Staxton CC's dramatic win keeps AndyHire Scarborough Evening Cricket League Division A title race alive

Staxton's last-ball win at relegation battlers Seamer & Irton kept the AndyHire Scarborough Evening Cricket League Division A title race alive.
Elliot Hatton shone with bat and ball in Folkton & Flixton's winElliot Hatton shone with bat and ball in Folkton & Flixton's win
Elliot Hatton shone with bat and ball in Folkton & Flixton's win

The win keeps second-placed Staxton five points behind leaders Folkton & Flixton, so with only three more rounds of games to go the pacesetters are favourites to claim the title.

The top two meet at Staxton next Tuesday, with Flixton knowing a win would seal the title for them and Staxton able to cut the lead to two points if they triumph.

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Elliot Hatton continued his fine form with three wickets and 46 not out as Folkton & Flixton won by eight wickets at home to Scarborough.

Hatton was the top Flixton bowler with 3-14 as the visitors posted 107-6, Brad Milburn, Prince Bedi and Breidyn Schaper all hitting 23.

All-rounder Hatton top-scored in the reply, Jack Stephenson adding 26 and Harry Walmsley 23no.

Brompton's relegation to Division B was confirmed when they conceded at Ebberston, a result which also lifted the latter out of the drop-zone.

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Ten-man Heslerton won by five wickets at home to eight-man Scalby from the penultimate ball of their innings.

Joe Davies struck 50, Dave Holborn 33 and Matty Jones 27no as the visitors made 124-4.

The hosts made a good start thanks to Kristian Wilkinson's 50, and secured the win with one ball remaining thanks to Toby Sercombe's 20.

In Division B, the Cloughton v Wykeham B game was cancelled and Folkton & Flixton B conceded their match at Sherburn.

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Cayton took a step closer to gaining promotion from Division C with a seven-wicket win at Scalby B.

Skipper Paul Hesp hit 36 and fellow opener Jon Barton 26 as the hosts made 102-5, Leon Kennedy bagging three wickets.

Charlie Geall's 3-23 then kept Scalby in the game, but Corey Towell's 38 paved the way for Cayton's win from 9.2 overs.

Forge Valley B also boosted their chances of promotion with a 51-run success at Valley's A team, all but ending the latter's hopes of stepping up to Division B.

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Shan Puthenveettil Salim hit 34 and Sonu Thomas 30 as the B team were dismissed for 126, Sean Pinder scooping 3-4 from just six balls after Dan Boyle's 2-17 and Charlie Baldwin's 2-27.

Babu Mathew's brilliant 4-10 then saw Valley B skittled for 75 runs, all-rounders Thomas and Salim capping fine games with two wickets apiece.

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