CLINTON Perren smashed two centuries as Littleborough continued their unbeaten start to the Central Lancashire League season.

The Australian pro and Littleborough captain scored 102 not out in Saturday's 87-run win over Royton, and followed that with an unbeaten 126 to help his side to a nine-wicket triumph over Walsden yesterday.

Alex Collins helped his skipper out in both matches, making 48 and an unbeaten 61, while Phil Deakin made 79 and took 4-79 against Royton. Norden head the table by a point following their wins over Stand and Werneth.

Saturday: Crompton 93-7 (Chopra 4-32) Rochdale 94-3 (Chopra 40) - match reduced to 31 overs, Middleton 178 (Fernando 58) Unsworth 179-3 (Hean 78, MacQueen 59no), Heywood 173-5 (Botha 71no) Radcliffe 34-1 - match abandoned because of rain, Walsden 188-4 (Marsh 83no) Oldham 140-5 - match abandoned because of bad light, Littleborough 273-3 (Perren 102no, Deakin 79, Collins 48) Royton 186-8 (Iqbal 54, Deakin 4-79), Stand 129-8 Norden 132-3 (Mujtaba 75no), Werneth 177-6 (Kanitkar 54) Ashton 70 (Kanitkar 5-29).

Sunday: Ashton 153-9 (Wingfield 4-58) Milnrow 157-6 (Wingfield 70), Oldham 168 (Kuhn 50, Smith 49, Badenhorst 5-41) Unsworth 144 (Smith 4-39), Norden 231-6 (Mujtaba 108) Werneth 153 (Mascerenhas 6-67), Walsden 208-5 (Marsh 59, Hanson 53) Littleborough 209-1 (Perren 126no, Collins 61no), Rochdale 163-8 (Chopra 83, Tomlinson 4-34) Middleton 79, Royton 211-8 (Percy 88, Simpson 4-44) Radcliffe 201-6 (Cruse 85), Crompton 187-6 (Anwar 90) Stand 133-8 (M Whittle 4-54).

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