THIRTY four points for Adeel Baig makes him the professional in the Bolton League team of the week, and he also becomes the leading most valuable player in week five of The Bolton News Fantasy Cricket League.

The remainder of the team is once again comprised of bowlers and bowling all-rounders despite the hard tracks following a period of sunshine which you would have expected should have benefited the batsmen.

Mark Wood from Daisy Hill is the wicketkeeper, and he is joined by team-mate Steve Hodgkinson, who also returns to the top of the leader board in the competition to scoop the £400 prize on offer to the winner provided by sponsor Anthony Axford timber merchants of Farnworth.

The remainder of the team of the week is Joe Speak (Blackrod), Tahir Maqsood (Walkden), Tom Liversedge (Bradshaw), Ryan Ayres (Farnworth SC), Oliver Newby (Westhoughton), Curtis Anderton (Little Lever), Dave Flanagan (Lostock) and Dominic Gavin (Darcy Lever).

Less than 30 points separate the top 10 entrants in the competition which runs throughout the Bolton League season.

And with an individual player capable of scoring more points than this on a Saturday afternoon there are likely to be some changes in the coming weeks.

Behind Hodgkinson in the competition are Craig Berry, Caroline Riley and Leanne Taylor ahead of 100 other entrants who have all picked teams of 11 players from the 20 sides in the Bolton League’s two divisions.

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.

