AIREDALE Under-15's won the Hargreaves Cup when they sprung a surprise victory over Steeton.

The South Craven side were unbeaten in the league and had twice beaten Airedale. Steeton strike bowler Harwick captured two early wickets but good shot selection from Chris Gill, Chris Morton and Suleman Aslam helped them to a total of 121. Anna Spragg was particularly able as wicket keeper and was a contender for the player of the match award.

Although they had set a reasonable target they knew they had to keep the opening Steeton batters short of runs A Sewell was caught behind by the impressive O Cottenham and the run out of Patankar by Airedale skipper, all-rounder Mozzam Khan, gave his team hope. Hardwick and AlexGledhill were caught at point by player of the match Chris Morton as they secured victory.

HARGREAVES CUP

(Under-15 final)

Airedale 121

Steeton 63

Airedale: B Heap b Hardwick 0, M Khan b Hardwick 15, C Gill b Gledhill 15, C Morton c Spragg b Andrews 24, O Cottenham lbw Gledhill 1, S Aslam b Hardwick 28, K Mahmood c Gledhill b Richton 1, S Ahmed b Patankar 0, T Dransfield b Patankar1, D Heap b Hardwick 0, A Cottenham not out 0, extras 36. Total 121.

Bowling: Hardwick 6.3-0-11-4, Andrews 7-0-30-1, Gledhill 7-0-18-2, Rishton 7-0-17-1, Patankar 7-0-22-2.

Steeton: A Gledhill c Morton b Ahmed 16, A Sewall c Cottenham b Khan 0, J Andrews c Aslam b Heap 16, A Patankar run out 0, P Hardwick b Ahmed 2, G Rishton c Morton b Gill 2, A Spragg b Morton 10, D Hedges run out 3, J Proctor c Morton b Gill 4, M Dobson lbw Khan 1, M Harrison not out 0, extras 9. Total 63.

Bowling: M Khan 7-0-21-2, B Heap 4-0-9-1, S Aslam 4-0-10-0, S Ahmed 6-0-11-2, C Gill 5-0-11-2, C Morton 1-0-0-1.

League Results

Under 15s - Upper Wharfedale 122-3 (B Threlfall 32 ret, E Roberts 31 ret), Thornton in Craven 79-10 (A Giled 30 ret, A Bowler 20, W Robert 2-3, A Foulds 2-9); Earby 91-6, Skipton 91-6.

Under 17s - Airedale 51-10 (B Heap 10, S Clough 4-14, C Batch 3-10), Ingrow St Johns 52-0 (A Ali 25no, W Mahomet 20no); Bradley 86-9 (E Scarr 35, T Cannaway 5-13, C Smith 2-11), Settle 79-6 (T Cannaway 37, C Simpson 2-11, C Baxter 2-27); Silsden 133-4 (C Meehan 42, C Walker 38, T Hodgson 20no, S Tate 2-34), Skipton 70-7 (K Owens 35, T Hodgson 2-8, M Shuttleworth 2-19); Steeton 136-7 (A Sewell 43, G Rishton 48, S Keane 4-23), Embsay 45-7 (S Keane 23, J Midgley 20no, G Rishton 4-16); Oakworth 117-5 (L Morretti 35, J Duffey 23, C Mooney 22, D Driver 2-23), Crossroads 80-7 (M Bottomley 31no, A Otulakowski 24, A Stell 4-9); Riddlesden 83-5 (I Haider 31no, S Bailey 2-20, G Atkinson 2-21), Long Lee 84-6 (S Bailey 27, J Wilkinson 31, J Andrews 3-20, M Bailey 2-27).

Under 17s - Skipton 130-3 (K Owens 52 ret, C Foster 43), Bradley 77-8 (C Simpson 25, C Parker 2-4, C Wordsworth 2-6.