End Of Season Stat Pack

 To be perfectly honest trying to juggle my scoring commitments, together with keeping the records up to date not only for us but also Lancashire Women, doing my post match reports for the various Lancs teams and having a bit of time for myself has meant little or no time for the blog and/or the Lostock Stats twitter account. So, now that we have finished the season and I have a little time on my hands let's take a look at the season through a statto's eyes.

The 1st XI managed to retain their place in the top division and during the course of the season managed to pass the milestone of 2000 competitive matches since our formation in 1938 with the total now standing at 2015 matches played which have seen us win 729 nad lose 744. They also managed to equal the longest losing streak in club history with 12 losses on the trot but reviving the season somewhat after that. The run chase at Padiham of 258 was the highest in our history, eclipsing the previous best of 235 by 23 runs and was just the 6th instance of us chasing down 200 or more to win a match.

1st XI Individual Milestones

Sam Barlow

Scored his maiden 1st XI century (the 50th for the 1stXI)  with his 127 v Padiham being the second highest innings by a Lostock wicketkeeper.

Aggregate of 590 runs was the 11th highest by a Lostock amateur, and saw him become the 9th amateur to score 500 or more in a season in 2 or more years.

33 victims in the season behind the stumps was the 10th highest total in a season, the 21st total of 30 or more and became the 7th keeper to pass 30 in a season on 2 or more occasions.

Became the 3rd player to pass 1000 runs in NWCL for the 1st XI

Matt Lamb

Passed 500 runs in the season (548) - the 19th amateur to do so and the 33rd in all. 

Scored his first century for the 1st XI - the 49th for the 1stXI.   

James Evans

Fell just 2 runs short of the magical 500 run barrier. 

Just the 9th amateur to have scored 300 runs & taken 30 wickets in a season (498 & 30). The 25th recorded instance of this. 

Became just the 5th player to pass 500 runs in T20 cricket for the club

2nd player to pass 1000 runs in NWCL cricket for the club, and also now one of 5 players to take 50 wickets in NWCL competitions.

Passed 2500 1stXI runs - the 18th recorded to do so.

Reece Gray

8th player to pass 500 runs in NWCL matches and also one of the 5 players to take 50 wickets in the NWCL.

Adam Syddall 

Played his 200th 1st XI match (the 22nd recorded to reach 200)

Passed 50 wickets in the NWCL

George Jackson

Passed 1000 1stXI runs (the 41st recorded to do so)

Passed 100 1stXI appearances (the 54th recorded to do so)

Harry Jackson

Passed 50 1stXI wickets (the 53rd recorded to do so) 

Akbar Ur Rehman

Akbar passed 3000 1stXI runs - the 14th recorded to do so and the 3rd highest aggregate ever recorded by a professional for the club.

He also passed 100 wickets for the 1stXI (21st to pass) and also 50 catches (17th) 

2nd XI Individual Milestones

Lucky Issa - Passed 4500 runs for the 2nd XI - just the 4th recorded to do so.

Amit Dashore - Passed 1000 2ndXI runs (the 36th recorded instance)

Darren Parr - Has now moved up to 3rd place for most wickets taken for the 2ndXI with 442

Kiishan Ram, Arron Patel and Nick Ford - All passed 50 2ndXI wickets to take the total up to 40 recorded to do so. 

 3rd XI Individual Milestones

Harry Jackson - 1st player to score over 1000 runs for the 3rd XI

Kiishan Ram - 1st player to take 50 wickets for 3rd XI

Ajay Guhathakurta - now leading wicketkeepre for 3rd XI 

CLUB MILESTONES

James Evans - passed 3500 runs for the club (24th recorded)

George Jackson - passed 3000 runs for the club (35th), and passed 150 appearances (72nd)

Reece Gray - passed 2000 runs (55th), 200 appearances (52nd), 100 wickets (60th)

Harry Jackson - passed 2000 runs (56th), 150 appearances (73rd), 150 wickets (44th)

Aaron Berriman - passed 1500 runs (69th), 100 appearances

Adam Syddall - passed 200 appearances (51st), moved up to 15th on all time wicket taking list (338)

Darren Parr - moved up to 10th on all time wicket taking list with 449

Lucky Issa - passed 850 appearances for the club (1st to do so)

Tom Gregory - became 14th player to make 100 catches as a fielder for the club. Also extended his record for scoring the most runs for the club without ever recording a 50 (now 1798) 

 

 

  

Catch Up Time!

 To be perfectly honest trying to juggle my scoring commitments, together with keeping the records up to date not only for us but also Lancashire Women, doing my post match reports for the various Lancs and having a bit of time for myself has meant little or no time for the blog and/or the Lostock Stats twitter account. So, having a relatively quiet week ahead here is a look at one or two of the main statistical highlights so far this season.

