OXENHOPE continue to surprise long-standing Spenser Wilson Halifax League Premier Division clubs.

Their latest victims at The Flatt were Warley.

However, hosts Oxenhope were 33-3 before the in-form Joe Ousey took the visitors' attack apart with 112, which included ten sixes and seven fours.

Lewis Hopkinson (42) and Eddie Jackson (46) chipped in to help them finish on 265-9, Luke Duckitt taking an expensive 5-110.

In reply, Warley's top order was blown away, and at 76-7 it looked like it was game over until No 8 Daniel Syme hit a quickfire 74, backed up by tail-enders Duckitt (33) and Liam Senior (21) as they were finally dismissed for 234.

Jer Lane had the easiest of wins in the top flight but a stubborn SBCI rearguard robbed them of maximum points by recording 130-9 in their 45 overs, Kieran Rogers bowling through to take 5-51.

Wayne Cotton (74no) and Raqueeb Younis (51no) knocked off the required runs in just 18.5 overs.

Copley was relieved to put runs on the board against Northowram HT and move out of the bottom two, dumping their opponents into that position in the process with Queensbury.

They remain rock bottom and simply cannot get going this season, losing for the eighth time in ten matches, on this occasion down the road at Thornton.

In the First Division, Cullingworth kept the pressure on top two Sowerby Bridge and Blackley with a 141-run home victory over struggling Shelf, and only three points now separate the top three.

The hosts’ Ben Burkill (119, including 16 fours and two sixes) was again among the runs as Babar Nawaz Malik took 3-31 and Jason Fenn 3-67 in their 241-9.

No less than eight home players shared the bowling, although opening bowler Phil Poole managed just one ball before retiring hurt, as Shelf recorded only 100 runs, with Dan Baines taking 3-3 and Burkill 2-11.

The woes of Stones continue as their seventh outright loss came at Great Horton Park Chapel, where they restricted the home side to 166, with Waqar Ilyas hitting 49.

But their own batting was poor, only 16 coming from their notional top scorer, the home side pulling 16 points clear of the relegation places.

In the Second Division, the Bradford derby between Clayton and visitors Low Moor HT turned out to be a very one-sided affair, with the hosts winning by 156 runs.

Clayton made 248 (M Hodgson 65, Tim Evans 55, Mitesh Mistry 54no), with Ryan Williamson doing well to take 3-39, and Low Moor were then dismissed for 92, with only opener Scott Osborne being defiant with 30 as Mistry took 6-45 and Paul Gelder 3-26.

Illingworth St Mary’s promotion march continued, with their latest demolition job coming at Upper Hopton, where the hosts were serving teas in no time.

Bowled out for 85, Luke Brooksby taking 5-26, the visitors won by six wickets thus maintaining their 19-point lead at the top.