JCT600 Bradford League new boys New Farnley have reached the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Shield final in their first season with a dramatic last-ball triumph over Woodlands by one wicket.

Now they will play Hanging Heaton in the final at Hartshead Moor on Sunday, August 11.

The Bennett Lane side brushed aside Baildon by 129 runs, just 24 hours after losing to them in the league.

Woodlands really will be believing that lightning strikes twice.

Last season they lost the final to Keighley by one wicket off the last ball, and now they have suffered the same fate in this year's semi-finals.

The New Farnley hero was Jack Irwin (27no), who hit a six in the last over before striking the final ball of the game from Christian Jackson for four to complete a dramatic win for his side.

Irwin, batting with the injured Will Swift, who could barely hobble between the wickets, dominated a last-wicket stand of 28 as New Farnley snatched victory.

Defeat was hard on Woodlands' 16-year-old bowler Elliot Richardson.

He ripped the heart out of the New Farnley middle-order with a spell of 5-31 as the home side slipped from 83-1 to 104-7 in reply to Woodlands' 159. One of his victims was top-scorer Richard Bedford (36).

But when Woodlands reflect on a game that was superbly controlled by umpires Alan Carter and Andrew Bullock, they will rue the fact they were bowled out in 46 overs.

The four overs they failed to use up were to prove crucial to the outcome of the game. Cieran Garner (37) and Nicky Ward (32) were their top-scorers.

There's just no stopping Hanging Heaton's evergreen seamer Pete Byrne. He took a match-winning 6-14 and was backed up by skipper Mark Inwood (3-13) as his side bowled out Baildon for 88 to secure a 129-run win.

Hanging Heaton, who last won the trophy in 2009, made 217-9, with Wasim Nasir (54) and Nabeel Hafeez (39) leading the way, despite the efforts of Mamoon Rashid (3-33).

With their first team through to both the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup and Heavy Woollen Cup finals, these are exciting times for Hanging Heaton followers, just as they are for New Farnley, whose first team play Hanging Heaton in the Heavy Woollen Cup final on August 4.