RECS found the going tough at Fleetwood Hesketh after winning the toss electing to bat first.

Scoring was slow with even Orchard finding it heavy going on his way to a half century.

Orchard (52) and Lyon (23) managed to take Recs up to 123 for 4 from 50 overs.

Huyton continued the good work taking the score up to 145 before he was dismissed for 32,

However the tail could not wag and Recs crashed to 154 all out from 64 overs.

In reply Orchard and Garvey had no luck as all the Fleetwood batsmen played and missed numerous times.

It was Fleetwood's opener Wells who was the mainstay of the innings whilst wickets fell at the other end.

Spare

Garvey bowled right through finishing with 4 for 92 from 22 overs as the home side passed Recs total with one over to spare reaching 156 for 6 from 44 overs.

The 2nd XI played hosts to Caldy and winning the toss elected to bat first.

This seemed to be the wrong decision as the Caldy attack removed the first three batsmen with only four runs on the board.

Tunstall batted sensibly to try and get Recs back in the game but when he fell for 29 Recs were in trouble at 55 for 5.

Gibson (26) continued the rescue mission but at 102 for 8 Recs were in deep trouble.

Smith (22) and Hughes (21) provided sterling resistance at the end as Recs managed to post a total of 147 all out from 55.2 overs.

In reply the Caldy batsmen got off to a flier reaching 53 from only 9 overs before Heatherington removed the opener.

Captain Dunbar brought on utility bowler Cooper who immediately made an impact.

Swingers

His tidy away swingers got Recs back into the game as he clean bowled four batsmen leaving Caldy on 101 for 5 with 9 overs left.

The Caldy batsmen passed Recs score without the loss of any more wickets reaching 149 for 5 from 35.1 overs.

The only wicket takers were Heatherington (1 for 18 from 6) and Cooper (4 for 40 from 12).