Saturday 13th June - First XI home draw with Colwyn Bay

Bob Paisley
21 hours ago
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Updated: 6 hours ago

First XI

Colwyn Bay 217 for 8 dec. (55 overs)

H Zubair 2 for 35, T Spilsbury 4 for 65, C Melia 2 for 33

Sefton Park 201 for 6 (46 overs)

J Rogers 26, P Horton 52, S Rustum 25T Spilsbury 23 not out, D Singvi 20 not out

Match drawn

Second XI

Sefton Park 215 for 5 dec.(45 overs)

C Bellis 105 not out, T Rushton 42, L Connolly 32

Colwyn Bay 165 all out (40.2 overs)

R Brady 3 for 38, A Aitchison 2 for 27, C Bellis 2 for 8

Sefton Park won by 50 runs

Third XI

Ormskirk 100 all out (40.2 overs)

M Boyns 2 for 29, J Orme 4 for 24, D Cuthbert 3 for 6

Sefton Park 104 for 3 (27.5 overs)

J Whittaker 26, T Wilkinson 34, J Sawbridge 21 not out

Sefton Park won by 7 wickets

Fourth XI

Maghull 148 all out

J Bowman 4 for 35, A O'Hara 3 for42

Sefton Park 105 all out (38 overs)

M Heaney 19, V Sivasubramanium 19

Maghull won by 43 runs

The First XI welcomed Colwyn Bay to Sefton Park.

The visitors won the toss and decided to bat first.

They put on 42 for the first wicket and built up the innings steadily. A stand of 55 for the seventh wicket was their best and enabled them to declare on to 217 for 8 in 55 overs.

Huzaifa Zubair took 2 for 35, Tom Spilsbury 4 for 65 and Connor Melia 2 for 33.

In reply, Jeremy Rogers (25) and Raj Bhardwaj (17) put on 42 for the second wicket before Sarhad Rustum (25) and Paul Horton put on 64 for the fourth wicket.

Paul was eventually out for 52 with the score on 164 for 6. Sefton, then, had only five overs to reach the 218 required for victory. Tom Spilsbury came in and hit 23 not out in 22 balls, Daksh Singhvi 20 in 15 balls but eventually, they finished on 201 for 6 in 46 overs.

Sefton move up to third in the table, 12 points behind leaders Southport and Birkdale who they play next week

(above and below) Two catches by Adam Taylor of the bowling of Tom Spilsbury

(above) A catch by Sarhad Rustum in front of the rose garden.

(above) Haroon Khan scored 11

(above) Jeremy Rogers scored 25

Raj Bhardwaj scored 17

The Second XI also played Colwyn Bay but had to make the journey to Wales.

Sefton won the toss and decided to bat first. The highlight of their innings was an undefeated century by opener and Welshman Chris Bellis (105 not out). He was assisted in an opening stand of 72 by Luke Connolly (32) and a third wicket stand of 88 with skipper Tom Rushton (42).

The visitors were able to declare on 213 for 5 in 45 overs.

Colwyn Bay's reply featured a stand of 41 for the second wicket and 45 for the seventh but they were eventually dismissed for 165 in the 41st over. Ronan Brady took 3 for 38, Andy Aitchison 2 for 27 and Chris Bellis 2 for 8 in 8 balls,

Sefton move up to sixth in the table

The Third XI played Ormskirk's Thirds on the Lower Ground.

The visitors won the toss and decided to bat first.

Wickets fell fairly quickly and their best stands were 22 for the seventh and tenth wickets.

Mark Boyns finished with 2 for 29, James Orme 4 for 24 and Daniel Cuthbert 3 for 6 in 6 overs..

In reply, James Whittaker (26) and Tom Wilkinson put on 45 for the second wicket as Jack Sawbridge (21 not out) and Tom Wilkinson (34 not out) saw them home with a seven wicket victory.