There were two great performances from our professional Jacques Snyman who played for the South Africa Champions team in the World Championship of Legends this week at Northampton.
On Tuesday against Pakistan, Jacques scored an unbeaten 82 while on Wednesday against India he blasted 73 runs and bowled 1 for 30 from four overs.
The performances earned him the Meethi Sweet Moment of the Match against Pakistan and he picked up the Player of the Match accolade for his efforts against India.
Congratulations to Greenmount legend Jacques Snyman who has been called into the SA Champions team for the World Championship of Legends.
South Africa play Pakistan today at 4pm then India tomorrow (Wednesday) also 4pm. Games will be played at Edgbaston and will be shown on TNT Sports.
Then it’s back to the high life for the Mount in fixtures against Rawtenstall and Crompton at the weekend.
Go well pro!
Greenmount’s first eleven crashed out of the Worsley Cup at the semi-final stage during a weekend where the senior setup lost all four of their respective games writes SAM CHADWICK.
On Saturday, hopes were high as the villagers travelled to Todmorden in a bid to reach the final of the prestigious competition.
After choosing to bat, they lost opener Tom Heaton early, leaving them at 9 for 1. Jacques Snyman’s brisk 36 from 31 balls offered some hope, but his dismissal triggered a collapse from 47 for 1 to 57 for 4.
It was battling middle-order contributions from Dan Stevens (26 from 47 balls), Gav Nicholl (31 from 64), and Callum Hunter (21 from 37) that helped Greenmount reach a somewhat competitive total of 153 all out in 44.5 overs.
Harry Rickard was the standout bowler for Todmorden, taking 4 for 14 in seven overs. In response, Snyman removed opener Noah Priestley early, leaving Todmorden at 14 for 1. However, consistent scoring from Edward Moore and Rickard, who both scored unbeaten 50s, saw Todmorden comfortably chase the target in just 22 overs with eight wickets to spare.
Sunday brought another disappointment with a 67-run loss to local rivals Ramsbottom. Tom Parton starred with the bat for The Rams, hitting 84 from 139 balls to help his side to 195 for 6 in their 50 overs.
Snyman (3 for 56) and Hunter (2 for 42) took wickets to at least continue their wicket-taking form. Greenmount’s reply never really got going, especially after Heaton and Snyman were removed early, leaving the score at 9 for 2.
Wickets fell in chunks throughout, with Nicholl’s score of 23 from 55 balls being the highest. The result was a total of 128 all out.
Elsewhere on Saturday, the third team narrowly lost in a thrilling encounter against Middleton at The Log Cabin. Winning the toss and electing to bat, Ed Wackrill’s excellent 61 from 82 balls helped the home side to an imposing total of 177 for 7 in an innings shortened to 38 overs.
Despite a large target, Middleton chased it down in just 30.1 overs with three wickets in hand, largely thanks to an opening partnership of 84 that took away a significant chunk of their work.
Finally, Sunday saw a disappointing nine-wicket loss for the second team at home to Rochdale. Batting first on a bowler-friendly wicket, an incredible spell of nine maidens from the away side saw Greenmount fall from 19 for 1 to 19 for 6. Oliver Dixon (24 from 44 balls) and Sam Chadwick (28* from 75) helped their side recover slightly, with George Kenyon also adding an assured 21 from 35.
Those efforts saw them finish on 96 all out. However, an opening partnership of 63 between Rochdale youngsters Thomas Gilbertson and Haroon Kashmiri quashed any hopes of an unlikely home win.
Kashmiri fell to Gareth Williams, but Rochdale reached the target in 21.4 overs.
Results mean Ramsbottom now leapfrog the first team into second with a narrow four-point gap. The second team drop to a disappointing tenth in their division, while Middleton moved level on points with the third team in second place in theirs.
Greenmount first eleven maintained the pressure at the top of the table to close out June with a fine win over fellow challengers Crompton at the Log Cabin writes JOHN STEVENS.
Conditions were seam friendly after a damp Saturday as skipper Travis Townsend won the toss and invited Crompton to bat first.
Wickets fell frequently with the home side producing a sharp fielding and bowling performance. Crompton eventually moved from 124 for 9 to a slightly more respectable 156 all out thanks to last wicket resistance from opening bowlers Good and King.
Both Travis and Callum Hunter bagged three wickets with professional Jacques Snyman taking 2 for 17 and Amal Dalugoda the prize wicket of professional Jamal who made a fine 54.
