FORTUNES proved sweet, thensour for Wayne Bellerby as his British Sugar team crashed out of the Horwath Pulleyn-Heselton League Cup semi-finals.

Batting first, Tollerton Outlaws got away well with Ross Hardy (35) in the runs.

But then Bellerby, in tandem with Gary Iqbal stifled the Tollerton tally to 146-9 with Bellerby's 5-31 haul including the milestone of a hat-trick.

In reply, British Sugar were well on their way to victory until Curly Richardson had Steve Bellerby (39) caught to make it 62-3.

Hardy then turned tormentor with the ball. He took 4-8 with Richardson bagging 4-27 as the last eight wickets added a mere 24 runs for the Outlaws to win by 60 runs.

In the other low-scoring semi-final at Drax, visitors Burn bowled out the hosts for 115. But it proved enough as Burn collapsed to 84.

Meanwhile, a mere handful of League fixtures survived pouring rain.

In a division two match reduced to 20 overs a side, Ben Johnson stalwart Martin Reynolds smashed 41no in his side's 81-5. Carl Van Neikirk took 4-36.

In reply, Wheldrake's Nigel Exton equalled Reynolds' score to see his side home by eight wickets.

Rich Heald smacked 62 for Clifton Alliance against Drax in a 171-9 score of which B Worley returned figures of 6-22 from ten overs.

Bill Roddham then took 6-19 from 18.4 overs to see Clifton home by 89 runs for a division three triumph.

Askham Bryan YPO smacked 203-5 against University of York Staff. Paul Thornton and N Aziz put on 56 for the first wicket before Will Knight (60) kept the momentum going.

University skipper Rich Waites followed his 3-47 with a top score of 39 as his side fell victim to all-rounder Aziz, whose 6-34 skittled out YPO's opponents for 120.

There was a sorry outcome for Huntington against Pocklington in division four.

M Harrison's 4-17 helped to bowl out Huntington for 43 in the 20-over battle. Ben Dorking, unbeaten on 20, steered Pocklington home.

Updated: 09:13 Thursday, July 01, 2004