AFTER hanging around the lower reaches of the top 10 for most of the campaign, Heaton supporter Neil Kell rises to the top of The Bolton News' super Fantasy Cricket competition with a record 152 points for the week.

Raj Shah remains in close contention, less than a point adrift with Tonge's Craig Naylor also having a good week.

They are ahead of 101 other entries doing battle throughout the Bolton Cricket League season in a bid to win the £400 prize on offer from sponsor Anthony Axford timber merchants of Farnworth.

The top four Most Valuable Players are all professionals from the Association division, with Tilaksha Malshan of Tonge pulling away slightly at the top. Westhoughton's Qaiser Abbas continues to be the leading professional from the Premier Division, with Brett Pelser and Kamran Younis both capable of overtaking him with just one outstanding performance.

Stephen Hodgkinson, Oliver Newby and Ryan Ayres remain the only amateurs in the top 10, with Blackrod's Joe Speak the only other Association amateur in the top 20.

It was a relatively quiet week for professionals, and for the first time two amateurs, Dave Mather (Kearsley) and Stephen Hodgkinson lead the points table in the Team of the Week, both with more than 50 per cent more points than the professional of the week, Majid Majeed.

Nick Fawcett has 17 points, a good haul for a wicketkeeper, and Nakash Qamar makes his debut.

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 and on our website.

