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Newsletter – 3 August 2017

Last weekend On a day when we did well to get five games on after Friday’s rain, damp conditions militated against high scoring. Leaders Wakefield Thornes gained a nine- win over a weakened & Phoenix side to retain their eight- point lead at the top of the table. Sheffield Collegiate’s game against Appleby Frodingham started late due to the wet outfield, but the home side then restricted Appleby Frodingham to just under three runs an over and gained a comfortable win that keeps them right in contention at the top. Wickersley, who have now won their last four games, beat Whitley Hall convincingly at Baxter Field to move into fourth place. Home skipper Alex Fletcher made his top YSPL score, but his side have now won only once in five games and are now 18 points adrift of the top two. Barnsley won the key relegation battle at Shaw Lane, with Harpreet Singh Bhatia making full use of the conditions in a 6-22 opening spell that put Tickhill’s innings in deep trouble. But Tickhill are a better team than their league position suggests and they fought back spiritedly to make the home side fight all the way for their win. Aston Hall gained a convincing, and much needed, win over Treeton, with Adam Burgess and Josh Coulson leading the way; whilst a very wet outfield prevented any play at Hallam. Barnsley Woolley Miners v Tickhill Tickhill 159 (49.3 overs) James Doyle 48, Harpreet Singh Bhatia 6-22 Barnsley WM 160-5 (44.3) James Stuart 3-49 Barnsley WM (12pts) beat Tickhill (0pts) by 5 Hallam v Cleethorpes No play possible due to wet ground conditions (4pts each) Sheffield & Phoenix United v Wakefield Thornes Sheffield & Phoenix Utd 60 (19.5) Faisal Irfan 4-19, Mahmood Rasool 3-6 Wakefield Thornes 64-1 (9.1) Wakefield Thornes (12pts) beat Sheffield & Phoenix United (0pts) by 9 wickets Sheffield Collegiate v Appleby Frodingham Appleby Frodingham 101-8 (34) Billy Root 3-31 Sheffield Collegiate 102-4 (24) Tom Rowley 41 Sheffield Collegiate (12pts) beat Appleby Frodingham (0pts) by 6 wickets (34 overs per side) Treeton v Aston Hall Aston Hall 175 (48.2) Adam Burgess 67, Tim Shaw 43 Treeton 95 (43.4) Josh Coulson 6-14 Aston Hall (12pts) beat Treeton (0pts) by 80 runs Whitley Hall v Wickersley Old Village Whitley Hall 177 (44.2) Alex Fletcher 86, Umaid Asif 5-53 Wickersley OV 178-6 (30.2) Dave Rodgers 45, Shahj Younis 35, Greig Batty 4-62 Wickersley OV (12pts) beat Whitley Hall (0pts) by 4 wickets

Sunday’s area final of the ECB t20 competition, in which Sheffield Collegiate are representing our league, was postponed due to wet ground conditions and will now be played at Welbeck CC this coming Sunday, 6th August.

League table P W T L C/o Ab Bat/pts Bwl/pts Ded Pts 1 Wakefield Thornes (1) 16 12 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 152 2 Sheffield Collegiate (5) 16 11 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 144 3 Whitley Hall (3) 16 9 1 4 1 1 2 0 0 126 4 Wickersley Old Village (4) 16 8 0 6 1 1 4 0 0 108 5 Hallam (-) 16 7 0 6 2 1 8 2 0 106 6 Treeton (10) 16 6 0 6 2 2 8 2 0 98 7 Appleby Frodingham (2) 16 6 1 7 0 2 6 2 0 96 8 Cleethorpes (6) 16 6 0 7 1 2 8 4 0 96 9 Barnsley WM (8) 16 6 0 9 0 1 6 4 0 86 10 Aston Hall (7) 16 5 0 8 2 1 10 2 0 84 11 Tickhill (-) 16 4 0 10 1 1 6 4 0 66 12 Sheffield & Phoenix U (9) 16 1 0 13 1 1 0 0 0 20 Last season’s positions in brackets

