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Newsletter – 31 August 2017

Last Saturday Leaders Wakefield Thornes wrapped up victory in just 46 overs against Hallam in an uncharacteristically low-scoring game at Field Lane, where the seam bowlers dominated. Second-placed Collegiate kept up their challenge, but were made to work all the way by Aston Hall. Matt Cartwright and Nic Smit gave the home side a solid foundation before a late flourish by Aqab Ahmed and Adam Clarke gave the home side a competitive total. Collegiate did not appear to be in any trouble at 148-3, but after Clarke dismissed Billy Root for 37, a flurry of left the visitors requiring 16 when the last man, skipper Matt Dixon, joined Simon Guy at the crease. Collegiate’s two most experienced players then saw their side home to a one- win with three balls to spare. Appleby Frodingham and both gained wins that ensured them of Premier League in 2018. At Brumby Hall, Kieran Lindley and Paul Hilton triggered a Cleethorpes collapse from 120-2 to 160 all out, before an opening stand of 89 between Matt Morland and Harshal Vyas set the home side on their way to a nine-wicket win. At Shaw Lane, visitors Whitley Hall’s 250-7 was probably a little less than they would have hoped for after an opening stand of 119 by Neil Longhurst and Chris Siddall. In Barnsley’s reply, a 148-run third wicket partnership between Harpreet Singh Bhatia and Beck Frostick proved decisive. With both teams in the safety of the top half of the table, there was less at stake at Northfield Lane, but nonetheless, Treeton produced one of their best performances of the season to comfortably beat old rivals Wickersley; Muhammad Waheed again proving the star man with a fine all-round performance. Appleby Frodingham v Cleethorpes Cleethorpes 160 (46.5 overs) Alex Osmond 45, Bill Kirby 43, Paul Hilton 3-5, Kieran Lindley 3-44 Appleby Frodingham 161-1 (40) Harshal Vyas 81*, Matt Morland 49 Appleby Frodingham (12pts) beat Cleethorpes (0pts) by 9 wickets Aston Hall v Sheffield Collegiate Aston Hall 221-7 (50) Nic Smit 66, Matt Cartwright 51, Josh Marsh 34, Azeem Rafiq 3-71 Sheffield Collegiate 222-9 (49.3) Simon Guy 62*, Eliot Callis 48, Billy Root 37, Stephen Ludlam 4-38 Sheffield Collegiate (12pts) beat Aston Hall (4pts) by 1 wicket Barnsley Woolley Miners v Whitley Hall Whitley Hall 250-7 (50) Chris Siddall 78, James Moorhouse 62, Neil Longhurst 56 Harpreet Singh Bhatia 4-81 Barnsley WM 253-7 (49.2) Harpreet Singh Bhatia 81, Beck Frostick 72, Haider Jahangir 37* Barnsley WM (12pts) beat Whitley Hall (2pts) by 3 wickets Wakefield Thornes v Hallam Hallam 65 (23.5) Faisal Irfan 5-20, Mahmood Rasool 4-24 Wakefield Thornes 66-6 (22.1) Craig Moffat 4-29 Wakefield Thornes (12pts) beat Hallam (0pts) by 4 wickets Wickersley Old Village v Treeton Treeton 240-7 (50) Muhammad Waheed 71, Matt Lambert 55, Archie Ogden 45, Chris Cobb 31 Wickersley OV 157 (41.3) Shahj Younis 37, Tom Knight 35, Muhammad Waheed 4-40, Steve Foster 3-32 Treeton (12pts) beat OV (0pts) by 83 runs

League table P W T L C/o Ab Bat/pts Bwl/pts Ded Pts 1 Wakefield Thornes (1) 20 16 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 200 2 Sheffield Collegiate (5) 20 14 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 180 3 Whitley Hall (3) 20 10 1 7 1 1 4 2 0 142 4 Wickersley Old Village (4) 20 10 0 8 1 1 8 0 0 136 5 Treeton (10) 20 9 0 7 2 2 8 2 0 134 6 Barnsley WM (8) 20 9 0 10 0 1 6 6 0 124 7 Hallam (-) 20 8 0 9 2 1 12 2 0 122 8 Appleby Frodingham (2) 20 8 1 9 0 2 6 4 0 122 9 Aston Hall (7) 20 7 0 10 2 1 10 6 0 112 10 Cleethorpes (6) 20 7 0 10 1 2 12 4 0 112 11 (-) 19 5 0 12 1 1 6 4 0 90• 12 Sheffield & Phoenix U (9) * 19 1 0 16 1 1 0 0 0 20