PLAYER MVP POINTS TOTALS WEEK FIVE

Code Player Club Type Pts

1078 Adeel Baig Atherton PRO 74.36

1020 Adnan Raees Daisy Hill PRO 63.47

1018 Kamran Younas Farnworth PRO 60.80

1128 Chris Barrow Farnworth SC NON 55.63

1048 Adil Nisar Little Lever PRO 53.01

1095 Majid Majeed Adlington PRO 50.06

1049 Fida Hussein Little Hulton PRO 48.11

1272 Joseph Speak Blackrod NON 42.93

1015 Brett Pelser Horwich PRO 42.62

1067 Tushendra De Zoyza Blackrod PRO 41.92

1118 Liam Bones Horwich NON 41.31

1055 Syd De Silva Astley Bridge PRO 40.84

1222 Stephen Hodgkinson Daisy Hill NON 40.47

1129 Ryan Ayres Farnworth SC NON 38.16

1133 Tom Liversedge Bradshaw NON 37.81

1006 Tilaksha Malshan Tonge PRO 37.12

1161 Dave Flanagan Lostock NON 34.58

1104 Tahir Maqsood Walkden NON 33.83

1188 Oliver Newby Westhoughton NON 33.70

1090 Qaiser Abbas Westhoughton PRO 33.53

1122 Phil Ingram Horwich NON 30.49

1013 Agha Salman Eagley PRO 29.76

1108 David Mather Kearsley NON 29.09

1257 David Cryer Astley Bridge NON 26.75

1259 Yasir Rashid Astley Bridge NON 26.44

1102 Jonathan Fowler Walkden NON 25.58

1163 Rob Holgate Lostock NON 23.63

1244 Curtis Anderton Little Lever NON 22.38

1135 Phil Dickinson Bradshaw NON 21.87

1292 Jack Shovelton Adlington NON 21.03

1115 Imran Mirza Farnworth NON 19.37

1239 Shahid Mahboob Golborne NON 19.37

1119 Tom Billington Horwich NON 19.23

1012 Devendra Bundela Kearsley PRO 18.50

1202 Connor Lord Tonge NON 18.21

1273 Calum Barlow Atherton WKT 16.94

1125 Jake O'Byrne Farnworth SC WKT 16.72

1136 Scott Howarth Bradshaw NON 16.53

1238 Lewis Clarke Golborne NON 16.33

1111 Mark Burns Kearsley WKT 16.25

1105 Syed Shah Walkden NON 16.01

1271 Joey Pryle Blackrod NON 16.00

1251 Suleman Muhammad Little Hulton NON 15.74

1294 Iain Critchley Adlington NON 15.49

1134 Stuart Hornby Bradshaw NON 15.24

1219 Mark Wood Daisy Hill WKT 15.08

1210 Dominic Gavin Darcy Lever NON 15.08

1132 Chris Evans Bradshaw WKT 15.00

1117 Danny Higham Farnworth NON 14.82

1187 Kieran Edwards Westhoughton NON 14.31

1130 Richard Dempster Farnworth SC NON 14.29

1084 Raheel Majeed Heaton PRO 13.99

1274 Matt Gallagher Atherton NON 13.90

1246 Ayaz Hanif Little Lever NON 13.25

1254 Billy Schofield Little Hulton NON 12.52

1258 Irfan Puda Astley Bridge NON 11.59

1208 Chris Fenn Darcy Lever NON 11.50

1183 Joe Gatenby Brown Heaton WKT 11.48

1116 Ross Sutton Farnworth NON 11.40

1110 Rick Hamblett Kearsley NON 11.25

1101 Will Shuttleworth Eagley NON 11.25

1097 Jack Wainman Eagley WKT 10.65

1189 Kieran Paisley Westhoughton WKT 10.46

1252 Waqar Khan Little Hulton NON 10.08

1237 Jake Waterworth Golborne NON 8.84

1221 Sam Pendlebury Daisy Hill NON 8.83

1186 Danny Naylor Westhoughton NON 8.80

1127 David Tonge Farnworth SC NON 8.76

1241 Ciaran Vesey Golborne WKT 8.54

1164 Nick Jeffs Lostock NON 8.25

1253 Sajawal Khan Little Hulton NON 8.20

1113 Simon Booth Farnworth WKT 8.17

1209 Jake Cooper Darcy Lever NON 7.90

1031 Sachithra Serasinghe Bradshaw PRO 7.83

1114 Nakash Qamar Farnworth NON 7.48

1243 Josh Gent Little Lever NON 7.36

1103 Taylor Heyes Walkden NON 7.35

1181 Joe Ducker Heaton NON 7.35

1106 Toby Morgan Walkden WKT 6.59

1026 Jake Scicluna Farnworth SC PRO 6.24

1204 Craig Naylor Tonge NON 6.22

1185 Rob Houghton Westhoughton NON 5.93

1203 Alex Radzoch Tonge NON 5.78

1180 Oliver Sutcliffe Heaton NON 5.65

1207 Scott Burns Darcy Lever NON 5.38

1291 Simon Trim Adlington NON 5.06

1269 Zak Burton Blackrod WKT 4.65

1256 Matthew Hargraves Astley Bridge WKT 4.37

1223 Michael Chilton Daisy Hill NON 4.02

1100 Zaid Patel Eagley NON 3.82

1165 Tom Sheen Lostock NON 3.34

