THERE are a number of new names in this week's Bolton Cricket League Fantasy Cricket team of the week, as no players has managed to retain their place in the side for a third consecutive week.

The professional in the team is Adlington's Majid Majeed, and he is joined by team-mate Jack Shovelton, wicketkeeper Lewis Clarke (Golborne), Joe Speak (Blackrod), Rob Holgate (Lostock), Tom Liversedge (Bradshaw), Danny Higham (Farnworth), Dave Mather (Kearsley), Ryan Ayres (Farnworth Social Circle), Calum Barlow (Atherton) and Chris Barrow (FSC) who returns to the team after a week's absence.

The highest weekly score so far of 32.66 for Majeed means he is now the overall leading player, with professionals occupying seven of the top 10 positions.

Unexpectedly, the all-rounders occupy most of the leading places, but it is still the specialist bowlers rather than the specialist batsmen occupying the remaining places in the top 40, with Barlow the only wicketkeeper.

The Bolton News has teamed up with the Bolton Cricket League run this super Fantasy Cricket competition.

And, thanks to sponsor Anthony Axford timber merchants of Farnworth, there is a £400 prize on offer to the winner.

Points are awarded to the players depending on how well they perform in the 18 league games, and the winning entrant will be the one who amasses the most points throughout the season.

The competition is based on the MVP (Most Valuable Player) statistics from the electronic scoring system CricHQ.

Entrants have selected five players from the Premier Division and five from the Association Division plus one professional from either division.

The fun game runs throughout the Bolton League season and every Thursday an updated table is in The Bolton News website and on our website.

In the competition to win the £400, Craig Berry leads the way ahead of 103 other entrants, taking over from Leanne Taylor in pole position, with Steve Hodgkinson in third.

The points scoring sees a bowler’s unassisted wicket worth 2.5 points.

A wicket taken with the assistance of a fielder or wicketkeeper is worth 1.25 points for the bowler and 1.25 points for the fielder or wicketkeeper.

A bowler is awarded a 10-per-cent bonus for each subsequent wicket, and is rewarded if their economy rate is lower than the team’s average and penalised if it is higher.

A fielder earns 2.5 points for each run out, and a 10-per-cent bonus for each subsequent catch or run out. Batsmen earn 2.5 points for every 25 runs scored, and are rewarded if their strike rate is higher than the team’s average and penalised if it is lower.

Batsmen lower down the order can earn bonuses not available to the batsmen higher in the order. Only the main Bolton League competition will count towards the points, and players need to be participating to add to their points. The prize money will be shared if there is more than one winner.

