AFTER two weeks in second place, Raj Shah climbs above Neil Kell by four points to take pole position in The Bolton News Fantasy Cricket competition.

Otherwise there is little change in the race for the £400 first prize sponsored by Anthony Axford timber merchants of Farnworth.

Craig Naylor is third, just a handful of points behind the leader, with Mike Leeming almost 20 points adrift of pole position.

Of the teams from the cricket clubs, Horwich in fifth place and Lostock in seventh are the only two to have a realistic chance of the prize money.

Westhoughton's Ian Pilkington was the top scorer this week with 116 points, which takes him above club-mate Gary Tonge.

It was a good week for Heaton's professional Raheel Majeed, who is not only the professional in the Team of the Week but now overtakes Eagley's Agha Salman as the leading professional from the Premier Division.

Farnworth Social Circle's Ryan Ayres is now the only non-professional in the top 10 players.

The Team of the Week has a familiar look about it, with only Tonge's Alex Radzoch making his debut.

Points are awarded to the players depending on how well they perform in the 18 Bolton Cricket 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.

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.

BCL FANTASY CRICKET LEADERBOARD WEEK 11

Pos Team MVP Total

1 Raj Shah 885.56

2 Neil Kell 881.06

3 Craig Naylor 878.67

4 Mike Leeming 867.41

5 HORWICH CC 857.49

6 Steven Chilton 848.60

7 ADLINGTON CC 841.10

8 Tom Senior 838.34

9 Aiden Constantine 838.17

10 David Morris 829.81

11 Leanne Taylor 825.12

12 Paul Walsh 822.10

13 Chris Hobson 811.81

14 Garry Brown 802.35

15 Anthony Foster 800.95

16 Iain McLellan 800.82

17 Caroline Riley 796.79

18 Stuart Leigh 792.89

19 Alex Lee 790.87

20 Danny Khan 790.70

21 WESTHOUGHTON CC 790.18

22 Tim Barrow 788.72

23 Daniel Holmes 784.52

24 Jason Raynor 781.08

25 Steve Hodgkinson 780.92

26 Connor Lord 778.10

27 Stephen Berry 775.31

28 Ron Dickenson 773.25

29 Craig Berry 766.72

30 Tom Sheen 764.40

31 Nick Ford 762.27

32 Ray Taylor 757.35

33 Seb Miller 751.74

34 Simon Booth 750.96

35 Ian Pilkington 748.95

36 Paul Hutchinson 748.57

37 Gary Tonge 733.27

38 Neil Redford 726.36

39 David Tonge 723.87

40 Michael Chilton 722.27

41 Josh Gilluley 719.78

42 John Barrow 712.06

43 LOSTOCK CC 708.15

44 Grant Cordin 707.11

45 Phil Andrews 706.64

46 Curtis Anderton 705.16

47 Demelza Kendall 703.30

48 Calum Barlow 702.85

49 Mike Cregan 700.78

50 "Little Jen" 699.36

51 Sue Taylor 692.83

52 Harry Morgan 692.66

53 Michael Rutherford 691.47

54 Andrew Lane 689.48

55 Sehran Khan 688.28

56 Robert Hardman 687.51

57 Tayler Heyes 687.41

58 David Cryer 681.57

59 Barrie Cryer 680.21

60 Danny Delvard 677.80

61 Mark Atherton 675.77

62 Mark Howarth 674.19

63 Thomas James 669.77

64 Lee Bridge 663.06

65 Chris Parsons 662.64

66 Chris Barrow 656.57

67 Tom Schofield 655.27

68 Tiana Lowe 648.17

69 Chris Worrall 643.46

70 TONGE CC 640.54

71 Mark Crowder 613.69

72 FARNWORTH CC 613.69

73 Paul Schofield 612.61

74 Steven Williams 610.40

75 Zak Burton 602.29

76 Bradley Yates 598.98

77 Matthew Hargraves 597.46

78 Lewis Andrews 595.93

79 Tom Hardstaff 594.71

80 Graham Oxtoby 585.17

81 Cameron Murray 584.91

82 LITTLE HULTON CC 578.19

83 Nikki Taylor 569.16

84 Tracey Phillips 550.75

85 HEATON CC 547.59

86 EAGLEY CC 524.77

87 Dave Halliday 524.63

88 Mike Buckley 507.55

89 Jackie Yates 500.44

90 DAISY HILL CC 481.31

91 Mr W D Entwistle 478.86

92 ATHERTON CC 462.93

93 FARNWORTH SC CC 458.15

94 LITTLE LEVER CC 453.96

95 BLACKROD CC 450.91

96 KEARSLEY CC 407.94

97 GOLBORNE CC 402.90

98 ASTLEY BRIDGE CC 395.43

99 WALKDEN CC 382.91

100 Bradley Barrow 381.67

101 Niall Burke 369.06

102 DARCY LEVER CC 363.08

103 Dominique Hankinson 275.80

104 BRADSHAW CC 224.26

PLAYER MVP POINTS TOTALS WEEK 11

CODE Player Club Type Points

1006 Tilaksha Malshan Tonge PRO 165.81

1095 Majid Majeed Adlington PRO 158.56

1067 Tushendra De Zoyza Blackrod PRO 133.42

1078 Adeel Baig Atherton PRO 131.87

1084 Raheel Majeed Heaton PRO 121.89

1048 Adil Nisar Little Lever PRO 117.82

1013 Agha Salman Eagley PRO 113.53

