Silsden claimed anarrow victory against Steeton in their early-season local derby.

Put into bat Silsden were in trouble at 10-4, but a 64-run stand by Matt Walker and David jackson helped Silsden recover to 124 allout.

Neil Spragg made 56 in reply but Steeton fell 10 runs short thanks to Daniel Senior who took 4-33 from 20 overs on his debut. Andy Pullen chipped in with 3-28 and there was also some excellent fielding from Waggett and Robinson to make runs hard to find for the Steeton side.

n Steeton 2nds pulled off a nine-wicket win over Bardsey with Dave Cook picking up four wickets for just four runs off 6.2 overs.

Harwick, Atkinson and Thomas picked up two wickets each as the visitors were dismissed for 78.

Steeton opener Patankar scored 46 before being bowled as he went for a big finish just four runs short of victory.

Silsden v Steeton

Silsden

A Waggett b Dalby 4

N Robinson c Robinson b Best 0

L Billbrough run out 2

C Thornton c & b Best 0

M Walker lbw Dalby 31

D Jackson c Howarth b Emmott 39

H Sugden lbw Best 20

A Pullan run out 15

A Robinson c Howarth b Best 0

D Senior not out 5

C Walker lbw Dalby 0

Extras 8 Total 124

Bowling: A Dalby 10.5-4-30-3, J Best 13-0-41-4, A Gledhill 10-3-30-0, A Emmott 10-4-21-1.

Steeton

A Howarth c Bilbrough b walker 9

I Spragg c Bilbrough b Walker 2

J Akrigg c Bilbrough b Senior 10

N Spragg c Robinson b Pullen 56

G Boulton c Bilbrough b Pullen 5

J Best c Waggett b Waler 16

O Robinson b Senior 0

A Dalby not out 6

A Gledhill lbw Pullen 3

A Emmott c Robinson b Senior 0

N Wilson b Senior 0

Extras 7 Total 114

Bowling: D Senior 19.4-6-33-4, C Walker 12-2-37-2, A Pullan 9-3-28-3, A Robinson 2-0-14-0.