Saturday 9th August - First XI win against New Brighton

First XI

Sefton Park 230 for 6 dec. (52.4 overs)

P Horton 70, C Bellis 43, H Zubair 41, J Rogers 30

New Brighton 131 all out (36.4 overs)

H Zubair 4 for 46, D Singhvi 3 for 11, A Jagan 2 for 24

Sefton Park won by 99 runs

Second XI

Newton le Willows 154 all out (48.4 overs)

M Kelly 6 for 66, D Kelly 4 for 34

Sefton Park 161 for 7 )32 overs)

D Kelly 59 not out, S Parkinson 42,

Sefton Park won by 3 wickets

Third XI

Sefton Park 256 for 2 dec. (42 overs)

J Daniels 80, N Lester 25, B Lester 68 not out, S Rustum 64 not out

Northern 134 for 8

R Brady 4 for 11

Match drawn

This week's visitors to Sefton Park for the First XI game were New Brighton.

Sefton won the toss and elected to bat.

They started with a good opening stand between Jeremy Rogers and Chris Bellis which put on 55. Jeremy was out for 30 and Chris was out for 43 with the score on 151 for 3. Skipper Paul Horton, then shared a stand 66 with Huzaifa Zubair (41) and went on to make 70 before declaring on 230 for 6 in 52.4 overs.

Sefton's all seam attack then set about keeping up their recent outstanding form. With a best stand of 28 for the second wicket, New Brighton were dismissed for 131 in the 37th over.

Huzaifa Zubair finished one short of his fifty for the season taking 4 for 46, Daksh Singhvi took 3 for 11 and Abhishek Jagan 2 for 24.

The Firsts remain in fourth position in in the league and face a tough visit to Liverpool next week.

Chris Bellis scored 43 for the first XI in their win over New Brighton

Paul Horton scored 70

A six from Huzaifa Zubai in his score of 41

A catch for Scott Aitchison off the bowling of Huzaifa Zubair

The Second XI travelled to Newton le Willows hoping to maintain top spot in the table.

Newton le Willows won the toss and decided to bat.

The Sefton bowlers, particularly the Kelly brothers, soon had them in trouble and reduced them to 84 for 8, One player, Marc de Brabander, who scored 81 not out, helped them to recover to 138 for 9 and then 154 all out in 48.4 overs.

Michael Kelly finished with 6 for 66 and Dave Kelly 4 for 34.

In reply, Sefton's batters stuttered along and were 85 for 6 when Dave Kelly joined Sam Parkinson in the middle. They put on 69 together with Sam scoring 42 and Dave Kelly 59 not out in 40 balls to enable Sefton to gain a three wicket victory.

The Seconds remain top of the league, 8 points ahead but having played a game more than second place Wallasey.

The Third XI welcomed Northern's Fourths to Sefton Park.

Sefton batted first with James Daniels scoring 80 and Neil Lester scoring 25. Then we had a glimpse of Sefton's future as Ben Lester (68 not out) and Sarhad Rustum (64 not out) put on and undefeated stand together.

In reply, Ronan Brady completed his 300 wickets for Sefton, taking 4 for 11. However, Northern had just ten men and their last two did an old fashioned blocking out of the last 20 overs to gain a draw, finishing on 134 for 8.

James Daniels scored 80 in the Thirds draw with Northern's Fourths

Ben Lester scored 68 not out

A six from Sarhad Rustum

There was no game for the Fourth XI