Seven-up Sam Noden shines as Sandal defeat fellow promotion hopefuls

Noden took 7-53 as Sandal secured an 89-run win over their fourth-placed opponents.

Only Tom Lindsay (39no) offered prolonged resistance as Hanging Heaton were bowled out for 136 in reply to Sandal’s 225-9.

Umar Abbas (50), Brandon Hewlett (42) and Sasindu Malshan (36) led the scoring for Sandal, who now have 129 points and sit three ahead of Bankfoot and Yeadon.

Elsewhere in Division One, Ossett opener Callum Geldart was in fine form to help them to a 71-run win over Birstall in a game reduced to 34 overs-a-side.

He smashed three sixes and 11 fours in a rapid 105 made from 87 balls as he dominated his side’s score of 198-5. Haseen Bashir (38) chipped in with useful runs.

Birstall never threatened to challenge the Ossett score as they were bowled out for 118 with Zain Ul Abin (4-26) and Tom Jenkinson (3-23) the chief wicket takers.

Altofts beat Division Two leaders Great Preston by six runs in a thriller.

Josh Morris (5-56) and Craig Wood (4-49) impressed with ball in hand as Great Preston were bowled out for 160.

This was in reply to Altofts’ 166 which had seen them battle hard against the bowling South African Willem Meintjes (6-67), with 46 from opener Andrew Wood proving crucial.

Streethouse were back to winning ways with a 59-run success against Keighley who were shot out for 89.

Ismail Patel (4-13) and Ben Brown (3-26) led the attack as they comfortably defended a 148-8 score which featured 73 from Dishane Rodrigo.

Wrenthorpe went down by six wickets to Division Three leaders Scholes despite posting 180-9 from 30 overs, with Australian Patrick Forrest hitting 54 and Janu Wewalwala 36.

Second-placed Adwalton were too strong for East Ardsley as they recorded a seven-wicket victory.

Ardsley made 164 with Shahzad Iqbal hitting 59 from just 33 balls, including seven fours and four sixes.

Wakefield St Michael’s were competitive, but went down by four wickets to East Leeds.

They were dismissed for 149, with Rana Khan (46) top scoring then Syed Shah Bukhari ripped through the East Leeds top order with 4-39, reducing them to 42-4.

However, Muhammad Shayan Umer's unbeaten 40 and Sagar Sawant's unbeaten 20 guided the hosts home at 152-6.

In the Premier Division Carlton were on the wrong end of a seven-wicket loss to new leaders Townville.

They looked to be right in the contest at half-way after setting what looked a challenging 255-9 score.

Carlton had built their score around the efforts of Syed Aqib Shah (50), Muhammad Tariq (44), Aarush Shinde (41) and Naveed Malik (40).

But four Townville batsmen made half centuries as they chased the runs down to win with two overs to spare.

A day later it was a game to forget for Carlton in their Bentley Drains Priestley Cup quarter-final against Woodlands who were a team in a hurry as they romped to a 10-wicket win.

Home side Carlton were shot out for just 50 as opener Kevin McDermott (18) was the only player to reach double figures.