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Nantwich into regional final of National KO, while Leigh reach same stage in Plate … Didsbury still top of division one, but Chester, Trinity and Oakmere remain strong contenders … Upton continue good start in division three … Woodley edge top of the table clash in Division 3 East NATIONAL KNOCKOUT Round Two – May 31: Porthill Park w/o Kibworth Round Three – June 6: Nantwich Vipers 125-2 (20; Madi Hudson 71*, Charlotte Neal 28*, Emily Sutton 2-19) Leyland 84-7 (20; Abby Mort 22*, Beth Hughes 2-11) • Nantwich powered past one of Lancashire’s best club sides to ensure that, for the third competition in a row, the League will be represented in the Northern Regional Final – the last eight nationally. Madi Hudson was the hero, leading the way with 71 at almost a run a ball, being joined by Charlotte Neal for a century partnership. Leyland lost regular wickets in reply as they struggled with their imposing target. A trip to Yorkshire to play Sessay – the club that defeated Didsbury at the same stage in 2018 and 2019 – now awaits the Vipers. June 10: JG Meakin 132-4 (20; Davina Perrin 60*, Stephanie Butler 34, Rosemary Cockle 23, Evelyn Jones 2- 18) Porthill Park 98 (18.1; Becky Cripwell 42, Butler 4-14, Hannah Beasley 2-13) • Porthill's involvement in the competition ended after defeat in this tough assignment against JG Meakin, who can still call on a large number of Staffordshire's senior squad. This is the first time a League side has been beaten by a club from another league in this year's competition. Plate Round Two – June 9: Leigh beat Tarleton – no further details available • The CWCL will also be represented in the Northern regional final of the Plate after Leigh’s victory here. CHESHIRE WOMEN’S LEAGUE Division One – June 6: Appleton 91 (38.4; Di Buckley 26, Emma Royle 3-8, Jenny Dunn 2-3, Ellie Mason 2-13) (3pts) Stockport Trinity 94-2 (19.5; Mason 55*, Carys White 21*, Sami Fowler 2-11) (25pts) • Emma Royle’s bowling spell got Trinity off to a great start and they never looked back. Di Buckley’s battling 26 rescued Appleton to some degree later in the innings, but the target still didn’t trouble the Stockport side, with Ellie Mason seeing them home with another half century. June 13: Leigh 60 (23.2; Kasey Bentham 17, Rachel Tidd 3-8, Kerry Hartnett 2-5, Sophie Connor 2-6) (2pts) Oakmere 61-1 (18.3; Shami Ahmed 27*) (25pts) • Oakmere recorded another comfortable win ahead of next week’s potentially important game against Stockport Trinity. Once again, the all-round depth of the Northwich club’s bowling attack was apparent as they swiftly completed this win. Porthill Park 152 (39.1; Lucy Shenton 57, Gemma Rose 4-17, Ali Cutler 2-22) (7pts) Chester Boughton Hall 154-4 (27.2; Cutler 65, Nandu Vailliyil 29*) (25pts) • Chester made it three wins from four here. Gemma Rose continued her prolific run of wickets in recent matches, before Porthill recovered from 97-8 after Lucy Shenton completed her fifty and found some support from the lower order. However, Ali Cutler continued her superb season with the bat, needing just 52 deliveries to reach 65. Nandu Vailliyil completed the run chase without alarm once Cutler had departed. Appleton 131-6 (40; Tilly Kesteven 32, Emilia Lamb 21, Roshini Prince-Navaratnam 3-26, Emma Jackman 2-26) (7pts) Didsbury 132-6 (36.3; Prince-Navaratnam 60, Georgia Heath 4-11) (25pts) • Oakmere, Trinity and Chester remain title contenders, but it's defending champions Didsbury that lead the way at this point. With regular wickets falling to Roshini Prince-Navaratnam and Emma Jackman, and Rosy Wilson, Zara Matthews and Chloe Hawes all contributing economical spells, Appleton never got the run rate much above three per over. Prince- Navaratnam completed her excellent all-round match, taking the score to 93-1 and completing the lion's share of the run chase, before Georgia Heath's late wickets earned Appleton some additional bonus points. Fixtures awaiting re-arrangement: Leigh v Chester BH Division Two – June 6: Ashton-on-Mersey 70 (31.3; Amanda Gettins 13, Freya Davies 3-13, Ellie Grisedale 3-22) (3pts) Oxton 71-2 (16.4; Molly Price 21*) (25pts) • An excellent all-round bowling effort, followed by a comfortable run chase, saw Oxton to their first win of the year. Enid Bakewell made her debut for AOM here today, and although the England veteran failed to trouble the scorers, seeing this legendary figure of women’s cricket taking the field in Cheshire represents another major coup for our league. 