Lancashire League Handbook 2015

16 on 56 for the first wicket but they then lost wickets on a regular basis to find themselves at 128 for 7 and eventually ended all out for 172 – 76 short. In the other semi final at Bacup Road, Lowerhouse made 224 for 9 thanks mainly to a partnership of 95 between Ben Heap and captain Charlie Cottam, Ben top scored with 71. Chris Cook-Martin led the way with 80 and Peter Wrathmell contributed 63 but at 168 for 7 the game was in the balance until a partnership of 54 between Wrathmell and Cameron Holder looked to have seen them home. But Cobus Piennar removed them both to leave Imran Abid and Keith Roscoe needing to hold out to make the 3 runs still needed and they managed to do so with Rawtenstall making their first final since 1993 with 4 balls to spare. All was set then for the final at Rawtenstall on 10th August but horrendous weather conditions caused the match to be abandoned on the morning of the game, the first time since 1992 that play had not taken place on the scheduled date. So it was back the following Saturday when Rawtenstall won the toss and asked Burnley to bat. Two half century partnerships saw Burnley make a strong start with Daniel Pickup making 53 and David Brown 71 as Burnley made 253 for 8 from their 50 overs. Despite losing two early wickets Rawtenstall progressed to 106 for 3 before captain Bharat Tripathi removed Peter Wrathmell and George Bevan in quick succession. Cole Hayman then returned to the attack and ripped through the Rawtenstall lower order, clean bowling three batsmen and ending with 5 for 39 leaving the home professional Brett Pelser marooned on 87 not out as Rawtenstall finished on 172 all out. Cole Hayman's spell together with some late runs in the first innings earned him theman of thematch fromMatt Donlon. The LancashireTelegraph sponsor the Second ElevenKnockout Cup. In the final at Alexandra Meadows, East Lancashire hosted Ramsbottom in another delayed final which took place on the same day as the Senior Final. East Lancs won the toss and elected to bat first, andmade 222 for 9 with David Turner top scoring before being run out for 46. Other contributors were Mo Bhada 39, JamesWesthead 36 and Sohail Mohammed 35. In reply, Ramsbottom were soon 6 for 3 but a partnership of 67 between Matthew Sutton and Brad Fielding gave some hope but a further clatter of wickets saw them fall to 155 for 9 and they ended 46 short when they were all out for 176. This was East Lancashire's first Telegraph Junior Cup as their last success in the completion was back in 1997, the year before the Telegraph started sponsorship. It is the 5th time they have won the competition.