Matt Lamb's first century for the club in the recent game against Earby was the 49th recorded for the 1stXI in competitive cricket and the 17th by an amateur batsman. It was also the 2nd recorded for us in the Hamer Cup - in which we've had a pretty dismal record over the years. Incidentally, Matt's century was the 79th recorded for the club in all cricket whilst the three that we have conceded so far this season have almost brought parity as those hit against us now total 78!

Skipper James Evans has hit nineties on consecutive weekends over the last couple of weeks which in itself is realtively rare and prompted me to have a look at how many instances of 90 or more we've had in the 1stXI. James' brace take the total up to 33 that we have recorded for the the 1stXI to date, with two players having the dubious honour of having made 99* - John Norburn in 1991 and last year's pro Muhammed Suleman. It may not come as a surprise that the most 90's recorded are 4 by current pro Akbar Ur-Rehman who also leads the 100 lists, and Peter Flanagan. Others to record more than 1 90+ innings are Rehman Shah (3); Wayne Harper (2), Luckman Vahalawala (2), Ather Abid (2) and Muhammed Suleman (2).

The lads above combined to hit an opening partnership of 203 in the cup game v Earby which is a new record opening stand in cup cricket for the club and, just the 3rd double century stand ever recorded for the 1stXI. The caveat to partnership records that we currently have to hand is that many of our old scorebooks simply didn't record the fall of wickets so create one of the sketchier areas of our archive. The other two that we have records of are the 1st wicket record of 213* between Wayne Harper and Matthew Syddall v Little Hulton in 1999, and the 2nd wicket record of 273 shared by Ather Abid and Peter Flanagan against Bolton in 2009 at Daisy Hill.

Mention of current pro Akbar Ur-Rehman reminds me that he is on the cusp of more milestones here at Lostock. He's quietly moved up to 16th on the all time 1stXI runscoring chart with his pre-weekend total standing at 2831 leaving him within touching distance of becoming the 15th recorded to make 3000 for the 1stXI. His 2889 runs in total for the club have him now 36th in all games for Lostock with the opportunity to become the 34th to make 3000. He also now has 94 wickets for the 1stXI so potentially on the verge of being the 32nd to record 100 for the 1stXI. In all games for the club he sits on 99 so his next wicket will see him become the 61st to reach 100 wickets for the club. Assuming he reaches both landmarks he will become just the 5th player to score 3000 runs and take 100 wickets for the 1stXI - joining Les Barlow, David Flanagan, Graeme Beswick and Conner Hicklin. James Evans could yet join this club soon too. 

Saturday's 1stXI game will be the 2000th competitive game for the team since our formation in 1938. Prior to Friday's T20 at Kearsley the record stands at Played 1998, Won 721, Lost 736, Tied 10, Draw/Aband/Canc 531.

The current losing run of 10 games by the 1stXI is threatening to match or surpass the record of 12 consecutive defeats between the end of the 1938 season and early 1939 season.  

Finally, a quirkier one to finish on. James Cregan recently played his first game for the club for 11 years a couple of weeks ago - not in itself a record, Stephen Croston for example returned to play in 2023 having last played in 2001 a gap of 22 years. But should Saturday's game v Blackrod go ahead it will be his first home game on a "Lostock" home ground (ie excluding the games at Haydock etc when we were waiting our new home) since 2007. No doubt he'll be hoping for a similar score to that last one at Lostock Lane where he made the final ever 1stXI half century in that game.      

Stat Pack 1stXI v Eagley

 The 1stXI will be looking to bounce back fromlast weekend's thrilling but ultimately disappointing loss against Tonge where we were beaten by a margin of 1 wicket.

Saturday will see the 20th meeting between the clubs since we first met back in 2016 when we joined the Bolton League in all competitions. 

The 10 league games so far have been evenly spread with 5 wins to Lostock, 4 to Eagley and 1 game abandoned. In the cup we have one win each, whilst in T20 cricket it stands at 5 wins to us and just the one to Eagley with 1 abandoned. Overall then P19 W11 L6 A2 

                                       
Highest Total        (For)                                
League    219-9    (2021)        Cup    255-5    (2019)        T20    175-3    (2021)
                                        
Highest Total        (Against)                                
League    169-9    2022        Cup    213-9    (2019)        T20    152-7    (2024)
                                        
                                        
Lowest Total        (For)                                
League    135    (2017)        Cup    173-6    (2024)        T20    78    (2023)
                                        
Lowest Total        (Against)                                
League    103    (2021 & 2023)        Cup    176-6    (2024)        T20    112-5    (2021)

Highest Individual Innings            (For)                                       
League    83    M Suleman (2024)            Cup    71*    R Holgate 2019            T20    97*    A Ur-Rehman (2022)    
                                                    
Highest Individual Innings            (Against)                                        
League    87    A Salman (2017)  &         Cup    63    W Shuttleworth 2019            T20    69    J Richards (2024)    
                87* J Richards (2024)                                            
                                                    