80-year-old Bakewell, who played a key role in the 1973 World Cup win, becomes the fifth full England international to play in the CWCL, following Sarah Collyer, Lauren Griffiths, Laura MacLeod and Sophie Ecclestone. June 13: Upton 123 (28.3; Charlie Scudder 29, Emma Rowlands 22, Amelia Sammons 4-30, Rachel Mann 2- 17, Beth Caunce 2-27) (25pts) Ashton-on-Mersey 68 (30; Sammons 26, C Scudder 3-6, Ellen McGowan 3-16, Becky Jones 2-14) (6pts) • Charlie Scudder made the top score in the first innings then contributed a fine bowling spell as Upton continued their good start to the season. Oxton 180-2 (35; Tessie Nickson 96*, Allyson Byrne 33, Hannah Kowalski 30) (25pts) Porthill Park 2nd XI 55 (20.2; Zara White 3-2, Freya Davies 3-10) (2pts) • Tessie Nickson’s major contribution set Oxton on the way to a formidable total and to their second successive win. Fixtures awaiting possible re-arrangement: Nantwich v Stockport Georgians – Covid self-isolation requirements Division Three West – Fixtures awaiting possible re-arrangement: Hawarden Park v Wistaston Village – no play due to rain on original date, Wistaston Village v Nantwich 2nd XI, Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI v Wistaston Village – ground availability on original date, Nantwich 2nd XI v Wistaston Village – Nantwich 1st XI involvement in National KO Division Three East – June 13: Woodley 94 (30; Clare Edwards 32, Rosie Bradshaw 3-18, Lily Dalkin-Strube 2-15) Hayfield 87-8 (30; Olivia Downs-Haskell 24, Gemma Stewart 3-21) (7pts) • Woodley hung on to win this exciting battle between two previously unbeaten teams and were especially grateful to Clare Edwards in making the top score from the number nine position, to help them to a total that was just out of Hayfield's reach. Lindow 190-6 (30; Michelle Hesslegrave 51, Lily Beckley 44*, Anne Chadwick 2-27) (25pts) Langley 30 (12.3; Jess Lightowler 4-5) (3pts) • Lindow recorded their first league win of the year in some style. Fixtures awaiting possible re-arrangement: Hayfield v Lindow, Didsbury 2nd XI v Hayfield – no play due to rain on original date Division Four – June 6: Lindow 2nd XI 69-7 (20; Hannah Brooks 12, Olivia Randles 4-11, Gemma Brooks 2-5) (25pts) Heaton Mersey & Cheadle 55 (17.3; Michelle Hesslegrave 4-7, Hannah Brooks 2-3, Steph Walker 2- 7) (6pts) • Heaton Mersey & Cheadle couldn’t follow up their first league win and instead Lindow seconds recorded what was their own second league win of the year. Another remote meeting of the League Committee will take place on Wednesday June 23 at 1930. The meeting joining link will be sent to club representatives, but if you can't make it, please forward the link to someone else from your club who is available. Division Five West: Wistaston Village 2nd XI 287, Oakmere 2nd XI 251 Alvanley 306, Runcorn 292 Division Five East: Stockport Georgians 3rd XI 326, Broadbottom 305 North East Cheshire 375, Broadbottom 329 LEAGUE TABLES Division 1 P w l c BatP BowlP NRR Pts 1 Didsbury 4 3 1 0 3 3 0.42 81 2 Chester Boughton Hall 4 3 1 0 1 1 0.61 77 3 Oakmere 4 2 0 2 0 0 1.45 66 4 Stockport Trinity 4 2 1 1 5 1 2.73 64 5 Appleton 4 1 3 0 8 8 -0.6 41 6 Leigh 3 1 2 0 2 2 -2.48 29 7 Porthill Park 5 0 4 1 11 9 -1.39 28 Division 2 P w l BatP BowlP NRR Pts 1 Upton 3 3 0 0 0 0.88 75 2 Oxton 4 2 2 3 7 0.65 60 3 Stockport Georgians 2 2 0 0 0 2.94 50 4 Porthill Park 2nd XI 3 1 2 5 1 -1.24 31 5 Ashton-on-Mersey 3 0 3 3 8 -2.08 11 6 Nantwich 1 0 1 1 5 -0.29 6 Division 3 East P w l BatP BowlP NRR Pts 1 Woodley 3 3 0 0 0 1.98 75 2 Hayfield 3 2 1 2 5 0.57 57 3 Didsbury 2nd XI 2 1 1 1 4 1.11 30 4 Lindow 3 1 2 1 2 0.21 28 5 Langley 3 0 3 2 5 -4.17 7 Division 4 P w l BatP BowlP NRR Pts 1 Lindow 2nd XI 3 2 1 3 1 0.1 54 2 Heaton Mersey & Cheadle 2 1 1 2 4 0.48 31 3 Hawk Green 2 1 1 4 2 -0.52 31 4 Stockport Georgians 2nd XI 1 1 0 0 0 1.58 25 5 Lymm Oughtrington Park 2 0 2 4 5 -0.81 9 KNOCKOUT CUPS Knockout Cup Round One – June 1: Oxton 89-5 (20; Tessie Nickson 32ret, Hannah Kowalski 26, Ali Cutler 3-12, Charlie Thompson 2-17) Chester Boughton Hall Deemons 92-2 (14.1; Nicole Fisher 30ret, Cutler 29, Nandu Valliyil 26*) • Chester completed their run chase with all of six overs remaining after some rapid scoring from Ali Cutler and Nandu Valliyil, with Nicole Fisher remaining unbeaten on the retirement score.