ECB Yorkshire South Premier League www.yspl.co.uk

Newsletter – 24 August 2017

Sheffield & Phoenix United CC The Yorkshire South Premier League are very sorry to announce that, following the notification by & Phoenix United that they would concede the game against Tickhill this weekend, the club are now suspended from playing in the League for the remainder of the season. This decision has been taken to remove any uncertainty about the remaining games, and takes into account the League’s responsibility of due care towards players and officials. All points earned from, and performances in, Sheffield & Phoenix fixtures will stand. The League’s emergency sub- committee reached this decision taking into account the fact that only three games remain to be played, and the disproportionate disruption that would result from the alternative course of action at this stage of the season. There is precedent in other leagues for this decision, and the League will propose at the AGM a new rule to cover the action that will be taken if this unfortunate situation arises in the future. 12 points will be awarded to the opposition in each of Sheffield & Phoenix’s three remaining games - unless all other YSPL games in South Yorkshire that day are cancelled or abandoned due to weather conditions. If this latter situation does arise, the opposition will be awarded four points only, in order that they do not gain any unfair advantage. But if a result is achieved in even one YSPL game in South Yorkshire, the full 12 points will be awarded. The League are very aware of the extraordinary difficulties that have been faced by the Sheffield & Phoenix club during the season, and in particular over the last few weeks. We would like to place on record our thanks for the efforts made by the chairman, Michael Heseltine, his son Jacob, and Matthew Rees to keep the team going at this very difficult time. We will continue to support Michael in his talks about the future of the club in the coming weeks.

Last Saturday Wakefield Thornes maintained their 20-point lead at the top of the league with an 11-run win over Cleethorpes in an entertaining game at Chichester Road. The visitors posted a daunting 289-5, led by Jared Warner and David Toft, who in the process become the first batsman to score 1,500 runs in the league. But the home side, with Bill Kirby and Alex Osmond in fine form, gave them a real scare, and they fell only 11 runs short in the end. Challengers Sheffield Collegiate were indebted to Billy Root whose fine all-round performance was crucial in securing them a four- DLS victory at Tickhill. On behalf of everyone in the SYSCL, we congratulate Billy Root on the news of his professional contract with Nottinghamshire CCC this week. The home side put up a spirited performance but are looking increasingly likely to drop back into the SYSCL Championship next season. Elsewhere, Whitley Hall in third place maintained their four-point lead over Wickersley with a comprehensive win over Appleby Frodingham – Neil Longhurst leading the way with bat and ball. Wickersley had a comfortable win over the depleted Sheffield & Phoenix side; whilst Barnsley’s comprehensive win at Treeton was a vital step towards ensuring their place in the YSPL next season – Jon Trower scoring 49 on his return to action after missing most of the season with a bad leg injury. Humphrey Emery had an outstanding game in Hallam’s first win in four games, following up his first innings 52 with 7-39 – the joint second best bowling analysis in the YSPL’s short history. Cleethorpes v Wakefield Thornes Wakefield Thornes 289-5 (50 overs) Jared Warner 80, David Toft 60, James Wolfenden 43, Josh Shaw 39* Akila Isanka 34, Lee Charlton 3-66 Cleethorpes 278-5 (50) Bill Kirby 78, Alex Osmond 68, Harry Warwick 62, David Mansfield 48* Wakefield Thornes (12pts) beat Cleethorpes (4pts) by 11 runs Hallam v Aston Hall Hallam 147-7 (44) Humphrey Emery 52, Harry Bliss 34, Adam Clarke 4-37 Aston Hall 86 (31.1) Tim Shaw 30, Humphrey Emery 7-39 Hallam (12pts) beat Aston Hall (0pts) by 64 runs (46 over match - DLS target 151 in 44 overs) Sheffield & Phoenix United v Wickersley Old Village Sheffield & Phoenix Utd 70 (33) Umaid Asif 3-15, Mark Cummins 3-17, Liam Johnson 3-21 Wickersley OV 73-2 (7.4) Matthew Burton 56* Wickersley OV (12pts) beat Sheffield & Phoenix United (0pts) by 8 Sheffield Collegiate v Tickhill Tickhill 199-8 (46) Jordan Lowe 78, Billy Root 5-64 Sheffield Collegiate 193-6 (41) Billy Root 92, Eliot Callis 31, Usman Mazassar 3-60 Sheffield Collegiate (12pts) beat Tickhill (0pts) by 4 wickets (46 over match - DLS target 192 in 42 overs) Treeton v Barnsley Woolley Miners Treeton 190 (49) Steve Foster 41, Dan Waldron 4-58 Barnsley WM 191-2 (36.2) Harpreet Singh Bhatia 62*, Jon Trower 49, David Hunt 39 Barnsley Woolley Miners (12pts) beat Treeton (0pts) by 8 wickets Whitley Hall v Appleby Frodingham Whitley Hall 246-7 (43) Sam Chatterton 58, Greig Batty 36, Neil Longhurst 32, Danial Rafiq 30 Appleby Frodingham 169 (35.5) Jake Smith 48, Matt Morland 41, Neil Longhurst 4-20 Whitley Hall (12pts) beat Appleby Frodingham (0pts) by 80 runs (DLS target 250 in 43 overs) Sunday In the replayed Black Sheep trophy semi-final, Wakefield Thornes lost by nine wickets at Pudsey St Lawrence. In the YSPL under 19s competition final, Wakefield Thornes beat Wickersley to progress to the Yorkshire area final.

