Thackley forced to take opening draw

With a lot of Yorkshire club cricket postponed, Aire Wharfe managed to complete all but three games although most had to face difficult weather conditions.

Thackley’s title-winning attack of Nasser Jamal (5-32) and Yaser Ali (3-43) were back in the groove as Bilton were bowled out for 166.

Majid Khan hit 46 on his Thackley debut and they looked on target while Bradley Goodaire (32) was going strong but when he was lbw with two overs to go and another wicket fell in the final over, the last pair batted out a draw.

Toby Jacklin was another player straight back in form.

He hit an impressive half century and with John Swain (61) saw Collingham to 210-8, then took 5-28 as last season’s runners-up Kirkstall Educational were skittled out for 76.

Neil Spragg (52no) and John Akrigg (65no) saw newly promoted Steeton to a nine-wicket win against Adel while Ben Rhydding, the other side up from Division Two, picked up two points after Andrew Rhodes (4-33) restricted them to 114-6 in reply to Otley’s 145-7.

Yasar Ali produced a 3.5 over spell of 5-9 on debut as Burley slumped to 57, setting up a nine-wicket win for Beckwithshaw while a tense clash between Follifoot and Guiseley, which included spinner Robert Atkinson taking 7-29, was beaten by the rain.

Former Bolton Villas bowler Umer Yaqoob (5-36) came back to haunt his former team-mates to give Bardsey a winning start to life in Division Two.

Barry Singleton (89) and Rob Winter (69no) put on 144 as North Leeds passed Calverley’s 191-7 with eight wickets in hand while a half century from newcomer Tony Gilks helped relegated Rawdon take four points at Harden.

Swing bowler Matthew Naylor (4-6) starred as Pool skittled out Knaresborough for a lowly score of 53 for a 108-run victory while Green Lane’s Neil Britton (5-19) and M-Adeel Ashraf (3-28) had Ilkley struggling at 56-9 but the newly promoted side hung on for a point.