Josh Barrington helps Narborough into district final

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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Narborough and Littlethorpe reached the South-West District final by defeating Market Bosworth by 33 runs.

Narborough made 145-5, Josh Barrington top-scoring with 37 not out.

Jordan Batson (24), Sam Cooper (20) and George Whitmore (19) also did well with the bat.

Bosworth made 112-9 in reply, with Ben Hinchcliffe making 35 to add to his two wickets.

For Narborough, Jack Allen (3-11) and Harry Hill (2-7) made sure Bosworth remained behind the run rate

In the North-West District, Gracedieu scored an unlikely victory over Anstey and Glenfield.

Gracedieu collapsed to 29-7 after good opening spells by Spicer and May. Sam Hogsden (15) and Nick Chadwick (20 not out) helped them recover to a modest 92-9.

Anstey lost two wickets in Sykes' first over and were then reduced to 12-4.

Cockerill and Mayes produced a decent partnership but Matt Hogsden's devastating 4-10 off four overs put them on the back foot again and they were all out for 70.

Sileby Town's batsmen rattled up 176-1 with Ash Burnip and Sam Gale both making 50s retired and Ryan Dawson 30 not out.

Opponents Kegworth struggled against Adam Hackett (2-4) and Lila Gohdani (3-7) and were restricted to 40-8.

In the South-East District semi-final, Adil Ali made 27 and Rikash Patel 21 in Kibworth's 98-3.

In reply, Medbourne got a good start with Jack Rose (21), Jake Noble (13), Alex Morgan (13) and Andrew Jarvis (11) looking to play winning knocks but Charles Hurley (2-13) and Chauhan Mikel (2-8) ensured a 14-run win for Kibworth.

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