The Telegraph & Argus: Sports News from across the Bradford district

Victorious Bankfoot facing anxious cup wait

4:50pm Monday 17th June 2013

Bankfoot will find out tomorrow night whether they can start preparing for the JCT600 Bradford League Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup semi-finals after a rules oversight left their place in doubt.

Ahmed a big hit with late Woodlands run spree

6:08pm Sunday 16th June 2013

Six-hitting Sarfraz Ahmed came to Woodlands’ rescue as the defending Bradford League champions maintained their 24-point lead at the top of Division One after beating close rivals Pudsey St Lawrence by 87 runs.

When Bollywood meets the Challenge

8:30pm Friday 14th June 2013

Former Indian and Pakistan international cricketers will be helping to celebrate both a centenary and a new birth next Thursday.

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Bankfoot have a sporting chance

7:41pm Friday 14th June 2013

Bankfoot may have flirted with defeat in the last round of the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup.

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Leaders Woodlands will need to be at their resilient best

5:00pm Thursday 13th June 2013

Woodlands ability to win a third successive JCT600 Bradford League Division One title, and a seventh in nine seasons, is about to be put to the test.

Lamb inspires Pudsey Congs

5:53pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

Holders Pudsey Congs are safely through to the quarter-finals of the JCT600 Bradford League’s Twenty20 competition.

Former East Bierley seamer Claydon joins Kent on loan

7:10pm Tuesday 11th June 2013

Former East Bierley seamer Mitch Claydon has joined Kent on loan from Durham.

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Bradford League duo kept apart in Heavy Woollen semi-finals

5:50pm Monday 10th June 2013

Hanging Heaton have been compensated for their inconsistent league form by reaching the semi-finals of the Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup.

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Morley keep their nerve as Farsley implode

5:30pm Monday 10th June 2013

Nawaz Sardar hit an unbeaten 74 as Undercliffe knocked the 2011 winners Bradford & Bingley out of the JCT600 Bradford League's Dyson Energy Services Twenty20 Cup.

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Gould's new target is 15,000 league runs

4:40pm Monday 10th June 2013

With one coveted record to his name, free-scoring JCT600 Bradford League batsman Richard Gould has another landmark in his sights as he looks for more achievements in his cricket career.

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Spen Victoria take advantage as Farsley and New Farnley lose

4:00pm Monday 10th June 2013

Farsley’s nine-match winning streak in Division Two of the JCT600 Bradford League was brought to an end as Undercliffe recorded a 53-run win at Red Lane.

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Gould sets league batting record with 218

5:00pm Sunday 9th June 2013

Richard Gould wrote himself into the JCT600 Bradford League history books with an innings of 218 for Gomersal in a Division Two match against Great Horton yesterday.

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Pudsey St Lawrence in good shape before the ultimate test

4:30pm Sunday 9th June 2013

With four wins and a tie under their belts in the last five JCT600 Bradford League matches, skipper Mark Robertshaw believes Pudsey St Lawrence are in a strong position to be serious challengers to First Division leaders Woodlands.

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Patel is looking forward to pitting his wits against Congs pals

7:00pm Thursday 6th June 2013

Adam Patel is looking forward to facing his old club and taking on two men who have had a big influence on his career.

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Robinson wants to see the real Keighley

1:00pm Thursday 6th June 2013

Keighley skipper Richard Robinson wants his players to show their true ability in Saturday’s crunch clash at home to Idle.

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Wardlaw gets Scotland call to face Australia A

1:20pm Wednesday 5th June 2013

Iain Wardlaw has received further recognition by Scotland after being called into their squad to face a strong Australia A squad in their four-day match starting in Edinburgh on Friday.

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Hanging Heaton suffer another batting collapse

5:00pm Monday 3rd June 2013

Hanging Heaton saw their run in this season’s ECB National Cup come to an abrupt end as they suffered a disappointing 63-run defeat by Doncaster Town at Bennett Lane.

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Stunning Sarfraz inspires Woodlands

4:40pm Monday 3rd June 2013

Sarfraz Ahmed produced a stunning spell of bowling as Woodlands ended Whitley Hall’s hopes of winning the Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions' Trophy for a third successive year yesterday.

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Brighouse hold their nerve to record shock win

4:20pm Monday 3rd June 2013

Brighouse produced the day’s shock result in Division Two of the JCT600 Bradford League when they defeated second-placed New Farnley by eight runs.

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Combination of umpiring errors and their own mistakes does for Cleckheaton

4:20pm Sunday 2nd June 2013

Skipper John Wood was highly critical of some umpiring decisions and his own team’s batting as Cleckheaton missed the chance of keeping the pressure on JCT600 Bradford League leaders Woodlands by losing at home to Lightcliffe.

