Cricket: Norden beat Heyside comfortably

Norden Cricket Club

Norden bounced back from defeat at Glodwick to comfortably beat Heyside at Stag Park on Sunday.

Heyside were bowled out for 116, and Norden went on to win by six wickets.

Chris McDonnell was first to go when Steve Pimm took a catch, and four runs later visiting professional Bilal Khiljee was on his way, bowled by Chris Hartley with a delivery that clipped the top of the stumps.

Hartley struck again when he had Ben Holt caught behind by Ashley Gowers, and Heyside never really recovered from these early blows.

Ryan Barnes managed 11 before snicking Naveed Zamurad to Gowers, then Chris Humphreys trapped Liam Garnett leg before.

It looked as though Heyside would fail to reach three figures, especially when Scott Bloor fell to the Zamurad-Gowers combination and Matthew Chadwck was leg before to Hashum Malik.

Declan Wilkinson made the total a bit more respectable with a knock of 27. He was last man out after Danny Cashin had been bowled by Zamurad.

Heyside’s only hope was to get among the Norden batting early, and Khiljee trapped Rehan Udwadia leg before for two.

By then Norden had 20 on the board, with Josh Tolley in full flow.

Tolley smacked three sixes in his 39 before being bowled by Danny Cashin who was Heyside’s most impressive bowler on the day.

Naveed Zamurad punished any lose deliveries with eight fours and two sixes. He looked set for a maiden half century for Stags, but on 47 he played on a delivery from Cashin.

Steve Pimm was run out after going for a quick single that was never on, and that left Gowers and Dominic Humphreys to see Norden over the line with almost 30 overs to spare.

Heyside

B Holt c Gowers b Hartley 11
C McDonnell c Pimm b C Humphreys 0
B Khiljee b Hartley 2
R Barnes c Gowers b Zamurad 11
N Campbell lbw C Humphreys 4
L Garnett lbw c Humphreys 5
S Bloor c Gowers b Zamurad 2
D Wilkinson c and b Malik 27
M Chadwick lbw Malik 10
D Cashin b Zamurad 5
C Newton not out 8
Extras 31
Total 116
Bowling: Hartley 6-0-21-2; C Humphreys 10-4-19-3; Zamurad 13-2-44-3; Malik 8.2-3-25-2

Norden

J Tolley b Cashin 39
R Udwadia lbw Khiljee 2
N Zamurad b Cashin 47
A Gowers not out 12
S Pimm run out 6
D Humphreys not out 2
Extras 10
Total (for 4 wickets) 118
Bowling: Khiljee 5-1-32-1; Bloor 2-0-22-0; Wilkinson 2-0-14-0;Cashin 6-1-25-2; Newton 2-1-9-0; Campbell 3.1-0-15-0