This weekend Leaders Wakefield Thornes are at home to Appleby Frodingham, who have struggled for consistency this season. Their nearest challengers, Sheffield Collegiate, face a tricky trip to Northfield Lane where they will face a rejuvenated Wickersley side. Whitley Hall will be seeking to arrest their recent slide when they visit a Treeton side who themselves have struggled due to injuries in the last few weeks. If Tickhill can beat Hallam they will give themselves a chance of climbing out of 11th place in the next few weeks; there is an interesting-looking game at Green Lane, where Cleethorpes are the visitors, with both sides will be hoping to keep clear of the relegstion zone; and Barnsley will look to carry on their recent improved form at home to Sheffield & Phoenix. On Sunday, Wickersley carry the League’s hopes in the semi-finals of the Rudgate Brewery Trophy, whilst Sheffield Collegiate will hope for better fortune with the weather in the area t20 finals. We wish both clubs the very best of luck. Aston Hall v Cleethorpes Umpires: David Sell & Rob Smith Barnsley WM v Sheffield & Phoenix Utd Bob Cummins & Adam Seymour Tickhill v Hallam Richard Blakely & Gordon Prescott Treeton v Whitley Hall Alan Abdy & Graham Orange Wakefield Thornes v Appleby Frodingham Jonathan Crabtree & Dave Sharp Wickersley Old Village v Sheffield Collegiate Duncan Jones & John Littlewood Sunday Rudgate Brewery Trophy – semi-finals (12.30pm) Harrogate v Yorkshire Academy Duncan Jones & Jason Pitcher Wickersley OV v Stamford Bridge Jonathan Crabtree & Steve Malone Area finals of the ECB national t20 competition - at Welbeck CC, Nottinghamshire (first semi-final, 10.30am) Sandiacre Town v Sheffield Collegiate The semi-final of the Black Sheep Champions Trophy between Pudsey St Lawrence and Wakefield Thornes will not be played this coming weekend, and is now likely to be played on 20th August. On Thursday 10th August, a YSPL under 21s side will play the MCC at Abbeydale in a 50-over game (11.30am start).

Statistics

Leading averages (qualification - 300 runs; average 40.00) Name Club M I N/o Runs HS Ave 50 100 S/r Vusi Sibanda Cleethorpes 13 12 2 629 114 62.90 5 2 102.42 Tom Rowley Sheffield Collegiate 14 14 0 846 216 60.43 5 3 93.58 David Toft Wakefield Thornes 14 14 1 645 109 49.62 4 2 82.90 David White Tickhill 15 15 1 683 121 48.79 4 1 79.51 Will Hale Hallam 14 14 1 539 116 44.92 3 1 65.86 Sam Drury Treeton 14 13 2 483 84 43.91 5 0 99.06 Mark Cummins Wickersley OV 14 14 3 455 71 41,36 5 0 44.92 Nic Smit Aston Hall 14 13 3 406 118* 40.60 1 1 73.82 Highest team scores (top six) 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) 289-9 (50) Treeton v Sheffield & Phoenix United (17 June) Highest individual scores (top ten) 216 Tom Rowley – Sheffield Collegiate v Sheffield & Phoenix United (22 April) + 128 Dave Rodgers – Wickersley OV v Sheffield & Phoenix United (3 June) 121 David 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) 109 David Toft – Wakefield Thornes v Treeton (15 July) 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 81 Greg Batty & Rich Wilkinson – Whitley Hall v Wickersley OV (13 May) 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 16 11 27 Liam Mitchell Hallam 20 7 27 Paul Fenn Treeton 16 7 23 Tom Froggett Wakefield Thornes 10 11 21 Alex Grimes Appleby Frodingham 15 6 21 Josh Marsh Aston Hall 19 2 21

