They think its all over

With 5 games left to play Westhoughton 2s are 23 points or 4 games clear at the top of the table.

Farnworth elected to bat having won the toss and were soon in trouble as Simon Ashcroft enticed the opening batter and opposition captain Martin Hicks into a rash shot top edging to keeper JP;one down in the 3rd over.
With Simon extracting bounce on a damp track 2 more shortly followed with the Farnworth batters caught in the ring then bowled 2 more just clipping the bails.This brought late arrival and league sponsor Martin Axford to the crease who got peppered early on with 2 deliveries catching him in the nether region and then trapping this hands onto the bat handle;after a short delay and tantrum about the wicket he decided to hit the next ball to Hodgy at mid-off who did the rest.
Dan Higham completed his 6 over spell at the other end to bring Wasim Nawab into the attack.A smart stumping by JP brought Wasim a wicket.
A late flurry at the tail brought a few more runs taking the score to 102 before Simon bagged the remaining batsmen finishing with seasons best figures of 9-57 and surely a claim for the leagues best bowling performance.

Knowing that rain was expected Westhoughtons response got off to a quick start with 6 an over being scored from the first ten overs.Rain did bring a brief interruption with the score at 67-1 with Matt Trow out lbw for 15.An early tea was taken and after a bit of mopping up Westhoughton need a revised total of 85 which they got quickly as Martin Hodgkiss hit the winning run finishing on 51not out.