Best Bowling            (For)                                        
League    6/49    D Flanagan (2017)            Cup    3/39    R Holgate 2019            T20    4/12    D Flanagan (2016)    
                                                    
Best Bowling            (Against)                                        
League    6/20    H Seigne (2024)            Cup    2/32    J Wainman (2024)            T20    3/15    H O'Rourke 2023    

Most Runs        248    Akbar Ur Rehman                        Most Wickets        37    Rob Holgate        

        PARTNERSHIP RECORDS                   
1    146        Akbar Ur Rehman & Conner Hicklin                10/06/2022    T20
2    69          Matthew Leach & Bradley Williams                 24/05/2019    T20
3    78          Akbar Ur-Rehman & Conner Hicklin                20/08/2023    NWCL
4    96          Simon Hanson & Daniel Vincent                       10/07/2021    BCL
5    89          Robert Holgate & David Flanagan                     05/05/2019    Stafford
6    67          Robert Holgate & Alex Senior                           05/05/2019    Stafford
7    45          George Jackson & Jake Raby                             02/06/2024    NWCL
8    20          Reece Gray & Alex Senior                                 13/08/2022    BCL
9    34          Geoff Earle & Alex Senior                                 10/07/2021    BCL
10  18          Jake Raby & David Flanagan                             13/08/2022    BCL

 
                                                    

                                        

2ndXI v Astley Bridge

 Like the 1st XI, the 2nds will be looking to build on last week's opening day win as they entertain Astley Bridge at Chew Moor. 

This will be the 11th meeting of the two clubs at 2ndXI level since we first met in 2016. Currently the results stand at 3 wins 4 defeats and 3 abandoned/cancelled.

 Highest Total        (For)            League    240-7    2022
        
Highest Total        (Against)      League    239-5    2022
 
        
Lowest Total        (For)              League    93    2022
        
Lowest Total        (Against)      League    108    2022

Highest Individual Innings            (For)         League    63*    L Issa (2022)    
            
Highest Individual Innings            (Against)  League    72    A Cooper (2023)    
            
            
Best Bowling            (For)            League    5/38    J Raby (2023)    
            
Best Bowling            (Against)     League    5/19    M Patel (2016)    

Most Runs         Stephen Kaye        220

Most Wickets    Jake Raby          7

 

Tonge Preview

 The 1st XI will be looking to build on last week's opening day win as they make the short journey across town to renew rivalries with Tonge. Since first meeting in 2016 we have met 9 times in the league and twice in T20's. In league matches we have won 7 and lost 2, whilst in the T20 we have won both encounters

Highest Total        (For)                                
League    211-6    2021                       T20    132-4    2024
                                        
Highest Total        (Against)                                
League    199-5    2024                       T20    132-6    2024
                                        
                                        
Lowest Total        (For)                                
League    136    2021                          T20    116-7    2019
                                        
Lowest Total        (Against)                                
League    62    2016                            T20    88    2019
  

Highest Individual Innings            (For)                                            
League    118    J Evans        2021               T20    66    M Suleman        2024
                                                        
Highest Individual Innings            (Against)                                            
League    101*    H Dumindu         2024     T20    59    H Dumindu        2024
                                                        
                                                        
Best Bowling            (For)                                            
League    6/11    J Evans        2024               T20    3/15    D Flanagan         2019
                                                        
Best Bowling            (Against)                                            
League    4/33    C Lord        2022                T20    3/37    H Dumindu        2024

Most Runs        209    Akbar Ur Rehman       
Most Wickets        21    Tom Sheen        
 

PARTNERSHIP RECORDS

1    154    James Evans & Conner Hicklin                    18/09/2021      BCL
2    65      Conner Hicklin & Akbar Ur Rehman            27/08/2022     BCL
3    78      Akbar Ur Rehman & Robert Holgate            23/07/2022     BCL
4    15      James McLoughlin & Akbar Ur Rehman      18/09/2021     BCL
5    20      Alex Senior & James Evans                           23/07/2022     BCL
6    44      Simon Hanson & James Evans                       03/07/2021     BCL
7    25      Robert Holgate & Alex Senior                       05/07/2019     T20
8    12      Robert Holgate & Harry Stockton                  05/07/2019    T20
9    14      Tom Sheen & Harry Jackson                          03/07/2021     BCL
10    3      Louis Greenhalgh & Tom Sheen                    03/07/2021     BCL
      

2ndXI at Barnoldswick

 Our 2nd XI start their season with a trip to Barnoldswick which will be only the second meeting at this level between the clubs at this level. Barnoldswick won a close game last year by a margin of just 8 runs so the lads will be looking to turn that result around this year.

