On a perfect summer’s day, Carlisle Cricket Club and Furness served-up a thrilling North Lancs and Cumbria Premier Division encounter that kept a sun-soaked Edenside entertained to the last as the hosts edged a win.

In recent weeks, Carlisle have added some steel to a batting line-up that began the season in fragile mood, while star-studded Furness have endured an up-and-down period with defeats to Cockermouth and leaders Cleator.

Despite wining the toss and batting, Carlisle were on the ropes after a reasonable start when three wickets fell for just three runs to leave them 82-5.

But Jamaican Derval Green, playing his last game for Carlisle before heading home to join a West Indies T20 team, decided to deliver a counter-attacking farewell for his team-mates.

His often brutal 42 rescued Carlisle’s innings before some clean and impressive hitting late on from young all-rounder Henry Walker helped lift the home side to 228-9.

Walker finished unbeaten on 45, with Taryn Reay making 21 and Fraser Conn 18.

With a long batting line-up, the home side needed early breakthroughs, and Green was again the man to oblige.

His "international" battle with Furness’ impressive all-rounder Rishi Dhawan was pivotal, with the Jamaican coming out on top, trapping the free scoring Indian LBW after both openers had departed cheaply.

Sam Dutton rallied his side before falling one short of a deserved half-century, while Ryan Griffiths’ stubborn 43 kept Furness in the hunt as the overs ticked down.

Home captain Marc Brown gambled on some inviting spin bowling from Ben Davidson in an attempt to buy a wicket, but it was left to Conn’s canny medium pace to account for dangerman Garry Thompson.

Inevitably, though, it was the departing Green who took the final wicket to leave memories of his performances on the pitch and and vocal celebrations later in the dressing room off it.

Furness finished on 206 all out, a 22-run win for Carlisle, the latter moving to second in the league table.

Deciding to bat at home to Haverigg, Wigton were saved by opener Mike Slack’s 54 and a tail-end flourish from Ben Purdham and John Reed to be all out for 157 in the 48th over.

Haverigg pro Roy Kaia took 4 for 33 in 13.2 overs.

Haverigg’s young batting line-up again failed, Kaia made his first league half-century, 54, but the village were all out for 127 in the 30th over, Slack taking 5 for 39 and Purdham 3 for 23.

A highly-contested game at Cleator where the visitors, Cockermouth, had first knock and started with an opening stand of 56.

The remaining top-order took the score to 150 for 6, but were 183 all out. Alex Grainger top-scored with 35.

Cleator’s Dave Rooney was again among the wickets taking 4 for 47 in 13 overs and James Rogers, 3 for 42 also in 13 overs.

Cleator made a steadyish start and were 50 for 2, and when Dave Watson went for 74, it was 129 for 3.

Professional Tharaka Waduge now held the side together and, at 177 for 5, it looked all over but this became 182 for 9, and Rooney joined Waduge to get Cleator home at 184 for 9, Waduge 59 not out. Cockermouth’s Sam Thompson returned 5 for 27 in 10 overs

In first, the Workington batting was below its highest level against Dalton.

But, with 33 from Robbie Lambert and 31 from Kaushalya Gajasinghe, the reigning league champions were 187 all out in the 46th over.

Dalton’s Rangika Pinnala Don took 4 for 39 in 8.5 overs, and Winstone Masakadza took 4 for 50 in 14 overs.

Dalton’s reply never really got into gear.

Daniel Sharpe’s 25 was the top-scorer as the home side were dismissed for 94 in the 31st over. Kaushalya Gajasinghe returned 4 for 20 in 8 overs and Matthew Lowden 4 for 28 in 9 overs.

Winning the toss at home to Keswick, Whitehaven decided to bat but didn’t have the best of days.

Again, it was Stephen Holliday who top-scored with 52, the only batsman to pass 20, as the home side were all out in the 47th over for 137. Keswick pro Geeth Kumara took 5 for 19 in 14.3 overs and Dan Gaskell 3 for 37 in 14.

Keswick went to a comfortable win making 138 for 2 in 30 overs, William Atkinson was 54 not out, and Kumara also unbeaten on 41.

In the First Division, batting first, Vickerstown soon found themselves 20 for 3 but made an unbelievable recovery to be all out in the last over for 305.

Isaac Whitehall and skipper Gareth Benson both made 84 and John Burns 67. Andrew Knott took 4 for 72.

After tea, Seascale did not go down without a fight and were 193 all out in 35 overs, Steve Brown jnr making 49. Isaac Whitehall and Gareth Benson completed quite a day, taking 3 for 32 and 3 for 34 respectively.

Egremont, in first against Kirkby, were not at their best and only Alex Hodgson with 33 and opener Jack Stubbings’ 25 got their side to 141 all out in the 36th over. Kirkby’s Mark Etchells took 4 for 27 in 9 overs.

In reply, Kirkby never looked likely to make a winning score, as wickets fell regularly to see them all out in the 28th over for 84.

Coady Scott, 5 for 45 in 11 overs and Shaun Bostock, 3 for 28 in 13.1 overs, got their side an important 10 pts.

Ulverston went in first at Workington and Stuart Cooper’s 38 was the only bright spot in the visitor’s innings who were all out in the 20th over for 81.

Dan McDermott, 5 for 44, and Adam Chambers, 4 for 28, bowled unchanged for the Workington side.

Workington’s innings began very badly and they were soon 19 for 4 but Chambers was still there and his 46 not out got his side to the win at 82 for 4.

Losing both openers without scoring at Cockermouth, Hawcoat Park’s Sam Cunningham, 50 not out, and Callum Muncaster, 38, led the recovery, and with support from Cameron McDougall also with 38 saw the visitors to 186 for 7 in their 50 overs.

Cockermouth in reply, soon lost both openers but Tom Norman with 46 and former opening bat Stephen Chambers, batting at No8, made 49 not out and his side won in the last over making 192 for 8.

Hawcoat Pk’s Tom Stanwix again bowled well returning 3 for 37 in his 15 overs.