League table P W T L C/o Ab Bat/pts Bwl/pts Ded Pts 1 Wakefield Thornes (1) 19 15 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 188 2 Sheffield Collegiate (5) 19 13 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 168 3 Whitley Hall (3) 19 10 1 6 1 1 4 0 0 140 4 Wickersley Old Village (4) 19 10 0 7 1 1 8 0 0 136 5 Treeton (10) 19 8 0 7 2 2 8 2 0 122 6 Hallam (-) 19 8 0 8 2 1 12 2 0 122 7 Barnsley WM (8) 19 8 0 10 0 1 6 6 0 112 8 Cleethorpes (6) 19 7 0 9 1 2 12 4 0 112 9 Appleby Frodingham (2) 19 7 1 9 0 2 6 4 0 110 10 Aston Hall (7) 19 7 0 9 2 1 10 2 0 108 11 Tickhill (-) 19 5 0 12 1 1 6 4 0 78 12 Sheffield & Phoenix U (9) 19 1 0 16 1 1 0 0 0 20 Last season’s positions in brackets

This Saturday The match-of-the day is at Green Lane, where Aston Hall, needing a win to ensure that they cannot be relegated, face second-placed Sheffield Collegiate, who need the win to keep alive their chances of overhauling champions Wakefield Thornes. Thornes themselves are at home to a Hallam side lacking several first teamers. The winner of the ‘Lincolnshire derby’ at Brumby Hall will be assured of safety; as will Barnsley if they beat Whitley Hall at Shaw Lane. Only pride is at stake in the game between Wickersley and Treeton, but that in itself will ensure a competitive game! Appleby Frodingham v Cleethorpes Umpires: Bob Cummins & Harry Fidler Aston Hall v Sheffield Collegiate Jonathan Crabtree & Dave Sharp Barnsley Woolley Miners v Whitley Hall Jordan Turner & Simon Widdup Wakefield Thornes v Hallam Paul McFarlane & David Robinson Wickersley Old Village v Treeton Stewart Dobson & Carl Williams 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 15 15 4 613 113 55.73 5 1 104.61 Billy Root Sheffield Collegiate 11 9 3 327 92 54.50 3 0 93.16 Tom Rowley Sheffield Collegiate 18 17 0 918 216 54.00 6 3 88.35 David White Tickhill 18 18 2 825 137* 51.56 4 2 80.41 Vusi Sibanda Cleethorpes 16 15 2 668 114 51.38 5 2 94.08 David Toft Wakefield Thornes 17 17 1 782 109 48.88 6 2 78.67 Sam Drury Treeton 17 16 3 586 84 45.08 6 0 103.53 Nic Smit Aston Hall 17 16 4 526 118* 43.83 2 1 73.98 Muhammad Waheed Treeton 17 16 2 591 89 42.21 6 0 78.38 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) Wicket-keeping dismissals (qualification - 20 dismissals) Name Club Catches Stumpings Total dismissals David Hunt Barnsley WM 21 13 34 Liam Mitchell Hallam 22 9 31 Josh Marsh Aston Hall 24 4 28 Tom Froggett Wakefield Thornes 14 13 27 Paul Fenn Treeton 16 7 23 Alex Grimes Appleby Frodingham 17 6 23