The Scorecard from last year looks like this:-

 Barnoldswick CC
Batting
Name                        How Out                   Bowler                        Runs      
Chris Lemon*†    ct Ajay Guhathakurta    b  Kishan Ram                  23        
Osama Mahmood    lbw                             b  Aaron Patel                    6    
Richard Green    ct Nicholas Ford             b  Oliver Bonnett-Jones    20  
Haseeb Mehmood hanif                             b  Darren Parr                     1
Harry Brown        ct Kishan Ram              b  James Mcloughlin         19           
Imran Sajid          ct Lucky Issa                 b  Darren Parr                     1
Hafeez-Ul Wahab    lbw                            b   Aaron Patel                  42   
Shazaib Ali            ct Stephen Kaye          b  James Mcloughlin        15   
Sharoon Sohail    lbw                                b  Aaron Patel                     1  
Muhammad Azmat    not out                                                                9                
Victor Sunil            ct Lucky Issa              b  James Mcloughlin          4  
Extras        0    
    Total    173    
  
Bowler           
Darren Parr    11-2-50-2    Aaron Patel    11-2-27-3    Kishan Ram    7-1-30-1   
Oliver Bonnett-Jones    6-1-18-1    James Mcloughlin    9-0-40-3

Lostock CC
Batting
Name                            How Out                    Bowler                                    Runs   
James Mcloughlin*    ct Hafeez-Ul Wahab    b  Victor Sunil                            27  
Ajay Guhathakurta                                          b  Haseeb Mehmood hanif           1     
Aaron Berriman         run out (Victor Sunil)                                                      33      
Kishan Ram               ct Victor Sunil              b  Muhammad Azmat                  6            
George Heaton           run out (Victor Sunil)                                                        6  
Lucky Issa†                ct & b                              Muhammad Azmat                 11   
Stephen Kaye                                                   b  Hafeez-Ul Wahab                  44   
Nicholas Ford                                                  b  Hafeez-Ul Wahab                  13   
Darren Parr                not out                                                                                2   
Aaron Patel                not out                                                                               0   
Oliver Bonnett-Jones    did not bat                    
Extras        0    
    Total    165    
    Wickets    8     

Bowler   
Haseeb Mehmood hanif    7-2-15-1    Sharoon Sohail    4-0-10-0  
Hafeez-Ul Wahab    12-0-45-2        Victor Sunil    12-0-43-1   
Muhammad Azmat    10-0-47-2   

Farnworth Preview 26th April

 Our 1stXI season begins on Saturday as we renew rivalries with Farnworth at Chew Moor. It will be our 17th meeting since our first in 2016 - with 14 of the previous 16 being in the league, 1 in the cup and 1 at T20.

In league games our record stands at P14 W4 L5 with 5 games abandoned or cancelled, with Farnworth having won the only cup tie and Lostock the only T20 match.

 Highest Total        (For)                                
League    256-8    (2018)        Cup    167-6    (2019)        T20    164-4    (2022)
                                        
Highest Total        (Against)                                
League    232-9    (2021)        Cup    227-5    (2019)        T20    119    (2022)
                                    
                                        
Lowest Total        (For)                                
League    91    (2018)         
                                        
Lowest Total        (Against)                                
League    87    (2016)        

Highest Individual Innings            (For)                                        
League    88    M Suleman (2024)            Cup    40*    N Jeffs (2019)            T20    95    A Ur-Rehman (2022)    
                                                    
Highest Individual Innings            (Against)                                        
League    101    T Walcott (2021)            Cup    80    K Younas (2019)            T20    36    C Baxendale (2022)    
                                                    
                                                    
Best Bowling            (For)                                        
League    6/49    D Flanagan (2016)            Cup    4/48    R Holgate (2019)            T20    3/31    A Ur-Rehman (2022)    
                                                    
Best Bowling            (Against)                                        
League    6/48    N Ali (2018)            Cup    2/14    I Mirza (2019)            T20    2/32    J Fox (2022)    

 Most Runs          163    Nick Jeffs                                        
Most Wickets        13    James Evans/Rob Holgate               
                            
        PARTNERSHIP RECORDS                    
1      58    Harry Stockton & James Evans                     19/06/2021    BCL
2      58    Akbar Ur Rehman & James Evans                27/05/2022    T20
3      80    Ankit Sharma & Matthew Lamb                   11/05/2024    NWCL
4      49    James Evans & Bradley Williams                 26/05/2019    Stafford
5      53    Nick Jeffs & Matthew Leach                         08/07/2017    BCL
6      59    David Flanagan & Nick Jeffs                        19/06/2021    BCL
7      52    Robert Holgate & Alex Senior                      26/05/2019    Stafford
8      17    Robert Holgate & Tom Sheen                       28/05/2022    BCL
9      21    Robert Holgate & Tom Sheen                       05/05/2018    BCL
10    37    Robert Holgate & William Berry                  05/05/2018    BCL