By Brian Sanderson,
On another beautiful day I set off with Bob Procter to Heslingden who were playing Lowerhouse in the Fosters Lancashire League.The ground is situated near Accrington on the junction of the A56 and B6527. However the minor road is not marked but I remember it from the first time I visited about three years ago with Peter Mann.
As I parked the car in the ground the new scoreboard was on the left. It seems it was the first match it had been used as there has been no electricity in the score box until recently.It is a large ground but short boundaries stright..There is a nice cricket cafe serving pies but we had just a cup of tea.Heslington batted first against the Lowerhouse pro Francois Haasbroek who is a South African medium bowler.Lower house had won the League for the first time last season. I saw their final match at Todmorden when they won the match with the help of a injured Haasbroek..
Heslingden soon lost their first wicket and the Heslingden pro came in at three. This was Harry Kenneth Perrott Boam who was born in Birmingham but plays his cricket for Wellington. Last year he played for Settle and he is twenty years old.However he was brillant caught and bowled for not many runs.It was up to Mohsin Imtiaz to bring the score up to181 .
After tea Boam started a fouteen over spell which put Lowerhouse behind the run rate and lost four wickets.However Haasbroek came in at five and at the end of Boam spell and started to score runs.As we left they required about 80 runs in 20 overs with the pro batting well.Looking at the excellent Lancashire League web -site Lowerhouse won by three wickets.
On the way back there had been a crash on the M62 which was causing choas because of the Rugby traffic.You never now what you may meet when driving.Tea was late and the blog.
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