THE Bolton Association got back underway on Saturday and Flixton continued exactly how they left off last campaign against Daisy Hill.

Daisy Hill batted first and started well scoring 71-2 after 19 overs. But once opener Navid Yousuf was removed from the crease after 42 runs, Andy Old (34) and Steven Hodgkinson (31) also fell, leaving the champions a score of 170 to beat.

The collapse was mainly down to the impressive bowling of Aiden Holmes who took 4-26, and Prenelan Subrayan who took 4-35.

And new signing Subrayan built a formidable partnership with Ashley Perry as they scored 70 and 61 not out to rally to victory, 172-2.

Blackrod overcame Walshaw by four wickets in the game of the day.

Gavin Nicholl and Danny Hornby were out for 64 and 57 respectively, and Tom Murphy finished 58 not out as Walshaw wrapped up on 254-8.

Thusendra de Zoysa and Joe Speak each took three wickets, before de Zoysa turned batter and scored 106, with his partner Chris Readey out for 49.

Nicholl tried his best to prevent defeat by taking 4-70, but it failed to spark a recovery as Blackrod ended with 256-6.

Atherton edged a narrow affair against Golborne which went right to the wire.

Golborne opened the batting with Ross Turnbull hitting 40, but Josh Gilluley and Harry McManus both took three wickets to cap the score at 133.

Dale Tyrer (31) and Jamar Griffith (30) helped Atherton to victory, finishing 134-9 – but Nasir Mahmoud’s impressive bowling provided a late scare as he took 5-29.

Nathan Rushdon (67) and Schaughn Van-Greunan (57) were the big hitters for Worsley as they defeated Westleigh by seven wickets.

Westleigh scored 169 in their first ever game in the Bolton Association, with T Leeds scoring 46. Van-Greunan took 4-53.

Excellent bowling was on show at Winton as they lost to Swinton Moorside by two wickets.

Ian Atkinson took 4-17 and Jake Brown took 3-31 as Winton were dismissed for 101.

Kyle Humphreys’ 4-32, along with Mike Seeman’s 3-27, ensured a tense finish but James Ward’s 47 runs was enough to seal the win.

Little Hulton beat Adlington by two wickets thanks to Brian Kelly’s 64 and Shaukat Patel’s 32 not out.

Jack Shovelton scored 56 and Iain Critchley 33 as Adlington posted 191 all out, which was due to the superb bowling of Patel who took 6-54.

Simon Hanson’s 42 runs were not enough for Lostock as they could only muster a score of 96 away to Bury.

Debutant Neil Tonge was the star of the show taking 6-15 in 10 overs, and Ashen Silva polished off taking 4-16 in five.

Captain Sean Gibson finished 32 not out as Bury recorded a four wicket win.

Edgworth comfortably defeated Standish by eight wickets.

Standish posted 149 thanks to Sam Heeley’s 56, but Simon Lord’s 53 ensured the hosts secured all the points.

Astley and Tyldesley beat Darcy Lever by 71 runs. Astley set a score of 218-8 with Travis Wordsworth (93), Hemanth Patel (44) and Dave Harrison (43) all scoring high, although Dominic Gavin did his best to keep the score down, bowling 6-55.

Jake Hooper’s 31 runs were not enough to launch a comeback for Darcy, who could only reach 147-8.