MILLOM’S decent form in the North Lancs and Cumbria League Premier Division continued as they beat Lindal Moor by six wickets at St George’s Road.

Professional Sameera Sadamal top scored with 60 not out as Millom overhauled Lindal’s total of 199 in the 40th over and with only four wickets down.

Braith Connor did the most damage, taking 5 for 28 in 8 overs, with professional Keshan Wijerathna top scoring with 60, and skipper Ed Waind making 52.

Furness suffered their second successive league defeat as they lost to Carlisle at Edenside.

Batting first, the home side made 228 for 9, with tail-ender Henry Walker the top scorer with 45 not out and Jamaican Derval Green hitting 42. Indian pro Rishi Dhawan took 3 for 44, Garry Thompson 3 for 65 and Mark Daly 2 for 47.

Sam Dutton hit 49 for Furness, Ryan Griffiths 43 and Brad Chapples 30, but they fell 22 runs short at 206 all out. Green took 4 for 45 in his last game for Carlisle before joining the West Indies T20 squad.

Deciding to bat against Haverigg, Wigton were saved by opener Mike Slack’s 54 and a tail-end flourish from Ben Purdham and John Reed to be all out for 157 in the 48th over.

Haverigg pro Roy Kaia took 4 for 33 in 13.2 overs. Haverigg’s young batting line-up again failed. Kaia made his first league half century, 54, but the villagers were all out for 127 in the 30th over. Mike Slack took 5 for 39 and Ben Purdham 3 for 23.

A closely-contested game at Cleator where the visitors, Cockermouth had first knock and started with an opening stand of 56. The remaining top order took the score to 150 for 6, but they were 183 all out.

Alex Grainger top scored with 35. Cleator’s Dave Rooney was again among the wickets taking 4 for 47 in 13 overs and James Rogers claimed 3 for 42 in 13 overs.

Cleator made a steady start and were 50 for 2, and when Dave Watson went for 74 it was 129 for 3. Professional Tharaka Waduge held the side together and at 177 for 5 it looked all over, but this soon became 182 for 9. Last man Rooney joined Waduge to get Cleator home at 184 for 9, with Waduge 59 not out. Cockermouth’s Sam Thompson returned 5 for 27 in 10 overs.

In first against Dalton, the Workington batting was below its best, but with 33 from Robbie Lambert and 31 from Kaushalya Gajasinghe, the reigning champions were 187 all out in the 46th over.

Dalton’s Rangika Pinnala Don took 4 for 39 in 8.5 overs, and the pro Winston Masakadza, 4 for 50 in 14 overs. Dalton’s reply never really got into gear. Daniel Sharp’s 25 was the top scorer as the home side were dismissed for 94 in the 31st over. Kaushalya Gajasinghe returned 4 for 20 in eight overs and Matthew Lowden 4 for 28 in nine overs.

Winning the toss, Whitehaven decided to bat but didn’t have the best of days against Keswick.

Again it was Stephen Holliday who top scored with 52, the only batsman to pass 20, as the home side were all out in the 47th over for 137.

Keswick pro Geeth Kumara took 5 for 19 in 14.3 overs and Dan Gaskell 3 for 37 in 14 overs.

Keswick went to a comfortable win making 138 for 2 in 30 overs, William Atkinson was 54 not out, and Kumara was unbeaten on 41.

Batting first in their Division One match at Seascale, Vickerstown soon found themselves 20 for 3 but made an unbelievable recovery to be all out in the last over for 305. Isaac Whitehall and skipper Gareth Benson both made 84 and John Burns 67. Andrew Knott took 4 for 72.

After tea Seascale did not go down without a fight and were 193 all out in 35 overs, Steve Brown jnr. Making 49.

Whitehall and Benson completed quite a day, taking 3 for 32 and 3 for 34 respectively.

Egremont, in first against Kirkby, were not at their best and only Alex Hodgson with 33 and opener Jack Stubbings’ 25 got their side to 141 all out in the 36th over. Kirkby’s Mark Etchells took 4 for 27 in 9 overs. In reply Kirkby never looked likely to make a winning score, as wickets fell regularly to see them all out in the 28th over for 84.

Coady Scott, 5 for 45 in 11 overs, and Shaun Bostock, 3 for 28 in 13.1 overs, got their side an important 10 points.

Ulverston went in first at Workington and Stuart Cooper’s 38, was the only bright spot in the visitors’ innings, as they were all out in the 20th over for 81.

Dan McDermott, 5 for 44, and Adam Chambers, 4 for 28, bowled unchanged for the Workington side.

Workington’s innings began very badly and they were soon 19 for 4, but Adam Chambers was still there and his 46 not out got his side to the win at 82 for 4.

Losing both openers without scoring against Cockermouth, Hawcoat Park’s Sam Cunningham, 50 not out and Callum Muncaster 38, led the recovery, and with support from Cameron McDougall, also with 38, the visitors made 186 for 7 in their 50 overs.

Cockermouth in reply soon lost both openers but Tom Norman with 46 and former opening bat Stephen Chambers, batting at number eight, made 49 not out and his side won in the last over at 192 for 8.

Hawcoat Park’s Tom Stanwix again bowled well returning 3 for 37 in his 15 overs.

Furness A earned a comfortable victory at home to Barrow A after making 216 for 9, and dismissing the opposition for 101.