T20 win glee for Glodwick

SIMON WRIGHT . . . 42 for Crompton

GLODWICK had little trouble in maintaining their 100-per-cent record in the Pennine Cricket League's Tom Hardman Twenty20 Cup.

Buoyed by a 21-run defeat of Crompton in the opening round of matches in Group 'B', the Warren Lane outfit followed up by sweeping aside Hollinwood.

Needing only 67, Glodwick coasted home for the loss of two wickets in exactly nine overs.

Captain Simon Wright struck 42 for Crompton, who reached 118 for against Milnrow, in a match reduced to 15 overs per side because of rain.

The hosts were dismissed for 108 in reply.

In a match reduced to 16 overs per side because of rain, Ashton made exactly 100 for the loss of four at Royton.

The home side, with pro Chirag Khurana hitting 59 off 38 balls, reached their target in 12 overs.

Moorside made it two wins from two in Group 'A' with a nine-wicket defeat of Micklehurst, who were limited to 106 for nine in a 15-over-per-side game.

Josh Lenihan scored an unbeaten 41 as Monton and Weaste also recorded an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Stayley.

The match between Heyside and Norden ended as a tie after both teams had made 144.

Paid man Bilal Khiljee and Max Power scored 65 and 48 respectively for Heyside.

But it was Norden who bagged the points after bettering the eight runs Heyside scored on the fifth ball in the super over.

In Group 'C', Clinton Perren's 60, from 39 balls, helped Littleborough to reach 151 in 18 overs against Shaw, who mustered 67 for three.

Saddleworth bowled out for 112 in reply to Walsden's 166 for six, while 46 from Grant Jones helped Middleton to a 72-run defeat of Werneth.

Two games in Group 'D', at Greenfield and Uppermill, succumbed to rain after both got starts.

Scores -

Group 'A': Heyside 144-4 (B Khiljee 65, M Power 48), Norden 144-5 - Norden won in super over; Stayley 80, Monton and Weaste 83-1 (J Lenihan 41 n.o); Micklehurst 106-5 (A Greenidge 39 n.o), Moorside 109-1 (R Havenga 37 n.o, G Snyman 36).

Group 'B': Hollinwood 66, Glodwick 68-2; Crompton 118-4 (S Wright 42), Milnrow 108; Ashton 100-4 (E Blewitt 40 n.o), Royton 105-2 (C Khurana 59).

Group 'C': Littleborough 151-4 (C Perren 60), Shaw 67-3; Walsden 166-6 (U Karunaratne 44 n.o), Saddleworth 112; Middleton 157-4 (G Jones 46), Werneth 85.

Group 'D': Austerlands 103-5 (S Dulaj 56) v Greenfield - rain stopped play; Rochdale 119-6 (H Cooper 49) v Uppermill - rain stopped play; Oldham 124-4 (M Usnman 44), Friarmere 101-5.

THE third round of group matches takes place on Friday, June 23.