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Hampshire duo dig deep to frustrate Old Trafford attack

AFTER eight days’ cricket in which patience had played a major role in bringing Lancashire two vital victories, Stuart Law’s players discovered yesterday that wheeling away and waiting for success does not always bring its own rewards. Read

Lancashire’s Horton eyes up joining Lions party

AS befits a cricketer who seems supremely calm and self-possessed – both on and off the field – Paul Horton is laying stress on controlling the controllables. Read

Wallasey fall short to miss out in last four in Cheshire Cup

WALLASEY’S interest in the Cheshire Cup ended when they lost by 73 runs in the quarter-final round at Elworth. Read

Horton and Vincent provide solid foundation for Lancs

A DAY’S cricket often played out under leaden skies and interrupted by persistent drizzle for nearly two hours in mid-afternoon still provided plenty of entertainment for supporters of both teams yesterday, but left Stuart Law’s Lancashire reasonably placed to build a formidable first innings total in the LV Division One. Read

Rainford slip up to as Alder stay top

ALDER stayed top of the Bromborough Paints Merseyside and Southport Alliance even though their game at Sutton could not start because of a waterlogged ground. Read

Battling Bollington hand shock defeat to Oxton

JOINT leaders Oxton suffered a shock eight wickets home defeat at the hands of bottom club Bollington in the First Division of The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League. Read

Bowdon closing in on Premier leaders

BOWDON reduced the gap behind leaders Alderley Edge from 30 to 16 points with an impressive eight-wicket win at Widnes in the ECB Premier Division of The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League. Read

Pressure increases in battle to escape drop

Pressure increases in battle to escape drop

AS the battle at the top continues between Firwood Bootle and Ormskirk, the struggle to avoid the drop is becoming as intense. Read

Horton dazzles on his return to Sefton

PAUL HORTON reappeared on the Liverpool Competition scene in style with a fine century – and that proved bad news for the opposition. Read

Widnes out to dash Cheshire rival’s treble chance

BOWDON are in with a real chance of a remarkable treble as they visit Widnes today lying a handy second in the ECB Premier Division of The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League. Read

Slovakia ‘village side’ finds Twenty20 welcome in the hillsides

VLADIMIR CHUDACIK is playing cricket at Carmel CC in North Wales. He pauses for a moment and considers the wonderful view over the Clwydian range to Moel Famau. Read

Toole aiming to engineer great escape for Recs

ST HELENS RECS may be bottom of the Premier League but Ruskin Drive skipper Stuart Toole insists that he has not even considered what his club might do if its first team is relegated to the First Division of the Business Assistance Liverpool Competition. Read

Oxton benefiting from team spirit

OXTON have drawn level with Didsbury at the top of the First Division in The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League and secretary Stuart Hirst claims the team are better equipped this season to succeed with their promotion bid. Read

Alder on top after draw

A TEN-POINT return from a home draw against Sutton was enough to take Alder back to the top of the Bromborough Paints Merseyside and Southport Alliance. Read

Lancs star’s innings-building form making return

LANCASHIRE manager Mike Watkinson believes that Andrew Flintoff is adding a re-discovered ability to construct an innings to his natural talent for hitting the cricket ball very hard as the England all-rounder completes the latest stage of his return to form and international match fitness. Read

Flintoff: Patience paid off

ANDREW FLINTOFF identified disciplined bowling and attacking batting on a placid wicket as the twin keys to Lancashire’s six-wicket victory over Hampshire at the Rose Bowl yesterday, and the recalled England all-rounder also said that he is “far more happy” with his own strokeplay than he was a month ago. Read

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Lancashire batsmen must build on bowler’s good job

WITH its curved, five-pointed roof gleaming white against a background of dense English wooodland, the pavilion of Hampshire’s Rose Bowl ground looked at times rather more like the tented setting for a medieval tournament than a cricket match yesterday afternoon. Read

Jenkins learning to cope without key men to avoid drop

OF the six clubs who made the battle for the 2007 Premier League title one of the most absorbing for many years, five have risen to the top of the pile once again. Read

Champions Oulton Park set sights on Trophy

NOW 55 points behind ECB Premier Division leaders Alderley Edge in the Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League, reigning champions Oulton Park’s principal hope of honours this season appears to lie in the Fred Graham Twenty20 Trophy and the Cheshire Cup. Read

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