Euxton were crowned 2021 T20 Supersports Trophy Champions.
In the first Semi Final, a Blistering century from Imran Mehmood saw Preston edge out Longridge. Mehmood took the game away from the ridge scoring 102 off 47 balls with 11 sixes.
Semi 1 - https://palaceshield.play-cricket.com/website/results/4944368
Euxton defeated Fulwood in the second game. a 139 run partnership between Ben Houghton and James Bone set up Euxton with an excellent 199 score. James McWilliam scored 74 in fulwoods reply but they fell 25 short.
Semi 2 - https://palaceshield.play-cricket.com/website/results/4944369
In the Final, Euxton won the toss and elected to bat first. Captain James Bone led the charge scoring an magnificent 98 from 54, before youngster Adanan Miakhel stole the show blasting 62 from just 22 balls to help post 235-8.
In reply, Preston tried to keep up with the rate, and a number of batsman got starts, however with the rate always in excess of 10s, wickets fell often and Preston could only manage 184 in reply. Euxton won by 51 runs.
Final - https://palaceshield.play-cricket.com/website/results/4950437
Many thanks to the umpires, scorers and Gt Eccleston members for their efforts on the day. Special Mention to Jim Proctor who produced an excellent wicket which saw over 1000 runs scored accross the day.
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Back on June 5th, Euxton CC had a remarkable day, breaking both the Division 1 and Division 4 Innings totals on the same day!.
Apologies for only highlighting this now but there has been a bit going on ;)
Div 1 – Euxton CC 1st Team - highest score 346 runs v Mawdesley on June 5th (previous record of 333)
https://palaceshield.play-cricket.com/website/results/4583922
Div 4 – Euxton CC 2nd Team - highest score 382 runs v Norcross 2nd team also on June 5th (previous record of 358)
https://palaceshield.play-cricket.com/website/results/4584418
Competition records can be found here - https://palaceshieldcricket.co.uk/index.php/historical/seniors/competition-records
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The Crabtree Cup Final was held yesterday at Rufford CC
The Finalists were Penwortham and Fulwood & Broughton
Steve Lodge won the toss and invited Fulwood to bat.
They made a decent start with F & B Captain Alistair Mews scoring 33 and Muhammad Zaid 14.
Things changed when James Walsh was introduced into the attack. James bowled very well and claimed 4 for 33 from his 8 overs.
Khalil Patel added 24 but Fulwood were dismissed for 133.
A welcome return to teas were excellently provided by Rufford CC
Penwortham had a disastrous start losing their first 3 wickets with only 6 on the board.
A partnership between Harry Cox (33) and Issac Richardson (47) swung the tide in favour of Penwortham.
A very good spell by experienced Pete Haslam slowed the run rate (8 overs for only 11 runs)
And only Adam Salisbury with 17 added a real contribution.
Until the final over the game could have gone either way but F&B triumphed by a mere 3 runs.
An excellent game played by two friendly rivals in a first-class game.
Michael Cooper with a superb 4 for 17 won the Man of the Match award
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Yesterday, Preston's Sunday Team smashed the Competition record for the highest innings total. What is more extrordinary is that their score was from 40 overs rather than the 45 that the previous record set, Fulwoods 401-9 in Div 3 in 2015.
Preston scored 421-9 in 40 overs. Two players Rehan Javid and Suhel Patel Jr did most of the damage combining for 29 sixes before both retiring once reaching 150.
The Scorecard is here - https://palaceshield.play-cricket.com/website/results/4653286
You can checkout the competition records here - https://palaceshieldcricket.co.uk/index.php/historical/seniors/competition-records
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Review Saturday 7th August 2021
Barrow v Penwortham
This was the only game played in the Premier Division yesterday as the rain took hold in all other games
Penwortham made the most of the drive north by winning a very close game by 2 runs
An excellent 5for 42 by Skipper Ashley Billington sealing victory
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