Greenmount’s reply merely served to underline the bowler-friendly conditions with both Snyman and Heaton out caught behind early and then Townsend receiving a peach from Adam Good to complete a hat-trick of catches for keeper Kain Dean.
At 32 for 3 Crompton sensed a potential early win in time for the football however Andy Kerr and Dan Stevens put together a match turning partnership of 85 before Dan was unfortunately run out for a fine 33 with three fours and two sixes.
Andy went on to see us through to complete the win with another excellent individual performance, unbeaten on 70 with eight fours and a six.
The win sees Greenmount remain in second place behind Walsden with just 16 points between the top three teams. The coming weeks will see crunch encounters against each of the other three teams from the top four so expect it to be exciting and tense stuff!
Elsewhere Oli Dixon’s second team suffered defeat in the reverse fixture at Crompton. The hosts compiled a competitive 208 for 9 thanks in the main to 84 from Whittle.
There were three wickets apiece for Dixon, Gareth Williams and Noah Birtwistle who continues his fine run of form in senior cricket. Unfortunately the Greenmount reply never really got moving with both Ed and Leigh Dickinson reaching 26, Ed Wackrill 22 before Dixon with 21 not out and Ben Clarke 14 not out at least ensured that we were not bowled out.
On Saturday Mark Crowther’s third team had posted a decent target of 209 for Todmorden only for rain to intervene and bring the encounter to an early close. Ed Dickinson made a fine 51 with contributions also coming from Nigel Franklin 43, Toby Leach 38, Ed Wackrill 35 not out and Sam Chadwick 26 not out.
This weekend is not all about England’s continued dramatic journey at the Euros as the first team have the Worsley Cup semi final at Todmorden on Saturday followed by the local derby away at Ramsbottom.
The thirds are at home on Saturday against Middleton and the seconds entertain Rochdale on Sunday. And if you don`t fancy any of that, there’s always the footy and Harrison’s on at the Mount!
Tomorrow (Sunday) our first team are playing at home in a top of the table clash against Crompton. Meanwhile, England are also playing in the last 16 of Euro 24 against Slovakia at 5pm. This means the club is going to be extremely busy.
Cricket teas will be taken in the function room between approx 4.15pm and 5pm so we ask that no-one sits in the function room until cricket teas are finished. Once they are finished the football will be put on the big screen.
The football will be shown on the TVs in the other rooms but we ask that any children under-16 are sat with their parents and NOT allowed to roam around the club, inside or outside, on their own. Additionally children are asked not to come to the bar.
Out of courtesy we also ask that when you finish your drinks any glasses are returned to the bar, especially if you are sat around the cricket ground as too many are just being left on the floor, which creates a safety issue. If this persists we will have no option to start serving drinks in plastic glasses for those drinking outside.
Thank you for your understanding and support.
Tom Heaton plundered an unbeaten 103 off just 62 balls to lead Greenmount’s first eleven to an excellent eight-wicket victory in their final T20 match of the season at Todmorden writes SAM CHADWICK.
After losing the toss and being asked to field, the Mount toiled as their hosts reached 175 for 5. Edward Moore top-scored with 62 from 43 balls, along with Bilal Abbas’s 48 from 32 and Freddie Priestley’s 33 from 28, setting an imposing total at the halfway point.
There was, however, a notable performance from junior left-arm spinner Noah Birtwistle, who took 2 for 25 in his four overs to continue his fine season in senior cricket. Impressively, his two wickets came in consecutive balls during the 13th over, conceding just three runs. Elsewhere, Jack Thomond took commendable figures of 2 for 34, with Callum Hunter claiming the other wicket to fall.
The reply got off to a bang, with the familiar opening partnership of Heaton and professional Jacques Snyman hitting 16 in the first over. However, any fears that Greenmount would crumble under the pressure of a large chase were intensified when Snyman was run out for just 12 in the third over.
The dismissal seemed to prove a catalyst for Heaton, who went wild from then on, hitting 16 fours and two sixes in a fine innings. His effort ended as the highest individual score in the JWL MPA T20 Group, beating his own record of 76. It also secured him the position of top scorer, finishing with 236 runs.
All this, backed up by a useful cameo of 31 from 23 balls by Gav Nicholl, meant that the away side chased down their target in just 17 overs, ending their T20 campaign in fine fashion. The final standings see them finish third, three points off a quarter-final berth.
Professional Jacques Snyman’s good form with both bat and ball continued as he helped the first eleven to a narrow three-wicket win at home to Bacup on Sunday. However, the rest of the senior setup struggled, with the second and third elevens succumbing to losses writes SAM CHADWICK.
