Wednesday evening saw the rescheduled cup match against Green Lane.

Ben Rhydding won the toss and elected to bat on a pleasant summers evening.

An impressive 25 by Moursi laid the foundation of the Ben Rhydding innings. He was well supported by Aaron Moorehouse who shared in an opening stand of 38. Gus Hastings batted with much confidence and aggression and hit a well deserved 28 not out.

Ben Rhydding closed their innings on 98 - 8, certainly a good total.

In reply Green Lane were never allowed to keep up with the required run rate. Some accurate and aggressive bowling from openers Buckley and Masterson ensured that 98 was more than enough runs. All the bowlers stuck to a plan of accurate and tight bowling. Green Lane closed the innings on 48 - 8.

Coach AJ commented "It was an all round good performance from the boys this evening. Some sensible batting from our top order gave us the best opportunity to post a good score. The bowling and fielding was the best so far this season, with a couple of really good catches taken. I am very happy with how the lads played, not so happy that it cost me a round of drinks in the bar afterwards!"

Ben Rhydding take on Guiseley on Friday evening at home starting at 6.15. The team selected is posted on the web site.

Bank Holiday Monday saw BRCC host the Eddie Nelson Tounament.

In a 6 a side format with 5 overs per side,  BRCC were drawn in the same group as Calverley, North Leeds, Hall Park and Illingworth.

As hosts, BRCC opened the tournament with a game against Calverley. Calverley won the toss and elected to field. BRCC posted a very competitive 43. However, some failry inaccurate bowling and some  sloppy fielding, BRCC conceded to many runs and Calverley won the game with 6 balls to spare.

Game 2 saw BRCC play tournament favorites North Leeds. Batting first BRCC scored 45. In reply North Leeds could only 31.

Game 3 against Hall Park was a fairly one sided affair with BRCC restricting Hall park to 28. The chase never looked in doubt and BRCC cruised to victory with 3 balls to spare!!

Game 4 against Illingworth was a must win game. Batting first BRCC posted a very credible 43. With some excellent tight bowling and committed fielding, Illingwoth never looked like they were going to chase 42 and ended up falling short scoring 26.

Whilst BRCC went calmly about their business, Hall Park had managed to record wins over North Leeds, Illingworth and Calverley.

This meant a sudden death "bowl out" to decide the Group winners. After 2 rounds both sides had hit the stumps twice, on the 17 delivery of sudden death Hall Park clipped the base of the off stump and they went through as group winners.

Coach AJ said that "The boys have performed fantastically well to get to this point. It was disappointing to loose in a bowl off, but the lads should be extremely proud of what they have achieved today" He went on to say that "No Ben Rhydding team has ever made it this far in an Eddie Nelson competition and that the reason we did so well today is that the lads stuck to the basics of accurate bowling, sensible batting & committed fielding. Above all though, I am extremely happy with how the lads worked as a team"

 The Eddie Nelson Squad:

• Josh Crane (wk)
• Pat Bibby
• Josh Stephens
• Jake Duxbury
• Harry Marshall
• Nikki Corless
• Jack Buckley