Euxton are denied by weather after Ben Houghton’s half-century
Euxton were robbed of moving further away from the bottom two in the Northern Premier Cricket League by the weather on Saturday.
James Bone’s men had played themselves into the perfect position with the bat against fellow strugglers St Annes at Balshaw Park.
They accumulated a whopping 261-6 off their 50 overs but unfortunately the weather then intervened preventing the visitors from going out to bat.
There were significant scores all the way down the order from Euxton with Ben Houghton top scoring with 69 at the top of the order. He struck 10 fours and two sixes while Bone hit eight boundaries on his way to 47.
Aneeq Hassan and Zane Nirodi both hit 27 and Sam Sweeney contributed 28. Joe Hayton, Lukman Vahaluwala and Joe Davies took two wickets each.
Bottom side Mawdesley’s hopes of picking up only their second win of the season were also denied by the rain.
They had posted 188-6 off 45 overs at Fulwood & Broughton, but the hosts’ reply was over after just 2.2 overs.
It was looking bleak for Mawdesley when they were reduced to 1-2 but a superb 134-run partnership between Chris Andrews and Dominic Hendricks put the visitors in a strong position.
Andrews’ half-century included six fours and one six, while Hendricks hit eights fours in his knock of 70. Jon Fenton and Khalil Patel both claimed two scalps.
Chorley looked on course for a big score against Settle at Windsor Park before the weather ended the match prematurely.
Zayn Wadiwala top scored with 36 as the home side reached 169-6 off 37.3 overs. He was ably assisted by Harry Barclay (26), Edwin Moulton (24) and Will Moulton (23).
Only 17 overs were played at Broadwater as second-placed Leyland reached 69-1 against Fleetwood. Skipper Karl Cross was unbeaten on 31. Blackpool had been reduced to 96-5 by Garstang at the Riverside before the rain intervened. Shivam Chaudhary had struck 48 while Tom Higson returned figures of 2-20.