Sovereigns to face Wrenthorpe

3:36pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

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The JCT600 Sovereigns, under the player management of Babar Butt, have named a 13-man squad for their defence of the Cleckheaton Floodlit Twenty20 Competition next week.

The holders, who will face Wrenthorpe Warriors in the opening match next Tuesday, will again be led by Pudsey St Lawrence’s James Smith.

Cleckheaton Crusaders will play Huddersfield Drakes in the other semi-final the following night.

Accompanying Smith in the Bradford League side are Woodlands’ opening bowlers Safraz Ahmed and Pieter Swanepoel, Baildon skipper Ian Philliskirk, Pudsey St Lawrence all-rounder Gareth Clough and Esholt’s in-form Gulsheraz Ahmed.

At stake is the Thompson Davis & Co Ltd Cup, with the final scheduled for a week on Thursday.

The senior matches are due to start at 8.00 each night, with a junior match each night at 6.00, where the West Riding Motor Group Trophy is up for grabs.

JCT600 Sovereigns (with squad numbers): 1 Gulsheraz Ahmed (Esholt), 2 Mushtaq Ahmed (Baildon), 3 Ahsan Butt (Bialdon), 4 Gareth Clough (Pudsey St Lawrence), 5 Chris Thompson (Bradford & Bingley), 6 Glenn Roberts (Pudsey Congs), 7 James Smith (Pudsey St Lawrence, captain), 8 Phil Slater (Bradford & Bingley), 9 Ian Philliskirk (Baildon), 10 Andrew Bairstow (Pudsey Congs, wicket-keeper), 11 Safraz Ahmed (Woodlands), 12 Pieter Swanepoel (Woodlands), 13 Babar Butt (Pudsey Congs, player-manager).

Cleckheaton Crusaders: Michael Nicholson, Louis Aspeling, Neil Nicholson, Mohammad Zaman, Craig Thornton, Ian Wood, John Wood, Ian Nicholson, Tom Pringle, Ian Wardlaw, Craig Wiseman. Reserves: Edward Walmsley, Marcus Walmsley.

Huddersfield Drakes: Simon Kelly, Max Joice, Steve Whitwam, Tim Welford, Matthew Cox, Harlon Haye, Denis Lonergan, Lesroy Weekes, Ryan Robinson, Kamran Mirza, Martin Green, Kyle Hogg, Steve Crook.

Wrenthorpe Warriors: Kev Watson, Gary Fellows, John Storey, John Inglis, Dave Paynter, Barry McCormick, John Kirby, Dinusha Fernando, Neil Gill, John Fisher, Damion Bowles, A N Other.