Norden reach semi-finals of the Tom Hardman T20

Norden reached the semi-finals of the Tom Hardman T20 on Friday night when they defeated Royton at Stag Park.

Ash Gowers scored 39, Simon North scored 34, and Daniel Salpietro hit 31, but tops with the bat for Norden was Steve Pimm who made it an unbeaten 50 with a single off the final ball of the 20 overs.

Royton replied with 155 for eight, but they were never really in the hunt after collapsing to 97 for seven. Smith and Craig Joy pepped up the total with late runs.

Norden
S Harman c C Joy b Good 19
D Salpietro c Brown b Smith 31
A Gowers c Hulme b Taylor 39
S Pimm not out 50
S North c and b Alwiss 34
M Smith c and b Alwiss 1
H Malik not out 2
Extras 8
Total (for 5 wkts) 184
Bowling: Good 4-0-19-1; Durose 2-0-18-0; Taylor 4-0-33-1; Smith 3-0-31-1; Porteous 2-0-26-0; Alwiss 3-0-33-2; Fielding 2-0-20-0.

Royton
D Hulme b Lord 5
L Brown c Pimm b Smith 17
G Alwiss c North b Smith 16
A Durose c Salpietro b Lord 4
S Fielding b Malik 16
A Zulfiqar st Gowers b Malik 12
C Porteous b Salpietro 18
M Smith not out 39
C Joy c Harman b Wild 19
Extras 9
Total (for 8 wkts) 155
Bowling: Smith 4-0-43-2; Lord 4-0-19-2; Malik 4-0-20-2; Salpietro 4-0-44-1; Wild 4-0-28-1.