The opening batsman made 68 not out as he steered his side to their target for the loss of three wickets in the Division One match.

De Silva was joined in the batting order by Rick Moore who scored 30.

Paul Allen took three wickets alongside other opening bowler, Matt Parkinson, as Cheadle were restricted from 40-4, to 70-7, before being bowled all out for 150 in the reduced overs contest.

Chester Boughton Hall crashed to a double defeat over the weekend.

The Filkins Lane club lost by 62 runs in their Premier Division match against Nantwich, and then suffered a three wickets defeat in their Cockspur Cup clash at Leyland.

Nantwich's Aussie, Glen Batticciotta blasted 116 of his side's 217 runs ahead of his return to Australia in two weeks to take up a contract with Queensland.

Alex Kegg bowled throughout the innings, finishing with 6-60 from 24 overs.

Nantwich had moved to 183-7 having been 105-6. To put Battocciotta's value to the team into perspective, the next highest scorer made 41 and there was little contribution from the others. For Chester, Law finished with 2-36 and there was a wicket each for Darren Cruikshank and Warren Goodwin. Nantwich finished on 217-9.

In reply, Matt Griffiths went for 13, before Jim Gillson joined Goodwin before being caught on 37. Gillson built a patient innings but with the big guns of Freddie Owen, Tom Ducker and Cruikshank going cheaply, the task became an uphill struggle.

Once Gillson had gone for 58, Chester's only real hope was to bat out for the draw, but they were eventually all out for a disappointing 155.

Boughton Hall skipper, Steve Ogilby, made five changes for the trip to Leyland.

Ogilby chose to lead the way with a century100 which included one six and 14 fours and was his highest innings for the club for a couple of years.

Warren Goodwin and Ogilby rattled up a 105 partnership for the second
wicket, but just when it looked like a score of 220-plus was on the cards, the rot set in.

Ogilby watched on as his team mates perished with Chester losing their last nine wickets for just 66 runs. The skipper just made his ton before being last man out on 191 as he looked for late runs.

Kegg bowled nine overs for 25, and Goodwin took 1-33, while Ollie Law's legspin took 1-24.

Fifteen year old Mike Robinson's bowled seven overs for 2-39 while Jack Williams picked up 2-26.

A seventh wicket partnership of 61 made all the difference as Leyland moved from 108-5 in the 31st over to secure what looked an unlikely win
with just two balls remaining.