Harden Cricket Club have clinched the Bradford Central League championship -- after a superb seson.

The club got to the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Champion-of-Champions competition at the start of the season, and this Sunday will play Steeton in the Keighley Cup final.

Paul Spencer scored 57 as Harden beat Northowram-Fields last weekend to make certain of retaining the title. With two games to go they are now a massive 26 points ahead of second placed Laisterdyke.

Crossflatts escaped relegation from the first division after scoring a massive 324 - 3 against Oxenhope. Opener David Spragg scored 84, but the top performance of the day went to 19-year-old Omar Khatab smashed 157. Khatab joined 'Flatts from Riddlesden at the start of the season, and the opening partnership of 233 is thought to be a league record.

While the Crossflatts victory save them from relegation it condemned Oxenhope to the drop and they will be playing second division cricket next year. John Hargreaves scored 83 for Oxenhope as they salvaged a point from the match.

Oxenhope 2nds took revenge when they set Crossflatts 2nds a target of 275-5 with Holbrook 76, Ian Jowett 59 and Ian Dyson 64. 'Flatts only had 9 men and were bowled out for 50.

Harden's second team beat Northowram by seven wickets with Brian Freimanis (56) leading the way.

Cullingworth stretched their lead at the top of the second division to 12 points over Bingley Congs.

Denholme beat Low Moor by 37 runs with D Wear top scoring on 47. Their second team scraped home one run after being dismissed for 99. Swidrak hit back with six wickets as Low Moor were dismissed for 98.

Andy Parker scored 56 for Ingrow, but saw the lower order batsmen collapse to 81 all out as Eldwick and Gilstead clinched an eight wicket win. Ingrow 2nd XI suffered a 10-wicket defeat.

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