New-look Evening League gets under way
THE Bradford & District Evening Cricket League starts its new campaign tonight.
Ciroc confirm favourites' tag by winning finals day
DESPITE heavy rain the day before, which continued overnight, the Bradford & District Evening League play-off finals day got underway with just a ten-minute delay, thanks to the sterling efforts of hosts Great Horton Park Chapel and their groundsman Tony Hamer.
Explosive action expected at Ewart Street
GREAT Horton Park Chapel will again host the Bradford & District Evening League’s showpiece finals day on Monday.
Evening League
BRADFORD & DISTRICT EVENING LEAGUE – Division One: Greenfield 120-7 (Jibrail Malik 52no, Danish Hussain 40, Andy Wear 3-32) Denholme 95 (Richard Wear 38no, Danish Hussain 3-16, Mohammed Mukdas 3-17), John Breare 115-5 (Alex West 32no) Crossflatts 90 (Bilal Hamid 38, Jon Robinson 4-23, Alex Robinson 3-10, Tom Simpson 3-21), Shelf 132-5 (Zahid Nissar 51no, Abu Baker Dawood 41, Amir Hussain 3-35) Ciroc (135-5 (Hamza Iqbal 51no, Adal Islam 46, Mamoon Rashid 3-9), Thornton 107-5 (Tim Shackleton 36, Greg Soames 34) Raja's 108-2 (Shoaib Zahid, Mohammed Amraiz 44). Division Two: Great Horton Park Chapel 128-6 (Blair Oakley 55no, Danny Halstead 4-16) Cross Roads & Daisy Hill 101-9 (Nabil Khan 4-20, Chris Tite 3-30), Muff Field 100-7 (Ricky Beaumont 3-9) Bradshaw 102-6 (Matthew Crowther 42, Alex Pearson 3-24), Undercliffe 136-2 (Michael Kelsey 50no, Richard Skillicorn 43, Gully Ahmed 32) Azeems 114-8 (Naveed Mohammed 30, Fahid Rehman 3-19), Ingrow v Buttershaw St Paul's, game conceded by Ingrow.
Ciroc need one win to retain title
DEFENDING champions Ciroc have booked their place in the Bradford & District Evening League's end-of-season finals day with victory over Raja's at the Karmand Centre.
Evening League
BRADFORD & DISTRICT EVENING LEAGUE – Division One: Greenfield 176-3 (Waleed Akhtar 53no, Sajad Ali 49no, Adeel Ahmed 49) Thornton 158-6 (Josh Hutchinson 52no, Tom Williams 25), John Breare 154-3 (Tim Pryce 50no, Daniel Holah 42, Alex West 27) Denholme 122-7 (Andy Wear 50no, John Robinson 3-32), Raja's 106-9 (Kamran Khan 4-18) Ciroc 111-0 (Adal Islam 50no, Ismail Dawood 48no), Shelf 139-6 (Younis Bismil 44no, Abdul Qadeer 32, Mohammed Bilal 3-13) Crossflatts 143-4 (Mohammed Bilal 50no). Thornton and Shelf relegated. Division Two: Azeems 169-4 (Shokat Ali 50no, Mohammed Mansha 38, Zulfikar Ali 28) Bradshaw 136-5 (Josh Dougall 52no, Matthew Crowther 33, Abid Hussain 3-35), Great Horton Park Chapel 114-8 (Darren Wilson 37, Blair Oakley 35) Undercliffe 115-2 (Fahid Rehman 53no, Scott Price 27, Khalid Usman 21no), Ingrow 133-6 (Joe Hoyle 32, Louis Hopkinson 28, Duncan Tetley 34no) Cross Roads & Daisy Hill 126-6 (Danny Halstead 35, Adam Qurban 28), Muff Field 113 (Alex Pearson 38, Elliot Richardson 3-12) Buttershaw St Paul's 115-0 (Simon McDermott 50no, Jordan Laban 42no). Undercliffe and Buttershaw St Paul's promoted.
Greenfield need help to catch holders Ciroc
WITH four weeks to go until the end of the season, championships, finals day play-off places, promotions and relegations are all still up for grabs in the Bradford & District Evening League.
