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- Sport
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Pro Paranavithana fires Blackrod into Knockout quarters
Blackrod and Salesbury, the two remaining Anthony Axford North West Cricket League sides in the draw, will meet in the quarter-finals of the Lancashire Knockout Cup later this month after securing contrasting Sunday successes. Salesbury beat Blackpool of the Northern Pyramid Premier League 1-0 in a bowl out after their second-round clash could not be played because of wet weather at the Toplex Salesbury Cricket Ground. Advertisement Spinner Sam Bristol was their accurate hero amidst a series of misses from both sides. Blackrod, meanwhile, won in more conventional fashion at home to NWCL rivals Padiham in a fixture which was unaffected by the weather at their Vicarage Road home. Sri Lankan professional Navod Paranavithana top-scored with an opening 72 off 100 balls in Blackrod's 184-8 in 45 overs after they elected to bat first. He was the only home batter to reach 20, even though five other team-mates made it into double figures. Padiham captain Toby Burrows led the way with 3-13 from nine accurate overs of spin, while Oliver Parr and professional Iftikhar Naseer struck twice apiece. Advertisement Naseer bowled his opposite number Paranavithana at 141-6 in the 38th over. But, crucially, another 43 runs were added. Charlie Fletcher's unbeaten 19 from number seven was central to that. In their defence, Paranavithana struck twice, but the new-ball seam of Matthew Readey was key with 4-22 from his nine overs as Padiham fell from health at 78-2 in the 27th over to 140 all out in the 41st. The key passage of play came when Readey struck three times in the 31st over, which saw Padiham fall from 88-3 to 88-6. He bowled South African overseas amateur Zander Van Tonder and former skipper Owen Deakin-Pickard and trapped Cameron Thorne lbw. The latter two came in successive deliveries. Advertisement From there, Padiham were always swimming against the tide. Pro Naseer top-scored with 64 from number four and was last man out, caught off Thushendra De Zoysa. Blackrod will now host Salesbury on June 29 in the last eight, in which they will be joined by Burnley, Clitheroe, Fleetwood, Formby, Netherfield and Northern. Formby will play Fleetwood at home after Sunday wins against Appleby Eden and Roe Green, respectively. Burnley will host Netherfield. Burnley beat Longridge and Netherfield triumphed against Lowerhouse. And Northern will host Clitheroe after they won at Prestwich, who were last year's joint-champions with Ormskirk. Clitheroe, meanwhile, beat Shaw. Prestwich had knocked Ormskirk out in last month's Round-One repeat of last year's final, which had failed to finish - hence joint champions.
BBC News
23-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
'I live in Padiham, one of the happiest places in Britain'
A town in east Lancashire has been named as one of the happiest places to live in was listed as the third happiest place in the North, after the historical cities of York and Durham, by the Guardian said access to nature, a sense of community and culture on the doorstep were all important features of the market town, as well as a dry sense of humour from the locals."It just goes to show that it's absolutely true what we say," Annette Shuttleworth from Jack Jones barbers said. "Come to Padiham, it's wonderful and the people are great." "The best part about Padiham that makes it so wonderful is the community," she said."Everybody has a smile on their face, when they walk past you there's always a 'hello'.""We're just a friendly northern town."She said businesses "invest so it makes the town look absolutely wonderful"."So we've got great places for people to eat, to visit, to shop," she Storey from Padiham Hub, a drop-in centre on Burnley Road, agreed."Just come in and have a cup of tea and you'll know what it's like to have a laugh," she said. "This is Padiham, we're funny people, we have so much fun, it's such a happy place."And the community always comes together if anyone's in need." 'Absolutely fabulous' That became apparent where the town flooded when the River Calder burst its banks in 2020, affecting thousands of homes and had previously been hit by Storm Desmond five years earlier."It was horrific being in the middle of the floods at the time," Ms Shuttleworth said."It was sad and people's businesses and homes were damaged."However the community absolutely came together, people were doing sandwiches, bringing coffees down, coming from all walks of the area to help and that just speaks volumes."There were dozens of people in my shop helping us clear out. "They were absolutely fabulous - and that's why Padiham is what it is today, because of the people." Padiham Padiham, Lancashire, is about three miles (5 km) west of Burnley and south of Pendle is part of the Borough of Burnley, but has its own town council with varied powers. Padiham was originally a rural village lying by the River Calder. It is still surrounded by countryside on an arc running from the north-west to the north-east in the foothills of Pendle Padiham Town Council Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