1129 Ryan Ayres Farnworth SC NON 111.21

1020 Adnan Raees Daisy Hill PRO 109.85

1090 Qaiser Abbas Westhoughton PRO 109.58

1222 Stephen Hodgkinson Daisy Hill NON 107.49

1018 Kamran Younas Farnworth PRO 105.23

1015 Brett Pelser Horwich PRO 103.43

1108 David Mather Kearsley NON 101.91

1161 Dave Flanagan Lostock NON 101.25

1272 Joseph Speak Blackrod NON 100.94

1049 Fida Hussein Little Hulton PRO 98.43

1128 Chris Barrow Farnworth SC NON 94.56

1115 Imran Mirza Farnworth NON 93.73

1188 Oliver Newby Westhoughton NON 91.89

1122 Phil Ingram Horwich NON 79.58

1118 Liam Bones Horwich NON 79.41

1055 Syd De Silva Astley Bridge PRO 75.35

1031 Sachithra Serasinghe Bradshaw PRO 72.32

1259 Yasir Rashid Astley Bridge NON 68.89

1239 Shahid Mahboob Golborne NON 68.64

1210 Dominic Gavin Darcy Lever NON 68.14

1133 Tom Liversedge Bradshaw NON 64.35

1292 Jack Shovelton Adlington NON 63.39

1012 Devendra Bundela Kearsley PRO 62.35

1244 Curtis Anderton Little Lever NON 62.01

1163 Rob Holgate Lostock NON 60.80

1104 Tahir Maqsood Walkden NON 58.71

1237 Jake Waterworth Golborne NON 58.43

1294 Iain Critchley Adlington NON 58.43

1102 Jonathan Fowler Walkden NON 57.90

1274 Matt Gallagher Atherton NON 57.68

1125 Jake O'Byrne Farnworth SC WKT 55.30

1105 Syed Shah Walkden NON 46.20

1117 Danny Higham Farnworth NON 45.12

1273 Calum Barlow Atherton WKT 44.96

1257 David Cryer Astley Bridge NON 44.16

1119 Tom Billington Horwich NON 41.60

1116 Ross Sutton Farnworth NON 40.35

1187 Kieran Edwards Westhoughton NON 39.27

1130 Richard Dempster Farnworth SC NON 36.98

1113 Simon Booth Farnworth WKT 35.71

1111 Mark Burns Kearsley WKT 34.65

1101 Will Shuttleworth Eagley NON 34.53

1186 Danny Naylor Westhoughton NON 34.07

1135 Phil Dickinson Bradshaw NON 33.95

1246 Ayaz Hanif Little Lever NON 32.39

1109 Cameron Murray Kearsley NON 32.36

1097 Jack Wainman Eagley WKT 31.34

1251 Suleman Muhammad Little Hulton NON 30.85

1134 Stuart Hornby Bradshaw NON 30.59

1183 Joe Gatenby Brown Heaton WKT 30.47

1189 Kieran Paisley Westhoughton WKT 28.45

1114 Nakash Qamar Farnworth NON 27.81

1208 Chris Fenn Darcy Lever NON 27.78

1132 Chris Evans Bradshaw WKT 27.05

1103 Taylor Heyes Walkden NON 26.35

1100 Zaid Patel Eagley NON 26.23

1212 Nick Fawcett Darcy Lever WKT 24.92

1241 Ciaran Vesey Golborne WKT 24.56

1219 Mark Wood Daisy Hill WKT 24.34

1276 Josh Gilluley Atherton NON 23.60

1271 Joey Pryle Blackrod NON 22.92

1127 David Tonge Farnworth SC NON 22.87

1258 Irfan Puda Astley Bridge NON 22.29

1202 Connor Lord Tonge NON 22.11

1269 Zak Burton Blackrod WKT 21.83

1204 Craig Naylor Tonge NON 21.78

1026 Jake Scicluna Farnworth SC PRO 21.30

1221 Sam Pendlebury Daisy Hill NON 21.26

1203 Alex Radzoch Tonge NON 20.76

1136 Scott Howarth Bradshaw NON 20.24

1106 Toby Morgan Walkden WKT 20.09

1164 Nick Jeffs Lostock NON 19.62

1165 Tom Sheen Lostock NON 18.84

1253 Sajawal Khan Little Hulton NON 18.60

1207 Scott Burns Darcy Lever NON 18.06

1252 Waqar Khan Little Hulton NON 17.46

1256 Matthew Hargraves Astley Bridge WKT 16.48

1238 Lewis Clarke Golborne NON 16.33

1180 Oliver Sutcliffe Heaton NON 16.07

1296 AJ Van Rensburg Adlington WKT 15.88

1107 Grant Cordin Kearsley NON 15.49

1179 Matt Fray Heaton NON 15.40

1110 Rick Hamblett Kearsley NON 14.47

1254 Billy Schofield Little Hulton NON 14.07

1209 Jake Cooper Darcy Lever NON 13.27

1181 Joe Ducker Heaton NON 12.49

1245 Adam Carter Little Lever WKT 12.28

1243 Josh Gent Little Lever NON 10.61

1223 Michael Chilton Daisy Hill NON 9.17

1291 Simon Trim Adlington NON 8.83

1201 George Leather Tonge WKT 7.15

1185 Rob Houghton Westhoughton NON 6.54

1270 Mark Glover Blackrod NON 6.11

1293 Ben King Adlington NON 5.37

1120 Dean Morris Horwich NON 4.91

1099 Jo Baldwin Eagley NON 4.24

1098 Asif Bhojani Eagley NON 3.55

1205 Iqbal Gulzar Tonge NON 3.26

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

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

Raheel Majeed (Heaton)

Joseph Speak (Blackrod)

Jack Shovelton (Adlington)

Dave Flanagan (Lostock)

Shahid Mahboob (Golborne)

Imran Mirza (Farnworth)

Curtis Anderton (Little Lever)

Tom Liversedge (Bradshaw)

Alex Radzoch (Tonge)

Chris Barrow (Farnworth SC)

Simon Booth (Farnworth)