PLAYER MVP POINTS TOTALS WEEK NINE

Code Player Club Type Pts

1006 Tilaksha Malshan Tonge PRO 125.01

1095 Majid Majeed Adlington PRO 119.12

1067 Tushendra De Zoyza Blackrod PRO 113.57

1078 Adeel Baig Atherton PRO 112.46

1090 Qaiser Abbas Westhoughton PRO 90.82

1222 Stephen Hodgkinson Daisy Hill NON 90.19

1188 Oliver Newby Westhoughton NON 88.73

1129 Ryan Ayres Farnworth SC NON 84.63

1015 Brett Pelser Horwich PRO 83.01

1018 Kamran Younas Farnworth PRO 82.02

1020 Adnan Raees Daisy Hill PRO 80.94

1108 David Mather Kearsley NON 79.75

1013 Agha Salman Eagley PRO 79.49

1084 Raheel Majeed Heaton PRO 77.33

1161 Dave Flanagan Lostock NON 76.76

1048 Adil Nisar Little Lever PRO 74.51

1128 Chris Barrow Farnworth SC NON 73.55

1272 Joseph Speak Blackrod NON 70.83

1049 Fida Hussein Little Hulton PRO 69.72

1115 Imran Mirza Farnworth NON 69.06

1118 Liam Bones Horwich NON 67.56

1104 Tahir Maqsood Walkden NON 57.73

1259 Yasir Rashid Astley Bridge NON 56.27

1102 Jonathan Fowler Walkden NON 54.19

1031 Sachithra Serasinghe Bradshaw PRO 53.75

1012 Devendra Bundela Kearsley PRO 53.66

1294 Iain Critchley Adlington NON 52.91

1163 Rob Holgate Lostock NON 51.75

1239 Shahid Mahboob Golborne NON 51.04

1055 Syd De Silva Astley Bridge PRO 50.39

1122 Phil Ingram Horwich NON 48.10

1237 Jake Waterworth Golborne NON 48.01

1244 Curtis Anderton Little Lever NON 47.52

1105 Syed Shah Walkden NON 45.69

1210 Dominic Gavin Darcy Lever NON 44.82

1133 Tom Liversedge Bradshaw NON 42.95

1292 Jack Shovelton Adlington NON 41.44

1119 Tom Billington Horwich NON 41.30

1117 Danny Higham Farnworth NON 41.03

1274 Matt Gallagher Atherton NON 40.07

1257 David Cryer Astley Bridge NON 39.76

1125 Jake O'Byrne Farnworth SC WKT 35.83

1135 Phil Dickinson Bradshaw NON 31.71

1130 Richard Dempster Farnworth SC NON 31.70

1273 Calum Barlow Atherton WKT 30.75

1246 Ayaz Hanif Little Lever NON 30.18

1111 Mark Burns Kearsley WKT 28.71

1186 Danny Naylor Westhoughton NON 28.23

1187 Kieran Edwards Westhoughton NON 27.21

1101 Will Shuttleworth Eagley NON 26.43

1103 Taylor Heyes Walkden NON 26.36

1100 Zaid Patel Eagley NON 25.83

1132 Chris Evans Bradshaw WKT 25.65

1113 Simon Booth Farnworth WKT 25.62

1134 Stuart Hornby Bradshaw NON 25.11

1097 Jack Wainman Eagley WKT 24.44

1219 Mark Wood Daisy Hill WKT 24.34

1109 Cameron Murray Kearsley NON 23.35

1114 Nakash Qamar Farnworth NON 23.32

1271 Joey Pryle Blackrod NON 22.72

1212 Nick Fawcett Darcy Lever WKT 22.29

1116 Ross Sutton Farnworth NON 22.26

1189 Kieran Paisley Westhoughton WKT 22.14

1251 Suleman Muhammad Little Hulton NON 21.69

1202 Connor Lord Tonge NON 20.99

1241 Ciaran Vesey Golborne WKT 20.65

1183 Joe Gatenby Brown Heaton WKT 20.63

1208 Chris Fenn Darcy Lever NON 20.52

1276 Josh Gilluley Atherton NON 20.35

1106 Toby Morgan Walkden WKT 20.09

1258 Irfan Puda Astley Bridge NON 17.84

1252 Waqar Khan Little Hulton NON 17.46

1136 Scott Howarth Bradshaw NON 17.33

1207 Scott Burns Darcy Lever NON 16.78

1238 Lewis Clarke Golborne NON 16.33

1269 Zak Burton Blackrod WKT 16.05

1221 Sam Pendlebury Daisy Hill NON 15.77

1204 Craig Naylor Tonge NON 15.50

1127 David Tonge Farnworth SC NON 14.70

1110 Rick Hamblett Kearsley NON 14.47

1296 AJ Van Rensburg Adlington WKT 14.46

1164 Nick Jeffs Lostock NON 14.43

1254 Billy Schofield Little Hulton NON 13.71

1209 Jake Cooper Darcy Lever NON 13.05

1179 Matt Fray Heaton NON 12.90

1180 Oliver Sutcliffe Heaton NON 12.24

1026 Jake Scicluna Farnworth SC PRO 11.32

1245 Adam Carter Little Lever WKT 11.31

1107 Grant Cordin Kearsley NON 10.84

1253 Sajawal Khan Little Hulton NON 9.76

1256 Matthew Hargraves Astley Bridge WKT 9.31

1243 Josh Gent Little Lever NON 8.71

1203 Alex Radzoch Tonge NON 8.37

1165 Tom Sheen Lostock NON 8.31

1291 Simon Trim Adlington NON 7.89

1181 Joe Ducker Heaton NON 7.64

1223 Michael Chilton Daisy Hill NON 6.76

1185 Rob Houghton Westhoughton NON 6.63

1201 George Leather Tonge WKT 5.96

1270 Mark Glover Blackrod NON 5.41

1120 Dean Morris Horwich NON 5.06

1293 Ben King Adlington NON 4.26

1099 Jo Baldwin Eagley NON 4.24

1098 Asif Bhojani Eagley NON 3.77

1275 Scott Ryan Atherton NON 2.78

1247 Josh Hill Little Lever NON 1.93

1268 Graeme Walsh Blackrod NON 1.90

1242 Jack Kidman Golborne NON 1.78

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

1182 Adam Halton Heaton 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

TEAM OF THE WEEK

David Mather (Kearsley)

Stephen Hodgkinson (Daisy Hill)

Majid Majeed (Adlington)

Nick Fawcett (Darcy Lever)

Oliver Newby (Westhoughton)

Ayaz Hanif (Little Lever)

Jake Waterworth (Golborne)