The first team’s encounter was a low-scoring affair on a scorching June afternoon at the Log Cabin. Having chosen to field on a bowler-friendly pitch, Travis Townsend’s side quickly got to work, limiting Bacup to 125 all out.
Only four bowlers were needed for the Mount, with all of them picking up wickets. Callum Hunter impressed, taking 4 for 39 in his 15 overs, while Snyman took 3 for 12 with his economical off-spin. Townsend and Amal Dalugoda picked up the rest, taking 2 for 28 and 1 for 33, respectively.
But for a battling innings from Bacup’s Mohsin Iqbal (31 from 69 balls) and Luke Bradford (21 from 80 balls), things could have been worse for the away side, having been reduced to 59 for 6 at one stage.
Snyman’s typically brutal 46 from just 25 balls at the top of the order got Greenmount off to a flier, but they struggled at points chasing the modest target. Townsend’s score of 31 from 41 proved important, before Hunter and Sam Greenhalgh saw the side over the line in the 24th over.
Elsewhere, in the reverse fixture, the second eleven failed in their chase of 205, losing by 33 runs. Bacup chose to bat on their home ground, and a series of useful scores from across their batting order saw them to 205 all out in 42 overs, without anyone passing 50. Alex Shepherd’s 39 from just 20 balls was particularly harmful, given he came in at number nine with his team at 161 for 7.
On the brighter side, Gareth Williams’ return to the Greenmount side was a welcome one, as he took 4 for 47, while skipper Oliver Dixon took 3 for 31.
Toby Leach top-scored in the second innings with 36 from 57 balls, and Rupert Hallows hit 31 from 71, but they always seemed to be behind the eight-ball, finishing up on 172 for 9.
On Saturday, the third team’s result should perhaps be put down as a learning experience for their youthful side. Playing host to Norden, they were bowled out for just 43, having been put into bat in a bitterly disappointing display.
The one shining light was a strong tenth-wicket partnership between Dexter Crowther and George Kenyon, who stood firm for 14 overs to at least frustrate the opposition before the latter was removed in the 34th over. Norden completed the chase in the ninth over with nine wickets to spare thanks to Jozef Gordon’s 26 not out from 25 balls. Pacer Ben Clarke took their only wicket to fall.
Results mean the first team stay second, ten points behind leaders Walsden. The second eleven are now eighth in their division, having been leapfrogged by Bacup. The third team stay second despite their disappointing day out.
Greenmount first eleven suffered a comprehensive eight-wicket defeat at home to Crompton on Friday, a result that sees them bow out of the JWL T20 Competition at the group stage writes SAM CHADWICK.
Choosing to bat on a balmy evening at The Log Cabin, the usually in-form 20-over batting line-up crumbled to a disappointing 77 all out. A much-changed team featured new introductions to the first team in Toby Ashworth (signed from Ramsbottom) and young fast-bowler Ed ‘Wackers’ Wackrill, who joined fellow juniors Noah Birtwistle and Toby Leach in the eleven.
All were soon called into action with the bat as regular wickets tumbled. The tone was set when Tom Heaton was removed with just the third ball of the match by Crompton’s Simon Wright. The theme of ‘three’ continued, with three bowlers taking three-wicket hauls: Adam Good and Jaime King both claimed 3 for 9, and Asif Fazal picked up 3 for 6.
Only two would make it into double figures for the Mount. Captain Travis Townsend battled his way to 19 off 28 balls under pressure, while Callum Hunter top-scored with 20 off 17. The highlight of an otherwise disappointing innings was perhaps the 14th over, in which Hunter collected 17 of those runs, hitting Denis Louis for four boundaries.
Hunter also made the away side sweat opening the bowling, giving Wright a taste of his own medicine to leave Crompton 3 for 1 in the first over. However, any signs of an unlikely win for the villagers soon dissipated, with Mohammed Jamal’s 35 off 18 balls doing much of the damage.
Jamal’s was the only other wicket to fall, also to Hunter, before the game was wrapped up in just the eighth over by Sam Rigby’s winning boundary.
The disappointing loss leaves Greenmount fifth in their group, with one more game to play at Todmorden next Friday.
Greenmount first eleven marched on to the semi-finals of the Worsley Cup on Saturday, thanks to another Jacques Snyman hundred when Rishton were the visitors. However, two convincing defeats to Accrington on Sunday for both the first and second teams put a dampener on things writes SAM CHADWICK.
