OXENHOPE are still to host Northowram Hedge Top in two crucial contests in the battle for the second promotion spot from Foster's Halifax League Division One.

The first is this Saturday – and both will go into it in good heart after comfortable wins on the back of big totals – and the second is on Saturday, August 29.

Northowram have an eight-point lead over their rivals after continuing their run spree at home to Bradshaw, piling up 360-4.

Skipper Chris Conroy led the way with a 76-ball century, eventually falling for 122, while Adam Stocks made 73, Bradshaw replying with 221.

Oxenhope made 328-9, with Liam Dyson (90no) showing the way for Tom Tetley (52), Darren Hopkinson (44), Josh Tetley (35) and Lewis Hopkinson (32).

It looked all over when Bridgeholme slumped to 41-5 but James Hudson (87) and Bobby Fielden (79) launched a counter-attack which fell 58 runs short.

Low Moor HT moved out of the bottom two with an eight-wicket win at fellow strugglers Luddenden Foot.

Foot made 232-8 but Graham Scarborough (122no) and Mark Stokes (74no) added 160 in an unbroken stand to clinch success for Moor.

Great Horton Park Chapel have surged into a 16-point lead at the top of Division Two after crushing bottom side Greetland in a contest lasting only 20 overs.

Matthew Jordan recorded the sensational figures of 8-11, Hussain Syed taking 2-18 at the other end helping to ensure the visitors from West Vale were dismissed for 33 in a nine-wicket defeat.

Chapel's good afternoon was made complete when second-placed Old Crossleyans managed only full bonus points in a surprise nine-run defeat at Denholme Clough.

Tanweer Aslam (71), Mohammed Zhabair Yousaf (41) and Asif Mohammed (39) helped Clough to 230, Adil Hanif taking 7-45 as Crocs replied with 221.

Outlane are only two points behind Old Crossleyans after Anwar Shaukatt took 6-26 to dismiss Cullingworth for 169, opener Steve Welch top-scoring with 38, in reply to Outlane's 196, Chris Welch taking 5-77 and Dave Robinson 3-19.

Clayton went above Cullingworth following a five-wicket win at home to Old Town.

Town were 18-3 before Sajid Mahmood (72no) and Mohammed Jamil (54no) lifted the total to 186-4 but Clayton batted solidly to win with a couple of overs to spare.

Upper Hopton's attack were the latest to suffer at the hands of Shelf's hard-hitting Leigh Butterfield.

He scored 64 out of 252, which proved just out of Hopton's reach, who made 237-9.

Jer Lane, leaders by 13 points, overcame a tricky hurdle in their bid for a third successive Premier Division title with a three-wicket win at SBCI, who made 255-6.

Wayne Cotton led the reply with 116 and his 170-run third-wicket stand with Raqeeb Younas (72) proved decisive, while league representative players Josh Hutchinson and Christian Silkstone were the stars in Thornton's 23-run win at Triangle.

Hutchinson hit 82 and followed up with 5-66 for Thornton, while Silkstone took 5-44 and then added 68 for Triangle but the 66s scored by Nikki Hutchinson and Mick Shanks helped give the visitors the edge in a 545-run contest.