* Sheffield & Phoenix Utd did not complete their league programme • includes 12 points for game against Sheffield & Phoenix Utd, treated as conceded 2017 positions in brackets

This Saturday Wakefield Thornes will be crowned champions for the second successive season if they win their game at Whitley Hall or if Barnsley beat Sheffield Collegiate. Thornes will defend a ten-match winning run at Baxter Field, where the home side have won only two in nine since leading the table at the half-way point. Barnsley’s run of six wins in eight games stands comparison with Collegiate’s eight wins in 11 and they can be expected to give the home side another stern test. Collegiate’s Tom Rowley needs 55 runs to become the first batsman to reach 1,000 runs in the League this season. At the other end of the table, Tickhill must beat a Cleethorpes side who have won only two of their last eight games if they are to keep alive their slim hopes of survival; whilst Aston Hall will be looking for a win at Brumby Hall to ensure their safety. There are no championship or relegation issues at stake in the game at Sandygate, but Hallam and Wickersley will be hoping to get back on track after last week’s reverse and ensure top half finishes. Appleby Frodingham v Aston Hall Umpires: Andrew Thomassen & Stuart Trentham Cleethorpes v Tickhill Jonathan Corcoran & Duncan Jones Hallam v Wickersley Old Village Richard Blakeley & David Robinson Sheffield Collegiate v Barnsley Woolley Miners Ray Knowles & Iain Robb Whitley Hall v Wakefield Thornes Nick Oddy & Dave Sharp Statistics Highest team scores (300 plus) 417-3 (50) Sheffield Collegiate v Sheffield & Phoenix United (22 April) + 320-7 (50) Wakefield Thornes v Wickersley OV (1 July) 314 (48.4) Wickersley Old Village v Sheffield & Phoenix United (3 June) 310-7 (50) Wakefield Thornes v Treeton (15 July) 300-8 (50) Treeton v Tickhill (27 May) Leading averages (qualification - 300 runs; average 40.00) Name Club M I N/o Runs HS Ave 50 100 S/r Harpreet Singh Bhatia Barnsley WM 16 16 4 694 113 57.83 6 1 104.20 Tom Rowley Sheffield Collegiate 19 18 0 945 216 52.50 6 3 89.24 Billy Root Sheffield Collegiate 12 10 3 364 92 52.00 3 0 91.69 David White Tickhill 18 18 2 825 137* 51.56 4 2 80.41 Vusi Sibanda Cleethorpes 17 16 2 668 114 47.71 5 2 93.56 David Toft Wakefield Thornes 18 18 1 783 109 46.06 6 2 78.22 Nic Smit Aston Hall 18 17 4 592 118* 45.54 3 1 72.02 Muhammad Waheed Treeton 18 17 2 662 89 44.13 7 0 81.33 Sam Drury Treeton 18 17 3 593 84 42.36 6 0 104.04 Chris Siddall Whitley Hall 13 13 1 492 101* 41.00 2 1 61.69 Highest individual scores (top ten) 216 Tom Rowley – Sheffield Collegiate v Sheffield & Phoenix United (22 April) + 137* Dave White – Tickhill v Hallam (5 August) 128 Dave Rodgers – Wickersley OV v Sheffield & Phoenix United (3 June) 121 Davie White – Tickhill v Barnsley (13 May) 120 Jordan Lowe – Tickhill v Sheffield Collegiate (3 June) 118* Nic Smit – Aston Hall v Whitley Hall (22 April) 116* Harshal Vyas – Appleby Frodingham v Wickersley OV (22 April) 116 Will Hale – Hallam v Sheffield & Phoenix Utd (1 July) 114 Vusi Sibanda – Cleethorpes v Sheffield & Phoenix United (22 July) 113 Tom Rowley – Sheffield Collegiate v Appleby Frodingham (13 May) 113 Harpreet Singh Bhatia – Barnsley WM v Wickersley OV (12 August) Leading partnerships by wicket 1st 234 Dan Priestley & Tom Rowley – Sheffield Collegiate v Sheffield & Phoenix Utd (22 April) 2nd 175* James Moorhouse & Chris Siddall – Whitley Hall v Sheffield & Phoenix Utd (24 June) 3rd 158 Matt Jordan & David Toft – Wakefield Thornes v Treeton (15 July) 4th 123 Joe Cook & David Toft – Wakefield Thornes v Appleby Frodingham (20 May) 5th 117 Sam Drury & Mohammad Waheed – Treeton v Sheffield & Phoenix Utd (17 June) 6th 108* Matthew Sheppard & Nic Smit – Aston Hall v Whitley Hall (22 April) 7th 83 Ali Jahangir & Beck Frostick – Barnsley WM v Wakefield Thornes (22 July) 8th 74 Jason Booth & Nathan Firn – Barnsley WM v Appleby Frodingham (29 May) 9th 63 Adam Clarke & Josh Coulson – Aston Hall v Wakefield Thornes (24 June) 10th ) 32 Luqman Asad & Matthew Rees – Sheffield & Phoenix Utd v Sheffield Collegiate (8 July) ) 32 Usman Muzaffar & Josh Court – Tickhill v Treeton (12 August) Wicket-keeping dismissals (qualification - 20 dismissals) Name Club Catches Stumpings Total dismissals David Hunt Barnsley WM 22 14 36 Josh Marsh Aston Hall 27 4 31 Liam Mitchell Hallam 22 9 31 Tom Froggett Wakefield Thornes 14 13 27 Alex Grimes Appleby Frodingham 17 7 24 Paul Fenn Treeton 16 7 23

