All the weekend action in North Staffs and South Cheshire League Premier B as Alsager, Bagnall Norton, Hem Heath, Elworth and Ashcombe Park secure victories

Cheadle new-ball duo James Sellers and Matt Goodwin made light work of Wood Lane to set up a resounding NSSCL Premier B win.

The seam stars routed visitors Wood Lane for just 60 in Saturday’s encounter.

Sellers finished with 6-24 and Goodwin picked up 4-32 to leave struggling Wood Lane stunned.

And Cheadle needed a mere 9.4 overs to wrap up a nine-wicket triumph as Matt Sellers (31no) and Sam Cliffe (21no) dealt with batting business.

The result leaves Cheadle in second place in the table, while Wood Lane are propping up the rest after a fifth defeat in six.

There were plenty of comfortable wins in the division in Saturday’s round of matches.

Alsager won by 10 wickets at home against Stone SP seconds.

Stone SP saw plenty of players make starts, but were eventually bowled out for 135 after taking first use on their road trip.

Reuben Hall (27), Joel Davies (21), Drew Chandler (19), Phil Cheadle (18) and Chanaka Ekanayake (16) made the most decisive contributions.

Waqas Hussain snared 4-17 for the home side, with Kashif Bhatti and Greg Phillips sharing four wickets.

The Alsager run chase was dominated by Sean Price.

He smashed 10 fours and four sixes in a 90-ball 102 not out to steer his side over the line inside 27 overs.

James Bloor was the support act for Price’s big-hitting, finishing on 27 not out.

Bagnall Norton also won by 10 wickets at home against Norton in Hales.

The visitors were dismissed for just 77 in the formative stages of the contest.

Isaac Foster’s 22, 17 from Simon Dyer and Jack Furnival’s 10 were the only noteworthy contributions.

Cian Gibson was in sparkling form with the ball for Bagnall Norton, taking 4-14.

Scott Winnington, Morgan Murray-Williams and Hafiz Suleman all claimed two wickets.

Life was easy with the bat for Bagnall Norton in their chase as they won in just 12.5 overs.

Openers Matthew Kenvyn (43no) and Matthew Arnold (31no) eased Bagnall Norton to the points.

Ashcombe Park prevailed by nine wickets away at Rode Park & Lawton.

Riecko Parker-Cole (5-30) and Max Hill (3-29) took the bowling plaudits for Ashcombe Park as they bundled out Rode Park & Lawton for 100.

Mark Valentine (20), Lee Evans (19) and Aiden Hulme (10) offered the primary resistance for the home side.

However, that low score was never going to cause Ashcombe Park any worries on the resumption.

They eased to the winning line in 13.2 over, fronted by Kamran Abbasi’s unbeaten half-century.

He faced just 38 balls in making 58 not out, striking seven fours and two sixes in the process.

Haroon Mahmood lent a helping hand with an unbeaten 29 to see the visitors to their target.

There were some close games in the division, not least at Knypersley where leaders Elworth made it six wins out of six as they clinched a five-run success.

The runs flowed at Tunstall Road as Elworth amassed 231-7 from their 45 overs in the formative stages of the afternoon.

Ed Parrish led the way with a run-a-ball 52, which featured seven fours and one six. And Daniel Cooper (48), Araash Raheja (32), Jarrod McKay (26) and Joe Stephenson (24) also had fun in the sun to power the Cheshire side to their imposing total.

Liam Hopkins and Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti shared four of the wickets to fall.

Knypersley gave the chase a right good go after the interval as Bhatti took centre stage.

He blitzed five fours and three sixes in his rapid 71 to give the hosts hope of an epic chase.

Danny Baker’s 37, Shoaib Akhtar’s 30 and 25 from Cameron Allen also kept the scoreboard ticking over.

But Knype were eventually restricted to 226-9 as Stephen Morgan claimed 3-30 and there were double strikes from Harry Newton and Chris Winter.

Hem Heath seconds won by three wickets at home against Barlaston.

Ethan Squire (29no), Ben Grange (28no), Rory Jones (27) and Ben Sharp (20) guided Barlaston to 169-8 from their 45 overs. Jack Jones took 3-59.

Hem Heath completed their victory push with more than six overs left in the tank.

Ben Lucas orchestrated proceedings with an unbeaten 85, which included 14 fours. Harvey Ault added 18, Nazakat Ali and Jaidel Richardson chipped in with 12 apiece, and Saj Patel made 11.

Matt Myers claimed two of the wickets to fall for Barlaston.