Pontefract League: Leaders South Kirkby breeze to another victory

The table toppers needed fewer than 39 overs to wrap up an eight-wicket success and remain firmly on track for championship glory.

Knottingley were bowled out for only 77 as Dipendra Malla top scored with 21 and the Kirkby bowling attack was led by Hedley-Paul Keegan (4-29) and Liam Rollin (3-40).

Kirkby took only 15.4 overs to knock off the runs as James Scott (34) and Dale Woolsey (22) put on 59 for the first wicket.

Normanton MIB continued their recent improvement as they beat Hemsworth MW by four wickets for a third successive victory

Good bowling by Zohaib Ahmed (5-46) and Waseem Masood (4-16) paved the way with Hemsworth shot out for 100 despite a battling unbeaten 40 from opener Kieran Locke who carried his bat.

Kamran Farooq (37) and Ejaz Ahmed (36) then led Normanton home along with Farhan Khalid’s 14no after six wickets went down for 30 runs with Jack Heritage taking 2-37 and Billy Briggs 2-0.

Fourth-placed Calder Grove went down by seven wickets to Pollington after electing to bat first and making 144.

James Davies (33), Harry Fox (24) and Ryan Jones (24) top scored.

Nostell St Oswald’s struggles continued as they were beaten by four wickets by title challengers Askern Welfare.

They put up some resistance, however, as Joe Grove took 3-25 to ensure their second-placed opponents had to battle all the way to the finish line.

Nostell posted a 166 total with Wasim Shah contributing 41, Sukhdev Singh 31 and Akeel Ali Zulfiqar 28.

Fine bowling from Arslan Shahid ensured Horbury Bridge kept up their promotion challenge from the Championship.

Shahid took 6-20 from 9.4 overs as Glasshoughton were dismissed for 104 despite 44 from Clinton Speight.

Tom Womersley also claimed 3-26 before third-placed Bridge made light work of knocking off the runs they required to win by a nine-wicket margin.

James Cuthbertson hit 10 fours and two sixes in an unbeaten knock of 60 and Leo Marshall hit 30 with the game over inside 44 overs.

Notton Challengers climbed to fifth with a three-wicket win in a much closer game against Hooton Pagnell.

Zohaib Muhammad (49) and Suman Reddy (38) brought them home with 3.5 overs to spare after their opponents had posted a 163 score.

Shashank Ravishankar, Vaishakh Mahadevan, Faisal Yameen and Kiran Guntaka took two wickets each for Notton.

Thorpe Audlin went top of Division One with a seven-wicket success over St Chad’s Broomfield.

Charlie Abel’s run-a-ball 55no, which included nine fours and a six, brought them home with more than 27 overs to spare after St Chad’s had been dismissed for 129.

Rory Dixon also contributed 28 and Jamie Evans 27no.

Jack Unwin (4-29) had been the pick of Thorpe’s bowlers with Chamila Wijesinghe, Joe Lavery and Abel taking two wickets each.

Third-placed Featherstone Town breezed to a 10-wicket win as openers Connor Beck (57no) and Kumar Gadhiraju (48no) took just 17 overs to pass Bullcroft Main’s 107 total.

Alexander Rusling led the Town bowling attack with 4-25.

Whitley Bridge climbed the table as they successfully chased down Brodsworth Main’s 221-9.

Harjit Singh led the way with a superb 90 from 71 balls as he cracked 18 boundaries while Chris Welburn hit an unbeaten 48 and opener Henry Keep gave the innings a brisk start with 44 from 27 deliveries.

Brodsworth opener Paul Tagg hit an unbeaten 106, but they were restricted by Diljit Singh (4-66).

Ferrybridge Power Station dropped down to fifth with a five-wicket loss to Rossington Main.

Despite 69 from Neal Patel they were bowled out for 136.

Kieron Blanchard then took 3-19, but could not prevent Main from reaching their target with more than 20 overs to spare.

South Kirkby seconds lost by seven wickets to Batley third after being dismissed for just 96, Matthew Browster (31) and Joe Fairhurst (25) top scoring.

Division Two leaders Notton were victorious by 131 runs against Knttingley town seconds in Division Two.

Duan Kapp starred with an unbeaten 133 as he hit 18 fours and two sixes, while support came from Chris Andrews (73) and Muhammad Dawood (26) as a 257-3 total was piled up.

Knottingley were all out for 126 with Dan Hurst (3-23) the leading wicket taker.

Second-placed Ryhill & Havercroft maintained their challenge with an 104-run win over Sykehouse.

Joe Corbett’s unbeaten 121, which included 21 fours and two sixes, paved the way for the victory.

With Sean Plant also hitting 34 Ryhill were able to reach 226-4 from their 40 overs.

Sykehouse were then dismissed for 122 as Callum Howie took 3-36 and Corbett followed up his batting heroics with a 2-19 spell.