Week 17 Results

CHESHIRE WOMEN’S LEAGUE

Division One – August 13:

Chester Boughton Hall 144-3 (40; Lorna Starkey 63, Kate Coppack 42*, Hattie Roberts 2-15) (25pts)
Stockport Trinity 130-8 (40; Jennie Kitzinger 40, Carys White 29, Starkey 2-11, Coppack 2-15, Hannah Snape 2-20) (6pts)

• Chester moved level on points with Oakmere at the top after all-round performances from Lorna Starkey and Kate Coppack saw them home. Trinity were however in control in the early stages, with Hattie Roberts reducing Chester to 11-2. After 22 overs they had only progressed to 42, and their 34 over score of 94 still did not suggest anything more than a modest total would be posted. However, 50 were added in a crucial final six overs, and the stand of 129 between Starkey and Coppack was only broken in the final over. Despite some cultured batting from Jennie Kitzinger, and some lusty late hitting from Carys White, the Stockport side came up short. Oakmere retain the lead ahead of Chester as they have one more victory to their name.

Appleton 71 (36.1; Sami Fowler 17, Hannah Jones 3-8, Leesa Mellon 2-14) (3pts)
Didsbury 72-3 (31; Jones 40) (25pts)

• Appleton’s title hopes all but ended here as they were stunned by a Hannah Jones-inspired Didsbury side. Sami Fowler top scored in the first innings, and later bowled eight overs for six runs, but to no avail. With all the points that every division one side has picked up in the cross-divisional matches, it means that only 56 points cover all five teams, and unless the format is altered, one of these five will be relegated. Concerns must be growing at Appleton as they have now played all but one of their matches in hand, and remain bottom of the pile.

Division Two – August 6:

Oxton 160-6 (40; Megan Cureton 65, Rivca Burns 28, Poppy Donohue 2-14, Emma Capper 2-30) (13pts)
Leigh dnb (11pts)

• The rain had the last word here, but not before Megan Cureton had completed her maiden senior half century

August 13:

Oxton 107 (32.4; Megan Cureton 24, Christine Lawson 3-22, Alison Smith 3-31, Katie Haszeldine 2-13) (5pts)
Wistaston Village 108-3 (26; Haszeldine 33*, Smith 25, Katie Bennett 23, Alexa Harrison 2-21) (25pts)

• Wistaston completed a comfortable win that means they are division two champions for 2017 – subject to them not forfeiting one of their two remaining matches.

Division Three – August 7:

Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI 73-4 (20; Charlotte Waring 16, Hannah Thorley 16) (7pts)
Didsbury 2nd XI 74-5 (20; Maz Linford 14*, Zoe Cabral 2-11, Thorley 2-14) (25pts)

• Didsbury got home off the last ball to ensure they ended their league season with a win. Chester’s second team meanwhile came within a whisker of recording their first ever win. After pushing Stockport Georgians for the title for most of the season, Didsbury eventually fell 20 points short, but have a chance to gain revenge in the Development Knockout final on August 20.

August 13:

Hawarden Park 78-6 (20; Rachel Warrenger 17, Laura Wilson 17, Fiona Reeve 2-13, Georgie Morton 2-16) (25pts)
Woodley 61-7 (20; Clare Edwards 23, Katie Martin 3-9, Jasmine Denton 2-9) (6pts)

• Hawarden now look set for third place after completing the double over today’s opponents. Katie Martin’s fine figures of 3-9 in five overs snuffed out Woodley’s hopes of overhauling the total.

T20 DIVISIONAL COMPETITION

Western Division – August 11:

Appleton Tigers 71-5 (15; Laura Jackson 25ret)
Wistaston Swans 45-6 (15; Katie Haseldine 25ret, Kathryn Jackson 4-0)
(Restricted to 15 overs per side)

• Neither side has had a successful T20 campaign this season, but it was Appleton who claimed the spoils in this dead rubber. There was little doubt what the stand-out performance was, as Kathryn Jackson took four wickets for no runs in three overs.