Fielding dismissals (qualification - ten dismissals) Name Club Catches Run-outs Total Paul Hilton Appleby Frodingham 12 0 12 Kieran Lindley Appleby Frodingham 11 1 12 Steve Morgan Wakefield Thornes 12 0 12 Nick Dymock Hallam 10 1 11 Will Hale Hallam 10 0 10 Vusi Sibanda Cleethorpes 9 1 10 Leading bowling averages (qualification - 25 wickets; average 25.00) Name Club Ov Md Runs Wkts Best 5wi Econ Strike/R Ave Steve Morgan Wakefield Thornes 141.5 26 484 45 6-16 5 3.41 18.91 10.76 Alex Osmond Cleethorpes 125.5 19 446 31 6-35 2 3.54 24.35 14.39 Akila Isanka Wakefield Thornes 144.4 18 593 41 6-60 3 4.10 21.17 14.46 Rich Wilkinson Whitley Hall 113.5 10 437 28 6-27 1 3.84 24.39 15.61 Matt Dixon Sheffield Collegiate 112.0 12 456 29 6-43 2 4.07 23.17 15.72 Umaid Asif Wickersley OV 143.0 15 609 37 7-37 3 4.26 23.19 16.46 Harry Clewett Cleethorpes 156.4 14 612 35 5-63 2 4.01 26.17 17.49 Muhammad Waheed Treeton 155.5 20 577 30 5-37 1 3.70 31.17 19.23 Callum Bethel Whitley Hall 140.3 10 608 30 5-53 1 4.33 28.10 20.27 James Stuart Tickhill 140.5 22 573 27 5-71 1 4.07 31.30 21.22 Shane Smith Hallam 166.0 28 576 27 4-49 0 3.47 36.89 21.33 Aqab Ahmed Aston Hall 160.5 30 646 30 5-57 2 4.02 32.17 21.53 Alex Rowland Tickhill 138.3 10 572 26 4-42 0 4.13 31.96 22.00 Ali Jahangir Barnsley WM 149.1 9 682 29 4-39 0 4.57 30.86 23.52 Best bowling (qualification - six wickets in an innings) 7-37 Umaid Asif – Wickersley OV v Barnsley WM (27 May) + 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) 6-43 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 ten) Name Club Batting Bowling Fielding Capt Wins Played Ave Points Steve Morgan Wakefield Thornes 7.11 184.25 12 0 12 16 13.46 215.36 Akila Isanka Wakefield Thornes 37.62 165.42 1 0 10 14 15.29 214.04 Muhammad Waheed Treeton 78.69 119.47 1 0 6 14 14.65 205.16 Umaid Asif Wickersley OV 24.09 149.82 6 0 8 14 13.42 187.91 Ali Jahangir Barnsley WM 54.51 113.83 5 0 6 16 11.21 179.34 Alex Osmond Cleethorpes 40.71 124.93 3 0 6 14 12.47 174.64 David Toft Wakefield Thornes 114.74 35.82 8 0 11 14 12.11 169.57 Mark Cummins Wickersley OV 82.29 71.09 8 0 8 15 11.29 169.38 Tom Rowley Sheffield Collegiate 149.58 0 7 0 11 15 11.17 167.58 Harry Clewett Cleethorpes 14.27 140.30 6 0 6 15 11.10 166.57

League records Highest Team scores 417-3 Sheffield Collegiate v Sheffield & Phoenix Utd (22 April 2017) 375-9 Sheffield & Phoenix Utd v Rotherham (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 1411 David Toft (Wakefield Thornes) 96 Akila Isanka (Wakefield Thornes) 1084 Tom Knight (Wickersley OV) 78 Steve Morgan (Wakefield Thornes) 1068 Mark Cummins (Wickersley OV) 62 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) 7-51 Maurice Chambers – Aston Hall v Whitley Hall (7 May 2016) 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) 25 Paul Hilton (Appleby Frodingham) 49 Tom Froggett (Wakefield Thornes) 23 Greg Wadsworth (Wakefield Thornes) 49 Alex Grimes (Appleby Frodingham) 23 David Toft (Wakefield Thornes)

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