Cricket: Rainhill’s Wilding delivers fine start

Apr 21 2008 by Our Correspondent, Liverpool Daily Post

RAINHILL who are back in the Bromborough Paints Merseyside and Southport Alliance this season gained a four-wicket success over Haydock with Tony Wilding taking 6-66 and skipper Mike Rotheram hitting 52.

Trevor Fabien claimed 9-49 for Manweb but they went under by 44 runs at home to Southport Trinity for whom Ken Murray claimed 5-10.

Alder saw off Caldy by 123 runs. Ashley McDonald led the way with an undefeated 107 and Lance Mulholland took 6-38.

Shakeel Nawaz top scored for Birkenhead St Mary’s with 61 in a five-wicket success over visiting Prescot & Odysey for whom Vinkat Mudiliar reached 119.

Burscough edged out Norley Hall by two wickets. John Davies on his debut made 42 and took 3-4 with Dick Powell taking 4-60. Overseas man Hammad Tariq did his best for Norley with a knock of 88 and a 4-46 haul.

Parkfield Liscard came away two-wicket winners from Moorfield whose Mark Brick hit top score of the match with 40. Kamran Hussein claimed 4-34 for the combined side.

Tranmere Vics lost their first game in the Alliance by 52 runs at home to Sutton. Steve Jordan took 4-1 for the winners and Gary Francis 4-37 for the losers.

SCORES: Alder 215-6dec (A McDonald 107no) Caldy 92 (L Mulholland 6-38), Birkenhead St Mary’s 194-5 (S Nawaz 61) Prescot & Odysey 102 (V Mudiliar 119), Burscough 150-8 (J Davies 42, H Tariq 4-46) Norley Hall 148 (H Tariq 88, R Powell 4-60), Manweb 80 (K Murray 5-10) Southport Trinity 124 (T Fabien 9-49), Moorfield 131 (M Brick 40, K Hussein 4-34) Parkfield Liscard 132-8, Rainhill 150-6 (M Rotheram 52, A Tinsley 4-48) Haydock 149 (A Martin 46no, P Roberts 42, A Wilding 6-66), Tranmere Vics 67 (S Jordan 4-10) Sutton 119 (G Francis 4-37).