Bradford League: Lightcliffe find themselves blown away by devastating bowling spell
Batting first, the Tewits took out some league frustration upon their opponents at Bennett Lane, smashing a massive 357-6. Gary Fellows top-scored with 80 before remorseless knocks at lightning speed followed from Ben Kohler-Cadmore (69 off 45 balls), Callum Geldart (51 off 39 balls), and David Stiff (62 not out off 26 balls).
The stage was then set for Chippendale, who produced remarkable figures of 8-17 to rout Lightcliffe for just 32, with his magic haul including six wickets in eight balls and four from four balls.
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Hide AdIt took Chippendale’s haul in two league games to 14 wickets.
Heaton’s mood will have been improved further by news of a surprise defeat for rivals Pudsey St Lawrence (209), who went down by 22 runs to Methley (231-8), for whom Dan Shuffe (53) and Grant Soames (44 and 3-31) shone.
Ex-Yorkshire wicket-keeper Dan Hodgson struck 100 and Pat Kruger (68) and James Wainman (47) were also in the runs as Farsley (268-8) overpowered Cleckheaton (132), despite a haul of 6-55 for the prolific Josh Thurwell.
Kruger sealed a good game with figures of 4-18.
Scholes (250-6) drew level with third-from-bottom B&B after beating basement boys East Bierley (247-6), with Yasir Ali (74no) and Shoukat Ali (52no) seeing them home.
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Hide AdThe top-of-the-table clash in Championship One saw Undercliffe (213-9) emerge victorious over Wrenthorpe (211), with the victors indebted to fine late resistance from Khalid Usman (77no) and Zeeshan Qasim (74) after they were in trouble in reply at 71-7.
Earlier, Jordan Sleightholme (64) and Mehran Ibrahim (60) were in good order for Wrens.
Third-placed Morley (131-4) eased past Yeadon (127) by six wickets, thanks to Sangeeth Cooray (81no) and Nathan Bromby (5-15).
Jonathan Donnelly (73), Barney Gibson (63) and Mustafa Rafique (63no) were all in the runs for Pudsey Congs (315-7), up to fourth after beating Gomersal (305-9).