Pennine Cricket League’s Results

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Walsden won the first JW Lees Pennine League Premiership title on Saturday when they comfortably defeated Greenfield at Scott Street.

The Championship trophy went to Heyside who will be promoted along with runners-up Stayley.

Milnrow face a play-off against the team which finished third from bottom in the Premiership to decide who will play in the top flight next season.

Milnrow have finished third in the Championship and rounded off their league programme with a 10-wickets win at Uppermill.

Premiership: 

• Austerlands 41-4, Middleton 40
• Crompton v Littleborough – no play 
• Rochdale v Norden – no play
• Saddleworth 142-5 (Darren Shadford 76, Glodwick 124 (Rehan Rafiq 50, Ryan McGrath 5-19)
• Walsden 236-7 (Nick Barker 62), Greenfield 94 (Umesh Karunaratne 4-9)

Championship: 

• Ashton 100 (Bilal Khiljee 4-37), Heyside 101-2 (Jon Ross-Campbell 56) 
• Friarmere v Moorside 10-3 – match abandoned due to player behaviour 
• Shaw 160-9 (Juan-Jacques Strydom 88), Oldham 100-9
• Stayley 53-1, Hollinwood 50 (Hamza Nadeem 6-11)
• Uppermill 83 (Anwar 5-22, Declan Wilkinson 4-19), Milnrow 87-0 (Anwar 59no)
• Werneth 123-4, Micklehurst 121-8 (Michael Blomeley 62, Rashid Khan 4-20)

Second XI Premiership: 

• Glodwick 78 (Stephen Webb 4-24), Crompton 79-4 (Darren Graham 40no)
• Greenfield lost to Rochdale; Littleborough 198-5 (Tom Pye 72, Ryan Miskella 43), Werneth 72 Middleton 121, Saddleworth 157-8
• Norden v Friarmere – Friarmere conceded

Second XI Championship: 

• Milnrow 78-2, Shaw 74; Moorside 232 (Ali Raza 43, S Barlow 4-50), Uppermill 81
• Oldham 75-8, Royton 74 (Hamzah Sajjad 6-37)

Denton West won the LWC sponsored LCB Knockout final when they defeated Farnworth in a superb final at Middleton CC on Sunday.

Farnworth batted first and totalled 189. Imran Mirza scored 53.

Denton’s reply looked to be going nowhere at one stage and Farnworth looked favourites.

John Barnett played a brilliant innings to edge Denton closer to their target. Liam Kilburn blasted 38 and Denton were in sight.

Only three balls remained when a boundary gave Denton the trophy.

Barnett, who finished unbeaten on 62, was named as man of the match.