PLAYER MVP POINTS TOTALS WEEK THREE

Code Player Club Type Pts

1095 Majid Majeed Adlington PRO 49.36

1048 Adil Nisar Little Lever PRO 45.43

1128 Chris Barrow Farnworth SC NON 45.00

1118 Liam Bones Horwich NON 41.31

1078 Adeel Baig Atherton PRO 40.43

1067 Tushendra De Zoyza Blackrod PRO 32.28

1018 Kamran Younas Farnworth PRO 30.25

1049 Fida Hussein Little Hulton PRO 27.44

1013 Agha Salman Eagley PRO 26.18

1108 David Mather Kearsley NON 26.13

1222 Stephen Hodgkinson Daisy Hill NON 25.80

1020 Adnan Raees Daisy Hill PRO 25.62

1163 Rob Holgate Lostock NON 23.52

1090 Qaiser Abbas Westhoughton PRO 23.39

1161 Dave Flanagan Lostock NON 23.36

1102 Jonathan Fowler Walkden NON 22.98

1259 Yasir Rashid Astley Bridge NON 22.87

1006 Tilaksha Malshan Tonge PRO 22.71

1129 Ryan Ayres Farnworth SC NON 22.10

1015 Brett Pelser Horwich PRO 21.37

1257 David Cryer Astley Bridge NON 21.30

1055 Syd De Silva Astley Bridge PRO 21.23

1133 Tom Liversedge Bradshaw NON 21.20

1272 Joseph Speak Blackrod NON 20.67

1135 Phil Dickinson Bradshaw NON 20.65

1122 Phil Ingram Horwich NON 19.59

1188 Oliver Newby Westhoughton NON 19.22

1012 Devendra Bundela Kearsley PRO 18.08

1115 Imran Mirza Farnworth NON 17.42

1292 Jack Shovelton Adlington NON 17.24

1238 Lewis Clarke Golborne NON 16.49

1294 Iain Critchley Adlington NON 15.49

1117 Danny Higham Farnworth NON 14.82

1251 Suleman Muhammad Little Hulton NON 14.44

1104 Tahir Maqsood Walkden NON 14.23

1084 Raheel Majeed Heaton PRO 13.77

1271 Joey Pryle Blackrod NON 13.29

1136 Scott Howarth Bradshaw NON 12.09

1101 Will Shuttleworth Eagley NON 12.04

1273 Calum Barlow Atherton WKT 11.75

1202 Connor Lord Tonge NON 11.55

1105 Syed Shah Walkden NON 11.44

1111 Mark Burns Kearsley WKT 11.29

1239 Shahid Mahboob Golborne NON 10.98

1119 Tom Billington Horwich NON 10.66

1183 Joe Gatenby Brown Heaton WKT 10.60

1132 Chris Evans Bradshaw WKT 10.47

1187 Kieran Edwards Westhoughton NON 10.45

1125 Jake O'Byrne Farnworth SC WKT 10.29

1130 Richard Dempster Farnworth SC NON 10.25

1254 Billy Schofield Little Hulton NON 9.58

1134 Stuart Hornby Bradshaw NON 9.36

1097 Jack Wainman Eagley WKT 8.83

1127 David Tonge Farnworth SC NON 8.76

1246 Ayaz Hanif Little Lever NON 8.65

1244 Curtis Anderton Little Lever NON 8.64

1181 Joe Ducker Heaton NON 7.79

1110 Rick Hamblett Kearsley NON 7.76

1258 Irfan Puda Astley Bridge NON 7.35

1103 Taylor Heyes Walkden NON 7.07

1241 Ciaran Vesey Golborne WKT 6.95

1031 Sachithra Serasinghe Bradshaw PRO 6.49

1274 Matt Gallagher Atherton NON 6.48

1116 Ross Sutton Farnworth NON 6.17

1189 Kieran Paisley Westhoughton WKT 6.06

1185 Rob Houghton Westhoughton NON 5.93

1253 Sajawal Khan Little Hulton NON 5.85

1114 Nakash Qamar Farnworth NON 5.75

1207 Scott Burns Darcy Lever NON 5.72

1208 Chris Fenn Darcy Lever NON 5.56

1164 Nick Jeffs Lostock NON 5.39

1291 Simon Trim Adlington NON 5.10

1252 Waqar Khan Little Hulton NON 4.77

1186 Danny Naylor Westhoughton NON 4.52

1180 Oliver Sutcliffe Heaton NON 4.48

1219 Mark Wood Daisy Hill WKT 3.82

1100 Zaid Patel Eagley NON 3.68

1221 Sam Pendlebury Daisy Hill NON 3.55

1120 Dean Morris Horwich NON 3.41

1026 Jake Scicluna Farnworth SC PRO 3.34

1269 Zak Burton Blackrod WKT 3.32

1106 Toby Morgan Walkden WKT 3.25

1204 Craig Naylor Tonge NON 3.20

1237 Jake Waterworth Golborne NON 3.16

1276 Josh Gilluley Atherton NON 3.13

1245 Adam Carter Little Lever WKT 3.09

1270 Mark Glover Blackrod NON 2.93

1243 Josh Gent Little Lever NON 2.90

1113 Simon Booth Farnworth WKT 2.83

1275 Scott Ryan Atherton NON 2.78

1296 AJ Van Rensburg Adlington WKT 2.33

1099 Jo Baldwin Eagley NON 2.23

1107 Grant Cordin Kearsley NON 2.08

1242 Jack Kidman Golborne NON 1.78

1209 Jake Cooper Darcy Lever NON 1.78

1210 Dominic Gavin Darcy Lever NON 1.64

1256 Matthew Hargraves Astley Bridge WKT 1.44

1201 George Leather Tonge WKT 1.31

1098 Asif Bhojani Eagley NON 1.04

1223 Michael Chilton Daisy Hill NON 1.01

1205 Iqbal Gulzar Tonge NON 0.00

1109 Cameron Murray Kearsley NON 0.00

1224 Sean Dunning Daisy Hill NON 0.00

1040 Faraz Akram Golborne PRO 0.00

1250 Ellis Pearson Little Hulton WKT 0.00

1260 Rakeb Mahmood Astley Bridge NON 0.00

1162 Steve Hood Lostock WKT 0.00

1268 Graeme Walsh Blackrod NON 0.00

1277 Paul Walsh Atherton NON 0.00

1179 Matt Fray Heaton NON 0.00

1182 Adam Halton Heaton NON 0.00

1293 Ben King Adlington NON 0.00

1011 Tendai Nyamayaro Darcy Lever PRO 0.00

1014 Luke Schlemmer Walkden PRO 0.00

1121 Adam Coates Horwich WKT 0.00

1165 Tom Sheen Lostock NON -0.06

1247 Josh Hill Little Lever NON -0.08

1212 Nick Fawcett Darcy Lever WKT -0.17

1203 Alex Radzoch Tonge NON -0.40

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Majid Majeed (Adlington)