1120 Dean Morris Horwich NON 3.30

1245 Adam Carter Little Lever WKT 3.09

1270 Mark Glover Blackrod NON 2.93

1275 Scott Ryan Atherton NON 2.78

1276 Josh Gilluley Atherton NON 2.75

1099 Jo Baldwin Eagley NON 2.32

1296 AJ Van Rensburg Adlington WKT 2.27

1107 Grant Cordin Kearsley NON 2.08

1242 Jack Kidman Golborne NON 1.78

1179 Matt Fray Heaton NON 1.57

1109 Cameron Murray Kearsley NON 1.45

1212 Nick Fawcett Darcy Lever WKT 1.21

1201 George Leather Tonge WKT 1.09

1098 Asif Bhojani Eagley NON 1.04

1224 Sean Dunning Daisy Hill NON 0.34

1205 Iqbal Gulzar Tonge 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

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

1277 Paul Walsh Atherton NON -0.04

1247 Josh Hill Little Lever NON -0.08

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Adeel Baig Atherton

Joseph Speak Blackrod

Tahir Maqsood Walkden

Tom Liversedge Bradshaw

Ryan Ayres Farnworth SC

Oliver Newby Westhoughton

Curtis Anderton Little Lever

Stephen Hodgkinson Daisy Hill

Dave Flanagan Lostock

Dominic Gavin Darcy Lever

Mark Wood Daisy Hill

TABLE AS IT STANDS

Pos Team Pts

1 Steve Hodgkinson 329.13

2 Craig Berry 319.07

3 Caroline Riley 314.97

4 Leanne Taylor 311.58

5 Ian Pilkington 309.43

6 Chris Hobson 308.75

7 David Tonge 306.55

8 Simon Booth 304.85

9 Jason Raynor 303.48

10 Adlington CC 300.83

11 Tom Sheen 297.74

12 Horwich CC 294.97

13 Stephen Berry 294.26

14 Danny Khan 293.18

15 Robert Hardman 292.07

16 Mike Leeming 291.08

17 Tim Barrow 289.91

18 Paul Walsh 289.17

19 Tom Senior 287.29

20 Raj Shah 286.86

21 Alex Lee 286.52

22 John Barrow 284.66

23 Aiden Constantine 282.65

24 Gary Tonge 282.60

25 Nick Ford 280.95

26 Neil Kell 280.75

27 David Morris 279.68

28 Anthony Foster 278.34

29 Seb Miller 278.15

30 Paul Hutchinson 276.49

31 Steven Chilton 276.34

32 Tiana Lowe 274.76

33 Craig Naylor 273.06

34 Andrew Lane 270.34

35 Stuart Leigh 270.27

36 Garry Brown 268.45

37 Lostock CC 266.55

38 Michael Rutherford 265.46

39 Ron Dickenson 265.16

40 Connor Lord 264.71

41 Westhoughton CC 260.70

42 Daniel Holmes 260.47

43 Chris Parsons 256.73

44 Grant Cordin 255.48

45 Sehran Khan 254.22

46 Tom Schofield 252.92

47 Demelza Kendall 252.12

48 Iain McLellan 251.85

49 Phil Andrews 249.64

50 Ray Taylor 249.05

51 Harry Morgan 248.86

52 Paul Schofield 247.16

53 Michael Chilton 246.67

54 Curtis Anderton 246.02

55 Mark Crowder 245.87

56 Farnworth CC 245.87

57 Chris Barrow 245.49

58 Lee Bridge 243.90

59 Chris Worrall 242.70

60 Mark Howarth 237.50

61 Lewis Andrews 234.62

62 Graham Oxtoby 233.08

63 Josh Gilluley 232.72

64 Tom Hardstaff 227.43

65 David Cryer 227.24

66 Barrie Cryer 226.50

67 Little Hulton CC 225.96

68 Tayler Heyes 225.68

69 Daisy Hill CC 223.24

70 Thomas James 222.71

71 Mark Atherton 221.17

72 Steven Williams 220.17

73 Tracey Phillips 219.70

74 Mike Cregan 218.38

75 Neil Redford 216.25

76 Calum Barlow 216.09

77 Sue Taylor 215.90

78 Cameron Murray 214.64

79 Danny Delvard 211.93

80 Matthew Hargraves 210.83

81 Tonge CC 202.29

82 Atherton CC 200.12

83 "Little Jen" 196.96

84 Walkden CC 195.96

85 Bradley Yates 190.21

86 Zak Burton 185.78

87 Nikki Taylor 184.49

88 Farnworth SC CC 181.99

89 Dave Halliday 181.23

90 Heaton CC 175.61

91 Eagley CC 174.12

92 Little Lever CC 173.91

93 Mike Buckley 173.37

94 Mr W D Entwistle 169.48

95 Bradley Barrow 168.72

96 Blackrod CC 165.80

97 Niall Burke 159.89

98 Astley Bridge CC 156.61

99 Jackie Yates 155.44

100 Kearsley CC 146.94

101 Darcy Lever CC 139.94

102 Golborne CC 121.41

103 Dominique Hankinson 77.17

104 Bradshaw CC 65.67