It has taken them longer than they wanted but East Bierley have notched their first league win of the season.

And it was a decent scalp too, Jaffer Nazir (7-44) and Greg Lambert (3-43) bowling unchanged in a stop-start innings to dismiss hosts Cleckheaton for 95.

It didn't matter greatly either that Cleckheaton fielded a superb top six, including Yorkshire batsmen Joe Sayers and Andrew Gale, and two sets of brothers in John and Ian Wood and Sarfaraaz and Uzair Mahomed.

There were stoppages of a minute under two hours in the first innings, and Bierley - conscious of the weather - knocked the runs off in 18.4 overs to win by seven wickets - no Cleckheaton bowler making too much of an imprint.

Pudsey Congs are usually adept at winning on rain-hit days but even they couldn't beat the weather at Wagon Lane.

An hour and a quarter was lost to precipatation during Bradford & Bingley's 165 all out, home skipper Carl Sharp continuing his fine start to the season with 51.

He added 63 for the second wicket with Haroon Rashid (22). Yorkshire's Chris Silverwood was again Congs' leading wicket-taker with three for 46.

The SDS Bradford League Division One champions didn't start their innings until 6.50pm, and they ran out of time when bad light stopped play at 9pm.

By then Congs were 141 for four, with opener Andy Bethel 47 not out and skipper Matthew Doidge 21 not out.

Bankfoot and Morley also had to settle for a point apiece at Odsal, but Bankfoot will be more pleased with their day.

Captain Gary Wainwright (62) shared in a second-wicket stand of 121 with A Sajjid (110no), who hit ten fours and six sixes and reached his half-century in just 56 balls.

Bankfoot finished on a healthy 196 for two, and Vivek Mahajan was also in the runs for Morley, making an unbeaten 62 and putting on 76 for the second wicket with Richard Haikings (46) as the promoted side finished on a respectable 146 for four.

Spen Victoria's spirits will have been lifted by their display at Hanging Heaton.

They had the home side at 112 for six when the rain came, Farhaan Khan taking three for 19 and Muenoddin Kadri two for 25.

Keighley aren't usually too far away when the prizes are dished out in Division Two, and they made the most of losing a mere 25 minutes to the weather at Lawkholme Lane.

Richard Robinson (4-18) and Ross Towler (4-31) helped to dismiss Gomersal for 93, and opened Matthew Bottomley anchored the hosts' six-wicket victory with an unbeaten 40, Robinson completing a fine match by scoring 31.

Under an hour was lost at Brighouse, and that left enough time for the hosts to notch a winning draw in a 43 overs-a-side contest against Great Horton.

Overseas player Atik Rehman (51) put on 87 for Brighouse's third wicket with James Stansfield (48), and Robin Hill's 34 ensured the total went beyond 200.

Mohammed Sharafat and Imran Sabir both took five wickets for the visitors, but they had contrasting figures, Sharafat taking his victims for 26 off 12 overs, while Sabir's nap hand cost 103 off 20.1 overs.

Not many batsmen failed in Great Horton's reply of 185 for five, Gulbar Ahmed (54no) and Zubhair Ashraf (33) being just two of those who came off.

Manningham Mills almost forced a win at home to Bowling Old Lane, the visitors being 114 for nine when stumps were drawn in a rain-affected one-point draw.

Amjid Hussain (58) and opener Shezad Aslam (30) added 80 for Mills' second wicket in their 185 for nine, which was boosted by Yasir Ali's 31.

Mohammed Hanif (4-51) and Amjid Khan (3-74) did their best to put the brakes on, but Old Lane would surely have lost were it not for opener Khan's swift 60.

He hit five fours and four sixes and reached his half-century in just 51 balls.

Nadeem Hanif made up for his duck by taking five for 52 for Mills.

James Soulsby at least had the satisfaction of scoring a half-century in Esholt's rain-hit contest at Hartshead Moor, while the elements were responsible for Windhill taking their first point of the season at home to Lightcliffe.

Yeadon didn't get much further at home to Salts, just 23 overs being bowled there compared to 14 at Windhill.