Fielding dismissals (qualification - twelve dismissals) Name Club Catches Run-outs Total Vusi Sibanda Cleethorpes 14 2 16 Will Hale Hallam 14 0 14 Paul Hilton Appleby Frodingham 13 1 14 Kieran Lindley Appleby Frodingham 13 1 14 Harshal Vyas Appleby Frodingham 6 7 13 Steve Morgan Wakefield Thornes 12 0 12 Nic Smit Aston Hall 12 0 12 Leading bowling averages (qualification - 30 wickets; average 20.00) Name Club Ov Md Runs Wkts Best 5wi Econ Strike/R Ave Steve Morgan Wakefield Thornes 177.2 27 633 52 6-16 5 3.57 20.63 12.17 Akila Isanka Wakefield Thornes 186.4 23 763 49 6-60 3 4.09 23.49 15.57 Matt Dixon Sheffield Collegiate 143.0 14 607 37 6-43 3 4.24 23.97 16.41 Umaid Asif Wickersley OV 191.2 21 827 49 7-37 4 4.32 24.65 16.88 Muhammad Waheed Treeton 199.1 27 717 42 6-40 2 3.60 29.26 17.07 Harpreet Singh Bhatia Barnsley WM 171.0 30 482 28 6-22 1 2.82 37.54 17.21 Alex Osmond Cleethorpes 169.3 22 625 36 6-35 2 3.69 29.50 17.36 Rich Wilkinson Whitley Hall 145.5 11 569 32 6-27 1 3.90 27.97 17.78 Aqab Ahmed Aston Hall 202.4 41 790 43 7-42 4 3.90 29.23 18.37 Mahmood Rasool Wakefield Thornes 182.2 29 642 33 5-30 1 3.52 34.55 19.45 Best bowling (qualification - six wickets in an innings) 7-37 Umaid Asif – Wickersley OV v Barnsley WM (27 May) + 7-39 Humphrey Emery – Hallam v Aston Hall (19 August) 7-42 Aqab Ahmed – Aston Hall v Cleethorpes (5 August) 6-14 Josh Coulson – Aston Hall v Treeton (29 July) 6-16 Steve Morgan – Wakefield Thornes v Treeton (15 July) 6-19 Charlie Bourne – Hallam v Sheffield & Phoenix Utd (1 July) 6-22 Harpreet Singh Bhatia – Barnsley WM v Tickhill (29 July) 6-27 Richard Wilkinson – Whitley Hall v Barnsley WM (10 June) 6-28 Umaid Asif – Wickersley OV v Appleby Frodingham (8 July) 6-35 Alex Osmond – Cleethorpes v Appleby Frodingham (10 June) 6-40 Mark Williams – Hallam v Cleethorpes (13 May) 6-40 Muhammad Waheed – Treeton v Whitley Hall (5 August) 6-43 Matt Dixon – Sheffield Collegiate v Wakefield Thornes (27 May) 6-60 Akila Isanka – Wakefield Thornes v Barnsley WM (22 July) 6-77 Matthew Rees – Sheffield & Phoenix Utd v Wickersley OV (3 June) Hat-tricks Akila Isanka – Wakefield Thornes v Barnsley WM (22 July) Most valuable player (top twelve) Name Club Batting Bowling Fielding Capt Wins Played Ave Points Muhammad Waheed Treeton 118.24 167.80 1 0 9 18 16.45 296.04 Harpreet Singh Bhatia Barnsley WM 126.05 111.94 10 3 8 16 16.19 258.99 Akila Isanka Wakefield Thornes 47.35 196.63 1 0 14 18 14.39 258.97 Umaid Asif Wickersley OV 30.45 198.11 9 0 10 18 13.75 247.57 Steve Morgan Wakefield Thornes 7.11 211.54 12 0 16 20 12.33 246.65 Alex Osmond Cleethorpes 65.56 144.39 3 0 7 18 12.22 219.95 Ali Jahangir Barnsley WM 57.40 145.04 7 0 9 20 10.92 218.44 Harshal Vyas Appleby Frodingham 102.61 90.41 13 0 8 20 10.70 214.02 Aqab Ahmed Aston Hall 20.72 174.67 4 0 7 18 11.47 206.39 Mark Cummins Wickersley OV 86.03 102.32 8 0 10 19 10.86 206.35 David Toft Wakefield Thornes 139.17 35.81 11 0 15 18 11.17 200.98 Callum Bethel Whitley Hall 26.71 150.45 9 0 10 18 10.90 196.16