Starting on a positive note, it was a belligerent performance from the Mount as their excellent cup run continued. Having been asked to bat in a rain-affected 30-over affair, Snyman’s 111 from 88 balls, followed by Travis Townsend’s brutal 89 not out from 57 balls, saw them to an imposing total of 247 for 3.
This innings brought Townsend onto 299 runs in just three innings in the Worsley Cup. Well over half of his 498 runs this season have now come in this format, and it is hoped that more captain’s performances can take Greenmount all the way.
The second innings wasn’t all plain sailing though, as Rishton got within 20 runs of their target thanks to fifties from Keiren Grimshaw and Brad Boddie. However, Callum Hunter took 3 for 33, with another five wickets being shared between five bowlers, to regularly keep the away side behind the game.
A similar situation arose on Sunday, with the villagers being asked to bat in a 29-over game at Accrington. But there were to be no such heroics from their usually prolific top four as they fell to 54 for 4 early on. A battling 35 from 41 balls by Dan Stevens stopped the rot, along with Gav Nicholl’s 24 from 30 balls, seeing the away side to a modest 129 for 8.
Accrington suffered no real panic in their chase, making it to the total with eight wickets in hand. Their namesake pro, Jurie Snyman, hit 92 off 87 balls to carry his side over the line in 26.4 overs.
Perhaps the most disappointing loss of the weekend, however, came for the second team in the reverse fixture at the Log Cabin.
Put into bat on a green pitch, they fell to 55 for 6 after some skilful bowling from Accrington opener Mohammed Tayyib, who ended with figures of 5 for 18. It was an outstanding innings of 50 not out off 74 balls from Noah Birtwistle, backed up by a battling 25 off 65 from captain Oliver Dixon, that saw the home side to a competitive 149 for 8.
The 50 was Birtwistle’s first at second team level, and he and Dixon soon went to work with ball in hand afterwards. The former stood out again as his left-arm spin took 4 for 44, with the latter’s economic bowling seeing him pick up 2 for 23. Their efforts, along with Ed Dickinson’s 2 for 18, saw Accrington at 78 for 9 before things rather unraveled.
The away side’s number ten, Zain Hanif, took advantage of some below-par Greenmount bowling towards the end of the innings as he hit 40 from 43 balls. This, along with a battling 9 off 48 from number eleven Antonio Lo-Guidace, saw the away side over the line with just a wicket to spare in a bitterly disappointing loss.
Results mean the firsts move down to second, overtaken by Walsden. The seconds sits in seventh, with Accrington moving above them. The draw for the semi-finals of the Worsley Cup will take place in due course.
An excellent weekend for Greenmount saw the first team stay top of the league, smashing East Lancashire by 136 runs thanks to hundreds from Jacques Snyman and Andy Kerr writes SAM CHADWICK.
Perhaps their most comfortable result of the season, they were put into bat in a rain affected fixture at The Log Cabin, but soon made their visitors pay.
Snyman made it 512 league runs this season with a brutal innings of 168 from just 97 balls. His knock included 18 fours and 7 sixes and saw him go from 100 to 150 in just 21 balls.
Kerr made sure he didn’t steal the show at the other end, making 122 from 129 balls in a welcome return to form. Their efforts saw them build a second-wicket partnership of some 268 runs, taking the score from 16 for 1 to 284 for 2 either side of a rain delay.
The result was an insurmountable total of 353 for 4, as East Lancs made their way to 127 for 7 in 31 overs before rain put stop to any more play. Snyman still managed to find time to add to his already extraordinary performance, though, taking 4 for 34 in 10 overs.
Elsewhere, Toby Leach scored his second hundred of the season, helping the third team to a 33-run victory at home to Rishton on Saturday. He hit 108 off 104 balls, including 14 fours and 3 sixes, after Mark Crowther won the toss and chose to bat. Crowther also contributed, scoring 52 off 45 balls in a third-wicket partnership of 109 with Leach.
In addition, opener Nigel Franklin notably battled to 38 off 71 balls too, expertly seeing off the away side’s opening bowlers.
This strong batting display meant The Mount ended their 40 overs on 216 for 3, with their youthful bowling attack then restricting Rishton to 183 for 8. George Kenyon impressed, with figures of 3 for 27 in his 6 overs as well as Luke Hall taking 2 for 22 in just his second senior match.
It means that they are now second in the league, just three points behind Nelson with a game in hand.
Unfortunately, the second eleven fixture was called off on Sunday due to a waterlogged ground at East Lancashire.
