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Jul 7 2008 by Our Correspondent, Liverpool Daily Post

FIRST XI ECB PREMIER LEAGUE

COLWYN BAY (4) 149 (44.4 overs) (Jones 30, PJH Leach 26, Clubb 24; O'Connor 6-57, Parry 4-45) v (t) BOOTLE (25) 255-5d (43) (Warren 68*, Kelliher 48, Parry 47, IA Cockbain 30, I Cockbain 27*) Result: Bootle won by 106 runs

(t) FORMBY (3) 107 (34.3) (Hadden 23, Crilly 23, Bombas 21; Wagner 5-50) v ORMSKIRK (25) 221-5d (40.2) (Armstrong 104*, Wagner 52, IM Glayzer 35; Rogan 3-60) Result: Ormskirk won by 114 runs

(t) HIGHTOWN (3) 128-9 (36) (Jannisar Khan 63, Vosloo 22, Edwards 20; Davies 3-16) v FLEETWOOD HESKETH (8) 192-5d (54.4) (Bodhisha 83, Sykes 31; Heathcliff-Core 3-64) Result: match drawn

(t) MAGHULL (5) 126 (35) (Madanayake 33, Forster 23*; Ring 18; N Mohammed 5-48, Fernando 4-34) v NEW BRIGHTON (23) 167-9d (42.2) (Fernando 48, Nawab 30; Bower 4-54, Forster 3-57) Result: New Brighton won by 41 runs

PRESTATYN (6) 134-6 (21) (Boughey 33, Olivier 29; JJ Hine 3-31) v (t) SOUTHPORT AND BIRKDALE (5) 149-9d (38) (Aston 30; RA Williams 5-26) Result: match drawn

(t) ST HELENS RECS (15) 104 (33) (Toole 43, Garvey 30, Brown 11; Woosey 7-33) v NORTHERN (15) 104 (37.5) (Fraser 37, Snellgrove 19; Jenkins 4-27, Freeman 3-21) Result: match tied

WALLASEY (3) 133 (43.1) (Wilkie 26, Murphy 24, Makol 23; Sharp 4-41) v (t) LYTHAM (20) 134-3 (31.4) (Flood 45*, Openshaw 39, Roberts 29*) Result: Lytham won by 7 wickets

Positions: Bootle (277 pts), Ormskirk (273), New Brighton (250), Northern (194), Lytham (189), Southport and Birkdale (178), Hightown (167), Fleetwood Hesketh (163), Maghull (149), Colwyn Bay (138), Prestatyn (137), Formby (135), St Helens Recs (119), Wallasey (118).

FIRST XI FIRST DIVISION

(t) HIGHFIELD (20) 142-6 (37.1 overs) (Casham 38, MN Farrell 28; Jaffar Nazir 4-53) v (5) LEIGH 141 (41.3) (D Dempster 28, Hibbert 17; Behera 4-18, Liptort 3-50) Result: Highfield won by 4 wickets

(t) NORTHOP HALL (20) 142-4 (26.5) (Butler 49*, Cree 43) v HUYTON (4) 139 (43.1) (DM Hutton 40, Connolly 30*; Nolan 3-24, Butler 3-25) Result: Northop Hall won by 6 wickets

(t) SEFTON PARK (3) 122 (31) (P Jones 29, Wylie 27, Moore 22; Scott 5-26, I Lyon 3-25) v NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS (23) 166-5d (44.3) (MR Walkden 52, I Lyon 49, Appleton 24; Houghton 3-53) Result: Newton-le-Willows won by 44 runs

(t) SKELMERSDALE (20) 111-4 (33.3) (Watekar 44*, Molyneux 40; Tambe 4-49) v RAINFORD (3) 110 (56.5) (55 overs = 110-9) (Tully 23, M Williams 20; Armstrong 4-37, Watekar 3-26, Smith 3-38) Result: Skelmersdale won by 6 wickets

WAVERTREE (3) 117 (38.5) (Carver 30, Rowlands 23; Mohammed Hafeez 4-36) v (t) ST HELENS (20) 119-4 (38.2) (Mohammed Hafeez 41, R Supria 36; Negi 3-20) Result: St Helens won by 6 wickets

(t) WIGAN (6) 162-7 (36) (Smith 57, Ford 44, Redmond 32; Mercer 4-71, Adnan Malik 3-56) v ORRELL RED TRIANGLE (6) 181-6d (51) (Adnan Malik 77, Riley 41, Smith 31) Result: match drawn

Positions: Northop Hall (218 pts), Rainford (215), Leigh (212), Wigan (189), Highfield (188), Orrell Red Triangle (188), Newton le Willows (186), Skelmersdale (181), Ainsdale (177), Liverpool (169), St Helens (157), Sefton Park (148), Wavertree (118), Huyton (57).

