Wakefield St Michael’s end encouraging year with thrilling final day success

Victory saw them leapfrog Hopton Mills to finish in third place and came after they bowled their opponents out for 151.

Syed Shah Bukhari did the major damage with 4-6 while Atta Ul Mustafa and Waheed Ahmed took two wickets each.

Ubaid Zia then appeared to have made the chase straight forward when he struck 88 from 65 balls, hitting 13 fours and four sixes, but his dismissal at 121-5 triggered a dramatic collapse as they slipped to 142-9, still 10 short of victory.

However, Bukhari and Craig Ellison edged them home to end the campaign on a winning note.

East Ardsley secured fifth place by beating East Leeds by five wickets after dismissing their hosts for 135.

Richard Butcher took 3-49 and Michael Davies 3-30 before Ardsley made rapid progress towards their target as Abdul Rehman hit 38.

Harry Appleyard’s unbeaten 32 and 22no from captain Daniel McTernan completed the victory in only 23.2 overs.

Wrenthorpe have finished in eighth after losing their final game by 86 runs to Heckmondwike & Carlinghow.

Ubaid Altaf’s 150 proved the difference as Heckmondwike made 281 despite Adam Iyer’s 4-52.

Wrenthorpe were then in deep trouble at 23-4 before Karam Padam made 55, Kush Chaturvedi 39 and Harvey Anderson 30. Their recovery could only take them to 195, however.

Despite ending the campaign superbly Sandal have finished in third place in Division One.

They beat Bankfoot by 124 runs in their last game, but have ended nine points behind runners-up Yeadon.

Umar Abbas was at the heart of their final day victory. After Leighton Shuttleworth made 42, Danny Riley 38 and Sam Owen 41, Abbas launched a powerful late assault, hitting six fours and six sixes in a 41-ball 70 as Sandal reached 278-7.

Bankfoot were all out for 154 in reply as Abbas completed a fine all-round performance with 4-81, Sam Noden took 3-55 and Sohail Hussain returned 2-6.

Promoted Yeadon were well beaten by Ossett as they produced one of their best performances of the year to win by 181 runs.

Ossett compiled an imposing 333-9 as Callum Geldart struck 68 from 47 balls and Saminda Ganwarige made 78 from 65.

Oliver Eldridge ensured the momentum continued with an unbeaten 60 and Janaid Tanwir added 35 from only 27 deliveries.

Yeadon never threatened to get close and were dismissed for 152 with Zain Ul Abdin (5-26) doing most of the damage.

There was plenty of entertainment at Altofts in Division Two, where relegated Gomersal made 264-9 despite Shamsullah Dost taking 3-53.

Altofts chased down the big target, however, as Andrew Wood led the way with 87 from 85 balls, including 11 fours and a six.

Saif Tahir also contributed 35 as the home side reached 267-6 in 45.3 overs to win by four wickets.

Streethouse were unable to prevent Bowling Old Lane from being crowned Division Two champions as they lost to them by 104 runs.

The table toppers raced to 284-6 in a rain reduced 32-over contest before dismissing their visitors for 180.

Mehrban Khan smashed 118 from 88 balls for Old Lane and shared a 148-run second-wicket partnership with Fawad Maqsood (66).

Streethouse never seriously threatened their big target despite 44 from Lee Tarbuck, 39 by Jason Holmes and 36 from Ismail Patel.