Rover to you lads in Joe Lumb Cup
THE best young cricketers in Huddersfield are back in action in the Joe Lumb Cup tomorrow.Tim Taylor’s team are up against Aire/Wharfe at the New Rover ground in Leeds (LS16 8HF).Huddersfield have leading batsman Will Fraine available against another unbeaten team and select an unchanged side.Team: Tim Taylor (Capt), Will Fraine, Joe Smith, Rohan Randhawa, Harvey Booth, Toby Booth, Bradley Birkhead (wkt), Joe Lockwood, Alex Clegg, Jordan Ghani, Lewis Richardson.
Drakes clubs out of Heavy Woollen
IT was not a good day for Drakes League clubs in the Heavy Woollen Cup.All three of our sides were eliminated at the quarter-final stage.Skelmanthorpe went closest to reaching the last four, losing by three wickets at home to Wakefield Thornes.Skelmanthorpe totalled 192-8 (Haroon Rashid 81, Jordan Greaves 34; Joe Cuthbertson 4-25), while Wakefield Thornes reached 194-7 thanks to Tharindu Perera 59 and Tom Marsden 44.Barkisland fell for 167 to Hanging Heaton (Jamie Summerscales 84; Jamie Baulk 4-25) before the visitors cruised home by eight wickets (Gary Fellows 52, Montcin Hodge 47, Imran Dawood 36no).Scholes put up 211-9 at New Farnley, who went through with 214-5 (David Cummings 53, Nick Walker 49, Lee Goddard 47). Hanging Heaton now play Townville and New Farnley are at home to Wakefield Thornes in the semis on Sunday, July 7 (1pm).
Hill Top duo get county call-up
SLAITHWAITE have had a couple of juniors called up for the Yorkshire Schools’ Under 13 sides.Jack Bower has been added to the A squad and Harrison Quarmby to the B team.Both also play for the Taverners.
Cups tomorrow
DON’T forget there’s plenty of action tomorrow in the Sykes Cup and Paddock Shield competitions, sponsored by arrowselfdrive and Fired Up respectively. Fixtures on Pages 44 & 45.