SECOND XI (Premier Division)

BOOTLE (5) v WIGAN (5) Result: match abandoned

FLEETWOOD HESKETH (6) 201-3d (50.3 overs) (45 overs = 154-2) (Regan 95, Summerfield 59) v (t) LIVERPOOL (20) 202-6 (46.3) (D Hints 55*, Crossley 49) Result: Liverpool by 4 wickets

(t) LYTHAM (20) 147-5 (32.5) (L Dingle 63*, A Mulligan 63; S Kars 3-42) v NORTHOP HALL (4) 144 (34.4) (M Littler 31, R Roberts 26; A Whittle 5-49) Result: Lytham won by 5 wickets

(t) NEW BRIGHTON (9) 210-8 (41) (Cuthill 70, M Hale 30, Wilkinson 25) v COLWYN BAY (8) 224-9d (50) (45 overs = 176-5) (Gorton 85, Gibbons 39, J Leach 30; AM Evans 3-79) Result: match drawn

(t) NORTHERN (20) 199-5d (49) (45 overs = 164-5) (PM Sloan 46, AR Davies 43*, NA Doggett 24*) v HIGHFIELD (5) 159 (38.4) (Mollitt 58, Housley 48; P Jones 3-14, Negus 3-28, M Jones 3-49) Result: Northern won by 40 runs

(t) ORMSKIRK (20) 207-4 (39.1) (Sharrock 91*, J Illingworth 44, Cobbold 31) v SEFTON PARK (6) 206-6d (50.4) (45 overs = 175-4) (Seabury 68, Saunders 33, Abel 27; Norris 3-51) Result: Ormskirk won by 4 wickets

Positions: New Brighton (231 pts), Northern (203), Southport and Birkdale (194), Bootle (186), Ormskirk (177), Wallasey (171), Northop Hall (170), Sefton Park (159), Wigan (154), Liverpool (152), Highfield (130), Colwyn Bay (129), Lytham (123), Fleetwood Hesketh (94).

SECOND XI (First Division)

(t) AINSDALE (20) 166-3 (22.2 overs) (M Causey 69, Farrington 60) v SOUTHPORT TRINITY (3) 164-5d (49) (45 overs = 141-4) (Waring 44, P Hodgson 32; Lucas 3-73) Result: Ainsdale won by 7 wickets

BURSCOUGH (5) v PRESTATYN (5) Result: match abandoned

(t) HUYTON (1) 99 (31.4) (Higgins 46; Jones 6-57) v NORLEY HALL (25) 200-3d (38) (S Hatch 68, Critchley 37, Jones 29) Result: Norley Hall won by 101 runs

LEIGH (25) v ST HELENS RECS (-10) Result: match awarded to Leigh, St Helens Recs conceded

NEWTON LE WILLOWS (7) 174-9d (49.1) (45 overs = 162-8) (Holcroft 48, Horsfield 29; C Gallagher 3-58) v (t) FORMBY (6) 147-8 (42) (C Gallagher 47, Reading 34; J Humphreys 4-19, D Evans 4-32) Result: match drawn

ORRELL RED TRIANGLE (7) 141 (44) (Sherry 38, P Mottram 34; Maheshwari 5-22) v (t) WAVERTREE (20) 144 (54.5) (45 overs = 110-6) (Macauley 37, Ford 34; Pegg 5-52, Hudson 3-15) Result: Wavertree won by 3 runs

(t) ST HELENS (7) 208-7d (43) (Massey 94, N Hilton 45, Hurst 32; Gibbons 4-58) v MAGHULL (8) 208-5 (45) (Devine 61*, Comer 61) Result: match drawn

Positions: Leigh (234 pts), Formby (223), Newton le Willows (215), Orrell Red Triangle (210), Prestatyn (192), Burscough (188), Ainsdale (172), Norley Hall (167), Maghull (155), Wavertree (135), Southport Trinity (112), Huyton (82), St Helens Recs (79), St Helens (74).