Undercliffe win battle of the promoted pair

Undercliffe put the seal on their Division Two triumph by defeating second-placed Saltaire by five-wickets in their final game.

Saltaire, who have won promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt, were dismissed for 150. Asif Ayub (45) was the one batsman to impress as Sohail Hussain took 5-37 with his left-arm spin.

Undercliffe, who were left with 57 overs to reach their target, eased home with 15.3 overs to spare as opener Farakh Hussain made 75 not out.

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Baildon ensured that they took third place after securing a four-wicket win over Spen Victoria.

Left-arm spinner Mushtaq Ahmed took 7-14 as Spen were bowled out for 80. Baildon looked in trouble at 19-6, but Dylan Duraisingham (38no) and Tom Hopwood (25no) steered their side home with an unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 62.

Bankfoot’s Greg Colehan requires one wicket to reach 1,000 in his Bradford League career. Colehan (3-56) took his tally to 999 in his side’s 16-run defeat at Great Horton.

Colehan and Nigel Hanson (3-6) helped dismiss Great Horton for 114. Bankfoot fell for 98.

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Brighouse have to apply for re-election but they rounded off their season with a 41-run win over Gomersal.

Oerseas player Fakhar Hussain hit nine sixes and 13 fours in a super innings of 168 which enabled his side to post 272. Joel Pollard was the best of the Gomersal bowlers with 5-76.

Gomersal fell for 231 with Jack Seddon (68), captain Greg Pickles (43) and James Russell (30no) leading the way as Hussain (4-41) and captain Umar Salim (3-90), sealed Brighouse’s win.

Keighley’s Max Davidson was the day’s second century maker. He scored 108 in his side’s 155-run win over bottom team Windhill.

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