A BELOW-strength Grappenhall managed to salvage a draw at home to Brooklands in the RSK Cheshire County League.
Winning the toss, they elected to field first and saw the visitors hit a challenging 245-8 in 50 overs. Ian Hall took 3-51 and Ross Arrowsmith 2-53.
Grappers never looked like losing, but they were unable to achieve the necessary run-rate, despite Grant Hodnett’s 65, a useful 38 not out from Richard Green and 39 from Hall.
When the overs ran out they were 193-5.
Grappenhall 2nd had to concede their game at Brooklands.
Warrington went down by four wickets at home to Marple, after losing the toss and being put in by the visitors.
Runs proved hard to get and with only one of the top five batsmen reaching double figures and at 51-6, a triple figure score looked unlikely. But Rohan Luthra hit 25 and James Rudd 21 to improve the situation and Warrington eventually reached 118 in 49.3 overs.
Marple also struggled with Rudd and Jonathan Fletcher picking up two wickets each, but the visitors’ number three batsman got set and hit a match winning 66 not out, including seven fours and two sixes. Marple eventually reached their target with six wickets down in the 40th over.
In the UKFast Cheshire League, Lymm Oughtrington Park took a mauling at Maritime where the Wirral side batted first and amassed 308-7 in 40 overs.
Skipper Travis Scholes took 4-65 but the batsmen motored along to set a target the visitors could not hope to match.
Jake Hughes top-scored with 36 for Lymm but the side were all out for 124 in the 36th over.
Lymm 2nd also lost, at home to Irby.
The visitors batted first and hit 197-7 with Vinayak Shinde the pick of the Lymm bowlers with 4-38. Lymm were bowled out for 100 despite skipper Steve Knowles’ battling 36.
Appleton lost by four wickets at home to Knutsford.
Batting first, they got off to a good start through openers Martin Cooper, 45 and Ian Richards, 80 but after that the batting fell away and they finished on 211-9.
Knutsford lost six wickets reaching their target in 37 overs. Andrew Jackson and Jonathan Ball took two wickets each for Appleton.
Women’s cricket
In the Cheshire Women’s League Appleton scored a convincing nine wicket victory over Leigh.
Olivia Horsfield’s spin bowling was a major factor – she took 6-10, including a hat-trick, as Leigh were dismissed for 41. Annie Rashid took 3-3.
Georgian Heath hit 35 not out as Appleton raced to 42-1
