They were in trouble early on at 36 for three as Gideon Foster, Jon Earle and Shahid Rashid all struck early.

A stand of 100 between Tony Sykes (59) and Nathan Cavalier (49) steadied the ship before seventh wicket pair Christian Silkstone (43) and David Moore (56) added a crucial 97 to help the hosts to 280.

Kurtis Whippey then showed why he is the rising star of the league’s fast bowling ranks with an opening blast which accounted for Steve Senior, Tom Earle, 33, and Zeb Mahmood.

Jon Lord’s departure to Silkstone’s brilliant catch off Fletcher left Mytholmroyd struggling at 77 for four.

Skipper Kristian Halstead tried to keep his side in the hunt with a determined 61 which featured some nice square cuts and Rashid (34) attempted to up the pace after his side had passed the half way point at 98 for four.

Peter Madden returned to the attack and took three wickets and although wicketkeeper Liam Barrett hit 18 off one of his overs, it was too little too late for ‘Royd. Whippey returned to complete figures of five for 24 and Moore knocked back Barrett’s off stump to finish matters.