Joseph Speak (Blackrod)

Rob Holgate (Lostock)

Tom Liversedge (Bradshaw)

Danny Higham (Farnworth)

David Mather (Kearsley)

Ryan Ayres (Farnworth SC)

Jack Shovelton (Adlington)

Chris Barrow (Farnworth SC)

Calum Barlow (Atherton)

Lewis Clarke (Golborne)

TABLE AS IT STANDS

Pos Team Pts

1 Craig Berry 239.29

2 Leanne Taylor 238.30

3 Steve Hodgkinson 235.00

4 Jason Raynor 228.25

5 Danny Khan 225.87

6 Tom Sheen 222.22

7 Caroline Riley 219.85

8 Tim Barrow 215.96

9 Ian Pilkington 214.11

10 Seb Miller 211.02

11 Neil Kell 207.96

12 Chris Hobson 207.15

13 Raj Shah 205.55

14 Ray Taylor 205.48

15 David Tonge 205.24

16 Gary Tonge 202.70

17 Tom Senior 201.28

18 Stuart Leigh 200.85

19 Horwich CC 200.67

20 Alex Lee 200.67

21 Stephen Berry 198.41

22 Paul Walsh 197.28

23 Grant Cordin 196.45

24 Anthony Foster 195.24

25 Aiden Constantine 195.16

26 Daniel Holmes 195.06

27 Chris Barrow 194.98

28 Paul Hutchinson 194.05

29 Mike Leeming 192.93

30 Adlington CC 192.88

31 Simon Booth 190.88

32 David Morris 190.85

33 Nick Ford 190.31

34 Tom Schofield 189.79

35 Craig Naylor 186.63

36 Robert Hardman 185.13

37 Michael Chilton 184.90

38 Chris Worrall 184.34

39 Tom Hardstaff 184.28

40 Michael Rutherford 183.96

41 Ron Dickenson 183.61

42 Chris Parsons 181.81

43 Andrew Lane 181.57

44 Josh Gilluley 180.37

45 Steven Chilton 179.97

46 Lee Bridge 179.59

47 Sehran Khan 178.73

48 Mark Crowder 176.59

49 Farnworth CC 176.59

50 Westhoughton CC 175.69

51 Garry Brown 175.35

52 Tiana Lowe 174.69

53 Lostock CC 173.89

54 Barrie Cryer 173.72

55 Cameron Murray 171.32

56 Harry Morgan 170.40

57 Connor Lord 170.20

58 Lewis Andrews 169.08

59 Paul Schofield 168.75

60 Iain McLellan 168.36

61 Graham Oxtoby 167.27

62 Tayler Heyes 167.09

63 David Cryer 166.50

64 John Barrow 166.28

65 Little Hulton CC 165.32

66 Mark Howarth 164.59

67 Phil Andrews 164.23

68 Mark Atherton 161.93

69 Curtis Anderton 158.85

70 Steven Williams 157.60

71 Tracey Phillips 156.47

72 Thomas James 155.04

73 Demelza Kendall 153.63

74 Matthew Hargraves 149.39

75 Calum Barlow 146.61

76 Sue Taylor 141.57

77 Nikki Taylor 141.00

78 Little Lever CC 140.88

79 Neil Redford 138.55

80 Walkden CC 136.14

81 Tonge CC 135.26

82 "Little Jen" 133.57

83 Dave Halliday 133.20

84 Mike Cregan 131.74

85 Bradley Yates 130.13

86 Daisy Hill CC 129.56

87 Mr W D Entwistle 129.19

88 Eagley CC 127.82

89 Danny Delvard 126.31

90 Heaton CC 126.00

91 Bradley Barrow 123.89

92 Zak Burton 122.94

93 Darcy Lever CC 121.08

94 Atherton CC 117.44

95 Farnworth SC CC 115.69

96 Blackrod CC 112.84

97 Niall Burke 112.03

98 Kearsley CC 108.41

99 Jackie Yates 107.73

100 Mike Buckley 107.35

101 Astley Bridge CC 101.63

102 Golborne CC 70.12

103 Bradshaw CC 54.90

104 Dominique Hankinson 47.12