Delight for Uppermill in close encounter

UPPERMILL squeezed home by five runs against Delph in an Oldham Cricket Development Group under-11s Indoor League thriller.

Delph took first knock in the group ‘B’ clash at the Millennium Centre and, thanks to a brilliant opening stand of 32 between Daniel Jones and Lewis Cornforth, they posted 251 for seven from their nine overs. Uppermill captain Jake Manton claimed three wickets.

Delph knew wickets would hold the key and, when Bradley Cruse made the breakthrough in the second over, they seemed set for victory.

But some solid batting from Alex Sheard (21) and Harry Lord (16) saw Uppermill win by a nose.

Saddleworth maintained their impressive start to the season with an emphatic 63-run defeat of Heyside.

The entire Well-i-Hole team contributed to their total of 286.

James Howard and William Wilson led the way with 18 apiece, while Bradley Flint took the only wicket to fall.

Heyside’s reply never really got going as they struggled to 223. Callum Hendrick made nine.

Tom Jowle was the chief destroyer, taking three of the 10 wickets.

Royton continue to pile up the runs in group ‘A’.

It was Moorside’s turn to feel the force of Royton’s batsmen, who accumulated a mammoth 312 for three.

Jack Snape smashed 22 from just seven balls, and he was supported by Aaron Tesz and William Sandiford-Mitchell, who both struck 17.

Moorside recorded a respectable 251 for five in reply, with Matthew Jones making 13.

Tesz followed up his effort with the bat by claiming two wickets for six runs.


Oldham District squads

PLAYERS selected for the Oldham District cricket squads for the 2009 season are —

UNDER-11S: Emily Ball (Woodhouses CC), Lewis Barlow, Jake Manton (Uppermill CC), Patrick Casey, Adam Gray, William Sandiford-Mitchell, Aaron Tesz (Royton CC), Bradley Cruse, Daniel Jones, Nathan Jones (Delph CC), James Howard, Tom Jowle, William Wilson (Saddleworth CC), Lewis Milne (Greenfield CC), Jamie Symonds and Thomas Jones (Glodwick CC)

UNDER-13S: Aaron Lees, Alex Milovanovic, Bradley Cunningham (Delph CC), Ben Corbett, Ellis Helire, Farakh Shaghir (Saddleworth CC), Brandon Preston, Daniel Ball (Woodhouses CC), Daniel Stanley, Dylan O’Grady (Royton CC), Phillip Kenyon (Oldham CC), Tom Bury (Austerlands CC), Greg Burgess (Broadbottom CC) and Liam Parfitt (Greenfield CC). Res:- Oliver Higgins (Greenfield CC)

UNDER-15S: Ross Zelem, Ryan Sloan, Nicholas Doyle, Matthew Kenderdine (Woodhouses CC), Connor Hey, Joseph Lovell (Royton CC), Bradley Hadfield, Sam Rhodes (Saddleworth CC), Thomas Rowlands (Shaw CC), Robert Shaw, Zain Tehir (Werneth CC), Thomas Hindley (Glodwick CC), Luke Du Feu (Austerlands CC), Matthew Foden (Middleton CC).