EMBSAY suffered a disappointing result as they crashed to defeat by six wickets against Haworth Road in Division One of the Craven and District Cricket League on Sunday.

The Shires Lane batters again failed to fire. John Golson and Sam Arkwright top scored with 21 apiece but they were shot out for 76. Zahir Abbas (4-15) took the bowling honours and he followed this with an innings of 31. Elliot Stockton's 3-43 was in vain.

Sutton travelled to Ingrow and their opponents slumped to 16-5 at one point. However, they recovered to reach 265-7. Wayne Exley scored a super 102no, figuring in a sixth wicket partnership of 135 with Dan Scott.

The visitors replied with 178, with Dave Snowden (48) and Sam Solley (39) leading the way as Jake Hoyle claimed 3-34.

Joint Division Two leaders Foulridge and Airedale both won well against Craven sides. The former were away to Glusburn and knocked the Park Field side over for 142. Skipper Steve Brown top scored with 39 as Ummar Farooq took 4-25.

In reply, Foulridge sauntered home by nine wickets, led by Zaheer Abbas (83no) and Aamir Mohammed (52no).

Airedale entertained Cononley and restricted them to 137, of which skipper Andy Starkey made 33. Asad Ejaz (63no) led the Bradford Road to victory by six wickets despite Matthew Phillips' 3-21.

Sandy Lane made 134 on their visit to Cowling, with Zeeshan Ahmed making 54 and Will Bowden and Ajmal Choudhry each taking three wickets apiece. The hosts fell 20 runs short of their target despite Alamgir Anwar's 27.

Eldwick & Gilstead entertained Gargrave and the visitors were held to 112, with Mark Jones making 28 as Jordan Bayliss took 4-10. Tom Conneely and Steve Timperley both made 31 as the home side got home by five wickets.