THE race for the Mewies Solicitors Craven League Division One title is wide open, with only 11 points covering second place to 12th.

Ingrow St John’s have opened up a three-point gap at the top after beating Barrowford at Street Lane.

The Bull Holme side struggled to 122, with Naqash Ahmed (63) leading the way as Nadeem Safdar (3-6) and Naveed Hussain (3-25) did most of the damage.

The Saints lost five wickets in reaching their target in the 20th over, with Immy Zaman making 48 and Ronnie Chokununga 39.

Second-placed Sutton went down to a 103-run defeat at Hepworth & Idle, who posted 184-7, with Gary Sagar (62) and Simon McDermott (51no) being the stars.

In the reply, Dave Matthews (5-30) and Jonathan Thompson (3-1) had the Royd Hill side back in the hut for 81.

Aftab Khan (75) and Dil Nawaz (68) put on 120 for the fourth wicket as Haworth Road Meths walloped 243-9, with Matt Wear taking 5-68, at Denholme.

The home side replied with a creditable 182-9, with Toby Priestley (67) and Isaac Murray (31) being the main contributors as Ijaz Khan took 4-49.

Crossflatts escaped from the bottom two after they beat Haworth by three wickets at West Lane. The hosts were restricted to 102 all out, with Jamie Rowell (33) top scoring as Joe Lynch claimed 3-18.

The Ryshworth Park side took 41.4 overs to reach their target.

Oakworth fought their way to 119 on the back of a last-wicket partnership of 36 by Ollie Stell (20) and Jack Cawood (11no) as Mohammad Adil took 3-27 and Harry Greenhalgh 3-36.

The Beckfoot Lane side were in total disarray as they collapsed to 28-7, with opener Sam Porter (25) having to watch the carnage at the other end.

However, he followed shortly after and the innings closed on 58, with James Lee (4-31), Michael Scarborough (3-11) and Ben Howell (3-13) doing the damage.

The top four in Division Two are covered by just four points.

Leaders Haworth Road Meths II must have taken tea feeling slightly uncomfortable after being dismissed for 102 by visitors Airedale, with Waj Mehmood (34) top-scoring as Lee Rickaby claimed 4-27.

The Bradford Road side plummeted from 38-1 to 44-9 before some lusty blows by Mick Feather (34) got them to 85.

Destroyer-in-chief was Sarfraz Mahmood, whose superb spell of 8-15 included a hat-trick.

Second-placed Wilsden, who are two points adrift, recorded a 23-run victory over Foulridge at Windy Grove.

The hosts posted 189 on the back of Chris Longley (56) and Adil Mehmood (42) as Ummar Farooq claimed 3-21.

The Noyna side closed on 166, with Amir Mohammed making 57 as Sam Mitchell (4-28) and Longley (4-29) got among the wickets.

A further point behind come Ingrow, who encountered few problems in seeing off visitors Ingrow St John’s II.

Mark Price (72) and Jake Hoyle (45) helped the home side to 180-8, and the Saints were dismissed for 108, thanks mainly to Aaron Pearce (4-44) and Ryan Higgs (3-20).

Chatburn come next after seeing off Cowling by 29 runs in the Ribble Valley.

The hosts battled their way to 134-7, with Steve Bowker making 39 and Mick Coley 33 not out as Sajid Shafait took 3-23.

The Coliseum side could only muster 105 in reply as Zak Green took 5-31.

Under-14 player Bradley Powell made 31 as ten-man Oakworth II were restricted to 78 at Cure Hill.

Visitors Glusburn romped home by eight wickets, with Neil Freeman (47no) leading the way.

Three players dominated proceedings in the Sandy Lane v Long Lee game.

The hosts made 121, with Shoaib Butt making 30 and Mohammed Ulfat 32 not out as Stephen Butterfield took 4-41.

The Golden View side slumped to 62 all out, with Butterfield (33) being the only player in double figures as Butt (4-10) and Ulfat (4-18) tore through the batting.