Nantwich prepared to end Oulton dominance

Jun 7 2008 by Our Correspondent, Liverpool Daily Post

IT’S coming up to three years since Oulton Park lost a game in The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League.

That was on June 25, 2005 when Nantwich beat them by 33 runs.

Since then Oulton have won the title twice, but Nantwich have several times come close to beating them and they may fancy their chances of doing just that today at Little Budworth, especially as star Aussie batsman Glen Batticciotto has been granted leave of absence by his new Queensland paymasters to stay.

Unbeaten Division One leaders Oxton take on Wirral neighbours Birkenhead Park and should beware Park’s newly-arrived Indian all-rounder Ganapathi Vignesh, who beat Poynton practically single-handedly.

TODAY: ECB Premier Division (1pm): Hyde v Alderley Edge; Macclesfield v Chester Boughton Hall; Neston v Toft; Oulton Park v Nantwich; Urmston v Bowdon; Widnes v Heaton Mersey. Division One (1.30pm): Bollington v Timperley; Cheadle v Didsbury; Christleton v Upton; Oxton v Birkenhead Park; Poynton v Cheadle Hulme; Warrington v Bramhall. Division Two (1.30pm): Bredbury v Tattenhall; Burnage v Mobberley; Grappenhall v Middlewich; Irby v Sale; Stockport Georgians v Hale Barns; Winnington Park v Marple.

TOMORROW: Cockspur Cup third round (1pm): Farnworth v Urmston; Kearsley v Bowdon. Cheshire Cup third round (1.30 pm): Chelford v Chester Boughton Hall.