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Brice is right as Woodlands edge 25 points clear

3:22pm Sunday 2nd June 2013

Chris Brice produced a fine all-round performance as defending JCT600 Bradford League champions Wood-lands extended their lead in Division One on the day bottom club Saltaire gained a surprise win at Hanging Heaton.

Lee absence is 'big blow' for Cleckheaton

9:00am Friday 31st May 2013

Cleckheaton will be without key player James Lee as they seek to continue their imp-ressive start to the JCT600 Bradford League Division One campaign at home to Lightcliffe tomorrow.

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Woodlands on top in summit clash with Manningham

10:49pm Monday 27th May 2013

Champions Woodlands strengthened their position at the top of JCT600 Bradford League Division One after beating Manningham Mills by four wickets in a low-scoring game today.

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Brice and Soames spin it Woodlands' way

6:56pm Sunday 26th May 2013

It’s far too early to forecast who will win the Bradford League First Division championship but reigning champions Woodlands are in no mood to relinquish the title if their ruthless 66-run win at understrength East Bierley is anything to go by.

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Windhill batsman hits 214 to make Bradford League history

6:00pm Sunday 26th May 2013

Overseas batsman Fakhar Hussain equalled the Bradford League’s highest score of 214 as he helped Windhill to a 115-run win at bottom club Great Horton in the Second Division.

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Former Bradford League player Rauf withdrawn

10:05pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Former Bradford League player Asad Rauf has been withdrawn from next month’s Champions Trophy by the International Cricket Council following media reports that he was under investigation by Mumbai Police.

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Bankfoot want former players to help celebrate landmark

4:40pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

JCT600 Bradford League founder members Bankfoot are celebrating their 150th anniversary this year and are wanting to hear from past players.

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Poor East Bierley batting ends cup defence

5:10pm Monday 20th May 2013

Careless batting saw holders East Bierley crash out of the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup in the second round as they lost by five wickets to Pudsey St Lawrence.

Six of the best puts Farsley back on top

8:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Farsley extended JCT600 Bradford League Division Two’s only 100 per cent record to six matches as they regained top spot from newcomers New Farnley, who lost for the first time.

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Manningham Mills knocked off top spot as Cleckheaton triumph

7:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Manningham Mills’ stay at the top of JCT600 Bradford League Division One proved to be a brief one.

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We're not looking past Pudsey St Lawrence - East Bierley ace Rennison

6:40pm Friday 17th May 2013

The words East Bierley and cup kings seem to go together.

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Big task does not worry Wardlaw

5:30pm Thursday 16th May 2013

It will be a tall order for Yorkshire fast bowler Iain Wardlaw when he faces Pakistan in a Scotland shirt this weekend - quite literally.

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Keighley ready to go back to basics

4:30pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Fielding is often the most overlooked part of the three disciplines of the game – but it is the one that Keighley skipper Richard Robinson feels is letting his team down the most.

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Mills on top after piling up hefty total

6:30pm Sunday 12th May 2013

Manningham Mills are the new Bradford League leaders after gaining maximum Division One points as they beat Baildon by 88 runs at Scotchman Road.

By the left! East Bierley double change does trick

5:21pm Sunday 12th May 2013

Overseas pace bowler Waqas Maqsood continued his great start to his first season in England with a match-winning seven-wicket haul after skipper Kez Ahmed’s double bowling change inspired East Bierley to a 22-run Bradford League home win over Lightcliffe.

Saltaire pinning hopes on Shehzad

6:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

Saltaire reckon that they are the cricketing equivalent of Crewe Football Club.

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Metcalfe is chief executive officer of British Weight Lifting

4:40pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

Former Yorkshire cricketer Ashley Metcalfe is the new chief executive officer of British Weight Lifting.

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Bradford & Bingley are ruthless in Priestley Cup

8:30pm Monday 6th May 2013

Bradford & Bingley showed no mercy for a weakened Saltaire side as they went on a run spree in the first round Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup tie at Roberts Park yesterday.

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Pudsey Congs clear at top after seeing off Cleckheaton

9:00pm Sunday 5th May 2013

Pudsey Congs are the only unbeaten side in JCT600 Bradford League Division One after their 40-run win at Cleckheaton, while Pudsey St Lawrence, Hanging Heaton and Woodlands lost their first matches of the season.

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Woodlands thwarted by bogey side Baildon again

8:00pm Sunday 5th May 2013

Stand-in captain Simon Webb couldn’t stop smiling after leading newly-promoted Baildon to a 69-run win over defending champions Woodlands in JCT 600 Bradford League Division One – and no wonder.

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Pudsey Congs putting faith in youth

8:00am Friday 3rd May 2013

Pudsey Congs’ decision to invest in young local talent rather than an overseas player has paid early dividends.

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