SCOTT Clement bowled himself to a Northern League first-team career-best haul for Netherfield on Sunday.

Bowling unchanged for 25 overs, he captured 7-52 to set up a five-wicket victory over Leyland at the Stanning Road Memorial Ground.

Scott said: “It was one of those days when everything went right.

“I’d had a injury at the start of the season, but felt I’ve been bowling well recently, but perhaps without the luck I had last season when the wickets seemed to come along more regularly.

“I had not bowled for two weeks because I’d been at a wedding in Milan and then Saturday’s game was a washout, so I was feeling pretty fresh.

“The ball was seaming around plenty and after a few overs Chris (Parry) came up and asked me how long I wanted to bowl and I said right away:25 overs.

“I took a couple of wickets almost immediately and then Glen (Batticciotto) took two and it went on from there.

“It was a long stint but I had a cold shower straight after the innings ended, and didn’t feel as bad as I thought I would the day afterwards.”

Clement removed the top three in the Leyland order, with Pakistan professional Ameer Khan one of three victims clean bowled.

Leyland found themselves at 28-4 and it took gritty contributions from Thompson (25), Reece (19) and David Makinson (19) to take them into three figures and to a total of 121 all out with three balls remaining.

Netherfield posted 42 before they lost a wicket, Alex Atkinson going for 20.

There were welcome runs for Chris Parry (29), while Batticiotto batted well for an unbeaten 37, and found good support from Ben Haddrick (24) as the pair added an important 40 for the fifth wicket.

Haddrick’s demise with the score on 109 caused a worrying stutter, especially when a sixth wicket fell on the same score.

However, Oliver Hill (7 not out) provided the stability for the Batticiotto to steer the visitors home at 122-5 in 39.3 overs.