Geldart blasts rapid century as Ossett close gap on top four

The fifth-placed team completed one of the most emphatic wins of the day as they dismissed Undercliffe for 166 then galloped to an eight-wicket success in only 22.2 overs.

Callum Geldart led the side home with an outstanding unbeaten 119, made from just 66 balls and including eight huge sixes and 14 fours and eight sixes.

He also starred with the ball in claiming 3-43 and Undercliffe struggled against a disciplined attack that also saw Janaid Tanwir take 3-29, Harriss Khanagha 2-30 and Zain Ul Abdin 2-46.

Second-placed Sandal suffered a surprise seven-wicket defeat at Birstall after they were bowled out for 150, with Leighton Shuttleworth making 51 and Denson Narayan 24.

After suffering a heavy cup defeat to Woodlands the previous week Carlton put up a better showing in a rematch in the Premier Division, but were still beaten by 110 runs.

Mosun Hussain’s 115 helped Woodlands to post a big 294-9 total despite the efforts of James Rogers (3-51) and Naveed Malik (3-47).

Carlton never looked likely to get close to their big target, but did manage to make 184 with James Van Der Merwe hitting 43, Aqib Shah 40, Muhammad Tariq 26 and Dan Ford 25.

Altofts moved closer to the promotion places in Division Two with an emphatic 150-run home win over Buttershaw St Pauls.

The hosts piled up 322-6, powered by a superb 121 from Shamsullah Dost and a blistering 72 from Ben Walsh as the pair shared a fifth wicket stand worth 120 runs.

Dost cracked 16 fours and Walsh found the boundary 11 times, while there were also good contributions from Luke Whitmore (51) and Dean Van Onselen (36).

Buttershaw were all out for 172 as Dost completed an outstanding all-round performance with 5-31 and Saif Tahir took 3-27.

Streethouse went down by 97 runs to Division Two leaders Great Preston.

Despite Gabe Lawson’s 3-65 the table toppers were able to post a 242-7 score and Streethouse never seriously threatened to surpass it.

Although Dishane Rodrigo hit 39 and Lee Tarbuck 31 they were all out for 145.

Streethouse’s disappointing weekend saw them also knocked out of the Bentley Drains Jack Hampshire Cup when they lost by 137 runs to Keighley.

They found themselves chasing a big score as Keighley made 306-7 in their 40 overs with opener Muhammed Imran hitting 109 from just 59 deliveries.

Despite Australian Lawson’s spell of 3-23, Streethouse struggled to contain the scoring and when it was their turn to bat they lost wickets regularly before they were all out for 169 with Steven Roberts (27) top scoring.

Wakefield St Michael’s were unable to halt the run of Division Three leaders Scholes as they lost to them by 134 runs.

Scholes amassed 293 despite the efforts of Waheed Ahmed (6-71).

Noah Barone (51) top scored as Wakefield were dismissed for 159.

Wrenthorpe pushed second-placed Adwalton closer, but were beaten by two wickets.

The hosts posted 215, thanks to Alfie Holden’s outstanding 90, which included 15 fours, and Harvey Anderson’s 43.

But Adwalton paced their chase well to get home with eight balls to spare despite Holden completing a fine all-round display with 5-48.

East Ardsley boosted their position with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory after bowling Crossbank Methodists out for 97.

Richard Butcher led the way with 4-48, while Scott Mullins claimed 3-18 and Michael Davies 3-26.

Ardsley raced to their small target in only 15.2 overs, powered by an unbeaten 53 from Abdul Rehman and 40 from Harry Appleyard.

• Carlton secured a place in round two of the Bentley Blast T20 as runners-up in pool five after beating Undercliffe by 90 runs and losing to Townville by 116 runs.

Fine batting from Farukh Alam (93no) and Naveed Malik (63) saw them pile up 237-5 against Carlton then bowl their opponents out for 147 with Alam and Kevin McDermott taking two wickets each.

Alam was in decent form again with 39 and Aqib Shah made 42, but Carlton were all out 159 chasing Townville’s huge 275-4 score in their other game.