BUSINESS ASSISTANCE LIVERPOOL COMPETITION ECB PREMIER LEAGUE

May 12 2008 by Peter Guy, Liverpool Daily Post

FLEETWOOD HESKETH (9) 243-5d (55 overs) (Wells 95, Bodhisha 36, ND Rimmer 35, Sykes 34; Swiers 3-65) v (t) MAGHULL (6) 193-8 (54) (McDonnell 73, Walters 34, Swiers 31, G Gillespie 22; Bodhisha 4-41, Davies 3-70)

Result: match drawn

(t) LYTHAM (20) 152-2 (39.2) (Wisniewski 78*, Knight 58* [125*-3rd wkt])

v HIGHTOWN (3) 149 (50.2) (Heathcliff-Core 66*, Jannisar Khan 28; Wisniewski 4-31, Sharp 3-43)

Result: Lytham won by 8 wickets

NORTHERN (7) 223-9 (65) (Woods 72, Boardman 46*, J Cole 30, Snellgrove 21; Parry 5-63)

v (t) BOOTLE (9) 242-5d (48) (Snellgrove 68, Parry 62*, IA Cockbain 43, Prince 42; Woosey 3-83)

Result: match drawn

ORMSKIRK (24) 220-6 (46.5) (Simpson 71, MS Glayzer 52, JA Illingworth 38*; Fernando 3-45)

v (t) NEW BRIGHTON (5) 219-9d (64) (55 overs = 165-5) (Fernando 54, Nawab 34*, Z Mohammed 31, Wilson 31, Hale; Kerrigan 4-50)

Result: Ormskirk won by 4 wickets

(t) PRESTATYN (9) 245-3d (54.2) (D Thomas 106*, Boughey 63 [128-2nd wkt], Giblin 41)

v FORMBY (4) 188-8 (52) (Hadden 58, Dutton 56 [110-1st wkt], Bombas 39; MD Williams 4-51)

Result: match drawn

(t) SOUTHPORT AND BIRKDALE (6) 204-9d (61.4) (55 overs = 182-6) (JJ Hine 60, JR Marsh 31*, Firth 31; Jenkins 7-55)

v COLWYN BAY (8) 204-6 (47) (Morris 59, Clubb 50, Taylor 31; Jackson 3-57)

Result: match drawn

(t) WALLASEY (20) 150-7 (38) (Bourne 39*, Conlan 23, Makol 21; Freeman 4-28)

v ST HELENS RECS (5) 149 (43) (S Lyon 56*, Bullick 46; Bourne 4-27)

Result: Wallasey won by 3 wickets

Positions: Ormskirk (129 pts), Bootle (113), Southport and Birkdale (89), Northern (82), Fleetwood Hesketh (70), Lytham (67), Prestatyn (64), Formby (57), Hightown (55), New Brighton (54), St Helens Recs (50), Maghull (49), Wallasey (48), Colwyn Bay (34).

FIRST DIVISION

AINSDALE (8) 167 (48.4 overs) (Yasir Ali 71, M Causey 38, Pearce 20; JM Taylor 3-5)

v (t) WIGAN (23) 189 (52.4) (Mohammed Aslam 64, Smith 45; Yasir Ali 5-76, R Stanyon 3-39)

Result: Wigan won by 22 runs

HUYTON (0) 49 (29.5) (Jenions 7-27, Negi 3-22)

v (t) WAVERTREE (20) 50-0 (12.1) (Negi 39*)

Result: Wavertree won by 10 wickets

(t) LEIGH (23) 182-9d (54) (Dove 55*, Batterley 34, Roussak jnr 29; Patel 5-64)

v ST HELENS (5) 101 (33.3) (Lawless 25,; Roussak jnr 4-22, Jaffar Nazir 3-25)

Result: Leigh won by 81 runs

NEWTON LE WILLOWS (7) 226-6 (53) (I Lyon 98, Adnan Malik 4-104)

v (t) ORRELL RED TRIANGLE (8) 275-4d (57) (55 overs = 266-4) (Smith 102, Riley 60 [136-3rd wkt], Adnan Malik 51)

Result: match drawn

(t) NORTHOP HALL (7) 197-6d (55) (Kennedy 59, Cree 44, Dyer 38)

v SEFTON PARK (23) 198-6 (51.4) (Moore 84, Jackson 37, Nolan 3-58)

Result: Sefton Park won by 4 wickets

RAINFORD (24) 254-4 (46.2) (Tambe 97*, Meredith 49* [146*-5th wkt], Edwards 3-56)

v (t) LIVERPOOL (7) 253-9d (55) (Das 122, Nealey 93 [196-3rd wkt]; Tambe 5-83, M Williams 3-54)

Result: Rainford won by 6 wickets

(t) SKELMERSDALE (24) 206 (50) (Watekar 108, Armstrong 50; Liptrot 6-70)

v HIGHFIELD (8) 167 (53) (Behera 90; Watekar 7-44)

Result: Skelmersdale won by 41 runs

Positions: Northop Hall (101 pts), Liverpool (86), Rainford (81), Wigan (80), Leigh (76), Sefton Park (73), Newton le Willows (71), Ainsdale (70), Highfield (64), Orrell Red Triangle (64), Skelmersdale (61), Wavertree (54), St Helens (36), Huyton (14).

