THERE were celebrations for Edenfield as they won for the first time this season as they beat Padiham.

Professional Raheel Majeed made a glorious 138 and Adam Barnes hit 55 as Greg Smithson’s men posted a formidable 279-6.

And then Azam Shah marked his return from a year-long injury with five wickets as Padiham were bowled out for 204.

Edenfield

R Majeed ct Meeham b Saddique 138
J Lester lbw b Siddique 20
G Smithson lbw b Ahmed 25
A Barnes st Kelly b Siddique 55
S Shah b Saddique 8
A Bhatti ro 2
M brusn not out 9
J Filcroft not out 1
Extras 39
Total (6 wickets) 279
Q Ahmed 21 0 119 1, U Saddique 4 1 20 0, A Saddique 7 0 66 2, K Siddique 13 1 63 2.

Padiham

K Siddique ct Majeed b Storey 34
A Saddique b Shah 0
U Saddique b Shah 24
J Bushell ct Burns b Storey 10
C Clarke b Shah 9
N Ashraf b Shah 0
L Anderson ct Burns b Shah 43
S Meehan ct Burns b Majeed 13
P Shirtcliffe not out 44
Q Ahmed st Burns b Majeed 6
G Kelly ct Bhatti b Majeed 0
Extras 22
Total (for ten) 204
S Shah 19 1 87 5, B Storey 10 3 32 2, J Lester 7 0 39 0, R Majeed 8.3 1 39 3.

Edenfield won by 75 runs.