Nakash Qamar (Farnworth)

Joseph Speak (Blackrod)

Tahir Maqsood (Walkden)

Imran Mirza (Farnworth)

TABLE AS IT STANDS

Pos Team Pts

1 Neil Kell 685.91

2 Raj Shah 685.32

3 Craig Naylor 670.91

4 HORWICH CC 654.70

5 David Morris 652.33

6 Mike Leeming 650.64

7 ADLINGTON CC 650.59

8 Anthony Foster 646.07

9 Tom Senior 628.73

10 Steven Chilton 625.19

11 Craig Berry 623.50

12 Alex Lee 618.49

13 Aiden Constantine 618.32

14 Leanne Taylor 616.48

15 Danny Khan 613.87

16 Stuart Leigh 611.62

17 Paul Walsh 608.84

18 Tim Barrow 607.48

19 Steve Hodgkinson 607.08

20 Chris Hobson 601.81

21 Iain McLellan 601.50

22 Garry Brown 601.08

23 Simon Booth 598.39

24 Nick Ford 597.20

25 WESTHOUGHTON CC 594.77

26 Jason Raynor 594.51

27 Caroline Riley 591.21

28 Ray Taylor 591.09

29 Gary Tonge 588.62

30 John Barrow 584.91

31 Ron Dickenson 584.33

32 Tom Sheen 581.72

33 Connor Lord 581.50

34 Daniel Holmes 574.46

35 Seb Miller 573.54

36 Stephen Berry 564.41

37 Paul Hutchinson 564.39

38 Neil Redford 563.67

39 Phil Andrews 561.17

40 Michael Chilton 560.48

41 Calum Barlow 558.29

42 Mike Cregan 557.51

43 LOSTOCK CC 557.13

44 David Tonge 549.86

45 Little Jen 547.38

46 Robert Hardman 544.25

47 Josh Gilluley 542.58

48 Demelza Kendall 541.54

49 Grant Cordin 538.05

50 Ian Pilkington 531.36

51 Curtis Anderton 531.30

52 Chris Parsons 529.34

53 David Cryer 525.56

54 Tayler Heyes 524.71

55 Danny Delvard 522.47

56 Harry Morgan 519.79

57 Barrie Cryer 514.45

58 Mark Atherton 512.35

59 Mark Howarth 511.32

60 Michael Rutherford 509.82

61 Andrew Lane 509.41

62 Lee Bridge 506.09

63 Tiana Lowe 504.44

64 Sue Taylor 502.82

65 Sehran Khan 498.35

66 Bradley Yates 488.69

67 TONGE CC 488.25

68 Tom Schofield 485.60

69 Steven Williams 480.66

70 Lewis Andrews 478.95

71 Paul Schofield 474.69

72 Chris Barrow 473.23

73 Thomas James 473.01

74 Chris Worrall 470.66

75 LITTLE HULTON CC 468.28

76 Graham Oxtoby 455.76

77 Zak Burton 455.24

78 Tracey Phillips 451.94

79 Tom Hardstaff 450.45

80 Matthew Hargraves 447.93

81 Nikki Taylor 440.91

82 Cameron Murray 428.65

83 Mark Crowder 422.20

84 FARNWORTH CC 422.20

85 EAGLEY CC 387.60

86 Dave Halliday 386.09

87 HEATON CC 381.97

88 Mike Buckley 380.21

89 ATHERTON CC 379.63

90 DAISY HILL CC 363.74

91 Mr W D Entwistle 356.22

92 Jackie Yates 355.75

93 BLACKROD CC 351.11

94 LITTLE LEVER CC 349.56

95 WALKDEN CC 324.36

96 FARNWORTH SC CC 319.07

97 GOLBORNE CC 308.60

98 KEARSLEY CC 303.05

99 Bradley Barrow 294.49

100 Niall Burke 292.81

101 ASTLEY BRIDGE CC 290.16

102 DARCY LEVER CC 289.52

103 Dominique Hankinson 211.12

104 BRADSHAW CC 186.11