League records Highest Team scores 417-3 Sheffield Collegiate v Sheffield & Phoenix Utd (22 April 2017) 375-9 Sheffield & Phoenix Utd v Town (7 May 2016) 320-7 Wakefield Thornes v Wickersley (1 July 2017) Highest total batting second to win 278-8 Whitley Hall v Aston Hall (22 April 2017) Highest individual scores 216 Tom Rowley – Sheffield Collegiate v Sheffield & Phoenix Utd (22 April 2017) 164* Matt Fowler – Appleby Frodinghsm v Whitley Hall (21 July 2016) 145 David Toft – Wakefield Thornes v Cleethorpes (4 June 2016) Highest partnerships 234 Dan Priestley & Tom Rowley (1st wkt) – Sheffield Coll v Sheffield & Phoenix (22 April 2017) 194 Matt Fowler & Kieran Lindley (5th wkt) – Appleby Frodingham v Whitley Hall (21 May 2016) 192 Vusi Sibanda & Bill Kirby (1st wkt) – Cleethorpes v Sheffield & Phoenix United (22 July 2017) Most runs Most wickets 1549 David Toft (Wakefield Thornes) 104 Akila Isanka (Wakefield Thornes) 1250 Nic Smit (Aston Hall) 85 Steve Morgan (Wakefield Thornes) 1176 Tom Knight (Wickersley OV) 73 Mahmood Rasool (Wakefield Thornes) Best bowling 7-37 Umaid Asif – Wickersley OV v Barnsley WM (27 May 2017) 7-39 Greg Norton – Treeton v (29 August 2016) 7-39 Humphrey Emery – Hallam v Aston Hall (19 August) 7-42 Aqab Ahmed – Aston Hall v Cleethorpes (5 August 2017) Hat-tricks Ali Jahangir – Barnsley v Doncaster (18 June 2016) Akila Isanka – Wakefield Thornes v Barnsley WM (22 July 2017) Neil Longhurst – Whitley Hall v Aston Hall (23 July 2016) Most wicket keeping dismissals Most fielding dismissals 55 Paul Fenn (Treeton) 27 Paul Hilton (Appleby Frodingham) 55 Tom Froggett (Wakefield Thornes) 27 David Toft (Wakefield Thornes) 52 Alex Grimes (Appleby Frodingham) 24 Harry Warwick (Cleethorpes)

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