Fielding dismissals (qualification - twelve dismissals) Name Club Catches Run-outs Total Vusi Sibanda Cleethorpes 13 2 15 Will Hale Hallam 13 0 13 Paul Hilton Appleby Frodingham 12 1 13 Kieran Lindley Appleby Frodingham 11 1 12 Steve Morgan Wakefield Thornes 12 0 12 Harshal Vyas Appleby Frodingham 6 6 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 135.0 14 572 36 6-43 3 4.24 23.31 15.89 Umaid Asif Wickersley OV 176.2 19 753 47 7-37 4 4.27 23.72 16.02 Rich Wilkinson Whitley Hall 130.5 11 496 30 6-27 1 3.79 26.73 16.53 Alex Osmond Cleethorpes 159.5 21 596 35 6-35 2 3.73 28.69 17.03 Aqab Ahmed Aston Hall 197.1 41 742 43 7-42 4 3.76 28.42 17.26 Muhammad Waheed Treeton 184.4 25 677 38 6-40 2 3.67 30.00 17.82 Harry Clewett Cleethorpes 182.4 16 712 37 5-63 2 3.90 29.78 19.24 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 105.65 152.19 1 0 8 17 15.70 266.84 Akila Isanka Wakefield Thornes 44.79 196.63 1 0 13 17 15.02 255.42 Steve Morgan Wakefield Thornes 7.11 211.54 12 0 15 19 12.93 245.65 Umaid Asif Wickersley OV 27.58 190.31 7 0 10 17 13.82 234.90 Harpreet Singh Bhatia Barnsley WM 111.78 96.35 10 3 7 15 15.21 228.13 Ali Jahangir Barnsley WM 57.40 145.05 7 0 8 19 11.44 217.45 Alex Osmond Cleethorpes 57.89 140.49 3 0 7 17 12.26 208.38 Mark Cummins Wickersley OV 85.70 98.43 8 0 10 18 11.23 202.12 Aqab Ahmed Aston Hall 16.13 174.69 4 0 7 17 11.87 201.82 David Toft Wakefield Thornes 139.01 35.81 9 0 14 17 11.64 197.82 James Stuart Tickhill 48.50 127.24 5 8 5 17 11.40 193.74 Harshal Vyas Appleby Frodingham 87.55 86.51 12 0 7 19 10.16 193.06

League records Highest Team scores 417-3 Sheffield Collegiate v Sheffield & Phoenix Utd (22 April 2017) 375-9 Sheffield & Phoenix Utd v Rotherham 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 1548 David Toft (Wakefield Thornes) 104 Akila Isanka (Wakefield Thornes) 1184 Nic Smit (Aston Hall) 85 Steve Morgan (Wakefield Thornes) 1141 Tom Knight (Wickersley OV) 69 Mahmood Rasool (Wakefield Thornes) Best bowling 7-37 Umaid Asif – Wickersley OV v Barnsley WM (27 May 2017) 7-39 Greg Norton – Treeton v Doncaster (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) 26 Paul Hilton (Appleby Frodingham) 55 Tom Froggett (Wakefield Thornes) 25 David Toft (Wakefield Thornes) 51 Alex Grimes (Appleby Frodingham) 24 Harry Warwick (Cleethorpes)

*