Captain John Sadler promised Hoylandswaine are hungry for more success after inspiring them to a record-breaking Sykes Cup final victory over Shepley at Elland.

A crowd of 600 were handsomely rewarded for gate receipts of £1,320 as Swaine piled up a limited-overs final record of 304-4 before restricting Drakes Premiership leaders Shepley to 228-7.

It was only the third ever 300-plus score in the final – the others coming in the timeless-cricket era – and was embossed by a fine century from Yorkshire’s Joe Sayers and a man-of-the-match 96 in just 79 balls by the destructive Sadler.

“We are absolutely delighted because that was a great team performance in which everyone, to a man, was superb,” said Sadler, who shared a 148-run third-wicket stand with Sayers.“It’s a great day for the club to win the Sykes Cup for the first time and I think the best team won on the day because while Shepley are a good side, we outplayed them from start to finish.

”Having lost the prolific Alex Morris to only the eighth delivery of the arrowselfdrive.com sponsored 94th final – after being put in by Shepley skipper Danny Glover on a new pitch – Hoylandswaine were taken to 103-1 at the half-way stage by former Shepley player Amar Rashid (43) and Sayers, who was dropped low down by keeper Josh Clarkson off Craig Glover when on eight in the fifth over.

It proved a key moment as Sayers and Sadler flourished, punishing anything remotely loose in a crafted 21-over assault which put the outcome firmly in their grasp. Sayers went to his century in the 45th over from 116 deliveries and by the time he was out in the 47th, he had 103 off 120 balls with 11 boundaries.

Sadler went two overs later when going for the boundary which would have brought up his own ton, caught by Craig Glover off Liam Wiles at deep mid-wicket after hitting six fours and four sixes in his match-deciding 79-ball stay.

By then Ryan Robinson was in full flow, too, and he finished on 32 not out from 13 balls with a four and three sixes – Aussie Michael Cranmer taking Swaine over 300 with a six from the final delivery, which he dispatched through a car windscreen. “It’s not often you drop Joe Sayers early on in his innings and he doesn’t make you pay, and he was brilliant,” said Sadler.

“That’s the class he brings when he joins us, he was absolutely superb and I thoroughly enjoyed our partnership.“With him there and knowing the strength in depth that we’ve got, it just freed me up to maybe try and play a few extra shots and be a bit more positive – but it’s a team game and it was a great team performance.

”Having added the Sykes Cup to the T20 Trophy, the Haigh Lane side – Byrom Shield holders from last season – will now go hunting the Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions Trophy when they play Woodhouse Grange at Wrenthorpe on Sunday, September 8.

“We have not given up on the league yet because we have still got an outside chance and you never know in this game,” added the skipper, whose side are 26 points adrift of Shepley with seven matches to play.

“If we keep winning and keep playing as we are you just never know what might happen, but we will obviously be targeting the Black Sheep when we get another month down the line and hopefully we can win that for the Drakes League as well.

”Wiles finished with two for 57 from his 10 overs, bowling pretty well during a last 10 when Swaine added 115, while Danny Glover had the early wicket of Morris (one for 65) and teenage left-arm spinner Danny Wood picked up one for 49 – snaring Rashid stumped in the over after drinks for 43 off 83 including a six and three fours.

Craig Glover was the most economical of the Shepley attack with just 45 off his 10 while South African leg-spinner Sean Savage went for 55 as Swaine put away the bad ball with ruthless efficiency before brute force took charge in the closing stages (the last five overs went for 59).

Shepley needed a brisk start and got it thanks to Tom Denton and Dan Wood, who were ahead of Swaine at the same stage when Denton was caught behind by Alan Mynett off Don Bandula in the ninth over, having scored 28 off 27 deliveries with five nicely-struck boundaries. Unfortunately for Shepley – playing in their third successive final and bidding to regain the trophy they won in 2011 – Wood went in the next over, caught by Rashid in the gully off Cranmer, and that meant they were forced to consolidate.

Sadler, cleverly, rotated his bowlers from an immense pool of talent to make that task more difficult, and he had used six different men in his attack by the 24th over, when off-spinner Richard Wilkinson was employed to apply the screws.

Greg Wood and Wiles did their best to keep things ticking, but when their 78-run stand was ended in the 29th over as Wood was clean bowled trying to hit Wilkinson over mid-wicket, they were starting to fall behind the rate on 118-3.

Wood had two fours in his 35 off 51 deliveries and when Wiles went four overs later – stumped by Mynett off Wilkinson for 43 off 83 including three boundaries – the game was pretty much up at 132-4.

Savage eventually went for 37 (four boundaries) after Huw Ellis and Danny Glover had departed, and Josh Ardron and Clarkson saw out the final few overs with some lusty blows, finishing unbeaten on 21 and 23 respectively.

Wilkinson was the star bowler for Swaine with two for 27 from eight, Cranmer had two for 46 from 10 and Don Bandula, Rashid and Sadler had a wicket apiece in a final controlled well by umpires David Copping and Phillip Mitton.League president Donald Earnshaw made the presentations and former Examiner cricket writer David Lockwood selected Sadler as man-of-the-match.

Hoylandswaine’s 304-4 was the highest total in a Sykes Cup final since limited-overs were introduced to the competition in 1960.

Only twice previously has 300 been passed in the final, both in timeless cricket, the last being 65 years ago when Meltham posted 330 in the 1948 final against Lascelles Hall at Fartown.

The Hall managed 199 in reply.The record score in a final was 407 by Broad Oak, again at Fartown, in the 1931 final against Meltham, who were then bowled out for 89.

The Saturday attendance at the final was 5,700!Limited-overs were introduced after 1959 and the final was 45 overs per side from 1960 to 1983.

The first 50-over final was played in 1984, when Elland beat Lascelles Hall.Hoylandswaine and Shepley were not able to beat the best aggregate for a final with their 532, which remains last year’s 552 between Shepley (275) and Delph & Dobcross (275) at Honley.

The best previous total in a final at Hullen Edge was 280 by Elland against Hall Bower in 1998, when John Webster hit 141. The Bower made 167-5 in reply.Visitors to the 94th final included former Drakes League president and Yorkshire bowler Bob Platt, Essex spinner Tom Craddock of Honley, who was 12th man for England against Australia at Old Trafford, and Town goalkeeper A|ex Smithies.