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Celebrations mark Wallasey encounter

JOY and relief were among the emotions for both sides amid the celebrations that went on at Wallasey. Read

Birkenhead Park are relegated yet again

BIRKENHEAD Park suffered their second relegation in three years when a six, conceded off the penultimate delivery of the season at Cheadle, consigned the Wirral men to the Second Division of The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League in 2009. Read

Thrilling finale in the race for promotion

JUST four points separated second, third and fourth, in a thrilling finale in the race for promotion to the Premier League. Read

Lancashire relegated after struggle against Somerset

LANCASHIRE will spend the last season of the Pro40 League in Division Two after losing to Somerset by three wickets at Aigburth yesterday, a result which condemned Stuart Law’s side to their first year outside the top flight since 2003. Read

Promoted Oxton target title, while Birkenhead Park battle for safety

WITH all the Premiership issues resolved, principal interest in today’s final programme in the Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League centres on the First Division. Read

Cockbain did it his way

IAN COCKBAIN is not a cricketing Frank Sinatra. When the Firwood Bootle skipper retires from the game at the end of tomorrow’s Business Assistance Knock-Out Trophy final at Wallasey, he will do so with no thought of a one-off comeback or a guest appearance somewhere down the line. Forty summers, he has decided, is enough. Read

McEvoy hails ‘perfect ground’ ahead of Lancs Pro40

LIVERPOOL chairman Peter McEvoy believes his club’s ground could not be in better condition as it prepares to host five days of county cricket next week. Read

Skipper warns of St Helens crisis point

ST HELENS RECS captain Stuart Toole believes the future of his club is under threat because of its continuing struggle to pay the levy charged by the company which manages the Ruskin Drive leisure complex. Read

Lancashire gear up for Aigburth showdown

MIKE WATKINSON is adamant that his players will be ready for the matches at Liverpool and Taunton which will decide whether Lancashire are relegated from Division One of the County Championship for the second time in five seasons. Read

Alderley edging closer to Murray Smith Trophy

CHANCES of the Alderley Edge ground being fit for today’s ECB Premiership title decider against Bowdon in The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League are rated 50-50 after a week of incessant rain. Read

Flintoff adds to dissenting voices over Cork release

ANDREW FLINTOFF has become the latest Lancashire player to criticise his county for their decision to release Dominic Cork at the end of the season. Read

Brook Lane’s Simpson proving he is no melon

ORMSKIRK’S wicketkeeper-batsman John Simpson is an expert on melons. Read

Lancashire bowlers dig in but with little reward

ON Wednesday morning Lancashire gained a single bonus point for their labours against Durham at the Riverside. Yesterday’s cricket brought no such triumph for the Old Trafford side. Read

Platt bemoans lack of finance and playing staff

THERE can be few greater contrasts on the penultimate Saturday of the Business Assistance Liverpool Competition season than that between Rainford and Huyton. Read

Lancashire can take some satisfaction

BEING grateful for the smaller mercies is probably anathema to cricketers who always aim high. However, it might be an approach which Lancashire’s players must learn to adopt as the 2008 season draws to a close. Read

Law’s return a bright spot for beleaguered Lancs

LANCASHIRE captain, Stuart Law will be fit to lead the Old Trafford side in its vital Division One Championship match against Durham, which begins at the Riverside this morning. Read

Emerging Croft honing his craft

IT ISN’T hard to explain why few Lancashire players were more disappointed by the complete abandonment of last week’s game at Blackpool than Steven Croft. Read

Lancs made to settle for bonuses

THE Blackpool illuminations were switched on by the presenters of Top Gear yesterday evening. Read

Decision day looms for top and bottom two

THE top two clubs host the bottom two in what could be Decision Day in the ECB Premier Division of The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League. Read

Bootle aim to avoid Cockbain hairdryer treatment

CAPTAINS of teams bidding to win championships frequently soothe their players’ nerves in the run-in by reminding them of their undoubted quality and by encouraging them to relax. Read

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