Darwen delight after Netherfield win

John Cordingley won the toss and put the Cumbrians in - and it was celebration time two balls in as he snared a catch off brother Neil to send Craig Walmsley back for a duck.

And that joy turned to sheer delight when record breaking Netherfield pro Nick Kruger ducked out leaving Netherfield 2-2.

If that wasn’t enough, Darwen then reduced the visitors to 15-4 as John Huck and Alex Atkinson were removed by Kamran Anwar and it was already looking like an early finish.

It was 16-5 when Ben Barrow was out and the procession from the middle to the pavilion continued as Shane Hyland departed with the score on 30.

Ben Haddrick at least dug in to make a game of it and Marc Hadwin’s seven fours saw Field limp to 119 all out inside 30 overs.

Neil Cordingley claimed 4-35 from 11 overs, Anwar picked up 4-23 and professional Mohammad Zaman Khan grabbed a couple.

Mark Moore and Niall Burke fell cheaply as Darwen replied and Zaman Khan suffered a rare failure.

But any Darwen nerves were calmed by young Alex Davies, who batted well for 49, and John Cordingley.

The skipper finished unbeaten on 25 as his side got home with ease.

Netherfield

C W’sley ct J Cordingley b N Cordingley 0
Kruger ct Jackson b Anwar 0
J Huck ct Zaman Khan b Anwar 9
A Atkinson ct Clarke b Anwar 5
B Haddrick ct N C’gley b Zaman Khan 54
B Barrow ct Anwar b N Cordingley 1
S Hyland ct Zaman Khan b Cordingley 3
N Chambers ct Munns b N Cordingley 8
M Hadwin LBW Zaman Khan 34
T Barton ct Clarke b Anwar 1
S Nixon Not Out 0
Extras 4
Total (all out, 29.3 overs) 119
N Cordingley 11 2 35 4, K Anwar 7.3 2 23 4, C Wade 3 0 15 0, N Burke 4 0 26 0, Zaman Khan 4 0 18 2.

Darwen

M Moore b Barton 3
N Burke ct Atkinson b N Chambers 9
Zaman Khan ct Haddrick b Chambers 19
A Davies Not Out 49
N Cordingley LBW Nixon 7
J Cordingley Not Out 25
Extras 8
Total (4 wickets, 32.5 overs) 120
T Barton 8.5 2 37 1, N Chambers 6 2 21 2, S Nixon 8 2 22 1, Kruger 5 0 20 0, M Hadwin 5 0 15 0.

Darwen won by six wickets.