BOLTON Cricket League officials have to dig through the archives to determine the result of Little Lever against Darcy Lever.

In what could be an unprecedented end to a game, the league has to trawl through 12 years of committee meeting’s minutes to see if the outcome has happened before.

Batting first, Little Lever racked up a total of 202-9 after the completion of 50 overs.

Adil Nisar (29), Anthony Hilton (44) and Curtis Anderton (53) all impressed with the bat, while Shaukat Patel (4-64) and Andrew Patel (3-28) starred with the ball.

However, Darcy were punished for a slow bowling rate, and when they got out to bat scored 101-3 inside 23 overs before the rain called the game short.

For a result to be determined, league rules state that each side must complete 25 overs, but there are exceptions to this rule.

Had the first innings been completed on time, Darcy would have batted their 25 before the rain fell and consequently suffered defeat on Duckworth-Lewis method.

But because they bowled slowly in the first innings, the league must now decide if Little Lever will be awarded the win or the game is abandoned.

A league spokesperson said: “We are looking into a precedent or previous ruling to see if this has happened before.

“We have to look through 12 years of minutes so it may take a bit of time to determine the outcome.

“If there is no previous ruling it will go before the competition committee for them to make a decision.”

However, Little Lever captain Josh Gent is adamant his side should be awarded the win.

He said: “The rules states that if there are less than 25 overs remaining on the scoreboard, the team batting second, Darcy Lever, must have 60 per-cent of the total runs scored by the team batting first.

“Because they lost three overs there was only 24 overs left and 60 per-cent of our score was 128, that surely means a Little Lever win to me.

“We should not be done over because they took too long with their bowling.”