did enough with the ball to think they were in the driving seat for 20 points, especially when Marlon Martin and Jimmy Sellers grabbed 3 wickets apiece as they contained Modder’s for 156-9. But Matt Goodwin and Kashif Bhatti had other ideas, they grabbed 5 wickets apiece as C Cheadle folded to 59 all out, Darren Plant top scored with 19. Oakamoor must be kicking themselves after a disappointing defeat at home to Woore, reducing the visitors to 126, Eddie Brookes and Matt Wolf taking four wickets apiece. It should have been a walk in the park for Oakamoor but it was not to be, Matt Wolf batting at 9 did his upmost by hitting 40 not out, but no one stayed with him and Oaky fell just 13 short. After Chuckey’s defeat at Knypersley Leek needed to win to go top and it looked as if they would when they restricted Whitmore to 166 for 8 from their 55 overs, Alex Thompson was the pick of the bowling with 2 for 24. In reply any fears were put to rest with Alex Mellor returning to form hitting an unbeaten 104 as the visitors passed their target two down, Chris Beech hit an half century as Leek went top of the Premier League. Other Results Endon lost to Rode Park by four runs Leek and Moorlands 1sts beat Hanford by three wickets Leek and Moorlands 2nds beat Hanford 2nds by 4 wickets. Richard Corden hit 53 and Dave Alcock took 6 wickets for the Moorlands.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 06:55:03 +0000
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