2ND XI PREMIER DIVISION

BOOTLE (25) 200-5d (40.3 overs) (Ehlen 77, M Gill 41 [104-2nd wkt])

v (t) FLEETWOOD HESKETH (2) 69 (31.1) (Watts 14; Pike 6-19, Heard 3-24)

Result: Bootle won by 131 runs

COLWYN BAY (7) 230-6d (53.3) (45 overs = 168-3) (Wallace 98, MD van Wyk 70 [101-4th wkt])

v (t) ORMSKIRK (20) 232-8 (40.3) (S Illingworth 56, Smith 54, JA Glayzer 46, IM Glayzer 25; Walburn 4-65)

Result: Ormskirk won by 2 wickets

HIGHFIELD (5) 196-5d (50) (45 overs = 158-5) (Ramsdale 67, Atkinson 63)

v (t) NORTHOP HALL (20) 198-5 (38) (Kars 54*, Peters 45, A Roberts 34*)

Result: Northop Hall won by 5 wickets

(t) LIVERPOOL (20) 258-9 (46.3) (Diggle 59, Williams 39, McCarthy 29)

v WALLASEY (9) 255-5d (45) (Carruthers 96, AV Eagles 49, P Black 28)

Result: Liverpool won by 1 wicket

(t) NEW BRIGHTON (8) 181 (35.2) (Johnstone 55, Smith 50, MI Burns 37; Derbyshire 7-60)

v NORTHERN (20) 191-8d (55.2) (45 overs = 132-5) (Taylor 69*, Hill 45)

Result: Northern won by 10 runs

SEFTON PARK (8) 210 (44) (Jones 110, Calrow 30; Speirs 6-30, L Bolton 4-58)

v (t) SOUTHPORT AND BIRKDALE (8) 159-6 (44) (A Bolton 67, Shah 3-52)

Result: match drawn

(t) WIGAN (20) 121-4 (30.5) (Aconley 36)

v LYTHAM (3) 117 (54) (45 overs = 100-7) (CD Thompson 29 Cunliffe 5-34, Wright 3-26)

Result: Wigan won by 6 wickets

Positions: Northop Hall (91 pts), Northern (89), Ormskirk(86), New Brighton (86), Wallasey (74), Wigan (73), Sefton Park (72), Bootle (71), Southport and Birkdale (70), Highfield (66), Liverpool (59), Lytham (54), Colwyn Bay (41), Fleetwood Hesketh (28).

2ND XI FIRST DIVISION

(t) FORMBY (9) 183-9 (44 overs) (Fraser 56, Halpin 40, K Jones 29; Tariq Afridi 6-72)

v HUYTON (9) 236 (45.1) (45 overs = 236-9) (Rowland 93, Essery 44, Tariq Afridi 38; AW Poole 4-50, Beckingham 4-76)

Result: match drawn

MAGHULL (5) 204-7d (50.5) (45 overs = 160-5) (Davies 62, Boyle 43*; Fairclough 3-39)

v (t) BURSCOUGH (20) 206-5 (37.4) (Fairclough 80, Webster 49)

Result: Burscough won by 5 wickets

(t) ORRELL RED TRIANGLE (9) 206-5d (45) (Tickle 79, P Mottram 40)

v LEIGH (5) 168-9 (43) (Williams 61, Davies 32; D Lawton 4-33, Pallett 4-81)

Result: match drawn

(t) ST HELENS (2) 71 (23.5) (Hurst 15; Norbury 3-13, Bolton 3-17)

v AINSDALE (25) 201-4d (42.4) (Newcombe 118*, Farrington jnr 29, Bolton 26)

Result: Ainsdale won by 130 runs

(t) ST HELENS RECS (4) 116 (42.1) (M Burrows 34*; Phillips 3-29)

v PRESTATYN (25) 243-6d (44) (D Hughes 125, R Owen 46 [161-4th wkt])

Result: Prestatyn won by 127 runs

(t) SOUTHPORT TRINITY (22) 137 (40) (Robson 35, Tabener 3-42)

v NORLEY HALL (7) 126 (41) (S Hatch 46; Andrew 4-27, Sears 4-35)

Result: Southport Trinity won by 11 runs

WAVERTREE (3) 101 (31.2) (Barrett 34, J Humphreys 26; Evans 6-27)

v (t) NEWTON LE WILLOWS (20) 104-5 (35.5) (Holcroft 38, Long 24; Maheshwari 3-17)

Result: Newton le Willows won by 5 wickets

Positions: Leigh (92 pts), Ainsdale (87), Formby (81), Newton le Willows (80), Orrell Red Triangle (79), Prestatyn (65), Burscough (59), Norley Hall (53), Huyton (49), Maghull (47), Southport Trinity (45), Wavertree (29), St Helens (20), St Helens Recs (19).