Delph And Dobcross Still Top Despite Defeat
Delph and Dobcross held onto their lead in cricket’s Huddersfield League by a single point over Kirkburton, despite a disappointing weekend.
After Saturday’s game against Elland was abandoned because of the rain, they were beaten at Skelmanthorpe on Sunday.
D&D won the toss and decided to bat, and made a competitive total of 272/9 from their 50 overs. Opener Irfan Zahoor top scored with 71, while Luke Hargreaves added a valuable 68 off just 50 balls, hitting six 6s.
Skelmanthorpe looked in trouble when they were reduced to 45/3, but a remarkable partnership of 222 between Haroon Rashid (133) and Paul Davis (103 not out) steered them to a six-wicket win with 2.5 overs to spare.
You can read a report and see the scorecard at the Delph and Dobcross website here.
However, D&D got back to winning form on Tuesday night, as they demolished Linthwaite by nine wickets in their latest pool match in the T20 Cup.
The club is on Twitter here. The league table can be seen at the Huddersfield League website here.
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Author: Jude Gidney - Editor
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