Lenhardt stands firm as Glodwick leave it late in Twenty20 Cup

WITH four wins out of five, Glodwick and Royton qualified from Group 'B' in the Pennine Cricket League's Tom Hardman Twenty20 Cup competition.

The former, spearheaded by skipper Franco Lenhardt's unbeaten 52, clinched victory off the penultimate ball of the match in reply to Milnrow's 173 for five.

Royton also triumphed in the last over - they had five balls to spare - as professional Chirag Khurana's 64 not out helped chase down Hollinwood's target of 135.

Run-rate decided who progressed from Group 'D' after the top three teams finished on seven points.

THROUGH
Uppermill went through as runners-up after defeating Oldham (124) by five wickets with a ball to spare, behind Rochdale, who overcame Greenfield.

Austerlands missed out, despite a seven-wicket defeat of Friarmere.

Norden and Moorside in Group 'A', and Littleborough and Walsden (Group 'C') had already qualified for the last eight before the final round of group matches.

The stand-out display came from Monton and Weaste's Jake Sandham in Group 'A'.

He tore apart the Heyside bowling attack, scoring 125 from just 56 deliveries.

Spraying the ball to all parts of the hosts' Welbeck Road ground, he struck 12 sixes and five fours in the 71-run victory.

Scores -

Group 'A': Monton and Weaste 217-4 (J Sandham 125 F Shafiq 56), Heyside 146 (R Barnes 72); Moorside 108-8 (J Gartside 34 n.o), Norden 111-4 (S Pimm 42); Stayley 171-6, Micklehurst 137-2.

Group 'B': Crompton 161-5 (A Rehman 55, D Louis 38), Ashton 150-5 (S Khan 54, C Edirisinghe 56); Hollinwood 134 (N Maxwell 3-34, M Smith 3-19), Royton 135-5 (C Khurana 64); Milnrow 173-5 (S Anwar 83), Glodwick 174-6 (F Lenhardt 52 n.o).

Group 'C': Middleton 153-7 (C Williams 49, J Tierney 38, A Ali 3-30), Saddleworth 140-8 (B Lord 42), Werneth 143-9 (C Porteous 44), Shaw 144-3 (S Mahmood 68, T Thayalan 35); Littleborough 140-7 (E Kemm 69, U Karunaratne 4-12), Walsden 143-6 (Joe Gale 44 n.o).

Group 'D': Oldham 124 (M Usman 38, A Jones 4-21), Uppermill 129-5 (A Tasawwar 33); Rochdale defeated Greenfield - no scores received; Friarmere 94-6, Austerlands 95-3.

* LAST-EIGHT draw -

Rochdale v Royton; Glodwick v Littleborough; Norden v Uppermill; Walsden v Moorside.

Ties take place on Sunday, July 30.