Streethouse record convincing victory as Brown blasts big ton

Brown and opener Matthew Gibson (74) shared a fifth wicket stand of 173 to rescue their side from 32-4, with Brown hammering 22 fours and six sixes in his memorable knock.

It is the second highest innings in the club’s history and he was caught going for yet another six, pushing to get to 200 and break the record of 194.

With skipper Steve Roberts adding 39 in a late flourish Streethouse were able to post a 357 total.

Windhill were then undone by Zamurad Khan who ripped through the innings with 6-24 from nine overs as they were bowled out for 167.

Streethouse had more success a day later as they edged past Hopton Mills by seven runs in the second round of the Bentley Drains Jack Hampshire Cup.

Batting first, they made 204, with contributions throughout the order including Roberts (31), Gabe Lawson (27), Scott Bland (25) and Ben Brown (22).

Hopton Mills mounted a strong response through Alfie Gatehouse (37), Connor Heywood’s explosive 34 from only 16 balls, and Billy Fuller’s unbeaten 30, but fell just short on 197.

Streethouse’s attack shared the wickets effectively through Khan (3-40), Michael Bates (2-32), Ismail Patel (2-46) and Stuart Ruddick (2-21) to secure progression.

Great Preston overcame Northowram Fields by 95 runs to return to the top of the Division Two table.

James Conlon’s explosive 72 from 46 balls, featuring six sixes, transformed the Preston innings late on after earlier contributions came from Willem Meintjes (39) and Sam Wright (34).

Northowram never threatened to challenge the total of 233 after a collapse from 41-3 to 47-7.

Despite Hazrat Abbas carrying his bat for an unbeaten 83, they were bowled out for 138. Alfie McMillan was the main destroyer with 5-32.

Northowram Fields gained revenge with a six-wicket win over Great Preston in the Bentley Drains Jack Hampshire Cup.

Preston were restricted to 125 this time despite Moosa Azad’s unbeaten 51.

Altofts were in winning form as they beat Spen Victoria by four wickets.

Spen were restricted to 160-9 as Saif Tahir claimed 3-35 and in reply, Dean Van Onselen (51) and Shamsullah Dost (41) set Altofts on the way with Joshua Morris (35no) finishing the job off.

Unbeaten Division One leaders Sandal enjoyed a 29-run victory over Batley.

A strong batting performance, led by Sohail Hussain, saw them post a 244-7 total that proved enough as their opponents were bowled out for 219 on reply.

Hussain was unlucky as he fell agonisingly one short of a century with his 99 including 11 fours and two sixes.

Umar Abbas also added an unbeaten 61 from 48 balls while at the top of the order Leighton Shuttleworth contributed 39.

Batley responded strongly through Mounam Ejaz’s 46 from 26 balls, Sagar Trivedi (42) and Kanishk Dalal (37), but the chase fell short as they were bowled out for 219 with Abbas completing a fine all-round performance by taking 3-59 from 15 overs.

Sandal now have a 16-point lead over Bankfoot who produced a dominant display to defeat Ossett by 185 runs.

Opener Hamza Shahzad struck 117 from 96 balls to help Bankfoot to a big 327 score despute 5-91 from Zain Ul Abdin.

Ossett lost early wickets in their reply and although Josh Wild hit an aggressive 57 and Iqbal Khan hit 34 they were all out for 142.

Townville came up with a commanding 212-run win at Cleckheaton in the Premier Division.

The success was initially based on an excellent batting display that saw a 307-8 total. There were contributions throughout the order, including Kieran Collins’ unbeaten 55, Conor Harvey’s explosive 53 from 28 balls, Sanoj Darshika’s 51 and Jack Hughes’ 46.

Harvey followed up with 3-38 as Cleckheaton collapsed to 95 all out. Tom Chippendale (4-34) was the leading wicket taker as only James Stansfield (33no) and Jack Luxton (33), offered much resistance.

Townville were in action again on Monday at home to Morley when they were victorious again.

Fine bowling from Usman Arshad (4-26), Jack Hughes (3-21) and Harvey (2-25) paved the way for an eight-wicket success as Morley were dismissed for 122.

Abdul Wahid (66no) ensured Townville raced to victory as he smacked eight fours and three sixes.

Methley went down by three wickets to Premier leaders Pudsey St Lawrence.

Despite a battling knock of 77 from opener Taylor Cornall Methley were dismissed for 176.

The bowlers tried hard to defend the score, with Ben Waite (3-33) the most successful, but a composed innings from Mark Robertshaw, who carried his bat for 79 not out, saw St Lawrence chase down their target.

Methley were able to bounce back against in-form Carlton on Monday with Cornall (72) and Alex Cree (63no) bringing them home for a four-wicket success.

Carlton were dismissed for 178 as Charlie McMurran (3-36) led the Methley attack and Muhammad Tariq (47) top scored.

On Saturday opener Kevin McDermott hit an unbeaten 126, featuring 12 fours and five sixes, as Carlton piled up 283-5 on their way to a 133-run win over Jer Lane in the Premier.

He was well supported late on by Farukh Alam who hammered 57 not out from only 25 balls.

Jer Lane never looked like chasing the runs down as they were dismissed for 150 with Naveed Malik (4-36) and Muhammad Tariq (3-30) doing most of the damage.

Wrenthorpe were comfortable nine-wicket winners in their derby with Wakefield St Michael’s in Division Three.

St Michael’s were bowled out for 142 despite 35 from Cavan Connolly and 37 by Mohammad Hamid’s 37.

Wrenthorpe’s attack shared the wickets, with Kush Chaturvedi taking 3-23 and Sam Anderson returning 3-25.

Their chase was dominated by Patrick Forrest’s unbeaten 96 from 94 balls, including 14 fours, while Alfie Holden added 36 in an opening stand worth 109.

East Ardsley went down by 98 runs to Heckmondwike & Carlinghow who posted a 282 total despite 4-74 from Scott Mullins and 3-76 by Shahzad Iqbal.

Ardsley fought through Iqbal (42) and Ashley Chapman (37) in their reply, but they were all out for 184.