25/08/2026
On Saturday, the 1st Xl hosted Luddenden Foot at The Arches, who won the toss and elected to bat first. A couple of early breakthroughs saw the visitors at 22/2 but some middle order resilience saw the visitor’s post 210/9 with three wickets each for Inshal and Benj.
In reply, the home team also lost a couple of quick wickets before partnerships of 49 between Ollie T & Will and then 56 between Ollie T and Matt saw the score at 114/4 after 27 overs. At 155/7, with 7 overs remaining, Ollie T was then adjudged run out (for 53) and the team were sadly then all out for 158.
The 2nd Xl were away at SBCI, and chose to field first on winning the toss. The SBCI top order looked in good form with 155/2 on the board after 35 overs but a strong finish from Copley’s bowlers saw the home team at 205/8 at the break, with five wickets for Akain and two for Raza.
In reply, Copley lost a couple of early wickets and then found themselves at 45/3 with the loss of Ankit for 29. A further two wickets quickly followed but partnerships between Raza & Nat and then Raza & Rupesh saw the score at 137/7 but time was running out and the team finished with 153/7 after their 45 overs with an excellent maiden fifty not out from Raza.
The Sunday Section were at home to Birkby Rose Hill, who were invited to bat after Copley won the toss. The visitors lost two early wickets but this then saw a very strong middle order pile on the runs ending with 316/9 with four wickets for Akain, two for Saqib and the two early breakthroughs from the excellent Hammaad.
Facing a daunting total, the Copley team set about their reply, with a fine 70 from skipper Dave and contributions from the middle order but ultimately this came down to damage limitation and how to maximise the points haul in Sunday cricket. A very good knock from Martin, who finished 29 not out, carefully controlled the back end of the Copley innings, steering the team to 195/9 at the close, with 9 points safely gained and the visitors restricted to just 16 points despite their dominant first innings batting display.