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Sunday knockout matches
Sunday 17th July 2005

Ormskirk beat neighbours Maghull in a second round Littlewoods Gaming Knockout Trophy tie this afternoon with skipper John Armstrong (52*) seeing his team home by 7 wickets with more than 13 overs to spare. Home side, Maghull. made 170-8 in their 45 overs with Ian Plumbley 41*. draw

played at Old Hall Field, Maghull
MAGHULL 170-8 (45) (Plumbley 41*, Ring 24, Powar 24; Unsworth 2-23, Taylor 2-38)
v ORMSKIRK 171-3 (31.4) (Armstrong 52*, Lambert 28*, IM Glayzer 28; Crilly 2-36)
Result: Ormskirk won by 7 wickets
Toss: Maghull

Bootle, holders of the Thwaites LCB Knockout Cup, earned a semi final place after beating Northern by 68 runs at Moor Park, Crosby. Slumping to 66-4, Bootle recovered with Graham Lloyd (86, 111 balls, 10x4, 2x6) and Adam Warren (60, 72 balls, 7x4s, 1x6) adding 74. Apart from 22 extras, the next highest score was 8 from Gavin Reynolds. draw

Northern struggled to keep up with the rate and were finally dismissed for just 133 after 44.3 overs, Warren taking 5-33.

played at Moor Park, Crosby
NORTHERN 133 (44.3) (Hey 27, Wildman 24, Fraser 24, S Cole 22; Warren 5-33, Lamb 2-24)
v BOOTLE 201-9 (45) (Lloyd 86, Warren 60; Marshall 2-27, Brown 2-31)
Result: Bootle won by 68 runs
Toss: Bootle

New Brighton overcame Toft in their second round tie in the Cheshire County Cricket Knockout Cup. Electing to bat, the Rakers were soon in trouble at 1-3 before Paul Bryson (63) and Martyn Evans (24) took the score to 83. They slumped again to 127-6 but captain Mark Burns (44) and Louis Botes (61*) added 86 before the innings closed at 238-9 from 45 overs. Toft reached 210 all out with three balls remaining, Rudra Singh taking 3-26 and Kamran Farooq 3-48. New Brighton now travel to Macclesfield in round three. draw

played at Booth Park, Toft
TOFT 210 (44.3) (Blackburn 63, Emslie 36, Noble 24; Singh 3-26, Kamran Farooq 3-48, CP Davies 2-6)
v NEW BRIGHTON 238-9 (45) (Bryson 63, Botes 61*, MI Burns 44, ML Evans 24; Mudalidge 4-59)
Result: New Brighton won by 28 runs
Toss: New Brighton